2022–23 Hatayspor season

Hatayspor
2022–23 season
President	Nihat Tazeaslan
Head coach	Volkan Demirel
Stadium	New Hatay Stadium
Süper Lig	19th (withdrew)
Turkish Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ayoub El Kaabi (8); All: ; Ayoub El Kaabi (8)
Highest home attendance	18,628 ; (vs. Beşiktaş, 24 October 2022, Süper Lig)
Lowest home attendance	3,233 ; (vs. Giresunspor, 24 December 2022, Süper Lig)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 55th season in the existence of Hatayspor and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, Hatayspor participated in this season's edition of the Turkish Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Season overview

Turkey–Syria earthquake and aftermath

On 12 February 2023, Turkish Football Federation announced Hatayspor's withdrawal from the league due to the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, which widely hit the club's home city.^[1]

On 18 February, having been missing since the quake, first-team player Christian Atsu's body was found and he was later pronounced dead.^[2]^[3]^[4] Three days later, the body of sporting director Taner Savut was recovered close to where Atsu had been found.^[5]

Players

First-team squad

As of 3 September 2022^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	TUR	Erce Kardeşler
3	DF	GUI	Simon Falette
4	MF	TUR	Onur Ergün
5	DF	BIH	Ognjen Vranješ
6	MF	TUR	Musa Çağıran
7	MF	POR	Rúben Ribeiro
8	MF	FRA	Mehdi Boudjemaa
9	FW	CGO	Dylan Saint-Louis
10	MF	FRA	Rayane Aabid
11	FW	GEO	Saba Lobzhanidze
12	DF	TUR	Kamil Çörekçi
15	DF	TUR	Recep Burak Yılmaz
16	MF	TUR	Selimcan Temel
19	MF	BEL	Muhammed Mert


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	LBR	Mohammed Kamara
21	FW	HUN	Kevin Varga
23	DF	CAN	Sam Adekugbe
25	FW	MAR	Ayoub El Kaabi
26	DF	TUR	Kaan Kanak
31	GK	TUR	Abdullah Yiğiter
33	FW	TUR	Koray Yağcı
53	DF	TUR	Burak Öksüz
77	MF	TUR	Sadik Baş
99	FW	TUR	Bertuğ Yıldırım
—	FW	CPV	Zé Luís
—	FW	CMR	Kévin Soni (on loan from Asteras Tripolis)
—	DF	TUR	Kerim Alici
—	MF	GHA	Christian Atsu

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	TUR	Nazım Özcan (at Dynamic Herb Cebu)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Pre-season

15 July 2022 Friendly	Hatayspor	1–3	Çaykur Rizespor	Erzurum, Turkey
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Yüksek İrtifa Training Center

18 July 2022 Friendly	Erzurumspor	0–1	Hatayspor	Erzurum, Turkey
17:30 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Yüksek İrtifa Training Center

23 July 2022 Friendly	Ümraniyespor	3–0	Hatayspor	Erzurum, Turkey
17:30 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Yüksek İrtifa Training Center

5 August 2022 Friendly	Adanaspor	2–2	Hatayspor	Adana, Turkey
18:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Çatalan Sports Facilities

Mid-season

8 December 2022 Friendly	Fatih Karagümrük	2–0	Hatayspor	Antalya, Turkey
16:05 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Calista Sports Center

11 December 2022 Friendly	Hatayspor	3–1	Liepāja	Antalya, Turkey
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Calista Sports Center

14 December 2022 Friendly	Gaziantep	1–2	Hatayspor	Antalya, Turkey
13:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Sueno Sports Center - Pitch 1

16 December 2022 Friendly	Hatayspor	2–5	Lazio	Antalya, Turkey
18:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Süper Lig	12 August 2022	5 February 2023	Matchday 1	19th (withdrew)	36	6	5	25	19	83	−64	016.67
Turkish Cup	19 October 2022	19 October 2022	Third round	Third round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					37	6	5	26	19	85	−66	016.22

Source: Competitions

Süper Lig

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Alanyaspor	36	11	8	17	54	70	−16	41^[a]
16	Giresunspor (R)	36	10	10	16	42	60	−18	40	Relegation to TFF First League
17	Ümraniyespor (R)	36	7	9	20	47	64	−17	30	Relegation to TFF First League
18	Gaziantep^[b]	36	6	7	23	31	72	−41	25	Withdrawn
19	Hatayspor^[b]	36	6	5	25	19	83	−64	23	Withdrawn

Source: Süper Lig
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[9]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Head-to-head points: İstanbulspor 11, Antalyaspor 10, Sivasspor 8, Alanyaspor 4.
^ ^a ^b On 12 February 2023, Gaziantep and Hatayspor withdrew from the league following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake and were not relegated at the end of the season.^[7]^[8]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	6	5	25	19	83	−64	23	4	4	17	12	37	−25	2	1	8	7	46	−39

Source: TFF.org

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	B	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	B	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	B	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	B	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Position	13	16	16	19	17	18	19	18	17	18	15	16	16	14	14	16	16	16	16	17	15	17	14	15	18⁣	18⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣

Source: TFF.org
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1

Bye

12 August 2022 2	Trabzonspor	1–0	Hatayspor	Trabzon
21:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Ömür 71' Bakasetas 90'	Report	Ribeiro 11' Çağıran 45' Kamara 90+1'	Stadium: Şenol Güneş Sports Complex Attendance: 29,789 Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

20 August 2022 3	Hatayspor	1–2	Gaziantep	Antakya
19:15 TRT (UTC+3)	El Kaabi 31' Vranješ 58' Çörekçi 59'	Report	Figueiredo 7' Maxim 34' Jevtović 49' 82' Marković 51'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 3,970 Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan

28 August 2022 4	Kasımpaşa	1–0	Hatayspor	Istanbul
19:15 TRT (UTC+3)	Hajradinović 36' Eysseric 59' Engin 90+2' Fall 90+4'	Report	Yılmaz 81'	Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Attendance: 1,776 Referee: Mert Güzenge

4 September 2022 5	Hatayspor	1–1	Adana Demirspor	Antakya
19:45 TRT (UTC+3)	Ergün 21' El Kaabi 72' Falette 72' Adekugbe 75' Kardeşler 90+6' Ribeiro 90+7' Yiğiter 90+10'	Report	Özbir 72' Onyekuru 72' Sanuç 90+9'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 8,969 Referee: Burak Şeker

10 September 2022 6	Konyaspor	1–0	Hatayspor	Eskişehir
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Bytyqi 33' Paz 66'	Report	Çörekçi 33'	Stadium: New Eskişehir Stadium Attendance: 1,625 Referee: Tugay Kaan Numanoğlu

16 September 2022 7	Hatayspor	0–4	Kayserispor	Antakya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Falette 89'	Report	Mensah 5' (pen.) Cardoso 44' Bayazit 75' Bertolacci 87' Gavranović 90' (pen.)	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 4,416 Referee: Çağdaş Altay

2 October 2022 8	Sivasspor	1–2	Hatayspor	Sivas
14:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Yeşilyurt 23' Yatabaré 51'	Report	El Kaabi 14' Yıldırım 20' Ribeiro 41' 42' Kanak 80' Kardeşler 81' Vranješ 81'	Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 3,384 Referee: Erkan Özdamar

9 October 2022 9	Hatayspor	1–0	Alanyaspor	Antakya
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Mehdi Boudjemaa 41' Burak Öksüz 72' Kamil Ahmet Çörekçi 88'	Report	Karaca 81' Balkovec 82'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 7,373 Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

15 October 2022 10	Fatih Karagümrük	3–0	Hatayspor	Istanbul
14:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Durmaz 11' Caulker 36' Nicholas 38' Borini 45+3' Biraschi 81' Diagne 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Öksüz 21' Ergün 81'	Stadium: Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium Attendance: 1,042 Referee: Volkan Bayarslan

24 October 2022 11	Hatayspor	2–1	Beşiktaş	Antakya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Boudjemaa 28' Vranješ 40' Zé Luís 50' Çörekçi 90' Kanak 90' Ergün 90+6'	Report	Weghorst 1' Redmond 90+2'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 18,628 Referee: Kadir Sağlam

30 October 2022 12	Ankaragücü	4–1	Hatayspor	Ankara
14:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Beridze 3' Mujakić 58' Antalyalı 61' Sowe 69' Ciğerci 89' Diack 90+2'	Report	El Kaabi 86' (pen.) 89'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 10,327 Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

7 November 2022 13	Hatayspor	3–3	İstanbul Başakşehir	Antakya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Yıldırım 12' Vranješ 74' El Kaabi 75' Adekugbe 80' Zé Luís 81' Boudjemaa 90+1'	Report	Youssouf Ndayishimiye 42' Aleksić 45+5' 65' Chouiar 56' Traoré 60' Gürler 90+1'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 6,261 Referee: Suat Arslanboğa

13 November 2022 14	İstanbulspor	0–1	Hatayspor	Istanbul
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Rroca 23' Ologo 76' Ebert 88'	Report	El Kaabi 24' (pen.) 42' Ergün 69' Kanak 72' Aabid 79' Boudjemaa 90+1'	Stadium: Esenyurt Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium Attendance: 786 Referee: Mert Güzenge

24 December 2022 15	Hatayspor	1–1	Giresunspor	Antakya
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Öksüz 23' Yıldırım 75' Adekugbe 86'	Report	Uludağ 40' Campuzano 83' Bajić 87' Sağlam 89'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 3,233 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

27 December 2022 16	Fenerbahçe	4–0	Hatayspor	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	King 20', 51' Batshuayi 26' Dursun 86' Gustavo Henrique 90+5' Yandaş 90+6'	Report	Adekugbe 15' Yıldırım 71' Ergün 85'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 32,961 Referee: Sarper Barış Saka

3 January 2023 17	Ümraniyespor	2–2	Hatayspor	Istanbul
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Oğuz Gürbulak 30' Durel Avounou 39' Umut Nayir 67' (pen.) Allyson Aires dos Santos 79' Isaac Sackey 90+4' Serkan Göksu 90+7'	Report	El Kaabi 24' Saba Lobjanidze 53' Simon Falette 65' Ognjen Vranješ 71'	Stadium: Ümraniye Belediyesi Şehir Stadium Attendance: 728 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek

7 January 2023 18	Hatayspor	0–0	Antalyaspor	Antakya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Yıldırım 64' Vranješ 85'	Report	Sertel 49' Sarı 58'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 3,937 Referee: Yasin Kol

13 January 2023 19	Galatasaray	4–0	Hatayspor	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Aktürkoğlu 9' Mata 45+4', 45+6' Gomis 76'	Report		Stadium: Nef Stadium Attendance: 42,901 Referee: Kadir Sağlam

20

Bye

28 January 2023 21	Hatayspor	2–1	Trabzonspor	Antakya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	El Kaabi 47' Yıldırım 50' Çağıran 53' Boudjemaa 66' Ribeiro 76' Çörekçi 90+6'	Report	Bardhi 9' Çakır 17' Peres 27'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 10,216 Referee: Zorbay Küçük

1 February 2023 22	Gaziantep	4–1	Hatayspor	Gaziantep
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Djilobodji 35' Jevtović 38' Marković 56', 77' Soyalp 71' Artan 87' Merkel 88' Stankovski 90+6'	Report	El Kaabi 27' Kanak 79' Kardeşler 90+7'	Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Attendance: 4,001 Referee: Tugay Kaan Numanoğlu

5 February 2023 23	Hatayspor	1–0	Kasımpaşa	Antakya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Zé Luís 39' Ribeiro 64' Atsu 90+7'	Report	Eysseric 63' Tırpan 64' Koita 90+1'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 4,470 Referee: Murat Erdoğan

24	Adana Demirspor	3–0 (w/o)	Hatayspor	Adana
				Stadium: New Adana Stadium

25	Hatayspor	0–3 (w/o)	Konyaspor	Antakya
				Stadium: New Hatay Stadium

26	Kayserispor	3–0 (w/o)	Hatayspor	Kayseri
				Stadium: Kadir Has Stadium

27	Hatayspor	0–3 (w/o)	Sivasspor	Antakya
				Stadium: New Hatay Stadium

28	Alanyaspor	3–0 (w/o)	Hatayspor	Antalya
				Stadium: Kırbıyık Holding Stadium

29	Hatayspor	0–3 (w/o)	Fatih Karagümrük	Antakya
				Stadium: New Hatay Stadium

30	Beşiktaş	3–0 (w/o)	Hatayspor	Istanbul
				Stadium: Vodafone Park

31	Hatayspor	0–3 (w/o)	Ankaragücü	Antakya
				Stadium: New Hatay Stadium

32	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–0 (w/o)	Hatayspor	Istanbul
				Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

33	Hatayspor	0–3 (w/o)	İstanbulspor	Antakya
				Stadium: New Hatay Stadium

34	Giresunspor	3–0 (w/o)	Hatayspor	Giresun
				Stadium: Çotanak Sports Complex

35	Hatayspor	0–3 (w/o)	Fenerbahçe	Antakya
				Stadium: New Hatay Stadium

36	Hatayspor	0–3 (w/o)	Ümraniyespor	Antakya
				Stadium: New Hatay Stadium

37	Antalyaspor	3–0 (w/o)	Hatayspor	Antalya
				Stadium: Antalya Stadium

38	Hatayspor	0–3 (w/o)	Galatasaray	Antakya
				Stadium: New Hatay Stadium

Turkish Cup

19 October 2022 Third round	Hatayspor	0–2	Düzcespor	Antakya
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)			Gündoğdu 31' Karadağ 90+6'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium

References

^ ^a ^b "Yönetim Kurulu Kararları". TFF (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^ "Christian Atsu öldü mü? Christian Atsu kimdir, kaç yaşında, nereli? Christian Atsu'nun oynadığı takımlar!". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 18 February 2023. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
^ "Christian Atsu found dead after Turkey earthquake – agent". BBC Sport. 18 February 2023. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
^ "Christian Atsu: Body of ex-Newcastle player found following Turkey earthquake". Sky Sports. 18 February 2023. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
^ "Hatayspor sporting director found dead following earthquake". ESPN. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
^ "FUTBOL A TAKIMI". Hatayspor. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
^ "Yönetim Kurulu Kararları". tff.org (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^ Asikci, Emre (22 March 2023). "Turkish football body announces promotion, relegation rules for next season". tff.org (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
^ "TÜRKİYE FUTBOL FEDERASYONU FUTBOL MÜSABAKA TALİMATI : MADDE 9 – PUAN USULÜ VE AVERAJ" [Turkish Football Federation Football Competition Instruction : Article 9 - Score Procedure and Average] (PDF) (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

[table_hth_ANT0.66067286052772-7] Head-to-head points: İstanbulspor 11, Antalyaspor 10, Sivasspor 8, Alanyaspor 4.

[table_note_GFK0.66067286052772-10] On 12 February 2023, Gaziantep and Hatayspor withdrew from the league following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake and were not relegated at the end of the season.^[7]^[8]

[withdrawal-1] "Yönetim Kurulu Kararları". TFF (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[2] "Christian Atsu öldü mü? Christian Atsu kimdir, kaç yaşında, nereli? Christian Atsu'nun oynadığı takımlar!". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 18 February 2023. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

[3] "Christian Atsu found dead after Turkey earthquake – agent". BBC Sport. 18 February 2023. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

[4] "Christian Atsu: Body of ex-Newcastle player found following Turkey earthquake". Sky Sports. 18 February 2023. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

[5] "Hatayspor sporting director found dead following earthquake". ESPN. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

[Current_squad-6] "FUTBOL A TAKIMI". Hatayspor. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2019.

[8] "Yönetim Kurulu Kararları". tff.org (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[9] Asikci, Emre (22 March 2023). "Turkish football body announces promotion, relegation rules for next season". tff.org (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 21 August 2023.

[11] "TÜRKİYE FUTBOL FEDERASYONU FUTBOL MÜSABAKA TALİMATI : MADDE 9 – PUAN USULÜ VE AVERAJ" [Turkish Football Federation Football Competition Instruction : Article 9 - Score Procedure and Average] (PDF) (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

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