2025–26 in Turkish football

The 2025–26 season is the 121th season of competitive football in Turkey.

National teams

Turkey men's national football team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

7 June 2025 Friendly	United States	1–2	Turkey	East Hartford, Connecticut
15:30 EDT (UTC−04:00)	McGlynn 1'		Güler 24' Aktürkoğlu 27'	Stadium: Pratt & Whitney Stadium Attendance: 34,023 Referee: Fernando Morón (Panama)

10 June 2025 Friendly	Mexico	1–0	Turkey	Chapel Hill, United States
20:30 EDT (UTC−04:00)	Pineda 45'	Report		Stadium: Kenan Stadium Referee: Moeth Gaymes (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	6	5	1	0	21	2	+19	16	Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup	—	2–2	2–0	4–0
2	Turkey	6	4	1	1	17	12	+5	13	Advance to play-offs	0–6	—	4–1	2–0
3	Georgia	6	1	0	5	7	15	−8	3		0–4	2–3	—	3–0
4	Bulgaria	6	1	0	5	3	19	−16	3		0–3	1–6	2–1	—

Source: FIFA, UEFA

4 September 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Georgia	2–3	Turkey	Tbilisi, Georgia
20:00 GET (UTC+04:00)	Davitashvili 63' Kvaratskhelia 90+8'	Report	Müldür 3' Aktürkoğlu 41', 52'	Stadium: Boris Paichadze National Stadium Attendance: 44,238 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

7 September 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Turkey	0–6	Spain	Konya, Turkey
21:45 TRT (UTC+03:00)		Report	Pedri 6', 62' Merino 22', 45+1', 57' Torres 53'	Stadium: Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium Attendance: 32,059 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

11 October 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Bulgaria	1–6	Turkey	Sofia, Bulgaria
21:45 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Kirilov 13'	Report	Güler 11' Popov 49' (o.g.) Yıldız 51', 56' Çelik 65' Kahveci 90+3'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 10,059 Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)

14 October 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Turkey	4–1	Georgia	İzmit, Turkey
21:45 TRT (UTC+03:00)	Yıldız 14' Demiral 22', 52' Akgün 35'	Report	Kochorashvili 64'	Stadium: Kocaeli Stadium Attendance: 26,633^[1] Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

15 November 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Turkey	2–0	Bulgaria	Bursa, Turkey
20:00 TRT (UTC+03:00)	Çalhanoğlu 18' (pen.) Chernev 83' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Centennial Atatürk Stadium Attendance: 42,756 Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)

18 November 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Spain	2–2	Turkey	Albacete, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Olmo 4' Oyarzabal 62'	Report	Gül 42' Özcan 54'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Attendance: 30,812 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Turkey women's national football team

24 October 2025 2025 UEFA Nations League play-off	Kosovo	0–4	Turkey	Pristina, Kosovo
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Hançar 5', 10' Pekel 23' şeker 81'	Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium Referee: Michaela Pachtova (Czech Republic)

28 October 2025 2025 UEFA Nations League play-off	Turkey	3–0	Kosovo	İzmir, Turkey
20:00 TRT (UTC+03:00)	Pekel 22' Hançar 29' (pen.) Şeker 78'	Report		Stadium: Gürsel Aksel Stadium Referee: Miriama Bočková (Slovakia)

28 November 2025 (2025-11-28) Friendly	Turkey	1–1	Albania	Istanbul, Turkey
15:00	Topçu 50'	Report	Hilaj 20'	Stadium: Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium Referee: Lutfaliyeva Farida (Azerbaijan)

29 November 2025 (2025-11-29) Friendly	Turkey	4–0	Turkey U23	Istanbul, Turkey
16:00		Report		Stadium: Riva 1 No'lu Saha

1 December 2025 (2025-12-01) Friendly	Turkey	2–0	Albania	Istanbul, Turkey
16:00	Şeker 14' Altunkulak 81'	Report		Stadium: Türk Hava Yolları Stadium Referee: Lutfaliyeva Farida (Azerbaijan)

2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Group B2

Pos	Team	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Switzerland	Advance to play-offs and promotion to League A	—	3 Mar	14 Apr	5 Jun
2	Northern Ireland	Advance to play-offs	9 Jun	—	7 Mar	14 Apr
3	Turkey	Advance to play-offs and possible relegation to League C	18 Apr	5 Jun	—	3 Mar
4	Malta	Relegation to League C	7 Mar	18 Apr	9 Jun	—

First match(es) will be played: 3 March 2026. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

3 March 2026 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Turkey

v

Malta

Turkey

7 March 2026 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Northern Ireland

v

Turkey

Northern Ireland

14 April 2026 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Switzerland

v

Turkey

Switzerland

18 April 2026 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Turkey

v

Switzerland

Turkey

5 June 2026 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Turkey

v

Northern Ireland

Turkey

9 June 2026 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Malta

v

Turkey

Malta

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Feyenoord	4–6	Fenerbahçe	2–1	2–5

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fenerbahçe	0–1	Benfica	0–0	0–1

League phase

Galatasaray

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
16	Marseille	6	3	0	3	11	8	+3	9	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
17	Juventus	6	2	3	1	12	10	+2	9	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18	Galatasaray	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9
19	Monaco	6	2	3	1	7	8	−1	9
20	Bayer Leverkusen	6	2	3	1	10	12	−2	9

Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2025. Source: UEFA^[2]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Home team	Score	Away team
Eintracht Frankfurt	5–1	Galatasaray
Galatasaray	1–0	Liverpool
Galatasaray	3–1	Bodø/Glimt
Ajax	0–3	Galatasaray
Galatasaray	0–1	Union Saint-Gilloise
Monaco	1–0	Galatasaray
Galatasaray	21 Jan	Atlético Madrid
Manchester City	28 Jan	Galatasaray

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Beşiktaş	2–6	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–4	0–2

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panathinaikos	2–1	Samsunspor	2–1	0–0

League phase

Fenerbahçe

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
10	Roma	6	4	0	2	10	5	+5	12	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
11	Nottingham Forest	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	11
12	Fenerbahçe	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11^[a]
13	Bologna	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11^[a]
14	Viktoria Plzeň	6	2	4	0	6	2	+4	10

Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2025. Source: UEFA^[3]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Away goals scored: Fenerbahçe 5, Bologna 4.

Home team	Score	Away team
Dinamo Zagreb	3–1	Fenerbahçe
Fenerbahçe	2–1	Nice
Fenerbahçe	1–0	VfB Stuttgart
Viktoria Plzeň	0–0	Fenerbahçe
Fenerbahçe	1–1	Ferencváros
Brann	0–4	Fenerbahçe
Fenerbahçe	22 Jan	Aston Villa
FCSB	29 Jan	Fenerbahçe

UEFA Conference League

Qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cherno More	0–5	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–1	0–4

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Viking	2–4	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–3	1–1
St Patrick's Athletic	3–7	Beşiktaş	1–4	2–3

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
İstanbul Başakşehir	2–5	Universitatea Craiova	1–2	1–3
Lausanne-Sport	2–1	Beşiktaş	1–1	1–0

League phase

Samsunspor

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
10	Crystal Palace	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	10	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
11	Lech Poznań	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10
12	Samsunspor	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10
13	Celje	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
14	AZ	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10

Source: UEFA^[4]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Home team	Score	Away team
Legia Warsaw	0–1	Samsunspor
Samsunspor	3–0	Dynamo Kyiv
Samsunspor	3–0	Hamrun Spartans
Breiðablik	2–2	Samsunspor
Samsunspor	1–2	AEK Athens
Mainz 05	18 Dec	Samsunspor

UEFA Women's Champions League

First qualifying round

Tournament 4
Team 1	Score	Team 2
ABB Fomget	2–0	Neftchi Baku
Kiryat Gat	1–3	ABB Fomget

Second qualifying round

Tournament 7
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Slavia Prague	2–1	ABB Fomget
HJK	2–3	ABB Fomget

League competitions (Men's)

Pre–season

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Süper Lig	Kocaelispor Gençlerbirliği Fatih Karagümrük	Bodrum Sivasspor Hatayspor Adana Demirspor
1. Lig	Serik Belediyespor Sarıyer Vanspor	Ankaragücü Şanlıurfaspor Adanaspor Yeni Malatyaspor
2. Lig	Bursaspor Muğlaspor Aliağa Mardin 1969 Kahramanmaraş İstiklalspor Muşspor	Karaköprü Belediyespor Altay Afyonspor Diyarbekirspor Nazillispor Giresunspor
3. Lig	12 Bingölspor 1926 Bulancakspor Malatya Yeşilyurtspor Kilis Belediyespor Karadeniz Ereğli Belediyespor Eskişehirspor Denizli İdman Yurdu Fethiye İdman Yurdu Yeşil Yalova Galata Suvermez Kapadokyaspor İnkılap	1922 Konyaspor 23 Elazığ Turgutluspor Adıyaman Bayburt Özel İdarespor Büyükçekmece Tepecikspor Denizlispor Ergene Velimeşe Kelkit Hürriyetspor Kuşadasıspor Nevşehir Belediyespor Viranşehir Belediyespor

Süper Lig

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Galatasaray	17	13	3	1	39	12	+27	42	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2	Fenerbahçe	17	11	6	0	39	14	+25	39	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Trabzonspor	17	10	5	2	33	20	+13	35	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Göztepe	17	9	5	3	21	9	+12	32	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	Beşiktaş	17	8	5	4	30	22	+8	29
6	Samsunspor	17	6	7	4	22	20	+2	25
7	Başakşehir	17	6	5	6	27	18	+9	23
8	Kocaelispor	17	6	5	6	15	17	−2	23
9	Gaziantep	17	6	5	6	24	30	−6	23
10	Alanyaspor	17	4	9	4	16	15	+1	21
11	Gençlerbirliği	17	5	3	9	21	24	−3	18
12	Rizespor	17	4	6	7	20	24	−4	18
13	Konyaspor	17	4	5	8	21	29	−8	17
14	Kasımpaşa	17	3	6	8	14	24	−10	15
15	Antalyaspor	17	4	3	10	16	31	−15	15
16	Kayserispor	17	2	9	6	16	33	−17	15	Relegation to TFF First League
17	Eyüpspor	17	3	4	10	10	24	−14	13
18	Fatih Karagümrük	17	2	3	12	14	32	−18	9

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2025. 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.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[5]

TFF First league

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pendikspor	18	10	6	2	32	13	+19	36	Promotion to the Süper Lig
2	Amedspor	18	11	3	4	39	25	+14	36	Promotion to the Süper Lig
3	Esenler Erokspor	18	9	6	3	41	20	+21	33	Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoff Final
4	Çorum	18	9	5	4	28	19	+9	32	Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoff Quarter Finals
5	Bodrumspor	18	9	5	4	38	17	+21	32
6	Erzurumspor	18	7	9	2	32	17	+15	30
7	Iğdır	18	8	6	4	29	24	+5	30
8	Boluspor	18	7	5	6	32	20	+12	26
9	Bandırmaspor	18	7	5	6	21	18	+3	26
10	Serikspor	18	7	5	6	22	25	−3	26
11	Vanspor	18	6	6	6	23	20	+3	24
12	Keçiörengücü	18	5	8	5	28	22	+6	23
13	Sivasspor	18	5	7	6	22	19	+3	22
14	Sakaryaspor	18	6	4	8	31	36	−5	22
15	Ümraniyespor	18	6	3	9	19	26	−7	21
16	İstanbulspor	18	4	9	5	20	29	−9	21
17	Manisa	18	5	5	8	26	31	−5	20	Relegation to the TFF 2. Lig
18	Sarıyer	18	5	3	10	18	25	−7	18
19	Hatayspor	18	0	6	12	16	46	−30	6
20	Adana Demirspor^[a]	18	0	2	16	13	78	−65	−16

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2025. Source: TFF
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.^[6]
Notes:

^ Adana Demirspor were deducted 18 points.

TFF Second league

League table

TFF Third league

League table

Cup competitions (Men's)

Turkish Super Cup

	Semi-finals				Final

	SF1 - 5 January 2026 – Gaziantep

	Galatasaray
					10 January 2026 – Istanbul
	Trabzonspor
					Winners SF1
	SF2 - 6 January 2026 – Adana
					Winners SF2
	Fenerbahçe

	Samsunspor

Final

10 January 2026

20:30 UTC+3

	v

Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul

Turkish Cup

League competitions (Women's)

Women's Super League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fenerbahçe	13	12	1	0	46	3	+43	37	Qual. for the 2026–27 UEFA WCL 1st rd
2	Galatasaray	13	11	0	2	48	7	+41	33
3	Trabzonspor	13	11	0	2	40	6	+34	33
4	ABB Fomget	13	9	3	1	41	7	+34	30
5	Amed	13	7	3	3	35	10	+25	24
6	Yüksekova	13	7	3	3	19	7	+12	24
7	Beşiktaş	13	6	2	5	33	13	+20	20
8	Hakkarigücü	13	5	3	5	15	14	+1	18
9	Ünye Kadın	13	5	1	7	20	22	−2	16
10	Giresun Sanayi	13	5	1	7	16	18	−2	16
11	Fatih Vatan	13	4	4	5	21	33	−12	16
12	Çekmeköy BilgiDoğa	13	4	2	7	17	30	−13	14
13	1207 Antalya	13	3	3	7	15	33	−18	12
14	Gaziantep ALG	13	1	0	12	8	99	−91	3	Relegation to the First League
15	Bornova Hitab	12	0	0	12	0	36	−36	0^[a]
16	Beylerbeyi	12	0	0	12	0	36	−36	−3^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2025. Source: TFF
Notes:

^ On 17 September 2025, following a decision by the Amateur Football Disciplinary Committee, Bornova Hitab Spor was expelled from the league, with all of their matches forfeited and recorded as 3–0 victories for their opponents.^[7]
^ 3 points deducted by the decision of the Federation

Women's First League

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kayseri	7	6	1	0	38	3	+35	19	Promotion to Super League
2	Gaziantep Safir	7	6	1	0	34	3	+31	19	Qualification for Promotion play-off
3	Gazikentspor	7	3	2	2	24	13	+11	11
4	Genç Ülküm	7	3	1	3	16	9	+7	10
5	Adana İdman Yurdu	7	3	1	3	15	14	+1	10
6	Şırnak	7	3	0	4	13	17	−4	9
7	Gaziantep Asyaspor	7	1	0	6	4	32	−28	0^[a]	Qualification for Relegation play-out
8	Hatay Defnespor	7	0	0	7	6	59	−53	0	Relegation to the Second League

Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2025. Source: TFF
Notes:

^ 3 points deducted by the decision of the Federation

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Haymana	7	7	0	0	27	1	+26	21	Promotion to Super League
2	Horozkent	6	4	2	0	23	4	+19	14	Qualification for Promotion play-off
3	Bakırköy	7	4	2	1	23	7	+16	14
4	Dudullu	7	4	1	2	12	8	+4	13
5	Soma Zafer Spor ve Gençlik	7	3	1	3	14	11	+3	10
6	Telsiz Spor	7	1	1	5	10	20	−10	4
7	Kocaeli	7	1	1	5	8	21	−13	4
8	Sakarya	6	1	0	5	5	24	−19	3	Qualification for Relegation play-out
9	Gölbaşı Belediyespor	6	1	0	5	3	29	−26	3	Relegation to the Second League

Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2025. Source: TFF

Cup competitions (Women's)

Managerial changes

Deaths

Retirements

References

^ "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Türkiye v Georgia" (PDF). UEFA. 14 October 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
^ "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
^ "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
^ "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
^ "Türkıye Futbol Federasyonu Futbol Müsabaka Talımati: 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.
^ "Türkıye Futbol Federasyonu Futbol Müsabaka Talımati: 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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[table_hth_FEN0.10112407668546-3] Away goals scored: Fenerbahçe 5, Bologna 4.

[table_note_ADA0.43791626321055-7] Adana Demirspor were deducted 18 points.

[table_hth_BOR0.064914017014631-10] On 17 September 2025, following a decision by the Amateur Football Disciplinary Committee, Bornova Hitab Spor was expelled from the league, with all of their matches forfeited and recorded as 3–0 victories for their opponents.^[7]

[table_hth_BEY0.064914017014631-11] 3 points deducted by the decision of the Federation

[table_hth_GAS0.5822447326883-12] 3 points deducted by the decision of the Federation

[1] "Full Time Report Qualifying round – Türkiye v Georgia" (PDF). UEFA. 14 October 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.

[UCL_table-2] "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 5 November 2025.

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[5] "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 2 October 2025.

[6] "Türkıye Futbol Federasyonu Futbol Müsabaka Talımati: 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.

[8] "Türkıye Futbol Federasyonu Futbol Müsabaka Talımati: 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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