Super League, the top level football league in Turkey. In the league in which 18 teams compete in one season, the double-circuit league procedure is applied in which each team plays two matches with each other. The top ranked team is the champion, while the last three teams fall to the 1st League, while the three teams in the 1st League advance to the Super League to compete the following season. The Super League, which lasts nine months, including August and May, consists of 34 weeks and 306 games. With the end of the 2015-16 season, the league ranks 11th in the UEFA countries ranking and sends 2 teams to the UEFA Champions League and 3 teams to the UEFA Europa League. Turkey Cup champion is a team that could not enter the first 4 may participate in the UEFA Europa League.
With the participation of a total of 16 teams from the regional leagues of Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, the league organized its first season in 1959 under the name of the National League. Turkey 1 Football League season in 1962-63, 2001-02 Super League name to be used at the beginning of the season was initiated in this period was used after the addition of the name of the sponsor at the beginning of the league title due to the support of various sponsors. Over time, the number of participants and format has changed.
In the Super League where 70 teams have fought so far; Galatasaray (22) Fenerbahce (19), Besiktas (15), Trabzonspor (6) and Bursaspor (1) championship title. The team that reached the championship in 2018-19 season, which is the last season of the league, is also the team with the highest number of champions in the league history with 22 championships.
