2022–23 Gaziantep F.K. season

Gaziantep F.K. 2022–23 football season

Gaziantep F.K.

2022–23 season

President

Cevdet Akınal

Head coach

Stadium

18th (withdrew)

Quarter-finals (withdrew)

Top goalscorer

League:
João Figueiredo (7)
All:
João Figueiredo (9)

Highest home attendance

13,426
(vs. Fenerbahçe, 15 January 2023, Süper Lig)

Lowest home attendance

575
(vs. Ümraniyespor, 11 September 2022, Süper Lig)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2021–222023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 35th season in the existence of Gaziantep F.K. and the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, Gaziantep F.K. participated in this season's edition of the Turkish Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

On 12 February 2023, Gaziantep F.K. announced withdrawal from the league and the cup due to the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, which widely hit its home city.

Players

First-team squad

As of 30 August 2022

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	TUR	Günay Güvenç
3	DF	SEN	Papy Djilobodji
4	MF	TUR	Arda Kızıldağ
5	MF	TUR	Furkan Soyalp
6	DF	ROU	Alin Toșca
7	FW	KOS	Valmir Veliu
8	MF	SRB	Marko Jevtović
9	FW	CZE	Tomáš Pekhart
11	DF	TUR	Halil İbrahim Pehlivan
15	DF	TUR	Ertuğrul Ersoy
16	DF	CZE	Matěj Hanousek (on loan from Sparta Prague)
17	FW	TUR	Mustafa Eskihellaç
19	MF	TUR	Abdulkadir Parmak
20	MF	TUR	Recep Niyaz
22	FW	NOR	Torgeir Børven


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	FW	BRA	João Figueiredo
26	FW	TUR	Mirza Cihan
27	DF	TUR	Ömürcan Artan
28	FW	CHI	Ángelo Sagal
44	MF	ROU	Alexandru Maxim
50	FW	SRB	Lazar Marković
52	MF	KAZ	Alexander Merkel
70	DF	GRE	Stelios Kitsiou
71	GK	TUR	Mustafa Burak Bozan
72	GK	TUR	Berkay Erkul
77	MF	TUR	Cenk Şahin
80	MF	MKD	Luka Stankovski
90	MF	TUR	Berke Gürbüz
91	MF	TUR	Bahadir Gölgeli
—	GK	TUR	Erten Ersu

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	TUR	Yusuf Türk (at Somaspor)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	TUR	Ekrem Kılıçarslan (at Göztepe)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Gaziantep

Hermannstadt

30 June 2022 Friendly	Gaziantep	1–0	Hermannstadt	Bolu
16:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Figueiredo 88'			Stadium: Koru Hotel Futbol Sahası

Gaziantep

Orenburg

2 July 2022 Friendly	Gaziantep	1–2	Orenburg	Kaynaşlı
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Fenerbahce SK Topuk Yaylasi Tesisleri

Gaziantep

Gabala

5 July 2022 Friendly	Gaziantep	2–1	Gabala	Karacasu
16:30 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Bolu Termal Otel Tesisleri

Adana Demirspor

Gaziantep

8 July 2022 Friendly	Adana Demirspor	0–2	Gaziantep	Karacasu
15:30 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Bolu Termal Otel Tesisleri

Gaziantep

Neftçi

14 July 2022 Friendly	Gaziantep	0–0	Neftçi	Turkey
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)

Gaziantep

Keçiörengücü

16 July 2022 Friendly	Gaziantep	2–1	Keçiörengücü	Turkey
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)

Gaziantep

Samsunspor

17 July 2022 Friendly	Gaziantep	1–0	Samsunspor	Turkey
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)

Gaziantep

Fatih Karagümrük

20 July 2022 Friendly	Gaziantep	1–4	Fatih Karagümrük	Turkey
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)

Gaziantep

Pendikspor

22 July 2022 Friendly	Gaziantep	2–0	Pendikspor	Turkey
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)

Gaziantep

Eyüpspor

23 July 2022 Friendly	Gaziantep	0–1	Eyüpspor	Turkey
15:30 TRT (UTC+3)

Gaziantep

Yeni Malatyaspor

24 September 2022 Friendly	Gaziantep	1–1	Yeni Malatyaspor	Gaziantep
15:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Veliu 13'		Akgün 77'	Stadium: Gaziantep Futbol Kulübü Tesisleri

Gaziantep

Al Batin

5 December 2022 Friendly	Gaziantep	3–1	Al Batin	Turkey
16:30 TRT (UTC+3)

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	6 August 2022	4 February 2023	Matchday 1	18th (withdrew)	36	6	7	23	31	72	−41	016.67
Turkish Cup	20 October 2022	19 January 2023	Third round	Quarter final (withdrew)	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	066.67
Total					39	8	8	23	37	73	−36	020.51

Source: Soccerway

Süper Lig

Main article: 2022–23 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
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	36	6	7	23	31	72	−41	25	Withdrawn
19	Hatayspor	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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

Head-to-head points: İstanbulspor 11, Antalyaspor 10, Sivasspor 8, Alanyaspor 4.
^ 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.

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	7	23	31	72	−41	25	3	4	11	17	37	−20	3	3	12	14	35	−21

Source: Spor Toto Süper Lig

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	B	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	B	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	B	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	B	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Position	9	7	4	2	5	6	9	10	10	9	9	10	11	11	10	11	12	11	12	13	11	9	10	11	12	14	14	15	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18

Source: Spor Toto Süper Lig
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Sivasspor v Gaziantep

6 August 2022 (2022-08-06) 1	Sivasspor	1–1	Gaziantep	Sivas
19:15 TRT (UTC+3)	Osmanpaşa 31' Gradel 64' (pen.) Yatabaré 84'	Report	Maxim 22' Djilobodji 39' Hanousek 61' Soyalp 67'	Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 3,984 Referee: Ali Şansalan

Gaziantep v Ankaragücü

14 August 2022 (2022-08-14) 2	Gaziantep	1–0	Ankaragücü	Gaziantep
19:15 TRT (UTC+3)	Kitsiou 30' Ersoy 45' 47'	Report	Çankaya 28' Chatzigiovanis 35' Diack 79'	Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Attendance: 1,484 Referee: Mustafa Kürşad Filiz

Hatayspor v Gaziantep

20 August 2022 (2022-08-20) 3	Hatayspor	1–2	Gaziantep	Hatay
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

Gaziantep v Antalyaspor

26 August 2022 (2022-08-26) 4	Gaziantep	5–2	Antalyaspor	Hatay
21:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Figueiredo 28', 54', 73' 71' Pekhart 58' Maxim 66' Djilobodji 67' Sagal 67'	Report	Wright 30', 40' Fernando 58' Aydoğdu 90+3'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 688 Referee: Suat Arslanboğa

Galatasaray v Gaziantep

5 September 2022 (2022-09-05) 5	Galatasaray	2–1	Gaziantep	Istanbul
21:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Bardakcı 31' 45' Gomis 36' 73' Oliveira 40' Torreira 45' Kitsiou 90+1' (o.g.)	Report	Sagal 27' Güvenç 40' Maxim 45+5' Eskihellaç 54' Soyalp 89' Kitsiou 90'	Stadium: Nef Stadium Attendance: 43,783 Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

Gaziantep v Ümraniyespor

11 September 2022 (2022-09-11) 6	Gaziantep	1–1	Ümraniyespor	Hatay
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Kitsiou 25' Maxim 59' (pen.) Djilobodji 75' Marković 86'	Report	Sackey 50' Avounou 72' Mršić 90' (pen.) Del Valle 90+3'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 575 Referee: Ümit Öztürk

Trabzonspor v Gaziantep

18 September 2022 (2022-09-18) 7	Trabzonspor	3–2	Gaziantep	Trabzon
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Trézéguet 14' Bakasetas 42' (pen.) Bartra 87' 90+8' Çakır 90+9'	Report	Maxim 2' Marković 9' Pehlivan 77' Güvenç 90+10' Ersoy 90+11'	Stadium: Şenol Güneş Sports Complex Attendance: 22,062 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

Kasımpaşa v Gaziantep

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 8	Kasımpaşa	1–0	Gaziantep	Istanbul
14:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Çiftpınar 43' Eysseric 45+1' Celina 57'	Report	Sagal 45+5' Marković 55'	Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Attendance: 1,529 Referee: Zorbay Küçük

Gaziantep v Adana Demirspor

7 October 2022 (2022-10-07) 9	Gaziantep	1–1	Adana Demirspor	Gaziantep
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Marković 69' Ersoy 78' Sagal 80' Djilobodji 90+5'	Report	Güler 8' Assombalonga 60'	Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Attendance: 6,697 Referee: Sarper Barış Saka

Konyaspor v Gaziantep

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 10	Konyaspor	0–1	Gaziantep	Konya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Demirbağ 16' Guilherme 38' Çekiçi 67'	Report	Kitsiou 36' Jevtović 43' Soyalp 66' Kızıldağ 68' 85' Figueiredo 90+3'	Stadium: Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium Attendance: 12,524 Referee: Çağdaş Altay

Bye

Alanyaspor v Gaziantep

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 12	Alanyaspor	2–0	Gaziantep	Antalya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Fer 21' 44' Doumbia 22' Balkovec 53'	Report	Toșca 73'	Stadium: Kırbıyık Holding Stadium Attendance: 2,749 Referee: Arda Kardeşler

Gaziantep v Kayserispor

6 November 2022 (2022-11-06) 13	Gaziantep	1–2	Kayserispor	Gaziantep
14:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Figueiredo 31' Soyalp 52' 59' Kitsiou 90+2'	Report	Kemen 41' Sazdağı 51' Cardoso 53' Hosseini 83' Civelek 88' Carole 90+2' Parlak 90+3'	Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Attendance: 4,791 Referee: Erkan Özdamar

Fatih Karagümrük v Gaziantep

13 November 2022 (2022-11-13) 14	Fatih Karagümrük	3–3	Gaziantep	Istanbul
14:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Baniya 32', 52' Dursun 63' Kouassi 69'	Report	Ersoy 13' 46' Figueiredo 20' Jevtović 25' Merkel 62' 65'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 144 Referee: Mustafa Kürşad Filiz

Gaziantep v Beşiktaş

25 December 2022 (2022-12-25) 15	Gaziantep	1–1	Beşiktaş	Gaziantep
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Güvenç MÖ' Jevtović 28' Figueiredo 71' Ersoy 81' Merkel 90+1'	Report	N'Koudou 25' Weghorst 86' Uçan 90+8'	Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Attendance: 7,944 Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan

Giresunspor v Gaziantep

29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) 16	Giresunspor	2–1	Gaziantep	Giresun
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Arias 23' Serginho 24' Sağlam 49' Sainz 56' Savićević 80' Kuwas 90+5' Bajić 90+5'	Report	Kitsiou 6' Soyalp 33' Veliu 52' Djilobodji 79'	Stadium: Çotanak Sports Complex Attendance: 2,828 Referee: Zorbay Küçük

Gaziantep v İstanbul Başakşehir

5 January 2023 (2023-01-05) 17	Gaziantep	1–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Gaziantep
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Maxim 45+4' 90+7' Marković 73'	Report	Özcan 44'	Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Attendance: 2,471 Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

İstanbulspor v Gaziantep

9 January 2023 (2023-01-09) 18	İstanbulspor	1–1	Gaziantep	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Yılmaz 87' Ethemi 90+10'	Report	Jevtović 38' Eskihellaç 90+10'	Stadium: Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium Attendance: 396 Referee: Burak Şeker

Gaziantep v Fenerbahçe

15 January 2023 (2023-01-15) 19	Gaziantep	1–2	Fenerbahçe	Gaziantep
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Maxim 19' Djilobodji 47' Kitsiou 55' Sagal 59' 70' Jevtović 90+4'	Report	Mor 7' Valencia 8', 90+1' Szalai 73' Dursun 90'	Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Attendance: 13,426 Referee: Mustafa Kürşad Filiz

Gaziantep v Sivasspor

22 January 2023 (2023-01-22) 20	Gaziantep	1–2	Sivasspor	Gaziantep
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Kitsiou 4' Djilobodji 53' Eskihellaç 60' Artan 67'	Report	Yatabaré 17' Osmanpaşa 48'	Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Attendance: 4,710 Referee: Cihan Aydın

Ankaragücü v Gaziantep

28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) 21	Ankaragücü	0–2	Gaziantep	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Üzüm 89'	Report	Pehlivan 33' Kitsiou 36' Djilobodji 47' Ersoy 89' Veliu 90+2' Figueiredo 90+7'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 11,854 Referee: Mert Güzenge

Gaziantep v Hatayspor

1 February 2023 (2023-02-01) 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

Antalyaspor v Gaziantep

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 23	Antalyaspor	1–0	Gaziantep	Antalya
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Fredy 29' 56' Larsson 34' Fernando 45+4'	Report	Soyalp 2' Güvenç 78' Marković 85' 90' Ersoy 90+2'	Stadium: Antalya Stadium Referee: Burak Pakkan

Gaziantep v Galatasaray

24	Gaziantep	0–3 (w/o)	Galatasaray	Gaziantep
		Report		Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium

Ümraniyespor v Gaziantep

25	Ümraniyespor	3–0 (w/o)	Gaziantep	Istanbul
		Report		Stadium: Ümraniye Municipality City Stadium

Gaziantep v Trabzonspor

26	Gaziantep	0–3 (w/o)	Trabzonspor	Gaziantep
		Report		Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium

Gaziantep v Kasımpaşa

27	Gaziantep	0–3 (w/o)	Kasımpaşa	Gaziantep
		Report		Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium

Adana Demirspor v Gaziantep

28	Adana Demirspor	3–0 (w/o)	Gaziantep	Adana
		Report		Stadium: New Adana Stadium

Gaziantep v Konyaspor

29	Gaziantep	0–3 (w/o)	Konyaspor	Gaziantep
		Report		Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium

Bye

Gaziantep v Alanyaspor

31	Gaziantep	0–3 (w/o)	Alanyaspor	Gaziantep
		Report		Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium

Kayserispor v Gaziantep

32	Kayserispor	3–0 (w/o)	Gaziantep	Kayseri
		Report		Stadium: Kadir Has Stadium

Gaziantep v Fatih Karagümrük

33	Gaziantep	0–3 (w/o)	Fatih Karagümrük	Gaziantep
		Report		Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium

Beşiktaş v Gaziantep

34	Beşiktaş	3–0 (w/o)	Gaziantep	Istanbul
		Report		Stadium: Vodafone Park

Gaziantep v Giresunspor

35	Gaziantep	0–3 (w/o)	Giresunspor	Gaziantep
		Report		Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium

İstanbul Başakşehir v Gaziantep

36	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–0 (w/o)	Gaziantep	Istanbul
		Report		Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium

Gaziantep v İstanbulspor

37	Gaziantep	0–3 (w/o)	İstanbulspor	Gaziantep
		Report		Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium

Fenerbahçe v Gaziantep

38	Fenerbahçe	3–0 (w/o)	Gaziantep	Istanbul
		Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium

Turkish Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Turkish Cup Gaziantep v Sarıyer

20 October 2022 (2022-10-20) Third round	Gaziantep	4–0	Sarıyer	Gaziantep
20:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Veliu 30' Parmak 32' Babuşçu 44' Figueiredo 78', 85' Merkel 83'	Report		Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Referee: Cihan Aydın

Gaziantep v Belediye Kütahyaspor

9 November 2022 (2022-11-09) Fourth round	Gaziantep	2–0	Belediye Kütahyaspor	Gaziantep
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Pekhart 38' Çakır 74' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Referee: Abdullah Buğra Taşkınsoy

Gaziantep v Boluspor

22 December 2022 (2022-12-22) Fifth round	Gaziantep	3–1	Boluspor	Gaziantep
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Maxim 42' (pen.) Ersoy 66' Bozan 90+1' Marković 90+3'	Report	İşçiler 40' Çınar 59' Bregu 87'	Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Referee: Ümit Öztürk

Gaziantep v Konyaspor

19 January 2023 (2023-01-19) Round of 16	Gaziantep	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Konyaspor	Gaziantep
17:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Maxim 25' Toșca 45' Eskihellaç 108' Güvenç 116'	Report	Guilherme 120+2' Diouf 120+4'	Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Referee: Yiğit Arslan
	Penalties
	Maxim Figueiredo Jevtović Merkel Cihan Djilobodji Eskihellaç		Dikmen Calvo Ülgün Guilherme Büyüksayar Pavičić Yazğılı

Sivasspor v Gaziantep

Quarter-finals	Sivasspor	3–0 (w/o)	Gaziantep	Sivas
		Report		Stadium: New 4 Eylül Stadium

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Club seasons
Süper Lig	Adana Demirspor Alanyaspor Ankaragücü Antalyaspor Beşiktaş Fatih Karagümrük Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Gaziantep Giresunspor Hatayspor İstanbul Başakşehir İstanbulspor Kasımpaşa Kayserispor Konyaspor Sivasspor Ümraniyespor Trabzonspor
TFF First League	Adanaspor Altay Ankara Keçiörengücü Altınordu Bandırmaspor Çaykur Rizespor Bodrumspor Boluspor Denizlispor Erzurumspor Eyüpspor Gençlerbirliği Göztepe Manisa Pendikspor Sakaryaspor Samsunspor Tuzlaspor Yeni Malatyaspor
Women's Super League	Fenerbahçe Galatasaray

International competition
Men	2022–23 UEFA Nations League C UEFA Euro 2024 (Qualifying: Group D)

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