2024–25 KTFF Süper Lig

Süleyman Göktaş Süper Lig
Season2024–25
Dates19 September 2024 – 18 May 2025
ChampionsMağusa Türk Gücü
14th title
RelegatedGöçmenköy
Gençler Birliği
Değirmenlik
Matches played231
Goals scored751 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer Ussumane Djabi
(26 goals)
Biggest home winMağusa Türk Gücü 7–0 Gönyeli
(9 March 2025)
Highest scoringGençler Birliği 3–8 Mağusa Türk Gücü
(3 May 2025)

The 2024–25 KTFF Süper Lig season was the 63rd season of the Süper Lig in Northern Cyprus. It was officially named Süleyman Göktaş Süper Lig, in honor of former KTFF president Süleyman Göktaş, that passed away the previous day of the announcement.[1]

Mağusa Türk Gücü were the reigning champions, winning their sixth successive title on the final day of the season with a late win against Gençler Birliği.[2]

Format

The 2024–25 season was set to continue with the same format used the previous season. The two last teams were directly relegated to the 1. Lig, while qualified teams between the 11th and the 14th position played a relegation stage where the last qualified was also relegated.

Teams

Alsancak Yeşilova
Değirmenlik
Karşıyaka
Lefke
Mesarya
Location of 2024–25 KTFF Süper Lig teams in Northern Cyprus

A total of sixteen teams contest the league, including thirteen sides from the 2023–24 season and three promoted from the 2023–24 KTFF 1. Lig. This includes the two top teams from the 1. Lig, and the winners of the promotion play-offs.

Promoted from
2023–24 1. Lig
Relegated from
2023–24 Süper Lig
Değirmenlik
Gönyeli
Esentepe
Küçük Kaymaklı
Yeniboğaziçi
Türk Ocağı Limasol

Stadiums and locations

Team District Stadium
Alsancak Yeşilova Girne Alsancak Mustafa Hidayet Çağlar Stadium
Cihangir Lefkoşa Cihangir Stadium
Çetinkaya Lefkoşa Lefkoşa Atatürk Stadium
Değirmenlik Lefkoşa Değirmenlik Sadık Cemil Stadium
Doğan Türk Birliği Girne Girne 20 Temmuz Mete Adanır Stadium
Dumlupınar Gazimağusa Gazimağusa Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium
Esentepe Girne Esentepe Erdal Barut Stadium
Gençler Birliği İskele İskele Cumhuriyet Stadium
Gençlik Gücü Lefkoşa Lefkoşa Atatürk Stadium
Göçmenköy İdman Yurdu Lefkoşa Lefkoşa Atatürk Stadium
Gönyeli Lefkoşa Gönyeli Stadium
Karşıyaka Girne Karşıyaka Şampiyon Melekler Stadium
Lefke Lefke Lefke 16 Ağustos Stadium
Mağusa Türk Gücü Gazimağusa Gazimağusa Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium
Mesarya Gazimağusa Paşaköy Hasan Onalt Stadium
Yenicami Ağdelen Lefkoşa Lefkoşa Atatürk Stadium

Foreign players

Each team was allowed to register three foreign players before the start of the season.[3]

Players name in italics indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Former players
Alsancak Yeşilova Siboniso Mtshali Toheeb Lawal Quesi Weston Fidelis Iria
Cihangir Babacar Diop Laurys N'Dong Omaré Gassama Guy-Michel Landel
Adewole Oladimeji
Çetinkaya Manoumbe Wade Moussa Corso Traoré Ussumane Djabi Pa Omar Jobe
Değirmenlik Aminu Umar Miracle Nwaorisa Quentin Debouto Chukwuma Akabueze
Ibrahima Baldé
Doğan Türk Birliği Macdonald Niba Gime Touré Billy Auta Michael
Dumlupınar Joseph Godwin Junior Adjessa Mahmut Demirgan Hikmet Çelikel
Esentepe Frank Nyobe Nyobe Lukman Adeshina Benjamin Bieleu
Gençler Birliği Gabriel Bawa Mikhail Rosheuvel Kévin Koubemba Yann Regis Toually
Ernest Velilyayev
Gençlik Gücü Nfanly Sylla Yannick Nkurunziza Oumar Diouf Mohamed Cherif Fofana
Abu Dumbuya
Göçmenköy Karl Namnganda Marius Mbou Ikechukwu Okorie Quentin Debouto
Salim Obaje Okai
Gönyeli Abdoul Razak Ladji Mallé Souleymane Doukara Elvis Nyarko
Karşıyaka Chukwuemeka Uzokwe Muhammed Jatta Mahfou Kandé James Arong
Siboniso Mtshali
Lefke Yao Kouassi Candy Agbane Chigozie Armstrong Chidi Christopher Fourmy
Mağusa Türk Gücü Isaac Cofie Andy Okpe Dinopeter Airaodion Opa Nguette
Abdoul Razak
Rashad Muhammed
Mesarya Jamiu Arowolo Uzochukwu Ugwu Tony Obia Miracle Nwaorisa
Paul Chinedu Ngwu
Yenicami Ağdelen Jimmy Mpanzu Adewale Sapara Elhadj Bah Man-Ykre Dangmo
Nfanly Sylla

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mağusa Türk Gücü (C) 30 22 6 2 91 30 +61 72
2 Doğan Türk Birliği 30 21 7 2 67 25 +42 70
3 Cihangir 30 18 4 8 65 40 +25 58
4 Gençlik Gücü 30 16 3 11 53 41 +12 51[a]
5 Lefke 30 16 3 11 49 45 +4 51[a]
6 Çetinkaya 30 14 5 11 62 46 +16 47
7 Alsancak Yeşilova 30 13 6 11 53 49 +4 45
8 Mesarya 30 11 6 13 49 53 −4 39
9 Dumlupınar 30 12 2 16 47 55 −8 38
10 Esentepe 30 10 7 13 37 44 −7 37
11 Göçmenköy (R) 30 9 7 14 40 51 −11 34 Qualification for the relegation stage
12 Gönyeli (O) 30 9 4 17 47 65 −18 31[b]
13 Karşıyaka (O) 30 9 4 17 40 72 −32 31[b]
14 Yenicami Ağdelen (O) 30 7 3 20 43 63 −20 24
15 Gençler Birliği (R) 30 5 5 20 27 64 −37 20 Relegation to 1. Lig
16 Değirmenlik (D) 30 12 0 18 26 53 −27 0[c]
Source: KTFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Overall goal difference.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Gençlik Gücü finished ahead of Lefke on head-to-head points: Gençlik Gücü, 6 points; Lefke, 0 points.
  2. ^ a b Gönyeli finished ahead of Karşıyaka on head-to-head points: Gönyeli, 4 points; Karşıyaka, 1 points.
  3. ^ Değirmenlik were expelled from the league and had all their points deducted.

Results

Home \ Away YES CIH ÇET DEG DTB DUM ESE LGB GEG GÖÇ GÖN KSK LEF MTG MES YEN
Alsancak Yeşilova 3–2 4–3 3–01 0–3 2–3 0–0 5–0 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–4 1–2 4–2 3–2
Cihangir 2–2 4–1 3–01 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–2 5–2 2–1
Çetinkaya 0–3 1–0 3–01 1–2 4–1 4–0 2–3 4–2 3–3 2–2 1–3 5–0 1–1 3–4 4–0
Değirmenlik 2–0 1–3 3–0 0–31 1–0 1–0 0–31 0–31 3–0 2–0 0–31 2–0 0–31 0–31 0–31
Doğan Türk Birliği 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–3 3–1 5–1 3–0 2–2 4–2 4–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0
Dumlupınar 0–1 4–2 0–2 3–01 1–4 2–0 0–0 1–4 0–2 4–2 5–1 1–0 1–6 1–3 3–1
Esentepe 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–01 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–5 1–0 5–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–0
Gençler Birliği 0–2 2–3 2–1 0–3 2–2 0–3 1–3 1–4 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–8 0–0 0–1
Gençlik Gücü 2–0 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 1–2 4–3 0–2 1–2 4–1
Göçmenköy 0–3 0–4 1–4 3–01 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–3
Gönyeli 2–3 2–3 1–2 3–01 2–4 1–0 3–3 1–0 1–3 0–1 6–1 1–0 0–5 1–2 3–2
Karşıyaka 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–1 5–3 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 2–2 1–2 1–6 2–1 2–1
Lefke 1–0 1–1 0–4 3–01 2–3 3–3 4–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–4 2–1 2–1
Mağusa Türk Gücü 5–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 5–0 2–0 3–2 2–2 7–0 4–0 3–1 3–1 1–1
Mesarya 5–2 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–6 0–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 2–1
Yenicami Ağdelen 0–2 2–3 0–1 2–1 2–3 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–2 2–5 4–1 1–1 3–5 4–1
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  • 1 The opponents of Değirmenlik awarded a 3–0 win each after its disqualification during the second half of the season.

Relegation stage

Teams qualified between the 11th and the 14th position played a latter stage to determine the third relegated team. The four teams started the stage with their points halved.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation KSK GÖN YEN GÖÇ
1 Karşıyaka 3 3 0 0 8 5 +3 25 3–2
2 Gönyeli 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 19 1–2 0–3
3 Yenicami Ağdelen 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 18
4 Göçmenköy (R) 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5 17 Relegation to the 1. Lig 2–3 1–3 1–3
Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ussumane Djabi Çetinkaya 26
2 Şenol Şöför Mağusa Türk Gücü 25
3 Christopher Fourmy Lefke 22
4 Muhittin Tümbül Cihangir 19
Oumar Diouf Gençlik Gücü
6 Quesi Weston Alsancak Yeşilova 17
Babacar Diop Cihangir
Andy Okpe Mağusa Türk Gücü
9 Souleymane Doukara Gönyeli 16
10 Lukman Adeshina Esentepe 14

References

  1. ^ "2024-2025 Sezonu Süleyman Göktaş adına oynatılacak" (in Turkish). KTFF. 24 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Şampiyon MTG kupasını aldı" (in Turkish). Sporyeni. 3 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Yabancılar sil baştan" (in Turkish). Sporyeni. 25 January 2025.