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 goalscorerGuinea-Bissau 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

2024–25 KTFF Süper Lig is located in Cyprus
Alsancak Yeşilova
Alsancak Yeşilova
Değirmenlik
Değirmenlik
Karşıyaka
Karşıyaka
Lefke
Lefke
Mesarya
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 South Africa Siboniso Mtshali Nigeria Toheeb Lawal Trinidad and Tobago Quesi Weston Nigeria Fidelis Iria
Cihangir Senegal Babacar Diop Gabon Laurys N'Dong Mauritania Omaré Gassama Guinea Guy-Michel Landel
Nigeria Adewole Oladimeji
Çetinkaya Senegal Manoumbe Wade Guinea Moussa Corso Traoré Guinea-Bissau Ussumane Djabi The Gambia Pa Omar Jobe
Değirmenlik Cameroon Aminu Umar Nigeria Miracle Nwaorisa Benin Quentin Debouto Nigeria Chukwuma Akabueze
Senegal Ibrahima Baldé
Doğan Türk Birliği Cameroon Macdonald Niba France Gime Touré Nigeria Billy Auta Michael
Dumlupınar Nigeria Joseph Godwin Cameroon Junior Adjessa Turkey Mahmut Demirgan Turkey Hikmet Çelikel
Esentepe Cameroon Frank Nyobe Nyobe Nigeria Lukman Adeshina Cameroon Benjamin Bieleu
Gençler Birliği Nigeria Gabriel Bawa Netherlands Mikhail Rosheuvel Republic of the Congo Kévin Koubemba Ivory Coast Yann Regis Toually
Uzbekistan Ernest Velilyayev
Gençlik Gücü Guinea Nfanly Sylla Burundi Yannick Nkurunziza Senegal Oumar Diouf Ivory Coast Mohamed Cherif Fofana
Sierra Leone Abu Dumbuya
Göçmenköy Central African Republic Karl Namnganda Republic of the Congo Marius Mbou Nigeria Ikechukwu Okorie Benin Quentin Debouto
Nigeria Salim Obaje Okai
Gönyeli Ivory Coast Abdoul Razak Mali Ladji Mallé Mauritania Souleymane Doukara Ghana Elvis Nyarko
Karşıyaka Nigeria Chukwuemeka Uzokwe The Gambia Muhammed Jatta Senegal Mahfou Kandé Nigeria James Arong
South Africa Siboniso Mtshali
Lefke Ivory Coast Yao Kouassi Nigeria Candy Agbane Nigeria Chigozie Armstrong Chidi Central African Republic Christopher Fourmy
Mağusa Türk Gücü Ghana Isaac Cofie Nigeria Andy Okpe Nigeria Dinopeter Airaodion Senegal Opa Nguette
Ivory Coast Abdoul Razak
France Rashad Muhammed
Mesarya Nigeria Jamiu Arowolo Nigeria Uzochukwu Ugwu Nigeria Tony Obia Nigeria Miracle Nwaorisa
Nigeria Paul Chinedu Ngwu
Yenicami Ağdelen Angola Jimmy Mpanzu Nigeria Adewale Sapara Guinea Elhadj Bah Cameroon Man-Ykre Dangmo
Guinea 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 Guinea-Bissau Ussumane Djabi Çetinkaya 26
2 Northern Cyprus Şenol Şöför Mağusa Türk Gücü 25
3 Central African Republic Christopher Fourmy Lefke 22
4 Turkey Muhittin Tümbül Cihangir 19
Senegal Oumar Diouf Gençlik Gücü
6 Trinidad and Tobago Quesi Weston Alsancak Yeşilova 17
Senegal Babacar Diop Cihangir
Nigeria Andy Okpe Mağusa Türk Gücü
9 Mauritania Souleymane Doukara Gönyeli 16
10 Nigeria 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.