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Sivasspor
2020–21 season
Chairman	Mecnun Otyakmaz
Manager	Rıza Çalımbay
Stadium	Sivas Stadium
Süper Lig	5th (UEFA Europa Conference League)
Turkish Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Max Gradel; Mustapha Yatabaré; (10 each); All: ; Mustapha Yatabaré; (12 goals)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was the 54th season in existence of Sivasspor and the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, Sivasspor participate in this season's editions of the Turkish Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

Current squad

As of 9 July 2020.^[1]

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
2	FW	CIV	Arouna Koné
3	DF	TUR	Uğur Çiftçi
4	DF	GAB	Aaron Appindangoyé
5	MF	GHA	Isaac Cofie
6	MF	BRA	Claudemir
7	FW	CIV	Max Gradel
8	MF	GER	Robin Yalçın
9	FW	MLI	Mustapha Yatabaré
10	MF	TUR	Yasin Öztekin
11	FW	ESP	Jorge Félix
14	DF	FRA	Samba Camara
17	MF	GER	Erdoğan Yeşilyurt
19	DF	TUR	Eren Şahin
20	MF	TUR	Kerem Atakan Kesgin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	SRB	Armin Đerlek
23	MF	UKR	Serhiy Rybalka
25	GK	TUR	Muammer Yıldırım
26	DF	TUR	Barış Yardımcı
29	FW	CHA	Casimir Ninga (on loan from Angers)
30	GK	MLI	Mamadou Samassa
35	GK	TUR	Ali Şaşal Vural
37	MF	TUR	Hakan Arslan
52	DF	TUR	Volkan Eğri
58	DF	TUR	Ziya Erdal
76	MF	MAR	Fayçal Fajr
80	FW	NGA	Olarenwaju Kayode (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
87	DF	BRA	Marcelo Goiano
88	DF	TUR	Caner Osmanpaşa

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	Furkan Sağman (at Sivas Belediyespor)

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
4 August 2020	FW	Jorge Félix	Piast Gliwice	Free	^[2]
28 August 2020	MF	Robin Yalçın	Yeni Malatyaspor	Free	^[3]
14 September 2020	MF	Fayçal Fajr	Getafe CF	Free	^[4]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
27 August 2020	FW	Casimir Ninga	Angers	End of season	^[5]^[6]
17 September 2020	FW	Olarenwaju Kayode	Shakhtar Donetsk	End of season	^[7]
1 February 2021	FW	Tyler Boyd	Beşiktaş	End of season	^[8]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

Competitions

Overview

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	12 September 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1		39	15	17	7	52	42	+10	038.46
Turkish Cup	17 December 2020	11 February 2021	Fifth round	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	066.67
UEFA Europa League	22 October 2020	10 December 2020	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	0	4	9	11	−2	033.33
Total					48	19	17	12	64	55	+9	039.58

Last updated: 11 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Süper Lig

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Fenerbahçe	40	25	7	8	72	41	+31	82	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	Trabzonspor	40	19	14	7	50	37	+13	71	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	Sivasspor	40	16	17	7	54	43	+11	65	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
6	Hatayspor	40	17	10	13	62	53	+9	61
7	Alanyaspor	40	17	9	14	58	45	+13	60

Source: Süper Lig, Soccerway
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.^[9]

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
39	15	17	7	52	42	+10	62	6	9	4	17	14	+3	9	8	3	35	28	+7

Last updated: 11 May 2021.
Source: FBref

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	39	40	41	42
Ground	H	A	H	B	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	B	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	B	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	B	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W
Position	19	11	12	13	7	14	12	15	14	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	11	11	12	14	14	14	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	5	6	5

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2021. Source: TFF.org
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

12 September 2020 1	Sivasspor	0–2	Alanyaspor	Sivas
18:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Arslan 36' Osmanpaşa 50' Yeşilyurt 74' Çiftçi 75'	Report	Moubandje 4' Davidson 21' 74' Caulker 90'	Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Palabıyık

20 September 2020 2	BB Erzurumspor	1–2	Sivasspor	Erzurum
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Novikovas 70'	Report	Koné 82' Gradel 86'	Stadium: Kazım Karabekir Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Serkan Tokat

27 September 2020 3	Sivasspor	0–0	Ankaragücü	Sivas
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Yeşilyurt 53'	Report	Adžić 59' Pazdan 90+3'	Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Arda Kardeşler

4

BYE

17 October 2020 5	Kayserispor	1–3	Sivasspor	Kayseri
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Kanga 52' Săpunaru 75'	Report	Erdal 28' Yatabaré 60' Fajr 83'	Stadium: Kadir Has Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Halil Umut Meler

26 October 2020 6	Sivasspor	0–2	Çaykur Rizespor	Sivas
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report	Baiano 3' Rémy 90+1'	Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

2 November 2020 7	Hatayspor	1–1	Sivasspor	Hatay
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	David 8' Ribeiro 65' 82'	Report	Gradel 6'	Stadium: Hatay New Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Yasin Kol

8 November 2020 8	Sivasspor	1–2	Galatasaray	Sivas
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Fajr Caner 76'	Report	Belhanda 19' Arda 48' Taylan 45+5' Babel 52' Okan 90+7'	Stadium: 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

21 November 2020 9	Fatih Karagümrük	1–1	Sivasspor	Istanbul
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Biglia 32' Ndao 78' Sabo 86' 90+6' Lichaj 90+3'	Report	Lichaj 44' (o.g.) Camara 45+2' Cofie 83' Samassa 85'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek

30 November 2020 10	Sivasspor	0–1	Göztepe	Sivas
19:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Cofie 59'	Report	Akbunar 46' 80' Kayan 57' Ndiaye 88'	Stadium: 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Serkan Tokat

7 December 2020 11	Trabzonspor	1–1	Sivasspor	Trabzon
19:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Caleb Ekuban 45'	Report	Hakan Arslan 76' Faycal Fajr 83'	Stadium: Şenol Güneş Stadium Referee: Suat Arslanboğa

14 December 2020 12	Sivasspor	0–0	Antalyaspor	Sivas
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Halis Özkahya

21 December 2020 13	Konyaspor	0–1	Sivasspor	Konya
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report	Fajr 60'	Stadium: Konya Büyükşehir Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Fırat Aydınus

24 December 2020 14	Sivasspor	3–1	Gençlerbirliği	Sivas
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Gradel 45+2' Arslan 71' Yatabaré 86'	Report	Kızıldağ 90+2'	Stadium: 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tugay Kaan Numanoğlu

28 December 2020 15	Beşiktaş	3–0	Sivasspor	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Yalçın 18' Nkoudou 42' Larin 84' Özyakup 90+2'	Report	Arslan 45+5' 45+5' Cofie 90'	Stadium: Vodafone Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Arda Kardeşler
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.^[10]

2 January 2021 16	Sivasspor	2–2	Denizlispor	Sivas
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Gradel 26' (pen.) Fajr 45+1'	Report	Rodallega 17' Mešanović 90+3'	Stadium: 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Erkan Özdamar

5 January 2021 17	Yeni Malatyaspor	2–2	Sivasspor	Malatya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Fofana 25' Tetteh 66'	Report	Yeşilyurt 18' Gradel 32'	Stadium: Malatya Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sarper Barış Saka

9 January 2021 18	Sivasspor	2–1	Gaziantep	Sivas
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Arslan 41', 47' 43' Yalçın 74' Çiftçi 85'	Report	Maxim 4' Vural 31' Güvenç 37' Aktaş 63' Jefferson 79'	Stadium: 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mustafa Öğretmenoğlu

16 January 2021 19	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–1	Sivasspor	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Epureanu 20' Aleksić 38' Tekdemir 90+6'	Report	Yalçın 34' Arslan 42' Appindangoyé 90+5'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Alper Ulusoy

21 January 2021 20	Sivasspor	1–1	Fenerbahçe	Sivas
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Yatabaré 18' 79' Appindangoyé 45'	Report	Sangaré 27' Valencia 45' (pen.)	Stadium: 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

25 January 2021 21	Kasımpaşa	2–0	Sivasspor	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Hajradinović 6' Kara 17'	Report		Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mert Güzenge

31 January 2021 22	Alanyaspor	3–1	Sivasspor	Alanya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Aksoy 14' Davidson 45+3' Babacar 60'	Report	Gradel 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Zorbay Küçük

3 February 2021 23	Sivasspor	0–0	BB Erzurumspor	Sivas
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Erdal 57'	Report	Uçar 65'	Stadium: 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Fırat Aydınus

7 February 2021 24	Ankaragücü	1–4	Sivasspor	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Akdağ 20' Kitsiou 55' Badji 60' Oğuz 66' (o.g.) Cetin 71'	Report	Gradel 9' (pen.) Kayode 48' Yeşilyurt 58' 69' Yatabaré 86'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Burak Şeker

25

BYE

21 February 2021 26	Sivasspor	2–0	Kayserispor	Sivas
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Camara 8' Gradel 18' Çiftçi 84' Yıldırım 87' Yeşilyurt 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Kvržić 12' Muhar 45+2' Campanharo 67' Demirok 73' Behich 84'	Stadium: 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Şansalan

27 February 2021 27	Çaykur Rizespor	0–0	Sivasspor	Rize
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Sabo 7' Pehlivan 40' Meriah 55'	Report	Yeşilyurt 32' Erdal 73' Kayode 90+3'	Stadium: Yeni Rize Şehir Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Özgür Yankaya

3 March 2021 28	Sivasspor	1–1	Hatayspor	Sivas
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Oğuz 48' Yatabaré 54' Katranis 68'	Report	Sackey 34' David 57' Diouf 59'	Stadium: 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mustafa Öğretmenoğlu

7 March 2021 29	Galatasaray	2–2	Sivasspor	Istanbul
19:00 TRT	Falcao 14' 68' (pen.) Belhanda 58' Muslera 63' Marcão 63'	Report	Gradel 9' 32' 90+6' Boyd 38' Yatabaré 43' Ali 81' Kayode 90+5'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Şansalan Assistant referees: İbrahim Çağlar Uyarcan, Özgür Ertem Fourth official: Sarper Barış Saka

13 March 2021 30	Sivasspor	v	Fatih Karagümrük	Sivas
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Sivas Stadium Attendance: 0

3 April 2021 (2021-04-03) 32	Sivasspor	0–0	Trabzonspor	Sivas
16:00	Mustapha Yatabaré 34' Isaac Cofie 46' Fayçal Fajr 90+5'	Report	Edgar Ié 75' Abdülkadir Parmak 90+5'	Stadium: Sivas Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mete Kalkavan Assistant referees: Ceyhun Sesigüzel, Candaş Elbil Fourth official: Abdullah Buğra Taşkınsoy

20 April 2021 36	Sivasspor	0–0	Beşiktaş	Sivas
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Claudemir 73'	Report	Welinton 49' Vida 89' De Souza 90+8'	Stadium: Sivas Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Fırat Aydınus

8 May 2021 40	Sivasspor	0–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Sivas
20:30 TRT (UTC+3)		Report	Aleksić 45' Ciğerci 69'	Stadium: Sivas Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Palabıyık

11 May 2021 (2021-05-11) 41	Fenerbahçe	1–2	Sivasspor	Istanbul
20:30	Gönül 90' Cissé 90+2'	Report	Ninga 37' Kayode 45+1' Çiftçi 45+1' Arslan 48' Yalçın 59'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Halis Özkahya Assistant referees: Volkan Ahmet Narinç, Hakan Yemişken Fourth official: Mert Güzenge

Turkish Cup

17 December 2020 Fifth round	Sivasspor	1–0	Giresunspor	Sivas
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Kayode 90+2'			Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium

12 January 2021 Round of 16	Sivasspor	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Adana Demirspor	Sivas
18:45 TRT (UTC+3)	Öztekin 37' Yatabare 116'		Akgün 44'	Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium

11 February 2021 Quarter-finals	Sivasspor	0–1	Antalyaspor	Sivas
17:45 TRT (UTC+3)		Report	Fredy 62' (pen.)	Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.^[11]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VIL	MTA	SIV	QRB
1	Villarreal	6	5	1	0	17	5	+12	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–0	5–3	3–0^[a]
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	3	2	1	6	7	−1	11	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	Sivasspor	6	2	0	4	9	11	−2	6		0–1	1–2	—	2–0
4	Qarabağ	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	1		1–3	1–1	2–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ The Villarreal v Qarabağ match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Villarreal after being cancelled as several players of the Qarabağ squad tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2.

22 October 2020 1	Villarreal	5–3	Sivasspor	Villarreal, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kubo 13' Bacca 20' Foyth 57', 63' Coquelin 61' Alcácer 74', 78' Pedraza 87'	Report	Kayode 33' Yalçın 34' Yatabaré 43' Gradel 64', 75' Cofie 69'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

29 October 2020 2	Sivasspor	1–2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Sivas, Turkey
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Kayode 55'	Report	Biton 69' (pen.) Peretz 74'	Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

5 November 2020 3	Sivasspor	2–0	Qarabağ	Sivas, Turkey
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Osmanpaşa 11' Fajr 63' Kayode 88'	Report	Ozobić 53' Kwabena 90+1'	Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

26 November 2020 4	Qarabağ	2–3	Sivasspor	Istanbul, Turkey
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Zoubir 8' Garayev 40' Matić 51' Owusu 58'	Report	Samassa 9' Koné 40' (pen.), 79' Kayode 58' Goiano 62' Öztekin 90+2'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

3 December 2020 5	Sivasspor	0–1	Villarreal	Sivas, Turkey
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Fajr 60' Appindangoyé 79'	Report	Peña 61' Chukwueze 75'	Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

10 December 2020 6	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	Sivasspor	Tel Aviv, Israel
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tibi 53' Saborit 67' Rikan 77' Daniel 90+4'	Report	Fajr 77' Appindangoyé 78' Koné 79' Gradel 86' Yatabaré 90+1'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Süper Lig	Turkish Cup	Europa League	Total
1	9	FW	Mustapha Yatabaré	10	1	1	12
2	7	MF	Max Gradel	10	0	1	11
3	80	FW	Olarenwaju Kayode	5	1	4	10
4	37	MF	Hakan Arslan	7	0	0	7
5	37	MF	Tyler Boyd	5	0	0	5
6	76	MF	Fayçal Fajr	4	0	0	4
7	2	FW	Arouna Koné	1	0	2	3
7	17	MF	Erdoğan Yeşilyurt	3	0	0	3
9	11	FW	Jorge Félix	2	0	0	2
9	88	DF	Caner Osmanpaşa	1	0	1	2
11	8	MF	Robin Yalçın	1	0	0	1
	30	MF	Yasin Öztekin	0	1	0	1
	58	DF	Ziya Erdal	1	0	0	1
Own goals				2	0	0	2
Totals				52	3	9	64

Last updated: 11 May 2021^[12]

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Süper Lig	Turkish Cup	Europa League	Total
1	35	GK	Ali Şaşal Vural	7	1	0	8
2	30	GK	Mamadou Samassa	3	0	1	4
3	25	GK	Muammer Yıldırım	2	0	0	2
Totals				12	1	1	14

Last updated: 11 May 2021^[13]

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