2022–23 Gaziantep F.K. season

Gaziantep F.K.

2022–23 season
President	Cevdet Akınal
Head coach	Erol Bulut
Stadium	Gaziantep Stadium
Süper Lig	18th (withdrew)[1]
Turkish Cup	Quarter-finals (withdrew)[1]
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

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.^[1]

Players

First-team squad

As of 30 August 2022^[2]

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 v Hermannstadt

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

Gaziantep v Orenburg

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

Gaziantep v Gabala

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

Adana Demirspor v Gaziantep

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

Gaziantep v Neftçi

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

Gaziantep v Keçiörengücü

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

Gaziantep v Samsunspor

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

Gaziantep v Fatih Karagümrük

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

Gaziantep v Pendikspor

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

Gaziantep v Eyüpspor

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

Gaziantep v 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 v 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
					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[a]
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
18	Gaziantep[b]	36	6	7	23	31	72	−41	25	Withdrawn
19	Hatayspor[b]	36	6	5	25	19	83	−64	23

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.^[5]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: İstanbulspor 11, Antalyaspor 10, Sivasspor 8, Alanyaspor 4.
2. 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.^[3][4]

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	Antakya
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	Antakya
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

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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

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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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