2022–23 MKE Ankaragücü season

MKE Ankaragücü

2022–23 season
President	Faruk Koca
Manager	Ömer Erdoğan (until 6 February 2023) Sedat Ağçay (from 20 February 2023 to 23 March 2023) Tolunay Kafkas (from 23 March 2023)
Stadium	Eryaman Stadium
Süper Lig	11th
Turkish Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Ali Sowe (12 goals) All: Ali Sowe (16 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2022–23 season was the 113th season in the existence of MKE Ankaragücü and the club's first season back in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, MKE Ankaragücü participated in this season's edition of the Turkish Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players

First-team squad

As of 8 September 2022^[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 1 GK  TUR Nurullah Aslan (on loan from Samsunspor) 2 DF  TUR Mahmut Akan 3 DF  BRA Marlon Xavier 4 DF  TUR Atakan Çankaya 5 MF  TUR Abdullah Durak 6 MF  GER Şahverdi Çetin 7 MF  GRE Anastasios Chatzigiovanis 8 MF  POR Pedrinho 9 FW  SUI Eren Derdiyok 10 FW  ESP Jesé 11 FW  ITA Federico Macheda 12 FW  USA Gboly Ariyibi 14 MF  SEN Lamine Diack 17 DF  TUR Yasin Güreler 18 DF  BIH Nihad Mujakić 19 MF  NOR Ghayas Zahid

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  TUR Alperen Babacan 21 MF  GEO Giorgi Beridze 22 FW  GAM Ali Sowe (on loan from Rostov) 23 MF  TUR Ali Kaan Güneren 25 GK  TUR Doğukan Kaya 26 DF  SRB Uroš Radaković 28 MF  POR Pêpê (on loan from Olympiacos) 30 MF  TUR Tolga Ciğerci 77 DF  TUR Oğuz Ceylan 80 FW  TUR Sıtkı Ferdi İmdat 88 FW  TUR Fıratcan Üzüm 90 DF  TUR Sinan Osmanoğlu 98 GK  TUR Kaan Çinkaya 99 GK  TUR Bahadır Han Güngördü — GK  TUR Gökhan Akkan (on loan from Çaykur Rizespor) — DF  FRA Kévin Malcuit

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Ankaragücü v Yeni Malatyaspor

20 July 2022 Friendly	Ankaragücü	3–0	Yeni Malatyaspor	Kayseri
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Sowe 45' Macheda 64' Derdiyok 89'	Report		Stadium: Erciyes Yüksek İrtifa Kamp Merkezi

Ankaragücü v Sivasspor

10 December 2022 Friendly	Ankaragücü	0–2	Sivasspor	Antalya
12:30 TRT (UTC+3)			Yatabaré 31' Saba 41'	Stadium: Titanic Hotel Spor Kompleks Field 1

Ankaragücü v Konyaspor

13 December 2022 Friendly	Ankaragücü	0–1	Konyaspor	Belek
14:00 TRT (UTC+3)			Hadžiahmetović 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Cornelia Sportcomplex Pitch 1

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Süper Lig	8 August 2022	7 June 2023	Matchday 1	11th	36	12	6	18	43	53	−10	033.33
Turkish Cup	8 November 2022	25 May 2023	Fourth round	Semi-finals	6	3	2	1	14	7	+7	050.00
Total					42	15	8	19	57	60	−3	035.71

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
9	Kayserispor	36	15	5	16	55	61	−6	47[a]
10	Kasımpaşa	36	12	7	17	45	61	−16	43
11	Ankaragücü	36	12	6	18	43	53	−10	42
12	İstanbulspor	36	12	5	19	47	63	−16	41[b]
13	Antalyaspor	36	11	8	17	46	55	−9	41[b]

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.^[2]
Notes:

1. Reduction of 3 points by decision of the Turkish Federation.
2. Head-to-head points: İstanbulspor 11, Antalyaspor 10, Sivasspor 8, Alanyaspor 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	12	6	18	43	53	−10	42	6	4	8	24	28	−4	6	2	10	19	25	−6

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	H	A		A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H		H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	B	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	B	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	L
Position	12	14	14	18	19	19	16	16	14	17	17	14	14	16	12	14	15	12	13	11	13	12	15	16	13	15	15	14	14	14	12	13	13	14	12	13	11	11

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

Matches

The league schedule was released on 4 July.^[3]

Ankaragücü v Konyaspor

8 August 2022 (2022-08-08) 1	Ankaragücü	0–0	Konyaspor	Ankara
21:45 TRT (UTC+3)	Ceylan  90+4'	Report		Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 12,977 Referee: Bahattin Şimşek

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

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Fatih Karagümrük v Ankaragücü

27 August 2022 (2022-08-27) 4	Fatih Karagümrük	4–1	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
19:15 TRT (UTC+3)	Dursun 2' Borini 9', 48' Diagne 83' (pen.) Musa  90+2'	Report	Pêpê  45+6' Rayyan Baniya 53' (o.g.) Ceylan  61' Osmanoğlu  82' Shukurov  90+3'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 917 Referee: Çağdaş Altay

Ankaragücü v Beşiktaş

4 September 2022 (2022-09-04) 5	Ankaragücü	2–3	Beşiktaş	Ankara
21:45 TRT (UTC+3)	Beridze 26', 47' Macheda  61' Marlon  82'  90+4'  Güngördü  90+6'	Report	Muleka 30' Alli 35' N'Koudou 74' (pen.) Rosier  90+6' Souza  90+10'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 17,265 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

Alanyaspor v Ankaragücü

9 September 2022 (2022-09-09) 6	Alanyaspor	2–1	Ankaragücü	Antalya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Doumbia  49' Karaca  53' Hassan 65' Bekiroğlu 87'	Report	Güreler 69'	Stadium: Kırbıyık Holding Stadium Attendance: 3,598 Referee: Mert Güzenge

Ankaragücü v Sivasspor

18 September 2022 (2022-09-18) 7	Ankaragücü	2–1	Sivasspor	Ankara
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Beridze 2' Pedrinho  40' Sowe 44' Marlon  82' Malcuit  90'	Report	Goutas  10' Charisis  45+7' N'Jie 48' Çiftçi  64' Ulvestad  90+5'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 298 Referee: Sarper Barış Saka

Ankaragücü v İstanbul Başakşehir

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 8	Ankaragücü	1–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Ankara
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Ciğerci 55' (pen.)  57'	Report	Okaka 3' Şahiner  28' Kény  78' Türüç 81'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 10,400 Referee: Arda Kardeşler

İstanbulspor v Ankaragücü

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 9	İstanbulspor	1–2	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
14:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Sarıkaya  14' Ethemi  29' 55'	Report	Kılınç 16' Pêpê  80' Güreler  87' Sowe 90+2'	Stadium: Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium Attendance: 444 Referee: Yasin Kol

Ankaragücü v Fenerbahçe

17 October 2022 (2022-10-17) 10	Ankaragücü	0–3	Fenerbahçe	Ankara
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Malcuit  45+1' Güreler  47'	Report	Batshuayi 3' Kahveci 25' Osayi-Samuel  57' Rossi 90+1'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 17,450 Referee: Halil Umut Meler

Giresunspor v Ankaragücü

24 October 2022 (2022-10-24) 11	Giresunspor	1–1	Ankaragücü	Giresun
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Akpınar  66' Uludağ  75' Bajić 85' Campuzano  90'	Report	Ceylan  38' Ciğerci  57' Jesé 69' (pen.)  71' Antalyalı  75' Kılınç  90' Akkan  90+2'	Stadium: Çotanak Sports Complex Attendance: 4,382 Referee: Suat Arslanboğa

Ankaragücü v Hatayspor

30 October 2022 (2022-10-30) 12	Ankaragücü	4–1	Hatayspor	Ankara
14:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Beridze 3' Mujakić  58' Antalyalı 61' Sowe 69' Ciğerci  89' Diack 90+2'	Report	El Kaabi 86' (pen.)  89'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 10,327 Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

Kasımpaşa v Ankaragücü

4 November 2022 (2022-11-04) 13	Kasımpaşa	1–1	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Koita 58'  90+7'	Report	Chatzigiovanis 85'  85' Malcuit  90+2'	Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Attendance: 2,222 Referee: Ümit Öztürk

Ankaragücü v Trabzonspor

11 November 2022 (2022-11-11) 14	Ankaragücü	1–1	Trabzonspor	Ankara
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Güreler  26' Ciğerci 74' (pen.) Mujakić  90+7'	Report	Hugo  14' Bardhi 70' Bozok  90+7'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 17,383 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

Antalyaspor v Ankaragücü

23 December 2022 (2022-12-23) 15	Antalyaspor	0–2	Ankaragücü	Antalya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Adriano  73' Fernando  81'	Report	Radaković  45+3' Jesé 64' Güngördü  87' Sowe 90+11'	Stadium: Antalya Stadium Attendance: 4,663 Referee: Ali Şansalan

Ankaragücü v Ümraniyespor

27 December 2022 (2022-12-27) 16	Ankaragücü	1–2	Ümraniyespor	Ankara
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Zahid 2' Ciğerci  65'	Report	Avounou 9', 55' Glumac  19' Göksu  45+2' Geraldo  52' Sackey  57'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 5,886 Referee: Mustafa Kürşad Filiz

Galatasaray v Ankaragücü

4 January 2023 (2023-01-04) 17	Galatasaray	2–1	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Yılmaz 16'  72' Gomis 30' Midtsjø  71'	Report	Antalyalı 7' Zahid  50' Diack  77' Güreler  90+6'	Stadium: Nef Stadium Attendance: 41,917 Referee: Zorbay Küçük

Ankaragücü v Kayserispor

8 January 2023 (2023-01-08) 18	Ankaragücü	2–1	Kayserispor	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Diack  23' Sowe 38' Kılınç 63' Mujakić  45+2' Ciğerci  72'	Report	Cardoso 15' Pektemek  90+5'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 9,664 Referee: Ümit Öztürk

Adana Demirspor v Ankaragücü

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 19	Adana Demirspor	3–1	Ankaragücü	Adana
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Güler  33' Sarı 49' Stambouli  57' Akbaba 66' Inler 78'	Report	Radaković 61' Diack  65'	Stadium: New Adana Stadium Attendance: 18,917 Referee: Burak Şeker

Konyaspor v Ankaragücü

23 January 2023 (2023-01-23) 20	Konyaspor	0–1	Ankaragücü	Konya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Demirbağ  45+2' Oğuz  73' Ülgün  89'	Report	Çankaya  45+2' Zahid 51' Akkan  89'	Stadium: Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium Attendance: 10,819 Referee: Murat Erdoğan

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

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Ankaragücü v Fatih Karagümrük

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 23	Ankaragücü	0–2	Fatih Karagümrük	Ankara
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Pedrinho 31'	Report	Diagne 45+1' Borini 64' (pen.) Bertolacci  74'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Arda Kardeşler

Beşiktaş v Ankaragücü

5 March 2023 (2023-03-05) 24	Beşiktaş	2–1	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Uçan 40' Aboubakar 55' Masuaku  85' Fernandes  88' Welinton  90+6'	Report	Sowe 53' Mujakić  59'	Stadium: Vodafone Park Referee: Volkan Bayarslan

Ankaragücü v Alanyaspor

12 March 2023 (2023-03-12) 25	Ankaragücü	2–0	Alanyaspor	Ankara
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Milson  8', 76' Sowe 18' Kılınç  40'	Report	Özdemir  1' Hassan  42'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Ali Şansalan

Sivasspor v Ankaragücü

19 March 2023 (2023-03-19) 26	Sivasspor	2–0	Ankaragücü	Sivas
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Cofie 23' Sáiz 77' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium Referee: Suat Arslanboğa

İstanbul Başakşehir v Ankaragücü

1 April 2023 (2023-04-01) 27	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–0	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Gürler 36' Danijel Aleksić  44' Figueiredo  47' Touba  69'	Report	Kılınç  40' Sowe 44' Diack 58'	Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

Ankaragücü v İstanbulspor

8 April 2023 (2023-04-08) 28	Ankaragücü	3–2	İstanbulspor	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Sowe 10', 53' Diack 24' Antalyalı  84'	Report	Ethemi  28' Şen 47' Sarıkaya  51' Lokilo 55' Yeşil  74' Ba  77'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Mustafa Kürşad Filiz

Fenerbahçe v Ankaragücü

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15) 29	Fenerbahçe	2–1	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
20:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Yüksek  45+1' Valencia 87' (pen.) Crespo 90+6' Osayi-Samuel  90+10'	Report	Diack  72' Đokanović  74' Sowe 80' Hanousek  84' Çankaya  85' Kitsiou  86' Mujakić  90+8' Milson  90+11'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan

Ankaragücü v Giresunspor

20 April 2023 (2023-04-20) 30	Ankaragücü	3–1	Giresunspor	Ankara
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Sowe 54', 90+7' Antalyalı 74' Hanousek  82'	Report	Diack 44' (o.g.) Kaplan  45+5' Arias  56'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Halil Umut Meler

Hatayspor v Ankaragücü

31	Hatayspor	0–3 (w/o)	Ankaragücü	Hatay
		Report		Stadium: New Hatay Stadium
Note: Hatayspor withdrew from the league due to the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake and Ankaragücü, therefore, were awarded a 3–0 win.[4]

Ankaragücü v Kasımpaşa

30 April 2023 (2023-04-30) 32	Ankaragücü	0–0	Kasımpaşa	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Malcuit  69'	Report	Hadergjonaj  19' Kara  65'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Bahattin Şimşek

Trabzonspor v Ankaragücü

8 May 2023 (2023-05-08) 33	Trabzonspor	2–0	Ankaragücü	Trabzon
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Haspolat  9' Bozok 45+1', 62'	Report	Kitsiou  10' Antalyalı  48'	Stadium: Şenol Güneş Sports Complex Referee: Erkan Özdamar

Ankaragücü v Antalyaspor

17 May 2023 (2023-05-17) 34	Ankaragücü	1–1	Antalyaspor	Ankara
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Kılınç  71' Milson 90+3'	Report	Sinik  44' Vural  64', 68' Rakip  82'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Ümit Öztürk

Ümraniyespor v Ankaragücü

21 May 2023 (2023-05-21) 35	Ümraniyespor	1–2	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Glumac  8' Nayir 26' (pen.) Gürbulak  76'	Report	Kitsiou  7' Malcuit 18' Kızıldağ  20' Milson 71'	Stadium: Ümraniye Municipality City Stadium Referee: Mete Kalkavan

Ankaragücü v Galatasaray

30 May 2023 (2023-05-30) 36	Ankaragücü	1–4	Galatasaray	Ankara
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Milson 16' Kızıldağ  24' Diack  34' Mujakić  54'	Report	Icardi 7', 39' Yılmaz 73' Oliveira 77'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Volkan Bayarslan

Kayserispor v Ankaragücü

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03) 37	Kayserispor	0–1	Ankaragücü	Kayseri
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report	Çankaya  12' Kitsiou 24'	Stadium: Kadir Has Stadium Referee: Cihan Aydın

Ankaragücü v Adana Demirspor

7 June 2023 (2023-06-07) 38	Ankaragücü	1–2	Adana Demirspor	Ankara
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Milson 83'	Report	Belhanda 31' Akbaba 57'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Çağdaş Altay

Turkish Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Turkish Cup

Ankaragücü v Amed

8 November 2022 (2022-11-08) Fourth round	Ankaragücü	6–2	Amed	Ankara
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Jesé 7', 47' Osmanoğlu 9' Zahid 28', 74' Chatzigiovanis 46'	Report	Osmanoğlu 85' (o.g.) Coşkun  88' Gümüş 89'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Kutluhan Bilgiç

Ankaragücü v Tuzlaspor

20 December 2022 (2022-12-20) Fifth round	Ankaragücü	2–0	Tuzlaspor	Ankara
13:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Jesé 7' Çankaya  17' Ceylan  43' Macheda 55'	Report	Adeniyi  43' Rotman  59'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Suat Arslanboğa

Ankaragücü v Beşiktaş

18 January 2023 (2023-01-18) Round of 16	Ankaragücü	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Beşiktaş	Ankara
17:45 TRT (UTC+3)	Sowe 12' Marlon  40'	Report	Muleka  61' Tosun 77'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Sarper Barış Saka
	Penalties
	Ciğerci Sowe Marlon Pedrinho		Saïss Hutchinson Kesgin Redmond Masuaku

Ankaragücü v Trabzonspor

4 April 2023 (2023-04-04) Quarter-finals	Ankaragücü	3–1	Trabzonspor	Ankara
20:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Hanousek  35' Sowe 51', 83' Diack 69' Kızıldağ  89'	Report	Ömür  3' 22' Peres  39' Denswil  77' Çakır  89' Bakasetas  89'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Zorbay Küçük

İstanbul Başakşehir v Ankaragücü

4 May 2023 (2023-05) Semi-finals first leg	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–0	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
20:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Aleksić  4' Touba  43' Biglia  55' Erkin  72' Şengezer  78' Figueiredo 90+5'	Report	90+7' Malcuit	Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Referee: Zorbay Küçük

Ankaragücü v İstanbul Başakşehir

25 May 2023 (2023-05-25) Semi-finals second leg	Ankaragücü	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 agg.)	İstanbul Başakşehir	Ankara
20:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Sowe 11' Diack  42' Malcuit  63' Chatzigiovanis 90' Đokanović  90+2' Mujakić  97'  97' Kılınç  120+3'	Report	Şahiner  38' Türüç  46' Gürler 61' Kény 111' Şengezer  115'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Ali Şansalan

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