2022–23 Yeni Malatyaspor season

Yeni Malatyaspor

2022–23 season
Chairman	Ahmet Yaman
Manager	Cihat Arslan (until 4 October 2022) Hasan Özer (from 5 October 2022 to 30 December 2022) Yılmaz Vural (from 31 December 2022)
Stadium	New Malatya Stadium
TFF First League	19th (withdrew)
Turkish Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Cengizhan Akgün (7 goals) All: Cengizhan Akgün (7 goals)

The 2022–23 season was the 37th season in the existence of Yeni Malatyaspor and the club's first season back in the second division of Turkish football since 2017. In addition to the domestic league, Yeni Malatyaspor 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 24 February 2023^[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 Abdulsamed Damlu 2 DF  TUR Yiğit Ulaş 4 DF  TUR Alperen Arslan 6 MF  TUR Rahman Buğra Çağıran 13 MF  GHA Godfred Donsah 17 FW  TUR Hüseyin Ekici 18 MF  TUR Enes Savucu 21 GK  TUR Oytun Özdoğan

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  TUR Barış Başdaş 27 DF  TUR Erşan Yaşa 29 MF  TUR Berat Mert 55 DF  TUR Emircan Bayrakdar 61 DF  TUR Taha Gür 66 MF  BDI Jospin Nshimirimana 85 MF  TUR Kerem Altunışık

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 — GK  TUR Enes Salik (at Malatya Arguvan SK until 30 June 2023) — DF  TUR Ferhat Canlı (at Malatya Arguvan SK until 30 June 2023) — MF  TUR Fatih Gürden (at Malatya Arguvan SK until 30 June 2023) — MF  TUR Burak Efe Yaz (at Malatya Arguvan SK until 30 June 2023) — MF  TUR Ogün Özçiçek (at Çaykur Rizespor until 30 June 2023) — FW  GHA Haqi Osman (at Çaykur Rizespor until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  GHA Philip Gameli Awuku (at Tuzlaspor until 30 June 2023) — FW  TUR Cengizhan Akgün (at Kocaelispor until 30 June 2023) — MF  TUR Atakan Müjde (at Pendikspor until 30 June 2023) — MF  TUR Mert Miraç Altıntaş (at Kuşadasıspor until 30 June 2023) — MF  TUR Berat Yaman (at Şanlıurfaspor until 30 June 2023) 99 DF  TUR Burak Kavlak (at Esenler Erokspor until 30 June 2023)

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

Kayserispor v Yeni Malatyaspor

30 July 2022 Friendly	Kayserispor	3–2	Yeni Malatyaspor	Kayseri
18:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Gavranović 47' Thiam 53' (pen.) Carlos Mané 70'	Report	Osman 66' Emeksiz 68'	Stadium: Kadir Has Tesisleri

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
TFF First League	14 August 2022	May 2023	Matchday 1	19th (withdrew)	36	4	7	25	22	81	−59	011.11
Turkish Cup	20 October 2022	8 November 2022	Third round	Fourth round	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Total					38	4	8	26	25	85	−60	010.53

Source: Soccerway

TFF First League

Main article: 2022–23 TFF First League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Gençlerbirliği	36	10	8	18	46	55	−9	38[a]
16	Altınordu (R)	36	9	8	19	41	57	−16	35	Relegation to the TFF Second League
17	Adanaspor[b]	36	6	7	23	32	76	−44	25	Withdrew
18	Denizlispor[c] (R)	36	7	5	24	35	67	−32	23	Relegation to the TFF Second League
19	Yeni Malatyaspor[d]	36	4	7	25	22	81	−59	16	Withdrew

Source: TFF
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
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Gençlerbirliği 1–2 Tuzlaspor, Tuzlaspor 1–0 Gençlerbirliği
2. Adanaspor withdrew from the league following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake and were not relegated at the end of the season.^[2]
3. Denizlispor have been deducted 3 points by the Club Licensing Board for failing to meet the licensing requirements.^[3]
4. Yeni Malatyaspor have been deducted 3 points by the Club Licensing Board for failing to meet the licensing requirements.^[4] Yeni Malatyaspor withdrew from the league following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake and were not relegated at the end of the season.^[2]

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	4	7	25	22	81	−59	16	2	3	13	7	40	−33	2	4	12	15	41	−26

Source: Spor Toto 1. 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A		A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H		H	A	H
Result	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	B	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	B	L	L	L
Position	18	16	17	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	19	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣

Source: Spor Toto 1. Lig
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league schedule was released on 5 July.^[5]

Bodrumspor v Yeni Malatyaspor

14 August 2022 (2022-08-14) 1	Bodrumspor	3–1	Yeni Malatyaspor	Muğla
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Yalçın 21', 35' Özdamar 26' Aydın  59'	Report	Emeksiz  31' Donsah  50' Akgün 75' Çağıran  87'	Stadium: Bodrum İlçe Stadium Attendance: 1,445 Referee: Direnç Tonusluoğlu

Yeni Malatyaspor v Adanaspor

21 August 2022 (2022-08-21) 2	Yeni Malatyaspor	1–1	Adanaspor	Malatya
19:15 TRT (UTC+3)	Emeksiz 55' Mallé  76'	Report	Tetteh 32' Sacko  88' Etöz  90+3' Bennasser  90+4'	Stadium: New Malatya Stadium Attendance: 1,577 Referee: Murat Erdoğan

Eyüpspor v Yeni Malatyaspor

26 August 2022 (2022-08-26) 3	Eyüpspor	3–2	Yeni Malatyaspor	Istanbul
21:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Kurt 9' Claro 57' Dibba 66' Ezeh  79'	Report	Akgün 6', 90+5' Kavlak  56' Çağıran  80' Emeksiz  80' Gür  90+7'	Stadium: Eyüp Stadium Referee: Kutluhan Bilgiç

Yeni Malatyaspor v Çaykur Rizespor

3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 4	Yeni Malatyaspor	0–4	Çaykur Rizespor	Malatya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Kavlak  30'  47' Çağıran  34'	Report	Van den Hurk 39' (pen.), 49' (pen.) Miya 52', 73' Coşkun  61' Altınay  70'	Stadium: New Malatya Stadium Referee: Tarık Güldal

Manisa v Yeni Malatyaspor

11 September 2022 (2022-09-11) 5	Manisa	2–2	Yeni Malatyaspor	Manisa
16:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Büyük 53'  90+8' Domgjoni  60' Kör 89' Giritlioğlu  90+2' Karapo  90+6'	Report	Akgün 10' (pen.), 63'  37' Donsah  59' Damlu  60' Başdaş  60' Mallé  90+6' Osman  90+6'	Stadium: Mümin Özkasap Stadium Referee: Yiğit Arslan

Yeni Malatyaspor v Altay

16 September 2022 (2022-09-16) 6	Yeni Malatyaspor	0–0	Altay	Malatya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Alkan  46'	Report	Özenç  79'	Stadium: New Malatya Stadium Referee: Oğuzhan Çakır

Sakaryaspor v Yeni Malatyaspor

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 7	Sakaryaspor	3–1	Yeni Malatyaspor	Sakarya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Kasongo 43', 45' Erdoğan  45+5' Kurt 71' Hakan Yavuz  78' Roshi 89'	Report	Akgün 29'  68' Nshimirimana 31'  41' Çağıran  60'  68' Damlu  69' Gür  88'	Stadium: New Sakarya Atatürk Stadium Referee: Can Cengiz

Yeni Malatyaspor v Erzurumspor

9 October 2022 (2022-10-09) 8	Yeni Malatyaspor	0–1	Erzurumspor	Malatya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Başdaş  80'	Report	Akbaş  34' Tozlu 58' Olanare  83'	Stadium: New Malatya Stadium Referee: Adem Cinek

Bandırmaspor v Yeni Malatyaspor

16 October 2022 (2022-10-16) 9	Bandırmaspor	0–2	Yeni Malatyaspor	Balıkesir
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Alkan  54' Mulumba  66'	Report	Osman 8', 75' Özçiçek  70' Kavlak  72' Başdaş  90+4'	Stadium: Bandırma 17 Eylül Stadium Referee: Reşat Onur Coşkunses

Yeni Malatyaspor v Göztepe

23 October 2022 (2022-10-23) 10	Yeni Malatyaspor	0–1	Göztepe	Malatya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Çağıran 50' Kavlak  70' Awuku  72'	Report	Öztekin 45+3' Kayan  61' Gedik  72' Kılıçarslan  73' Ortakaya  83' Kvasina  90+1'	Stadium: New Malatya Stadium Referee: Ramazan Keleş

Altınordu v Yeni Malatyaspor

28 October 2022 (2022-10-28) 11	Altınordu	0–3	Yeni Malatyaspor	İzmir
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report	Emeksiz 48'  72' Osman 66' Çağıran 74' Ulaş  83' Ekici  90'	Stadium: Bornova Aziz Kocaoğlu Stadium Referee: Onur Özütoprak

Yeni Malatyaspor v Gençlerbirliği

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) 12	Yeni Malatyaspor	2–2	Gençlerbirliği	Malatya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Başdaş 35' (pen.)  73'  85' Osman 50' Çağıran  70' Kavlak  79' Malle  83'	Report	Şahindere  36' Gül 56' Altıparmak 66' Adıyaman  90' Hrechyshkin  90+3'	Stadium: New Malatya Stadium Referee: Furkan Aksuoğlu

Boluspor v Yeni Malatyaspor

12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 13	Boluspor	1–0	Yeni Malatyaspor	Bolu
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Bilgiç  75' Oularé 85'	Report	Osman  51' Özçiçek  83' Çağıran  87'	Stadium: Bolu Atatürk Stadium Referee: Adnan Deniz Kayatepe

Yeni Malatyaspor v Pendikspor

18 November 2022 (2022-11-18) 14	Yeni Malatyaspor	0–3	Pendikspor	Malatya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Kavlak  8' Gameli  21'	Report	Başdaş 9' (o.g.) Thuram 30' Kappel 90'	Stadium: New Malatya Stadium Referee: Direnç Tonusluoğlu

Tuzlaspor v Yeni Malatyaspor

26 November 2022 (2022-11-26) 15	Tuzlaspor	0–0	Yeni Malatyaspor	Istanbul
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Rotman  61' Yürür  82'	Report	Özçiçek  28' Başdaş  58' Donsah  87'	Stadium: Sancaktepe Stadium Referee: Burak Pakkan

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Samsunspor v Yeni Malatyaspor

9 December 2022 (2022-12-09) 17	Samsunspor	1–1	Yeni Malatyaspor	Samsun
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Harris  26' Çelik  30' Abdioğlu  63' Sağat 86'	Report	Akgün 27' (pen.) Damlu  62' Emeksiz  70'	Stadium: Samsun Stadium Referee: Erkan Özdamar

Yeni Malatyaspor v Ankara Keçiörengücü

17 December 2022 (2022-12-17) 18	Yeni Malatyaspor	1–0	Ankara Keçiörengücü	Malatya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Osman 1' Özçiçek  63' Akgün  86' Gameli  90+2' Damlu  90+6'	Report	Eze  90+2'	Stadium: New Malatya Stadium Referee: Tarık Güldal

Denizlispor v Yeni Malatyaspor

24 December 2022 (2022-12-24) 19	Denizlispor	3–0	Yeni Malatyaspor	Denizli
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Sağlık  16' Şişmanoğlu 24', 61' Çinemre 36'	Report		Stadium: Denizli Atatürk Stadium Referee: Onur Özütoprak

Yeni Malatyaspor v Bodrumspor

15 January 2023 (2023-01-15) 20	Yeni Malatyaspor	1–3	Bodrumspor	Malatya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Emeksiz  16' Alkan 45+4' (pen.) Müjde  81'	Report	Özer 32' Dumanlı  45+6' Ergün  52' Kılınç 71' Bayrakdar 90+10'	Stadium: New Malatya Stadium Referee: Alper Akarsu

Adanaspor v Yeni Malatyaspor

22 January 2023 (2023-01-22) 21	Adanaspor	2–2	Yeni Malatyaspor	Adana
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Tetteh 32' Köse 48' Türker  70' Korkmaz  83' Çoban  90+3' Kıvanç  90+6'	Report	Yaşa  8' Akgün 15' Aydin 56'  83' Şengül  90+3' Emeksiz 90+10'	Stadium: New Adana Stadium Referee: Fatih Tokail

Yeni Malatyaspor v Eyüpspor

29 January 2023 (2023-01-29) 22	Yeni Malatyaspor	2–1	Eyüpspor	Malatya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Özçiçek 5' Mallé  26' Kavlak  39'  61' Akgün 45+6' Damlu  78'	Report	Del Valle 22' Bayram  45+5' Uçar  90+1'	Stadium: New Malatya Stadium Referee: Muhammet Ali Metoğlu

Çaykur Rizespor v Yeni Malatyaspor

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 23	Çaykur Rizespor	5–1	Yeni Malatyaspor	Rize
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Olawoyin 20'  36' Potuk  27' 75' Bolasie 30', 62' (pen.) Miya  34' 49'	Report	Ekici  37' Altıntaş 90+6'	Stadium: Çaykur Didi Stadium Referee: Burak Olcar

Yeni Malatyaspor v Manisa

24	Yeni Malatyaspor	0–3 (w/o)	Manisa	Malatya
		Report		Stadium: New Malatya Stadium

Altay v Yeni Malatyaspor

25	Altay	3–0 (w/o)	Yeni Malatyaspor	İzmir
		Report		Stadium: Bornova Aziz Kocaoğlu Stadium

Yeni Malatyaspor v Sakaryaspor

26	Yeni Malatyaspor	0–3 (w/o)	Sakaryaspor	Malatya
		Report		Stadium: New Malatya Stadium

Erzurumspor v Yeni Malatyaspor

27	Erzurumspor	3–0 (w/o)	Yeni Malatyaspor	Erzurum
		Report		Stadium: Kazım Karabekir Stadium

Yeni Malatyaspor v Bandırmaspor

28	Yeni Malatyaspor	0–3 (w/o)	Bandırmaspor	Malatya
		Report		Stadium: New Malatya Stadium

Göztepe v Yeni Malatyaspor

29	Göztepe	3–0 (w/o)	Yeni Malatyaspor	İzmir
		Report		Stadium: Gürsel Aksel Stadium

Yeni Malatyaspor v Altınordu

30	Yeni Malatyaspor	0–3 (w/o)	Altınordu	Malatya
		Report		Stadium: New Malatya Stadium

Gençlerbirliği v Yeni Malatyaspor

31	Gençlerbirliği	3–0 (w/o)	Yeni Malatyaspor	Ankara
		Report		Stadium: Eryaman Stadium

Yeni Malatyaspor v Boluspor

32	Yeni Malatyaspor	0–3 (w/o)	Boluspor	Malatya
		Report		Stadium: New Malatya Stadium

Pendikspor v Yeni Malatyaspor

33	Pendikspor	3–0 (w/o)	Yeni Malatyaspor	Istanbul
		Report		Stadium: Pendik Stadium

Yeni Malatyaspor v Tuzlaspor

34	Yeni Malatyaspor	0–3 (w/o)	Tuzlaspor	Malatya
		Report		Stadium: New Malatya Stadium

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Yeni Malatyaspor v Samsunspor

36	Yeni Malatyaspor	0–3 (w/o)	Samsunspor	Malatya
		Report		Stadium: New Malatya Stadium

Ankara Keçiörengücü v Yeni Malatyaspor

37	Ankara Keçiörengücü	3–0 (w/o)	Yeni Malatyaspor	Ankara
		Report		Stadium: Aktepe Stadium

Yeni Malatyaspor v Denizlispor

38	Yeni Malatyaspor	0–3 (w/o)	Denizlispor	Malatya
		Report		Stadium: New Malatya Stadium

Turkish Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Turkish Cup

Yeni Malatyaspor v Ağrı 1970 Spor

20 October 2022 (2022-10-20) Third round	Yeni Malatyaspor	3–3 (a.e.t.) (5-4 p)	Ağrı 1970 Spor	Malatya
15:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Alkan 17' (pen.),  83' Kavlak  50' Awuku  53' Altıntaş 81' Kaba 89' (o.g.) Özçiçek  90+3'	Report	Yavaş  15' Kavlak 54' (o.g.) Klıç 67' Torun 76' (pen.) Kaba  83' Cörüt  87' Çıracı  104' Gedikoğlu  110'	Stadium: New Malatya Stadium Referee: Gürcan Hasova
	Penalties
	Başdaş Altıntaş Özçiçek Emeksiz Nshimirimana		Torun Kılıç Kartal Altunbudak Kaba

Yeni Malatyaspor v Uşakspor

8 November 2022 (2022-11-08) Fourth round	Yeni Malatyaspor	0–1	Uşakspor	Malatya
14:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Ulaş  40' Akgün  63'	Report	Kahraman  26' Demir 28' Canbirdi  82' Oğuz  90'	Stadium: New Malatya Stadium Referee: İlker Yasin Avcı

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