The curtain rises on the Süper Lig: Defending champion Galatasaray to host Hatayspor

The 2024-25 season of the Süper Lig is beginning. The first match will be played today at 21:00 between Galatasaray and Hatayspor at Rams Park.

The yellow-reds last played a match on their home turf on May 19 against Fenerbahçe. 

Galatasaray, which finished the last two seasons as champions and holds the top spot with 24 total championships, suffered a heavy 5-0 defeat in the Super Cup match they played against Beşiktaş last week.

Beşiktaş, which has spent the last three seasons far from the title race after becoming champions in the 2020-21 season, will play its first match of the new season away against Samsunspor on Sunday.

Fenerbahçe, looking to end its 11-season championship drought, will face Adana Demirspor at home tomorrow evening.

The schedule for the first week is as follows:

Friday, August 9

21:00 Galatasaray - Hatayspor

Saturday, August 10

19:15 Kasımpaşa - Konyaspor

21:45 Antalyaspor - Göztepe

21:45 Fenerbahçe - Adana Demirspor

Sunday, August 11

19:15 Sivasspor - Trabzonspor

21:45 Corendon Alanyaspor - Eyüpspor

21:45 Samsunspor - Beşiktaş

Monday, August 12

21:00 Çaykur Rizespor - RAMS Başakşehir

21:00 Bodrum FK - Gaziantep FK

In the league, which will be played over a total of 38 weeks, one team will have a bye each week. The first half of the league will end on December 20, and the second half will begin on January 3. The season in the Süper Lig will conclude on June 1, 2025.

FOREIGN PLAYER RULE

Each team will be able to have a total of 14 foreign players in their squad and 12 foreign players in their match-day squad. The entire starting 11 can consist of foreign players.

The first transfer window will end on September 13.

News Source: 12punto