2009–10 Süper Lig
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Diyarbakırspor Coşkun Demirbakan End of Contract 31 May 2009 Nurullah Sağlam 29 June 2009
Ankaraspor Aykut Kocaman End of Contract 31 May 2009 Jürgen Röber 1 July 2009
Gençlerbirliği Samet Aybaba End of Contract 31 May 2009 Thomas Doll 1 July 2009
Fenerbahçe Luis Aragonés Sacked 2 June 2009 Christoph Daum 1 July 2009
Galatasaray Bülent Korkmaz Resign 5 June 2009 Frank Rijkaard 1 July 2009
Denizlispor Mesut Bakkal Sacked 8 June 2009 Erhan Altın 1 July 2009
Manisaspor Levent Eriş End of contract 18 June 2009 Mesut Bakkal 1 July 2009
Trabzonspor Ahmet Özen End of tenure as caretaker 30 June 2009 Hugo Broos 1 July 2009
Diyarbakirspor Nurullah Sağlam Resign 7 July 2009 Ziya Doğan 8 July 2009
Managerial changes -- During summer break
Nine teams decided to change their head coach in the offseason , among them Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray .
The 2009-10 Süper Lig (known as the Turkcell Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons) was the 52nd season since its establishment. The season commenced on 7 August 2009 with Istanbul B.B. hosting defending champions Beşiktaş at Atatürk Olympic Stadium. The last matches were played on 16 May 2010. Bursaspor won the league beating defending champions Beşiktaş 2-1 at home. They beat second placed Fenerbahçe by just one point after they could only manage a 1-1 home draw against Trabzonspor. It was only the seventh time a club outside the Istanbul Big Three have won the league, with Trabzonspor being the only other team with six championships, winning their last title in 1984.