Türkiye Football Federation President Mehmet Büyükekşi said, “As the Federation, we aim to achieve sustainable success in both men’s and women’s football, and our aim in the field of eFootball will be to ensure that both our National Team and our club teams are among the elite countries in this category.”
Continuing to support sports and athletes in Turkey, Türk Telekom also invests in the future of eFootball with its pioneering role in digital transformation and its value-creating approach. Türk Telekom signed an important cooperation with the Turkish Football Federation as a step towards supporting the game ecosystem, which has become an important part of the digital experience. Within the scope of the agreement, Türk Telekom became the title sponsor of the eSüper Lig organized by the Turkish Football Federation and featuring Spor Toto Süper Lig teams, and became the official broadcaster of Türk Telekom’s TV platform, Tivibuspor. The matches in Türk Telekom eSüper League will meet with eFootball fans on Tivibuspor channels on Türk Telekom’s TV platform, Tivibu, which introduces many innovations to the audience.
TFF President Büyükekşi: “As the federation, we attach great importance to eFootball, which is the most rapidly developing sport of our age”
Speaking at the signing ceremony held at TFF’s Riva Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities Mehmet Büyükekşi, President of the Turkish Football FederationStating that, as the Football Federation, they have acted to use digitalization and technological developments for the benefit of Turkish football, which are indispensable for the era, since the first day they took office, “As the Board of Directors, we have taken important steps in these areas and implemented many projects. As the country with the youngest population in Europe, “In particular, innovations and developments in the digital field are of great interest to us. In this context, as the federation, we attach great importance to eFootball, the most rapidly developing sport of our time.”
Noting that eFootball has become a sport that reaches millions of players and audiences, the number of which is increasing day by day in the world, Büyükekşi continued his words as follows: “eFootball also has a large economic volume. When we look at the data, there are 1.1 billion PC players and 611 million console players in the world in 2022. Again, based on the same year data, the PC and console market size in the world is 92.3 billion dollars. Of this market spending, $38.2 billion reflects PC gamers’ spending, with consoles spending $51.8 billion. The European market, which includes our country, is 24.3 billion dollars, making up 26% of the world game market. As of 2022, the number of players in our country has exceeded 42 million. Total player revenue is around 1.2 billion dollars, including mobile, PC and console,” he said.
“By breaking new ground in Turkey, we established the eSüper League, which consists of the eFootball teams of our Süper Lig clubs”
Stating that they carried the excitement experienced in the field of eFootball to the Super League this year, Büyükekşi said, “As the Federation, we established the eSüper League, which consists of the eFootball teams of our Super League clubs, breaking new ground in Turkey. Turkey’s first eSüper League, in which teams of 17 of our clubs compete, started with the first week’s matches played on March 15. Thus, eSüper League became the world’s most popular video football game, FIFA, produced by EA Sports every year since 1998 and sold millions of times. The latest version of the series has become one of the 20 official leagues played over FIFA 23. With the eSüper League we have established, our clubs will also be able to generate significant income from eFootball, which has a large economic volume. 128 matches were played in our eSüper League, whose 16th week was completed. The number of viewers in our league, which is watched by nearly a thousand individual people, is increasing exponentially every week.The regular season in eSuper League will end on May 13, 2023. While the teams that finished our league in the top 4 places will qualify for the Grand Final Event to be held on May 30-31, 8 teams that finished between the 5th and 12th will fight to be one of the 4 teams that will qualify for the Grand Finals in the Play-Offs to be played on May 23-24. On the other hand, the champion and runner-up of our league will be eligible to participate in the FIFA 23 Global Series Play-ins, which will be played on June 13-14.”
“I believe that this cooperation of two strong brands will have a great impact on the faster development of our eSuper League”
Emphasizing that they will make the eSüper League stronger with the sponsorship agreement they will sign with Türk Telekom, Mehmet Büyükekşi said, “Türk Telekom will be the title sponsor of the eSüper League in April-May 2023 and November-May 2024 seasons and will be one of the Tivibuspor channels on the TV platform Tivibu. eSüper League will broadcast matches. In addition, Türk Telekom will provide both cash and promotion and infrastructure support during our cooperation. I believe that this cooperation of two strong brands will have a great impact on the faster development of our eSüper League. Valuable support to Türk Telekom officials and all employees While I would like to thank you for the agreement, I wish that the agreement will be beneficial and auspicious for our eSuper League.”
Türk Telekom CEO Önal: “As a brand that supports sports in every field and breaks new ground, we are breaking new ground in the field of eFootball”
Türk Telekom CEO Ümit Önal“The agreement we made with the Turkish Football Federation is very valuable in terms of moving eFootball forward in Turkey, which is developing rapidly in the world and is followed with great interest in our country. As Türk Telekom, we meet the expectations and expectations of the eSports world with our knowledge in technology and digital transformation and our understanding of creating value. We are happy to realize collaborations that will expand and develop the ecosystem while developing products and services that will contribute to their needs.With Playstore, our digital game platform, where we have brought more than a thousand popular PC and Mobile games to gamers, we can offer the packages of various games at the same time with the world, with affordable prices and payment options. With our GAMEON brand, which we launched last year, we embrace the game ecosystem 360 degrees and bring together many opportunities, from tournaments to internet campaigns, under this roof. We continue our investments uninterruptedly. By the end of 2022, our fiber network has reached 403,000 kilometers, and we offer high-speed internet packages to our users in 81 provinces. In this context, we have created a universe for esports and game lovers that will meet all their needs. As a brand that has been supporting sports in every field for years, we also broke ground with VAR, Smart Stadium Projects and fan packages. With the eSüper League organized for the first time in our country this year, we are once again taking a role in the realization of a first. We became the title sponsor and publisher of the eSüper League, which we believe to bring great excitement to its fans, organized by the TFF and which includes our Spor Toto Super League teams. We are very happy to be the official broadcaster of Türk Telekom eSuper League with our TV platform, Tivibu, where we introduce many innovations to the audience. With our sports channels, Tivibuspor, we will bring exciting eFootball matches to the screens with our experience in sports broadcasting and bring them together with sports fans. We would like to thank everyone who contributed in this process, especially the Turkish Football Federation, and wish success to the teams competing in the Türk Telekom eSuper League.”
Breathtaking struggle with the participation of 17 teams
17 teams compete in Türk Telekom eSuper League, which is organized by the Turkish Football Federation and with the contributions of the Clubs Association. While Türk Telekom eSüper League is played according to the Super League fixtures in the football simulation video game FIFA 23, regular season matches are played online in Türk Telekom eSüper League where each team is represented by at least 1 coach and 2 eSports players. As of the Play Off competitions, the age limit for players in the league to be played via Ultimate Mode has been determined as 16.
The champion will be announced in May.
The champion of Türk Telekom eSüper League, which was officially organized for the first time in Turkey this year, will be determined by the grand final to be played in May. Türk Telekom eSüper League, which will be played over FIFA 23, the latest version of the world’s most popular video football game FIFA, will be one of the 20 official leagues, and the finalists who succeed in making it to the finals as a result of the matches will have the right to represent Turkey in the FIFA Global Series.
Tivibu Spor, which is the main address of eSports broadcasting in Turkey, has broadcast many popular competitions live and continues to be broadcast. Türk Telekom eSüper League matches will meet with sports fans and gamers only through Tivibu Spor channels and Tivibu Spor’s Twitch and YouTube accounts.