Türk Telekom supports the eFootball ecosystem and the development of Turkish football with its pioneering role in digital transformation. Within the scope of the agreement signed between the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) and Türk Telekom, Türk Telekom became the title sponsor and official broadcaster of eSüper Lig. The eSüper League, which is organized by the Turkish Football Federation and includes 17 teams competing in the Süper Lig, was named after Türk Telekom. The matches in Türk Telekom eSüper League will be broadcast live on Tivibuspor channels on Türk Telekom's TV platform, Tivibu.
Mehmet Büyükekşi, President of the Turkish Football Federation, said, “As the Federation, we aim to achieve sustainable success in both men's and women's football. It will be to ensure that both our National Team and our club teams are among the elite countries in this category.”
Türk Telekom CEO Ümit Önal said, “We are realizing our vision in Turkey's digitalization journey in many areas from health to education, from culture to sports. We are very excited to offer the support we have been providing for many years in different branches for the development of sports and its reach to large masses, for the development of the eFootball ecosystem, which we see increasingly attracting larger audiences.”
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 the TFF's Riva Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities, Turkish Football Federation President Mehmet Büyükekşi stated that since the first day they took office as Football Federation, they have acted to use digitalization and technological developments for the benefit of Turkish football. “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, innovations and developments in the digital field are of particular interest to us. In this context, we, as the federation, attach great importance to eFootball, which is the most rapidly developing sport of our age.
Noting that eFootball has become a sport that reaches millions of players and spectators around the world, the number of players increasing day by day, Büyükekşi continued his words as follows: “eFootball also has a large economic volume. When we look at the data, there are 2022 billion PC players and 1,1 million console players in the world in 611. 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.”
“By breaking new ground in Turkey, we established the eSüper Lig, 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 is a first in Turkey and consists of the eFootball teams of our Super League clubs. Turkey's first eSüper League, in which teams of 17 clubs other than Gaziantep FK and Atakaş Hatayspor, which had to withdraw from the league due to the earthquake disaster, competed, started with the first week's matches played on March 15. Thus, eSüper League became one of the 1998 official leagues played through FIFA 23, the latest version of the world's most popular video football game, FIFA 20, which has been produced by EA Sports every year since 16 and sold millions. 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, which completed its 300th week. The number of viewers in our league, which is watched by nearly 13 thousand individual people in total, is increasing exponentially every week. The regular season in the eSüper League will end on May 2023, 4. While the teams that finished our league in the top 30 places will qualify for the Grand Final Event to be held on May 31-5, 12 teams that finished between the 8th and 23th will fight to be one of the 24 teams that will qualify for the Grand Finals in the Play-Offs to be played on May 4-13. On the other hand, the champion and runner-up of our league will be eligible to participate in the FIFA 14 Global Series Play-ins, which will be played on June 23-XNUMX.”
“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 name 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. While thanking Türk Telekom officials and all employees for their valuable support, I wish the agreement to be beneficial and auspicious for our eSüper League.
Türk Telekom CEO Önal: “As a brand that supports sports and breaks new ground in every field, we are breaking new ground in the field of eFootball”
Türk Telekom CEO Ümit Önal said, “The agreement we made with the Turkish Football Federation is very valuable in terms of taking eFootball forward in Turkey, which is developing rapidly in the world and is followed with great interest in our country. As Türk Telekom, we are happy to implement collaborations that will expand and develop the ecosystem, while developing products and services that will contribute to the expectations and needs of the eSports world, with our knowledge in technology and digital transformation and our understanding of creating value. With Playstore, our digital game platform, where we have brought together more than a thousand popular PC and mobile games with game lovers, we offer 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; We bring together many opportunities, from tournaments for the gaming world to internet campaigns, under this roof. In today's world, where digitalization is gaining importance day by day, we continue our fiber investments all over the country within the scope of our vision for the digitalization of Turkey. By the end of 2022, our fiber network has reached 403 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 eSuper 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 are only available on Tivibu Spor channels and Tivibu Spor's Twitch, YouTube will meet with sports fans and game enthusiasts live through their accounts.