AN INVESTIGATION ON THE COMPETITIVE BALANCE BETWEEN “D？RT BüYüKLER” IN TURKISH FOOTBALL

Objective: The purpose of this study is to examined the trend properties of competitive balance between Be？ikta？, Galatasaray, Fenerbah？e, and Trabzonspor football teams. Method: To examine the average point shares of Be？ikta？, Galatasaray, Fenerbah？e, and Trabzonspor, we utilize trend analysis with deterministic trend. Results: Besiktas, Galatasaray, and Fenerbah？e increase their average points in favor and against Trabzonspor. Fenerbahce and Besiktas's share of the increase in the trend is more than Galatasaray. Besiktas long-term average points share is the lowest and Trabzonspor is the highest team. But Trabzonspor is the only team that declined the average score share. Conclusion: We find that the average point shares of these teams fluctuate around the deterministic trend but Trabzonspor’s average point share shows a decreasing trend