2020–21 TFF First League

TFF First League
Season2020–21
Dates11 September 2020 – 9 May 2021
ChampionsAdana Demirspor
PromotedAdana Demirspor
Giresunspor
Altay
RelegatedAkhisarspor
Ankaraspor
Eskişehirspor
Matches played306
Goals scored854 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerMarco Paixão (22 goals)
Biggest home winAltay 6–0 Eskişehirspor
(27 September 2020)
Ankara Keçiörengücü 6–0 Akhisarspor
(22 November 2020)
Biggest away winTuzlaspor 0–6 Bandırmaspor
(22 November 2020)
Highest scoringAltınordu 6–3 Eskişehirspor
(4 April 2021)
Longest winning runGiresunspor
(12 matches)
Longest unbeaten runGiresunspor
(16 matches)
Longest winless runEskişehirspor
(21 matches)
Longest losing runAkhisarspor
(8 matches)
All statistics correct as of 10 May 2021.

The 2020–21 TFF First League was the 20th season since the league was established in 2001 and 58th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64. There was no relegation to or from the TFF First League the prior year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

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Location of teams in 2020–21 TFF First League
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Adana Demirspor Adana (Yüreğir) Adana 5 Ocak Stadium 14,805
Adanaspor Adana (Çukurova) Adana 5 Ocak Stadium 14,805
Akhisarspor Manisa (Akhisar) Spor Toto Akhisar Stadium 12,139
Altay İzmir (Gaziemir) İzmir Atatürk Stadium 51,295
Altınordu İzmir (Karabağlar) Doğanlar Stadium 12,500
Ankara Keçiörengücü Ankara (Keçiören) Ankara Aktepe Stadium 4,883
Ankaraspor Ankara (Sincan) Osmanlı Stadium 20,000
Balıkesirspor Balıkesir (Altıeylül) Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium 15,800
Bandırmaspor Balıkesir (Bandırma) 17 Eylül Stadium 12,725
Boluspor Bolu Bolu Atatürk Stadium 8,456
Bursaspor Bursa Bursa Büyükşehir Belediye Stadium 43,361
Eskişehirspor Eskişehir Eskişehir Stadium 34,930
Giresunspor Giresun Giresun Atatürk Stadium 12,191
İstanbulspor Istanbul (Büyükçekmece) Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium 4,491
Menemenspor İzmir (Menemen) Menemen İlçe Stadium 2,500
Samsunspor Samsun Samsun Stadium 33,919
Tuzlaspor Istanbul (Tuzla) Tuzla Belediye Stadium 2,000
Ümraniyespor Istanbul (Ümraniye) Ümraniye Belediyesi Şehir Stadium 1,601

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Adana Demirspor Turkey Samet Aybaba Turkey Mehmet Akyüz Diadora Bitexen
Adanaspor Turkey Emrah Bayraktar Germany Tevfik Altındağ Capelli Sport
Akhisarspor Turkey Fırat Gül Turkey Kadir Keleş Nike Ramiz
Altay Turkey Mustafa Denizli Turkey İbrahim Öztürk Nike Folkart
Altınordu Turkey Hüseyin Eroğlu Turkey Sinan Osmanoğlu Nike Petrol Ofisi
Ankara Keçiörengücü Turkey İlker Püren Turkey Süleyman Olgun Nike
Ankaraspor Turkey Mehmet Ak Turkey Beykan Şimşek Adidas
Balıkesirspor Turkey Yusuf Şimşek Turkey Atilla Özmen Umbro Aydeniz Et
Bandırmaspor Turkey Erkan Sözeri Turkey Erkan Taşkıran Nike HDI Sigorta
Boluspor Turkey Reha Erginer Turkey Muhammed Bayır Diadora Eminevim
Bursaspor Turkey Mustafa Er Turkey Özer Hurmacı Kappa Tasarruf
Eskişehirspor Turkey - Turkey Sezgin Coşkun Nadll Eti
Giresunspor Turkey Hakan Keleş Turkey Eren Tozlu Diadora HDI Sigorta
İstanbulspor Turkey Fatih Tekke Turkey Onur Ergün Jako Uğur Okulları
Menemenspor Turkey Ümit Karan Turkey Murat Erdemir Nike Medicana
Samsunspor Turkey Ertuğrul Sağlam Turkey Caner Arıcı Macron Yılport
Tuzlaspor Turkey Ali Tandoğan Turkey Haydar Yılmaz Nike Central Rent-a-Car
Ümraniyespor Turkey Recep Uçar Turkey Gökhan Süzen Nike Bereket Sigorta

Foreign Players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9 Player 10 Former Players
Adana Demirspor The Gambia Pa Dibba Georgia (country) Mikheil Ergemlidze Lithuania Emilijus Zubas Mali Hamidou Traoré Nigeria Francis Ezeh Senegal Joher Rassoul Brazil Rangel
Cameroon Aurélien Chedjou
Italy Davide Lanzafame
Morocco Ismaïl Aissati
Poland Jakub Kosecki
Syria Aias Aosman
Adanaspor Bosnia and Herzegovina Goran Karačić Burkina Faso Adolphe Belem Ghana Isaac Donkor Nigeria Iko Seth Nigeria Kingsley Innocent Nigeria Papa Daniel Nigeria Sampson Agoha Serbia Ognjen Ožegović Brazil Roni
Israel Ismaeel Ryan
Mali Moussa Bagayoko
Akhisarspor Albania Arens Mateli Cameroon Akwo Tarh Ayuk Guinea Alseny Soumah Guinea Alya Touré Ivory Coast Ibrhaim Sissoko Nigeria Nsima Peter Nigeria Raheem Lawal Republic of the Congo Dzon Delarge Senegal Paul Keita Serbia Milan Lukač Bosnia and Herzegovina Avdija Vršajević
Bosnia and Herzegovina Irfan Hadžić
Iceland Elmar Bjarnason
Slovenia Rajko Rotman
Altay Bosnia and Herzegovina Jasmin Šćuk Brazil Márcio Mossoró Gabon André Poko Morocco Adrien Regattin Netherlands Leandro Kappel Poland Adam Stachowiak Portugal Marco Paixão Senegal Khaly Thiam Belarus Anton Putsila
Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Cocalić
Brazil William Amorim
France Armand Gnanduillet

Serbia Jovan Blagojević
Altınordu
Ankara Keçiörengücü Ghana Kamal Issah Guinea Sadio Diallo Kosovo Ilir Mustafa Nigeria Emeka Eze Senegal Boubacar Dialiba Sweden Edin Hamidović Albania Edon Hasani
England Joe Dodoo
Kosovo Arb Manaj
Mali Famoussa Koné
Nigeria Toheeb Adewale
Ankaraspor Austria Darko Bodul Cameroon Eric Ayuk Ghana Musah Mohammed Ghana Umar Basit Nigeria Bernard Bulbwa Nigeria Sikiru Olatunbosun Norway Marcus Pedersen Serbia Jovan Blagojević Spain Tomás Mejías Zimbabwe Alec Mudimu Brazil Thales Lira
Cameroon Marc Mbamba
Cameroon Mbilla Etame
Serbia Miloš Stanojević
Balıkesirspor Central African Republic Foxi Kéthévoama Croatia Andrija Vuković Croatia Antonio Mršić Ghana Mahatma Otoo Kosovo Arb Manaj Kosovo Oltion Bilalli Nigeria Abraham Nwankwo Serbia Nemanja Mihajlović Slovenia Roman Bezjak Ukraine Jemal Kizilatesh Nigeria Francis Ezeh
Bandırmaspor Benin Mickaël Poté Bosnia and Herzegovina Emir Halilović Democratic Republic of the Congo vital bahati Guinea Guy-Michel Landel Spain Rubén Rayos Venezuela Yonathan Del Valle Ivory Coast Lacina Traoré
Mali Mahamadou Ba
Romania Gabriel Torje
Boluspor Albania Gentian Selmani Azerbaijan Araz Abdullayev Bosnia and Herzegovina Haris Hajdarević Brazil Marlinho Democratic Republic of the Congo Kabongo Kasongo Ghana Edwin Gyasi Netherlands Rydell Poepon Paraguay Orlando Mosquera Senegal Papa Alioune Diouf Brazil Felipe Trevizan
Serbia Nemanja Mihajlović
Bursaspor
Eskişehirspor Nigeria Hamed Sholaja Nigeria Sunday Alimi
Giresunspor Brazil Serginho Burkina Faso Abdou Traoré Nigeria Anthony Uzodimma Poland Michał Nalepa Senegal Ibrahima Baldé Senegal Mamadou Diarra Serbia Marko Milinković Cape Verde Hélder Tavares
Gabon Lévy Madinda
İstanbulspor Albania Eduard Rroca Albania Kristal Abazaj Brazil Wellington Cameroon Patrick Etoga Croatia Marin Ljubić North Macedonia Valon Ethemi Serbia Amar Skrijelj Bosnia and Herzegovina Aldin Čajić
Ghana Kamal Issah
Senegal Papa Diouf
Menemenspor Benin Tidjani Anaane Kosovo David Domgjoni Mali Mahamadou Ba Mali Mamadou Traoré Nigeria Adamu Alhassan Nigeria Rasheed Akanbi Nigeria Simon Zenke Somalia Omar Mohamed Albania Gentian Selmani
Liberia Mohammed Kamara
Nigeria Sikiru Olatunbosun
Samsunspor Algeria Jugurtha Hamroun Ivory Coast Brice Dja Djédjé Ivory Coast Kévin Boli Martinique Mathias Coureur Montenegro Vukan Savićević Portugal Tomané Ghana Edwin Gyasi
Guadeloupe Ange-Freddy Plumain
Ivory Coast Guy Serge Yaméogo
Tuzlaspor Bosnia and Herzegovina Aldin Čajić Brazil Alan Cariús Brazil Thuram France Samuel Yohou Slovenia Matej Pučko Slovenia Rajko Rotman Togo Prince Segbefia Bosnia and Herzegovina Faris Zubanović
Egypt Aias Aosman
Nigeria Chidiebere Nwakali
Senegal Adama Sarr
Ümraniyespor Bosnia and Herzegovina Avdija Vršajević Croatia Ante Živković Croatia Tomislav Glumac Gabon Kévin Mayi Nigeria Chukwuma Akabueze Nigeria Lanre Kehinde Senegal Adama Wade Senegal Idrissa Camara Senegal Moussa Sow Portugal Vasco Fernandes

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Adana Demirspor (C, P) 34 21 7 6 64 27 +37 70 Promotion to the Süper Lig
2 Giresunspor (P) 34 21 7 6 54 25 +29 70
3 Samsunspor 34 20 10 4 58 30 +28 70 Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs
4 İstanbulspor 34 19 7 8 62 34 +28 64
5 Altay (O, P) 34 20 3 11 66 39 +27 63
6 Altınordu 34 17 9 8 58 45 +13 60
7 Ankara Keçiörengücü 34 17 7 10 49 28 +21 58
8 Ümraniyespor 34 14 9 11 46 43 +3 51
9 Tuzlaspor 34 14 5 15 46 53 −7 47
10 Bursaspor 34 14 4 16 56 57 −1 46
11 Bandırmaspor 34 12 6 16 48 51 −3 42
12 Boluspor 34 12 6 16 38 41 −3 42
13 Balıkesirspor 34 9 8 17 35 53 −18 35
14 Adanaspor 34 9 7 18 44 55 −11 34
15 Menemenspor 34 7 13 14 38 62 −24 34
16 Akhisarspor (R) 34 8 6 20 36 59 −23 30 Relegation to the TFF Second League
17 Ankaraspor (R) 34 6 8 20 33 61 −28 26
18 Eskişehirspor[a] (R) 34 1 8 25 23 91 −68 8
Source: TFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Eskişehirspor have been deducted 3 points.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Adana Demirspor1314753463648886554444554344322111
Giresunspor17171189771088877422111111111111111222
Samsunspor10265864547523754333322222222233333
İstanbulspor151041122111251533222233333566655444
Altay91386388696486311446685766433444555
Altınordu3852646332135178898876445655566666
Ankara Keçiörengücü6137435774312647767757688777777777
Ümraniyespor4121514141515141313161314151212121212121111111110101111888888
Tuzlaspor11523211225764265685568877888999999
Bursaspor1671212101012111210101010101099799991099999101010101010
Bandırmaspor129101313131415151514161612111110101010101091011111010111111111111
Boluspor13141617181817171716151211111313131313131515151312121212121212121212
Balıkesirspor26131011119121111111113131515151616151313141515151313131413131313
Adanaspor547959108599999910111111111212121213131414141314141414
Menemenspor18181718171413131414131412141414141415161414131414141515151515151515
Akhisarspor81591112121191012121515161616161514141616161616161616161616161616
Ankaraspor7111415151616161617171717171717171717171717171717171717171717171717
Eskişehirspor14161816161718181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818
Champion, Promotion to Süper Lig
Promotion to Süper Lig
Play-off
TFF Second League
Source: TFF

Results

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Adana Demirspor — 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 4–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 4–2
Adanaspor 2–2 — 3–1 1–4 5–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–3 5–2 0–4 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–3 0–2
Akhisarspor 2–3 0–1 — 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–4 0–0 1–1
Altay 1–0 4–1 2–1 — 1–3 0–4 3–0 1–3 4–3 0–1 3–1 6–0 1–1 1–3 3–0 0–0 5–0 3–1
Altınordu 0–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 — 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 6–3 0–0 1–0 2–4 0–0 3–2 1–0
Ankara Keçiörengücü 1–0 1–0 6–0 0–1 5–3 — 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 0–1
Ankaraspor 1–3 0–2 4–2 2–2 0–3 1–0 — 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–0
Balıkesirspor 0–1 0–3 3–0 0–3 0–5 1–2 2–2 — 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–1
Bandırmaspor 0–3 3–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 — 2–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 3–2 1–0
Boluspor 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 — 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–4
Bursaspor 1–3 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–2 0–3 3–1 3–1 2–1 4–2 — 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–3
Eskişehirspor 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–5 0–2 2–2 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–2 1–5 — 0–5 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–1
Giresunspor 2–0 4–3 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 — 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–1
İstanbulspor 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 5–3 5–0 2–1 1–1 3–3 3–0 1–1 — 4–0 0–1 2–1 2–3
Menemenspor 1–4 0–0 6–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 0–4 1–2 — 2–2 2–5 1–1
Samsunspor 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 6–1 0–2 0–3 1–1 — 2–0 3–0
Tuzlaspor 0–3 3–2 0–3 0–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–6 0–1 3–3 5–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 — 0–1
Ümraniyespor 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 4–3 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–3 0–2 2–2 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2021. Source: TFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion playoffs

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Altınordu 3–2 Samsunspor 1–0 2–2
Altay 4–2 İstanbulspor 3–2 1–0

First leg

Altay3–2İstanbulspor
Leandro Kappel 3'
Marco Paixão 13', 43'		 Report 10', 84' Onur Ergün
Attendance: 0
Referee: Arda Kardeşler
Altınordu1–0Samsunspor
Yusuf Yalçın Arslan 49' Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

Second leg

İstanbulspor0–1Altay
Report Deniz Kadah 84'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ali Palabıyık
Samsunspor2–2Altınordu
Nadir Çiftçi pen' (54)
Yasin Öztekin 84'		 Report Metehan Mimaroğlu 33'
Enis Destan 90'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yaşar Uğurlu

Final

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Altay 1–0 Altınordu
Altay1–0Altınordu
Marco Paixao 89' Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

Top goalscorers

As of matches played 9 May 2021[3]
Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Portugal Marco Paixão Altay 22
2 Senegal Ibrahima Baldé Giresunspor 19
3 Serbia Ognjen Ožegović Adanaspor 14
Brazil Thuram Tuzlaspor
5 Turkey Onur Ergün İstanbulspor 12
Turkey Enis Destan Altınordu
Netherlands Hasan Kılıç Adana Demirspor
8 Germany Cem Ekinci Ankara Keçiörengücü 11
9 Turkey Ali Akman Bursaspor 10
Kosovo Arb Manaj Balıkesirspor
Turkey Ahmet İlhan Özek Altınordu

References

  1. ^ "1. Ligden Süper Lige yükselen takımlar". fotospor.com (in Turkish). 19 July 2020. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. ^ "TFF 1. Lig ve 2. Lig'e yükselen takımlar belli oldu… Hangi takımlar üst lige çıktı?". trthaber.com (in Turkish). 9 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  3. ^ "TFF 1. Lig Gol Krallığı". TFF. Retrieved 2 May 2021.