2011–12 TFF First League

49th season of second-tier football league in Turkey

Football league season
TFF First League
Season2011–12
ChampionsAkhisar Belediyespor
PromotedAkhisar Belediyespor
Elazığspor
Kasımpaşa
RelegatedSakaryaspor
Güngörenspor
Giresunspor
Matches played306
Goals scored747 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorerSeverin Brice Bikoko (13 goals)

The 2011–12 TFF First League, also known as Bank Asya First League due to sponsoring reasons (in Turkish: Bank Asya 1. Lig), is the 11th season since the league was established in 2001 and 49th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64. The start date of the league was 14 August 2011 and end date is 13 May 2012.[1]

Teams

Kasımpaşa, Bucaspor and Konyaspor relegated from Süper Lig after the 31st week games of 2011–12 Süper Lig. Mersin İdman Yurdu, Samsunspor and Orduspor promoted to 2011–12 Süper Lig.

Göztepe, Sakaryaspor and Elazığspor promoted from TFF Second League. Altay and Diyarbakırspor relegated to 2011–12 TFF Second League.

Team summaries

Team Venue Capacity[2] Kitmaker[3] President[4] Coach[5]
Adanaspor Adana 5 Ocak Stadium 14,085 Nike Bayram Akgül Turkey Levent Eriş
Akhisar Belediyespor Akhisar Belediye Stadium 2,918 Adidas Hüseyin Eryüksel Turkey Hamza Hamzaoğlu
Boluspor Bolu Atatürk Stadium 8,881 Lescon Necip Çarıkçı Turkey Cihat Arslan
Bucaspor Buca Arena 10,000 Lotto Şeref Üstündağ Turkey Sait Karafırtınalar
Çaykur Rizespor New Rize City Stadium 15,485 Umbro Metin Kalkavan Turkey Hüseyin Kalpar
Denizlispor Denizli Atatürk Stadium 15,427 Lescon Salih Amiroğlu Turkey Güvenç Kurtar
Elazığspor Elazığ Atatürk Stadium 13,923 Lotto Akın Şatıroğlu Turkey Bülent Uygun
Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor Kamil Ocak Stadium 16,981 Lotto Ünsal Göksen Turkey Erol Azgın
Giresunspor Giresun Atatürk Stadium 12,191 Lescon Ömer Ülkü Turkey Bahri Kaya
Göztepe İzmir Alsancak Stadium[6] 15,358 Lotto İnan Altınbaş Turkey Özcan Kızıltan
Güngörenspor Mimar Yahya Baş Stadium 7,589 Umbro Yahya Baş Turkey Fahrettin Genç
Karşıyaka İzmir Atatürk Stadium 51,295 Lotto Hüseyin Çalışkan Turkey Reha Kapsal
Kartalspor Kartal City Stadium 7,195 Lotto Binali Aydın Turkey Besim Durmuş
Kasımpaşa Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium 9,576 Lescon H. Hilmi Öksüz Turkey Uğur Tütüneker
Kayseri Erciyesspor B.B. Kadir Has Stadium 32,864 Lotto Ziya Eren Turkey Fikret Yılmaz
Konyaspor BŞ Bld Atatürk Stadium 22,559 Lotto Bahattin Karapınar Turkey Osman Özdemir
Sakaryaspor Sakarya Atatürk Stadium 13,216 Lotto Rauf Batuboylu Turkey Şaban Yıldırım
TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor Tavşanlı Ada City Stadium 3,000 Lotto Mustafa Çokuslu Turkey Coşkun Demibakan

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Çaykur Rizespor Ümit Kayıhan Contract ended 31 May 2011 Hüseyin Kalpar 18 May 2011[7]
Kasımpaşa Fuat Çapa Contract ended 31 May 2011 Uğur Tütüneker 30 May 2011[8]
Adanaspor Eyüp Arın Contract ended 31 May 2011 Levent Eriş 31 May 2011[9]
Güngören Belediyespor Metin Altınay Contract ended 31 May 2011 Fahrettin Genç 1 June 2011[10]
Kartalspor Engin Korukır Contract ended 31 May 2011 Besim Durmuş 3 June 2011[11]
TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor Mustafa Akçay Contract ended 31 May 2011 Coşkun Demirbakan 10 June 2011[12]
Boluspor Hüsnü Özkara Contract ended 31 May 2011 Cihat Arslan 11 June 2011[13]
Kayseri Erciyesspor Ergün Penbe Contract ended 31 May 2011 Fikret Yılmaz 15 June 2011[14]
Denizlispor Kenan Atik Contract ended 31 May 2011 Güvenç Kurtar 23 June 2011[15]
Konyaspor Yılmaz Vural Contract ended 31 May 2011 Osman Özdemir 1 July 2011[16]

After the start of the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Akhisar Belediyespor (C, P) 34 17 12 5 46 28 +18 63 Promotion to Süper Lig
2 Elazığspor (P) 34 18 7 9 45 30 +15 61
3 Çaykur Rizespor 34 16 11 7 52 44 +8 59 Qualification for Promotion Playoffs
4 Kasımpaşa (O, P) 34 16 11 7 50 39 +11 59
5 Konyaspor 34 16 11 7 35 25 +10 59
6 Adanaspor 34 14 11 9 46 32 +14 53
7 Boluspor 34 13 12 9 40 33 +7 51
8 Kayseri Erciyesspor 34 12 10 12 43 39 +4 46
9 Kartalspor 34 11 12 11 37 32 +5 45
10 Denizlispor 34 11 12 11 51 46 +5 45
11 TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor 34 12 7 15 42 39 +3 43
12 Bucaspor 34 12 7 15 45 53 −8 43
13 Göztepe A.Ş. 34 11 8 15 36 43 −7 41
14 Gaziantep B.B. 34 9 13 12 36 37 −1 40
15 Karşıyaka 34 10 9 15 31 37 −6 39
16 Giresunspor (R) 34 8 15 11 39 48 −9 39 Relegation to TFF Second League
17 Sakaryaspor (R) 34 4 9 21 31 66 −35 21
18 Güngörenspor (R) 34 2 11 21 24 58 −34 17
Source: TFF First League page
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Positions by round

Source: TFF First League page

Results

Home \ Away ADA AKH BOL BUC ÇYR DEN ELA GBB GRS GÖZ GÜN KSK KRT KAS KER KON SAK TAV
Adanaspor 0–1 0–0 4–0 0–2 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 4–3 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0
Akhisar Belediyespor 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 3–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0
Boluspor 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–4 2–3 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–0
Bucaspor 2–2 1–3 0–2 0–1 5–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 3–3 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–7
Çaykur Rizespor 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 3–1 3–5 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 4–2 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–1
Denizlispor 3–1 2–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 6–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–3
Elazığspor 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–0
Gaziantep B.B. 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–4 0–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–3 0–1 5–1 1–1
Giresunspor 0–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 2–2 0–0 6–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 0–0
Göztepe A.Ş. 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0
İstanbul Güngörenspor 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–5 0–1 0–3 0–0 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–3 2–1
Karşıyaka 0–2 2–0 1–3 0–0 2–4 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–1
Kartalspor 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–1
Kasımpaşa 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 0–1
Kayseri Erciyesspor 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–3 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–2
Konyaspor 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1
Sakaryaspor 2–3 1–3 2–7 1–2 0–0 0–0 3–3 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–0
TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 4–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–4 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–0
Source: TFF First League page
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion playoffs

The teams ranked third through sixth will compete in the promotion playoffs for the 2012–13 Süper Lig. The 3rd team and 6th team will play two matches in their own grounds. Likewise 4th and 5th teams will play two mathes elimination round. This round is named as semi-finals. Winner teams will play one final match at a neutral venue. Winner of the final will be third team to promote to Süper Lig 2012–2013.

Semi-finals 3–6

Adanaspor3–1Çaykur Rizespor
Barut 55'
Mbilla Etame 57', 60'		 Jallow 62'
5 Ocak, Adana
Çaykur Rizespor0–1Adanaspor
Yıldız 47'
New Rize City, Rize

Semi-finals 4–5

Konyaspor0–2Kasımpaşa
Büyük 74'
Dimitrov 82'
Atatürk, Konya
Kasımpaşa4–0Konyaspor
Dimitrov 17'
Büyük 45', 52', 67'
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, İstanbul

Final

Adanaspor2–3 (a.e.t.)Kasımpaşa
Oguz 67'
Mbilla Etame 90'		 Güleç 37'
Büyük 72'
Karadas 117'
19 Mayıs, Ankara

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Cameroon Severin Brice Bikoko Çaykur Rizespor 18
2 The Gambia Ousman Jallow Çaykur Rizespor 15
3 Bulgaria Nikolay Dimitrov Kasımpaşa 12
Turkey Ümit Tütünci Tavşanlı Linyitspor 12
5 Turkey Sertan Vardar Akhisar Belediyespor 11
Turkey Sinan Özkan Elazığspor 11

References

  1. ^ TFF official page. "Seasonal plan for professional leagues in 2011–2012." Profesyonel liglerde 2011–2012 sezon planlaması. Retrieved on 26 June 2012. (in Turkish)
  2. ^ Information on grounds can be found in TFF Stadium search.
  3. ^ First league kits catalogue. Bank Asya 1. Lig Forma Seti Kataloğu TFF web site (in Turkish)
  4. ^ Presidents' names were obtained from TFF club search.
  5. ^ Managers can be found through TFF coach search.
  6. ^ Göztepe may also use İzmir Atatürk Stadium (51,295 seats) for high-attendance matches.
  7. ^ "Levent Eriş signed". Levent Eriş imzaladı.. Archived 21 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 18.05.2011. (in Turkish)
  8. ^ "Kasımpaşa consigned to Tütüneker". Paşa Tütüneker'e emanet.. Archived 1 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 10.07.2011. (in Turkish)
  9. ^ "Kalpar's term in Rizespor". Rizespor'da Kalpar dönemi.. Archived 3 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 31.05.2011. (in Turkish)
  10. ^ "Managerial change in Güngören". Güngören'de teknik direktör değişimi.. Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 07.06.2011. (in Turkish)
  11. ^ "Kartal found their manager". Kartal hocasını buldu.. Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 07.06.2011. (in Turkish)
  12. ^ "Term of Demirbakan in Tavşanlı". Tavşanlı'da Demirbakan devri! Archived 15 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 10.07.2011. (in Turkish)
  13. ^ "Boluspor consigned to Cihat Arslan". Boluspor Cihat Arslan'a emanet.. Archived 14 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 10.07.2011. (in Turkish)
  14. ^ "Erciyesspor found their manager". Erciyesspor hocasını buldu.. Archived 20 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 10.07.2011. (in Turkish)
  15. ^ "Güvenç Kurtar signs". Güvenç Kurtar imzaladı.. Archived 26 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 10.07.2011. (in Turkish)
  16. ^ "Konyaspor consigned to Özdemir". Konyaspor Özdemir'e emanet.. Archived 4 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 10.07.2011. (in Turkish)

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