2000–01 1.Lig

The 2000-2001 Turkish First Football League is the 43rd edition of top-flight professional football in Turkey. The season saw many turning points for different teams. Galatasaray, the team that dominated the last decade and won the UEFA Cup, lost the title to Fenerbahçe SK for the first time in five seasons. Fenerbahçe reached to success with Mustafa Denizli, the first Turkish manager to win the league for Fenerbahçe. Southeastern side Gaziantepspor fought for the title for a long time during the season under the manager Erdoğan Arıca and Sakıp Özberk. They lost their hopes for title, when, in the 29th fixture, Fenerbahçe SK defeated them 4-3 at Şükrü Saracoğlu. Gaziantepspor were 3-0 ahead in the half-time.

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Fenerbahçe (C) 34 24 4 6 82 39+43 76 2001–02 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 Galatasaray 34 23 4 7 77 35+42 73 2001–02 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3 Gaziantepspor 34 20 8 6 67 40+27 68 2001–02 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
4 Beşiktaş 34 19 7 8 68 48+20 64
5 Trabzonspor 34 17 7 10 69 52+17 58
6 MKE Ankaragücü 34 16 8 10 65 59+6 56
7 Yimpaş Yozgatspor 34 13 10 11 55 46+9 49
8 Samsunspor 34 13 9 12 55 52+3 48
9 Çaykur Rizespor 34 13 7 14 45 43+2 46 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2001 Second round
10 Gençlerbirliği 34 14 4 16 44 539 46 2001–02 UEFA Cup First round 1
11 Denizlispor 34 12 9 13 53 563 45 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
12 İstanbulspor 34 12 8 14 47 5811 44
13 Kocaelispor 34 10 11 13 56 604 41
14 Bursaspor 34 11 7 16 55 605 40
15 Antalyaspor A.Ş. 34 9 9 16 45 6419 36
16 Siirtspor (R) 34 6 6 22 47 8134 24
17 Erzurumspor (R) 34 5 6 23 36 8044 21
18 Adanaspor A.Ş. (R) 34 2 10 22 51 9140 16

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Winner of 2000-01 Turkish Cup
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

Name Team Nationality Goals
Okan Yılmaz Bursaspor Turkey 23
Mário Jardel Galatasaray Brazil 22
Cenk İşler Adanaspor Turkey 19
Hami Mandıralı Trabzonspor Turkey 18
Hasan Özer Gaziantepspor Turkey 18
Pascal Nouma Beşiktaş France 18
Atilla Birlik Antalyaspor Turkey Germany 16
Sertan Eser İstanbulspor Turkey Germany 16
Andre Kona Gençlerbirliği Zaire Turkey 15
Fatih Tekke Gaziantepspor Turkey 15
Fernand Coulibaly Siirt Jetpaspor / Denizlispor Mali 14
Haim Revivo Fenerbahçe Israel 14
Oktay Derelioğlu Trabzonspor Turkey 14
Serkan Aykut Galatasaray Turkey 14

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