2011–12 TFF First League

TFF First League
Season 2011–12
Top goalscorer Severin 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
2012–13 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 to
Promotion Playoffs
4 Kasımpaşa (P) 34 16 11 7 50 39+11 59
5 Konyaspor 34 16 11 7 35 25+10 59
6 Adanaspor A.Ş. 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 45 538 43
13 Göztepe A.Ş. 34 11 8 15 36 437 41
14 Gaziantep BB 34 9 13 12 36 371 40
15 Karşıyaka 34 10 9 15 31 376 39
16 Giresunspor (R) 34 8 15 11 39 489 39 Relegation to
TFF Second League
17 Sakaryaspor (R) 34 4 9 21 31 6635 21
18 Güngörenspor (R) 34 2 11 21 24 5834 17

Updated to games played on 12 May 2012.
Source: TFF First League page
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Positions by round

Team \ Round 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Akhisar Belediyespor 4 3 9 6 8 4 2 7 6 4 3 3 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 5 3 2 1
Elazığspor 16 6 4 9 10 5 8 6 2 1 4 4 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Çaykur Rizespor 11 1 7 4 2 6 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 3 3
Kasımpaşa 12 12 5 2 7 3 5 8 8 5 5 5 6 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 2 4 4
Konyaspor 13 14 16 15 11 13 9 9 9 6 6 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 6 5 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 4 5 5
Adanaspor A.Ş. 1 7 2 1 4 8 12 11 11 12 12 12 11 9 11 9 9 12 12 10 11 10 11 8 7 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6
Boluspor 9 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 4 7 7 8 5 7 6 7 7 4 3 3 5 5 5 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7
Kayseri Erciyesspor 6 11 6 8 5 2 3 1 1 3 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 9 7 7 7 6 6 7 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Kartalspor 5 4 10 10 9 9 6 4 5 9 9 6 8 8 10 12 11 13 13 13 13 12 10 10 9 9 10 9 11 11 11 9 10 9
Denizlispor 2 9 15 13 15 16 16 17 17 17 17 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 15 15 15 14 13 10 10 11 9 10
TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor 15 5 3 7 3 7 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 11 13 14 12 10 8 11 12 13 13 13 13 13 14 15 15 15 15 15 13 11
Bucaspor 7 17 11 11 13 11 11 12 12 8 8 10 12 12 8 8 8 8 10 8 10 11 12 11 11 10 11 12 9 9 9 10 11 12
Göztepe A.Ş. 14 15 8 5 6 12 13 13 14 14 13 13 13 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 14 14 13 13 14 14 14 14 12 13
Gaziantep BB 10 13 13 12 12 10 7 5 7 11 11 11 10 13 9 10 10 9 11 12 8 8 9 12 12 11 8 10 10 12 12 12 14 14
Karşıyaka 18 18 17 17 18 14 14 14 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 11 13 11 9 7 9 9 8 9 10 12 12 11 12 13 13 13 15 15
Giresunspor 8 10 12 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Sakaryaspor 3 8 14 16 16 17 18 16 16 16 16 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Güngörenspor 17 16 18 18 17 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

Updated to games played on 22 April 2012.
Source: TFF First League page
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results

Home ╲ Away[1] ADA AKH BOLBUCÇAYDENELZGBBGRSGÖZGÜNKRŞKRTKSMKECKONSKRTVL
Adanaspor A.Ş. 01 00 40 02 22 20 30 21 43 20 01 21 00 21 00 22 10
Akhisar Belediyespor 11 00 01 30 33 00 11 11 10 00 30 00 22 20 11 20 10
Boluspor 10 21 00 14 23 22 01 20 01 00 10 10 01 12 12 21 10
Bucaspor 22 13 02 01 52 21 21 21 12 21 20 02 33 11 00 30 27
Çaykur Rizespor 11 12 22 00 31 35 00 11 23 00 21 21 42 02 22 10 21
Denizlispor 31 23 20 10 11 01 00 61 21 31 00 11 03 11 12 40 13
Elazığspor 10 10 20 21 02 20 01 30 30 32 02 10 21 00 10 30 30
Gaziantep BB 21 11 00 21 30 00 12 00 24 00 00 20 41 13 01 51 11
Giresunspor 00 31 11 30 11 03 00 22 00 62 32 10 00 21 00 13 00
Göztepe A.Ş. 10 01 01 12 11 11 10 01 11 31 11 02 12 21 10 11 00
Güngörenspor 02 01 01 15 01 03 00 20 23 11 13 00 01 00 02 23 21
Karşıyaka 02 20 13 00 24 11 01 00 21 10 00 21 01 01 01 10 21
Kartalspor 02 01 11 10 12 31 10 21 31 20 22 20 11 12 32 11 11
Kasımpaşa 11 12 11 31 12 20 01 21 22 21 21 21 11 10 31 32 01
Kayseri Erciyesspor 21 23 12 13 40 11 11 21 10 42 20 11 00 22 00 20 12
Konyaspor 02 00 11 10 13 10 41 10 11 21 21 10 00 00 10 10 01
Sakaryaspor 23 13 27 12 00 00 33 00 12 01 22 11 02 12 21 02 10
TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor 11 12 11 31 12 12 10 42 20 01 20 04 11 01 30 12 10

Updated to games played on 22 April 2012.
Source: TFF First League page
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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

18 May 2012
Friday, 18:30
Adanaspor 3 – 1 Çaykur Rizespor
Barut  55'
Mbilla Etame  57', 60'
Jallow  62'
5 Ocak, Adana

22 May 2012
Tuesday, 18:30
Çaykur Rizespor 0 – 1 Adanaspor
Yıldız  47'
New Rize City, Rize

Semi-finals 4–5

19 May 2012
Saturday, 18:30
Konyaspor 0 – 2 Kasımpaşa
Büyük  74'
Dimitrov  82'
Atatürk, Konya

23 May 2012
Wednesday, 18:30
Kasımpaşa 4 - 0 Konyaspor
Dimitrov  17'
Büyük  45', 52', 67'
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, İstanbul

Final


27 May 2012
Sunday, 19:00
Adanaspor 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Kasımpaşa
Oguz  67'
Mbilla Etame  90'
Güleç  37'
Büyük  72'
Karadas  117'
19 Mayıs, Ankara
Referee: Fırat Aydınus

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 9 April 2012[17]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Cameroon Severin Brice Bikoko Çaykur Rizespor 15
2 The Gambia Ousman Jallow Çaykur Rizespor 14
3 Bulgaria Nikolay Dimitrov Kasımpaşa 12
Turkey Ümit Tütünci Tavşanlı Linyitspor 12
4 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. (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 (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... Retrieved on 18.05.2011. (Turkish)
  8. "Kasımpaşa consigned to Tütüneker". Paşa Tütüneker'e emanet... Retrieved on 10.07.2011. (Turkish)
  9. "Kalpar's term in Rizespor". Rizespor'da Kalpar dönemi... Retrieved on 31.05.2011. (Turkish)
  10. "Managerial change in Güngören". Güngören'de teknik direktör değişimi... Retrieved on 07.06.2011. (Turkish)
  11. "Kartal found their manager". Kartal hocasını buldu... Retrieved on 07.06.2011. (Turkish)
  12. "Term of Demirbakan in Tavşanlı". Tavşanlı'da Demirbakan devri!. Retrieved on 10.07.2011. (Turkish)
  13. "Boluspor consigned to Cihat Arslan". Boluspor Cihat Arslan'a emanet... Retrieved on 10.07.2011. (Turkish)
  14. "Erciyesspor found their manager". Erciyesspor hocasını buldu... Retrieved on 10.07.2011. (Turkish)
  15. "Güvenç Kurtar signs". Güvenç Kurtar imzaladı... Retrieved on 10.07.2011. (Turkish)
  16. "Konyaspor consigned to Özdemir". Konyaspor Özdemir'e emanet... Retrieved on 10.07.2011. (Turkish)
  17. "Bank Asya 1. Lig Gol Krallığı" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 23 February 2012.

See also