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]
Season | 2011–12 |
---|---|
Champions | Akhisar Belediyespor |
Promoted | Akhisar Belediyespor Elazığspor Kasımpaşa |
Relegated | Sakaryaspor Güngörenspor Giresunspor |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 747 (2.44 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Severin Brice Bikoko (13 goals) |
← 2010–11 2012–13 → |
Teams
editKasımpaşa, 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
editManagerial changes
editBefore 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Foreign Players
editClub | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Former Players |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adanaspor | Marc Mbamba | Mbilla Etame | Fredrick Okwara | ||
Akhisar Belediyespor | Diego Lima | Gideon Sani | |||
Boluspor | Landry Matondo | Emmanuel Gomis | Omar Wade | Eugène Kouamé |
League table
editPos | 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 |
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
editResults
editPromotion playoffs
editThe 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 at home. Likewise 4th and 5th teams will play two matches 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
Adanaspor | 3–1 | Çaykur Rizespor |
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Barut 55' Mbilla Etame 57', 60' |
Jallow 62' |
Çaykur Rizespor | 0–1 | Adanaspor |
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Yıldız 47' |
Semi-finals 4–5
Final
Adanaspor | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Kasımpaşa |
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Oguz 67' Mbilla Etame 90' |
Güleç 37' Büyük 72' Karadas 117' |
Season statistics
editTop goalscorers
editRank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Severin Brice Bikoko | Çaykur Rizespor | 18 |
2 | Ousman Jallow | Çaykur Rizespor | 15 |
3 | Nikolay Dimitrov | Kasımpaşa | 12 |
Ümit Tütünci | Tavşanlı Linyitspor | 12 | |
5 | Sertan Vardar | Akhisar Belediyespor | 11 |
Sinan Özkan | Elazığspor | 11 |
References
edit- ^ TFF official page. "Seasonal plan for professional leagues in 2011–2012." Profesyonel liglerde 2011–2012 sezon planlaması. Retrieved on 26 June 2012. (in Turkish)
- ^ Information on grounds can be found in TFF Stadium search.
- ^ First league kits catalogue. Bank Asya 1. Lig Forma Seti Kataloğu TFF web site (in Turkish)
- ^ Presidents' names were obtained from TFF club search.
- ^ Managers can be found through TFF coach search.
- ^ Göztepe may also use İzmir Atatürk Stadium (51,295 seats) for high-attendance matches.
- ^ "Levent Eriş signed". Levent Eriş imzaladı.. Archived 21 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 18.05.2011. (in Turkish)
- ^ "Kasımpaşa consigned to Tütüneker". Paşa Tütüneker'e emanet.. Archived 1 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 10.07.2011. (in Turkish)
- ^ "Kalpar's term in Rizespor". Rizespor'da Kalpar dönemi.. Archived 3 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 31.05.2011. (in Turkish)
- ^ "Managerial change in Güngören". Güngören'de teknik direktör değişimi.. Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 07.06.2011. (in Turkish)
- ^ "Kartal found their manager". Kartal hocasını buldu.. Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 07.06.2011. (in Turkish)
- ^ "Term of Demirbakan in Tavşanlı". Tavşanlı'da Demirbakan devri! Archived 15 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 10.07.2011. (in Turkish)
- ^ "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)
- ^ "Erciyesspor found their manager". Erciyesspor hocasını buldu.. Archived 20 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 10.07.2011. (in Turkish)
- ^ "Güvenç Kurtar signs". Güvenç Kurtar imzaladı.. Archived 26 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 10.07.2011. (in Turkish)
- ^ "Konyaspor consigned to Özdemir". Konyaspor Özdemir'e emanet.. Archived 4 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 10.07.2011. (in Turkish)