2020–21 TFF First League

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.

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.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity
Adana DemirsporAdana (Yüreğir)Adana 5 Ocak Stadium14,805
AdanasporAdana (Çukurova)Adana 5 Ocak Stadium14,805
AkhisarsporManisa (Akhisar)Spor Toto Akhisar Stadium12,139
Altayİzmir (Gaziemir)İzmir Atatürk Stadium51,295
Altınorduİzmir (Karabağlar)Doğanlar Stadium12,500
Ankara KeçiörengücüAnkara (Keçiören)Ankara Aktepe Stadium4,883
AnkarasporAnkara (Sincan)Osmanlı Stadium20,000
BalıkesirsporBalıkesir (Altıeylül)Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium15,800
BandırmasporBalıkesir (Bandırma)17 Eylül Stadium12,725
BolusporBoluBolu Atatürk Stadium8,456
BursasporBursaBursa Büyükşehir Belediye Stadium43,361
EskişehirsporEskişehirEskişehir Stadium34,930
GiresunsporGiresunGiresun Atatürk Stadium12,191
İstanbulsporIstanbul (Büyükçekmece)Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium4,491
Menemensporİzmir (Menemen)Menemen İlçe Stadium2,500
SamsunsporSamsunSamsun Stadium33,919
TuzlasporIstanbul (Tuzla)Tuzla Belediye Stadium2,000
ÜmraniyesporIstanbul (Ümraniye)Ümraniye Belediyesi Şehir Stadium1,601

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerSponsor
Adana Demirspor Samet Aybaba Mehmet AkyüzDiadoraBitexen
Adanaspor Emrah Bayraktar Tevfik AltındağCapelli Sport
Akhisarspor Fırat Gül Kadir KeleşNikeRamiz
Altay Mustafa Denizli İbrahim ÖztürkNikeFolkart
Altınordu Hüseyin Eroğlu Sinan OsmanoğluNikePetrol Ofisi
Ankara Keçiörengücü İlker Püren Süleyman OlgunNike
Ankaraspor Mehmet Ak Beykan ŞimşekAdidas
Balıkesirspor Yusuf Şimşek Atilla ÖzmenUmbroAydeniz Et
Bandırmaspor Erkan Sözeri Erkan TaşkıranNikeHDI Sigorta
Boluspor Reha Erginer Muhammed BayırDiadoraEminevim
Bursaspor Mustafa Er Özer HurmacıKappaTasarruf
Eskişehirspor - Sezgin CoşkunNadllEti
Giresunspor Hakan Keleş Eren TozluDiadoraHDI Sigorta
İstanbulspor Fatih Tekke Onur ErgünJakoUğur Okulları
Menemenspor Ümit Karan Murat ErdemirNikeMedicana
Samsunspor Ertuğrul Sağlam Caner ArıcıMacronYılport
Tuzlaspor Ali Tandoğan Haydar YılmazNikeCentral Rent-a-Car
Ümraniyespor Recep Uçar Gökhan SüzenNikeBereket Sigorta

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Adana Demirspor (C, P)3421766427+3770Promotion to the Süper Lig
2Giresunspor (P)3421765425+2970
3Samsunspor34201045830+2870Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs
4İstanbulspor3419786234+2864
5Altay (O, P)34203116639+2763
6Altınordu3417985845+1360
7Ankara Keçiörengücü34177104928+2158
8Ümraniyespor34149114643+351
9Tuzlaspor34145154653−747
10Bursaspor34144165657−146
11Bandırmaspor34126164851−342
12Boluspor34126163841−342
13Balıkesirspor3498173553−1835
14Adanaspor3497184455−1134
15Menemenspor34713143862−2434
16Akhisarspor (R)3486203659−2330Relegation to the TFF Second League
17Ankaraspor (R)3468203361−2826
18Eskişehirspor[a] (R)3418252391−688
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:

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 Demirspor0–02–01–21–12–02–03–02–01–11–24–13–02–03–01–13–14–2
Adanaspor2–23–11–45–20–01–21–11–22–30–35–20–41–03–00–21–30–2
Akhisarspor2–30–12–01–11–20–12–01–02–22–13–00–10–10–01–40–01–1
Altay1–04–12–11–30–43–01–34–30–13–16–01–11–33–00–05–03–1
Altınordu0–11–13–22–10–22–00–02–02–10–26–30–01–02–40–03–21–0
Ankara Keçiörengücü1–01–06–00–15–32–02–11–02–00–11–00–11–14–11–10–10–1
Ankaraspor1–30–24–22–20–31–01–23–21–21–11–01–10–21–11–20–00–0
Balıkesirspor0–10–33–00–30–51–22–22–10–03–02–23–11–22–11–30–21–1
Bandırmaspor0–33–21–02–02–21–12–11–02–31–21–10–12–12–22–23–21–0
Boluspor1–21–20–11–01–20–12–00–00–12–13–00–10–20–00–21–21–4
Bursaspor1–31–03–21–31–20–33–13–12–14–22–11–21–20–13–00–01–3
Eskişehirspor1–10–00–10–50–22–20–00–32–10–21–50–50–32–20–10–21–1
Giresunspor2–04–33–01–22–02–11–01–00–12–12–12–00–01–10–03–00–1
İstanbulspor3–11–02–22–11–20–05–35–02–11–13–33–01–14–00–12–12–3
Menemenspor1–40–06–21–20–20–02–11–11–10–32–12–10–41–22–22–51–1
Samsunspor0–22–11–01–01–14–23–11–03–11–04–16–10–20–31–12–03–0
Tuzlaspor0–33–20–30–14–11–02–01–00–60–13–35–21–22–02–00–20–1
Ümraniyespor0–01–02–10–11–11–24–31–22–10–22–13–03–11–30–22–21–1
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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Altınordu3–2Samsunspor1–02–2
Altay4–2İstanbulspor3–21–0

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
ReportDeniz Kadah 84'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ali Palabıyık
Samsunspor2–2Altınordu
Nadir Çiftçi pen' (54)
Yasin Öztekin 84'
ReportMetehan Mimaroğlu 33'
Enis Destan 90'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yaşar Uğurlu

Final

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

Top goalscorers

As of matches played 9 May 2021[3]
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Marco PaixãoAltay22
2 Ibrahima BaldéGiresunspor19
3 Ognjen OžegovićAdanaspor14
ThuramTuzlaspor
5 Onur Ergünİstanbulspor12
Enis DestanAltınordu
Hasan KılıçAdana Demirspor
8 Cem EkinciAnkara Keçiörengücü11
9 Ali AkmanBursaspor10
Arb ManajBalıkesirspor
Ahmet İlhan ÖzekAltınordu

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