# 2001–02 TFF First League

The 2001–02 Turkish Second League Category A was the second-level football league of Turkey and the 39th season since its establishment in 1963–64. At the end of the season in which 20 teams competed in a single group, Altay, Elazığspor and Adanaspor, which finished the league in the first three places, were promoted to the upper league, while Hatayspor, Siirtspor, Erciyesspor, Batman Petrolspor and Aydınspor, which were in the last five places, were relegated.

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Altay (C, P) | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 78 | 55 | +23 | 75 | Promotion to Süper Lig |
| 2 | Elazığspor (P) | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 80 | 41 | +39 | 75 | Promotion to Süper Lig |
| 3 | Adanaspor (P) | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 82 | 41 | +41 | 73 | Promotion to Süper Lig |
| 4 | Sakaryaspor | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 70 | 38 | +32 | 70 | |
| 5 | Konyaspor | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 70 | 45 | +25 | 68 | |
| 6 | Erzurumspor | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 63 | 45 | +18 | 61 | |
| 7 | İzmirspor | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 56 | 61 | −5 | 60 | |
| 8 | Akçaabat Sebatspor | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 59 | |
| 9 | Kayserispor | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 55 | |
| 10 | B.B. Ankaraspor | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 52 | |
| 11 | Şekerspor | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 51 | |
| 12 | İstanbul B.B. | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 50 | |
| 13 | Çanakkale Dardanelspor | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 56 | 72 | −16 | 48 | |
| 14 | Gümüşhane Doğanspor | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 47 | |
| 15 | Sivasspor | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 46 | |
| 16 | Hatayspor (R) | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 45 | Relegation to Turkish Second League Category B |
| 17 | Siirtspor (R) | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 53 | 80 | −27 | 36 | Relegation to Turkish Second League Category B |
| 18 | Kayseri Erciyesspor (R) | 38 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 41 | 78 | −37 | 32 | Relegation to Turkish Second League Category B |
| 19 | Batman Petrolspor (R) | 38 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 35 | 80 | −45 | 28 | Relegation to Turkish Second League Category B |
| 20 | Aydınspor (R) | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 76 | −43 | 25 | Relegation to Turkish Second League Category B |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Altay 4–1 Elazığspor, Elazığspor 4–2 Altay (Altay ahead)

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADA | AKÇ | ALT | AYD | BPS | ANK | ÇDA | ELA | ERZ | GDO | HAT | İBB | İZM | KER | KAY | KON | SAK | SRT | SİV | ŞKR |
| Adanaspor | | 1–4 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Akçaabat Sebatspor | 1–2 | | 5–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–4 | 3–1 |
| Altay | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 1–2 |
| Aydınspor | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 |
| Batman Petrolspor | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–5 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| B.B. Ankaraspor | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Çanakkale Dardanelspor | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Elazığspor | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 |
| Erzurumspor | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Gümüşhane Doğanspor | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Hatayspor | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| İstanbul B.B. | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| İzmirspor | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Kayseri Erciyesspor | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–4 |
| Kayserispor | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| Konyaspor | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 |
| Sakaryaspor | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| Siirtspor | 2–6 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 7–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–5 | | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Sivasspor | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 |
| Şekerspor | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Yunus Altun | Konyaspor | 28 |
| 2 | İlhan Arslan | Şekerspor | 23 |
| 3 | Yusuf Tokuş | Şekerspor | 22 |
| 4 | Bülent Karaman | Gümüşhane Doğanspor | 20 |
| 4 | Hakan Saral | Elazığspor | 20 |
| 6 | Altan Aksoy | Adanaspor | 19 |
| 7 | Murat Bölükbaş | Akçaabat Sebatspor | 18 |
| 7 | Necati Ateş | Adanaspor | 18 |
| 7 | Okan Çebi | Erzurumspor | 18 |
| 10 | Mehmet Altıparmak | Elazığspor | 17 |
| 10 | Sinan Kaloğlu | Altay | 17 |