# 2007–08 TFF First League

The 2007–08 TFF 1. Lig (also known as Bank Asya 1. Lig due to sponsoring reasons) was the second-level football league of Turkey and the 45th season since its establishment in 1963–64. At the end of the season in which 18 teams competed in a single group, Kocaelispor and Antalyaspor, which finished the league in the first two places, and the play-off winner Eskişehirspor were promoted to the upper league, while Elazığspor, Istanbulspor and Mardinspor, which were in the last three places, were relegated.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kocaelispor (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 37 | +22 | 64 | Promotion to Süper Lig |
| 2 | Antalyaspor (P) | 34 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 61 | Promotion to Süper Lig |
| 3 | Sakaryaspor | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 55 | 34 | +21 | 58 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Eskişehirspor (O, P) | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 57 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 5 | Diyarbakırspor | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 57 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 6 | Boluspor | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 53 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 7 | Kayseri Erciyesspor | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 52 | |
| 8 | Orduspor | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 50 | |
| 9 | Karşıyaka | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 47 | |
| 10 | Altay | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 47 | |
| 11 | Giresunspor | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 43 | |
| 12 | Malatyaspor | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 43 | |
| 13 | Kartalspor | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 52 | 57 | −5 | 42 | |
| 14 | Gaziantep B.B. | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 39 | |
| 15 | Samsunspor | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 38 | |
| 16 | Elazığspor (R) | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 34 | Relegation to TFF Second League |
| 17 | İstanbulspor (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 58 | −33 | 26 | Relegation to TFF Second League |
| 18 | Mardinspor (R) | 34 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 72 | −46 | 14 | Relegation to TFF Second League |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Eskişehirspor 3–2 Diyarbakırspor, Diyarbakırspor 1–0 Eskişehirspor (Equal, overall goal difference)
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Karşıyaka 3–0 Altay, Altay 0–0 Karşıyaka (Karşıyaka ahead)
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Malatyaspor 0–1 Giresunspor, Giresunspor 1–1 Malatyaspor (Giresunspor ahead)

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALT | ANT | BOL | DYB | ELA | ESK | GBB | GRS | İST | KSK | KRT | KER | KOC | MAL | MAR | ORD | SAK | SAM |
| Altay | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Antalyaspor | 4–2 | | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Boluspor | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Diyarbakırspor | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 |
| Elazığspor | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Eskişehirspor | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Gaziantep B.B. | 0–0 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Giresunspor | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| İstanbulspor | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Karşıyaka | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Kartalspor | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 |
| Kayseri Erciyesspor | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Kocaelispor | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Malatyaspor | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Mardinspor | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–4 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Orduspor | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Sakaryaspor | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 2–0 |
| Samsunspor | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 7–5 | 0–3 | |

## Promotion play-offs

Promotion play-offs will play in BJK İnönü Stadium in İstanbul. Semifinal matches will take place on May 16. League third is faced with league sixth and league fourth faced with league fifth. Winners of these matches will play on May 18 at final match. Winner of the match gained playing in Süper Lig in 2008-2009 season as Third of First League.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 16 May 2008, 20:45 | 16 May 2008, 20:45 |
| Eskişehirspor | 0 (6) |
| Eskişehirspor | 0 (6) | 18 May 2008, 20:30 | 18 May 2008, 20:30 |
| Diyarbakırspor | 0 (5) | 18 May 2008, 20:30 | 18 May 2008, 20:30 |
| Diyarbakırspor | 0 (5) | Boluspor | 0 |
| 16 May 2008, 18:00 | 16 May 2008, 18:00 | | Boluspor | 0 |
| 16 May 2008, 18:00 | 16 May 2008, 18:00 | Eskişehirspor | 2 |
| Sakaryaspor | 2 (3) | Eskişehirspor | 2 |
| Boluspor | 2 (5) | | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Taner Gülleri | Kocaelispor | 21 |
| 2 | Cenk İşler | Antalyaspor | 19 |
| 2 | Coşkun Birdal | Eskişehirspor | 19 |
| 2 | Taner Demirbaş | Sakaryaspor | 19 |
| 5 | Adem Büyük | Altay | 16 |
| 6 | İskender Alın | Kartalspor | 14 |
| 6 | Mustafa Şahintürk | Gaziantep BB | 14 |
| 8 | Erman Ergin | Sakaryaspor | 13 |
| 8 | Şehmus Özer | Karşıyaka | 13 |
| 10 | Hüseyin Kartal | Diyarbakırspor | 12 |