# 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.

## Teams

* Hatayspor, BB Erzurumspor and Fatih Karagümrük promoted to 2020–21 Süper Lig.
* Bandırmaspor, Samsunspor and Tuzlaspor promoted from TFF Second League.
* The bottom three teams will be relegated to the TFF Second League.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Adana Demirspor | Adana (Yüreğir) | Adana 5 Ocak Stadium | 14,805 |
| Adanaspor | Adana (Çukurova) | Adana 5 Ocak Stadium | 14,805 |
| Akhisarspor | Manisa (Akhisar) | Spor Toto Akhisar Stadium | 12,139 |
| Altay | İzmir (Gaziemir) | İzmir Atatürk Stadium | 51,295 |
| Altınordu | İzmir (Karabağlar) | Doğanlar Stadium | 12,500 |
| Ankara Keçiörengücü | Ankara (Keçiören) | Ankara Aktepe Stadium | 4,883 |
| Ankaraspor | Ankara (Sincan) | Osmanlı Stadium | 20,000 |
| Balıkesirspor | Balıkesir (Altıeylül) | Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium | 15,800 |
| Bandırmaspor | Balıkesir (Bandırma) | 17 Eylül Stadium | 12,725 |
| Boluspor | Bolu | Bolu Atatürk Stadium | 8,456 |
| Bursaspor | Bursa | Bursa Büyükşehir Belediye Stadium | 43,361 |
| Eskişehirspor | Eskişehir | Eskişehir Stadium | 34,930 |
| Giresunspor | Giresun | Giresun Atatürk Stadium | 12,191 |
| İstanbulspor | Istanbul (Büyükçekmece) | Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium | 4,491 |
| Menemenspor | İzmir (Menemen) | Menemen İlçe Stadium | 2,500 |
| Samsunspor | Samsun | Samsun Stadium | 33,919 |
| Tuzlaspor | Istanbul (Tuzla) | Tuzla Belediye Stadium | 2,000 |
| Ümraniyespor | Istanbul (Ümraniye) | Ümraniye Belediyesi Şehir Stadium | 1,601 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Sponsor |
| Adana Demirspor | Samet Aybaba | Mehmet Akyüz | Diadora | Bitexen |
| Adanaspor | Emrah Bayraktar | Tevfik Altındağ | Capelli Sport | |
| Akhisarspor | Fırat Gül | Kadir Keleş | Nike | Ramiz |
| Altay | Mustafa Denizli | İbrahim Öztürk | Nike | Folkart |
| Altınordu | Hüseyin Eroğlu | Sinan Osmanoğlu | Nike | Petrol Ofisi |
| Ankara Keçiörengücü | İlker Püren | Süleyman Olgun | Nike | |
| Ankaraspor | Mehmet Ak | Beykan Şimşek | Adidas | |
| Balıkesirspor | Yusuf Şimşek | Atilla Özmen | Umbro | Aydeniz Et |
| Bandırmaspor | Erkan Sözeri | Erkan Taşkıran | Nike | HDI Sigorta |
| Boluspor | Reha Erginer | Muhammed Bayır | Diadora | Eminevim |
| Bursaspor | Mustafa Er | Özer Hurmacı | Kappa | Tasarruf |
| Eskişehirspor | - | Sezgin Coşkun | Nadll | Eti |
| Giresunspor | Hakan Keleş | Eren Tozlu | Diadora | HDI Sigorta |
| İstanbulspor | Fatih Tekke | Onur Ergün | Jako | Uğur Okulları |
| Menemenspor | Ümit Karan | Murat Erdemir | Nike | Medicana |
| Samsunspor | Ertuğrul Sağlam | Caner Arıcı | Macron | Yılport |
| Tuzlaspor | Ali Tandoğan | Haydar Yılmaz | Nike | Central Rent-a-Car |
| Ümraniyespor | Recep Uçar | Gökhan Süzen | Nike | Bereket Sigorta |

### Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Player 7 | Player 8 | Player 9 | Player 10 | Former Players |
| Adana Demirspor | Pa Dibba | Mikheil Ergemlidze | Emilijus Zubas | Hamidou Traoré | Francis Ezeh | Joher Rassoul | | | | | Rangel Aurélien Chedjou Davide Lanzafame Ismaïl Aissati Jakub Kosecki Aias Aosman |
| Adanaspor | Goran Karačić | Adolphe Belem | Isaac Donkor | Iko Seth | Kingsley Innocent | Papa Daniel | Sampson Agoha | Ognjen Ožegović | | | Roni Ismaeel Ryan Moussa Bagayoko |
| Akhisarspor | Arens Mateli | Akwo Tarh Ayuk | Alseny Soumah | Alya Touré | Ibrhaim Sissoko | Nsima Peter | Raheem Lawal | Dzon Delarge | Paul Keita | Milan Lukač | Avdija Vršajević Irfan Hadžić Elmar Bjarnason Rajko Rotman |
| Altay | Jasmin Šćuk | Márcio Mossoró | André Poko | Adrien Regattin | Leandro Kappel | Adam Stachowiak | Marco Paixão | Khaly Thiam | | | Anton Putsila Edin Cocalić William Amorim Armand Gnanduillet Jovan Blagojević |
| Altınordu | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ankara Keçiörengücü | Kamal Issah | Sadio Diallo | Ilir Mustafa | Emeka Eze | Boubacar Dialiba | Edin Hamidović | | | | | Edon Hasani Joe Dodoo Arb Manaj Famoussa Koné Toheeb Adewale |
| Ankaraspor | Darko Bodul | Eric Ayuk | Musah Mohammed | Umar Basit | Bernard Bulbwa | Sikiru Olatunbosun | Marcus Pedersen | Jovan Blagojević | Tomás Mejías | Alec Mudimu | Thales Lira Marc Mbamba Mbilla Etame Miloš Stanojević |
| Balıkesirspor | Foxi Kéthévoama | Andrija Vuković | Antonio Mršić | Mahatma Otoo | Arb Manaj | Oltion Bilalli | Abraham Nwankwo | Nemanja Mihajlović | Roman Bezjak | Jemal Kizilatesh | Francis Ezeh |
| Bandırmaspor | Mickaël Poté | Emir Halilović | vital bahati | Guy-Michel Landel | Rubén Rayos | Yonathan Del Valle | | | | | Lacina Traoré Mahamadou Ba Gabriel Torje |
| Boluspor | Gentian Selmani | Araz Abdullayev | Haris Hajdarević | Marlinho | Kabongo Kasongo | Edwin Gyasi | Rydell Poepon | Orlando Mosquera | Papa Alioune Diouf | | Felipe Trevizan Nemanja Mihajlović |
| Bursaspor | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Eskişehirspor | Hamed Sholaja | Sunday Alimi | | | | | | | | | |
| Giresunspor | Serginho | Abdou Traoré | Anthony Uzodimma | Michał Nalepa | Ibrahima Baldé | Mamadou Diarra | Marko Milinković | | | | Hélder Tavares Lévy Madinda |
| İstanbulspor | Eduard Rroca | Kristal Abazaj | Wellington | Patrick Etoga | Marin Ljubić | Valon Ethemi | Amar Skrijelj | | | | Aldin Čajić Kamal Issah Papa Diouf |
| Menemenspor | Tidjani Anaane | David Domgjoni | Mahamadou Ba | Mamadou Traoré | Adamu Alhassan | Rasheed Akanbi | Simon Zenke | Omar Mohamed | | | Gentian Selmani Mohammed Kamara Sikiru Olatunbosun |
| Samsunspor | Jugurtha Hamroun | Brice Dja Djédjé | Kévin Boli | Mathias Coureur | Vukan Savićević | Tomané | | | | | Edwin Gyasi Ange-Freddy Plumain Guy Serge Yaméogo |
| Tuzlaspor | Aldin Čajić | Alan Cariús | Thuram | Samuel Yohou | Matej Pučko | Rajko Rotman | Prince Segbefia | | | | Faris Zubanović Aias Aosman Chidiebere Nwakali Adama Sarr |
| Ümraniyespor | Avdija Vršajević | Ante Živković | Tomislav Glumac | Kévin Mayi | Chukwuma Akabueze | Lanre Kehinde | Adama Wade | Idrissa Camara | Moussa Sow | | Vasco Fernandes |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Adana Demirspor (C, P) | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 64 | 27 | +37 | 70 | Promotion to the Süper Lig |
| 2 | Giresunspor (P) | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 54 | 25 | +29 | 70 | Promotion to the Süper Lig |
| 3 | Samsunspor | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 70 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs |
| 4 | İstanbulspor | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 62 | 34 | +28 | 64 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs |
| 5 | Altay (O, P) | 34 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 66 | 39 | +27 | 63 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs |
| 6 | Altınordu | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 60 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs |
| 7 | Ankara Keçiörengücü | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 58 | |
| 8 | Ümraniyespor | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 51 | |
| 9 | Tuzlaspor | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 47 | |
| 10 | Bursaspor | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 56 | 57 | −1 | 46 | |
| 11 | Bandırmaspor | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 42 | |
| 12 | Boluspor | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 42 | |
| 13 | Balıkesirspor | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 53 | −18 | 35 | |
| 14 | Adanaspor | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 34 | |
| 15 | Menemenspor | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 34 | |
| 16 | Akhisarspor (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 30 | Relegation to the TFF Second League |
| 17 | Ankaraspor (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 26 | Relegation to the TFF Second League |
| 18 | Eskişehirspor (R) | 34 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 91 | −68 | 8 | Relegation to the TFF Second League |
* ↑ Eskişehirspor have been deducted 3 points.

### 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 ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Adana Demirspor | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Giresunspor | 17 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Samsunspor | 10 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| İstanbulspor | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Altay | 9 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Altınordu | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Ankara Keçiörengücü | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Ümraniyespor | 4 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Tuzlaspor | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Bursaspor | 16 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Bandırmaspor | 12 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Boluspor | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Balıkesirspor | 2 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Adanaspor | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Menemenspor | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Akhisarspor | 8 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Ankaraspor | 7 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Eskişehirspor | 14 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 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 | 18 |
* Champion, Promotion to Süper Lig
* Promotion to Süper Lig
* Play-off
* TFF Second League

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADS | ADA | AKH | ALT | ATO | AKG | ANK | BAL | BAN | BOL | BUR | ESK | GRS | İST | MEN | SAM | TUZ | ÜMR |
| Adana Demirspor | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 |
| Adanaspor | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 5–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Akhisarspor | 2–3 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Altay | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–3 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 |
| Altınordu | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 6–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Ankara Keçiörengücü | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 5–3 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Ankaraspor | 1–3 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Balıkesirspor | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Bandırmaspor | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Boluspor | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| Bursaspor | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Eskişehirspor | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | — | 0–5 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Giresunspor | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| İstanbulspor | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Menemenspor | 1–4 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 |
| Samsunspor | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Tuzlaspor | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 |
| Ümraniyespor | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — |

## Promotion playoffs
### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Altınordu | 3–2 | Samsunspor | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Altay | 4–2 | İstanbulspor | 3–2 | 1–0 |
First leg
Second leg

### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Altay | 1–0 | Altınordu |

### Top goalscorers

    As of matches played 9 May 2021
Top goalscorers :
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Marco Paixão | Altay | 22 |
| 2 | Ibrahima Baldé | Giresunspor | 19 |
| 3 | Ognjen Ožegović | Adanaspor | 14 |
| 3 | Thuram | Tuzlaspor | 14 |
| 5 | Onur Ergün | İstanbulspor | 12 |
| 5 | Enis Destan | Altınordu | 12 |
| 5 | Hasan Kılıç | Adana Demirspor | 12 |
| 8 | Cem Ekinci | Ankara Keçiörengücü | 11 |
| 9 | Ali Akman | Bursaspor | 10 |
| 9 | Arb Manaj | Balıkesirspor | 10 |
| 9 | Ahmet İlhan Özek | Altınordu | 10 |