# 2019–20 TFF First League

The 2019–20 TFF First League was the 19th season since the league was established in 2001 and 57th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64. The season began on 16 August 2019 and the regular season will be ended on 2 May 2020. Fixtures for the 2019–20 season were announced on 18 July 2019. On 12 March 2020, The Ministry of Youth and Sports announced matches will be played behind closed doors in the stadiums until the end of April due to the coronavirus pandemic. On 19 March 2020, the league was suspended. The league resumed behind closed doors on 19 June until 19 July 2020. The semi-finals were played on 22 and 26 July, then the final was played on 30 July 2020.

## Teams

* Akhisarspor, BB Erzurumspor and Bursaspor relegated from 2018–19 Süper Lig.
* Denizlispor, Gençlerbirliği and Gazişehir Gaziantep promoted to 2019–20 Süper Lig.
* Afjet Afyonspor, Elazığspor and Kardemir Karabükspor relegated to 2019–20 TFF Second League.
* Keçiörengücü, Menemenspor and Fatih Karagümrük promoted from 2018–19 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 |
| Balıkesirspor | Balıkesir | Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium | 15,800 |
| BB Erzurumspor | Erzurum | Kazım Karabekir Stadium | 23,277 |
| Boluspor | Bolu | Bolu Atatürk Stadium | 8,456 |
| Bursaspor | Bursa | Büyüksehir Belediyesi Stadium | 43,361 |
| Eskişehirspor | Eskişehir | New Eskişehir Stadium | 34,930 |
| Fatih Karagümrük | Istanbul (Fatih) | Vefa Stadium | 12,500 |
| Giresunspor | Giresun | Giresun Atatürk Stadium | 12,191 |
| Hatayspor | Hatay | Antakya Atatürk Stadium | 6,015 |
| İstanbulspor | Istanbul (Büyükçekmece) | Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium | 4,491 |
| Keçiörengücü | Ankara (Keçiören) | Ankara Aktepe Stadium | 4,883 |
| Menemenspor | İzmir (Menemen) | Menemen İlçe Stadium | 2,500 |
| Osmanlıspor | Ankara (Sincan) | Osmanlı Stadium | 20,000 |
| Ümraniyespor | Istanbul (Ümraniye) | Ümraniye Belediyesi Şehir Stadium | 1,601 |

### 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 | Mustapha Carayol | Pa Dibba | Hamidou Traoré | Ibrahima Koné | Jakub Kosecki | Joher Rassoul | Milan Mitrović | Aias Aosman | Oleksandr Hladkyi | | Jonathan Legear Anderson Anthony Stokes Djemoussa Traore |
| Adanaspor | Renan Diniz | Roni | Goran Karačić | Mbilla Etame | Giorgi Arabidze | Moussa Bagayoko | Emeka Eze | Amidou Diop | | | |
| Akhisarspor | Sokol Cikalleshi | Avdija Vršajević | Edin Cocalić | Irfan Hadžić | Elmar Bjarnason | Milan Lukač | Rajko Rotman | | | | |
| Altay | Anton Putsila | Leandrinho | Hélder Tavares | Andreas Tatos | Leandro Kappel | Adamu Alhassan | Asuque Aniekeme | Marco Paixão | Prince Segbefia | | |
| Altınordu | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Balıkesirspor | Nemanja Anđušić | Nermin Hodzic | Foxi Kéthévoama | Andrija Vuković | Antonio Mršić | Mahatma Otoo | Aly Mallé | Francis Ezeh | | | Tomislav Glumac |
| BB Erzurumspor | Jugurtha Hamroun | Mickaël Poté | Ibrahim Šehić | Jasmin Šćuk | Gabriel Obertan | Rashad Muhammed | Ibrahim Sissoko | Mahamadou Ba | | | Gilles Sunu |
| Boluspor | Moïse Adiléhou | Emir Halilović | Dodô | Alimardon Shukurov | Rydell Poepon | Seth Sincere | Dzon Delarge | Orlando Mosquera | Rok Kidric | | |
| Bursaspor | Abdou Traoré | Shehu Abdullahi | Jani Atanasov | Mamadou Diarra | Yevhen Seleznyov | | | | | | Igor Silva Iasmin Latovlevici |
| Eskişehirspor | | | | | | | | | | | Kamal Issah Ibrahim Sissoko Jesse Sekidika Marko Milinković |
| Fatih Karagümrük | Cristóbal Jorquera | Joseph Attamah | Brahim Darri | Raheem Lawal | Artur Sobiech | Alassane Ndao | Bojan Šaranov | Erik Sabo | Gaber Dobrovoljc | Innocent Emeghara | Alagie Sosseh Stefan Silva |
| Giresunspor | Adriano | Renan Foguinho | Guy-Michel Landel | Cristian Tănase | Raul Rusescu | Marko Milinković | Yonathan Del Valle | | | | Stallone Limbombe |
| Hatayspor | Strahil Popov | Idir Ouali | Rayane Aabid | Joseph Akomadi | Hélder Barbosa | Dame Diop | | | | | Jeremy Bokila Hamidou Maiga |
| İstanbulspor | Kamal Issah | Wellington | Patrick Etoga | Kamal Issah | Papa Alioune Diouf | | | | | | Joseph Mensah Allahyar Sayyadmanesh |
| Keçiörengücü | Jeremy Bokila | Lévy Madinda | Famoussa Koné | Idrissa Diarra | Boubacar Dialiba | Theo Mendy | | | | | |
| Menemenspor | Gentian Selmani | David Domgjoni | Henri Onoka | Rasheed Akanbi | Sikiru Olatunbosun | Jasmin Trtovac | | | | | Abdelaye Diakité Ibrahim Sangaré |
| Osmanlıspor | Ognjen Todorović | Eric Ayuk | Jovan Blagojević | Santiago Mele | | | | | | | |
| Ümraniyespor | Ajdin Hasić | Tomislav Glumac | Tonći Mujan | Ghislain Gimbert | Riad Nouri | Chukwuma Akabueze | Vasco Fernandes | | | | Valentin Lazăr |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hatayspor (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 66 | Promotion to the Süper Lig |
| 2 | BB Erzurumspor (P) | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 25 | +16 | 62 | Promotion to the Süper Lig |
| 3 | Adana Demirspor | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 68 | 44 | +24 | 61 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs |
| 4 | Akhisarspor | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 57 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs |
| 5 | Fatih Karagümrük (P) | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 56 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs |
| 6 | Bursaspor | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 56 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs |
| 7 | Altay | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 54 | |
| 8 | Keçiörengücü | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 50 | |
| 9 | Menemenspor | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 44 | |
| 10 | Giresunspor | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 44 | |
| 11 | Ümraniyespor | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 44 | |
| 12 | İstanbulspor | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 40 | |
| 13 | Balıkesirspor | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 38 | |
| 14 | Altınordu | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 37 | |
| 15 | Boluspor | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 33 | |
| 16 | Osmanlıspor | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 30 | |
| 17 | Adanaspor | 34 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 21 | |
| 18 | Eskişehirspor | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 12 | |
* ↑ Bursaspor have been deducted 3 points.
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Menemenspor 7, Giresunspor 6, Ümraniyespor 4
* ↑ Osmanlıspor have been deducted 3 points.
* ↑ Eskişehirspor have been deducted 15 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 |
| Hatayspor | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| BB Erzurumspor | 8 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Adana Demirspor | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Akhisarspor | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Fatih Karagümrük | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Bursaspor | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Altay | 14 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Keçiörengücü | 10 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Menemenspor | 4 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| Giresunspor | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Ümraniyespor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 |
| İstanbulspor | 9 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Balıkesirspor | 16 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Altınordu | 13 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Boluspor | 11 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Osmanlıspor | 5 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Adanaspor | 12 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Eskişehirspor | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
* Champion, Promotion to Süper Lig
* Promotion to Süper Lig
* Play-off

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADS | ADA | AKH | ALT | ATO | BAL | BBE | BOL | BUR | ESK | FKG | GRS | HAT | İST | KÖG | MBS | OSM | ÜMR |
| Adana Demirspor | — | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| Adanaspor | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Akhisarspor | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Altay | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| Altınordu | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Balıkesirspor | 1–6 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| BB Erzurumspor | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Boluspor | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Bursaspor | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Eskişehirspor | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Fatih Karagümrük | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Giresunspor | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Hatayspor | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| İstanbulspor | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Keçiörengücü | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Menemenspor | 2–3 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Osmanlıspor | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–2 |
| Ümraniyespor | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — |
* ↑ Match awarded.

## Promotion playoffs
### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bursaspor | 1–4 | Adana Demirspor | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Fatih Karagümrük | 4–3 | Akhisarspor | 3–3 | 1–0 |

### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Adana Demirspor | 1–1 (5–6 p) | Fatih Karagümrük |

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of matches played 19 July 2020
Top goalscorers :
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Marco Paixão | Altay | 22 |
| 2 | Raul Rusescu | Giresunspor | 12 |
| 3 | Emircan Altıntaş | Ümraniyespor | 11 |
| 3 | Erkan Zengin | Adana Demirspor | 11 |
| 3 | Mertan Caner Öztürk | Osmanlıspor | 11 |
| 6 | Burhan Eşer | Akhisarspor | 10 |
| 6 | Ghislain Gimbert | Ümraniyespor | 10 |
| 6 | Mehmet Akyüz | Adana Demirspor | 10 |
| 6 | Samed Kaya | Menemenspor | 10 |
| 6 | Yevhen Seleznyov | Bursaspor | 10 |