# 2011–12 TFF First League

The 2011–12 TFF 1. Lig, also known as Bank Asya 1. Lig due to sponsoring reasons, is the 11th season since the league was established in 2001 and 49th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64. The start date of the league was 14 August 2011 and end date is 13 May 2012.

## Teams

Kasımpaşa, Bucaspor and Konyaspor relegated from Süper Lig after the 31st week games of 2011–12 Süper Lig. Mersin İdman Yurdu, Samsunspor and Orduspor promoted to 2011–12 Süper Lig.
Göztepe, Sakaryaspor and Elazığspor promoted from TFF Second League. Altay and Diyarbakırspor relegated to 2011–12 TFF Second League.

### Team summaries

| Team | Venue | Capacity | Kitmaker | President | Coach |
| Adanaspor | Adana 5 Ocak Stadium | 14,085 | Nike | Bayram Akgül | Levent Eriş |
| Akhisar Belediyespor | Akhisar Belediye Stadium | 2,918 | Adidas | Hüseyin Eryüksel | Hamza Hamzaoğlu |
| Boluspor | Bolu Atatürk Stadium | 8,881 | Lescon | Necip Çarıkçı | Cihat Arslan |
| Bucaspor | Buca Arena | 10,000 | Lotto | Şeref Üstündağ | Sait Karafırtınalar |
| Çaykur Rizespor | New Rize City Stadium | 15,485 | Umbro | Metin Kalkavan | Hüseyin Kalpar |
| Denizlispor | Denizli Atatürk Stadium | 15,427 | Lescon | Salih Amiroğlu | Güvenç Kurtar |
| Elazığspor | Elazığ Atatürk Stadium | 13,923 | Lotto | Akın Şatıroğlu | Bülent Uygun |
| Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor | Kamil Ocak Stadium | 16,981 | Lotto | Ünsal Göksen | Erol Azgın |
| Giresunspor | Giresun Atatürk Stadium | 12,191 | Lescon | Ömer Ülkü | Bahri Kaya |
| Göztepe | İzmir Alsancak Stadium | 15,358 | Lotto | İnan Altınbaş | Özcan Kızıltan |
| Güngörenspor | Mimar Yahya Baş Stadium | 7,589 | Umbro | Yahya Baş | Fahrettin Genç |
| Karşıyaka | İzmir Atatürk Stadium | 51,295 | Lotto | Hüseyin Çalışkan | Reha Kapsal |
| Kartalspor | Kartal City Stadium | 7,195 | Lotto | Binali Aydın | Besim Durmuş |
| Kasımpaşa | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium | 9,576 | Lescon | H. Hilmi Öksüz | Uğur Tütüneker |
| Kayseri Erciyesspor | B.B. Kadir Has Stadium | 32,864 | Lotto | Ziya Eren | Fikret Yılmaz |
| Konyaspor | BŞ Bld Atatürk Stadium | 22,559 | Lotto | Bahattin Karapınar | Osman Özdemir |
| Sakaryaspor | Sakarya Atatürk Stadium | 13,216 | Lotto | Rauf Batuboylu | Şaban Yıldırım |
| TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor | Tavşanlı Ada City Stadium | 3,000 | Lotto | Mustafa Çokuslu | Coşkun Demibakan |

### Managerial changes

Before the start of the season
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Çaykur Rizespor | Ümit Kayıhan | Contract ended | 31 May 2011 | Hüseyin Kalpar | 18 May 2011 |
| Kasımpaşa | Fuat Çapa | Contract ended | 31 May 2011 | Uğur Tütüneker | 30 May 2011 |
| Adanaspor | Eyüp Arın | Contract ended | 31 May 2011 | Levent Eriş | 31 May 2011 |
| Güngören Belediyespor | Metin Altınay | Contract ended | 31 May 2011 | Fahrettin Genç | 1 June 2011 |
| Kartalspor | Engin Korukır | Contract ended | 31 May 2011 | Besim Durmuş | 3 June 2011 |
| TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor | Mustafa Akçay | Contract ended | 31 May 2011 | Coşkun Demirbakan | 10 June 2011 |
| Boluspor | Hüsnü Özkara | Contract ended | 31 May 2011 | Cihat Arslan | 11 June 2011 |
| Kayseri Erciyesspor | Ergün Penbe | Contract ended | 31 May 2011 | Fikret Yılmaz | 15 June 2011 |
| Denizlispor | Kenan Atik | Contract ended | 31 May 2011 | Güvenç Kurtar | 23 June 2011 |
| Konyaspor | Yılmaz Vural | Contract ended | 31 May 2011 | Osman Özdemir | 1 July 2011 |
After the start of the season
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |

### Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Former Players |
| Adanaspor | Marc Mbamba | Mbilla Etame | | | Fredrick Okwara |
| Akhisar Belediyespor | Diego Lima | Gideon Sani | | | |
| Boluspor | Landry Matondo | Emmanuel Gomis | Omar Wade | | Eugène Kouamé |
| Bucaspor | Kabiru Imoro | | | | Leandrão Torric Jebrin |
| Çaykur Rizespor | Hair Zeqiri | Severin Bikoko | Ousman Jallow | | |
| Denizlispor | Eric Odhiambo | Mohamed Sakho | Gerard Gohou | | |
| Elazığspor | | | | | |
| Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor | | | | | |
| Giresunspor | Vilim Posinković | Emmanuel Banahene | | | Boka |
| Göztepe | Theo Lewis Weeks | Bradley Grobler | | | Bismark Idan |
| Güngörenspor | Benjamin Boateng | Obed Owusu | Paul Aidoo | | |
| Karşıyaka | Akeem Agbetu | Oliver Ogbonnaya | Azizullo Mahmudov | | Dominic Adiyiah Karim Izrailov |
| Kartalspor | Deyvison | Muzafer Ejupi | | | Boubacar Fofana |
| Kasımpaşa | Luiz Henrique | Georgi Sarmov | Nikolay Dimitrov | Juan Robledo | Nourdin Boukhari |
| Kayseri Erciyesspor | Sofiane Hanni | Amit Guluzade | Insa Sylla | Hassan Wasswa | Vilim Posinković |
| Konyaspor | Mahamoudou Kéré | Marcin Robak | Mariusz Pawełek | Álvaro Mejía | |
| Sakaryaspor | | | | | |
| TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor | Souhalio Toure | Kingsley Nwankwo | | | Kazeem Ahmed |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Akhisar Belediyespor (C, P) | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 46 | 28 | +18 | 63 | Promotion to Süper Lig |
| 2 | Elazığspor (P) | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 61 | Promotion to Süper Lig |
| 3 | Çaykur Rizespor | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 59 | Qualification for Promotion Playoffs |
| 4 | Kasımpaşa (O, P) | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 59 | Qualification for Promotion Playoffs |
| 5 | Konyaspor | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 59 | Qualification for Promotion Playoffs |
| 6 | Adanaspor | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 53 | Qualification for Promotion Playoffs |
| 7 | Boluspor | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 51 | |
| 8 | Kayseri Erciyesspor | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 46 | |
| 9 | Kartalspor | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 45 | |
| 10 | Denizlispor | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 45 | |
| 11 | TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 43 | |
| 12 | Bucaspor | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 43 | |
| 13 | Göztepe A.Ş. | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 41 | |
| 14 | Gaziantep B.B. | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 40 | |
| 15 | Karşıyaka | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 39 | |
| 16 | Giresunspor (R) | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 39 | Relegation to TFF Second League |
| 17 | Sakaryaspor (R) | 34 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 66 | −35 | 21 | Relegation to TFF Second League |
| 18 | Güngörenspor (R) | 34 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 24 | 58 | −34 | 17 | Relegation to TFF Second League |

## Positions by round

| 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 |
| Akhisar Belediyespor | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Elazığspor | 16 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Çaykur Rizespor | 11 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Kasımpaşa | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Konyaspor | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Adanaspor | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Boluspor | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Kayseri Erciyesspor | 6 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Kartalspor | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Denizlispor | 2 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
| TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 |
| Bucaspor | 7 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Göztepe A.Ş. | 14 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 |
| Gaziantep B.B. | 10 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
| Karşıyaka | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 |
| Giresunspor | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Sakaryaspor | 3 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Güngörenspor | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 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 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADA | AKH | BOL | BUC | ÇYR | DEN | ELA | GBB | GRS | GÖZ | GÜN | KSK | KRT | KAS | KER | KON | SAK | TAV |
| Adanaspor | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Akhisar Belediyespor | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Boluspor | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Bucaspor | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–7 |
| Çaykur Rizespor | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Denizlispor | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 |
| Elazığspor | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Gaziantep B.B. | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Giresunspor | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Göztepe A.Ş. | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| İstanbul Güngörenspor | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Karşıyaka | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Kartalspor | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Kasımpaşa | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Kayseri Erciyesspor | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Konyaspor | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Sakaryaspor | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–7 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 |
| TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |

## Promotion playoffs

The teams ranked third through sixth will compete in the promotion playoffs for the 2012–13 Süper Lig. The 3rd team and 6th team will play two matches at home. Likewise 4th and 5th teams will play two matches elimination round. This round is named as semi-finals. Winner teams will play one final match at a neutral venue. Winner of the final will be third team to promote to Süper Lig 2012–2013.
Semi-finals 3–6
Semi-finals 4–5
Final

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Severin Bikoko | Çaykur Rizespor | 18 |
| 2 | Ousman Jallow | Çaykur Rizespor | 15 |
| 3 | Nikolay Dimitrov | Kasımpaşa | 12 |
| 3 | Ümit Tütünci | Tavşanlı Linyitspor | 12 |
| 5 | Sertan Vardar | Akhisar Belediyespor | 11 |
| 5 | Sinan Özkan | Elazığspor | 11 |