# 2018–19 TFF First League

The 2018–19 TFF First League is the 18th season since the league was established in 2001 and 56th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64.

## Teams

* Osmanlıspor, Gençlerbirliği and Kardemir Karabükspor relegated from 2017–18 Süper Lig.
* Rizespor, Ankaragücü and Erzurum BB promoted to 2018–19 Süper Lig.
* Altay, Hatayspor and Afjet Afyonspor promoted from 2017–18 TFF Second League.
* Samsunspor, Manisaspor and Gaziantepspor relegated to 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 |
| Afjet Afyonspor | Afyonkarahisar | Afyonkarahisar Stadi | 15,450 |
| Altay | İzmir (Gaziemir) | İzmir Atatürk Stadium | 51,295 |
| Altınordu | İzmir (Karabağlar) | Doğanlar Stadium | 12,500 |
| Balıkesirspor | Balıkesir | Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium | 15,800 |
| Boluspor | Bolu | Bolu Atatürk Stadium | 9,000 |
| Denizlispor | Denizli | Denizli Atatürk Stadium | 15,500 |
| Elazığspor | Elazığ | Elazığ Atatürk Stadium | 13,923 |
| Eskişehirspor | Eskişehir | New Eskişehir Stadium | 34,930 |
| Gazişehir Gaziantep | Gaziantep | Kalyon Stadium | 35,558 |
| Gençlerbirliği | Ankara (Yenimahalle) | Eryaman Stadium | 20,000 |
| Giresunspor | Giresun | Giresun Atatürk Stadium | 12,191 |
| Hatayspor | Hatay | Antakya Atatürk Stadium | 6,015 |
| İstanbulspor | Istanbul (Büyükçekmece) | Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium | 4,491 |
| Kardemir Karabükspor | Karabük | Necmettin Şeyhoğlu Stadium | 15,000 |
| 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 | Jonathan Legear | Mickaël Poté | Anderson | Hervé Kage | Hamidou Traoré | Jakub Kosecki | Joher Rassoul | Milan Mitrović | Oleksandr Hladkyi | | Boubacar Traoré Djemoussa Traore |
| Adanaspor | Goran Karačić | Digão | Renan Diniz | Róbert Feczesin | Famoussa Koné | Moussa Bagayoko | Claudiu Bumba | | | | Didi Renan Foguinho |
| Afjet Afyonspor | Bajram Ajeti | Théo Mendy | | | | | | | | | Renato Arapi Danilo Alves Oleksandr Rybka |
| Altay | Anton Putsila | Ivan Ivanov | Hélder Tavares | Andreas Tatos | Leandro Kappel | Marco Paixão | | | | | Adnan Aganović Pedro Eugénio Mohamed Daf |
| Altınordu | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Balıkesirspor | Steve Beleck | Foxi Kéthévoama | Andrija Vuković | Tomislav Glumac | Mahatma Otoo | | | | | | |
| Boluspor | Billal Sebaihi | Daniel Dimov | Chukwuma Akabueze | Mamadou Diarra | Vukadin Vukadinović | Matic Fink | | | | | Franck Etoundi |
| Denizlispor | Marc Mbamba | Bilal Ould-Chikh | Ismaïl Aissati | Lanre Kehinde | Adam Stachowiak | | | | | | Tonia Tisdell |
| Elazığspor | Bekamenga | Georgios Georgiadis | Abel Camará | Boubacar Traoré | Idrissa Diarra | Diallo Guidileye | Lamine Diarra | Serge Akakpo | | | Andreas Tatos Elmar Bjarnason Moussa Bagayoko |
| Eskişehirspor | Bennett Ofori | Kamal Issah | Ibrahim Sissoko | Jesse Sekidika | Marko Milinković | | | | | | Bruno Mezenga Erdon Daci Cristian Tănase |
| Gazişehir Gaziantep | Seifedin Chabbi | Igor | Jefferson | Elmar Bjarnason | Rydell Poepon | Moussa Sow | Prince Segbefia | Yonathan Del Valle | | | Femi Balogun |
| Gençlerbirliği | Stéphane Sessègnon | Bady | Jaílton Paraíba | Luccas Claro | Kári Árnason | Bogdan Stancu | Cosmin Matei | | | | Marko Milinković |
| Giresunspor | Renan Foguinho | Ibrahim Sangaré | Guy-Michel Landel | Cyriac | Djemoussa Traore | Guy-Michel Landel | Adama Ba | Abiola Dauda | Cristian Tănase | Miljan Škrbić | Saïd Idazza Zeni Husmani |
| Hatayspor | Tom | Joseph Akomadi | Bakary Nimaga | Hamidou Maiga | Sadio Diallo | Samb El-Hadji | Dmytro Korkishko | | | | Oumar Sidibé |
| İstanbulspor | Aldin Čajić | Wellington | Patrick Etoga | Mohamed Sammmed | Clésio | Slavko Perović | | | | | Jerry Akaminko |
| Kardemir Karabükspor | | | | | | | | | | | Mohamadou Sissoko Francis Narh Marius Alexe Andriy Bliznichenko |
| Osmanlıspor | Tortol Lumanza | Ognjen Todorović | Eric Ayuk | Magaye Gueye | Sloan Privat | Žydrūnas Karčemarskas | Ifeanyi Mathew | Ousmane N'Diaye | Jovan Blagojević | Santiago Mele | Sokol Cikalleshi Payam Sadeghian Cheick Diabaté Adrien Regattin |
| Ümraniyespor | Leandrinho | Aaron Appindangoyé | Lévy Madinda | Andreas Vasilogiannis | Boubacar Dialiba | | | | | | |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Denizlispor (C, P) | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 67 | 32 | +35 | 72 | Promotion to the Süper Lig |
| 2 | Gençlerbirliği (P) | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 70 | Promotion to the Süper Lig |
| 3 | Hatayspor | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 57 | 22 | +35 | 67 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs |
| 4 | Osmanlıspor | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 62 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs |
| 5 | Gazişehir Gaziantep (P) | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 31 | +29 | 59 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs |
| 6 | Adana Demirspor | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 58 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs |
| 7 | Altınordu | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 57 | |
| 8 | Ümraniyespor | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 53 | |
| 9 | Boluspor | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 49 | |
| 10 | Altay | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 47 | |
| 11 | İstanbulspor | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 43 | |
| 12 | Adanaspor | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 37 | |
| 13 | Giresunspor | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 36 | |
| 14 | Eskişehirspor | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 44 | 66 | −22 | 35 | |
| 15 | Balıkesirspor | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 34 | |
| 16 | Afjet Afyonspor (R) | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 38 | 55 | −17 | 30 | Relegation to the TFF Second League |
| 17 | Elazığspor (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 25 | Relegation to the TFF Second League |
| 18 | Kardemir Karabükspor (R) | 34 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 10 | 112 | −102 | 0 | Relegation to the TFF Second League |
* ↑ Balıkesirspor have been deducted 6 points.
* ↑ Kardemir Karabükspor 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 |
| Denizlispor | 13 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Gençlerbirliği | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hatayspor | 14 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Osmanlıspor | 16 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Gazişehir Gaziantep | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Adana Demirspor | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Altınordu | 10 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| Ümraniyespor | 17 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Boluspor | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Altay | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| İstanbulspor | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Adanaspor | 8 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| Giresunspor | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 |
| Eskişehirspor | 18 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Balıkesirspor | 11 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 |
| Afjet Afyonspor | 12 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Elazığspor | 9 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Kardemir Karabükspor | 15 | 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 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
* Champion, Promotion to Süper Lig
* Promotion to Süper Lig
* Play-off
* TFF Second League

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADS | ADA | AFY | ALT | ATO | BAL | BOL | DEN | ELA | ESK | GFK | GEN | GRS | HAT | İST | KRB | OSM | ÜMR |
| Adana Demirspor | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Adanaspor | | — | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 |
| Afjet Afyonspor | 0–2 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Altay | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Altınordu | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Balıkesirspor | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 7–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Boluspor | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Denizlispor | 5–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Elazığspor | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 3–2 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 |
| Eskişehirspor | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Gazişehir Gaziantep | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Gençlerbirliği | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Giresunspor | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | — | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Hatayspor | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| İstanbulspor | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Kardemir Karabükspor | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–6 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–4 | 0–1 |
| Osmanlıspor | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 |
| Ümraniyespor | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | — |

## Promotion playoffs
### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Adana Demirspor | 2–3 | Hatayspor | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Gazişehir Gaziantep | 2–2 (9–8 p) | Osmanlıspor | 2–0 | 0–2 |

### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Hatayspor | 1–1 (3–5 p) | Gazişehir Gaziantep |

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

"First League Top Goalscorers". TFF.
| Pos. | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Marco Paixão | Altay | 29 |
| 2 | Mickaël Poté | Adana Demirspor | 16 |
| 3 | Mehmet Akyüz | Denizlispor | 15 |
| 4 | Oltan Karakullukçu | Afjet Afyonspor | 14 |
| 5 | Recep Niyaz | Denizlispor | 12 |
| 6 | Abiola Dauda | Giresunspor | 11 |
| 6 | Nadir Çiftçi | Gençlerbirliği | 11 |
| 6 | İbrahim Yılmaz | İstanbulspor | 11 |
| 9 | Lanre Kehinde | Denizlispor | 10 |
| 9 | Ziya Alkurt | Denizlispor | 10 |