# 2016–17 TFF First League

The 2016–17 TFF First League, also known as PTT First League due to sponsoring reasons, was the 16th season since the league was established in 2001 and the 54th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64.

## Teams

* Sivasspor, Eskişehirspor and Mersin İdmanyurdu relegated from 2015–16 Süper Lig.
* Adanaspor, Kardemir Karabükspor and Alanyaspor were promoted to 2016–17 Süper Lig.
* Ümraniyespor, Manisaspor and Bandırmaspor promoted from 2015–16 TFF Second League.
* 1461 Trabzon, Kayseri Erciyesspor and Karşıyaka relegated to 2016–17 TFF Second League.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Adana Demirspor | Adana | Adana 5 Ocak Stadium | 14,805 |
| Altınordu | İzmir | Buca Stadium | 2,500 |
| Balıkesirspor | Balıkesir | Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium | 15,800 |
| Bandırmaspor | Bandırma | 17 Eylül Stadium | 5,400 |
| Boluspor | Bolu | Bolu Atatürk Stadium | 8,881 |
| Denizlispor | Denizli | Denizli Atatürk Stadium | 15,420 |
| Elazığspor | Elazığ | Elazığ Atatürk Stadium | 13,923 |
| Eskişehirspor | Eskişehir | Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium | 13,520 |
| Gaziantep BB | Gaziantep | Kamil Ocak Stadium | 16,981 |
| Giresunspor | Giresun | Giresun Atatürk Stadium | 12,191 |
| Göztepe | İzmir | İzmir Atatürk Stadium | 51,295 |
| Manisaspor | Manisa | Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium | 18,881 |
| Mersin İdmanyurdu | Mersin | Mersin Arena | 25,534 |
| Samsunspor | Samsun | Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium | 16,480 |
| Şanlıurfaspor | Şanlıurfa | Şanlıurfa GAP Stadium | 28,965 |
| Sivasspor | Sivas | Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium | 14,998 |
| Ümraniyespor | Istanbul | Ümraniye Town Stadium | 500 |
| Yeni Malatyaspor | Malatya | Malatya İnönü Stadium | 13,000 |

### Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Player 7 | Fomrer Players |
| Adana Demirspor | Khaled Kharroubi | Mickaël Poté | Tiago Bezerra | Waldison | Petar Grbić | Leroy George | Nikola Raspopović | Seidu Salifu |
| Altınordu | | | | | | | | |
| Balıkesirspor | Christian Bekamenga | Foxi Kéthévoama | Andrija Vuković | Tomislav Glumac | | | | Josip Tadić Daudet N'Dongala Género Zeefuik |
| Bandırmaspor | Brinner | Marino | Lukáš Droppa | Mamadou Fofana | | | | Alex Amado Daniel Costa Junior Mapuku |
| Boluspor | Renato Arapi | André Santos | Anco Jansen | Mitchell te Vrede | Rydell Poepon | Chukwuma Akabueze | Mamadou Diarra | |
| Denizlispor | André Moritz | Leandro Kappel | Alfred Sankoh | | | | | Slavko Perović |
| Elazığspor | Aldin Čajić | Tom | Gilles Binya | Hamidou Traoré | Lanre Kehinde | Lamine Diarra | | Lamjed Chehoudi |
| Eskişehirspor | Ruud Boffin | Bruno Mezenga | Axel Méyé | Jerry Akaminko | Chikeluba Ofoedu | Felix Melki | | |
| Gaziantep BB | Nelson Bonilla | Ismaël Keïta | Ekigho Ehiosun | Uche Kalu | Adam Stachowiak | Ibrahima Wadji | Serge Akakpo | Damir Zlomislić Nemanja Kojić Nenad Marinković |
| Giresunspor | Dodô | Jones Carioca | Igors Tarasovs | David Abwo | Isaac Promise | Nemanja Tomić | Panajotis Dimitriadis | Onyekachi Okafor |
| Göztepe | Benjamin Fuchs | Léo Schwechlen | Aleksandre Kobakhidze | Jean-Jacques Gosso | Adis Jahović | Prince Segbefia | | Famoussa Koné Leroy George |
| Manisaspor | Billal Sebaihi | Daniel Dimov | Dieudonné Gbakle | Constantin Bakaki | Nikola Mikić | Slavko Perović | | Mamadou Sangare Moustapha Kondé Harry Novillo Michael Eneramo |
| Mersin İdmanyurdu | Ricardo Pedriel | Nikolay Mihaylov | Milan Mitrović | | | | | |
| Samsunspor | Tom Muyters | Eldin Adilović | Distel Zola | Famoussa Koné | Jeroen Lumu | Kevin Brands | Ousmane N'Diaye | |
| Şanlıurfaspor | Vjekoslav Tomić | Amin Askar | Daudet N'Dongala | Emmanuel Banahene | Bakary Soro | Iyayi Atiemwen | Andrei Marc | Carlos Fortes |
| Sivasspor | Leandrinho | John Boye | Theofanis Gekas | Dejan Kelhar | | | | Jerónimo Barrales Joan Oumari |
| Ümraniyespor | Steve Beleck | Mahatma Otoo | Seidu Salifu | | | | | Lucky Nguzana |
| Yeni Malatyaspor | Michaël Pereira | Austin Amutu | Azubuike Okechukwu | Sunday Mba | Boubacar Dialiba | Jonathan Ayité | | |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sivasspor (C, P) | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 62 | Promotion to the Süper Lig |
| 2 | Yeni Malatyaspor (P) | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 61 | Promotion to the Süper Lig |
| 3 | Eskişehirspor | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 62 | 44 | +18 | 56 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs |
| 4 | Boluspor | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 54 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs |
| 5 | Göztepe (O, P) | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 53 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs |
| 6 | Giresunspor | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 53 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs |
| 7 | Altınordu | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 53 | |
| 8 | Ümraniyespor | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 48 | |
| 9 | Balıkesirspor | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 42 | |
| 10 | Elazığspor | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 41 | |
| 11 | Denizlispor | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 40 | |
| 12 | Manisaspor | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 39 | |
| 13 | Gaziantep B.B. | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 37 | |
| 14 | Adana Demirspor | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 36 | |
| 15 | Samsunspor | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 36 | |
| 16 | Şanlıurfaspor (R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 36 | Relegation to the TFF Second League |
| 17 | Bandırmaspor (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 35 | Relegation to the TFF Second League |
| 18 | Mersin İdmanyurdu (R) | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 71 | −36 | 26 | Relegation to the TFF Second League |
* ↑ Eskişehirspor were deducted 3 points.
* 1 2 3 Göztepe is ahead of Giresunspor and Altınordu on head-to-head points: Göztepe 10 pts, Giresunspor 5 pts, Altınordu 1 pt
* ↑ Elazığspor were deducted 6 points.
* ↑ Denizlispor were deducted 3 points.
* ↑ Manisaspor were deducted 3 points.
* ↑ Adana Demirspor were deducted 3 points.
* 1 2 3 Adana Demirspor is ahead of Samsunspor and Şanlıurfaspor on head-to-head points: Adana Demirspor 8 pts, Samsunspor 7 pts, Şanlıurfaspor 1 pt
* ↑ Mersin İdmanyurdu were deducted 3 points.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADS | ATO | BAL | BAN | BOL | DEN | ELA | ESK | GBB | GRS | GÖZ | MAN | MİY | SAM | SİV | ŞAN | ÜMR | YMS |
| Adana Demirspor | — | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
| Altınordu | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Balıkesirspor | 4–2 | 1–1 | — | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Bandırmaspor | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 |
| Boluspor | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–5 |
| Denizlispor | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Elazığspor | 4–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Eskişehirspor | 2–4 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 6–0 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Gaziantep B.B. | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Giresunspor | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Göztepe | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Manisaspor | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–2 |
| Mersin İdman Yurdu | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 5–6 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Samsunspor | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Sivasspor | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Şanlıurfaspor | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Ümraniyespor | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Yeni Malatyaspor | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — |

## Promotion playoffs
### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Giresunspor | 3–4 | Eskişehirspor | 3–3 | 0–1 |
| Göztepe | 4–0 | Boluspor | 2–0 | 2–0 |

### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Eskişehirspor | 1–1 (3-4 p) | Göztepe |