# 2012–13 TFF First League

The 2012–13 TFF 1. Lig, also known as PTT 1. Lig due to sponsoring reasons, is the 12th season since the league was established in 2001 and 50th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64. The start date of the league was 25 August 2012 and end date is 12 May 2013.

## Teams

Manisaspor, Ankaragücü and Samsunspor relegated from Süper Lig. Akhisar Belediyespor, Elazığspor and Kasımpaşa promoted to 2012–13 Süper Lig.
1461 Trabzon, Şanlıurfaspor and Adana Demirspor promoted from TFF Second League. İstanbul Güngörenspor, Sakaryaspor and Giresunspor relegated to 2012–13 TFF Second League.

## Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Former Players |
| 1461 Trabzon | Torric Jebrin | Chikeluba Ofoedu | | | | |
| Adana Demirspor | Juninho | Luiz Eduardo | Guy Toindouba | Karim Alhassan | | Javid Huseynov Raheem Lawal |
| Adanaspor | Marc Mbamba | Mbilla Etame | Chibuzor Nwogbo | | | |
| Ankaragücü | | | | | | |
| Boluspor | Wilfried Dalmat | Serge Djiéhoua | Jimmy Dixon | | | Wilfried Dalmat Kingsley Nwankwo |
| Bucaspor | Mohamed Dahmane | Luiz Henrique | Tam Nsaliwa | | | |
| Çaykur Rizespor | Hossam Hassan | David Loriya | Samat Smakov | Florin Cernat | David Depetris | Ousman Jallow Uche Kalu |
| Denizlispor | Arif İsayev | Rail Malikov | Ariel Ngueukam | Kingsley Nwankwo | Bajram Fetai | Mohamed Sakho Eric Odhiambo |
| Gaziantep B.B. | | | | | | |
| Göztepe A.Ş. | Janderson Baiano | Hervé Tum | Theo Lewis Weeks | Paulinho | | Bédi Buval |
| Karşıyaka | Emmanuel Banahene | | | | | Wilfried Dalmat Makukula |
| Kartalspor | Deyvison | Eze Vincent Okeuhie | Ali Zitouni | Zafar Babajanow | | |
| Kayseri Erciyesspor | Sofiane Hanni | Gerard Gohou | Insa Sylla | | | |
| Konyaspor | Sjoerd Ars | Neca | | | | Emil Angelov |
| Manisaspor | Benjamin Fuchs | Maciej Iwański | | | | |
| Samsunspor | Nikolay Dimitrov | Mahamoudou Kéré | Mazowa N'Sumbu | Darryl Roberts | | |
| Şanlıurfaspor | Tonia Tisdell | Alfred Sankoh | Teteh Bangura | | | |
| TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor | Drilon Shala | Akeem Agbetu | | | | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kayseri Erciyesspor (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 59 | 37 | +22 | 63 | Promotion to Süper Lig |
| 2 | Çaykur Rizespor (P) | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 35 | +18 | 59 | Promotion to Süper Lig |
| 3 | 1461 Trabzon | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 53 | |
| 4 | Manisaspor | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 53 | Qualification for Promotion Playoffs |
| 5 | Bucaspor | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 52 | Qualification for Promotion Playoffs |
| 6 | Konyaspor (O, P) | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 52 | Qualification for Promotion Playoffs |
| 7 | Adana Demirspor | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 51 | Qualification for Promotion Playoffs |
| 8 | Adanaspor | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 49 | |
| 9 | Karşıyaka | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 47 | |
| 10 | Boluspor | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 46 | |
| 11 | Denizlispor | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 43 | |
| 12 | Şanlıurfaspor | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 43 | |
| 13 | Gaziantep B.B. | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 41 | |
| 14 | Samsunspor | 34 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 39 | |
| 15 | TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 38 | |
| 16 | Göztepe A.Ş. (R) | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 37 | Relegation to TFF Second League |
| 17 | Kartalspor (R) | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 37 | Relegation to TFF Second League |
| 18 | MKE Ankaragücü (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 62 | −31 | 29 | Relegation to TFF Second League |
* 1 2 Since 1461 Trabzon is Süper Lig side Trabzonspor's reserve team, their play-off spot went to 7th-placed team Adana Demirspor.
* 1 2 TRA 0–0 MAN; MAN 1–1 TRA
* 1 2 BUC 0–1 KON; KON 0–2 BUC
* 1 2 DEN 1–1 ŞUR; ŞUR 1–1 DEN
* 1 2 GÖZ 2–0 KRT; KRT 2–1 GÖZ

## 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 |
| Kayseri Erciyesspor | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Çaykur Rizespor | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1461 Trabzon | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Manisaspor | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Bucaspor | 1 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Konyaspor | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Adana Demirspor | 10 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Adanaspor | 11 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Karşıyaka | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Boluspor | 12 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
| Denizlispor | 14 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 |
| Şanlıurfaspor | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 |
| Gaziantep B.B. | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 |
| Samsunspor | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor | 9 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 |
| Göztepe A.Ş. | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Kartalspor | 4 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
| MKE Ankaragücü | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 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 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADS | ADA | AGÜ | BOL | BUC | ÇYR | DEN | GBB | GÖZ | KSK | KRT | KER | KON | MAN | SAM | ŞAN | TAV |
| 1461 Trabzon | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Adana Demirspor | | 4–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 5–5 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Adanaspor | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| MKE Ankaragücü | 1–4 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Boluspor | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 2–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Bucaspor | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 |
| Çaykur Rizespor | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Denizlispor | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Gaziantep B.B. | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Göztepe A.Ş. | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Karşıyaka | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Kartalspor | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Kayseri Erciyesspor | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Konyaspor | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Manisaspor | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Samsunspor | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Şanlıurfaspor | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 |
| TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | |

## Promotion playoffs

The teams ranked fourth through seventh will contest in the promotion playoffs for the 2013–14 Süper Lig. The 4th team and 7th teams will play two matches in their own grounds. Likewise the 5th and 6th teams will play a two match elimination round. This round is named as semi-finals. Winning teams will play one final match at a neutral venue. The winner of the final will be the third team to promote to Süper Lig 2013–2014. 3rd-placed team 1461 Trabzon is Süper Lig side Trabzonspor's reserve team So They Were Ineligible For Promotion And their play-off spot went to 7th-placed team Adana Demirspor.

### Final
## Season statistics

    As of 12 May 2013

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gerard Gohou | Erciyesspor | 19 |
| 2 | Kahê | Manisaspor | 17 |
| 3 | Juninho | Adana Demirspor | 14 |
| 3 | Emmanuel Banahene | Karşıyaka | 14 |
| 5 | Emrah Bozkurt | Erciyesspor | 13 |
| 5 | Erdal Kılıçaslan | Konyaspor | 13 |
| 7 | Mbilla Etame | Adanaspor | 12 |
| 7 | Serdar Deliktaş | Gaziantep B.B. | 12 |
| 7 | Mehmet Batdal | Bucaspor | 12 |
| 10 | Sercan Kaya | Çaykur Rizespor / 1461 Trabzon | 11 |
| 11 | Cenk Ahmet Alkılıç | Çaykur Rizespor | 10 |
| 11 | Timur Özgöz | Ankaragücü | 10 |
| 11 | Mehmet Uslu | Kartalspor | 10 |

### Top assists

| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Sercan Kaya | 1461 Trabzon / Çaykur Rizespor | 9 |
| 2 | Erçağ Evirgen | Adana Demirspor | 8 |
| 3 | Sofiane Hanni | Erciyesspor | 7 |
| 4 | Erman Özgür | Adana Demirspor | 6 |
| 4 | Cafercan Aksu | Boluspor | 6 |
| 4 | Fatih Şen | Samsunspor | 6 |
| 7 | İzzet Kaya | Şanlıurfaspor | 5 |
| 7 | Erkan Taşkıran | Bucaspor | 5 |
| 7 | Umut Gündoğan | Bucaspor | 5 |
| 7 | Eren Albayrak | Çaykur Rizespor | 5 |
| 7 | İsmail Haktan Odabaşı | Denizlispor | 5 |
| 7 | Kenan Şahin | Erciyesspor | 5 |
| 7 | Ramazan Altıntepe | Gaziantep B.B. | 5 |
| 7 | Kaan Kanak | Ankaragücü | 5 |

### Yellow cards

| Rank | Player | Club | Yellow Cards |
| 1 | Marc Kibong Mbamba | Adanaspor | 15 |
| 2 | Adnan Güngör | Karşıyaka | 14 |
| 3 | İlhan Şahin | Göztepe / Kartalspor | 13 |
| 3 | Barbaros Barut | Boluspor | 13 |
| 5 | Sedat Ağçay | Adanaspor | 12 |
| 5 | Ali Sakal | Gaziantep B.B. | 12 |
| 5 | Bekir Yılmaz | Manisaspor | 12 |
| 5 | Alfred Sankoh | Şanlıurfaspor | 12 |
| 9 | Sabutay Alper Bayülken | Kartalspor | 11 |
| 9 | Ethem Ercan Pülgir | Kartalspor | 11 |
| 9 | Bilal Aziz Özer | Konyaspor / Erciyesspor | 11 |

### Red cards

| Rank | Player | Club | Red Cards |
| 1 | Veli Kızılkaya | Göztepe | 3 |
| 2 | Timur Bayram Özgöz | Ankaragücü | 2 |
| 2 | Burak Keskin | Adana Demirspor | 2 |
| 2 | Serdar Deliktaş | Gaziantep B.B. | 2 |
| 2 | Kağan Timurcin Konuk | Şanlıurfaspor | 2 |
| 2 | Sakıb Aytaç | Tavşanlı Linyitspor | 2 |
| 2 | Volkan Koçaloğlu | Tavşanlı Linyitspor | 2 |
| 2 | Mustafa Akbaş | 1461 Trabzon | 2 |