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The 2011–12 TFF First League

TFF First League

The TFF First League is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2000 after it was separated from the Turkish Second League Category B during reorganizing Second League, who was second level of Turkish league between 1963–2001...

, also known as Bank Asya
Bank Asya
Bank Asya was established in October 24, 1996 with its head officein Istanbul, as the sixth private finance house ofTurkey. The company's name, which had been previously "Asya Finans Kurumu...

First League due to sponsoring reasons (in Turkish

Turkish language

Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...

: Bank Asya 1. Lig), is the 11th season since the league was established in 2001 and 49th season of the second-level football league of Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

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

Kasimpasa S.K.

Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü is a Turkish football club located in Istanbul, Turkey. They play their home games in the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium. The club was founded in 1921 as Altıntuğ. They played in the Istanbul First League between 1939–1945 and 1946–1959. The club was promoted to the Turkish...

, Bucaspor

Bucaspor

Bucaspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Izmir. Formed in 1928, Bucaspor are nicknamed Fırtına . The club colours are yellow and navy....

and Konyaspor

Konyaspor

Konyaspor is a professional Turkish football club based in Konya. Konyaspor currently play in the Süper Lig. The club was founded in 1922 but then reformed in 1981. The club colours are green and white and they play their home games at Konya Atatürk Stadium....

relegated from Süper Lig after the 31st week games of 2011–12 Süper Lig

2011–12 Süper Lig

The 2011–12 Süper Lig is the 54th season of the Süper Lig, the highest football league of Turkey. Fenerbahçe are defending champions...

. Mersin İdman Yurdu, Samsunspor

Samsunspor

Samsunspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Samsun. The club was formed through a merger of five clubs: 19 Mayıs, Akınspor, Fener Gençlik, Samsunspor, and Samsunspor Galatasaray. The club colours are red and white, and they play their home matches at Samsun 19 Mayıs...

and Orduspor

Orduspor

Orduspor is a Turkish football club founded in 1967. The club is located in Ordu, Turkey and plays their home games at 19 Eylul Stadium. The team managed to qualify for Turkish Super League again in 2011.-History:...

promoted to 2011–12 Süper Lig

2011–12 Süper Lig

The 2011–12 Süper Lig is the 54th season of the Süper Lig, the highest football league of Turkey. Fenerbahçe are defending champions...

.

Göztepe

Göztepe A.S.

Göztepe SK are a Turkish sports club in Güzelyalı, İzmir.They were founded in 1925 as a breakaway club from Altay. Their colours are red-yellow. They merged with İzmirspor and were renamed as Doğanspor in 1937. Some supporters of İzmirspor opposed the merger and founded Ateşspor in 1938. Doğanspor...

, Sakaryaspor

Sakaryaspor

Sakaryaspor is a Turkish football club, formed in 1965 after the merger Yıldırımspor, Idmanyurdu, Güneşspor and Ada Gençlik....

and Elazığspor

Elazigspor

Elazığspor is a football team located in Elazığ, Turkey, which competes in the Bank Asya First League. They play their home games at Atatürk Stadı in Elazığ. The club was founded in 1967.-History:...

promoted from TFF Second League

TFF Second League

TFF Second League or TFF 2. Lig , is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in 2001-02 season with the name of "Turkish Second League Category B" as a continuation of then second level division Turkish Second Football League. In 2005–06 the name of the league was...

. Altay and Diyarbakırspor

Diyarbakirspor

Diyarbakırspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Diyarbakır. Formed in 1968, Diyarbakırspor are nicknamed Diyar...

relegated to 2011–12 TFF Second League

2011–12 TFF Second League

The 2011–12 TFF Second League is the 11th season of the league since its establishment in 2001 as the third level division; and the 49th season of the second league in Turkish football since its establishment in 1963–64...

Team summaries

Team	Venue	Capacity	Kitmaker	President	Coach
Adanaspor Adanaspor Adanaspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Adana. Formed in 1954, Adanaspor are nicknamed Toros Kaplanları . The club colours are orange and white, and the club play their home matches at Adana 5 Ocak Stadı....	Adana 5 Ocak Stadium	14,085	Nike Nike, Inc. Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...	Bayram Akgül	Levent Eriş
Akhisar Belediyespor Akhisar B.G.S. Akhisar Belediye Gençlik ve Spor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Akhisar. Formed in 1970, Akhisarspor are nicknamed Akigo...	Akhisar Belediye Stadium	2,918	Adidas Adidas Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...	Hüseyin Eryüksel	Hamza Hamzaoğlu Hamza Hamzaoglu Hamza Hamzaoğlu is the head coach of Denizlispor and former Turkish international footballer. He was a defender or defensive midfielder....
Boluspor Boluspor Boluspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Bolu. The clubs plays in red and white kits, and have done so since their formation in 1965....	Bolu Atatürk Stadium	8,881	Lescon Lescon Lescon is an Turkish company specialized at the manufacture of sporting clothes and accessories, that started as a sock and underwear manufacturer in 1980 in Nizip....	Necip Çarıkçı	Cihat Arslan
Bucaspor Bucaspor Bucaspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Izmir. Formed in 1928, Bucaspor are nicknamed Fırtına . The club colours are yellow and navy....	Buca Arena Buca Arena Buca Arena is a football stadium in Izmir and is located near to Yedigöller, north of Buca. Construction began in 2008; the opening ceremony of the new stadium was in 2009. The official capacity of Buca Arena is 10,000...	10,000	Lotto Lotto Sport Italia Lotto Sport Italia is an Italian sports apparel manufacturer. Its products are now distributed in more than 60 countries.-History:Lotto was established in 1973 by the Caberlotto family in Montebelluna, northern Italy, the world centre of footwear manufacturing. In June 1973, Lotto made its debut...	Şeref Üstündağ	Sait Karafırtınalar
Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor is a Turkish sports club based in Rize. Çaykur Rizespor is currently playing in the TFF First League. The club was founded in 1953 in green-yellow colours and had professionalship status in 1968 as Rizespor and changed its colours to blue-green...	New Rize City Stadium Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı is a multi-use stadium in Rize, Turkey. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Çaykur Rizespor. The stadium has a capacity of 15,197 spectators and it opened in 2009. It replaced Rize Atatürk Stadium as the home of Çaykur Rizespor....	15,485	Umbro Umbro Umbro is an English sportswear and football equipment supplier based in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England. The company is now part of Nike. Umbro designs, sources, and markets sport-related apparel, footwear, and equipment...	Metin Kalkavan	Hüseyin Kalpar
Denizlispor Denizlispor Denizlispor is a sports club based in Denizli, Turkey. It is known by its distinct green and black colors. The club's branches include football, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, chess, and gymnastics...	Denizli Atatürk Stadium	15,427	Lescon Lescon Lescon is an Turkish company specialized at the manufacture of sporting clothes and accessories, that started as a sock and underwear manufacturer in 1980 in Nizip....	Salih Amiroğlu	Güvenç Kurtar Güvenç Kurtar Güvenç Kurtar is a Turkish football manager and former forward who works as head coach for Diyarbakirspor.-Career:Born in Uşak, Kurtar began playing football with Beşiktaş J.K.. He played at Mersin Idman Yurdu, Bursaspor, Altay S.K...
Elazığspor Elazigspor Elazığspor is a football team located in Elazığ, Turkey, which competes in the Bank Asya First League. They play their home games at Atatürk Stadı in Elazığ. The club was founded in 1967.-History:...	Elazığ Atatürk Stadium	13,923	Lotto Lotto Sport Italia Lotto Sport Italia is an Italian sports apparel manufacturer. Its products are now distributed in more than 60 countries.-History:Lotto was established in 1973 by the Caberlotto family in Montebelluna, northern Italy, the world centre of footwear manufacturing. In June 1973, Lotto made its debut...	Akın Şatıroğlu	Osman Özköylü Osman Özköylü Osman Özköylü is a retired Turkish footballer.He played for Aydınspor , Trabzonspor , Samsunspor , Kayserispor , Kocaelispor , Etimesgut Şekerspor and Uşakspor...
Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor Gaziantep Büyüksehir Belediyespor Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü is a Turkish football club located in Gaziantep, Turkey. The club was founded in 1998 after Sankospor became defunct.-Current squad:...	Kamil Ocak Stadium	16,981	Lotto Lotto Sport Italia Lotto Sport Italia is an Italian sports apparel manufacturer. Its products are now distributed in more than 60 countries.-History:Lotto was established in 1973 by the Caberlotto family in Montebelluna, northern Italy, the world centre of footwear manufacturing. In June 1973, Lotto made its debut...	Ünsal Göksen	Erol Azgın
Giresunspor Giresunspor Giresunspor is a Turkish football club, firstly founded in 1925 and formed in 1967 after the merger of Yeşiltepespor, Akıngençlikspor, and Beşiktaşspor. The football club is now playing at Bank Asya Birinci Lig...	Giresun Atatürk Stadium	12,191	Lescon Lescon Lescon is an Turkish company specialized at the manufacture of sporting clothes and accessories, that started as a sock and underwear manufacturer in 1980 in Nizip....	Ömer Ülkü	Bahri Kaya
Göztepe Göztepe A.S. Göztepe SK are a Turkish sports club in Güzelyalı, İzmir.They were founded in 1925 as a breakaway club from Altay. Their colours are red-yellow. They merged with İzmirspor and were renamed as Doğanspor in 1937. Some supporters of İzmirspor opposed the merger and founded Ateşspor in 1938. Doğanspor...	İzmir Alsancak Stadium	15,358	Lotto Lotto Sport Italia Lotto Sport Italia is an Italian sports apparel manufacturer. Its products are now distributed in more than 60 countries.-History:Lotto was established in 1973 by the Caberlotto family in Montebelluna, northern Italy, the world centre of footwear manufacturing. In June 1973, Lotto made its debut...	İnan Altınbaş	Özcan Kızıltan
Güngörenspor	Mimar Yahya Baş Stadium	7,589	Umbro Umbro Umbro is an English sportswear and football equipment supplier based in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England. The company is now part of Nike. Umbro designs, sources, and markets sport-related apparel, footwear, and equipment...	Yahya Baş	Fahrettin Genç
Karşıyaka	İzmir Atatürk Stadium	51,295	Lotto Lotto Sport Italia Lotto Sport Italia is an Italian sports apparel manufacturer. Its products are now distributed in more than 60 countries.-History:Lotto was established in 1973 by the Caberlotto family in Montebelluna, northern Italy, the world centre of footwear manufacturing. In June 1973, Lotto made its debut...	Hüseyin Çalışkan	Reha Kapsal Reha Kapsal Reha Kapsal is a Turkish football manager. He was also a footballer, and played as a striker.Kapsal played for Diyarbakırspor, Altay, Trabzonspor , Zeytinburnuspor and Malatya Belediyespor...
Kartalspor Kartalspor Kartal SK is a sports club located in Istanbul, Turkey. The club's football team plays in the Bank Asya First League after finishing 2nd in the Second League Promotion Group in the 2006-2007 season. Kartal SK started the 2007-2008 season well and was 3rd with half of the games played, but had a...	Kartal City Stadium	7,195	Lotto Lotto Sport Italia Lotto Sport Italia is an Italian sports apparel manufacturer. Its products are now distributed in more than 60 countries.-History:Lotto was established in 1973 by the Caberlotto family in Montebelluna, northern Italy, the world centre of footwear manufacturing. In June 1973, Lotto made its debut...	Binali Aydın	Besim Durmuş
Kasımpaşa Kasimpasa S.K. Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü is a Turkish football club located in Istanbul, Turkey. They play their home games in the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium. The club was founded in 1921 as Altıntuğ. They played in the Istanbul First League between 1939–1945 and 1946–1959. The club was promoted to the Turkish...	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Recep Tayyip Erdogan Stadium Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium is a multi-use stadium in the Kasımpaşa neighbourhood of Istanbul, Turkey. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Kasımpaşa S.K.. The stadium held 9,576 spectators . and its capacity was extended to 13,500 spectators...	9,576	Lescon Lescon Lescon is an Turkish company specialized at the manufacture of sporting clothes and accessories, that started as a sock and underwear manufacturer in 1980 in Nizip....	H. Hilmi Öksüz	Uğur Tütüneker
Kayseri Erciyesspor Kayseri Erciyesspor Kayseri Erciyesspor is a Turkish sports club based in Kayseri from the year 1932. Kayseri Erciyesspor currently plays in TFF 1. League. On 2004, Kayserispor switched names with Erciyesspor...	B.B. Kadir Has Stadium	32,864	Lotto Lotto Sport Italia Lotto Sport Italia is an Italian sports apparel manufacturer. Its products are now distributed in more than 60 countries.-History:Lotto was established in 1973 by the Caberlotto family in Montebelluna, northern Italy, the world centre of footwear manufacturing. In June 1973, Lotto made its debut...	Ziya Eren	Fikret Yılmaz
Konyaspor Konyaspor Konyaspor is a professional Turkish football club based in Konya. Konyaspor currently play in the Süper Lig. The club was founded in 1922 but then reformed in 1981. The club colours are green and white and they play their home games at Konya Atatürk Stadium....	BŞ Bld Atatürk Stadium	22,559	Lotto Lotto Sport Italia Lotto Sport Italia is an Italian sports apparel manufacturer. Its products are now distributed in more than 60 countries.-History:Lotto was established in 1973 by the Caberlotto family in Montebelluna, northern Italy, the world centre of footwear manufacturing. In June 1973, Lotto made its debut...	Bahattin Karapınar	Osman Özdemir
Sakaryaspor Sakaryaspor Sakaryaspor is a Turkish football club, formed in 1965 after the merger Yıldırımspor, Idmanyurdu, Güneşspor and Ada Gençlik....	Sakarya Atatürk Stadium	13,216	Lotto Lotto Sport Italia Lotto Sport Italia is an Italian sports apparel manufacturer. Its products are now distributed in more than 60 countries.-History:Lotto was established in 1973 by the Caberlotto family in Montebelluna, northern Italy, the world centre of footwear manufacturing. In June 1973, Lotto made its debut...	Rauf Batuboylu	Şaban Yıldırım
TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor is a sports club located in Tavşanlı, Kütahya province, Turkey. The football club plays in the TFF First League. In 2009-2010 season of second league, they promoted to Bank Asya 1.Lig after play-off matches.-Squad 2011-2012:...	Tavşanlı Ada City Stadium	3,000	Lotto Lotto Sport Italia Lotto Sport Italia is an Italian sports apparel manufacturer. Its products are now distributed in more than 60 countries.-History:Lotto was established in 1973 by the Caberlotto family in Montebelluna, northern Italy, the world centre of footwear manufacturing. In June 1973, Lotto made its debut...	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 Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor is a Turkish sports club based in Rize. Çaykur Rizespor is currently playing in the TFF First League. The club was founded in 1953 in green-yellow colours and had professionalship status in 1968 as Rizespor and changed its colours to blue-green...	Ümit Kayıhan	Contract ended	31 May 2011	Hüseyin Kalpar	18 May 2011
Kasımpaşa Kasimpasa S.K. Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü is a Turkish football club located in Istanbul, Turkey. They play their home games in the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium. The club was founded in 1921 as Altıntuğ. They played in the Istanbul First League between 1939–1945 and 1946–1959. The club was promoted to the Turkish...	Fuat Çapa Fuat Capa Fuat Çapa is a Belgian-Turkish football manager.Çapa coached in Belgium before moving on to Turkey. His career in Belgium spanned four years as he held positions with K.V. Turnhout, K. Patro Maasmechelen, K. Beringen-Heusden-Zolder, Verbroedering Geel, and most recently VW Hamme...	Contract ended	31 May 2011	Uğur Tütüneker	30 May 2011
Adanaspor Adanaspor Adanaspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Adana. Formed in 1954, Adanaspor are nicknamed Toros Kaplanları . The club colours are orange and white, and the club play their home matches at Adana 5 Ocak Stadı....	Eyüp Arın	Contract ended	31 May 2011	Levent Eriş	31 May 2011
Güngören Belediyespor Güngören Belediyespor İstanbul Güngörenspor is a sports club located in Güngören, İstanbul, Turkey. This club was formed as Beyoğlu Kapalıçarşıspor in 1983. They moved to Güngören and changed their name to Güngören Belediyespor in 1994. The club is owned by the municipality of Güngören. This club played in the TFF...	Metin Altınay	Contract ended	31 May 2011	Fahrettin Genç	1 June 2011
Kartalspor Kartalspor Kartal SK is a sports club located in Istanbul, Turkey. The club's football team plays in the Bank Asya First League after finishing 2nd in the Second League Promotion Group in the 2006-2007 season. Kartal SK started the 2007-2008 season well and was 3rd with half of the games played, but had a...	Engin Korukır	Contract ended	31 May 2011	Besim Durmuş	3 June 2011
TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor is a sports club located in Tavşanlı, Kütahya province, Turkey. The football club plays in the TFF First League. In 2009-2010 season of second league, they promoted to Bank Asya 1.Lig after play-off matches.-Squad 2011-2012:...	Mustafa Akçay	Contract ended	31 May 2011	Coşkun Demirbakan	10 June 2011
Boluspor Boluspor Boluspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Bolu. The clubs plays in red and white kits, and have done so since their formation in 1965....	Hüsnü Özkara	Contract ended	31 May 2011	Cihat Arslan	11 June 2011
Kayseri Erciyesspor Kayseri Erciyesspor Kayseri Erciyesspor is a Turkish sports club based in Kayseri from the year 1932. Kayseri Erciyesspor currently plays in TFF 1. League. On 2004, Kayserispor switched names with Erciyesspor...	Ergün Penbe	Contract ended	31 May 2011	Fikret Yılmaz	15 June 2011
Denizlispor Denizlispor Denizlispor is a sports club based in Denizli, Turkey. It is known by its distinct green and black colors. The club's branches include football, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, chess, and gymnastics...	Kenan Atik	Contract ended	31 May 2011	Güvenç Kurtar Güvenç Kurtar Güvenç Kurtar is a Turkish football manager and former forward who works as head coach for Diyarbakirspor.-Career:Born in Uşak, Kurtar began playing football with Beşiktaş J.K.. He played at Mersin Idman Yurdu, Bursaspor, Altay S.K...	23 June 2011
Konyaspor Konyaspor Konyaspor is a professional Turkish football club based in Konya. Konyaspor currently play in the Süper Lig. The club was founded in 1922 but then reformed in 1981. The club colours are green and white and they play their home games at Konya Atatürk Stadium....	Yılmaz Vural Yilmaz Vural Yılmaz Vural is a Turkish football coach. He was a footballer and played as midfielder in Hacettepe and Sivasspor in 1970's. He is currently the manager of Turkish side Konyaspor....	Contract ended	31 May 2011	Osman Özdemir	01 July 2011

After the start of the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment

League table

Positions by round

Results

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 5 November 2011; Source: Soccerway and Transfermarkt

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Cameroon Severin Brice Bikoko Severin Brice Bikoko Bikoko is a Cameroonian striker who plays for Caykur Rizespor in the TFF First League.He played 13 times for Cameroon Under 20 National Football Team and scored 9 goals.-References:...	Caykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor is a Turkish sports club based in Rize. Çaykur Rizespor is currently playing in the TFF First League. The club was founded in 1953 in green-yellow colours and had professionalship status in 1968 as Rizespor and changed its colours to blue-green...	6
2	The Gambia Ousman Jallow Ousman Jallow Ousman Jallow is a Gambian footballer who is currently playing for Turkish second-tier Çaykur Rizespor. He plays as a striker.-Early career:...	Caykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor is a Turkish sports club based in Rize. Çaykur Rizespor is currently playing in the TFF First League. The club was founded in 1953 in green-yellow colours and had professionalship status in 1968 as Rizespor and changed its colours to blue-green...	5
3	Kingdom of Bulgaria Nikolay Dimitrov Nikolay Dimitrov Nikolay Dimitrov is a Bulgarian football winger who currently plays for Kasımpaşa S.K.-Levski Sofia:Born in Rousse, winger Dimitrov started growing his football abilities in Levski Sofia's Youth academy. Dimitrov took his league bow for Levski in 2004–05, making seven substitute appearances in his...	Kasimpasa SK	4