2021–22 TFF First League

TFF First League
Season	2021–22
Champions	MKE Ankaragücü
Promoted	MKE Ankaragücü; Ümraniyespor; İstanbulspor
Relegated	Kocaelispor; Bursaspor; Menemenspor; Balıkesirspor
Matches played	342
Goals scored	901 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ahmet Sagat (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Gençlerbirliği 5–0 Menemenspor ; (19 December 2021)
Biggest away win	Altınordu 0–5 İstanbulspor ; (22 January 2022)
Highest scoring	Adanaspor 6–2 Menemenspor ; (11 September 2021) ; BB Erzurumspor 6–2 Altınordu ; (17 October 2021)
Longest winning run	MKE Ankaragücü ; (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Ümraniyespor ; (11 matches)
Longest winless run	Balıkesirspor ; (15 matches)
Longest losing run	Balıkesirspor ; (8 matches)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 21 May 2022.

The 2021–22 TFF First League was the 21st season since the league was established in 2001 and 59th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64.

Teams

Adana Demirspor, Giresunspor and Altay promoted to 2021–22 Süper Lig.^[1]
BB Erzurumspor, Ankaragücü, Gençlerbirliği and Denizlispor relegated from 2020–21 Süper Lig.
Eyüpspor, Manisa and Kocaelispor promoted from 2020–21 TFF Second League.^[2]
The bottom four teams will be relegated to the 2022–23 TFF Second League.^[3]

Stadiums and locations

Location of teams in 2021–22 TFF First League

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Adanaspor	Adana (Çukurova)	New Adana Stadium	33,543
Altınordu	İzmir (Alsancak)	Alsancak Mustafa Denizli Stadium	14,000
Ankara Keçiörengücü	Ankara (Keçiören)	Ankara Aktepe Stadium	4,883
Balıkesirspor	Balıkesir (Altıeylül)	Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium	13,732
Bandırmaspor	Bandırma	17 Eylül Stadium	12,725
BB Erzurumspor	Erzurum	Kazım Karabekir Stadium	21,374
Boluspor	Bolu	Bolu Atatürk Stadium	8,456
Bursaspor	Bursa	Bursa Büyükşehir Belediye Stadium	43,361
Denizlispor	Denizli	Denizli Atatürk Stadium	18,745
Eyüpspor	Istanbul (Eyüp)	Eyüp Stadium	1,980
Gençlerbirliği	Ankara (Yenimahalle)	Eryaman Stadium	20,560
İstanbulspor	Istanbul (Büyükçekmece)	Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium	4,488
Kocaelispor	Kocaeli	Kocaeli Stadium	33,000
Manisa	Manisa	Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium	16,066
Menemenspor	İzmir (Menemen)	Menemen İlçe Stadium	4,420
MKE Ankaragücü	Ankara (Yenimahalle)	Eryaman Stadium	20,560
Samsunspor	Samsun	Samsun Stadium	33,919
Tuzlaspor	Istanbul (Tuzla)	Tuzla Belediye Stadium	1,600
Ümraniyespor	Istanbul (Ümraniye)	Ümraniye Belediyesi Şehir Stadium	3,513

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Adanaspor	Sait Karafırtınalar	Serdar Özkan	Joma
Altınordu	Hüseyin Eroğlu	Ahmet İlhan Özek	Capelli Sport	Petrol Ofisi
Ankara Keçiörengücü	Taner Taşkın	Burak Aydın	Nike
Balıkesirspor	İsmet Kamak	Atilla Özmen	Umbro	Bitexen
Royal Hastanesi Bandırmaspor	Mustafa Gürsel	Erkan Taşkıran	Macron	Bey Çimento
BB Erzurumspor	Erkan Sözeri	Mustafa Yumlu	Uhlsport	Bitexen
Beypiliç Boluspor	Reha Erginer	Eray Ataseven	Diadora	Kointra
Bursaspor	Tamer Tuna	Emirhan Aydoğan	Nike	Set Profil
Denizlispor	Fatih Tekke	Gökhan Süzen	Diadora	Pimatech
Eyüpspor	Zafer Turan	Emrullah Şalk	Nike	Green Motion Car Rental
Gençlerbirliği	Metin Diyadin	Ramazan Köse	Joma	Interpen
Kocaelispor	Mustafa Reşit Akçay	Korcan Çelikay	Kappa	Kent Konut
İstanbulspor	Osman Zeki Korkmaz	Onur Ergün	Jako	Uğur Okulları
Manisa	Turgay Altay	Nizamettin Çalışkan	Puma
Menemenspor	Cenk Laleci	Mazlum Demir	Tryon	Folkart
MKE Ankaragücü	Mustafa Dalcı	Tiago Pinto	Diadora	Velux Ankara
Yılport Samsunspor	Fuat Çapa	Caner Arıcı	Macron	Yılport
Tuzlaspor	Hakan Kutlu	Ferhat Öztorun	Arem Sports	Bitexen
Bereket Sigorta Ümraniyespor	Recep Uçar	Burak Öğür	Nike	Bereket Sigorta

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	MKE Ankaragücü (C, P)	36	21	7	8	56	31	+25	70^[a]	Promotion to the Süper Lig
2	Ümraniyespor (P)	36	21	7	8	64	37	+27	70^[a]	Promotion to the Süper Lig
3	Bandırmaspor	36	19	5	12	56	34	+22	62	Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs
4	İstanbulspor (O, P)	36	17	9	10	57	40	+17	60
5	BB Erzurumspor	36	16	10	10	55	44	+11	58
6	Eyüpspor	36	15	12	9	56	44	+12	57
7	Samsunspor	36	13	12	11	54	46	+8	51
8	Boluspor	36	14	8	14	42	44	−2	50
9	Manisa	36	14	7	15	45	44	+1	49^[b]
10	Tuzlaspor	36	13	10	13	45	44	+1	49^[b]
11	Denizlispor	36	14	7	15	46	50	−4	49^[b]
12	Ankara Keçiörengücü	36	13	9	14	45	47	−2	48
13	Gençlerbirliği	36	14	6	16	44	54	−10	48
14	Altınordu	36	14	3	19	45	62	−17	45^[c]
15	Adanaspor	36	12	9	15	40	44	−4	45^[c]
16	Kocaelispor (R)	36	12	8	16	40	49	−9	44	Relegation to the TFF Second League
17	Bursaspor (R)	36	12	8	16	43	53	−10	44
18	Menemenspor (R)	36	8	14	14	42	57	−15	38
19	Balıkesirspor (R)	36	3	3	30	26	77	−51	12

Source: TFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b MKE Ankaragücü is ahead of Ümraniyespor on head-to-head points: MKE Ankaragücü 4, Ümraniyespor 1.
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head points: Manisa 12, Tuzlaspor 6, Denizlispor 0.
^ ^a ^b Altınordu is ahead of Adanaspor on head-to-head goal difference: Altınordu +1, Adanaspor –1.

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	35	36	37	38
Team ╲ Round
MKE Ankaragücü	11	11	7	6	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Ümraniyespor	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
Bandırmaspor	3	3	5	8	10	6	5	4	6	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	3	3	3
İstanbulspor	14	18	11	13	18	18	13	14	11	13	10	8	8	7	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
BB Erzurumspor	17	9	6	5	6	4	3	5	3	4	4	5	5	4	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	5	5
Eyüpspor	2	2	2	4	2	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Samsunspor	13	6	10	7	9	9	7	8	8	9	12	9	10	9	7	6	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	9	7	7	8	9	7
Boluspor	15	17	18	14	8	8	12	12	16	10	11	13	15	13	11	11	12	13	14	10	12	13	11	12	10	9	10	10	10	11	13	17	14	16	14	14	12	8
Manisa	5	4	3	3	5	7	9	11	15	17	16	17	16	16	15	15	14	12	12	14	11	10	10	10	12	11	8	9	9	8	7	8	7	8	9	10	8	9
Tuzlaspor	12	5	4	2	4	5	6	6	7	7	8	7	6	6	6	7	8	10	10	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	13	12	10	10	10	9	8	7	7	10
Denizlispor	18	19	19	16	11	15	16	15	12	14	14	14	12	14	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	15	12	15	12	12	13	11
Ankara Keçiörengücü	9	12	8	10	15	19	19	19	19	18	18	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	16	13	14	11	12	13	11	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	15	12	11	9	10	12
Gençlerbirliği	16	15	17	19	17	17	11	9	9	8	9	12	14	12	10	10	11	8	9	9	10	12	14	11	13	13	13	13	14	14	12	12	13	11	13	13	11	13
Altınordu	8	14	16	11	16	11	14	10	13	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	13	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	13	11	13	15	15	15	14
Adanaspor	7	10	14	9	13	13	15	16	14	16	13	10	9	10	12	12	9	11	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	10	10	11	14	15
Kocaelispor	19	16	9	12	7	10	8	7	5	6	6	6	7	8	9	9	10	9	11	12	13	14	15	14	15	15	14	14	15	17	17	16	17	14	16	17	17	16
Bursaspor	10	13	15	18	14	16	18	18	17	11	7	11	11	15	14	14	15	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	17
Menemenspor	4	7	13	17	12	12	10	13	10	12	15	15	13	11	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	13	15	14	14	15	15	12	13	14	14	16	17	18	18	18	18
Balıkesirspor	6	8	12	15	19	14	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Champion, Promotion to Süper Lig
	Promotion to Süper Lig
	Play-off
	TFF Second League

Source: TFF

Results

Home \ Away	ADA	ATO	AKG	BAL	BAN	BOL	BUR	BBE	DEN	EYÜ	GEN	İST	KOC	MFK	MEN	AGÜ	SAM	TUZ	ÜMR
Adanaspor	—	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–5	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	6–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0
Altınordu	2–0	—	2–3	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–5	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–3	0–2
Ankara Keçiörengücü	2–0	1–1	—	3–1	3–2	0–3	2–1	3–3	0–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–2
Balıkesirspor	1–2	3–4	2–1	—	1–5	1–0	0–2	1–5	0–1	0–3	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–2
Bandırmaspor	1–0	2–1	0–2	3–0	—	3–0	4–2	2–1	3–4	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–0
Boluspor	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	1–1	0–2	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–1	0–2
Bursaspor	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–1	—	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–4	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–4	4–1	0–1	3–2
BB Erzurumspor	3–1	6–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	—	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–2
Denizlispor	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	4–0	—	2–2	2–1	4–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–3	2–3	2–4	0–1
Eyüpspor	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–0	0–1	0–2	—	1–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–1
Gençlerbirliği	0–3	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–4	—	0–2	1–1	0–3	5–0	0–3	2–2	0–1	2–4
İstanbulspor	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	—	1–1	3–4	3–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0
Kocaelispor	4–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–5	1–1	1–2	2–1	—	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–3
Manisa	0–3	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	—	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–1
Menemenspor	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	2–0	—	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–4
MKE Ankaragücü	2–0	2–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	—	0–0	1–0	3–0
Samsunspor	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	5–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–4	2–0	—	2–2	1–1
Tuzlaspor	4–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–3	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	4–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	—	1–1
Ümraniyespor	2–1	0–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–2	4–1	3–3	0–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	—

Source: TFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion Playoffs

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Eyüpspor	1–3	Bandırmaspor	1–0	0–3
BB Erzurumspor	3–4	İstanbulspor	2–4	1–0

First leg

25 May 2022	BB Erzurumspor	2–4	İstanbulspor	Erzurum
18:30 (TRT)	Tozlu 80', 90+6'	Report	Yazgan 16' Rroca 63' Ethemi 75' Sarıkaya 86'	Stadium: Kazım Karabekir Stadium Referee: Sarper Barış Saka

25 May 2022	Eyüpspor	1–0	Bandırmaspor	Eyüp, Istanbul
21:00 (TRT)	Tashkin 49'	Report		Stadium: Eyüp Stadium Referee: Erkan Özdamar

Second leg

29 May 2022	Bandırmaspor	3–0	Eyüpspor	Bandırma, Balıkesir
15:30 (TRT)	Kény 5' (pen.) Koldaş 45+1' Landel 58'	Report		Stadium: Bandırma 17 Eylül Stadium Referee: Suat Arslanboğa

29 May 2022	İstanbulspor	0–1	BB Erzurumspor	Esenyurt, Istanbul
18:00 (TRT)		Report	Novikovas 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan

Final

2 June 2022	Bandırmaspor	1–2	İstanbulspor	İzmit
20:00 (TRT)	Kény 45+3' (pen.)	Report	Yılmaz 33', 45+9' (pen.)	Stadium: Kocaeli Stadium

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played 21 May 2022^[4]

Top goalscorers
Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Ahmet Sagat	Menemenspor	17
2	İbrahim Yılmaz	İstanbulspor	16
2	Emeka Friday Eze	Ankara Keçiörengücü	16
4	Umut Bulut	Eyüpspor	14
5	Ömer Şişmanoğlu	Denizlispor	13
5	Sandro Lima	Gençlerbirliği	13
7	Yasin Öztekin	Samsunspor	12
7	Kabongo Kasongo	Boluspor	12
9	Ahmet İlhan Özek	Altınordu	11
	Pa Dibba	Eyüpspor
	Philippe Kény	Bandırmaspor