2007–08 TFF 1. Lig

The 2007–08 TFF 1. Lig (referred to as the Bank Asya 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons) was the second-level football league of Turkey and the 45th season since its establishment in 1963–64. At the end of the season in which 18 teams competed in a single group, Kocaelispor and Antalyaspor, which finished the league in the first two places, and the play-off winner Eskişehirspor were promoted to the upper league, while Elazığspor, Istanbulspor and Mardinspor, which were in the last three places, were relegated.^[1][2]

1. Lig

Season	2007–08
Champions	Kocaelispor
Promoted	Kocaelispor, Antalyaspor, Eskişehirspor
Relegated	Elazığspor, Istanbulspor, Mardinspor
Matches played	307
Goals scored	842 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Taner Gülleri (21)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kocaelispor (C, P)	34	19	7	8	59	37	+22	64	Promotion to Süper Lig
2	Antalyaspor (P)	34	15	16	3	56	33	+23	61
3	Sakaryaspor	34	16	10	8	55	34	+21	58	Qualification for promotion playoffs
4	Eskişehirspor (O, P)	34	16	9	9	52	35	+17	57[a]
5	Diyarbakırspor	34	16	9	9	53	37	+16	57[a]
6	Boluspor	34	13	14	7	50	46	+4	53
7	Kayseri Erciyesspor	34	14	10	10	55	42	+13	52
8	Orduspor	34	12	14	8	39	44	−5	50
9	Karşıyaka	34	11	14	9	44	41	+3	47[b]
10	Altay	34	13	8	13	47	47	0	47[b]
11	Giresunspor	34	10	13	11	41	44	−3	43[c]
12	Malatyaspor	34	12	7	15	44	43	+1	43[c]
13	Kartalspor	34	10	12	12	52	57	−5	42
14	Gaziantep B.B.	34	9	12	13	53	51	+2	39
15	Samsunspor	34	10	8	16	45	61	−16	38
16	Elazığspor (R)	34	8	10	16	40	54	−14	34	Relegation to TFF Second League
17	İstanbulspor (R)	34	6	8	20	25	58	−33	26
18	Mardinspor (R)	34	3	5	26	26	72	−46	14

Source: TFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Eskişehirspor 3–2 Diyarbakırspor, Diyarbakırspor 1–0 Eskişehirspor (Equal, overall goal difference)
2. Head-to-head record: Karşıyaka 3–0 Altay, Altay 0–0 Karşıyaka (Karşıyaka ahead)
3. Head-to-head record: Malatyaspor 0–1 Giresunspor, Giresunspor 1–1 Malatyaspor (Giresunspor ahead)

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	ANT	BOL	DYB	ELA	ESK	GBB	GRS	İST	KSK	KRT	KER	KOC	MAL	MAR	ORD	SAK	SAM
Altay		0–0	2–3	2–2	4–3	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	4–1
Antalyaspor	4–2		4–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	4–3	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	6–0	1–1	1–1	4–2
Boluspor	1–2	0–0		2–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–3	1–1	2–0	4–2	3–1	2–1	2–1
Diyarbakırspor	1–0	2–1	2–2		1–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	3–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	5–2
Elazığspor	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–2		2–4	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–2
Eskişehirspor	3–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	2–0		1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1
Gaziantep B.B.	0–0	1–2	6–2	0–0	2–1	1–4		2–1	0–1	2–1	4–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2
Giresunspor	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–2		3–2	0–0	2–3	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0
İstanbulspor	0–5	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–3	0–5	3–2		1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–1
Karşıyaka	3–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	0–0	3–3	2–1	1–1	1–0		1–3	2–2	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	3–2
Kartalspor	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–3	2–1	0–1	3–2	3–1	0–0	2–2		1–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	3–0	2–2	3–3
Kayseri Erciyesspor	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	0–2	2–1	4–1	2–2	4–0		6–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0
Kocaelispor	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	5–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0		3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–3
Malatyaspor	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	4–0	3–0	2–0	0–3	4–0		0–0	2–0	1–2	1–2
Mardinspor	3–0	0–2	2–4	1–0	1–4	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–4	1–4		0–1	0–2	2–2
Orduspor	0–2	3–3	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–5	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0		0–0	1–1
Sakaryaspor	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	4–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–1	0–1	4–1	4–0	3–2	2–2		2–0
Samsunspor	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–3	0–3	0–3	2–0	2–0	7–5	0–3

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

Promotion play-offs

Promotion play-offs will play in BJK İnönü Stadium in İstanbul. Semifinal matches will take place on May 16. League third is faced with league sixth and league fourth faced with league fifth. Winners of these matches will play on May 18 at final match. Winner of the match gained playing in Süper Lig in 2008-09 season as Third of First League.

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 May 2008, 20:45
	Eskişehirspor	0 (6)
					18 May 2008, 20:30
	Diyarbakırspor	0 (5)
					Boluspor	0
	16 May 2008, 18:00
					Eskişehirspor	2
	Sakaryaspor	2 (3)
	Boluspor	2 (5)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Taner Gülleri	Kocaelispor	21
2	Cenk İşler	Antalyaspor	19
	Coşkun Birdal	Eskişehirspor	19
	Taner Demirbaş	Sakaryaspor	19
5	Adem Büyük	Altay	16
6	İskender Alın	Kartalspor	14
	Mustafa Şahintürk	Gaziantep BB	14
8	Erman Ergin	Sakaryaspor	13
	Şehmus Özer	Karşıyaka	13
10	Hüseyin Kartal	Diyarbakırspor	12