2020–21 TFF 1. Lig

The 2020–21 TFF 1. Lig was the 20th season since the league was established in 2001 and 58th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64. There was no relegation to or from the TFF First League the prior year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

TFF 1. Lig

Season	2020–21
Dates	11 September 2020 – 9 May 2021
Champions	Adana Demirspor
Promoted	Adana Demirspor Giresunspor Altay
Relegated	Akhisarspor Ankaraspor Eskişehirspor
Matches played	306
Goals scored	854 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marco Paixão (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Altay 6–0 Eskişehirspor (27 September 2020) Ankara Keçiörengücü 6–0 Akhisarspor (22 November 2020)
Biggest away win	Tuzlaspor 0–6 Bandırmaspor (22 November 2020)
Highest scoring	Altınordu 6–3 Eskişehirspor (4 April 2021)
Longest winning run	Giresunspor (12 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Giresunspor (16 matches)
Longest winless run	Eskişehirspor (21 matches)
Longest losing run	Akhisarspor (8 matches)
← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 10 May 2021.

Teams

• Hatayspor, BB Erzurumspor and Fatih Karagümrük promoted to 2020–21 Süper Lig.^[1]
• Bandırmaspor, Samsunspor and Tuzlaspor promoted from TFF 2. Lig.^[2]
• The bottom three teams will be relegated to the TFF 2. Lig.

Stadiums and locations

Adana Demirspor
Adanaspor

Akhisarspor

Altay

Altınordu

Keçiörengücü

Ankaraspor

Balıkesirspor

Bandırmaspor

Boluspor

Bursaspor

Eskişehirspor

Giresunspor

İstanbulspor

Menemenspor

Samsunspor

Tuzlaspor

Ümraniyespor

Location of teams in 2020–21 TFF 1. Lig

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Adana Demirspor	Adana (Yüreğir)	Adana 5 Ocak Stadium	14,805
Adanaspor	Adana (Çukurova)	Adana 5 Ocak Stadium	14,805
Akhisarspor	Manisa (Akhisar)	Spor Toto Akhisar Stadium	12,139
Altay	İzmir (Gaziemir)	İzmir Atatürk Stadium	51,295
Altınordu	İzmir (Karabağlar)	Doğanlar Stadium	12,500
Ankara Keçiörengücü	Ankara (Keçiören)	Ankara Aktepe Stadium	4,883
Ankaraspor	Ankara (Sincan)	Osmanlı Stadium	20,000
Balıkesirspor	Balıkesir (Altıeylül)	Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium	15,800
Bandırmaspor	Balıkesir (Bandırma)	17 Eylül Stadium	12,725
Boluspor	Bolu	Bolu Atatürk Stadium	8,456
Bursaspor	Bursa	Bursa Büyükşehir Belediye Stadium	43,361
Eskişehirspor	Eskişehir	Eskişehir Stadium	34,930
Giresunspor	Giresun	Giresun Atatürk Stadium	12,191
İstanbulspor	Istanbul (Büyükçekmece)	Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium	4,491
Menemenspor	İzmir (Menemen)	Menemen İlçe Stadium	2,500
Samsunspor	Samsun	Samsun Stadium	33,919
Tuzlaspor	Istanbul (Tuzla)	Tuzla Belediye Stadium	2,000
Ümraniyespor	Istanbul (Ümraniye)	Ümraniye Belediyesi Şehir Stadium	1,601

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Adana Demirspor	Samet Aybaba	Mehmet Akyüz	Diadora	Bitexen
Adanaspor	Emrah Bayraktar	Tevfik Altındağ	Capelli Sport
Akhisarspor	Fırat Gül	Kadir Keleş	Nike	Ramiz
Altay	Mustafa Denizli	İbrahim Öztürk	Nike	Folkart
Altınordu	Hüseyin Eroğlu	Sinan Osmanoğlu	Nike	Petrol Ofisi
Ankara Keçiörengücü	İlker Püren	Süleyman Olgun	Nike
Ankaraspor	Mehmet Ak	Beykan Şimşek	Adidas
Balıkesirspor	Yusuf Şimşek	Atilla Özmen	Umbro	Aydeniz Et
Bandırmaspor	Erkan Sözeri	Erkan Taşkıran	Nike	HDI Sigorta
Boluspor	Reha Erginer	Muhammed Bayır	Diadora	Eminevim
Bursaspor	Mustafa Er	Özer Hurmacı	Kappa	Tasarruf
Eskişehirspor	-	Sezgin Coşkun	Nadll	Eti
Giresunspor	Hakan Keleş	Eren Tozlu	Diadora	HDI Sigorta
İstanbulspor	Fatih Tekke	Onur Ergün	Jako	Uğur Okulları
Menemenspor	Ümit Karan	Murat Erdemir	Nike	Medicana
Samsunspor	Ertuğrul Sağlam	Caner Arıcı	Macron	Yılport
Tuzlaspor	Ali Tandoğan	Haydar Yılmaz	Nike	Central Rent-a-Car
Ümraniyespor	Recep Uçar	Gökhan Süzen	Nike	Bereket Sigorta

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Player 9	Player 10	Former Players
Adana Demirspor	Pa Dibba	Mikheil Ergemlidze	Emilijus Zubas	Hamidou Traoré	Francis Ezeh	Joher Rassoul					Rangel Aurélien Chedjou Davide Lanzafame Ismaïl Aissati Jakub Kosecki Aias Aosman
Adanaspor	Goran Karačić	Adolphe Belem	Isaac Donkor	Iko Seth	Kingsley Innocent	Papa Daniel	Sampson Agoha	Ognjen Ožegović			Roni Ismaeel Ryan Moussa Bagayoko
Akhisarspor	Arens Mateli	Akwo Tarh Ayuk	Alseny Soumah	Alya Touré	Ibrhaim Sissoko	Nsima Peter	Raheem Lawal	Dzon Delarge	Paul Keita	Milan Lukač	Avdija Vršajević Irfan Hadžić Elmar Bjarnason Rajko Rotman
Altay	Jasmin Šćuk	Márcio Mossoró	André Poko	Adrien Regattin	Leandro Kappel	Adam Stachowiak	Marco Paixão	Khaly Thiam			Anton Putsila Edin Cocalić William Amorim Armand Gnanduillet Jovan Blagojević
Altınordu
Ankara Keçiörengücü	Kamal Issah	Sadio Diallo	Ilir Mustafa	Emeka Eze	Boubacar Dialiba	Edin Hamidović					Edon Hasani Joe Dodoo Arb Manaj Famoussa Koné Toheeb Adewale
Ankaraspor	Darko Bodul	Eric Ayuk	Musah Mohammed	Umar Basit	Bernard Bulbwa	Sikiru Olatunbosun	Marcus Pedersen	Jovan Blagojević	Tomás Mejías	Alec Mudimu	Thales Lira Marc Mbamba Mbilla Etame Miloš Stanojević
Balıkesirspor	Foxi Kéthévoama	Andrija Vuković	Antonio Mršić	Mahatma Otoo	Arb Manaj	Oltion Bilalli	Abraham Nwankwo	Nemanja Mihajlović	Roman Bezjak	Jemal Kizilatesh	Francis Ezeh
Bandırmaspor	Mickaël Poté	Emir Halilović	vital bahati	Guy-Michel Landel	Rubén Rayos	Yonathan Del Valle					Lacina Traoré Mahamadou Ba Gabriel Torje
Boluspor	Gentian Selmani	Araz Abdullayev	Haris Hajdarević	Marlinho	Kabongo Kasongo	Edwin Gyasi	Rydell Poepon	Orlando Mosquera	Papa Alioune Diouf		Felipe Trevizan Nemanja Mihajlović
Bursaspor
Eskişehirspor	Hamed Sholaja	Sunday Alimi
Giresunspor	Serginho	Abdou Traoré	Anthony Uzodimma	Michał Nalepa	Ibrahima Baldé	Mamadou Diarra	Marko Milinković				Hélder Tavares Lévy Madinda
İstanbulspor	Eduard Rroca	Kristal Abazaj	Wellington	Patrick Etoga	Marin Ljubić	Valon Ethemi	Amar Skrijelj				Aldin Čajić Kamal Issah Papa Diouf
Menemenspor	Tidjani Anaane	David Domgjoni	Mahamadou Ba	Mamadou Traoré	Adamu Alhassan	Rasheed Akanbi	Simon Zenke	Omar Mohamed			Gentian Selmani Mohammed Kamara Sikiru Olatunbosun
Samsunspor	Jugurtha Hamroun	Brice Dja Djédjé	Kévin Boli	Mathias Coureur	Vukan Savićević	Tomané					Edwin Gyasi Ange-Freddy Plumain Guy Serge Yaméogo
Tuzlaspor	Aldin Čajić	Alan Cariús	Thuram	Samuel Yohou	Matej Pučko	Rajko Rotman	Prince Segbefia				Faris Zubanović Aias Aosman Chidiebere Nwakali Adama Sarr
Ümraniyespor	Avdija Vršajević	Ante Živković	Tomislav Glumac	Kévin Mayi	Chukwuma Akabueze	Lanre Kehinde	Adama Wade	Idrissa Camara	Moussa Sow		Vasco Fernandes

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adana Demirspor (C, P)	34	21	7	6	64	27	+37	70	Promotion to the Süper Lig
2	Giresunspor (P)	34	21	7	6	54	25	+29	70
3	Samsunspor	34	20	10	4	58	30	+28	70	Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs
4	İstanbulspor	34	19	7	8	62	34	+28	64
5	Altay (O, P)	34	20	3	11	66	39	+27	63
6	Altınordu	34	17	9	8	58	45	+13	60
7	Ankara Keçiörengücü	34	17	7	10	49	28	+21	58
8	Ümraniyespor	34	14	9	11	46	43	+3	51
9	Tuzlaspor	34	14	5	15	46	53	−7	47
10	Bursaspor	34	14	4	16	56	57	−1	46
11	Bandırmaspor	34	12	6	16	48	51	−3	42
12	Boluspor	34	12	6	16	38	41	−3	42
13	Balıkesirspor	34	9	8	17	35	53	−18	35
14	Adanaspor	34	9	7	18	44	55	−11	34
15	Menemenspor	34	7	13	14	38	62	−24	34
16	Akhisarspor (R)	34	8	6	20	36	59	−23	30	Relegation to the TFF Second League
17	Ankaraspor (R)	34	6	8	20	33	61	−28	26
18	Eskişehirspor[a] (R)	34	1	8	25	23	91	−68	8

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:

1. Eskişehirspor have been deducted 3 points.

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
Adana Demirspor	1	3	1	4	7	5	3	4	6	3	6	4	8	8	8	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1
Giresunspor	17	17	11	8	9	7	7	10	8	8	8	7	7	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Samsunspor	10	2	6	5	8	6	4	5	4	7	5	2	3	7	5	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
İstanbulspor	15	10	4	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	5	1	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	5	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4
Altay	9	13	8	6	3	8	8	6	9	6	4	8	6	3	1	1	4	4	6	6	8	5	7	6	6	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5
Altınordu	3	8	5	2	6	4	6	3	3	2	1	3	5	1	7	8	8	9	8	8	7	6	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6
Ankara Keçiörengücü	6	1	3	7	4	3	5	7	7	4	3	1	2	6	4	7	7	6	7	7	5	7	6	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Ümraniyespor	4	12	15	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	16	13	14	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8
Tuzlaspor	11	5	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	5	7	6	4	2	6	5	6	8	5	5	6	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Bursaspor	16	7	12	12	10	10	12	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Bandırmaspor	12	9	10	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	16	16	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Boluspor	13	14	16	17	18	18	17	17	17	16	15	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Balıkesirspor	2	6	13	10	11	11	9	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	15	15	15	16	16	15	13	13	14	15	15	15	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13
Adanaspor	5	4	7	9	5	9	10	8	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14
Menemenspor	18	18	17	18	17	14	13	13	14	14	13	14	12	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	14	14	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Akhisarspor	8	15	9	11	12	12	11	9	10	12	12	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Ankaraspor	7	11	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Eskişehirspor	14	16	18	16	16	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

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

Source: TFF

Results

Home \ Away	ADS	ADA	AKH	ALT	ATO	AKG	ANK	BAL	BAN	BOL	BUR	ESK	GRS	İST	MEN	SAM	TUZ	ÜMR
Adana Demirspor	—	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	4–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	4–2
Adanaspor	2–2	—	3–1	1–4	5–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–3	0–3	5–2	0–4	1–0	3–0	0–2	1–3	0–2
Akhisarspor	2–3	0–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–4	0–0	1–1
Altay	1–0	4–1	2–1	—	1–3	0–4	3–0	1–3	4–3	0–1	3–1	6–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	0–0	5–0	3–1
Altınordu	0–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	—	0–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	6–3	0–0	1–0	2–4	0–0	3–2	1–0
Ankara Keçiörengücü	1–0	1–0	6–0	0–1	5–3	—	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	0–1	0–1
Ankaraspor	1–3	0–2	4–2	2–2	0–3	1–0	—	1–2	3–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0
Balıkesirspor	0–1	0–3	3–0	0–3	0–5	1–2	2–2	—	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–2	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–1
Bandırmaspor	0–3	3–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	—	2–3	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	3–2	1–0
Boluspor	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	—	2–1	3–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–4
Bursaspor	1–3	1–0	3–2	1–3	1–2	0–3	3–1	3–1	2–1	4–2	—	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–3
Eskişehirspor	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–5	0–2	2–2	0–0	0–3	2–1	0–2	1–5	—	0–5	0–3	2–2	0–1	0–2	1–1
Giresunspor	2–0	4–3	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	—	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–1
İstanbulspor	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	5–3	5–0	2–1	1–1	3–3	3–0	1–1	—	4–0	0–1	2–1	2–3
Menemenspor	1–4	0–0	6–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	0–4	1–2	—	2–2	2–5	1–1
Samsunspor	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	4–1	6–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	—	2–0	3–0
Tuzlaspor	0–3	3–2	0–3	0–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–6	0–1	3–3	5–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	—	0–1
Ümraniyespor	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	4–3	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–2	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2021. 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
Altınordu	3–2	Samsunspor	1–0	2–2
Altay	4–2	İstanbulspor	3–2	1–0

First leg

17 May 2021

20:00

Altay	3–2	İstanbulspor
Leandro Kappel 3' Marco Paixão 13', 43'	Report	10', 84' Onur Ergün

Bornova Stadium, Bornova, İzmir

Attendance: 0

Referee: Arda Kardeşler

18 May 2021

18:00

Altınordu	1–0	Samsunspor
Yusuf Yalçın Arslan 49'	Report

Bornova Stadium, Bornova, İzmir

Attendance: 0

Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

Second leg

22 May 2021

18:00

İstanbulspor	0–1	Altay
	Report	Deniz Kadah 84'

Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium, Esenyurt, Istanbul

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ali Palabıyık

22 May 2021

21:00

Samsunspor	2–2	Altınordu
Nadir Çiftçi pen' (54) Yasin Öztekin 84'	Report	Metehan Mimaroğlu 33' Enis Destan 90'

Samsun Stadium, Samsun

Attendance: 0

Referee: Yaşar Uğurlu

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Altay	1–0	Altınordu

26 May 2021

20:00

Altay	1–0	Altınordu
Marco Paixao 89'	Report

Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 0

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

Top goalscorers

As of matches played 9 May 2021^[3]

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Marco Paixão	Altay	22
2	Ibrahima Baldé	Giresunspor	19
3	Ognjen Ožegović	Adanaspor	14
	Thuram	Tuzlaspor
5	Onur Ergün	İstanbulspor	12
	Enis Destan	Altınordu
	Hasan Kılıç	Adana Demirspor
8	Cem Ekinci	Ankara Keçiörengücü	11
9	Ali Akman	Bursaspor	10
	Arb Manaj	Balıkesirspor
	Ahmet İlhan Özek	Altınordu