2022–23 TFF Second League

The 2022–23 TFF Second League was the 22nd season of the third-level football league of Turkey since the league was established in 2001.

TFF Second League

Season	2022–23
Dates	27 August 2022 – 15 June 2023[1]
Champions	White Group: Çorum Red Group: Kocaelispor
Promoted	Çorum Kocaelispor Şanlıurfaspor
Relegated	Balıkesirspor Batman Petrolspor Bayburt Özel İdarespor Pazarspor Sivas Belediyespor Tarsus İdman Yurdu
Matches played	721
Goals scored	1,897 (2.63 per match)
Biggest home win	Şanlıurfaspor 11-0 Tarsus İdman Yurdu (5 March 2023)
Highest scoring	Şanlıurfaspor 11-0 Tarsus İdman Yurdu (5 March 2023)
Longest winning run	Çorum (10 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Çorum (21 matches)
Longest winless run	Tarsus İdman Yurdu (26 matches)
Longest losing run	Adıyaman (15 matches)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Teams

• Bodrumspor, Pendikspor and Sakaryaspor promoted to 2022–23 TFF First League.^[2]
• Balıkesirspor, Bursaspor, Kocaelispor and Menemenspor relegated from 2021–22 TFF First League.^[3]
• Arnavutköy Belediyespor, Batman Petrolspor, Düzcespor, Esenler Erokspor, Fethiyespor and İskenderunspor promoted from 2021–22 TFF Third League.
• 1922 Konyaspor, Akhisar Belediyespor, Ergene Velimeşe, Eskişehirspor, Kahramanmaraşspor, Niğde Anadolu and Turgutluspor relegated to 2022–23 TFF Third League.

White Group

Teams and locations

24 Erzincanspor

Afjet Afyonspor

Amed

Ankaraspor

Arnavutköy Belediyespor

Batman Petrolspor

Bayburt Özel İdarespor

Bursaspor

Çorum

Düzcespor

Esenler Erokspor

Isparta 32

İnegölspor

Menemen

Nazilli Belediyespor

Sivas Belediyespor

Somaspor

Şanlıurfaspor

Tarsus İdman Yurdu

Locations of teams in 2022–23 TFF Second League – White Group

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
24 Erzincanspor	Erzincan	Erzincan 13 Şubat City Stadium	12,981
Afjet Afyonspor	Afyonkarahisar	Zafer Stadium	14,558[4]
Amed	Diyarbakır	Diyarbakır Stadium	33,000
Ankaraspor	Ankara	Etimesgut Atatürk Stadium	2,640
Arnavutköy Belediyespor	Istanbul (Arnavutköy)	Bolluca Stadium	1,000
Batman Petrolspor	Batman	Batman Stadium	15,000
Bayburt Özel İdarespor	Bayburt	Bayburt Stadium	5,000
Bursaspor	Bursa	Bitçi Timsah Park	43,361[5]
Çorum	Çorum	Çorum City Stadium	15,000
Düzcespor	Düzce	18 Temmuz Stadium	5,000
Esenler Erokspor	Istanbul (Esenler)	Esenler Stadium	5,296[6]
Isparta 32 SK	Isparta	Isparta Atatürk Stadium	4,345[7]
İnegölspor	Bursa (İnegöl)	İnegöl İlçe Stadium	3,950[8]
Menemen	İzmir (Menemen)	Menemen İlçe Stadium	4,420[9]
Nazilli Belediyespor	Aydın (Nazilli)	Nazilli İlçe Stadium	4,500[10]
Sivas Belediyespor	Sivas	Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu Stadium	3,200[11]
Somaspor	Manisa (Soma)	Soma Atatürk Stadium	3,500
Şanlıurfaspor	Şanlıurfa	Şanlıurfa 11 Nisan Stadium	28,965[12]
Tarsus İdman Yurdu	Mersin (Tarsus)	Tarsus City Stadium	4,189[13]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Çorum (C, P)	36	24	7	5	65	24	+41	79	Promotion to the TFF First League
2	Şanlıurfaspor (O, P)	36	22	9	5	75	25	+50	75	Qualification for the TFF First League Playoff Group Final
3	Esenler Erokspor	36	18	8	10	77	35	+42	62	Qualification for the TFF First League Playoff Quarter Finals
4	Amed	36	17	9	10	63	36	+27	60
5	24 Erzincanspor	36	16	10	10	50	34	+16	58[a]
6	Ankaraspor	36	16	10	10	58	42	+16	58[a]
7	Somaspor[b]	36	17	9	10	54	35	+19	57
8	Düzcespor	36	14	10	12	55	46	+9	52
9	Menemen[b]	36	15	9	12	57	44	+13	51
10	Afjet Afyonspor	36	12	11	13	48	47	+1	47[c]
11	İnegölspor	36	14	5	17	40	53	−13	47[c]
12	Isparta 32	36	12	10	14	43	42	+1	46[d]
13	Arnavutköy Belediyespor	36	12	10	14	41	42	−1	46[d]
14	Bursaspor	36	12	10	14	51	57	−6	46[d]
15	Nazilli Belediyespor	36	12	10	14	48	48	0	46[d]
16	Batman Petrolspor (R)	36	12	9	15	40	44	−4	45	Relegation to the TFF Third League
17	Tarsus İdman Yurdu (R)	36	3	12	21	26	125	−99	21
18	Bayburt Özel İdarespor[b] (R)	36	5	7	24	25	68	−43	19
19	Sivas Belediyespor (R)	36	2	9	25	27	96	−69	15

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. Head to head points: 24 Erzincanspor 4 points, Ankaraspor 1 point
2. Somaspor have been deducted 3 points by the Club Licensing Board for failing to meet the licensing requirements.^[14]
3. Head to head points: Afyonspor 3 points, +1 goal difference, İnegölspor 3 points, -1 goal difference
4. Head to head points: Isparta 32 10 points, +5 goal difference, Arnavutköy Belediyespor 10 points, +1 goal difference, Bursaspor 8 points, Nazilli Belediyespor 5 points

Results

Home \ Away	24E	AFY	AME	ANK	ARN	BPS	BYB	BUR	ÇFK	DÜZ	ERO	I32	İNE	MEN	NBS	SBS	SOM	ŞAN	TİY
24 Erzincanspor	—	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1
Afjet Afyonspor	0–0	—	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–3	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–3	5–1
Amed	1–2	0–2	—	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	4–0	1–0	4–0	0–2	2–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	8–0
Ankaraspor	1–2	2–2	4–2	—	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–4	1–2	4–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	2–0	9–0
Arnavutköy Belediyespor	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	—	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–3	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–2	0–6	0–1
Batman Petrolspor	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–4	1–0	—	2–0	1–2	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–0	1–2	0–3	0–0
Bayburt Özel İdarespor	0–1	2–2	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–7	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–3	2–1	0–3	0–1	1–1
Bursaspor	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	—	0–3	0–0	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	6–0	3–5	0–2	2–2
Çorum	1–0	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	4–1	3–0	2–1	—	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–2	3–0	2–0	0–0	9–0
Düzcespor	0–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	3–3	3–1	—	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	5–2	3–3	0–0	4–0
Esenler Erokspor	1–1	5–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–3	—	1–0	5–0	4–0	3–2	6–1	0–0	1–1	2–0
Isparta 32	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–2	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	4–0	6–0	2–1	0–3	6–1
İnegölspor	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–2	0–3	0–1	2–1	2–0	—	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–2	4–0
Menemen	2–0	2–1	4–3	3–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	4–0	2–1	—	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–1
Nazilli Belediyespor	4–1	1–1	3–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	—	4–0	2–0	2–0	5–0
Sivas Belediyespor	2–7	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–3	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–3	0–0	0–2	0–9	1–1	—	1–2	1–3	1–0
Somaspor	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–3	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	—	0–1	0–1
Şanlıurfaspor	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	4–1	0–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	8–0	3–4	1–0	0–0	0–0	—	11–0
Tarsus İdman Yurdu	0–4	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–9	0–4	1–6	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–7	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–6	0–4	1–1	—

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

Red Group

Teams and locations

1461 Trabzon

Adıyaman

Ankara Demirspor

Balıkesirspor

Bucaspor 1928

Diyarbekirspor

Etimesgut Belediyespor

Fethiyespor

Kastamonuspor 1966

İskenderunspor

Karacabey Belediyespor

Kırşehir

Kırklarelispor

Kocaelispor

Pazarspor

Sarıyer

Serik Belediyespor

Vanspor

Uşakspor

Zonguldak Kömürspor

Locations of teams in 2022–23 TFF Second League – Red Group

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
1461 Trabzon	Trabzon	Yavuz Selim Stadium	1,820
Adıyaman	Adıyaman	Adıyaman Atatürk Stadium	8,596[15]
Ankara Demirspor	Ankara	TCDD Ankara Demirspor Stadium	1,520[16]
Balıkesirspor	Balıkesir	Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium	13,372[17]
Bucaspor 1928	İzmir (Buca)	Buca Stadium	8,810[18]
Diyarbekirspor	Diyarbakır	Diyarbakır Stadium	33,000
Etimesgut Belediyespor	Ankara (Etimesgut)	Etimesgut Atatürk Stadium	2,640
Fethiyespor	Muğla (Fethiye)	Fethiye İlçe Stadium	6,963[19]
İskenderunspor	Hatay (İskenderun)
Karacabey Belediyespor	Bursa (Karacabey)	M. Fehmi Gerçeker Stadium	2,772[20]
Kastamonuspor 1966	Kastamonu	Kastamonu Gazi Stadium	4,033[21]
Kırklarelispor	Kırklareli	Kırklareli Atatürk Stadium	3,750[22]
Kırşehir	Kırşehir	Kırşehir Ahi Stadium	7,500[23]
Pazarspor	Rize (Pazar)	Pazar İlçe Stadium	2,442[24]
Sarıyer	Istanbul (Sarıyer)	Yusuf Ziya Öniş Stadium	4,100[25]
Serik Belediyespor	Antalya (Serik)	İsmail Oğan Stadium	2,250[26]
Uşakspor	Uşak	Uşak 1 Eylül Stadium	3,500[27]
Vanspor	Van	Van Atatürk Stadium	5,885[28]
Zonguldak Kömürspor	Zonguldak	Karaelmas Kemal Köksal Stadium	13,795[29]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kocaelispor (C, P)	38	25	9	4	73	28	+45	84	Promotion to the TFF First League
2	Bucaspor 1928	38	24	9	5	63	22	+41	81	Qualification for the TFF First League Playoff Group Final
3	İskenderunspor	38	23	8	7	65	31	+34	77	Qualification for the TFF First League Playoff Quarter Finals
4	1461 Trabzon	38	22	8	8	62	27	+35	74[a]
5	Vanspor	38	21	11	6	58	27	+31	74[a]
6	Ankara Demirspor	38	20	11	7	65	32	+33	71
7	Karacabey Belediyespor	38	19	11	8	55	31	+24	68
8	Fethiyespor	38	16	7	15	59	51	+8	55
9	Zonguldak Kömürspor	38	15	8	15	45	50	−5	53
10	Serik Belediyespor[b]	38	14	11	13	54	43	+11	50
11	Kırşehir	38	12	12	14	49	54	−5	48
12	Kırklarelispor	38	10	16	12	38	35	+3	46
13	Etimesgut Belediyespor	38	11	12	15	43	51	−8	45
14	Kastamonuspor 1966	38	11	10	17	41	47	−6	43
15	Sarıyer	38	10	12	16	46	57	−11	42
16	Uşakspor	38	8	9	21	37	64	−27	33
17	Balıkesirspor[b] (R)	38	6	10	22	32	76	−44	25	Relegation to the TFF Third League
18	Adıyaman[c]	37	5	8	24	22	70	−48	23[d]	Withdrawn
19	Pazarspor (R)	38	4	11	23	29	79	−50	23[d]	Relegation to the TFF Third League
20	Diyarbekirspor[c]	37	2	9	26	18	79	−61	15	Withdrawn

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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head to head points: 1461 Trabzon 2 points, 0 goal difference; Vanspor 2 points, 0 goal difference
2. Balıkesir have been deducted 3 points by the Club Licensing Board for failing to meet the licensing requirements.^[14]
3. Adıyaman and Diyarbekirspor withdrew from the league following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake and were not relegated at the end of the season.^[30]
4. Head to head points: Adıyaman 3 points, +1 goal difference; Pazarspor 3 puan, -1 goal difference

Results

Home \ Away	61T	ADI	AND	BAL	B28	DİY	ETB	FET	İSK	KRC	KST	KRK	KBL	KOC	PAZ	SAR	SER	UŞA	VAN	ZKÖ
1461 Trabzon	—	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	5–1	3–0	8–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Adıyaman	0–1	—	2–1	0–3	0–3	3–0	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–1	1–1	0–3	4–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–0
Ankara Demirspor	0–0	3–0	—	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	4–0
Balıkesirspor	1–2	1–1	0–2	—	0–3	4–2	0–3	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–6	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–1	0–3	3–3
Bucaspor 1928	2–1	5–1	1–0	2–0	—	4–0	2–1	3–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–0
Diyarbekirspor	1–2	Can.	1–1	1–0	0–3	—	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–0	0–3	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–0	0–3	0–1
Etimesgut Belediyespor	1–2	3–0	0–4	1–1	1–0	3–0	—	2–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–0
Fethiyespor	1–0	1–1	0–2	7–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	—	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–2
İskenderunspor	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	2–1	—	0–1	4–2	2–1	4–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–1	5–1	1–0	1–0
Karacabey Belediyespor	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	—	4–2	2–0	5–0	2–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–2
Kastamonuspor 1966	2–4	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–2	—	0–0	3–2	0–1	2–0	4–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	3–1
Kırklarelispor	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	3–4	0–2	1–1	3–0	—	0–1	0–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–0
Kırşehir	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	2–4	5–3	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–2
Kocaelispor	1–1	2–0	2–4	3–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	4–3	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	—	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	4–2	3–0
Pazarspor	1–1	3–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–7	1–3	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–4	1–3	—	3–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1
Sarıyer	0–3	3–0	0–2	2–4	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	3–3	1–3	—	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–0
Serik Belediyespor	1–2	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–5	4–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	3–0	1–2	—	3–1	2–4	1–1
Uşakspor	0–1	3–0	2–4	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	—	1–2	2–3
Vanspor	1–1	1–0	1–0	8–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	—	3–1
Zonguldak Kömürspor	0–2	3–0	3–4	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	—

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

Promotion Playoffs

Bracket

	First round					Second round							Third round							Final
	W3	Esenler Erokspor	4
													W2	Şanlıurfaspor	3	2	5
	W6	Ankaraspor	2
						W3	Esenler Erokspor	1	2	3			W5	24 Erzincanspor	2	0	2
	White Group
						W5	24 Erzincanspor (4-3 p)	2	1	3
	W4	Amed	0
																				W2	Şanlıurfaspor	3
	W5	24 Erzincanspor	1
																				R2	Bucaspor 1928	0
	R3	İskenderunspor (4–2 p)	2
													R2	Bucaspor 1928	3	1	4
	R6	Ankara Demirspor	2
						R3	İskenderunspor	3	0	3			R3	İskenderunspor	1	0	1
	Red Group
						R4	1461 Trabzon	1	1	2
	R4	1461 Trabzon (5–4 p)	1
	R5	Vanspor	1