2017–18 TFF First League

TFF First League
Season	2017–18
Champions	Çaykur Rizespor
Promoted	Çaykur Rizespor ; MKE Ankaragücü ; BB Erzurumspor
Relegated	Samsunspor ; Manisaspor ; Gaziantepspor
Matches played	306
Goals scored	869 (2.84 per match)
Longest winning run	Gazişehir Gaziantep ; (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Çaykur Rizespor ; (13 matches)
Longest winless run	Gaziantepspor ; (10 matches)
Longest losing run	Gaziantepspor ; (24 matches)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 TFF First League is the 17th season since the league was established in 2001 and 55th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64.

Teams

Rizespor, Gaziantepspor and Adanaspor relegated from 2016–17 Süper Lig.
Sivasspor, Yeni Malatyaspor and Göztepe promoted to 2017–18 Süper Lig.
İstanbulspor, Erzurum BB and Ankaragücü promoted from 2016–17 TFF Second League.
Şanlıurfaspor, Bandırmaspor and Mersin İdmanyurdu relegated to 2017–18 TFF Second League.

Stadia and locations

Adana Demirspor
Adanaspor

Gaziantepspor
Gazişehir Gaziantep

Location of teams in TFF First Lig 2017–18

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Adana Demirspor	Adana	Adana 5 Ocak Stadium	14,805
Adanaspor	Adana	Adana 5 Ocak Stadium	14,805
Altınordu	İzmir	İzmir Atatürk Stadium	51,295
Ankaragücü	Ankara	Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium	19,219
Balıkesirspor	Balıkesir	Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium	15,800
Boluspor	Bolu	Bolu Atatürk Stadium	8,881
Denizlispor	Denizli	Denizli Atatürk Stadium	15,420
Elazığspor	Elazığ	Elazığ Atatürk Stadium	13,923
Erzurum BB	Erzurum	Kazım Karabekir Stadium	23,700
Eskişehirspor	Eskişehir	Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium	13,520
Gaziantepspor	Gaziantep	Kalyon Stadium	35,558
Gazişehir Gaziantep	Gaziantep	Kalyon Stadium	35,558
Giresunspor	Giresun	Giresun Atatürk Stadium	12,191
İstanbulspor	Istanbul	Bahçelievler Stadium	4,100
Manisaspor	Manisa	Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium	18,881
Rizespor	Rize	Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı	15,558
Samsunspor	Samsun	Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium	16,480
Ümraniyespor	Istanbul	Ümraniye Town Stadium	15,000

Foreign Players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Former Players
Adana Demirspor	Gegê	Issoumaila Lingane	Robert Tambe	Théo Mendy	Lalawélé Atakora	Serhiy Politylo			Edin Rustemović Yannick Loemba Joseph Douhadji
Adanaspor	Didi	Digão	Renan Diniz	Renan Foguinho	Roni	Magaye Gueye	Vladimir Koman	Uche Kalu	Vinícius
Altınordu
Ankaragücü	Anton Putsila	Marc Mbamba	Lanre Kehinde	Nduka Ozokwo	Tonia Tisdell	Łukasz Szukała			Doka Madureira Cheikhou Dieng Santiago Mele
Balıkesirspor	Steve Beleck	Foxi Kéthévoama	Andrija Vuković	Tomislav Glumac	Mahatma Otoo				Ismaïl Aissati
Boluspor	Renato Arapi	André Santos	Pedro Franco	Rydell Poepon	Chukwuma Akabueze	Chérif Sané	Mamadou Diarra		Mitchell te Vrede
Çaykur Rizespor	Lincoln	Maurício Ramos	Léonard Kweuke	Davide Petrucci	Marwane Saâdane	Braian Samudio			Jakob Jantscher Bright Edomwonyi Alexander Milošević
Denizlispor	Ismaïl Aissati	Leandro Kappel	Patrick Friday Eze	Darko Lazić					André Moritz Alfred Sankoh
Elazığspor	Tom	Andreas Tatos	Elmar Bjarnason	Jeffrey Sarpong	Ioan Hora	Lamine Diarra			Lúcio Maranhão
Erzurum BB	Jasmin Šćuk	Bekamenga	Demba Savage	Stephane Acka	Jasmin Trtovac				Haris Harba Boubacar Mansaly Hamza Younés
Eskişehirspor	Bruno Mezenga	Davit Janelidze	Jerry Akaminko	Chico Ofoedu					Felix Melki
Gaziantepspor
Gazişehir Gaziantep	Ermin Zec	Jefferson	Pierre Webó	Adama Ba	Adam Stachowiak	Prince Segbefia	Yonathan Del Valle		Nathan Kabasele Daoud Bousbiba Serge Akakpo
Giresunspor	Dodô	Henrique Almeida	Jones Carioca	Kofi Atta	Ahmed Abed	Boubacar Dialiba	Panajotis Dimitriadis	Dmytro Korkishko	Brinner Maurice Dalé
İstanbulspor	Aldin Čajić	Wellington	Jean-Jacques Bougouhi	Nemanja Kojić
Manisaspor	Billal Sebaihi	Constantin Bakaki	Nikola Mikić	Slavko Perović					Daniel Dimov Axel Méyé Iyayi Atiemwen
Samsunspor	Georgios Samaras	Michalis Sifakis	Davy Claude Angan	John Chibuike	Jonathan Ayité				Mohamed Larbi
Ümraniyespor	Cleyton	Dimitar Rangelov	Aaron Appindangoyé	Andreas Vasilogiannis	Jean Armel Drolé

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rizespor (C, P)	34	20	9	5	68	38	+30	69	Promotion to the Süper Lig
2	Ankaragücü (P)	34	18	9	7	55	34	+21	63	Promotion to the Süper Lig
3	Boluspor	34	18	6	10	53	30	+23	60	Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs
4	Ümraniyespor	34	17	8	9	49	35	+14	59
5	Erzurum BB (O, P)	34	14	11	9	56	44	+12	53^[a]
6	Gazişehir Gaziantep	34	15	8	11	57	38	+19	53^[a]
7	Altınordu	34	15	8	11	55	45	+10	53^[a]
8	Balıkesirspor	34	16	7	11	56	46	+10	52^[b]
9	İstanbulspor	34	14	8	12	45	39	+6	50
10	Elazığspor	34	13	9	12	53	44	+9	48
11	Giresunspor	34	13	8	13	50	44	+6	47
12	Adanaspor	34	12	7	15	41	56	−15	43
13	Adana Demirspor	34	11	8	15	44	47	−3	41^[c]
14	Eskişehirspor^[d]	34	12	8	14	63	56	+7	41^[c]
15	Denizlispor	34	10	8	16	43	47	−4	38
16	Samsunspor (R)	34	7	15	12	32	46	−14	36	Relegation to the TFF Second League
17	Manisaspor (R)	34	7	3	24	31	80	−49	15^[e]
18	Gaziantepspor (R)	34	2	4	28	18	100	−82	1^[f]

Source: TFF First League
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 ^c Head-to-head points: Erzurum BB 8 pts, Gazişehir Gaziantep 7 pts, Altınordu 1 pt
^ Balıkesirspor have been deducted 3 points.
^ ^a ^b Adana Demirspor is ahead of Eskişehirspor on head-to-head points: Eskişehirspor 2-2 Adana Demirspor, Adana Demirspor 3-1 Eskişehirspor
^ Eskişehirspor have been deducted 3 points.
^ Manisaspor have been deducted 9 points.
^ Gaziantepspor have been deducted 9 points.

Results

Home \ Away	ADS	ADA	ATO	AGÜ	BAL	BOL	BBE	ÇYR	DEN	ELA	ESK	GAZ	GFK	GRS	İST	MAN	SAM	ÜMR
Adana Demirspor	—	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	1–3	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1
Adanaspor	1–0	—	1–3	0–0	0–1	2–3	2–1	3–2	3–0	2–2	0–3	3–2	2–5	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1
Altınordu	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	2–1	1–5	1–1	3–4	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–2	3–3	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–2
MKE Ankaragücü	1–1	2–1	0–2	—	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–4	2–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	4–0	3–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–1
Balıkesirspor	2–2	4–1	2–1	1–3	—	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	4–1	2–0	1–1
Boluspor	3–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–4	—	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	1–0	0–1
BB Erzurumspor	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	4–3	0–2	—	1–1	4–1	4–1	2–1	5–1	2–1	5–4	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0
Çaykur Rizespor	1–0	1–1	0–3	1–4	3–0	1–0	2–0	—	3–2	1–1	4–1	5–1	4–2	1–0	3–0	4–1	1–1	4–0
Denizlispor	1–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	—	2–3	0–2	5–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	2–0
Elazığspor	2–1	2–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	—	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	8–1	2–2	3–0
Eskişehirspor	2–2	1–2	2–4	1–3	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	—	7–0	1–4	3–1	1–2	3–2	5–0	1–1
Gaziantepspor	0–3	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–3	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–4	—	0–4	4–5	1–1	1–4	2–1	0–3
Gazişehir Gaziantep	1–0	4–0	3–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	—	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–0
Giresunspor	0–2	3–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	3–2	0–2	0–0	3–1	2–0	4–1	—	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–1
İstanbulspor	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–2	4–1	1–0	2–2	2–3	2–1	1–2	2–2	4–0	1–0	0–1	—	1–0	1–1	2–1
Manisaspor	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–3	3–1	2–1	1–6	0–3	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–6	0–4	1–2	—	0–1	0–2
Samsunspor	0–1	0–0	1–4	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	0–4	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	—	3–3
Ümraniyespor	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	4–2	2–1	0–1	7–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–2	—

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
Erzurum BB	6–4	Ümraniyespor	4–3	2–1
Gazişehir Gaziantep	4–1	Boluspor	1–0	3–1

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Gazişehir Gaziantep	0–0 (4–5 p)	Erzurum BB

References

External links

(in Turkish and English) Turkish Football Federation PTT 1. League

[table_hth_ERZ0.19479678673427-1] Head-to-head points: Erzurum BB 8 pts, Gazişehir Gaziantep 7 pts, Altınordu 1 pt

[table_hth_BAL0.19479678673427-2] Balıkesirspor have been deducted 3 points.

[table_hth_ESK0.19479678673427-3] Adana Demirspor is ahead of Eskişehirspor on head-to-head points: Eskişehirspor 2-2 Adana Demirspor, Adana Demirspor 3-1 Eskişehirspor

[table_note_ESK0.19479678673427-4] Eskişehirspor have been deducted 3 points.

[table_hth_MAN0.19479678673427-5] Manisaspor have been deducted 9 points.

[table_hth_GAZ0.19479678673427-6] Gaziantepspor have been deducted 9 points.

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