2021–22 TFF First League

TFF First League
Season	2021–22
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 TFF First League is 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 FK and Kocaelispor promoted from .^[2]
The bottom four teams will be relegated to the .^[3]

Stadiums and locations[]

Location of teams in TFF First Lig 2021-22

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	Balıkesir (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 FK	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		Nike
Balıkesirspor		Atilla Özmen	Umbro	bitexen
Royal Hastanesi Bandırmaspor		Erkan Taşkıran	Macron	BEYÇİMENTO
BB Erzurumspor	Erkan Sözeri	Mustafa Yumlu	Uhlsport	bitexen
Beypiliç Boluspor	Reha Erginer	Eray Ataseven	Diadora	KOINTRA
Bursaspor	Tamer Tuna	Emirhan Aydoğan	Nike	SET PROFİL
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		Onur Ergün	Jako	Uğur Okulları
Manisa FK		Nizamettin Çalışkan	Puma
Menemenspor			TRYON	FOLKART
MKE Ankaragücü	Mustafa Dalcı	Tiago Pinto	Diadora	VELUX ANKARA
Yılport Samsunspor	Fuat Çapa		Macron	Yılport
Tuzlaspor	Şenol Fidan	Ferhat Öztorun	Arem Sports	bitexen
Bereket Sigorta Ümraniyespor			Nike	Bereket Sigorta

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ümraniyespor	17	11	3	3	31	14	+17	36	Promotion to the
2	MKE Ankaragücü	17	10	3	4	27	13	+14	33	Promotion to the
3	BB Erzurumspor	17	10	3	4	29	20	+9	33	Qualification for the
4	Bandırmaspor	17	10	1	6	28	15	+13	31
5	Eyüpspor	17	9	4	4	28	21	+7	31
6	İstanbulspor	17	8	2	7	27	24	+3	26
7	Samsunspor	17	7	5	5	24	21	+3	26
8	Gençlerbirliği	17	8	2	7	22	22	0	26
9	Kocaelispor	17	7	3	7	19	20	−1	24
10	Tuzlaspor	17	6	5	6	17	16	+1	23
11	Adanaspor	17	6	5	6	18	19	−1	23
12	Manisa	18	6	4	8	20	24	−4	22
13	Boluspor	17	5	6	6	19	19	0	21
14	Menemenspor	17	5	5	7	21	31	−10	20
15	Ankara Keçiörengücü	17	5	4	8	23	28	−5	19
16	Altınordu	17	6	1	10	22	34	−12	19	Relegation to the
17	Bursaspor	17	5	3	9	22	28	−6	18
18	Denizlispor	17	4	4	9	14	23	−9	16
19	Balıkesirspor	17	2	1	14	13	32	−19	7

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2021. 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

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			1–5						0–0	1–0	2–0		6–2	1–0		1–1	0–0
Altınordu		—				2–1	2–1		2–1	1–2			3–2		1–0	2–1	0–2	1–3	0–2
Ankara Keçiörengücü	2–0	1–1	—		3–2	0–3		3–3			2–0	3–2	0–1						3–2
Balıkesirspor	1–2	3–4	2–1	—		1–0	0–2				0–2			0–0				0–1	1–2
Bandırmaspor		2–1		3–0	—					1–2	1–2	0–0	1–0		1–0	1–2	2–0
Boluspor	0–0				0–0	—			0–0	3–1		1–1	2–0		1–0	0–2
Bursaspor	1–1		2–0		0–1	3–1	—			0–2		2–4		1–1		0–4	4–1
BB Erzurumspor	3–1	6–2		2–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	—	3–1		2–0	3–1							0–2
Denizlispor	2–0		2–1	2–1	0–2		1–3		—				1–1			0–3	2–3		0–1
Eyüpspor	1–0		2–1	1–1				0–1	0–2	—				3–2		2–0	2–2	2–0
Gençlerbirliği		3–2				1–0	2–0		1–0	2–4	—	0–2		0–3	5–0			0–1
İstanbulspor		3–0		1–0					1–1	2–1		—		3–4	3–2	0–1	2–1	1–0
Kocaelispor				3–1			2–1	2–0		1–1	1–2	2–1	—		1–2		1–0	1–0	0–3
Manisa	0–3	1–0	1–1		1–3	2–2		0–1	1–0				2–1	—
Menemenspor			2–2	2–1			0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1				2–0	—		3–2		0–4
MKE Ankaragücü			2–1	2–0				2–1			2–0		0–0	2–1	2–2	—			3–0
Samsunspor	1–0		2–0	3–1		1–1		0–0			2–2			1–0		2–0	—	2–2	1–1
Tuzlaspor			1–0		0–3	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–0					0–1	1–1	1–1		—
Ümraniyespor					2–0	1–2	4–1			2–2	3–1	2–0		1–0				2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2021. Source: TFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers[]

As of matches played 26 December 2021^[4]

Top goalscorers
Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Umut Bulut	Eyüpspor	10
2	Dino Ndlovu	Kocaelispor	9
	İbrahim Yılmaz	İstanbulspor
	Emeka Friday Eze	Ankara Keçiörengücü
	Eren Derdiyok	MKE Ankaragücü
6	Kabongo Kasongo	Boluspor	8
	Ahmet Dereli	Altınordu
	Yasin Öztekin	Samsunspor
9		Menemenspor	7
9	Sandro Lima	Gençlerbirliği	7