2016–17 TFF First League

TFF First League
Season	2016–17
Champions	Sivasspor
Promoted	Sivasspor ; Yeni Malatyaspor ; Göztepe (Play-off winner)
Relegated	Şanlıurfaspor ; Bandırmaspor ; Mersin İdman Yurdu
Matches played	306
Goals scored	817 (2.67 per match)
Longest winning run	Giresunspor ; (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Ümraniyespor ; (10 matches)
Longest winless run	Manisaspor ; Samsunspor ; (6 matches)
Longest losing run	Mersin İdman Yurdu ; (11 matches)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 TFF First League, also known as PTT First League due to sponsoring reasons, was the 16th season since the league was established in 2001 and the 54th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64.

Teams

Sivasspor, Eskişehirspor and Mersin İdmanyurdu relegated from 2015–16 Süper Lig.
Adanaspor, Kardemir Karabükspor and Alanyaspor were promoted to 2016–17 Süper Lig.
Ümraniyespor, Manisaspor and Bandırmaspor promoted from 2015–16 TFF Second League.
1461 Trabzon, Kayseri Erciyesspor and Karşıyaka relegated to 2016–17 TFF Second League.

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in TFF First Lig 2016–17

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Adana Demirspor	Adana	Adana 5 Ocak Stadium	14,805
Altınordu	İzmir	Buca Stadium	2,500
Balıkesirspor	Balıkesir	Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium	15,800
Bandırmaspor	Bandırma	17 Eylül Stadium	5,400
Boluspor	Bolu	Bolu Atatürk Stadium	8,881
Denizlispor	Denizli	Denizli Atatürk Stadium	15,420
Elazığspor	Elazığ	Elazığ Atatürk Stadium	13,923
Eskişehirspor	Eskişehir	Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium	13,520
Gaziantep BB	Gaziantep	Kamil Ocak Stadium	16,981
Giresunspor	Giresun	Giresun Atatürk Stadium	12,191
Göztepe	İzmir	İzmir Atatürk Stadium	51,295
Manisaspor	Manisa	Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium	18,881
Mersin İdmanyurdu	Mersin	Mersin Arena	25,534
Samsunspor	Samsun	Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium	16,480
Şanlıurfaspor	Şanlıurfa	Şanlıurfa GAP Stadium	28,965
Sivasspor	Sivas	Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium	14,998
Ümraniyespor	Istanbul	Ümraniye Town Stadium	500
Yeni Malatyaspor	Malatya	Malatya İnönü Stadium	13,000

Foreign Players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Fomrer Players
Adana Demirspor	Khaled Kharroubi	Mickaël Poté	Tiago Bezerra	Waldison	Petar Grbić	Leroy George	Nikola Raspopović	Seidu Salifu
Altınordu
Balıkesirspor	Christian Bekamenga	Foxi Kéthévoama	Andrija Vuković	Tomislav Glumac				Josip Tadić Daudet N'Dongala Género Zeefuik
Bandırmaspor	Brinner	Marino	Lukáš Droppa	Mamadou Fofana				Alex Amado Daniel Costa Junior Mapuku
Boluspor	Renato Arapi	André Santos	Anco Jansen	Mitchell te Vrede	Rydell Poepon	Chukwuma Akabueze	Mamadou Diarra
Denizlispor	André Moritz	Leandro Kappel	Alfred Sankoh					Slavko Perović
Elazığspor	Aldin Čajić	Tom	Gilles Binya	Hamidou Traoré	Lanre Kehinde	Lamine Diarra		Lamjed Chehoudi
Eskişehirspor	Ruud Boffin	Bruno Mezenga	Axel Méyé	Jerry Akaminko	Chikeluba Ofoedu	Felix Melki
Gaziantep BB	Nelson Bonilla	Ismaël Keïta	Ekigho Ehiosun	Uche Kalu	Adam Stachowiak	Ibrahima Wadji	Serge Akakpo	Damir Zlomislić Nemanja Kojić Nenad Marinković
Giresunspor	Dodô	Jones Carioca	Igors Tarasovs	David Abwo	Isaac Promise	Nemanja Tomić	Panajotis Dimitriadis	Onyekachi Okafor
Göztepe	Benjamin Fuchs	Léo Schwechlen	Aleksandre Kobakhidze	Jean-Jacques Gosso	Adis Jahović	Prince Segbefia		Famoussa Koné Leroy George
Manisaspor	Billal Sebaihi	Daniel Dimov	Dieudonné Gbakle	Constantin Bakaki	Nikola Mikić	Slavko Perović		Mamadou Sangare Moustapha Kondé Harry Novillo Michael Eneramo
Mersin İdmanyurdu	Ricardo Pedriel	Nikolay Mihaylov	Milan Mitrović
Samsunspor	Tom Muyters	Eldin Adilović	Distel Zola	Famoussa Koné	Jeroen Lumu	Kevin Brands	Ousmane N'Diaye
Şanlıurfaspor	Vjekoslav Tomić	Amin Askar	Daudet N'Dongala	Emmanuel Banahene	Bakary Soro	Iyayi Atiemwen	Andrei Marc	Carlos Fortes
Sivasspor	Leandrinho	John Boye	Theofanis Gekas	Dejan Kelhar				Jerónimo Barrales Joan Oumari
Ümraniyespor	Steve Beleck	Mahatma Otoo	Seidu Salifu					Lucky Nguzana
Yeni Malatyaspor	Michaël Pereira	Austin Amutu	Azubuike Okechukwu	Sunday Mba	Boubacar Dialiba	Jonathan Ayité

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sivasspor (C, P)	34	17	11	6	51	27	+24	62	Promotion to the Süper Lig
2	Yeni Malatyaspor (P)	34	18	7	9	47	40	+7	61	Promotion to the Süper Lig
3	Eskişehirspor^[a]	34	16	11	7	62	44	+18	56	Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs
4	Boluspor	34	16	6	12	56	53	+3	54
5	Göztepe (O, P)	34	15	8	11	55	51	+4	53^[b]
6	Giresunspor	34	15	8	11	40	34	+6	53^[b]
7	Altınordu	34	14	11	9	45	37	+8	53^[b]
8	Ümraniyespor	34	12	12	10	42	38	+4	48
9	Balıkesirspor	34	10	12	12	56	48	+8	42
10	Elazığspor^[c]	34	12	11	11	43	35	+8	41
11	Denizlispor^[d]	34	11	10	13	46	45	+1	40
12	Manisaspor^[e]	34	11	9	14	47	53	−6	39
13	Gaziantep B.B.	34	9	10	15	37	46	−9	37
14	Adana Demirspor^[f]	34	8	15	11	47	51	−4	36^[g]
15	Samsunspor	34	9	9	16	27	46	−19	36^[g]
16	Şanlıurfaspor (R)	34	9	9	16	38	46	−8	36^[g]	Relegation to the TFF Second League
17	Bandırmaspor (R)	34	9	8	17	43	52	−9	35
18	Mersin İdmanyurdu^[h] (R)	34	6	11	17	35	71	−36	26

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:

^ Eskişehirspor were deducted 3 points.
^ ^a ^b ^c Göztepe is ahead of Giresunspor and Altınordu on head-to-head points: Göztepe 10 pts, Giresunspor 5 pts, Altınordu 1 pt
^ Elazığspor were deducted 6 points.
^ Denizlispor were deducted 3 points.
^ Manisaspor were deducted 3 points.
^ Adana Demirspor were deducted 3 points.
^ ^a ^b ^c Adana Demirspor is ahead of Samsunspor and Şanlıurfaspor on head-to-head points: Adana Demirspor 8 pts, Samsunspor 7 pts, Şanlıurfaspor 1 pt
^ Mersin İdmanyurdu were deducted 3 points.

Results

Home \ Away	ADS	ATO	BAL	BAN	BOL	DEN	ELA	ESK	GBB	GRS	GÖZ	MAN	MİY	SAM	SİV	ŞAN	ÜMR	YMS
Adana Demirspor	—	2–2	1–2	1–4	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	4–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–3	1–2
Altınordu	2–1	—	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0
Balıkesirspor	4–2	1–1	—	5–0	1–2	1–2	4–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	3–3	5–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2
Bandırmaspor	2–2	2–3	0–0	—	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	4–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	0–2	5–0
Boluspor	2–1	3–2	2–3	4–1	—	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	4–1	1–0	4–0	0–2	2–1	4–1	0–2	1–0	1–5
Denizlispor	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	3–2	—	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–1	2–3	2–4	0–2	1–1
Elazığspor	4–2	0–0	5–1	2–0	0–2	0–3	—	0–0	0–0	2–0	5–2	2–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2
Eskişehirspor	2–4	3–0	3–2	4–1	1–1	0–3	3–1	—	2–2	1–0	4–0	1–5	6–0	6–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–0
Gaziantep B.B.	1–1	1–4	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	0–1	—	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–2
Giresunspor	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	—	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–1
Göztepe	3–2	3–2	1–1	3–3	1–0	2–4	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–1	—	1–0	2–0	4–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–0
Manisaspor	1–2	0–2	1–1	6–2	2–2	3–2	1–0	3–3	2–0	1–2	0–3	—	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	5–2	0–2
Mersin İdman Yurdu	2–2	1–1	1–4	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	0–4	0–3	0–2	5–6	0–0	—	3–0	1–0	3–2	0–2	1–3
Samsunspor	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	—	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–0
Sivasspor	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	6–0	2–1	—	2–0	0–0	4–0
Şanlıurfaspor	1–2	3–0	2–3	1–0	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	—	1–0	1–2
Ümraniyespor	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	4–1	1–0	—	1–0
Yeni Malatyaspor	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	—

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
Giresunspor	3–4	Eskişehirspor	3–3	0–1
Göztepe	4–0	Boluspor	2–0	2–0

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Eskişehirspor	1–1 (3-4 p)	Göztepe

References

External links

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

[table_note_ESK0.53196408484688-1] Eskişehirspor were deducted 3 points.

[table_hth_GÖZ0.53196408484688-2] Göztepe is ahead of Giresunspor and Altınordu on head-to-head points: Göztepe 10 pts, Giresunspor 5 pts, Altınordu 1 pt

[table_note_ELA0.53196408484688-3] Elazığspor were deducted 6 points.

[table_note_DEN0.53196408484688-4] Denizlispor were deducted 3 points.

[table_note_MAN0.53196408484688-5] Manisaspor were deducted 3 points.

[table_note_ADS0.53196408484688-6] Adana Demirspor were deducted 3 points.

[table_hth_ADS0.53196408484688-7] Adana Demirspor is ahead of Samsunspor and Şanlıurfaspor on head-to-head points: Adana Demirspor 8 pts, Samsunspor 7 pts, Şanlıurfaspor 1 pt

[table_note_MİY0.53196408484688-8] Mersin İdmanyurdu were deducted 3 points.

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