2020–21 Turkish Women's Football League

The 2020–21 Turkcell Women's Football League is the 25th season of Turkey's premier women's footballleague. The league, formerly called the Turkish Women's First Football League (Turkish: Kadınlar 1. Futbol LigiĬ), was renamed to Turkscell Women's Football League after a sponsorship agreement was signed on 8 March 2021, the International Women's Day, between the Turkish Football Federation and the mobile phone operator Turkcell.^[1] The 2020–21 season was dedicated to healthcare Workers and was officially named(Turkish: Sağlık Çalışanları Sezonu).^[2]

Turkcell Women's Football League

Season	2020–21
Dates	17 April 2021 – 5 May 2021
Champions	Beşiktaş J.K.
Promoted	1207 Antalya Spor Dudullu Spor İlkadım Belediyesi Kayseri Gençler Birliği
Champions League	Beşiktaş J.K.
Matches played	32
Goals scored	116 (3.63 per match)
Best Player	Cansu Nur Kaya
Top goalscorer	Zelal Baturay
Best goalkeeper	Fatma Şahin
Highest scoring	8-1
← 2019–20 2022-23 → All statistics correct as of 5 May 2021.

Due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey, the regular season, which is used to start in the Fall and to conclude in the next year's Spring, was postponed to Spring with changed competition format. The 2020–21 season starts on 17 April and ends on 5 May. The number of participating teams increased to 16, including all the 12 teams from the 2019-20 First League season and additional 4 top teams promoted from the 2019-20 Second League season.^[3] The 16 teams are divided in four groups of four teams. Each of the four promoted Second-League teams are assigned to one group. Each team in a group plays three matches in total. The first two top teams of each group are qualified for quarterfinals in a single-elimination tournament. The team winning the final match will represent Turkey at the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League .^[3]

Teams

Team changes

Relegated from 2019–20 First League	Promoted from 2019–20 Second League
None	1207 Antalya Spor Dudullu Spor İlkadım Belediyesi Kayseri Gençler Birliği

1207 Antalya Spor Adana İdmanyurduspor ALG Spor Amed Sportif Faaliyetler ATA BJK DUD FAT Fomget Gençlik ve Spor Hakkarigücü Spor İlkadım Belediyesi Kdz. Ereğlispor Kayseri Gençler Birliği KİR Kocaeli Bayan FK Konak Belediyespor Location of teams in the 2020–21 season of Turkcell Women's Football League

Season 2019–20

Team	Hometown	Ground	Capacity	2019–20 finish
1207 Antalya Spor	Antalya	Zeytinköy Stadium's Field #2.		3rd (Second League)
Adana İdmanyurduspor	Adana	Gençlik Stadium	2,000	11th
ALG Spor	Gaziantep	Batur Stadium		1st
Amed Sportif Faaliyetler	Diyarbakır	Talaytepe Sports Facility		10th
Ataşehir Belediyespor	Istanbul	Yeni Sahra Stadium	700	4th
Beşiktaş J.K.	Istanbul	İsmet İnönü Stadium	800	2nd
Dudullu Spor	Istanbul	Dudullu Stadium		2nd (Second League)
Fatih Vatan Spor	Istanbul	Fatih Mimar Sinan Stadium	800	5th
Fomget Gençlik ve Spor	Ankara	Batıkent Stadium		12th
Hakkarigücü Spor	Hakkari	Merzan City Football Field		6th
İlkadım Belediyesi	Samsun	İlkadım Derebahçe Stadıum		1st (Second League)
Kdz. Ereğlispor	Karadeniz Ereğli	Beyçayir Football Field		7th
Kayseri Gençler Birliği	Kayseri	Argıncık Stadium, Field No. 2		6th (Second League)
Kireçburnu Spor	Istanbul	Çayırbaşı Stadium	5,000	8th
Kocaeli Bayan FK	İzmit	Mehmet Ali Kağıtçı Stadium		9th
Konak Belediyespor	İzmir	Atatürk Stadyum 1 no'lu Yan Saha		3rd

Qualifying stage

All matches of the four groups are played at the Emirhan Sport Complex in Manavgat district of Antalya Province between 17 and 24 April 2021.^[4]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BJK	FAT	ILK	AMD
1	Beşiktaş	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15	9	Quarterfinals		—	1–0	8–1	7–0
2	Fatih Vatan	3	2	0	1	11	1	+10	6				—	3–0	8–0
3	İlkadım	3	1	0	2	4	13	−9	3					—
4	Amed	3	0	0	3	2	18	−16	0					2–3	—

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ADA	ATA	ANT	HAK
1	Adana	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Quarterfinals		—		1–0
2	Ataşehir	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5	5			1–1	—	1–1	5–0
3	1207 Antalya	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2					—
4	Hakkari	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1			1–2		1–1	—

Source:

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ALG	FOM	KIR	DUD
1	ALG	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9	Quarterfinals		—	1–0	7–0	7–0
2	Fomget	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6				—		3–0
3	Kireçburnu	3	1	0	2	6	15	−9	3				3–6	—	3–2
4	Dudullu	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11	0						—

Source:

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		IKON	KAY	KDZ	KOC
1	Konak	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Quarterfinals		—	0–0	1–0	2–0
2	Kayseri	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5				—
3	Kdz. Ereğli	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3				0–1	—	2–1
4	Kocaeli	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1				2–2		—

Source:

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

A1

Beşiktaş

3

B2

Ataşehir

1

Beşiktaş (pen.)

0 (2)

ALG

0 (1)

C1

ALG

2

D2

Kayseri

0

Beşiktaş

2

Fatih Vatan

0

B1

Adana

1

C2

Fomget

2

Fomget

0

Third place

Fatih Vatan

1

D1

Konak

1 (3)

ALG

3

A2

Fatih Vatan

1 (4)

Fomget

0

Honours

The Turkish Football Federation awarded following sportspeople for the league season following the final match.^[5]

• Top goalscorer: Zelal Baturay of Fatih Vatan Spor (7 goals),
• Best goalkeeper: Fatma Şahin of Beşiktaş J.K.,
• Most valuable player: Cansu Nur Kaya of Fatih Vatan Spor,
• Best manager: Efe Mehmet Aydın of Fatih Vatan Spor.

Additionally, the referees of the final matches, Melis Özçiğdem, Deybet Gök, Betül Nur Yılmaz, Cansu Tiryaki and Özlem Yapaklar as well as the organizers Dr. Esin Nur Taşdemir and Dr. İsmail Başöz were honored with a plaque.^[5]

Top goalscorers

As of 5 May 2021^[update].

Rank	Player	Team	GS	Pld	AG
1	Zelal Baturay	Fatih Vatan Spor	7	6	1.17
2	Bassira Touré	ALG Spor	6	5	1.20
3	Elanur Laçin	Kireçburnu Spor	4	3	1.33
	Ebru Topçu	ALG Spor	4	6	0.67

Hat-tricks and more

Player	Scored	For	Against	Result	Date
Elanur Laçin	3	Kireçburnu Spor	Dudullu Spor	3-2	21 April 2021
Bassira Touré	4	ALG Spor	Kireçburnu Spor	7-0	24 April 2021

References

1. "TFF ve Turkcell, 8 Mart Kadınlar Günü'nde yeni bir iş birliğine imza attı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
2. "Turkcell Kadın Futbol Ligi 17 Nisan'da başlayacak" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
3. "Turkcell Kadın Futbol Ligi kura çekimi 8 Nisan'da yapılacak" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
4. "Turkcell Kadın Futbol Ligi Fikstürü" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
5. "Turkcell Kadın Futbol Ligi'nde şampiyon Beşiktaş JK Vodafone Kadın Futbol Takımı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.