2006–07 TFF First League

The 2006–07 TFF Lig A (known as Türk Telekom Lig A for sponsoring reasons) was the second-level football league of Turkey and the 44th season since its establishment in 1963–64. At the end of the season in which 18 teams competed in a single group, Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ and İstanbul B.B., which finished the league in the first two places, and the play-off winner Kasımpaşa were promoted to the upper league, while Türk Telekom, Akçaabat Sebatspor and Uşakspor, which were in the last three places, were relegated.^[1][2]

Lig A

Season	2006–07
Champions	Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ
Promoted	Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ, İstanbul B.B., Kasımpaşa
Relegated	Türk Telekom, Akçaabat Sebatspor, Uşakspor
Matches played	307
Goals scored	785 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Taner Demirbaş (27)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ (C, P)	34	19	9	6	48	29	+19	66	Promotion to Süper Lig
2	İstanbul B.B. (P)	34	19	8	7	56	27	+29	65
3	Malatyaspor	34	18	7	9	66	41	+25	61	Qualification for promotion playoffs
4	Diyarbakırspor	34	14	10	10	39	32	+7	52[a]
5	Kasımpaşa (O, P)	34	14	10	10	53	41	+12	52[a]
6	Altay	34	14	9	11	51	51	0	51
7	Elazığspor	34	14	8	12	52	49	+3	50
8	Orduspor	34	14	7	13	50	43	+7	49
9	İstanbulspor	34	10	13	11	39	46	−7	43[b]
10	Samsunspor	34	11	10	13	31	38	−7	43[b]
11	Kocaelispor	34	9	15	10	42	45	−3	42[c]
12	Gaziantep B.B.	34	10	12	12	47	48	−1	42[c]
13	Eskişehirspor	34	10	10	14	33	39	−6	40[d]
14	Karşıyaka	34	10	10	14	35	39	−4	40[d]
15	Mardinspor	34	9	11	14	27	44	−17	38
16	Türk Telekom (R)	34	8	11	15	43	54	−11	35	Relegation to TFF Second League
17	Akçaabat Sebatspor (R)	34	8	8	18	40	65	−25	32
18	Uşakspor (R)	34	7	8	19	33	54	−21	29

Source: TFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Diyarbakırspor 2–2 Kasımpaşa, Kasımpaşa 0–1 Diyarbakırspor (Diyarbakırspor ahead)
2. Head-to-head record: İstanbulspor 0–0 Samsunspor, Samsunspor 0–0 İstanbulspor (Equal, overall goal difference)
3. Head-to-head record: Kocaelispor 1–0 Gaziantep B.B., Gaziantep B.B. 1–1 Kocaelispor (Kocaelispor ahead)
4. Head-to-head record: Eskişehirspor 0–0 Karşıyaka, Karşıyaka 1–2 Eskişehirspor (Eskişehirspor ahead)

Results

Home \ Away	AKÇ	ALT	DYB	ELA	ESK	GBB	GOF	İBB	İST	KSK	KAS	KOC	MAL	MAR	ORD	SAM	TTE	UŞA
Akçaabat Sebatspor		1–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	3–1	3–1	0–0	3–1	3–5	0–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–1
Altay	2–0		0–1	0–2	3–2	3–3	4–2	3–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–1
Diyarbakırspor	1–1	1–0		2–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	3–1
Elazığspor	3–2	2–2	1–1		2–1	2–2	4–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	3–2	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	3–0
Eskişehirspor	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0		1–2	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–3	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Gaziantep B.B.	1–2	4–0	2–3	2–0	3–2		0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–4	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	4–2
Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ	5–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0		0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0
İstanbul B.B.	3–0	1–3	3–0	4–2	1–0	3–2	1–2		0–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	5–1
İstanbulspor	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–2		2–1	4–4	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–0
Karşıyaka	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–0		3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	3–1
Kasımpaşa	6–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	4–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0		3–2	1–3	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–1
Kocaelispor	3–1	1–1	3–3	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2		3–2	1–0	1–1	3–4	2–0	1–1
Malatyaspor	4–3	4–0	3–1	6–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–0		4–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	3–1
Mardinspor	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–0		1–1	0–0	0–1	0–4
Orduspor	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	4–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	3–2	3–0	2–4	1–1	1–0	1–1		2–1	5–0	4–0
Samsunspor	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–0		3–2	0–0
Türk Telekom	2–0	2–3	2–2	3–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–3	1–3	2–2	0–1	2–3	3–0	1–0	5–1		0–3
Uşakspor	2–0	3–4	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	4–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–4	0–1

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

Promotion play-offs

Promotion play-offs were organized in 19 Mayıs Stadium in Ankara between May 27 and May 30

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 May 2007
	Altay	1
					30 May 2007, 20:00
	Malatyaspor	0
					Altay	3 (6)
	28 May 2007
					Kasımpaşa	3 (7)
	Diyarbakırspor	1
	Kasımpaşa	2

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Taner Demirbaş	Malatyaspor	27
2	Sadi Çolak	Orduspor	21
3	Mohamed Ali Kurtuluş	Diyarbakırspor	19
4	Serdar Özbayraktar	Gaziantep BB	18
5	Erhan Küçük	Kasımpaşa	17
6	Erman Kılıç	Elazığspor	14
	Ferdi Başoda	Elazığspor	14
7	Alp Küçükvardar	Türk Telekom	11
	Ferit Alper Salgın	Kasımpaşa	11
	Zdeněk Šenkeřík	Malatyaspor	11