2008–09 TFF First League

The 2008–09 TFF 1. Lig (also known as Bank Asya 1. Lig due to sponsoring reasons) was the second-level football league of Turkey and the 46th season since its establishment in 1963–64. At the end of the season in which 18 teams competed in a single group, Manisaspor and Diyarbakırspor, which finished the league in the first two places, and the play-off winner Kasımpaşa were promoted to the upper league, while Sakaryaspor, Güngören Belediyespor and Malatyaspor, which were in the last three places, were relegated.^[1][2]

1. Lig

Season	2008–09
Champions	Manisaspor
Promoted	Manisaspor, Diyarbakırspor, Kasımpaşa
Relegated	Sakaryaspor, Güngören, Malatyaspor
Matches played	306
Goals scored	752 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bruno Mezenga (21)[1]
Biggest home win	Ordu 5–0 Güngören
Biggest away win	Karabük 0–6 Kasımpaşa
Highest scoring	Karabük 6–3 Manisa
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Teams

Team summaries

Altay

Diyarbakırspor

Karşıyaka

Kartalspor

Güngören Bld.

Kayseri Erciyesspor

Gaziantep BB

Sakaryaspor

Malatyaspor

Kasımpaşa

Çaykur Rizespor

Giresunspor

Karabükspor

Orduspor

Samsunspor

Adanaspor

Boluspor

Vestel Manisaspor

Location of teams in TFF First Lig 2008–09

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Former players
Adanaspor	Marc Mbamba	Mbilla Etame	–
Altay	Emanuel Molina	Tiago Bezerra	–
Boluspor	–	–	–
Çaykur Rizespor	Elionar Bombinha	Igor Gal	–
Diyarbakırspor	–	–	–
Gaziantep B.B.	Tiago Azulão	–	Fumaça
Giresunspor	Edin Ademović	Anton Zemlyanukhin	Ibrahima Cissé
Güngören Belediyespor	–	–	–
Kardemir Karabükspor	–	–	–
Kartalspor	Christian Kotchoni	–	Abdoulaye Diakate
Karşıyaka	–	–	Seni Camara
Kasımpaşa	André Moritz	Jens Askou	Joseph Mawaye
Kayseri Erciyesspor	Severin Bikoko	Ali Aliyev	–
Malatyaspor	–	–	–
Manisaspor	Stéphane Borbiconi	Oumar Kalabane	–
Orduspor	Bruno Mezenga	Jerry Akaminko	–
Sakaryaspor	Neco Martínez	Abdoulaye Diakate	–
Samsunspor	–	–	–

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manisaspor (C, P)	34	17	13	4	64	37	+27	64	Promotion to Süper Lig
2	Diyarbakırspor (P)	34	18	8	8	39	27	+12	62
3	Boluspor	34	16	8	10	49	35	+14	56	Qualification for promotion playoffs
4	Kasımpaşa (O, P)	34	15	10	9	45	27	+18	55[a]
5	Altay	34	13	16	5	50	39	+11	55[a]
6	Karşıyaka	34	13	12	9	35	29	+6	51
7	Kardemir Karabükspor	34	12	13	9	51	48	+3	49
8	Adanaspor	34	13	9	12	38	38	0	48
9	Çaykur Rizespor	34	13	8	13	39	44	−5	47
10	Orduspor	34	13	6	15	48	44	+4	45
11	Kayseri Erciyesspor	34	10	11	13	45	43	+2	41[b]
12	Kartalspor	34	10	11	13	33	37	−4	41[b]
13	Gaziantep B.B.	34	10	10	14	35	40	−5	40[c]
14	Giresunspor	34	12	4	18	35	48	−13	40[c]
15	Samsunspor	34	11	6	17	35	47	−12	39[d]
16	Sakaryaspor (R)	34	11	6	17	44	50	−6	39[d]	Relegation to TFF Second League
17	Güngören Belediyespor (R)	34	10	6	18	35	56	−21	36
18	Malatyaspor (R)	34	8	5	21	32	63	−31	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: Kasımpaşa 2–0 Altay, Altay 1–0 Kasımpaşa (Kasımpaşa ahead)
2. Head-to-head record: Kayseri Erciyesspor 1–1 Kartalspor, Kartalspor 1–1 Kayseri Erciyesspor (Equal, overall goal difference)
3. Head-to-head record: Gaziantep B.B. 0–1 Giresunspor, Giresunspor 0–2 Gaziantep B.B. (Gaziantep B.B. ahead)
4. Head-to-head record: Samsunspor 3–1 Sakaryaspor, Sakaryaspor 1–0 Samsunspor (Samsunspor ahead)

Results

Home \ Away	ADA	ALT	BOL	ÇYR	DYB	GBB	GRS	GÜN	KRB	KRT	KSK	KAS	KER	MAL	MAN	ORD	SAK	SAM
Adanaspor		1–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–3	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0
Altay	1–0		1–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	3–0	1–0	1–3	4–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–2
Boluspor	2–0	0–0		2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	0–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	4–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	3–1
Çaykur Rizespor	0–0	1–1	1–4		0–1	2–2	4–2	3–2	2–2	0–3	2–1	0–0	4–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–0
Diyarbakırspor	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–2		2–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1
Gaziantep B.B.	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2		0–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–4	2–0	2–0
Giresunspor	0–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–2		1–0	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–6	2–3	0–3	1–0
Güngören Belediyespor	0–1	1–1	2–4	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0		0–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	3–1	0–0
Kardemir Karabükspor	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–2		3–0	0–0	0–6	2–2	3–0	6–3	2–2	3–1	1–1
Kartalspor	3–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	1–3		1–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1
Karşıyaka	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–0		1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0
Kasımpaşa	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	4–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1		1–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–1	2–1
Kayseri Erciyesspor	1–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–2		5–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	0–0
Malatyaspor	1–2	2–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–3		0–4	4–2	1–3	4–3
Manisaspor	3–2	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	5–1	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	4–1		3–1	2–2	3–0
Orduspor	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	4–0	5–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	4–2	1–2		1–1	2–1
Sakaryaspor	0–0	3–4	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–4	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–1		1–0
Samsunspor	1–1	0–4	1–4	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–4	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–1

Source: ^[3][4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

The Promotion play-offs will be played in Yenikent Asaş Stadium in Ankara. The Semi-final matches will take place on 15 May. The League's third-placed team will play the sixth-placed team and the fourth-placed team will play the fifth-placed team. The winners of these matches will play on 17 May in the final match. The winner of this match will play in Süper Lig in the 2009–2010 season.

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 May 2009, 16:00
	Karşıyaka	0 (2)
					17 May 2009, 20:30
	Boluspor	2 (3)
					Karşıyaka	1
	15 May 2009, 20:30
					Kasımpaşa	2
	Kasımpaşa	1 (5)
	Altay	1 (3)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bruno Mezenga	Orduspor	21
2	Özgür Can Özcan	Sakaryaspor	17
3	Emrah Bozkurt	Diyarbakırspor	16
4	Edim Demir	Boluspor	14
	Sezer Öztürk	Vestel Manisaspor	14
6	Aydın Çetin	Giresunspor	13
7	Burak Çalık	Altay	12
	Erhan Küçük	Kasımpaşa	12
	Rafael Mariano	Vestel Manisaspor	12
10	Burhan Coşkun	Samsunspor	11
	Nascimento Ribeiro	Çaykur Rizespor	11