2022–23 TFF First League

The 2022–23 TFF First League was the 22nd season since the league was established in 2001 and 60th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64.

TFF First League

Season	2022–23
Dates	5 August 2022 – 21 May 2023[1]
Champions	Samsunspor (7th title)
Promoted	Samsunspor Çaykur Rizespor Pendikspor
Relegated	Altınordu Denizlispor
Matches played	346
Goals scored	926 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marco Paixão (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Bodrumspor 5–0 Sakaryaspor (8 October 2022) Göztepe 5–0 Denizlispor (29 October 2022) Samsunspor 5–0 Denizlispor (3 December 2022) Samsunspor 5–0 Bandırmaspor (13 March 2023)
Biggest away win	Yeni Malatyaspor 0–4 Çaykur Rizespor (3 September 2022) Boluspor 1–5 Samsunspor (28 March 2023) Bandırmaspor 0–4 Bodrumspor (29 March 2023) Denizlispor 0–4 Ankara Keçiörengücü (15 April 2023)
Highest scoring	Çaykur Rizespor 5–3 Gençlerbirliği (23 April 2023)
Longest winning run	Samsunspor (7 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Samsunspor (20 matches)
Longest winless run	Gençlerbirliği (17 matches)
Longest losing run	Yeni Malatyaspor (15 matches)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Teams

• Ankaragücü, Ümraniyespor and İstanbulspor promoted to 2022–23 Süper Lig.^[2]
• Çaykur Rizespor, Altay, Göztepe and Yeni Malatyaspor relegated from 2021–22 Süper Lig.
• Bodrumspor, Pendikspor and Sakaryaspor promoted from 2021–22 TFF Second League.^[2]
• Kocaelispor, Bursaspor, Menemenspor and Balıkesirspor relegated to 2022–23 TFF Second League.
• Altınordu and Denizlispor relegated to 2023–24 TFF Second League.

Stadiums and locations

Adanaspor

Altay

Altınordu

Keçiörengücü

Bandırmaspor

Bodrumspor

Erzurumspor

Boluspor

Çaykur Rizespor

Denizlispor

Eyüpspor

Gençlerbirliği

Göztepe

Manisa

Pendikspor

Sakaryaspor

Samsunspor

Tuzlaspor

Yeni Malatyaspor

Bandırmaspor

Location of teams in 2022–23 TFF First League

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Adanaspor	Adana	New Adana Stadium	33,543
Altay	İzmir (Alsancak)	Alsancak Mustafa Denizli Stadium	14,000
Altınordu	İzmir (Alsancak)	Bornova Aziz Kocaoğlu Stadium	9,138
Ankara Keçiörengücü	Ankara (Keçiören)	Ankara Aktepe Stadium	4,883
Bandırmaspor	Bandırma	17 Eylül Stadium	12,725
Bodrumspor	Muğla (Bodrum)	Bodrum İlçe Stadium	4,563
Boluspor	Bolu	Bolu Atatürk Stadium	8,456
Çaykur Rizespor	Rize	Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı	15,332
Altaş Denizlispor	Denizli	Denizli Atatürk Stadium	18,745
Erzurumspor	Erzurum	Kazım Karabekir Stadium	21,374
Eyüpspor	Istanbul, (Eyüp)	Eyüp Stadium	2,500
Gençlerbirliği	Ankara (Yenimahalle)	Eryaman Stadium	20,560
Göztepe	İzmir (Göztepe)	Gürsel Aksel Stadium	25,035
Manisa	Manisa	Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium	16,066
Pendikspor	Istanbul, (Pendik)	Pendik Stadium	2,650
Sakaryaspor	Sakarya (Adapazarı)	New Sakarya Stadium	28,154
Samsunspor	Samsun	Samsun Stadium	33,919
Tuzlaspor	Istanbul, (Tuzla)	Tuzla Belediye Stadium	1,600
Yeni Malatyaspor	Malatya	New Malatya Stadium	27,044

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Adanaspor		Youssef Aït Bennasser	Joma
Altay	Tuna Üzümcü	İbrahim Öztürk	Nike	Bluedoor
Altınordu	Hasan Özer	Ahmet İlhan Özek	Capelli Sport	Petrol Ofisi
Ankara Keçiörengücü	Tacettin Bakacak	Aykut Demir	Nike	Ayhanlar Otogaz
Bey Çimento Bandırmaspor	Sami Uğurlu	Kerim Avcı	Umbro	Bey Çimeto
Bodrumspor	İsmet Taşdemir	Yekta Kurtuluş	Puma	Bitci
Boluspor		Tugay Kaçar	Adidas	Dyorex
Çaykur Rizespor	Bülent Korkmaz	Emirhan Topçu	Umbro	Çaykur
Altaş Denizlispor	Bülent Ertuğrul	Gökhan Süzen	nadd	Rams
Erzurumspor	Hakan Kutlu	Mustafa Yumlu	Nike
Eyüpspor	Arda Turan	Ryan Babel	Puma	Green Motion Car Rental
Gençlerbirliği	Sinan Kaloğlu	Abdullah Durak	Nike	Kutup
Göztepe	Ekrem Dağ	Yasin Öztekin	Umbro
Manisa	Yalçın Koşukavak	Nizamettin Çalışkan	Puma	ECA
Pendikspor	Osman Özköylü	Erdem Özgenç	Puma	Siltaş Yapı
Sakaryaspor	Taner Taşkın	Oğuz Kocabal	Diadora	Bitexen
Yılport Samsunspor	Hüseyin Eroğlu	Osman Çelik	Diadora	Yılport
Tuzlaspor	Emre Morgil	Rajko Rotman	Puma	Bitexen
Yeni Malatyaspor	Yılmaz Vural	Buğra Çağıran	Uhlsport

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Samsunspor (C, P)	36	23	9	4	70	26	+44	78	Promotion to the Süper Lig
2	Çaykur Rizespor (P)	36	18	14	4	64	35	+29	68
3	Pendikspor (O, P)	36	19	10	7	65	36	+29	67	Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoff Final
4	Bodrumspor	36	18	8	10	55	34	+21	62[a]	Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoff Quarter Finals
5	Sakaryaspor	36	20	2	14	59	47	+12	62[a]
6	Eyüpspor	36	18	8	10	40	30	+10	62[a]
7	Göztepe[b]	36	17	9	10	45	31	+14	60
8	Manisa	36	15	11	10	53	47	+6	56[c]
9	Ankara Keçiörengücü	36	16	8	12	59	47	+12	56[c]
10	Bandırmaspor	36	15	10	11	55	58	−3	55
11	Boluspor	36	14	10	12	44	46	−2	52
12	Altay[d]	36	11	10	15	45	48	−3	40
13	Erzurumspor[e]	36	11	9	16	43	48	−5	39
14	Tuzlaspor	36	11	5	20	42	52	−10	38[f]
15	Gençlerbirliği	36	10	8	18	46	55	−9	38[f]
16	Altınordu (R)	36	9	8	19	41	57	−16	35	Relegation to the TFF Second League
17	Adanaspor[g]	36	6	7	23	32	76	−44	25	Withdrew
18	Denizlispor[h] (R)	36	7	5	24	35	67	−32	23	Relegation to the TFF Second League
19	Yeni Malatyaspor[i]	36	4	7	25	22	81	−59	16	Withdrew

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
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Bodrumspor 5–0 Sakaryaspor, Sakaryaspor 2–1 Bodrumspor; Eyüpspor 2–1 Sakaryaspor, Sakaryaspor 2–0 Eyüpspor; Bodrumspor 3–0 Eyüpspor, Eyüpspor 1–0 Bodrumspor
2. Göztepe vs. Altay was suspended following an attack on a goalkeeper in the 22nd minute. On 9 December 2022, TFF stated that both sides would be considered defeated 3−0.^[3] Also, Altay have been deducted 3 points by the Club Licensing Board for failing to meet the licensing requirements.^[4]
3. Head-to-head points: Manisa 0–0 Ankara Keçiörengücü, Ankara Keçiörengücü 0–3 Manisa
4. Göztepe v. Altay was suspended following an attack on a goalkeeper in the 22nd minute. On 9 December 2022, TFF stated that both sides would be considered defeated 3−0.^[5]
5. Erzurumspor have been deducted 3 points by the Club Licensing Board for failing to meet the licensing requirements.^[6]
6. Head-to-head points: Gençlerbirliği 1–2 Tuzlaspor, Tuzlaspor 1–0 Gençlerbirliği
7. Adanaspor withdrew from the league following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake and were not relegated at the end of the season.^[7]
8. Denizlispor have been deducted 3 points by the Club Licensing Board for failing to meet the licensing requirements.^[8]
9. Yeni Malatyaspor have been deducted 3 points by the Club Licensing Board for failing to meet the licensing requirements.^[9] Yeni Malatyaspor withdrew from the league following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake and were not relegated at the end of the season.^[7]

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Samsunspor	2	2	6	10	11	7	9	5	8	8	6	4	2	4	6	2	5	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Çaykur Rizespor	10	11	14	9	10	13	10	6	7	7	8	7	7	5	2	3	3	5	7	7	6	6	4	7	6	5	4	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Pendikspor	13	6	3	5	7	8	4	3	5	3	5	8	4	2	3	4	2	3	6	6	5	5	5	4	3	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	4	3	3
Bodrumspor	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	4	3	2	4	2	5	7	8	6	6	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	5	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	7	7	5	4
Sakaryaspor	17	8	5	7	5	6	3	9	6	6	9	10	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	6	7	6	6	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	4	3	4	5
Eyüpspor	4	4	2	6	4	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	7	6
Göztepe	5	5	10	12	13	11	12	14	15	14	10	12	10	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	9	11	11	9	9	8	6	6	7	6	6	6	7
Manisa	16	18	13	8	8	9	6	10	11	10	7	6	8	8	7	8	9	8	9	10	10	11	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	10	10	8	10	9	8
Ankara Keçiörengücü	9	15	8	3	6	3	1	2	1	4	2	3	6	3	4	5	4	6	4	4	3	4	6	5	4	3	5	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	10	9	8	9
Bandırmaspor	14	7	4	2	2	5	8	8	10	9	11	9	9	11	9	9	8	7	5	8	7	7	8	9	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	8	10	10
Boluspor	3	9	9	4	3	4	7	7	4	5	3	5	3	6	5	7	7	9	8	5	8	9	9	8	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	11
Altay	19	19	19	18	15	15	16	17	16	16	15	14	12	10	11	11	11	12	12	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12
Erzurumspor	12	12	12	15	17	17	15	12	12	15	16	17	14	15	15	15	14	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	14	14	14	14	15	13	15	16	15	13
Tuzlaspor	11	17	18	14	9	10	11	11	9	11	12	13	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14
Gençlerbirliği	7	3	7	11	12	14	14	15	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	14	14	15
Altınordu	6	14	15	16	16	16	17	16	13	12	13	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	16	16	16	16	16	18	18	16	16⁣	16⁣	15	15	15	14	15	14	15	16	16
Adanaspor	8	10	11	13	14	12	13	13	14	13	14	11	13	12	12	12	13	14	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	15	15	16⁣	16⁣	17⁣	17⁣	17⁣	17⁣	17⁣	17⁣	17⁣
Denizlispor	15	13	16	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	18	18	19	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Yeni Malatyaspor	18	16	17	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	19	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣	19⁣

	Champion, Promotion to Süper Lig
	Promotion to Süper Lig
	Promotion to Süper Lig Play-off final
	Play-off quarter finals
	TFF Second League

Source: TFF

Results

Home \ Away	ADA	ALT	ATO	AKG	BAN	BOD	BOL	RİZ	DEN	EFK	EYÜ	GEN	GÖZ	MFK	PEN	SAK	SAM	TUZ	YMA
Adanaspor	—	1–1	2–1	0–3[a]	1–1	1–2	0–3[a]	2–0	2–3	0–3[a]	0–3[a]	2–1	2–2	0–3[a]	3–2	0–3[a]	0–3[a]	1–1	2–2
Altay	0–1	—	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	5–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–4	3–1	0–2	3–1	3–0[a]
Altınordu	3–0[a]	0–2	—	1–4	3–3	0–2	1–1	0–0	5–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–3
Ankara Keçiörengücü	1–0	1–1	4–0	—	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	2–2	2–3	0–3	0–3	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–0[a]
Bandırmaspor	3–0[a]	2–1	1–0	2–2	—	0–4	2–1	1–1	1–4	2–4	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	4–1	0–2
Bodrumspor	3–3	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	—	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	5–0	0–0	1–2	3–1
Boluspor	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–4	—	0–2	3–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–3	1–0	1–5	0–0	1–0
Çaykur Rizespor	3–0[a]	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	—	3–1	3–1	0–0	5–3	0–2	4–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–2	5–1
Denizlispor	3–0[a]	2–1	1–2	0–4	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	—	0–2	0–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	4–3	3–0
Erzurumspor	3–2	2–4	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	—	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	3–0[a]
Eyüpspor	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	—	0–2	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–4	2–0	3–2
Gençlerbirliği	3–0[a]	0–0	3–3	0–2	2–5	2–1	5–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–2	—	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–2	3–0[a]
Göztepe	3–0[a]	Susp.	1–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	3–3	5–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	—	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	3–0[a]
Manisa	3–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	3–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	—	1–5	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–2
Pendikspor	3–0[a]	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	—	3–1	0–2	3–2	3–0[a]
Sakaryaspor	3–2	1–2	2–1	2–0	4–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–2	—	0–1	2–0	3–1
Samsunspor	2–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	5–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	5–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	4–2	3–2	—	1–0	1–1
Tuzlaspor	0–1	4–2	0–1	1–3	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–3	1–2	—	0–0
Yeni Malatyaspor	1–1	0–0	0–3[a]	1–0	0–3[a]	1–3	0–3[a]	0–4	0–3[a]	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–3[a]	0–3	0–3[a]	0–3[a]	0–3[a]	—

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

1. Awarded

Promotion Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinal							Final
	4	Bodrumspor	3
													3	Pendikspor	2
	7	Göztepe	1
						4	Bodrumspor	0	2	2			4	Bodrumspor	1
						6	Eyüpspor	1	0	1
	5	Sakaryaspor	0
	6	Eyüpspor (a.e.t.)	1

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bodrumspor	3–1	Göztepe
Sakaryaspor	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Eyüpspor

Bodrumspor v Göztepe

26 May 2023 (2023-05-26)	Bodrumspor	3–1	Göztepe	Bodrum
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Şen 16' Köybaşı 45+1' (o.g.) Umar 90+9'	Report	Nukan 86'	Stadium: Bodrum İlçe Stadium Referee: Arda Kardeşler

Sakaryaspor v Eyüpspor

26 May 2023 (2023-05-26)	Sakaryaspor	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Eyüpspor	Adapazarı
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report	Öztürk 120+2'	Stadium: New Sakarya Atatürk Stadium Referee: Zorbay Küçük

Semifinal

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bodrumspor	2–1	Eyüpspor	0-1	2–0

Eyüpspor v Bodrumspor

31 May 2023 (2023-05-31) First leg	Eyüpspor	1–0	Bodrumspor	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Pektemek 34'	Report		Stadium: Eyüp Stadium Referee: Kadir Sağlam

Bodrumspor v Eyüpspor

4 June 2023 (2023-06-04) Second leg	Bodrumspor	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Eyüpspor	Bodrum
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Ergün 90+1' Özdamar 90+8'	Report		Stadium: Bodrum İlçe Stadium Referee: Ali Şansalan

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Pendikspor	2–1	Bodrumspor

Pendikspor v Bodrumspor

8 June 2023 (2023-06-08)	Pendikspor	2–1	Bodrumspor	Akhisar
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Regattin 29' (pen.) Thuram 31'	Report	Hatipoğlu 38' (o.g.)	Stadium: Spor Toto Akhisar Stadium Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played 21 May 2023^[10]

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Marco Paixão	Altay	21
2	Kabongo Kasongo	Sakaryaspor	19
3	Yannick Bolasie	Çaykur Rizespor	17
4	Douglas Tanque	Samsunspor	15
5	Kenan Özer	Bodrumspor	14
6	Eren Tozlu	Erzurumspor	13
7	Adrien Regattin	Pendikspor	12
8	Leandro Kappel	Pendikspor	11
	Gaëtan Laura	Samsunspor	11
	Ahmet İlhan Özek	Altınordu	11

References

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External links

• (in Turkish and English) Turkish Football Federation TFF 1. League