TFF First League
Season2018–19
ChampionsDenizlispor
PromotedDenizlispor
Gençlerbirliği
Gazişehir Gaziantep
RelegatedAfjet Afyonspor
Elazığspor
Kardemir Karabükspor
Matches played306
Goals scored804 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerMarco Paixão (29 goals)
Biggest home winG. Birliği 6–0 Karabük
(1 December 2018)
Altınordu 6–0 Karabük
(2 February 2019)
Balıkesir 7–1 Karabük
(22 April 2019)
Denizli 6–0 Karabük
(12 May 2019)
Biggest away winİstanbul 0–5 Altay
(25 August 2018)
Karabük 1–6 Gazişehir
(18 May 2019)
Highest scoringBalıkesir 7–1 Karabük
(22 April 2019)
Longest winning runOsmanlıspor
(10 matches)
Longest unbeaten runAltınordu
Denizlispor
(14 matches)
Longest winless runKardemir Karabükspor
(13 matches)
Longest losing runKardemir Karabükspor
(34 matches)

The 2018–19 TFF First League is the 18th season since the league was established in 2001 and 56th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Adana Demirspor Adana (Yüreğir) Adana 5 Ocak Stadium 14,805
Adanaspor Adana (Çukurova) Adana 5 Ocak Stadium 14,805
Afjet Afyonspor Afyonkarahisar Afyonkarahisar Stadi 15,450
Altay İzmir (Gaziemir) İzmir Atatürk Stadium 51,295
Altınordu İzmir (Karabağlar) Doğanlar Stadium 12,500
Balıkesirspor Balıkesir Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium 15,800
Boluspor Bolu Bolu Atatürk Stadium 9,000
Denizlispor Denizli Denizli Atatürk Stadium 15,500
Elazığspor Elazığ Elazığ Atatürk Stadium 13,923
Eskişehirspor Eskişehir New Eskişehir Stadium 34,930
Gazişehir Gaziantep Gaziantep Kalyon Stadium 35,558
Gençlerbirliği Ankara (Yenimahalle) Eryaman Stadium 20,000
Giresunspor Giresun Giresun Atatürk Stadium 12,191
Hatayspor Hatay Antakya Atatürk Stadium 6,015
İstanbulspor Istanbul (Büyükçekmece) Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium 4,491
Kardemir Karabükspor Karabük Necmettin Şeyhoğlu Stadium 15,000
Osmanlıspor Ankara (Sincan) Osmanlı Stadium 20,000
Ümraniyespor Istanbul (Ümraniye) Ümraniye Belediyesi Şehir Stadium 1,601

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Denizlispor (C, P) 34 21 9 4 67 32 +35 72 Promotion to the Süper Lig
2 Gençlerbirliği (P) 34 22 4 8 50 28 +22 70
3 Hatayspor 34 19 10 5 57 22 +35 67 Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoffs
4 Osmanlıspor 34 19 5 10 49 26 +23 62
5 Gazişehir Gaziantep (P) 34 17 8 9 60 31 +29 59
6 Adana Demirspor 34 17 7 10 50 36 +14 58
7 Altınordu 34 16 9 9 50 33 +17 57
8 Ümraniyespor 34 14 11 9 44 37 +7 53
9 Boluspor 34 14 7 13 41 41 0 49
10 Altay 34 12 11 11 52 40 +12 47
11 İstanbulspor 34 10 13 11 45 46 −1 43
12 Adanaspor 34 9 10 15 41 49 −8 37
13 Giresunspor 34 8 12 14 32 41 −9 36
14 Eskişehirspor 34 9 8 17 44 66 −22 35
15 Balıkesirspor[lower-alpha 1] 34 11 7 16 36 45 −9 34
16 Afjet Afyonspor (R) 34 7 9 18 38 55 −17 30 Relegation to the TFF Second League
17 Elazığspor (R) 34 6 7 21 38 64 −26 25
18 Kardemir Karabükspor[lower-alpha 2] (R) 34 0 3 31 10 112 −102 0
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Balıkesirspor have been deducted 6 points.
  2. ↑ Kardemir Karabükspor have been deducted 3 points.

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 ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Denizlispor1310913964743332222221111211111222221
Gençlerbirliği7311111111111111112233322222111112
Hatayspor14771214101210107877996533556555443333333
Osmanlıspor1617111510119871010109887644322133334544544
Gazişehir Gaziantep6686457565554333356767766555455465
Adana Demirspor3955333336666679999999888886776776
Altınordu101513812141314129788768877675677668887657
Ümraniyespor178127786454445544465444444777668888
Boluspor5232222222223455788888999999999999
Altay454457811912131111131314141212121111111011101010101010101010
İstanbulspor241010111315151415121312101112121313131313131313131312111212111111
Adanaspor8131516161714121311111214141411111111111212121212121213131314141212
Giresunspor11236456889910111213131414141515151514141414151515151513
Eskişehirspor18161814151516161716151616171617161516151414141416161615141413131314
Balıkesirspor1111149131210131514161413121010101010101010101110111111121111121415
Afjet Afyonspor1212611891191113141515151516171615161616161615151516161616161616
Elazığspor9141617171617171617171717161715151717171717171717171717171717171717
Kardemir Karabükspor15181718181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818
Champion, Promotion to Süper Lig
Promotion to Süper Lig
Play-off
TFF Second League
Source: TFF

Results

Home \ Away ADS ADA AFY ALT ATO BAL BOL DEN ELA ESK GFK GEN GRS HAT İST KRB OSM ÜMR
Adana Demirspor — 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–1 4–0 3–2 2–3 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–1
Adanaspor — 0–2 2–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–4 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–4 1–2
Afjet Afyonspor 0–2 0–3 — 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–4 2–1 1–4 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 5–0 0–0 2–2
Altay 3–0 2–2 1–1 — 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 4–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 1–0
Altınordu 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 — 1–0 4–0 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 6–0 0–3 1–2
Balıkesirspor 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 — 0–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–3 1–5 7–1 0–3 0–1
Boluspor 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 — 1–2 3–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–4 2–1 4–0 1–0 3–1
Denizlispor 5–1 4–2 3–0 3–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 — 3–0 4–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 6–0 0–2 0–0
Elazığspor 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 — 3–2 0–5 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 1–2 3–3
Eskişehirspor 1–2 0–3 3–1 1–0 2–4 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 — 0–0 3–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–2
Gazişehir Gaziantep 0–1 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 — 2–2 2–0 1–1 6–1 2–3 0–0
Gençlerbirliği 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–3 3–1 5–0 2–1 — 1–0 1–0 1–0 6–0 0–2 2–1
Giresunspor 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 0–0 3–1 0–3 2–0 3–1 1–5 0–1 — 0–3 0–0 4–0 0–2 1–1
Hatayspor 1–1 4–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 0–1 3–1 — 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–1
İstanbulspor 2–0 1–1 4–3 0–5 0–1 3–0 1–3 2–5 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 0–3 — 1–0 1–0 1–1
Kardemir Karabükspor 0–1 0–1 0–4 0–4 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–3 1–3 0–4 1–6 0–4 0–0 0–2 1–1 — 0–4 0–1
Osmanlıspor 1–0 3–1 3–2 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–1 2–4 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 3–0 — 0–0
Ümraniyespor 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–3 3–0 0–1 —
Source: TFF (in Turkish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Promotion Playoffs

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Adana Demirspor 2–3 Hatayspor 0–0 2–3
Gazişehir Gaziantep 2–2
(9–8 p)		 Osmanlıspor 2–0 0–2

Final

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Hatayspor 1–1
(3–5 p)		 Gazişehir Gaziantep

Statistics

Top goalscorers

"First League Top Goalscorers". TFF.

Pos. Player Team Goals
1 Portugal Marco Paixão Altay 29
2 Benin Mickaël Poté Adana Demirspor 16
3 Turkey Mehmet Akyüz Denizlispor 15
4 Turkey Oltan Karakullukçu Afjet Afyonspor 14
5 Turkey Recep Niyaz Denizlispor 12
6 Nigeria Abiola Dauda Giresunspor 11
Turkey Nadir Çiftçi Gençlerbirliği
Turkey İbrahim Yılmaz İstanbulspor
9 Nigeria Lanre Kehinde Denizlispor 10
Turkey Ziya Alkurt Denizlispor

See also

References

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