2011–12 TFF First League


The 2011–12 TFF First League, also known as Bank Asya First League due to sponsoring reasons, is the 11th season since the league was established in 2001 and 49th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64. The start date of the league was 14 August 2011 and end date is 13 May 2012.

Teams

, Bucaspor and Konyaspor relegated from Süper Lig after the 31st week games of 2011–12 Süper Lig. Mersin İdman Yurdu, Samsunspor and Orduspor promoted to 2011–12 Süper Lig.
Göztepe, Sakaryaspor and Elazığspor promoted from TFF Second League. Altay and Diyarbakırspor relegated to 2011–12 TFF Second League.

Team summaries

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointment
Çaykur RizesporÜmit KayıhanContract ended31 May 2011Hüseyin Kalpar18 May 2011
KasımpaşaFuat ÇapaContract ended31 May 2011Uğur Tütüneker30 May 2011
AdanasporEyüp ArınContract ended31 May 2011Levent Eriş31 May 2011
Güngören BelediyesporMetin AltınayContract ended31 May 2011Fahrettin Genç1 June 2011
KartalsporEngin KorukırContract ended31 May 2011Besim Durmuş3 June 2011
TKİ Tavşanlı LinyitsporMustafa AkçayContract ended31 May 2011Coşkun Demirbakan10 June 2011
BolusporHüsnü ÖzkaraContract ended31 May 2011Cihat Arslan11 June 2011
Kayseri ErciyessporErgün PenbeContract ended31 May 2011Fikret Yılmaz15 June 2011
DenizlisporKenan AtikContract ended31 May 2011Güvenç Kurtar23 June 2011
KonyasporYılmaz VuralContract ended31 May 2011Osman Özdemir1 July 2011

After the start of the season
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointment

League table

Positions by round

Results

Promotion playoffs

The teams ranked third through sixth will compete in the promotion playoffs for the 2012–13 Süper Lig. The 3rd team and 6th team will play two matches in their own grounds. Likewise 4th and 5th teams will play two mathes elimination round. This round is named as semi-finals. Winner teams will play one final match at a neutral venue. Winner of the final will be third team to promote to Süper Lig 2012–2013.
Semi-finals 3–6
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Semi-finals 4–5
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Final
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Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Severin Brice BikokoÇaykur Rizespor18
2 Ousman JallowÇaykur Rizespor15
3 Nikolay DimitrovKasımpaşa12
3 Ümit TütünciTavşanlı Linyitspor12
4 Sertan VardarAkhisar Belediyespor11
4 Sinan ÖzkanElazığspor11