2010–11 TFF First League


The 2010–11 TFF First League, also known as Bank Asya First League due to sponsoring reasons, is the 10th season since the league established in 2001 and 48th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64.
Normal season started on 20 August 2010, Friday by Adanaspor-Mersin İdmanyurdu match and ended on 15 May 2011. Play-off games were played 23–29 May 2011.
League was started with 17 teams. Ankaraspor, which was directly relegated from 2009–10 Süper Lig, was dismissed from the federation because the club appealed to a court for that decision. Top two teams will directly be promoted to the 2011–12 Süper Lig. The third team to be promoted was determined via play-off games among 3rd through 6th teams of the league. Bottom two teams were relegated to 2011–12 TFF Second League.

Teams

was relegated from the Süper Lig by TFF on October 2009 for anti-competitive behaviour. Denizlispor was relegated from Süper Lig after the 31st week games of Süper Lig 2009–10. After the 33rd week of Süper Lig 2009–10, Diyarbakırspor were also relegated.
Akhisar Belediyespor promoted from TFF Second League after a 2–0 win over Göztepe on May 2, 2010. Güngören Belediyespor returned to First League, were relegated in 2008–2009 season, their first attempt after a 1–0 win against Tokatspor at away match on May 2, 2010. The last promoting team was Tavşanlı Linyitspor, made second consecutive promotion, after a 2–1 win against Eyüpspor at extra play-off final in Antalya on May 30, 2010.
On 4 August 2010, the TFF dismissed Ankaraspor from the league because the club has gone before the court for the previous year's relegation matters, an out-of-system way that the federation that does not approve against its final decisions. The TFF have decided that the league will be played with 17 teams for 2010–11; teams who were originally scheduled to play against Ankaraspor will be given a bye in the corresponding round.

Team summaries

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointment
Ankaraspor Jürgen RöberContract cancelled07.12.2009 Önder Özen09.07.2010
Boluspor Cüneyt KarakuşContract ended31.05.2010 Levent Eriş02.06.2010
Mersin İdmanyurdu Ergün PenbeContract ended31.05.2010 Yüksel Yeşilova03.06.2010
Kartalspor Kadir ÖzcanContract ended31.05.2010 Ergün Penbe08.06.2010
Orduspor Ahmet AkcanContract ended31.05.2010 Uğur Tütüneker10.06.2010
Altay Güvenç KurtarContract ended31.05.2010 Ercan Ertemçöz12.06.2010
Giresunspor Levent ErişContract ended31.05.2010 Hüsnü Özkara18.06.2010
Diyarbakırspor Mehmet BudakınContract ended31.05.2010 Suat Kaya06.07.2010
Denizlispor Hakan KutluContract ended31.05.2010 Hamza Hamzaoğlu09.07.2010

After the start of the season
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointment
Karşıyaka Erdoğan ArıcaMutual consent01 Sep 2010 Kemal Kılıç07 Sep 2010
Adanaspor Kemal KılıçMutual consent06 Sep 2010 Cemal Gürsel Menteşe14 Sep 2010
Gaziantep BB Cemal Gürsel MenteşeMutual consent08 Sep 2010 Erol Azgın08 Sep 2010
Altay Ercan ErtemçözMutual consent05 Oct 2010 Coşkun Demirbakan06 Oct 2010
Giresunspor Hüsnü ÖzkaraMutual consent10 Oct 2010 Bahri Kaya14 Oct 2010
Mersin İdmanyurdu Yüksel YeşilovaMutual consent17 Oct 2010 Nurullah Sağlam20 Oct 2010
Diyarbakırspor Suat KayaResignation23 Oct 2010 Engin Korukır03 Nov 2010
Adanaspor Cemal Gürsel MenteşeResignation26 Oct 2010 Osman Özdemir09 Nov 2010
Kartalspor Ergün PenbeResignation09 Dec 2010 Engin Korukır29.12.2010
Karşıyaka Kemal KılıçMutual consent23 Dec 2010 Turgut Uçar28 Dec 2010
Diyarbakırspor Engin KorukırMutual consent29 Dec 2010 Ercan Albay02 Jan 2011
Diyarbakırspor Ercan Albayresigned16 Jan 2011 Nevzat Türker21 Jan 2011
Denizlispor Hamza Hamzaoğluresigned29 Jan 2011 Kenan Atik17 Feb 2011
Karşıyaka Turgut Uçarresigned21 Feb 2011 Reha Kapsal22 Feb 2011
Akhisar B.G.S. Atilla Özcanresigned27 Feb 2011 Hamza Hamzaoğlu28 Feb 2011
Adanaspor Osman Özdemirresigned27 Feb 2011 Eyüp Arın28 Feb 2011
Denizlispor Kenan Atikbecame assistant manager01 Mar 2011 Serhat Güller01 Mar 2011
Kayseri Erciyesspor Levent Devrimresigned02 Mar 2011 Ergün Penbe02 Mar 2011
Diyarbakırspor Nevzat Türkerbecame assistant manager22 Mar 2011 Kemal Zeydan22 Mar 2011
Orduspor Uğur Tütünekerresigned21 Mar 2011 Metin Diyadin22 Mar 2011
Altay Coşkun Demirbakanresigned11 Apr 2011 Mehmet Altıparmak11 Apr 2011
Denizlispor Serhat Güllerresigned25 Apr 2011 Kenan Atik25 Apr 2011
Boluspor Levent Erişresigned24 Apr 2011 Hüsnü Özkara28 Apr 2011

League table

Positions by round

Results

Promotion playoffs

The teams ranked third through sixth will compete in the promotion playoffs for the 2011–12 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 2011–2012.
Semi-finals 3-6
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Semi-finals 4–5
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Final
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Top goalscorers

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