2007–08 TFF First League

The 2007–08 TFF First League (also known as Bank Asya First League due to sponsoring reasons) was the second-level football league of Turkey and the 45th season since its establishment in 1963–64. At the end of the season in which 18 teams competed in a single group, Kocaelispor and Antalyaspor, which finished the league in the first two places, and the play-off winner Eskişehirspor were promoted to the upper league, while Elazığspor, Istanbulspor and Mardinspor, which were in the last three places, were relegated.[1]

TFF First League
Season2007–08
ChampionsKocaelispor
PromotedKocaelispor, Antalyaspor, Eskişehirspor
RelegatedElazığspor, Istanbulspor, Mardinspor
Matches played307
Goals scored842 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorerTaner Gülleri (21)

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kocaelispor (C, P) 34 19 7 8 59 37 +22 64 Promotion to Süper Lig
2 Antalyaspor (P) 34 15 16 3 56 33 +23 61
3 Sakaryaspor 34 16 10 8 55 34 +21 58 Qualification for promotion playoffs
4 Eskişehirspor (O, P) 34 16 9 9 52 35 +17 57[lower-alpha 1]
5 Diyarbakırspor 34 16 9 9 53 37 +16 57[lower-alpha 1]
6 Boluspor 34 13 14 7 50 46 +4 53
7 Kayseri Erciyesspor 34 14 10 10 55 42 +13 52
8 Orduspor 34 12 14 8 39 44 −5 50
9 Karşıyaka 34 11 14 9 44 41 +3 47[lower-alpha 2]
10 Altay 34 13 8 13 47 47 0 47[lower-alpha 2]
11 Giresunspor 34 10 13 11 41 44 −3 43[lower-alpha 3]
12 Malatyaspor 34 12 7 15 44 43 +1 43[lower-alpha 3]
13 Kartalspor 34 10 12 12 52 57 −5 42
14 Gaziantep B.B. 34 9 12 13 53 51 +2 39
15 Samsunspor 34 10 8 16 45 61 −16 38
16 Elazığspor (R) 34 8 10 16 40 54 −14 34 Relegation to TFF Second League
17 İstanbulspor (R) 34 6 8 20 25 58 −33 26
18 Mardinspor (R) 34 3 5 26 26 72 −46 14
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: Eskişehirspor 3–2 Diyarbakırspor, Diyarbakırspor 1–0 Eskişehirspor (Equal, overall goal difference)
  2. Head-to-head record: Karşıyaka 3–0 Altay, Altay 0–0 Karşıyaka (Karşıyaka ahead)
  3. Head-to-head record: Malatyaspor 0–1 Giresunspor, Giresunspor 1–1 Malatyaspor (Giresunspor ahead)

Results
Home \ Away ALT ANT BOL DYB ELA ESK GBB GRS İST KSK KRT KER KOC MAL MAR ORD SAK SAM
Altay 0–0 2–3 2–2 4–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 4–1
Antalyaspor 4–2 4–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 4–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 6–0 1–1 1–1 4–2
Boluspor 1–2 0–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–3 1–1 2–0 4–2 3–1 2–1 2–1
Diyarbakırspor 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 3–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 5–2
Elazığspor 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–4 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–2
Eskişehirspor 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1
Gaziantep B.B. 0–0 1–2 6–2 0–0 2–1 1–4 2–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2
Giresunspor 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 0–0 2–3 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–0
İstanbulspor 0–5 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–5 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–1
Karşıyaka 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 3–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–2 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 3–2
Kartalspor 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 3–2 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–2 3–3
Kayseri Erciyesspor 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–1 4–1 2–2 4–0 6–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0
Kocaelispor 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 5–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–3
Malatyaspor 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 4–0 3–0 2–0 0–3 4–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–2
Mardinspor 3–0 0–2 2–4 1–0 1–4 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–4 1–4 0–1 0–2 2–2
Orduspor 0–2 3–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–5 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1
Sakaryaspor 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 4–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–2 3–0 3–1 0–1 4–1 4–0 3–2 2–2 2–0
Samsunspor 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–3 0–3 2–0 2–0 7–5 0–3
Source: TFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

Promotion play-offs will play in BJK İnönü Stadium in İstanbul. Semifinal matches will take place on May 16. League third is faced with league sixth and league fourth faced with league fifth. Winners of these matches will play on May 18 at final match. Winner of the match gained playing in Süper Lig in 2008-2009 season as Third of First League.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
16 May 2008, 20:45
 
 
Eskişehirspor 0 (6)
 
18 May 2008, 20:30
 
Diyarbakırspor 0 (5)
 
Boluspor0
 
16 May 2008, 18:00
 
Eskişehirspor2
 
Sakaryaspor 2 (3)
 
 
Boluspor 2 (5)
 

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Turkey Taner Gülleri Kocaelispor 21
2 Turkey Cenk İşler Antalyaspor 19
Turkey Coşkun Birdal Eskişehirspor 19
Turkey Taner Demirbaş Sakaryaspor 19
5 Turkey Adem Büyük Altay 16
6 Turkey İskender Alın Kartalspor 14
Turkey Mustafa Şahintürk Gaziantep BB 14
8 Turkey Erman Ergin Sakaryaspor 13
Turkey Şehmus Özer Karşıyaka 13
10 Turkey Hüseyin Kartal Diyarbakırspor 12

References
  1. "1. Lig » 2007-2008 Sezonu" (in Turkish). tff.org. Archived from the original on 15 September 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
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