The 2008–09 TFF 1. Lig (referred to as the Bank Asya 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons) was the second-level football league of Turkey and the 46th season since its establishment in 1963–64. At the end of the season in which 18 teams competed in a single group, Manisaspor and Diyarbakırspor, which finished the league in the first two places, and the play-off winner Kasımpaşa were promoted to the upper league, while Sakaryaspor, Güngören Belediyespor and Malatyaspor, which were in the last three places, were relegated.
Teams Team summaries
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Former players Adanaspor Marc Mbamba Mbilla Etame – Altay Emanuel Molina Tiago Bezerra – Boluspor – – – Çaykur Rizespor Elionar Bombinha Igor Gal – Diyarbakırspor – – – Gaziantep B.B. Tiago Azulão – Fumaça Giresunspor Edin Ademović Anton Zemlyanukhin Ibrahima Cissé Güngören Belediyespor – – – Kardemir Karabükspor – – – Kartalspor Christian Kotchoni – Abdoulaye Diakate Karşıyaka – – Seni Camara Kasımpaşa André Moritz Jens Askou Joseph Mawaye Kayseri Erciyesspor Severin Bikoko Ali Aliyev – Malatyaspor – – – Manisaspor Stéphane Borbiconi Oumar Kalabane – Orduspor Bruno Mezenga Jerry Akaminko – Sakaryaspor Neco Martínez Abdoulaye Diakate – Samsunspor – – –
Standings
Results
Promotion play-offs The Promotion play-offs will be played in Yenikent Asaş Stadium in Ankara. The Semi-final matches will take place on 15 May. The League's third-placed team will play the sixth-placed team and the fourth-placed team will play the fifth-placed team. The winners of these matches will play on 17 May in the final match. The winner of this match will play in Süper Lig in the 2009–2010 season.
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Bruno Mezenga Orduspor 21 2 Özgür Can Özcan Sakaryaspor 17 3 Emrah Bozkurt Diyarbakırspor 16 4 Edim Demir Boluspor 14 Sezer Öztürk Vestel Manisaspor 14 6 Aydın Çetin Giresunspor 13 7 Burak Çalık Altay 12 Erhan Küçük Kasımpaşa 12 Rafael Mariano Vestel Manisaspor 12 10 Burhan Coşkun Samsunspor 11 Nascimento Ribeiro Çaykur Rizespor 11
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