The 2009–10 TFF Second League season is the ninth since its introduction as the third level of the Turkish football pyramid and the fifth consecutive season where the current format is being used. It began on 30 August 2009 with the first matches of the ranking groups and will end in late May 2010 with the last matches of the promotion playoffs.

Competition format The 2009–10 season started with 45 teams distributed over four "ranking groups". Each ranking group comprised eleven teams (with the exception of Group 3, which featured twelve teams) according to geographical criteria. The teams of each group played a conventional double round-robin schedule against the other teams of their group.

Upon conclusion of the ranking groups, the best two sides of each eleven-team group and the best three sides of the twelve-team group advanced to the "promotion group", while the remaining nine teams remained in their respective groups, which were now called "classification groups". The teams of the classification groups retained their complete records in the process. As in the previous round, each team played a double round-robin schedule against the other teams of its respective group.

A total of three promotion spots to the TFF First League were played out. Two of them were reserved for the best two teams of the promotion group, which were directly promoted. The third spot was decided through a play-off round and was competed among the teams ranked third through sixth of the promotion group and the winners of the four classification groups. The bottom three teams of the classification groups were directly relegated to the TFF Third League.

Teams

Team Location StadiumTurkish Football Federation Stadium Search Capacity Group Key in map Adana Demirspor Adana Adana 5 Ocak Stadium 14,085 Classification group 4 ADD Adıyamanspor Adıyaman Adıyaman Atatürk Stadium 8,596 Classification group 4 ADI Trabzon Akçaabat Fatih Stadium 6,238 Classification group 3 ASB Akhisar Belediyespor Manisa Akhisar Belediye Stadium 2,918 Promotion group AKH Alanyaspor Antalya Alanya Milli Egemenlik Stadium 3,750 Classification group 2 ALA Belediye Vanspor Van Van Atatürk Stadium 10,500 Classification group 4 VAN Beykozspor 1908 Istanbul Beykoz Stadium 3,500 Classification group 1 BEY Bozüyükspor Bozüyük Bozüyük İlçe Stadium Classification group 1 BOZ Bugsaşspor Ankara Ankara Ostim Stadium 4,271 Classification group 3 BUG 4,410 Classification group 3 Dr. Turhan Kılıççıoğlu Stadium 11,263 Promotion group Denizli Belediyespor Denizli Denizli Atatürk Stadium 15,247 Classification group 2 DEN Diyarbakır Belediye Diskispor Diyarbakır Seyrantepe Diski Spor Tesisleri Stadium 1,540 Classification group 4 DIS Elazığspor Elazığ Elazığ Atatürk Stadium 13,923 Classification group 4 ELA Erzurumspor Erzurum Cemal Gürsel Stadium 17,000 Classification group 3 ERZ Etimesgut Şekerspor Ankara Ankara Ostim Stadium 4,271 Promotion group ETI Eyüpspor Istanbul Eyüp Stadium 2,500 Classification group 2 EYP Fethiyespor Muğla Fethiye Şehir Stadium 8,372 Classification group 2 FET Gebzespor Kocaeli Gebze Ilçe Stadium 8,000 Classification group 1 GEB Göztepe İzmir İzmir Alsancak StadiumGöztepe may also use İzmir Atatürk Stadium (51,295 seats) for high-attendance matches. 15,358 Promotion group GÖZ Güngören Belediyespor Istanbul Mimar Yahya Baş Stadium 7,589 Promotion group GÜN İskenderun Demir Çelikspor İskenderun İskenderun 5 Temmuz Stadium 12,390 Promotion group İstanbulspor Istanbul Bahelievler İl Özel İdare Stadium 4,350 Classification group 2 Kahramanmaraşspor Kahramanmaraş Hanefi Mahçiçek Stadium 9,169 Classification group 4 KMM Karsspor Kars Kars Şehir Stadium 5,000 Classification group 3 KRS Kırşehirspor Kırşehir Kırşehir Ahi Stadium 7,500 Classification group 3 KIR Konya Şekerspor Konya Recep Konuk Spor Tesisleri Stadium 2,128 Classification group 2 Körfez Kocaeli Izmit Alparslan Türkeş Stadium 1,790 Classification group 1 Malatyaspor Malatya Malatya İnönü Stadium 10,411 Classification group 4 MAL Mardinspor Mardin 21 Kasım Stadium 5,700 Classification group 4 MAR Ofspor Trabzon Of Ilçe Stadium 2,303 Classification group 3 OF Pendikspor Istanbul Pendik Stadium 2,500 Classification group 1 PEN Pursaklarspor Ankara Bağlum Belediye Stadium 20,000 Classification group 3 PUR Sakaryaspor Adapazarı Sakarya Atatürk Stadium 13,216 Classification group 1 SAK Sarıyer Istanbul Yusuf Ziya Öniş Stadium Classification group 2 SAR Şanlıurfa GAP Stadium 28,965 Promotion group Tarsus Idman Yurdu Tarsus Tarsus Buhanettin Kocamaz Stadium 4,201 Classification group 4 Tepecik Istanbul Tepecik Belediye Stadium 3,000 Classification group 2 TEP TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor Kütahya Tavşanlı Ada Ilçe Stadium Classification group 1 Tokatspor Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Stadium 5,762 Promotion group TOK Trabzon Karadenizspor Trabzon Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı Stadium Classification group 3 TKA Turgutluspor Manisa Turgutlu 7 Eylül Stadium 4,100 Classification group 2 TUR Türk Telekomspor Ankara Türk Telekom Stadium 1,603 Promotion group TEL Yalovaspor Yalova Yalova Atatürk Stadium 8,980 Classification group 1 YAL Zeytinburnuspor Istanbul Zeytinburnu Stadium 16,000 Classification group 1 ZEY

Ranking groups

Group 1

Group 2

Group table

Top goalscorers Last updated on December 27, 2009

ScorerTeamGoals Doğan Şahin Akhisar Belediyespor Murat Gürbüzerol Konya Şekerspor Mustafa Kocabey Turgutluspor Fatih Koyugölge Denizli Belediyespor Murat Deniz Fethiyespor Sinan Pektemek Sarıyer Taner Demirbaş Alanyaspor Özhan Keskinkale Akhisar Belediyespor Tuncay Süren Akhisar Belediyespor Cafercan Aksu Konya Şekerspor

Group 3

Group 4

Promotion group

Group table

Results

Top goalscorers Including matches played on April 5, 2010

ScorerTeamGoals Ahmet Güven Etimesgut Şekerspor Doğan Şahin Akhisar Belediyespor Yaşar Çetin Tokatspor Murat Bölükbaş İskenderun D.Ç. Taylan Eliaçık Şanlıurfaspor Abdullah Halman Şanlıurfaspor Arif Çoban Tokatspor Hakan Arslan Güngören Belediyespor Hüseyin Kala Etimesgut Şekerspor Tuncay Süren Akhisar Belediyespor

Classification groups

Classification group 1

Classification group 2

Classification group 3

Classification group 4

Promotion play-offs The teams placed third through sixth of the promotion group and the four winners of the classification groups competed in a single-elimination playoff for the last promotion spot.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

See also 2009–10 Süper Lig 2009–10 TFF First League 2009–10 Türkiye Kupası

References

External links Official competition website