The 2011–12 TFF 1. Lig (referred to as the Bank Asya 1. Lig for sponsorship 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.TFF official page. "Seasonal plan for professional leagues in 2011–2012." Profesyonel liglerde 2011–2012 sezon planlaması. Retrieved on 26 June 2012.

Teams Kasımpaşa, 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 TeamVenueCapacityInformation on grounds can be found in TFF Stadium search.KitmakerFirst league kits catalogue. Bank Asya 1. Lig Forma Seti Kataloğu TFF web site PresidentPresidents' names were obtained from TFF club search.CoachManagers can be found through TFF coach search.AdanasporAdana 5 Ocak Stadium14,085NikeBayram Akgül Levent ErişAkhisar BelediyesporAkhisar Belediye Stadium2,918AdidasHüseyin Eryüksel Hamza HamzaoğluBolusporBolu Atatürk Stadium8,881LesconNecip Çarıkçı Cihat ArslanBucasporBuca Arena10,000LottoŞeref Üstündağ Sait KarafırtınalarÇaykur RizesporNew Rize City Stadium15,485UmbroMetin Kalkavan Hüseyin KalparDenizlisporDenizli Atatürk Stadium15,427LesconSalih Amiroğlu Güvenç KurtarElazığsporElazığ Atatürk Stadium13,923LottoAkın Şatıroğlu Bülent UygunGaziantep Büyükşehir BelediyesporKamil Ocak Stadium16,981LottoÜnsal Göksen Erol AzgınGiresunsporGiresun Atatürk Stadium12,191LesconÖmer Ülkü Bahri KayaGöztepeİzmir Alsancak StadiumGöztepe may also use İzmir Atatürk Stadium (51,295 seats) for high-attendance matches.15,358Lottoİnan Altınbaş Özcan KızıltanGüngörensporMimar Yahya Baş Stadium7,589UmbroYahya Baş Fahrettin GençKarşıyakaİzmir Atatürk Stadium51,295LottoHüseyin Çalışkan Reha KapsalKartalsporKartal City Stadium7,195LottoBinali Aydın Besim DurmuşKasımpaşaRecep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium9,576LesconH. Hilmi Öksüz Uğur TütünekerKayseri ErciyessporB.B. Kadir Has Stadium32,864LottoZiya Eren Fikret YılmazKonyasporBŞ Bld Atatürk Stadium22,559LottoBahattin Karapınar Osman ÖzdemirSakaryasporSakarya Atatürk Stadium13,216LottoRauf Batuboylu Şaban YıldırımTKİ Tavşanlı LinyitsporTavşanlı Ada City Stadium 3,000Lotto Mustafa Çokuslu Coşkun Demibakan

Managerial changes Before the start of the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointmentÇaykur RizesporÜmit KayıhanContract ended31 May 2011Hüseyin Kalpar18 May 2011"Levent Eriş signed". Levent Eriş imzaladı.. . Retrieved on 18.05.2011. KasımpaşaFuat ÇapaContract ended31 May 2011Uğur Tütüneker30 May 2011"Kasımpaşa consigned to Tütüneker". Paşa Tütüneker'e emanet.. . Retrieved on 10.07.2011. AdanasporEyüp ArınContract ended31 May 2011Levent Eriş31 May 2011"Kalpar's term in Rizespor". Rizespor'da Kalpar dönemi.. . Retrieved on 31.05.2011. Güngören BelediyesporMetin AltınayContract ended31 May 2011Fahrettin Genç1 June 2011"Managerial change in Güngören". Güngören'de teknik direktör değişimi.. . Retrieved on 07.06.2011. KartalsporEngin KorukırContract ended31 May 2011Besim Durmuş3 June 2011"Kartal found their manager". Kartal hocasını buldu.. . Retrieved on 07.06.2011. TKİ Tavşanlı LinyitsporMustafa AkçayContract ended31 May 2011Coşkun Demirbakan10 June 2011"Term of Demirbakan in Tavşanlı". Tavşanlı'da Demirbakan devri! . Retrieved on 10.07.2011. BolusporHüsnü ÖzkaraContract ended31 May 2011Cihat Arslan11 June 2011"Boluspor consigned to Cihat Arslan". Boluspor Cihat Arslan'a emanet.. . Retrieved on 10.07.2011. Kayseri ErciyessporErgün PenbeContract ended31 May 2011Fikret Yılmaz15 June 2011"Erciyesspor found their manager". Erciyesspor hocasını buldu.. . Retrieved on 10.07.2011. DenizlisporKenan AtikContract ended31 May 2011Güvenç Kurtar23 June 2011"Güvenç Kurtar signs". Güvenç Kurtar imzaladı.. . Retrieved on 10.07.2011. KonyasporYılmaz VuralContract ended31 May 2011Osman Özdemir1 July 2011"Konyaspor consigned to Özdemir". Konyaspor Özdemir'e emanet.. . Retrieved on 10.07.2011.

After the start of the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment

Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former Players Adanaspor Marc Mbamba Mbilla Etame Fredrick Okwara Akhisar Belediyespor Diego Lima Gideon Sani Boluspor Landry Matondo Emmanuel Gomis Omar Wade Eugène Kouamé Bucaspor Kabiru Imoro Leandrão Torric Jebrin Çaykur Rizespor Hair Zeqiri Severin Bikoko Ousman Jallow Denizlispor Eric Odhiambo Mohamed Sakho Gerard Gohou Elazığspor Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor Giresunspor Vilim Posinković Emmanuel Banahene Boka Göztepe Theo Lewis Weeks Bradley Grobler Bismark Idan Güngörenspor Benjamin Boateng Obed Owusu Paul Aidoo Karşıyaka Akeem Agbetu Oliver Ogbonnaya Azizullo Mahmudov Dominic Adiyiah Karim Izrailov Kartalspor Deyvison Muzafer Ejupi Boubacar Fofana Kasımpaşa Luiz Henrique Georgi Sarmov Nikolay Dimitrov Juan Robledo Nourdin Boukhari Kayseri Erciyesspor Sofiane Hanni Amit Guluzade Insa Sylla Hassan Wasswa Vilim Posinković Konyaspor Mahamoudou Kéré Marcin Robak Mariusz Pawełek Álvaro Mejía Sakaryaspor TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor Souhalio Toure Kingsley Nwankwo Kazeem Ahmed

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 at home. Likewise 4th and 5th teams will play two matches 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

Semi-finals 4–5

Final

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Severin BikokoÇaykur Rizespor182 Ousman JallowÇaykur Rizespor153 Nikolay DimitrovKasımpaşa12 Ümit TütünciTavşanlı Linyitspor125 Sertan VardarAkhisar Belediyespor11 Sinan ÖzkanElazığspor11

References

See also 2011–12 Turkish Cup 2011–12 Süper Lig 2011–12 TFF Second League 2011–12 TFF Third League