The U21 Ligi is the reserve team league for the top Turkish association football teams in the Süper Lig and 1. Lig. The league is split into western and an eastern division.
History
The league started in 1989-1990 and was named TFF PAF Ligi (Profesyonelliğe Aday Futbolcular) until the 2008–09 season. The 1993–94 season was called TFF BAL Ligi (Deplasmanlı Bölgesel Altyapı Ligi). From 2009 till 2014 the league was called TFF A2 Ligi. Since the 2014–15 season the name has been U21 Ligi.
Teams are not relegated from the U21 Ligi based on their final league position, but on the league position of their respective clubs' senior teams. If a senior team is relegated from the 1. Lig, then the reserve team is relegated from the U21 Ligi and replaced by the reserve team of the promoted team from the 2. Lig.
Until 2009, only U21 teams of the Süper Lig could participate in the U21 Ligi. Since then, 1. Lig teams can participate and therefore the league is split into a western (20 teams) and eastern group (18 teams) and the winner of each group play a final match.
Past winners SeasonChampionsRunners-up3rd place1989–90Galatasaray SK U21 (1)1990–91Beşiktaş JK U21 (1)1991–92Trabzonspor U21 (1)Altay SK U21 Sarıyer GK U211992–93Altay SK U21 (1)Kocaelispor U21 Konyaspor U211993–94Galatasaray SK U21 (2)1994–95Beşiktaş JK U21 (2)Fenerbahçe SK U211995–96Beşiktaş JK U21 (3)Fenerbahçe SK U211996–97Trabzonspor U21 (2)Galatasaray SK U21Kocaelispor U211997–98Fenerbahçe SK U21 (1)Beşiktaş JK U21Trabzonspor U211998–99Fenerbahçe SK U21 (2)Bursaspor U21Samsunspor U211999–2000Beşiktaş JK U21 (4)Gençlerbirliği SK U21Samsunspor U212000–01Fenerbahçe SK U21 (3)Samsunspor U21MKE Ankaragücü SK U212001–02Gençlerbirliği SK U21 (1)MKE Ankaragücü SK U21Trabzonspor U212002–03Beşiktaş JK U21 (5)Altay SK U21İstanbulspor U212003–04Trabzonspor U21 (3)Konyaspor U21Galatasaray SK U212004–05Galatasaray SK U21 (3)Gaziantepspor U21Samsunspor U212005–06Galatasaray SK U21 (4)Gençlerbirliği SK U21Beşiktaş JK U212006–07Galatasaray SK U21 (5)Beşiktaş JK U21Trabzonspor U212007–08Sivasspor U21 (1)Galatasaray SK U21Gençlerbirliği SK U212008–09Antalyaspor U21 (1)Fenerbahçe SK U21Galatasaray SK U212009–10Gençlerbirliği SK U21 (2)Ankaraspor U21 -2010–11Galatasaray SK U21 (6)Kayseri Erciyesspor U21 -2011–12Kartal S.K. U21 (1)Bucaspor U21 Sivasspor U212012–13Ankaraspor U21 (1)Gençlerbirliği SK U21 Kasımpaşa SK U212013–14Fenerbahçe SK U21 (4)Boluspor U21Çaykur Rizespor U212014–15Galatasaray SK U21 (7)Bursaspor U21Gençlerbirliği SK U212015–16Bursaspor U21 (1)Altınordu F.K. U212016–17Fenerbahçe SK U21 (5)Beşiktaş JK U21Trabzonspor U212017–18Beşiktaş JK U21 (6)Gençlerbirliği SK U21Trabzonspor U212018–19Galatasaray SK U21 (8)Beşiktaş JK U21Bursaspor U21
Performance by club Team TitlesYears won Galatasaray SK U21 81990, 1994, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 Beşiktaş JK U21 61991, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2018 Fenerbahçe SK U21 51998, 1999, 2001, 2014, 2017 Trabzonspor U21 31992, 1997, 2004 Gençlerbirliği SK U21 22002, 2010 Altay SK U21 11993 Sivasspor U21 12008 Antalyaspor U21 12009 Kartal SK U21 12012 Ankaraspor U21 12013 Bursaspor U21 12016
See also Football records in Turkey
External links Turkish Football Federation website References Erdoğan Arıpınar; Tevfik Ünsi Artun, Cem Atabeyoğlu, Nurhan Aydın, Ergun Hiçyılmaz, Haluk San, Orhan Vedat Sevinçli, Vala Somalı (June 1992). Türk Futbol Tarihi (1991-1996) vol.3, Page(77), Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu Yayınları.