The 2012–13 TFF 1. Lig (referred to as the PTT 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons) is the 12th season since the league was established in 2001 and 50th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64. The start date of the league was 25 August 2012 and end date is 12 May 2013.
Teams Manisaspor, Ankaragücü and Samsunspor relegated from Süper Lig. Akhisar Belediyespor, Elazığspor and Kasımpaşa promoted to 2012–13 Süper Lig.
1461 Trabzon, Şanlıurfaspor and Adana Demirspor promoted from TFF Second League. İstanbul Güngörenspor, Sakaryaspor and Giresunspor relegated to 2012–13 TFF Second League.
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Former Players 1461 Trabzon Torric Jebrin Chikeluba Ofoedu Adana Demirspor Juninho Luiz Eduardo Guy Toindouba Karim Alhassan Javid Huseynov Raheem Lawal Adanaspor Marc Mbamba Mbilla Etame Chibuzor Nwogbo Ankaragücü Boluspor Wilfried Dalmat Serge Djiéhoua Jimmy Dixon Wilfried Dalmat Kingsley Nwankwo Bucaspor Mohamed Dahmane Luiz Henrique Tam Nsaliwa Çaykur Rizespor Hossam Hassan David Loriya Samat Smakov Florin Cernat David Depetris Ousman Jallow Uche Kalu Denizlispor Arif İsayev Rail Malikov Ariel Ngueukam Kingsley Nwankwo Bajram Fetai Mohamed Sakho Eric Odhiambo Gaziantep B.B. Göztepe A.Ş. Janderson Baiano Hervé Tum Theo Lewis Weeks Paulinho Bédi Buval Karşıyaka Emmanuel Banahene Wilfried Dalmat Makukula Kartalspor Deyvison Eze Vincent Okeuhie Ali Zitouni Zafar Babajanow Kayseri Erciyesspor Sofiane Hanni Gerard Gohou Insa Sylla Konyaspor Sjoerd Ars Neca Emil Angelov Manisaspor Benjamin Fuchs Maciej Iwański Samsunspor Nikolay Dimitrov Mahamoudou Kéré Mazowa N'Sumbu Darryl Roberts Şanlıurfaspor Tonia Tisdell Alfred Sankoh Teteh Bangura TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor Drilon Shala Akeem Agbetu
League table
Positions by round
Results
Promotion playoffs
The teams ranked fourth through seventh will contest in the promotion playoffs for the 2013–14 Süper Lig. The 4th team and 7th teams will play two matches in their own grounds. Likewise the 5th and 6th teams will play a two match elimination round. This round is named as semi-finals. Winning teams will play one final match at a neutral venue. The winner of the final will be the third team to promote to Süper Lig 2013–2014. 3rd-placed team 1461 Trabzon is Süper Lig side Trabzonspor's reserve team So They Were Ineligible For Promotion And their play-off spot went to 7th-placed team Adana Demirspor.
Semi-finals 4-7
Semi-finals 5–6
Final
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Gerard GohouErciyesspor192 KahêManisaspor173 JuninhoAdana Demirspor14 Emmanuel BanaheneKarşıyaka145 Emrah BozkurtErciyesspor13 Erdal KılıçaslanKonyaspor137 Mbilla EtameAdanaspor12 Serdar DeliktaşGaziantep B.B.12 Mehmet BatdalBucaspor1210 Sercan KayaÇaykur Rizespor / 1461 Trabzon1111 Cenk Ahmet AlkılıçÇaykur Rizespor10 Timur ÖzgözAnkaragücü10 Mehmet UsluKartalspor10
Top assists
RankPlayerClubAssists1 Sercan Kaya1461 Trabzon / Çaykur Rizespor92 Erçağ EvirgenAdana Demirspor83 Sofiane HanniErciyesspor74 Erman ÖzgürAdana Demirspor6 Cafercan AksuBoluspor6 Fatih ŞenSamsunspor67 İzzet KayaŞanlıurfaspor5 Erkan TaşkıranBucaspor5 Umut GündoğanBucaspor5 Eren AlbayrakÇaykur Rizespor5 İsmail Haktan OdabaşıDenizlispor5 Kenan ŞahinErciyesspor5 Ramazan AltıntepeGaziantep B.B.5 Kaan KanakAnkaragücü5
Yellow cards
RankPlayerClubYellow Cards1 Marc Kibong MbambaAdanaspor152 Adnan GüngörKarşıyaka143 İlhan ŞahinGöztepe / Kartalspor13 Barbaros BarutBoluspor135 Sedat AğçayAdanaspor12 Ali SakalGaziantep B.B.12 Bekir YılmazManisaspor12 Alfred SankohŞanlıurfaspor129 Sabutay Alper BayülkenKartalspor11 Ethem Ercan PülgirKartalspor11 Bilal Aziz ÖzerKonyaspor / Erciyesspor11
Red cards Puan DurumuMaçkolik. (in Turkish) RankPlayerClubRed Cards1 Veli KızılkayaGöztepe32 Timur Bayram ÖzgözAnkaragücü2 Burak KeskinAdana Demirspor2 Serdar DeliktaşGaziantep B.B.2 Kağan Timurcin KonukŞanlıurfaspor2 Sakıb AytaçTavşanlı Linyitspor2 Volkan KoçaloğluTavşanlı Linyitspor2 Mustafa Akbaş1461 Trabzon2
References
See also 2012–13 Turkish Cup 2012–13 Süper Lig 2012–13 TFF Second League 2012–13 TFF Third League