The Turkish Women's First Football League () is the second-tier league competition for women's association football in Turkey. It was the first tier female football competition until the establishment of the Turkish Women's Football Super League in 2022.
Format In an effort to increase quality of the league, in the 2009–10 season two teams were relegated and four teams were promoted to the first league. Thus, the 2010–11 season consisted of twelve teams. Fashion One TV became the official media sponsor of the league for the 2010–11 season. At this time the league gained little attention in Turkey. After playing two groups with six teams and then having a championship and relegation group, the 2012–13 season was played as a double-round robin with ten teams again. The winner after 18 games was the champion and qualifies for the UEFA Women's Champions League, the bottom two teams get relegated. In 2016–17 there again was introduced a championship and relegation round after the regular season.
For the 2019–20 league season, the number of participating teams was increased from ten to twelve again after eight seasons. No relegation was planned to take place, so that the planned number of teams would be achieved with two promoted teams from the Women's Second League. However, Trabzon İdmanocağı had to be relegated since they did not show up in the entire previous season. To replace them, a third team from the Second League was promoted. All three women's leagues of the 2019-20 season were stopped on 8 March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.
Due to the Covid pandemic, the 2020–21 season of the Women's First Football League, after renaming the Turkcell Women's Football League, started with delay on 17 April 2021. The season was dedicated to healthcare workers, and named 2021 Turkish Turkcell Women's Football League Healthcare Workers' Season (). The league consisted of 16 teams, including all the 12 teams from the previous season and 4 teams promoted from the Second League's previous season. The teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, with one promoted team in each group. Each team in the group played only three matches in a round-robin tournament. The top two teams of the four groups play quarter-finals and semi-finals in Single-elimination tournament. The winner of the final match, on 4 May 2021, represented Turkey at the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League.
As of 2024–25 Season, 17 teams (11 teams participated from First League, 3 teams relegated from Super League and 3 teams promoted from Second League in the end of 2023–24 season) compete for promoting to Super League.
Past winners Season Champions Runners-up First tier1994 Dinarsuspor Acarlarspor1994–95 Dinarsuspor Acarlarspor1995–96 Dinarsuspor Gürtaşspor1996–97 Dinarsuspor İstanbul Sitespor1997–98 Zara Ekinlispor Adana Yataşspor1998–99 Marshall Boyaspor ?1999–00 Delta Mobilyaspor ?2000–01 İstanbul Kuzeyspor Zeytinburnuspor2001–02 Zeytinburnuspor Samsungücü2002–03 Samsungücü Gazi Üniversitesispor2003–06 Season not held2006–07 Gazi Üniversitesispor Mersin Camspor2007–08 Gazi Üniversitesispor Bucaspor2008–09 Trabzonspor Bucaspor2009–10 Gazi Üniversitesispor Trabzonspor2010–11 Ataşehir Belediyespor Konak Belediyespor2011–12 Ataşehir Belediyespor Kdz. Ereğlispor2012–13 Konak Belediyespor Ataşehir Belediyespor2013–14 Konak Belediyespor Ataşehir Belediyespor2014–15 Konak Belediyespor Ataşehir Belediyespor2015–16 Konak Belediyespor Ataşehir Belediyespor2016–17 Konak Belediyespor Beşiktaş2017–18 Ataşehir Belediyespor Beşiktaş2018–19 Beşiktaş ALG Spor2019–20 Season discontinued due to COVID-19.2020–21 Beşiktaş Fatih Vatanspor Second tier2021–22 Season not held2022–23 Pendik Çamlıkspor Gaziantep Asyaspor2023–24 Ünyegücü Bornova Hitabspor2024–25 Yüksekova Giresun Sanayispor2025–26 Bakırköy Kayseri
Top goalscorers Season Player Club Goals Matches Ratio First tier2009–10 Reyhan Şeker Gazi Üniversitesispor 32 18 2010–11 Sevgi Çınar Adana İdmanyurduspor 26 22 2011–12 Merve Aladağ Ataşehir Belediyespor 27 21 2012–13 Cosmina Dușa Konak Belediyespor 32 17 2013–14 Cosmina Dușa Konak Belediyespor 15 18 2014–15 Cosmina Dușa Konak Belediyespor 33 17 2015–16 Arzu Karabulut Trabzon İdmanocağı 23 17 2016–17 Sevgi Çınar Konak Belediyespor 24 22 2017–18 Kader Hançar Konak Belediyespor 30 19 2018–19 Mariem Houij Ataşehir Belediyespor 1516 2019–20 Yağmur Uraz Beşiktaş J.K. 2715 2020–21 Zelal Baturay Fatih Vatan Spor 76 Second tier2022–23 Giovânia Gaziantep Asyaspor 3630 2023–24 Zeynep Bilir Kayseri 1812 2024–25 İrem Yılmaz Giresun Sanayispor 2819 2025–26 Kafayat Bashiru Kayseri 4417
Teams promoted to Women's Super League SeasonTeams 2022–23 Pendik Çamlıkspor, Gaziantep Asyaspor 2023–24 Ünyegücü, Bornova Hitabspor 2024–25 Yüksekova, Giresun Sanayispor, 1207 Antalyaspor 2025–26 Kayseri, Bakırköy, Haymana
See also Women's football in Turkey Turkish Women's Football Super League Turkish Women's Second Football League Turkish Women's Third Football League Turkish Women's Regional Football League List of women's football clubs in Turkey Turkish women in sports
References
External links
Official Site of the Turkish Football Federation