2007–08 TFF First League

Bank Asya First League (often referred to as First League for short, or the Iddaa League A and Türk Telekom League A for sponsorship reasons) is second-highest division overall in the Turkish football league system after the Super League.

The Football League Championship was introduced for the 2001–2002 season, having been previously known as the Second League (1963–2001), Second League Category A (2001–2005), Iddaa League A (2005–2006), Turk Telekom League A (2006–2007). Bank Asya First League started as TFF First League in 2007-2008 season. Name of the league changed after signing a sponsorship treaty between TFF and Bank Asya. The sponsorship treaty is validated until end of 2008-2009 season.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kocaelispor (C, P) 34 19 7 8 59 37 +22 64 Promotion to Süper Lig
2 Antalyaspor (P) 34 15 16 3 56 33 +23 61
3 Sakaryaspor 34 16 10 8 55 34 +21 58 Qualification for Promotion Playoffs
4 Eskişehirspor (O, P) 34 16 9 9 52 35 +17 57[lower-alpha 1]
5 Diyarbakırspor 34 16 9 9 53 37 +16 57[lower-alpha 1]
6 Boluspor 34 13 14 7 50 46 +4 53
7 Kayseri Erciyesspor 34 14 10 10 55 42 +13 52
8 Orduspor 34 12 14 8 39 44 −5 50
9 Karşıyaka 34 11 14 9 44 41 +3 47[lower-alpha 2]
10 Altay 34 13 8 13 47 47 0 47[lower-alpha 2]
11 Giresunspor 34 10 13 11 41 44 −3 43[lower-alpha 3]
12 Malatyaspor 34 12 7 15 44 43 +1 43[lower-alpha 3]
13 Kartalspor 34 10 12 12 52 57 −5 42
14 Gaziantep B.B. 34 9 12 13 53 51 +2 39
15 Samsunspor 34 10 8 16 45 61 −16 38
16 Elazığspor (R) 34 8 10 16 45 61 −16 34 Relegation to TFF Second League
17 İstanbulspor (R) 34 6 8 20 25 58 −33 26
18 Mardinspor (R) 34 3 5 26 26 72 −46 14
Source: TFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Eskişehirspor 3–2 Diyarbakırspor, Diyarbakırspor 1–0 Eskişehirspor (Equal, overall goal difference)
  2. Head-to-head record: Karşıyaka 3–0 Altay, Altay 0–0 Karşıyaka (Karşıyaka ahead)
  3. Head-to-head record: Malatyaspor 0–1 Giresunspor, Giresunspor 1–1 Malatyaspor (Giresunspor ahead)

Results
Home \ Away ALT ANT BOL DYB ELA ESK GBB GRS İST KSK KRT KER KOC MAL MAR ORD SAK SAM
Altay 0–0 2–3 2–2 4–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 4–1
Antalyaspor 4–2 4–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 4–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 6–0 1–1 1–1 4–2
Boluspor 1–2 0–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–3 1–1 2–0 4–2 3–1 2–1 2–1
Diyarbakırspor 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 3–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 5–2
Elazığspor 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–4 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–2
Eskişehirspor 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1
Gaziantep B.B. 0–0 1–2 6–2 0–0 2–1 1–4 2–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2
Giresunspor 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 0–0 2–3 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–0
İstanbulspor 0–5 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–5 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–1
Karşıyaka 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 3–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–2 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 3–2
Kartalspor 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 3–2 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–2 3–3
Kayseri Erciyesspor 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–1 4–1 2–2 4–0 6–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0
Kocaelispor 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 5–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–3
Malatyaspor 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 4–0 3–0 2–0 0–3 4–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–2
Mardinspor 3–0 0–2 2–4 1–0 1–4 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–4 1–4 0–1 0–2 2–2
Orduspor 0–2 3–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–5 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1
Sakaryaspor 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 4–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–2 3–0 3–1 0–1 4–1 4–0 3–2 2–2 2–0
Samsunspor 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–3 0–3 2–0 2–0 7–5 0–3
Source: TFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion Play-Offs

Promotion Play-Offs will play in BJK İnönü Stadium in İstanbul. Semifinal matches will take place on May 16. League third is faced with league sixth and league fourth faced with league fifth. Winners of these matches will play on May 18 at final match. Winner of the match gained playing in Turkcell Super League in 2008-2009 season as Third of First League.

Semifinals:

May 16

Sakaryaspor-Boluspor: 2-2 (penalties 1-3, total: 3-5)

Eskişehirspor-Diyarbakırspor: 0-0 (penalties 6-5)

Final:

May 18 Eskişehirspor-Boluspor: 2-0

Eskişehirspor promoted to Turkcell Super League.

Bank Asya First League 2007-08 Winners

Kocaelispor
Third Title (First For First League)
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