Turkish Women's Football First League
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The Turkish Women's First Football League (Turkish: Kadınlar 1. Futbol Ligi) is the second-tier league competition for women's association football in Turkey.
| Founded | 1994 |
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| Country |  Turkey |
| Divisions | 2 |
| Number of clubs | 17 |
| Level on pyramid | 2 |
| Promotion to | Women's Süper Lig |
| Relegation to | Women's 2. Lig |
| Current champions | Ünyegücü |
| Website | Official website |
| Current: 2024–25 | |
Format
editIn 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.[1] Fashion One TV became the official media sponsor of the league for the 2010–11 season.[2] At this time the league gained little attention in Turkey.[3] 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.[4] All three women's leagues of the 2019-20 season were stopped on 8 March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.[5]
Due to the ongoing pandemic, the 2020–21 season of the Women's First Football League, after renaming the Turkcell Women's Football League, will take start 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 (Turkish: 2021 Sağlık Çalışanları Futbol Ligi). 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.[5][6]
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Total: 180 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total: 47 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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2013–14 Women's First League match Marmara Üniversitesispor (blue/black) vs Konak Belediyespor (red) -
2014–15 Women's First League match Ataşehir Belediyespor (white/red) vs Adana İdmanyurduspor (red/blue) -
2015–16 Women's First League match Kireçburnu Spor (green/yellow) vs 1207 Antalya Muratpaşa Belediye Spor (orange/black) -
2016–17 Women's First League play-off match Beşiktaş J.K. (white) vs 1207 Antalya Döşemealtı Belediye Spor (navy/red/black) -
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2019–20 Women's First League match Kireçburnu Spor (white/yellow/green/black) vs Amed S.K. (green/red)
Past winners
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Top goalscorers
edit| Season | Player | Club | Goals | Matches | Goals per Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | Reyhan Şeker |
Gazi Üniversitesispor | 32 | 18 | 1.78 |
| 2010–11 | Sevgi Çınar |
Adana İdmanyurduspor | 26 | 22 | 1.18 |
| 2011–12 | Merve Aladağ |
Ataşehir Belediyespor | 27 | 21 | 1.29 |
| 2012–13 |  Cosmina Dușa |
Konak Belediyespor | 32 | 17 | 1.88 |
| 2013–14 | Cosmina Dușa |
Konak Belediyespor | 15 | 18 | 0.83 |
| 2014–15 | Cosmina Dușa |
Konak Belediyespor | 33 | 17 | 1.94 |
| 2015–16 | Arzu Karabulut |
Trabzon İdmanocağı | 23 | 17 | 1.35 |
| 2016–17 | Sevgi Çınar |
Konak Belediyespor | 24 | 22 | 1.09 |
| 2017–18 | Kader Hançar |
Konak Belediyespor | 30 | 19 | 1.58 |
| 2018–19 |  Mariem Houij |
Ataşehir Belediyespor | 15 | 16 | 0.94 |
| 2019–20 | Yağmur Uraz |
Beşiktaş J.K. | 27 | 15 | 1.8 |
| 2020–21 | Zelal Baturay |
Fatih Vatan Spor | 7 | 6 | 1.17 |
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Reyhan Şeker -
Sevgi Çınar -
Merve Aladağ -
Cosmina Dușa -
Arzu Karabulut -
Kader Hançar -
Mariem Houij -
Yağmur Uraz -
Zelal Baturay
Teams promoted to Women's Super League
edit| Season | Teams |
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| 2022–23 | Pendik Çamlıkspor, Gaziantep Asyaspor |
| 2023–24 | Ünyegücü, Bornova Hitabspor |
| 2024–25 |
Format
editAs 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.[14]
2024–25 season
editThe 2024–25 Turkish Women's First Football League consists of 17 teams.
| Group | Team | Hometown |
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| A | Dudullu | İstanbul, Ümraniye |
| Gazikentspor | Gaziantep, Şehitkamil | |
| Giresun Sanayispor | Giresun | |
| Gölbaşı Belediye Spor | Ankara, Gölbaşı | |
| Hatay Defne Spor | Hatay, Defne | |
| Horozkent SK | Denizli, Merkezefendi | |
| Soma Zafer Spor ve Gençlik | Manisa, Soma | |
| Şırnak Kadın SK | Şırnak | |
| Telsiz Spor | İstanbul, Zeytinburnu | |
| B | 1207 Antalya Spor | Antalya, Döşemealtı |
| Adana İdman Yurdu | Adana | |
| Ataşehir Belediyespor | İstanbul, Ataşehir | |
| Kayseri Kadın FK | Kayseri, Kocasinan | |
| Kocaeli Bayan FK | Kocaeli, Başiskele | |
| Megapol SK | Gaziantep, Şahinbey | |
| Sakarya Kadın Futbol SK | Sakarya, Erenler | |
| Yüksekova SK | Hakkâri, Yüksekova |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Gazi Üniversitesispor back on top of women's football league". Today's Zaman. 2010-05-09. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ^ "Fashion One TV TFF Bayanlar Futbol Ligi'nin Resmi Medya Sponsoru Oldu". Medya Tava (in Turkish). 2010-11-26. Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ^ Maden, Esra (2010-02-07). "Women strive hard to stay alive in Turkish soccer league". Today's Zaman. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ^ "Kadınlar 1. Lig Puan Cetveli ve Fikstürü" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Turkcell Kadın Futbol Ligi 17 Nisan'da başlayacak" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Turkcell Kadın Futbol Ligi kura çekimi 8 Nisan'da yapılacak" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Turkey – List of Women Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ "Ataşehir'in Sultanları Şampiyon" (in Turkish). atasehir.bel.tr. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ "Ataşehir wins title" (in Turkish). karaman.ca. 14 June 2012. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
- ^ "Konak champion". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 1 April 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ^ "Konak Belediyespor şampiyon". trthaber.com (in Turkish). 4 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ "Kadınlar futbolda şampiyon Konak Belediyespor". Milliyet (in Turkish). 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Kadınlar 1. Lig Fikstür ve Puan Cetveli" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
- ^ "2021-2022 sezonu Kadın Futbol Ligleri Genel Esasları" (PDF) (in Turkish). 8 November 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
External links
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- Official Site (in Turkish) of the Turkish Football Federation