The 2016–17 TFF 1. Lig (referred to as the PTT 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season since the league was established in 2001 and the 54th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64.
Teams Sivasspor, Eskişehirspor and Mersin İdmanyurdu relegated from 2015–16 Süper Lig. Adanaspor, Kardemir Karabükspor and Alanyaspor were promoted to 2016–17 Süper Lig. Ümraniyespor, Manisaspor and Bandırmaspor promoted from 2015–16 TFF Second League. 1461 Trabzon, Kayseri Erciyesspor and Karşıyaka relegated to 2016–17 TFF Second League.
Stadia and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity Adana Demirspor Adana Adana 5 Ocak Stadium 14,805 Altınordu İzmir Buca Stadium 2,500 Balıkesirspor Balıkesir Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium 15,800 Bandırmaspor Bandırma 17 Eylül Stadium 5,400 Boluspor Bolu Bolu Atatürk Stadium 8,881 Denizlispor Denizli Denizli Atatürk Stadium 15,420 Elazığspor Elazığ Elazığ Atatürk Stadium 13,923 Eskişehirspor Eskişehir Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium 13,520 Gaziantep BB Gaziantep Kamil Ocak Stadium 16,981 Giresunspor Giresun Giresun Atatürk Stadium 12,191 Göztepe İzmir İzmir Atatürk Stadium 51,295 Manisaspor Manisa Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium 18,881 Mersin İdmanyurdu Mersin Mersin Arena 25,534 Samsunspor Samsun Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium 16,480 Şanlıurfaspor Şanlıurfa Şanlıurfa GAP Stadium 28,965 Sivasspor Sivas Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium 14,998 Ümraniyespor Istanbul Ümraniye Town Stadium 500 Yeni Malatyaspor Malatya Malatya İnönü Stadium 13,000
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Former Players Adana Demirspor Khaled Kharroubi Mickaël Poté Tiago Bezerra Waldison Petar Grbić Leroy George Nikola Raspopović Seidu Salifu Altınordu Balıkesirspor Christian Bekamenga Foxi Kéthévoama Andrija Vuković Tomislav Glumac Josip Tadić Daudet N'Dongala Género Zeefuik Bandırmaspor Brinner Marino Lukáš Droppa Mamadou Fofana Alex Amado Daniel Costa Junior Mapuku Boluspor Renato Arapi André Santos Anco Jansen Mitchell te Vrede Rydell Poepon Chukwuma Akabueze Mamadou Diarra Denizlispor André Moritz Leandro Kappel Alfred Sankoh Slavko Perović Elazığspor Aldin Čajić Tom Gilles Binya Hamidou Traoré Lanre Kehinde Lamine Diarra Lamjed Chehoudi Eskişehirspor Ruud Boffin Bruno Mezenga Axel Méyé Jerry Akaminko Chikeluba Ofoedu Felix Melki Gaziantep BB Nelson Bonilla Ismaël Keïta Ekigho Ehiosun Uche Kalu Adam Stachowiak Ibrahima Wadji Serge Akakpo Damir Zlomislić Nemanja Kojić Nenad Marinković Giresunspor Dodô Jones Carioca Igors Tarasovs David Abwo Isaac Promise Nemanja Tomić Panajotis Dimitriadis Onyekachi Okafor Göztepe Benjamin Fuchs Léo Schwechlen Aleksandre Kobakhidze Jean-Jacques Gosso Adis Jahović Prince Segbefia Famoussa Koné Leroy George Manisaspor Billal Sebaihi Daniel Dimov Dieudonné Gbakle Constantin Bakaki Nikola Mikić Slavko Perović Mamadou Sangare Moustapha Kondé Harry Novillo Michael Eneramo Mersin İdmanyurdu Ricardo Pedriel Nikolay Mihaylov Milan Mitrović Samsunspor Tom Muyters Eldin Adilović Distel Zola Famoussa Koné Jeroen Lumu Kevin Brands Ousmane N'Diaye Şanlıurfaspor Vjekoslav Tomić Amin Askar Daudet N'Dongala Emmanuel Banahene Bakary Soro Iyayi Atiemwen Andrei Marc Carlos Fortes Sivasspor Leandrinho John Boye Theofanis Gekas Dejan Kelhar Jerónimo Barrales Joan Oumari Ümraniyespor Steve Beleck Mahatma Otoo Seidu Salifu Lucky Nguzana Yeni Malatyaspor Michaël Pereira Austin Amutu Azubuike Okechukwu Sunday Mba Boubacar Dialiba Jonathan Ayité
League table
Results
Promotion play-offs Semi-finals
Final
See also 2016–17 Turkish Cup 2016–17 Süper Lig 2016–17 TFF Second League 2016–17 TFF Third League
References
External links Turkish Football Federation PTT 1. League