The 2009–10
TFF Second League
TFF 2. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Second League), is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season with the name of ''Turkish Second League Category B'' as a continuation of the then second lev ...
season is the ninth since its introduction as the third level of the
Turkish football pyramid and the fifth consecutive season where the current format is being used. It began on 30 August 2009 with the first matches of the ranking groups and will end in late May 2010 with the last matches of the promotion playoffs.
Competition format
The 2009–10 season started with 45 teams distributed over four "ranking groups". Each ranking group comprised eleven teams (with the exception of Group 3, which featured twelve teams) according to geographical criteria. The teams of each group played a conventional double round-robin schedule against the other teams of their group.
Upon conclusion of the ranking groups, the best two sides of each eleven-team group and the best three sides of the twelve-team group advanced to the "promotion group", while the remaining nine teams remained in their respective groups, which were now called "classification groups". The teams of the classification groups retained their complete records in the process. As in the previous round, each team played a double round-robin schedule against the other teams of its respective group.
A total of three promotion spots to the
TFF First League
The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...
were played out. Two of them were reserved for the best two teams of the promotion group, which were directly promoted. The third spot was decided through a play-off round and was competed among the teams ranked third through sixth of the promotion group and the winners of the four classification groups. The bottom three teams of the classification groups were directly relegated to the
TFF Third League
TFF 3. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Third League) is the fourth level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in 2001–02 season as a continuation of then third level division Turkish Third Football League.Turkish Third Footba ...
.
Teams
Ranking groups
Group 1
Group 2
Group table
Top goalscorers
* ''Last updated on December 27, 2009''
Group 3
Group 4
Promotion group
Group table
Results
Top goalscorers
''Including matches played on April 5, 2010''
Classification groups
Classification group 1
Classification group 2
Classification group 3
Classification group 4
Promotion play-offs
The teams placed third through sixth of the
promotion group and the four winners of the classification groups competed in a single-elimination playoff for the last promotion spot.
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
See also
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2009–10 Süper Lig
The 2009–10 Süper Lig (known as the ''Turkcell Süper Lig'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 52nd season since its establishment. The season commenced on 7 August 2009 with Istanbul B.B. hosting defending champions Beşiktaş at Atatürk Oly ...
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2009–10 TFF First League
The 2009–10 TFF First League (also known as ''Bank Asya First League'' due to sponsoring reasons) is the 47th season of the second-level football league of Turkey since its establishment in 1963–64.
Teams
2008–09 TFF First League champion ...
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2009–10 Türkiye Kupası
References
External links
Official competition website
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Turkey
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