The 2010–11

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 ...

, also known as '' Bank Asya First League'' due to sponsoring reasons (in Turkish: ''Bank Asya 1. Lig''), is the tenth season since the league established in 2001 and 48th season of the second-level football league of

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since its establishment in 1963–64. Normal season started on 20 August 2010, Friday by Adanaspor-Mersin İdmanyurdu match and ended on 15 May 2011. Play-off games were played 23–29 May 2011. League was started with 17 teams.

Ankaraspor Ankaraspor Kulübü (), formerly known as Osmanlıspor (), is a Turkish professional football club based in the country's capital Ankara. Founded in 1978, the club competes in the TFF Second League. History Ankaraspor was founded as "Ankara Bel ...

, which was directly relegated from

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, was dismissed from the federation because the club appealed to a court for that decision. Top two teams will directly be promoted to the

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. The third team to be promoted was determined via play-off games among 3rd through 6th teams of the league. Bottom two teams were relegated to 2011–12 TFF Second League.

Teams

was relegated from the

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by TFF in October 2009 for anti-competitive behaviour.

Denizlispor Denizlispor, due to current sponsorship Altaş Denizlispor, is a Turkish sports club based in Denizli. It is known by its distinct green and black colors. The club's branches include football, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, and gymnastics ...

was relegated from

after the 31st week games of Süper Lig 2009–10. After the 33rd week of Süper Lig 2009–10,

Diyarbakırspor Diyarbakırspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Diyarbakır. Formed in 1968, they are nicknamed ''Diyar'' ("land"). Their colours are red and green, and they play their home matches at Diyarbakır Stadium. Diyar ...

were also relegated.

Akhisar Belediyespor Akhisarspor Kulübü (Akhisar Sports Club), commonly known as Akhisarspor, is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Akhisar.

promoted from

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after a 2–0 win over Göztepe on May 2, 2010. Güngören Belediyespor returned to First League, were relegated in 2008–2009 season, their first attempt after a 1–0 win against Tokatspor at away match on May 2, 2010. The last promoting team was Tavşanlı Linyitspor, made second consecutive promotion, after a 2–1 win against

Eyüpspor Eyüpspor is a Turkish professional football club that is located in the Eyüp district of Istanbul. The team colours are lavender and yellow. Their home ground is Eyüp Stadium, which has a capacity of 2,500. History Eyüpspor played in the Ista ...

at extra play-off final in

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on May 30, 2010. On 4 August 2010, the TFF dismissed

from the league because the club has gone before the court for the previous year's relegation matters, an out-of-system way that the federation that does not approve against its final decisions.No visa for Ankaraspor
Ankaraspor'a vize yok
ajansspor.com. retrieved on 20 Aug 2010. The TFF have decided that the league will be played with 17 teams for 2010–11; teams who were originally scheduled to play against Ankaraspor will be given a bye in the corresponding round.

Team summaries

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season After the start of the season

League table

Positions by round

Results

Promotion playoffs

The teams ranked third through sixth will compete in the promotion playoffs for the

. The 3rd team and 6th team will play two matches in their own grounds. Likewise 4th and 5th teams will play two mathes elimination round. This round is named as semi-finals. Winner teams will play one final match at a neutral venue. Winner of the final will be third team to promote to Süper Lig 2011–2012. Semi-finals 3-6 ---- ---- Semi-finals 4–5 ---- ---- Final ---- ----