2000–01 1.Lig

1.Lig
Season	2000–01
Champions	Fenerbahçe; 14th title
Relegated	Siirt Jet-PA Spor; Erzurumspor; Adanaspor
Champions League	Fenerbahçe; Galatasaray
UEFA Cup	Gaziantepspor; Gençlerbirliği
Intertoto Cup	Çaykur Rizespor; Denizlispor
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,017 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Okan Yılmaz; (23 goals)
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000-2001 Turkish First Football League was the 43rd edition of top-flight professional football in Turkey. The season saw many turning points for different teams. Galatasaray, the team that dominated the last decade and won the UEFA Cup, lost the title to Fenerbahçe SK for the first time in five seasons. Fenerbahçe reached to success with Mustafa Denizli, the first Turkish manager to win the league for Fenerbahçe. Southeastern side Gaziantepspor fought for the title for a long time during the season under the manager Erdoğan Arıca and Sakıp Özberk. They lost their hopes for title, when, in the 29th fixture, Fenerbahçe SK defeated them 4-3 at Şükrü Saracoğlu. Gaziantepspor were 3-0 ahead in the half-time.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fenerbahçe (C)	34	24	4	6	82	39	+43	76	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Galatasaray	34	23	4	7	77	35	+42	73	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Gaziantepspor	34	20	8	6	67	40	+27	68	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Beşiktaş	34	19	7	8	68	48	+20	64
5	Trabzonspor	34	17	7	10	69	52	+17	58
6	MKE Ankaragücü	34	16	8	10	65	59	+6	56
7	Yimpaş Yozgatspor	34	13	10	11	55	46	+9	49
8	Samsunspor	34	13	9	12	55	52	+3	48
9	Çaykur Rizespor	34	13	7	14	45	43	+2	46	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
10	Gençlerbirliği	34	14	4	16	44	53	−9	46	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
11	Denizlispor	34	12	9	13	53	56	−3	45	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
12	İstanbulspor	34	12	8	14	47	58	−11	44
13	Kocaelispor	34	10	11	13	56	60	−4	41
14	Bursaspor	34	11	7	16	55	60	−5	40
15	Antalyaspor	34	9	9	16	45	64	−19	36
16	Siirt Jet-PA Spor (R)	34	6	6	22	47	81	−34	24	Relegation to Turkish Second League Category A
17	Erzurumspor (R)	34	5	6	23	36	80	−44	21
18	Adanaspor (R)	34	2	10	22	51	91	−40	16

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Winner of 2000–01 Turkish Cup

Results

Home \ Away	ADA	ANT	BJK	BUR	ÇYR	DEN	ERZ	FNB	GAL	GAZ	GEN	İST	KOC	AGÜ	SAM	SRT	TRA	YOZ
Adanaspor		1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–3	3–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–3	2–2	4–4	1–3	3–5	0–2	1–7	3–3
Antalyaspor	2–1		1–2	2–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	4–2	2–2	2–2	3–4	2–2	1–3	2–3	1–1
Beşiktaş	2–1	4–2		2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–4	0–3	2–0	3–2	4–0	0–0	5–1	3–1	3–0
Bursaspor	2–1	4–0	0–1		2–1	2–1	6–0	2–2	0–2	3–3	2–0	2–5	1–1	2–3	0–2	3–2	4–2	1–4
Çaykur Rizespor	4–2	0–2	5–1	3–1		2–1	4–1	1–1	2–4	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–0
Denizlispor	4–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–0		3–1	2–1	0–1	2–3	0–0	0–4	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–0
Erzurumspor	2–0	0–1	1–3	5–0	0–0	2–2		1–2	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–3	1–2
Fenerbahçe	4–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	5–2	4–2		2–1	4–3	3–0	2–0	4–0	5–1	2–1	4–2	5–2	3–1
Galatasaray	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	7–0	0–0		2–0	2–1	1–1	2–3	1–2	1–2	4–1	4–0	3–0
Gaziantepspor	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	6–1	2–1	0–2		1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	3–1
Gençlerbirliği	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–4	1–2	3–1	1–4	2–0		3–0	0–0	3–4	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–1
İstanbulspor	1–6	2–0	2–3	2–4	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–2	3–5	0–1	2–1		1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–4
Kocaelispor	4–3	5–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	4–2	1–0	0–4	1–4	1–2	4–1	1–1		4–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–2
MKE Ankaragücü	4–0	1–1	1–5	1–1	4–0	3–1	5–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–0		2–0	4–1	2–4	4–0
Samsunspor	3–1	4–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	3–3	1–2	2–3	3–0	3–0		4–3	1–1	0–2
Siirtspor	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–5	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–1	1–2	3–0	0–2	4–3	1–1	1–2		1–4	1–3
Trabzonspor	3–3	4–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	3–2	2–4		1–1
Yozgatspor	4–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	2–3	4–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	4–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1

Source: TFF, Mackolik
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Okan Yılmaz	Bursaspor	23
2	Mário Jardel	Galatasaray	22
3	Cenk İşler	Adanaspor	19
4	Hami Mandıralı	Trabzonspor	18
	Hasan Özer	Gaziantepspor
	Pascal Nouma	Beşiktaş
7	Atilla Birlik	Antalyaspor	16
7	Sertan Eser	İstanbulspor	16
9	Andre Kona N'Gole	Gençlerbirliği	15
9	Fatih Tekke	Gaziantepspor	15

^[1]

References

^ Goal records Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine

[table_note_res_UC10.44418415494458-1] Winner of 2000–01 Turkish Cup

[2] Goal records Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine

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v t e Top level Turkish football league seasons
Türkiye Futbol Şampiyonası	1924 1927 1932 1933 1934 1935 1940 1941 1942 1944 1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951
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Champions	Fenerbahçe (28) Galatasaray (25) Beşiktaş (21) Trabzonspor (7) Harp Okulu (3) Gençlerbirliği (2) Muhafızgücü (1) İstanbulspor (1) Güneş (1) Eskişehir Demirspor (1) Ankara Demirspor (1) Ankaragücü (1) Göztepe (1) Bursaspor (1) Başakşehir (1)

v t e Süper Lig
TFF Union of Clubs
Millî Lig	1959 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
1. Lig	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
Süper Lig	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Champions	Galatasaray (24) Fenerbahçe (19) Beşiktaş (16) Trabzonspor (7) Başakşehir (1) Bursaspor (1)
Current clubs	Adana Demirspor Alanyaspor Antalyaspor Başakşehir Beşiktaş Bodrum Eyüpspor Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Gaziantep Göztepe Hatayspor Kasımpaşa Kayserispor Konyaspor Rizespor Samsunspor Sivasspor Trabzonspor
Former clubs	Adanaspor Adalet Akçaabat Sebatspor Akhisarspor Altay Altınordu Ankara Demirspor Ankaragücü Ankaraspor Aydınspor Bakırköyspor Balıkesirspor Beykozspor Beyoğlu Boluspor Bucaspor Bursaspor Çanakkale Dardanelspor Denizlispor Diyarbakırspor Elazığspor Erzurumspor Erzurumspor F.K. Eskişehirspor Fatih Karagümrük Feriköy Gaziantepspor Gençlerbirliği Giresunspor Hacettepe İstanbulspor İzmirspor Kahramanmaraşspor Karabükspor Karşıyaka Kayseri Erciyesspor Keçiörengücü MKE Kırıkkalespor Kocaelispor Malatyaspor Manisaspor Mersin İdman Yurdu Orduspor Pendikspor Petrolofisi PTT Sakaryaspor Sarıyer Siirtspor Şekerspor Ümraniyespor Vanspor Vefa Yeni Malatyaspor Yeşildirek Yozgatspor Zeytinburnuspor Zonguldakspor

v t e 2000–01 in Turkish football
Domestic leagues	First League Second League Third League
Domestic cups	Turkish Cup (Final) Atatürk Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup UEFA Super Cup
Related to national team	2002 FIFA World Cup (Qualifying: Group 4) Şenol Güneş
Club seasons
First League	Adanaspor Ankaragücü Antalyaspor Beşiktaş Bursaspor Çaykur Rizespor Denizlispor Erzurumspor Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Gaziantepspor Gençlerbirliği İstanbulspor Kocaelispor Samsunspor Siirt Jetpa Spor Trabzonspor Yimpaş Yozgatspor

v t e 2000–01 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '00 '01 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '00 '01 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '00 '01 Faroe Islands '00 '01 Finland '00 '01 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '00 '01 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '00 '01 Latvia '00 '01 Lithuania '00 '01 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '00 '01 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '00 '01 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '00 '01 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '00 '01 Finland '00 '01 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '00 '01 Israel Italy Latvia '00 '01 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '00 '01 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '00 '01 France Germany Iceland '00 '01 Israel Northern Ireland Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, Second group stage, Knockout stage, final) UEFA Cup (qualifying round, 1st round, 2nd round, final phase, final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup