2020–21 Turkish Women's Football League

Turkcell Women's Football League
Season2020–21
Dates17 April 2021 – 5 May 2021
ChampionsBeşiktaş J.K.
Promoted1207 Antalya Spor
Dudullu Spor
İlkadım Belediyesi
Kayseri Gençler Birliği
Champions LeagueBeşiktaş J.K.
Matches played32
Goals scored116 (3.63 per match)
Best PlayerTurkey Cansu Nur Kaya
Top goalscorerTurkey Zelal Baturay
Best goalkeeperTurkey Fatma Şahin
Highest scoring8-1
2022-23 →
All statistics correct as of 5 May 2021.

The 2020–21 Turkcell Women's Football League is the 25th season of Turkey's premier women's footballleague. The league, formerly called the Turkish Women's First Football League (Turkish: Kadınlar 1. Futbol LigiĬ), was renamed to Turkscell Women's Football League after a sponsorship agreement was signed on 8 March 2021, the International Women's Day, between the Turkish Football Federation and the mobile phone operator Turkcell.[1] The 2020–21 season was dedicated to healthcare Workers and was officially named(Turkish: Sağlık Çalışanları Sezonu).[2]

Due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey, the regular season, which is used to start in the Fall and to conclude in the next year's Spring, was postponed to Spring with changed competition format. The 2020–21 season starts on 17 April and ends on 5 May. The number of participating teams increased to 16, including all the 12 teams from the 2019-20 First League season and additional 4 top teams promoted from the 2019-20 Second League season.[3] The 16 teams are divided in four groups of four teams. Each of the four promoted Second-League teams are assigned to one group. Each team in a group plays three matches in total. The first two top teams of each group are qualified for quarterfinals in a single-elimination tournament. The team winning the final match will represent Turkey at the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League .[3]

Teams

Team changes

Relegated from
2019–20 First League 		Promoted from
2019–20 Second League
None 1207 Antalya Spor
Dudullu Spor
İlkadım Belediyesi
Kayseri Gençler Birliği
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Location of teams in the 2020–21 season of Turkcell Women's Football League
Season 2019–20
Team Hometown Ground Capacity 2019–20 finish
1207 Antalya Spor Antalya Zeytinköy Stadium's Field #2. 3rd (Second League)
Adana İdmanyurduspor Adana Gençlik Stadium 2,000 11th
ALG Spor Gaziantep Batur Stadium 1st
Amed Sportif Faaliyetler Diyarbakır Talaytepe Sports Facility 10th
Ataşehir Belediyespor Istanbul Yeni Sahra Stadium 700 4th
Beşiktaş J.K. Istanbul İsmet İnönü Stadium 800 2nd
Dudullu Spor Istanbul Dudullu Stadium 2nd (Second League)
Fatih Vatan Spor Istanbul Fatih Mimar Sinan Stadium 800 5th
Fomget Gençlik ve Spor Ankara Batıkent Stadium 12th
Hakkarigücü Spor Hakkari Merzan City Football Field 6th
İlkadım Belediyesi Samsun İlkadım Derebahçe Stadıum 1st (Second League)
Kdz. Ereğlispor Karadeniz Ereğli Beyçayir Football Field 7th
Kayseri Gençler Birliği Kayseri Argıncık Stadium, Field No. 2 6th (Second League)
Kireçburnu Spor Istanbul Çayırbaşı Stadium 5,000 8th
Kocaeli Bayan FK İzmit Mehmet Ali Kağıtçı Stadium 9th
Konak Belediyespor İzmir Atatürk Stadyum 1 no'lu Yan Saha 3rd

Qualifying stage

All matches of the four groups are played at the Emirhan Sport Complex in Manavgat district of Antalya Province between 17 and 24 April 2021.[4]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BJK FAT ILK AMD
1 Beşiktaş 3 3 0 0 16 1 +15 9 Quarterfinals — 1–0 8–1 7–0
2 Fatih Vatan 3 2 0 1 11 1 +10 6 — 3–0 8–0
3 İlkadım 3 1 0 2 4 13 −9 3 —
4 Amed 3 0 0 3 2 18 −16 0 2–3 —
Source: [1]


Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ADA ATA ANT HAK
1 Adana 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Quarterfinals — 1–0
2 Ataşehir 3 1 2 0 7 2 +5 5 1–1 — 1–1 5–0
3 1207 Antalya 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2 —
4 Hakkari 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1 1–2 1–1 —
Source: [2]


Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ALG FOM KIR DUD
1 ALG 3 3 0 0 15 0 +15 9 Quarterfinals — 1–0 7–0 7–0
2 Fomget 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6 — 3–0
3 Kireçburnu 3 1 0 2 6 15 −9 3 3–6 — 3–2
4 Dudullu 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0 —
Source: [3]


Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IKON KAY KDZ KOC
1 Konak 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Quarterfinals — 0–0 1–0 2–0
2 Kayseri 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5 —
3 Kdz. Ereğli 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3 0–1 — 2–1
4 Kocaeli 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1 2–2 —
Source: [4]


Knockout stage

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A1 Beşiktaş 3
B2 Ataşehir 1
Beşiktaş (pen.) 0 (2)
ALG 0 (1)
C1 ALG 2
D2 Kayseri 0
Beşiktaş 2
Fatih Vatan 0
B1 Adana 1
C2 Fomget 2
Fomget 0 Third place
Fatih Vatan 1
D1 Konak 1 (3) ALG 3
A2 Fatih Vatan 1 (4) Fomget 0

Honours

The Turkish Football Federation awarded following sportspeople for the league season following the final match.[5]

Additionally, the referees of the final matches, Melis Özçiğdem, Deybet Gök, Betül Nur Yılmaz, Cansu Tiryaki and Özlem Yapaklar as well as the organizers Dr. Esin Nur Taşdemir and Dr. İsmail Başöz were honored with a plaque.[5]

Top goalscorers

As of 5 May 2021.

Rank Player Team GS Pld AG
1 Turkey Zelal Baturay Fatih Vatan Spor 7 6 1.17
2 Mali Bassira Touré ALG Spor 6 5 1.20
3 Turkey Elanur Laçin Kireçburnu Spor 4 3 1.33
Turkey Ebru Topçu ALG Spor 4 6 0.67

Hat-tricks and more

Player Scored For Against Result Date
Turkey Elanur Laçin 3 Kireçburnu Spor Dudullu Spor 3-2 21 April 2021
Mali Bassira Touré 4 ALG Spor Kireçburnu Spor 7-0 24 April 2021

References

  1. ^ "TFF ve Turkcell, 8 Mart Kadınlar Günü'nde yeni bir iş birliğine imza attı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Turkcell Kadın Futbol Ligi 17 Nisan'da başlayacak" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Turkcell Kadın Futbol Ligi kura çekimi 8 Nisan'da yapılacak" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Turkcell Kadın Futbol Ligi Fikstürü" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Turkcell Kadın Futbol Ligi'nde şampiyon Beşiktaş JK Vodafone Kadın Futbol Takımı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.