Clubs unable to earn promotion from the 1.Lig (Second tier) and the three relegated clubs from the top-flight.
Play-off Round
34
32
18
14
Clubs promoted to the top-flight and clubs who finished 5th-15th in the top-flight.
Group Stages
20
20
16
4
The four seeded clubs (defending champions and clubs place 1st-3rd in the top-flight. If the defending champions have also been seeded because of their league placement, their seed goes to the runners-up.)
Quarter-Finals
8
8
8
none
none
Semi-Finals
4
4
4
none
none
Final
2
2
2
none
none
First round
The draw for the First Round took place at the headquarters of the TFF in Istanbul on 23 August 2010.[5] The matches were played on 1 September 2010.
The draw for the Second Round was conducted at the headquarters of the TFF in Istanbul on 14 September 2010.[6] The matches were played on 22 September 2010.
The draw for the Third Round was conducted at the headquarters of the TFF in Istanbul on 30 September 2010.[7] The matches will be played on 26-27–28 October 2010.
The group stage consists of four groups with five teams each. The top three teams that finished from 1st place to 3rd in the 2009–10 Süper Lig and the previous cup winners were seeded as group heads: Bursaspor, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, and cup winners Trabzonspor. The sixteen teams who qualified through the first two rounds of elimination matches were randomly drawn into one of the four groups.
Every team will play every other team of its group once, either home or away. The winners and runners-up of each group will qualify for the quarterfinals.
In this round the winners and runners-up of all of the previous round's groups were entered. The draw was conducted by the TFF in the Ataköy Olympic House in Istanbul on 28 January 2011 at 11:00 local time. There were no seedings in the draw, and consequently teams from the same groups were drawn against each other. The teams competed in two-leg playoffs. The first leg matches were played on 2 and 3 February while the second leg matches were played on 2 and 3 March 2011.[8] The lowest-ranked, and incidentally the only non-Süper Lig team to qualify for this stage of the competition was Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor, at that time competing in the TFF First League, the 2nd tier of Turkish football.
The draw was conducted by the TFF in the Ataköy Olympic House in Istanbul on 28 January 2011 at 11:00 local time. The teams competed in two-leg playoffs. The first leg matches were played on 6 and 7 April while the second leg matches were played on 20 and 21 April 2011.[9]
The final was played in Kadir Has Stadium, Kayseri on 11 May 2011. This was the first time for Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium to host a cup final, which opened its gates in March 2009. The kick-off was at 20:00 EEST.[10] The match ended on a 2-2 draw and there were no goals in the extra time. Beşiktaş J.K. went on to win the final on penalties.
