MKE Ankaragücü and Bereket Sigorta Ümraniyespor, which took the first two places in the Spor Toto 1st League, were the teams that were promoted directly to the Super League. The match that will determine the last team to advance to the Super League will be played tomorrow between Royal Hospital Bandırmaspor and Istanbulspor. The match at Kocaeli Stadium will start at 20:00.
Referee Halil Umut Meler will blow the whistle.
ISTANBULSPOR AWAY FROM THE SUPER LEAGUE SINCE 2004-2005
Completing the regular season of the league in the 4th place, Istanbulspor faced Buyuksehir Belediye Erzurumspor in the semi-finals for the final. Having won the away match 4-2, Istanbulspor made it to the finals despite losing 1-0 to its opponent in the second match at home.
Istanbulspor, which last played in the Super League in 2004-2005, had 237 wins, 229 draws and 290 defeats in 756 matches in the league where it played for 23 seasons.
Relegated from the Super League by placing 17th in the 2004-2005 season, Istanbulspor regressed to the TFF 3rd League. Having competed in the TFF 3rd League for 5 seasons, Istanbulspor was promoted to the Spor Toto 1st League in 2017-2018.
The Istanbul representative received a Super League visa twice under the management of Ziya Taner in the 1967-1968 season, under the administration of Kadri Aytaç in 1994-1995, and played in the play-offs in the 1st League 3 times, in 1993-1994, 2005-2006 and last season. He failed to qualify for the Super League.
ROYAL HOSPITAL BANDIRMASPOR IS THE FIRST FOLLOWING IN HISTORY
Royal Hospital Bandırmaspor finished the regular season in the 3rd place of Spor Toto 1st League and earned the right to play in the play-offs. Defeating Eyüpspor in the first match 1-0 in the semi-finals, Royal Hospital beat its opponent 3-0 in the rematch and advanced to the final.
Royal Hospital Bandırmaspor, which has no experience in the Super League, managed to compete in the play-off for the first time in its history. Bandırmaspor, who made it to the final, will try to crown this success by rising to the Super League.
Founded on June 5, 1965, Bandırmaspor, which is generally in the 2nd and 3rd leagues, was promoted to the 1st League at the end of the 2015-2016 season. Bandırmaspor, which was ranked 17th in the 1st League and relegated to the lower league the next season, received a 1st League visa again in 2019-2020. Bandırmaspor, which has been in the 1st League in the last 2 seasons, will face Istanbulspor tomorrow for the right to compete in the Super League for the first time in its history.
Bandırmaspor will aim to be the representative of the city in the league after Balıkesirspor, which took part in the Super League in 2014-2015.
27TH FINAL AT PLAY-OFF
The play-off system, which was first applied in the 1978-1979 season, is being played for the 27th time this year. In the play-offs, 20 different teams have been promoted to the Super League before.
Antalyaspor, Eskişehirspor, Göztepe, Konyaspor, Sakaryaspor in twos, Adana Demirspor, Alanyaspor, Altay, Boluspor, Metropolitan Belediye Erzurumspor, Çaykur Rizespor, Fatih Karagümrük, Gaziantep, Kayserispor, Malatyaspor, Mersin İdmanyurdu in the play-off final, where Kasımpaşa reached happy ending 3 times. , Orduspor, Şekerspor and Zeytinburnuspor also became the smiling side once in the play-offs.
At the end of the play-off struggle in the 1993-1994 season, two teams, Adana Demirspor and Antalyaspor, received a Super League visa.
KOCAELİ, 8TH PROVINCE HOSTING THE PLAY-OFF FINAL
Kocaeli, where the Spor Toto 1st League final will be played, will be the 8th province to host the final.
The play-off final, played 8 times in Ankara, was hosted by Istanbul 6, Antalya 4, Konya 3, Eskişehir and İzmir twice, and Bursa once.