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.

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Season2000–01
ChampionsFenerbahçe
14th title
RelegatedSiirt Jet-PA Spor
Erzurumspor
Adanaspor
Champions LeagueFenerbahçe
Galatasaray
UEFA CupGaziantepspor
Gençlerbirliği
Intertoto CupÇaykur Rizespor
Denizlispor
Matches played306
Goals scored1,017 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorerOkan Yılmaz
(23 goals)

League table

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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:

Results

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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

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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
  Sertan Eser İstanbulspor
9   Andre Kona N'Gole Gençlerbirliği 15
  Fatih Tekke Gaziantepspor

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References

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