Aim: The purpose of this study was to analyze goal number and first half-match result parameters of teams completed TFF 1. League in top six ranks.
Methods: The study was carried out by analyzing the league performances of 96 teams (n=96) completing the TFF 1. league in the top 6 ranks in 16 seasons between the 2005-2006 season, when the play-off system was started to be implemented, and the 2020-2021 season. The number of goals scored and conceded by teams and the first half-match result parameters of teams completing the league in the top 6 ranks were determined from the official web site of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF). The conformity to the normal distribution of the data was examined with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. The differences in the number of goals scored and conceded by the teams and the first half-match result parameters of teams completing the league in the top six ranks according to league ranking were examined with one-way analysis of variance (One-way ANOVA) for parametric data and Kruskal-Wallis test for non-parametric data.
Results: As a result of the play-off matches, it was determined that the teams completing the league in the 5th rank promoted to the Super League in the highest number (six times, 50%), while the teams completing the league in the 3rd rank promoted to the Super League in the least number (one time, 6%). It was found that the teams completing the league in the 1st rank collected more points from the teams completing the league in the 4th, 5th and 6th ranks in home (1: 36.88±5.20, 4:32.44±3.85, 5:31.13±4.49, 6: 32.13±3.03 points) and away (1:30.63±4.95, 4: 25.06±4.74, 5: 24.81±4.88, 6: 22.38±3.91 points) matches (p<0.05). No statistically significant difference was determined between the first half-match result parameters of the teams (p>0.05).
Conclusion: Consequently, it may be said that teams in the 3rd losing their chance to promote directly to the Super League in last part of league may be adversely affected mentally and physically and therefore may fail in play-off matches.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Sports Medicine |
Journal Section | MOVEMENT and TRAINING SCIENCES |
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Publication Date | December 15, 2021 |
Submission Date | October 7, 2021 |
Published in Issue | Year 2021 |