Turkish Regional Amateur League (BAL) match between Özer Mimarlık Mühendislik Spor and Mahmut Şevketpaşa Spor in the 2017-18 season.Turkish Regional Amateur League (BAL) match between Boğaziçi Üniversitesi 1896 Spor and Küçükçekmece Yeşilova Spor in the 2017-18 season.
The Turkish Regional Amateur League (Turkish: Bölgesel Amatör Lig) is the fifth tier of the Turkish football league system. The tier comprises a number (usually 10-13, varies by season) of groups across Turkey, each consisting of teams grouped according to the regions in which they are based. Every season, 12 teams are promoted to the TFF Third League while the bottom two teams of each group are relegated to the Super Amateur Leagues of their respective provinces.[1]
League status
The league contains 153 teams which participate in ten groups: 2 of these groups contains 14 teams, 4 of these groups contain 15 teams, 3 of these groups contain 16 teams and one group contains 17 teams.[2]
At the end of the season 12 teams will be promoted to TFF Third League. Ten group winners get direct promotion. Teams ranked 2nd and 3rd of their groups will participate in a play-off between 16 teams. Only the winner of this play-off will be promoted. As for the last group, the Istanbul group will have a separate play-off between numbers 2,3,4 and 5. The winner of the group 10 play-off will also get promotion. The 18 teams which finish in the bottom two of their groups will be relegated to the Super Amateur Leagues, group 10 will have four teams relegated. A total of 22 teams will be relegated.[3]
Records
The game in Group VI between Eskişehirspor and Manavgat Belediyespor of December 15, 2024 had the highest attendances numbers in the history of the Turkish Regional Amateur League with a total of 30,328 spectators. The second highest attendance record was established on February 8, 2015 in the match between Kocaelispor and Büyükçekmece Belediyespor, with 20,745 spectators.[4]
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