Amedspor have secured promotion to the Süper Lig for the first time in their history.
A 3–3 draw away at Iğdır FK on the final day of the TFF 1. Lig was enough to send the club from Amed into the Turkish top flight for the 2026–27 season. The result left Amedspor on 74 points, level with Esenler Erokspor but ahead on head-to-head, and gave them the second automatic promotion place behind champions Erzurumspor.
It was not a calm afternoon. Iğdır went ahead through Moryke Fofana in the 6th minute. Hasan Ali Kaldırım equalised in the 19th. Mbaye Diagne struck a penalty in first-half stoppage time to put Amedspor in front, then turned an own goal into his own net moments later to make it 2–2 at the break. Dia Saba restored the lead in the 49th minute. Atakan Çankaya levelled for the home side in the 80th. Eleven minutes of stoppage time produced no further goals — and no further damage.
The whistle confirmed what supporters in the away end had spent ninety minutes calculating. Across town, in Esenler, Erokspor were drawing 1–1 with Pendikspor. The arithmetic worked. Amed was going up.
By the time the team coach left Iğdır, the streets of Diyarbakır were already full. So were the streets of Istanbul, Mersin, Adana, Van, Mardin, Batman, Şırnak. Convoys formed in Kars. In Berlin and London, the pictures arrived through phones. In Erbil, fans who had travelled to support the club this season were celebrating the result they had come for.
Diagne ended the match — and the season — with 29 league goals. He shares the modern 1. Lig scoring record with Marco Paixão, who scored the same number for Altay in 2018–19.
Amedspor have never played in the Süper Lig before. The city of Amed has not been represented in Turkey's top division since 2009–10.
That ends in August.