1956–57 Federation Cup

Turkish Federation Cup
Season	1956–57
Champions	Beşiktaş J.K. (1st Title)
Matches played	53
Goals scored	160 (3.02 per match)
Biggest home win	Kültürspor 8-0 Egespor
Biggest away win	Ankara Demirspor 0-7 Galatasaray
← None 1957-58 →

The 1956-57 Turkish Federation Cup season was the first professional national football league in Turkey. The league was organized by the Turkish Football Federation, to pick a team that would represent Turkey in the 1957–58 European Cup, even if later Besiktas refused to play. 30 football clubs participated: 10 from İstanbul, 10 from İzmir, 8 from Ankara and 2 from Adana. These teams were put into 3 groups: İstanbul group, İzmir group and the Ankara group (The 2 teams from Adana were put into the Ankara group). The teams would play against each other. The top 2 teams from each group would then compete in the finals.

Round 1

İstanbul Group

Team 1	Score	Team 2
İstanbulspor	4–1	Emniyet
Beşiktaş	2–1	Beyoğluspor

İzmir Group

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Altay	?–?	Karşıyaka
Ülküspor	?–?	İzmir Demirspor

Ankara Group

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Gençlerbirliği	4–1	Hilal
Ankaragücü	1–0	Yolspor

Round 2

İstanbul Group

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Beykoz	3–1	Adalet
Galatasaray	1–0	Vefa
Fenerbahçe	6–0	Kasımpaşa
Beşiktaş	1–0	İstanbulspor

İzmir Group

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Göztepe	1–1¹	Yün Pamuk Mensucat
Kültürspor	8–0	Egespor
Altınordu	2–1	İzmirspor
Altay	2–0	Ülküspor

¹Göztepe won 2-0 on the playoff match.

Ankara Group

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Hacettepe	?–?	Otoyildırım
Milli Mensucat	1–0	Ankara Demirspor
Güneşspor	1–0	Adana Demirspor
Gençlerbirliği	3–0²	Ankaragücü

²Match not held. Gençlerbirliği default win.

Round 3

İstanbul Group

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Galatasaray	3–2	Fenerbahçe
Beşiktaş	3–2	Beykoz

İzmir Group

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Kültürspor	1–0	Altınordu
Altay	4–1	Göztepe

Ankara Group

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Milli Mensucat	2–1	Güneşspor
Gençlerbirliği	3–2	Hacettepe

Finals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Beşiktaş (C)	10	8	1	1	23	6	+16	17	Not joined the European Cup
Galatasaray	10	6	2	2	22	8	+14	14
Altay	10	5	2	3	18	14	+4	12
Gençlerbirliği	10	4	1	5	15	12	+3	9
Kültürspor	10	3	1	6	10	25	-15	7
Milli Mensucat	10	0	1	9	5	28	-23	1

Turkish Federation Cup 1956-57 Winners
Beşiktaş First Title

External links

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Champions	Fenerbahçe (19) Galatasaray (19) Beşiktaş (13) Trabzonspor (6) Bursaspor (1)

Former teams	Adaletspor Adana Demirspor Adanaspor Akçaabat Sebatspor Altay Altınordu Ankara Demirspor Ankaraspor Aydınspor Bakırköyspor Balıkesirspor Belediye Vanspor Beykozspor Beyoğluspor Boluspor Bucaspor Çanakkale Dardanelspor Denizlispor Diyarbakırspor Erzurumspor Etimesgut Şekerspor Feriköy Giresunspor Göztepe Hacettepe İstanbul B.B. İstanbulspor İzmirspor Kahramanmaraşspor Karagümrük Karşıyaka Keçiörengücü MKE Ankaragücü MKE Kırıkkalespor Kocaelispor Malatyaspor Manisaspor Mersin İdman Yurdu Orduspor Petrol Ofisi Spor PTT Sakaryaspor Samsunspor Sarıyer Siirtspor Vefa Yeşildirek Yimpaş Yozgatspor Zeytinburnuspor Zonguldakspor