1959 Turkish National League

Turkish National League
Season 1959
Champions Fenerbahçe
1st Milli Lig title
Relegated none
European Champions Cup Fenerbahçe
Goals scored 264 goals
Average goals/game 2.3 goals/game
Top goalscorer Metin Oktay, 11 goals
Biggest home win 5 Galatasaray
0 Göztepe
Biggest away win 0 Istanbulspor
5 Fenerbahçe
Highest scoring 6 goals,
4 Göztepe
2 Ankara Demirspor
1957-58
1959-60

The 1959 Turkish National League was the first season of professional football in Turkey. The league was made up of sixteen clubs split into two groups: the Kırmızı Grup (Red Group) and Beyaz Grup (White Group), the colours of the Turkish flag. The first season took place in the calendar year of 1959, instead of 1958-59, because the qualifying stages took place in 1958.[1]

Overview

The top eight clubs from the 1958–59 Istanbul Football League and the top four club from Ankara and İzmir took part in the league. These clubs were Adalet, Beşiktaş, Beykoz, Fatih Karagümrük, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Istanbulspor, Vefa (Istanbul), Ankaragücü, Ankara Demirspor, Gençlerbirliği, Hacettepe (Ankara), Altay, Göztepe, İzmirspor, Karşıyaka (İzmir).[1]

The final consisted of two legs and took place between the winners of each group. Galatasaray won the Kırmızı Grup and Fenerbahçe won the Beyaz Grup. Galatasaray won the first match 1-0, but Fenerbahçe won the second 4-0, winning 4-1 on aggregate. The league title was Fenerbahçe's first league title and they qualified for 1959-60 European Cup. Metin Oktay finished top scorer with 11 goals. No clubs were relegated this season.[1]

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Galatasaray 14 7 6 1 18 7+11 20
2 Vefa 14 7 6 1 21 10+11 20
3 Ankara Demirspor 14 4 8 2 12 11+1 16
4 Göztepe A.Ş. 14 5 5 4 23 21+2 15
5 Fatih Karagümrük 14 4 4 6 17 170 12
6 Karşıyaka 14 2 6 6 13 218 10
7 Gençlerbirliği 14 1 8 5 10 188 10
8 Adalet 14 1 7 6 12 219 9

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Fenerbahçe 14 12 2 0 29 7+22 26
2 Beşiktaş 14 8 2 4 22 16+6 18
3 Altay 14 5 5 4 18 16+2 15
4 İzmirspor 14 4 5 5 11 121 13
5 MKE Ankaragücü 14 5 3 6 16 193 13
6 Hacettepe Spor 14 5 1 8 14 206 11
7 Beykoz 14 3 4 7 17 214 10
8 İstanbulspor 14 1 4 9 6 2216 6

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Championship final

First leg

1959-06-10
Galatasaray S.K. 1 0 Fenerbahçe S.K.
Metin  39' (Report)
Dolmabahçe Stadyumu, Istanbul
Attendance: 18,016
Referee: Markovic (Yugoslavia)

Second leg

1959-06-14
Fenerbahçe S.K. 4 0 Galatasaray S.K.
Yüksel  9'
Naci  44'
Mustafa  70'
Şeref  72'
(Report)
Dolmabahçe Stadyumu, Istanbul
Attendance: 26,553
Referee: Francesco Liverani (Italy)
1959 Milli Lig winners
Fenerbahçe S.K.
First title

Results table

Kırmızı Grup

Home ╲ Away ADA ADS GALGENGÖZCKGKRŞVEF
Adalet 00 01 23 00 00 00 11
Ankara Demirspor 21 02 00 11 00 10 11
Galatasaray 21 12 00 50 10 11 00
Gençlerbirliği 11 00 00 22 12 11 03
Göztepe A.Ş. 23 42 00 21 30 32 01
Fatih Karagümrük 30 12 23 10 11 22 12
Karşıyaka 31 11 01 11 11 03 20
Vefa 22 00 11 30 32 10 30

Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Beyaz Grup

Home ╲ Away ALT MKE BEYBEŞFENHACISTIZM
Altay 10 22 31 01 10 20 11
MKE Ankaragücü 21 22 13 23 10 11 10
Beykoz 22 31 23 01 12 11 02
Beşiktaş 21 00 01 02 32 21 20
Fenerbahçe 11 31 21 10 21 30 10
Hacettepe Spor 20 13 10 03 14 11 10
Istanbulspor 01 01 00 12 05 02 00
İzmirspor 22 10 21 11 00 10 20

Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Sivritepe, Erdinç 1959 Milli Lig turkish-soccer.com, accessed 20 June 2010
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