1959 Turkish National League
Season | 1959 |
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Champions |
Fenerbahçe (1st Millî 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 | Galatasaray 5–0 Göztepe |
Biggest away win | İstanbulspor 0–5 Fenerbahçe |
Highest scoring | Göztepe 4–2 Ankara Demirspor |
← 1957–58 1959–60 → |
The 1959 Turkish National League was the first season of the professional nationwide league in Turkey, known as Süper Lig today. The first season consisted 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 clubs from the Ankara and İzmir Leagues in the 1958–59 season took part in the league. These clubs were Adalet, Beşiktaş, Beykoz, Fatih Karagümrük, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, İstanbulspor, Vefa (from Istanbul), Ankaragücü, Ankara Demirspor, Gençlerbirliği, Hacettepe (from Ankara), Altay, Göztepe, İzmirspor, and Karşıyaka (from İzmir).[1]
The final consisted of two legs and took place between the winners of each group. Galatasaray won the Red Group and Fenerbahçe won the White Group. Galatasaray won the first match 1-0, but Fenerbahçe won the second leg 4-0, winning 4-1 on aggregate. The title was Fenerbahçe's first Süper Lig title and 10th Turkish championship title overall, qualifying them for the 1959–60 European Cup. Metin Oktay was top scorer with 11 goals. No clubs were relegated this season.[1]
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 | 17 | 0 | 12 |
6 | Karşıyaka | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 10 |
7 | Gençlerbirliği | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 10 |
8 | Adalet | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 9 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 | 12 | −1 | 13 |
5 | MKE Ankaragücü | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 13 |
6 | Hacettepe Spor | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 11 |
7 | Beykoz | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 10 |
8 | İstanbulspor | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 22 | −16 | 6 |
Championship final
First leg
Galatasaray | 1 – 0 | Fenerbahçe |
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Metin Oktay |
(Report) |
Second leg
Fenerbahçe | 4 – 0 | Galatasaray |
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Yüksel Gündüz Naci Erdem Mustafa Güven Şeref Has |
(Report) |
1959 Millî Lig winners |
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Fenerbahçe First title |
Results table
Red Group
Home \ Away[1] | ADA | ADS | GAL | GEN | GÖZ | CKG | KRŞ | VEF |
Adalet | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
Ankara Demirspor | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
Galatasaray | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
Gençlerbirliği | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | |
Göztepe A.Ş. | 2–3 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | |
Fatih Karagümrük | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | |
Karşıyaka | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | |
Vefa | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
White Group
Home \ Away[1] | ALT | MKE | BEY | BEŞ | FEN | HAC | IST | IZM |
Altay | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
MKE Ankaragücü | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
Beykoz | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
Beşiktaş | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
Fenerbahçe | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
Hacettepe Spor | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
Istanbulspor | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |
İzmirspor | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.