Ankara Football League

The Ankara Football League (Turkish: Ankara Futbol Ligi) was founded as a regional football league for Ankara based clubs in 1922. After the introduction of professionalism the name of the league became Ankara Professional Football League in the 1955–56 season. Gençlerbirliği hold the record with nine titles. After the introduction of the Süper Lig in 1959, the league lost its first level status.

Champions

Season	Champions
1922	Talimgâh
1923	Harbiye
1924	Anadolu Turan San'atkârangücü
1925	Muhafızgücü
1926	Muhafızgücü
1926–27	Muhafızgücü
1927–28	Muhafızgücü
1929	Muhafızgücü
1930	Gençlerbirliği
1930–31	Muhafızgücü
1931–32	Gençlerbirliği
1932–33	Gençlerbirliği
1934	Çankaya
1934–35	Gençlerbirliği
1935–36	Ankaragücü
1936–37	Ankaragücü
1937–38	Harp Okulu
1938–39	Ankara Demirspor
1939–40	Gençlerbirliği
1940–41	Gençlerbirliği
1941–42	Harp Okulu
1942–43	Ankara Demirspor
1943–44	Harp Okulu
1944–45	Harp Okulu
1945–46	Gençlerbirliği
1946–47	Ankara Demirspor
1947–48	Ankara Demirspor
1948–49	Ankaragücü
1949–50	Gençlerbirliği
1950–51	Gençlerbirliği
1951–52	Ankaragücü
1952–53	Havagücü
1953–54	Hacettepe
1954–55	none¹
1955–56	Hacettepe
1956–57	Ankaragücü
1957–58	Hacettepe
1958–59	Ankara Demirspor

Source: ^[1]

¹ Due to a conflict among civilian and military clubs, there were two leagues played in the 1954–55 season, one for civilian and one for military clubs. Hacettepe and Karagücü won their respective groups. The official Ankara champions would have been decided in a championship play-off. However, the civilian side refused to play the championship final and there was no official champion declared.^[2]

Performance by club

Club	Champions	Runners-up
Gençlerbirliği	9	7
Muhafızgücü	6	6
Ankaragücü	6	5
Ankara Demirspor	5	3
Harp Okulu	5	1
Hacettepe	3	–
Çankaya	1	2
Talimgâh	1	–
Havagücü	1	–

References

↑ "Turkey – List of Ankara League Champions". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
↑ Yüce, Mehmet (2016). Romantik Yürekler – Futbol Tarihimizin Yeni Devreleri: 1952–1992. Türkiye Futbol Tarihi (in Turkish). 3. Istanbul: İletişim Yayınları. pp. 85–87. ISBN 9789750519932.

Sources

Arıpınar, Erdoğan; Artun, Tevfik Ünsi; Atabeyoğlu, Cem; Aydın, Nurhan; Hiçyılmaz, Ergun; San, Haluk; Sevinçli, Orhan Vedat; Somalı, Vala (June 1992). Türk Futbol Tarihi 1904–1991 (in Turkish). 1. Istanbul: Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu Yayınları. pp. 58–70.CS1 maint: Date and year (link)

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[RSSSF-1] "Turkey – List of Ankara League Champions". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

[2] Yüce, Mehmet (2016). Romantik Yürekler – Futbol Tarihimizin Yeni Devreleri: 1952–1992. Türkiye Futbol Tarihi (in Turkish). 3. Istanbul: İletişim Yayınları. pp. 85–87. ISBN 9789750519932.