Turkish National League
1959 Millî Lig trophy on display in the Fenerbahçe Museum
Season1959
ChampionsFenerbahçe
1st title
Relegatednone
European CupFenerbahçe
Matches played114
Goals scored264 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerMetin Oktay
(11 goals)
Biggest home winGalatasaray 5–0 Göztepe
Biggest away winİstanbulspor 0–5 Fenerbahçe
Highest scoringGöztepe 4–2 Ankara Demirspor

The 1959 Turkish National League was the first season of the professional nationwide league in Turkey, known as Süper Lig today. The National League replaced the previous Turkish football league, the Turkish Federation Cup.[1] The first season consisted of 16 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, as the qualifying stages took place in 1958.

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, Karagümrük, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, İstanbulspor, Vefa (from Istanbul), Ankaragücü, Ankara Demirspor, Gençlerbirliği, Hacettepe (from Ankara), Altay, Göztepe, İzmirspor, and Karşıyaka (from İzmir).

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 leg 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,[2] qualifying them for the 1959–60 European Cup. Metin Oktay was top scorer with 11 goals. No clubs were relegated this season.

Red group

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Galatasaray 14 7 6 1 18 7 +11 20 Qualification to Championship final
2 Vefa 14 7 6 1 21 10 +11 20
3 Ankara Demirspor 14 4 8 2 12 11 +1 16
4 Göztepe 14 5 5 4 23 21 +2 15
5 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
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away ADA ADS GAL GEN GÖZ KAG 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 2–3 4–2 0–0 2–1 3–0 3–2 0–1
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: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

White group

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fenerbahçe 14 12 2 0 29 7 +22 26 Qualification to Championship final
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 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
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away ALT ANK BEY BEŞ FEN HAC İST İZM
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 2–0 1–3 1–0 0–3 1–4 1–1 1–0
İstanbulspor 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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship final

First leg

Galatasaray1 – 0Fenerbahçe
Metin Oktay 39' (Report)
Attendance: 18,016
Referee: Markovic (Yugoslavia)

Second leg

Fenerbahçe4 – 0Galatasaray
Yüksel Gündüz 9'
Naci Erdem 44'
Mustafa Güven 70'
Şeref Has 72'
(Report)
Attendance: 26,553
Referee: Francesco Liverani (Italy)
 1959 Millî Lig winners 
Fenerbahçe
First title

See also

References

  1. "Turkey - List of Champions". RSSSF. RSSSF. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "Turkey – List of champions". RSSSF. RSSSF. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  3. Sivritepe, Erdinç 1959 Milli Lig turkish-soccer.com, accessed 20 June 2010
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