1959 Turkish National League
| Season | 1959 |
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| 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 |
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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 | Centone 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: [1]
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 | 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 |
Source: [2]
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
Second leg
| 1959 Milli Lig winners |
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| Fenerbahçe S.K. First title |
Results table
Kırmızı Grup
| Home ╲ Away | 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 | |
| Centone 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.
Beyaz Grup
| Home ╲ Away | 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.
