1959 Turkish National League

1st season of top-tier Turkish football 1959 Turkish National League Cup 1.jpg 1959 Millî Lig trophy on display in the Fenerbahçe Museum Turkish National League 1959 Fenerbahçe1st title none European Cup Fenerbahçe Metin Oktay(11 goals) Galatasaray 5–0 Göztepe İstanbulspor 0–5 Fenerbahçe Göztepe 4–2 Ankara Demirspor 114 264 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 National League replaced the previous Turkish football league, the Turkish Federation Cup.https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/turkchamp.html Turkey - List of Champions RSSSF RSSSF 23 February 2018 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.July 2021 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).July 2021 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, https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/turkchamp.html Turkey – List of champions RSSSF RSSSF 2 January 2019 qualifying them for the 1959–60 European Cup. Metin Oktay was top scorer with 11 goals. No clubs were relegated this season.July 2021 Red group Table main WDL Red Group Q 2 GAL Galatasaray VEF Vefa ADS Ankara Demirspor GÖZ Göztepe CKG Karagümrük KRŞ Karşıyaka GEN Gençlerbirliği ADA Adalet 7 6 1 18 7 7 6 1 21 10 4 8 2 12 11 5 5 4 23 21 4 4 6 17 17 2 6 6 13 21 1 8 5 10 18 1 7 6 12 21 green1 Qualification to Championship final A 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Results main FBR grey 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 complete Sivritepe, Erdinç 1959 Milli Lig turkish-soccer.com, accessed 20 June 2010 White group Table main WDL White Group Q 2 FEN Fenerbahçe BEŞ Beşiktaş ALT Altay IZM İzmirspor MKE MKE Ankaragücü HAC Hacettepe BEY Beykoz IST İstanbulspor 12 2 0 29 7 8 2 4 22 16 5 5 4 18 16 4 5 5 11 12 5 3 6 16 19 5 1 8 14 20 3 4 7 17 21 1 4 9 6 22 green1 Qualification to Championship final A 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Results main FBR grey 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 complete July 2021 Championship final First leg 10 June 1959 Galatasaray 1 – 0 Fenerbahçe (Report) Metin Oktay 39 Dolmabahçe Stadium, Istanbul 18,016 Markovic (Yugoslavia) Second leg 14 June 1959 Fenerbahçe 4 – 0 Galatasaray (Report) Yüksel Gündüz 9Naci Erdem 44Mustafa Güven 70Şeref Has 72 Dolmabahçe Stadium, Istanbul 26,553 Francesco Liverani (Italy) 1959 Millî Lig winners Fenerbahçe First See also 1958–59 in Turkish football References External links Turkey 1959 (RSSSF) Turkey – Final tables (RSSSF) Category:Turkish National League 1 Turkey