1959–60 Turkish National League

2nd season of top-tier Turkish football Turkish National League 1959–60 Beşiktaş3rd title AdaletHacettepe European Cup Beşiktaş Metin Oktay, 33 goals Galatasaray 8–0 Altınordu Galatasaray 8–0 Altınordu 380 929 1959 1960–61 The 1959–60 Turkish National League was the second season of professional football in Turkey. The league consisted of 20 clubs, with Beşiktaş J.K. winning their third championship.Sivritepe, Erdinç 1959-1960 Milli Lig turkish-soccer.com, accessed 21 June 2010 Overview The original sixteen clubs of the 1959 Milli Lig took part in the 1959–60 edition, along with newly promoted Kasımpaşa, Şeker Hilal, Altınordu, and Feriköy. Beşiktaş won their first league title, winning 11 matches by a 1–0 margin, a record at the time. Metin Oktay finished top scorer with 33 goals. Clubs were not relegated directly, but instead took part in the Baraj Maçları, a competition between the top four amateur clubs and the bottom three Milli Lig clubs. Altınordu finished first in the Baraj Maçları, allowing them to stay in the Milli Lig. Hacettepe and Adalet were not successful, earning relegation to the Ankara and Istanbul professional leagues respectively. Adana Demirspor and PTT earned promotion to the Milli Lig. Adana Demirspor would become the first club from outside of the big three cities (Ankara, Istanbul, and İzmir) to compete in the Milli Lig during the following season. Final league table main WDL League table 5 Q 2 BJK Beşiktaş FNB Fenerbahçe GAL Galatasaray İZM İzmirspor AND Ankara Demirspor İST İstanbulspor FER Feriköy FKG Karagümrük KSK Karşıyaka GEN Gençlerbirliği VEF Vefa ŞKR Şeker Hilal KAS Kasımpaşa GÖZ Göztepe AGÜ Ankaragücü BYK Beykoz ALT Altay ADL Adalet HAC Hacettepe ATO Altınordu 29 7 2 68 15 C 27 6 5 88 38 24 10 4 74 23 17 13 8 62 44 17 11 10 49 40 13 16 9 38 35 18 4 16 44 39 15 10 13 50 45 14 8 16 43 52 12 11 15 50 46 11 13 14 37 60 12 10 16 37 43 9 15 14 31 48 9 14 15 34 41 9 12 17 39 56 8 14 16 35 56 10 8 20 45 64 9 8 21 26 48 8 8 22 42 68 6 8 24 38 69 green1 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round ECPR lightgreen Invitation to Balkans Cup BC red1 Qualification to Baraj Games R R R complete rsssf.com Results main TFF, Mackolik, and rsssf.com FBR grey complete 3-2 1-0 1-2 0-0 0-2 0-2 0-1 2-0 0-2 0-1 0-0 4-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 2-1 4-1 0-1 2-0 2-0 2-3 1-1 1-1 0-3 3-2 1-2 2-1 0-3 4-2 4-2 2-1 2-1 1-1 1-2 0-1 0-1 2-0 0-0 6-0 4-1 1-2 2-0 0-3 0-0 0-1 2-1 1-3 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-1 1-3 1-3 1-3 2-2 1-0 3-2 2-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-2 0-1 2-1 0-1 0-0 2-1 1-1 1-0 1-3 2-0 3-2 0-0 1-1 1-4 0-1 0-1 4-2 2-1 1-1 1-1 1-2 0-0 3-1 1-1 0-4 1-1 4-1 1-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 2-1 3-1 3-0 1-1 1-0 2-0 6-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 6-3 0-0 0-4 1-1 1-2 2-1 2-3 1-0 0-0 0-3 1-1 1-1 0-3 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 3-1 5-0 2-0 1-0 5-1 1-0 4-0 2-1 1-0 4-3 0-0 3-1 3-0 2-2 0-2 4-1 1-1 6-1 5-1 1-0 2-0 1-0 2-1 4-1 0-1 2-0 2-3 1-2 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-1 0-0 8-0 4-1 2-0 0-1 2-0 2-1 3-0 3-0 2-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 2-1 5-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 5-0 3-1 3-0 0-2 0-1 1-1 2-1 3-0 2-2 0-0 2-1 0-0 1-2 3-0 2-2 2-1 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 2-2 3-2 0-1 1-2 0-0 2-1 0-1 0-2 0-1 0-1 2-1 0-1 1-0 4-1 0-0 3-1 2-0 1-1 3-0 1-5 0-2 1-2 1-1 1-3 1-3 1-2 2-2 2-1 0-4 1-1 0-4 1-4 4-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 3-2 2-1 1-3 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-2 0-0 0-3 1-0 0-0 2-1 2-2 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-2 1-0 2-1 1-0 0-0 3-0 3-1 4-1 4-2 1-0 3-3 4-1 1-2 5-3 0-0 1-1 1-2 1-1 0-1 1-1 2-0 2-1 2-2 2-3 1-0 1-4 0-0 3-3 2-1 1-0 0-0 2-0 1-2 0-0 2-4 1-2 1-2 2-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 1-3 0-3 1-1 0-2 2-1 2-2 2-0 0-0 0-1 1-1 2-1 1-2 0-1 3-1 0-0 2-0 1-1 3-0 1-1 1-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-4 1-2 0-4 1-1 1-1 2-1 0-3 1-3 0-0 0-0 3-2 0-0 0-2 0-1 2-1 1-1 1-0 0-0 2-3 1-3 0-2 1-1 1-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 2-0 3-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 3-1 1-4 3-2 0-1 0-4 1-5 1-0 2-2 3-1 1-0 3-2 1-5 0-4 1-0 1-1 ADL ALT ATO AND AGÜ BJK BYK FNB FER GAL GEN GÖZ HAC İST İZM FKG KSK KAS ŞKR VEF Beşiktaş Fenerbahçe Galatasaray İzmirspor Ankara Demirspor İstanbulspor Feriköy Karagümrük Karşıyaka Gençlerbirliği Vefa Şekerhilâl Kasımpaşa Göztepe Ankaragücü Beykoz Altay Adalet Hacettepe Altınordu Baraj Games main WDL QR Baraj Games 2 ATO Altınordu ADS Adana Demirspor PTT PTT HAC Hacettepe ADL Adalet EYÜ Eyüpspor İZM İzmirspor 3 2 1 9 3 4 0 2 13 8 4 0 2 13 8 3 1 2 10 9 2 1 3 7 8 1 2 3 4 13 0 2 4 2 9 blue3 Remain in the Milli Lig QML blue1 Promoted to the Milli Lig PML PML red1 Relegated to Ankara Professional League RAPL red1 Relegated to Istanbul Professional League RIPL RIPL red1 Relegated to İzmir Professional League RİPL complete rsssf.com References Category:Turkish National League Category:1959–60 in Turkish football Turkey