1946 Turkish Football Championship

Football tournament season

1946 Turkish Football ChampionshipTournament details

Country| Turkey
Dates| 25 May – 28 May
Final positions
Champions| Gençlerbirliği
(2nd Turkish title)
Runner-up| Beşiktaş

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The 1946 Turkish Football Championship was the 12th edition of the competition. It was held in May. Gençlerbirliği won their second national championship title by winning the Final Group in Ankara undefeated.[1][2]

The champions of the three major regional leagues (Istanbul, Ankara, and İzmir) qualified directly for the Final Group. Eskişehir Demirspor qualified by winning the qualification play-off, which was contested by the winners of the regional qualification groups.

## Final group

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | Gençlerbirliği | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 7  | 3  | +4  | 9
2  | Beşiktaş | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 6  | 5  | +1  | 7
3  | Eskişehir Demirspor | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 11  | 8  | +3  | 5
4  | Altay | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 10  | −8  | 3

Source: [citation needed]

25 May 1946

Gençlerbirliği| 2 – 1| Beşiktaş

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Ali Polat  11'
Mustafa Kökçam  56' | Report | Sabri Gençsoy  40'

19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Zülbahar Sağnak

25 May 1946

Eskişehir Demirspor| 7 – 1| Altay

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| Report |

19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Şazi Tezcan

27 May 1946

Gençlerbirliği| 1 – 0| Altay

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Hasan Polat  10' | Report |

19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara

Referee: Şazi Tezcan

27 May 1946

Beşiktaş| 3 – 2| Eskişehir Demirspor

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Sabri Gençsoy  16', 64'
Faruk Sağnak  72' | Report | Abdullah
Rauf  44'

19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara

Referee: Zülbahar Sağnak

28 May 1946

Gençlerbirliği| 4 – 2| Eskişehir Demirspor

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Ali  2'
Hamdi Ülgen  26', 71', 89' | Report | Sait Ozan  (o.g.)
Mehmet  44'

19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Şazi Tezcan

28 May 1946

Beşiktaş| 2 – 11| Altay

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Şükrü D.  4', 6' | Report | Basri D.  15'

19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Ömer

* 1 After Altay's equalizer in the 28th minute was cancelled due to offside, the referee intended to send off an Altay player because of excessive protest. As a result, the entire Altay team walked off. Beşiktaş were awarded the win with 2–1.

## References

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1. ^ Yüce, Mehmet. İdmancı Ruhlar: Futbol Tarihimizin Klasik Devreleri (1923 - 1952) (in Turkish). iletişim. p. 441.
2. ^ "Türkiye Futbol Birinciliği". Erdinç Sivritepe. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

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