1958–59 in Turkish football

The 1958–59 season was the 54th season of competitive football in Turkey.

## Overview

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The Milli Lig was introduced in 1959. At the time, there were three cities who had professional leagues: Ankara, Istanbul, and İzmir. The first league was made up of sixteen clubs, with eight from Istanbul, and four each from Ankara and İzmir. To gain entry, qualification tournaments were held in 1958 to decide who would participate in the league. League play did not start until the second half of the season, causing the season to be played in group format and a shorter game schedule.

The first final was held between Fenerbahçe S.K. and Galatasaray S.K. The match was a two legged knockout. Galatasaray won the first match 1-0, while Fenerbahçe won the second 4-0 and secured their first title by 4-1 aggregate.

This year was also earmarked by the first competition of a Turkish club in the European Cup. Fenerbahçe won the first match of the preliminary round 4-3 on aggregate over Csepel SC. Their second preliminary match came against OGC Nice. Fenerbahçe had tied after two legs, but lost the playoff leg 1-5.

## Awards

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* Top scorer
* Metin Oktay (Galatasaray S.K.) - 11 goals

## Honours

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Competition | Winner | Runners-up

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Milli Lig | Fenerbahçe (1) | Galatasaray
Adana Professional League[1] | Adana Demirspor (15) |
Ankara Professional League[2] | Ankara Demirspor (5) | Ankaragücü (4)
Eskişehir Regional League[3] | Eskişehir Demirspor (20) |
Istanbul Professional League[4] | Fenerbahçe (15) | Galatasaray (11)
İzmir Professional League[5] | Karşıyaka (3) | Altay (2)
Kayseri Regional League[6] | Sümerspor (14) |
Trabzon Regional League[7] | Idmanocağı (17) |

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour.

## Final National league tables

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Main article: 1959 Turkish National League

Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

### Results

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Home \ Away  | ADA | ADS | GAL | GEN | GÖZ | KAG | KRŞ | VEF

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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: [8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## White group

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### Table

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Pos | Team

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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: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

### Promotions

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Four clubs were promoted through a promotion tournament called the Federasyon Kupası. This brought the league club total up to 20 for the 1959–60 season. The four clubs were Kasımpaşa S.K., Şeker Hilal, Altınordu S.K., and Feriköy G.K. There were no relegations.[9]

## National team

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The Turkey national football team competed in six matches during the 1958-59 season. The team finished with a record of two wins, three draws, and one loss. Lefter Küçükandonyadis finished top scorer with two goals in six matches.[10]

26 October 1958

Belgium | 1–1|  Turkey

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Piters 58' |  | Metin 79'

Heysel Stadium, Brussels

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2 November 1958

Romania | 3–0|  Turkey

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Oaidă 62'
Constantin 77'
Dinulescu 81' |  | -

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

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7 December 1958

Turkey | 0–0|  Bulgaria

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19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara

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18 December 1958

Turkey | 1–0|  Czechoslovakia

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Şeref 77' |  | -

Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul

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26 April 1959

Turkey | 2–0|  Romania

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Lefter 13' (pen.), 54' |  | -

Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul

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10 May 1959

Turkey | 0–0|  Netherlands

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- |  | -

Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul

## References

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1. ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç Before the Turkish Leagues - Adana Archived 2010-02-18 at the Wayback Machine turkish-soccer, accessed 22 June 2010
2. ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç Before the Turkish Leagues - Ankara Archived 2010-02-18 at the Wayback Machine turkish-soccer.com, accessed 22 June 2010
3. ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç Before the Turkish Leagues - Eskişehir Archived 2010-02-18 at the Wayback Machine turkish-soccer.com, accessed 22 June 2010
4. ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç Before Turkish Leagues - İstanbul turkish-soccer.com, accessed 22 June 2010
5. ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç Turkish Leagues turkish-soccer.com, accessed 22 June 2010
6. ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç Before the Turkish Leagues - Kayseri Archived 2009-04-15 at the Wayback Machine turkish-soccer.com, accessed 22 June 2010
7. ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç Before the Turkish Leagues - Trabzon Archived 2010-06-08 at the Wayback Machine turkish-soccer.com, accessed 22 June 2010
8. ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç 1959 Milli Lig turkish-soccer.com, accessed 20 June 2010
9. ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç 1959 Milli Lig turkish-soccer.com, accessed 22 June 2010
10. ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç and Verani, Walter 1958-1959 turkish-soccer.com, accessed 22 June 2010

Seasons in Turkish football

* 1953–54
* 1954–55
* 1955–56
* 1956–57
* 1957–58
* 1958–59
* 1959–60
* 1960–61
* 1961–62
* 1962–63
* 1963–64

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