1962–63 in Turkish football

Turkish football season

The 1962–63 season was the 59th season of competitive football in Turkey.

## Overview

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Galatasaray won their second title, becoming the first club to win back-to-back league titles. Beşiktaş finished runners-up, with Fenerbahçe rounding out the top three. The Turkish Cup was held for the first time at the start of the 1962–63 season. Galatasaray defeated Fenerbahçe 4–2 on aggregate.[1]

In previous years, the league was held with two separate groups. Winners of each group would face each other in a two-legged final. However, the format was changed to a final league table, with the club with the most points crowned champions. The top six clubs from each group qualified for the final group, while the bottom two clubs in each group were relegated (Karagümrük, Şeker Hilal, Vefa, Yeşildirek).[1]

Galatasaray competed in the 1962–63 European Cup, defeating Polish club Polonia Bytom in the first round. They went on to lose 1 – 8 on aggregate against A.C. Milan in the second round. Altay lost to A.S. Roma in the first round of the 1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. Fenerbahçe qualified for the Balkans Cup, but the competition was cancelled.[2]

Metin Oktay finished top scorer with 38 goals: 16 during the group stage, and 22 during the finals.[1]

## Awards

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* Top scorer
* Metin Oktay (Galatasaray S.K.) - 38 goals

## Honours

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Competition | Winner | Runners-up

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Milli Lig | Galatasaray (2) | Beşiktaş (1)
Turkish Cup | Galatasaray (1) | Fenerbahçe (1)

## European qualification

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Competition  | Qualifiers  | Reason for qualification

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European Cup | Galatasaray | 1st in Milli Lig
European Cup Winners' Cup | Fenerbahçe | Runners-up for the Turkish Cup

(Qualification awarded as Türkiye Kupası winners Galatasaray had already qualified for European competition by finishing first in the league)

Balkans Cup | Beşiktaş | 2nd in Milli Lig
Altay | 4th in Milli Lig

## Final league table

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Pos  | Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | ±  | Pts  | Notes

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1  | Galatasaray | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 14 | +40 | 35 | European Cup
2  | Beşiktaş | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 12 | +33 | 34 | Balkans Cup
3  | Fenerbahçe | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 26 | European Cup Winners' Cup
4  | Altay | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 25 | -2 | 24 | Balkans Cup
5  | İstanbulspor | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 23 |
6  | Gençlerbirliği | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 21 |
7  | Hacettepe | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 41 | -7 | 20 | 0.829
8  | İzmirspor | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 38 | -11 | 20 | 0.711
9  | Beykoz | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 28 | -3 | 18 | 0.893
10  | Ankara Demirspor | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 41 | -7 | 18 | 0.829
11  | Karşıyaka | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 56 | -29 | 15 |
12  | Kasımpaşa | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 47 | -30 | 10 |

Notes

* Tiebreakers are the average of goals scored to goals allowed.

## Türkiye Kupası final

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First leg

1963-06-29

Galatasaray| 2 - 1| Fenerbahçe

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Uğur  40'
Tarik  50' | (Report) | Selim  60'

Mithatpaşa Stadyumu, Istanbul

Referee: Paul Schiller, Josef Stoll (Austria)

Second leg

1963-06-30

Fenerbahçe| 1 - 2| Galatasaray

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Lefter 44' (pen.) | (Report) | Bahri  51'
Mustafa  71'

Mithatpaşa Stadyumu, Istanbul

Referee: Paul Schiller, Josef Stoll (Austria)

1963 Türkiye Kupası winners

Galatasaray
First title

## National team

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The Turkey national football team competed in six matches during the 1962–63 season. Their record was two wins, two draws, and two losses. Metin Oktay scored three goals during the season.[3]

10 October 1962

Turkey | 3-0|  Ethiopia

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Metin 3', 33', 73' |  |

Ankara

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25 November 1962

Israel | 0-2|  Turkey

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|  | Şenol  11', 14'

Tel-Aviv

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2 December 1962

Italy | 6-0|  Turkey

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Rivera 15', 47'
Orlando 22', 29', 35', 87' |  |

Bologna

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12 December 1962

Turkey | 1-1|  Denmark

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Birol  5' |  | Madsen 9'

Istanbul

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16 December 1962

Ethiopia | 0-0|  Turkey

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Adis Abeba

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27 March 1963

Turkey | 0-1|  Italy

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|  | Sormani 86'

Istanbul

## References

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1. ^ a b c Sivritepe, Erdinç 1962-1963 Milli Lig turkish-soccer.com, accessed 8 July 2010
2. ^ Balkan Cup rsssf.org, accessed 8 July 2010
3. ^ Verani, Walter 1962-1963 turkish-soccer.com, accessed 8 July 2010

Seasons in Turkish football

* 1957–58
* 1958–59
* 1959–60
* 1960–61
* 1961–62
* 1962–63
* 1963–64
* 1964–65
* 1965–66
* 1966–67
* 1967–68