1st Lig 1966/67

1st Lig 1966/67
master	Beşiktaş Istanbul
European Cup of National Champions	Beşiktaş Istanbul
Trade fair trophy	Goztepe Izmir
Cup winners	Altay Izmir
European Cup Winners' Cup	Altay Izmir
Relegated	İstanbulspor , Izmirspor , Karşıyaka SK
Teams	17th
Games	272
Gates	549  (ø 2.02 per game)
Top scorer	Ertan Adatepe ( MKE Ankaragücü )
← 1st Lig 1965/66 1st Lig 1967/68 →
2. Ligi 1966/67 ↓

The 1st Lig 1966/67 was the ninth season of the top Turkish league in men's football . It began on September 10, 1966 and ended on June 25, 1967.

Turkish soccer champion was Beşiktaş Istanbul . It was the team's third championship. İstanbulspor , Izmirspor and Karşıyaka SK were relegated to the season.

As in the previous season, the season was very even. From fifth to 15th place (relegation place) there was only a difference of four points. Newcomers from the 2nd division were Eskişehirspor , Altınordu Izmir and Karşıyaka SK .

mode

This season, 17 teams took part in the championship, one more than in the previous season. Karşıyaka SK was excluded in 1964 and was re-admitted in this season by the lower part of the civil court. After 1964 three teams were relegated to the second division.

Closing table

Beşiktaş , Fenerbahçe , Feriköy SK , Galatasaray , İstanbulspor , Vefa Altay Izmir , Altınordu Izmir , Göztepe Izmir , Izmirspor , Karşıyaka SK Eskişehirspor Ankaragücü , Ankara Demirspor , Gençlerbirliği Ankara , Hacettepe GK , PTT

Clubs of the 1st Lig 1966/67

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Beşiktaş Istanbul (M)	32	16	13	3	044:150	2.93	45:19
2.	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	32	17th	9	6th	037:200	1.85	43:21
3.	Galatasaray Istanbul (P)	32	12	17th	3	053:330	1.61	41:23
4th	Goztepe Izmir	32	14th	10	8th	047:310	1.52	38:26
5.	Altay Izmir	32	11	10	11	027:270	1.00	32:32
6th	Gençlerbirliği Ankara	32	8th	15th	9	035:280	1.25	31:33
7th	PTT SK	32	9	13	10	034:300	1.13	31:33
8th.	Eskişehirspor (N)	32	10	11	11	029:440	0.66	31:33
9.	MKE Ankaragücü	32	8th	14th	10	029:360	0.81	30:34
10.	Ankara Demirspor	32	8th	14th	10	027:350	0.77	30:34
11.	Ferikoy SK	32	10	10	12	029:390	0.74	30:34
12.	Altınordu Izmir (N)	32	10	9	13	039:420	0.93	29:35
13.	Vefa Istanbul	32	9	11	12	031:350	0.89	29:35
14th	Hacettepe GK	32	8th	13	11	024:330	0.73	29:35
15th	İstanbulspor	32	10	8th	14th	025:280	0.89	28:36
16.	Izmirspor	32	6th	13	13	021:370	0.57	25:39
17th	Karşıyaka SK (N)	32	6th	10	16	018:360	0.50	22:42

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient

Turkish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1967/68 : Beşiktaş Istanbul

Participation in the Balkan Cup 1967/68: Fenerbahçe Istanbul, Gençlerbirliği Ankara

Participation in the trade fair trophy 1967/68 : Göztepe Izmir

Turkish cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1967/68 : Altay Izmir

Relegation to the Türkiye 2. Futbol Ligi 1967/68 : İstanbulspor, Izmirspor, Karşıyaka SK

(M)	reigning Turkish champion
(P)	reigning Turkish cup winner
(N)	Newcomer from the Türkiye 2. Futbol Ligi 1965/66

Crosstab

1966/67
1.	Beşiktaş Istanbul		0: 1	2: 2	0-0	0-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	1: 1	1-0	0-0	4: 1	4: 2	1: 1	1-0	4-0	1-0
2.	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	0-0		0: 2	0: 1	4: 1	1-0	2-0	3: 1	1-0	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0	2-0	1-0
3.	Galatasaray Istanbul	1: 1	1: 3		0-0	0-0	3: 3	2: 1	2: 2	2: 1	2: 2	4-0	3: 1	3: 2	4-0	2: 1	1: 1	4-0
4th	Göztepe İzmir	0: 2	1-0	2: 1		0-0	1: 1	3: 1	2: 2	3-0	0-0	1: 1	4: 2	6: 1	2: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1: 2
5.	Altay İzmir	2-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 1		0-0	1: 1	1-0	5-0	4-0	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	1-0	0: 4	0-0
6th	Gençlerbirliği Ankara	0-0	1: 2	1: 1	2: 2	3-0		2-0	4-0	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	2: 2	0: 1	0-0	1-0	1-0
7th	PTT	0: 2	1: 1	0-0	2-0	2-0	2: 1		0-0	0-0	3: 3	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	4-0
8th.	Eskişehirspor	0: 6	1: 1	2: 2	2: 1	3: 1	1-0	1-0		1: 1	0-0	3: 1	1-0	3: 1	1-0	1-0	0-0	1-0
9.	MKE Ankaragücü	1: 2	0: 1	0-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	0: 3	4: 1		1-0	1: 1	1: 1	4: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	3: 1
10.	Ankara Demirspor	1: 5	0-0	1: 1	0: 3	0-0	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	0-0		4: 1	2-0	1: 2	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	2: 1
11.	Ferikoy SK	1: 1	0: 2	0: 2	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	1-0	3-0	0-0	2: 1		2: 4	0-0	1-0	0: 1	3: 1	0-0
12.	Altınordu Izmir	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	2-0	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	5-0	1: 2	1: 1	2: 1		0-0	1-0	2: 1	0: 1	1: 2
13.	Vefa Istanbul	0: 1	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	2: 1	0: 1	3-0	0-0		2-0	1-0	5-0	0-0
14th	Hacettepe	1-0	2: 2	1: 1	0: 3	0-0	2: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 2	0-0	0-0	2: 2	0: 1		1: 1	2: 1	1-0
15th	İstanbulspor	0-0	0-0	0: 2	0: 2	1-0	0: 2	1: 1	1-0	3-0	0-0	2: 1	4: 1	2-0	1: 1		2-0	0-0
16.	Izmirspor	0-0	0-0	0-0	1: 2	0-0	0: 3	1: 1	0-0	1: 2	1: 1	1: 2	0: 2	1: 1	1-0	2-0		1-0
17th	Karşıyaka SK	0: 1	0-0	2: 3	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	0: 2	2: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	2: 1	0-0

Top scorer

PTT's Ertan Adatepe was the top scorer of the 1966/67 season with 18 goals. Adatepe was the top scorer for the second time in a row.

	player	society	Gates
1.	Ertan Adatepe	MKE Ankaragücü	18th
2.	Ertan Öznur	Goztepe Izmir	16
3.	Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu	Galatasaray Istanbul	14th
	Salim Gorür	Gençlerbirliği Ankara	14th
5.	Fevzi Zemzem	Goztepe Izmir	13
6th	Fethi Heper	Eskişehirspor	11
7th	Metin octay	Galatasaray Istanbul	10
8th.	Ogün Altıparmak	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	9
	Abdullah Unal	MKE Ankaragücü	9
	Rıdvan Kaner	Ferikoy SK	9

The Beşiktaş Istanbul championship team

1.	Beşiktaş Istanbul
	Necmi Mutlu , Sabri Dino , Yavuz Çoker , Erkan Yanardag , Fehmi Sağınoğlu , Ihsan Büyükbuğdaypınar , Suat Mamat , Süreyya Özkefe , Kaya Köstepen , Yusuf Tunaoğlu , Cevdet Cetinkaya , Sami Şenol , Sanlı Sarıalioğlu , Ahmet Özacar , Ervin Kuzman , Ahmet Şahin , Fethi Türkeş , Szibor Szalay , Faruk Karadoğan , Coşkun Ehlidil , Güven Önüt Coach: Ljubiša Spajić ( Yugoslavia )

Web links

• 1st Lig 1966/67 in the database of mackolik.com (Turkish)
• 1st Lig 1966/67 in the Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu database (Turkish)