1st Lig 1973/74

1st Lig 1973/74
Autumn master	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
master	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
European Cup of National Champions	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Uefa cup	Beşiktaş Istanbul , Boluspor
Cup winners	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
European Cup Winners' Cup	Bursaspor (Cup finalist)
Relegated	Mersin İdman Yurdu , Vefa Istanbul
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	405  (ø 1.69 per game)
Top scorer	Osman Arpacıoğlu (Fenerbahçe Istanbul)
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2nd Lig 1973/74 ↓

The 1st Lig 1973/74 was the 16th season of the highest Turkish league in men's football . It began on September 8, 1973 with the game Vefa Istanbul against MKE Ankaragücü , which went 0-2 and ended on May 26, 1974. From January 6, 1974 to February 9, 1974 the season was interrupted by the winter break.

First and Turkish football champion was Fenerbahçe Istanbul . Fenerbahçe thus overtook Galatasaray Istanbul with seven championships and became the sole record champions. Beşiktaş Istanbul was runner-up .

The surprise team of the 1973/74 season was Boluspor , with third place the team qualified for the first time for a European competition. Galatasaray Istanbul caused a disappointment. After winning three championships in a row, they were only fifth this season. Movers were Adana Demirspor and Kayserispor . Thus Adana was represented with two teams in the league and after Istanbul , Ankara and Izmir the fourth city that had participated with more than two teams in the 1st league.

Attendees

In addition to the remaining 14 clubs from the previous season , the champions of the last second division season Adana Demirspor and Kayserispor were promoted. While for Kayserispor the rise meant the first participation in the club's history in the 1st Lig, Adana Demirspor returned to the 1st Lig after 13 years of abstinence.

Istanbul Adanaspor , Adana Demirspor Altay Izmir , Goztepe Izmir Boluspor Bursaspor Eskişehirspor Giresunspor MKE Ankaragücü Samsunspor Kayserispor Mersin İdman Yurdu Clubs in Istanbul: Beşiktaş Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Vefa

Clubs of the 1st Lig 1973/74

society	city	Previous year
Galatasaray Istanbul	Istanbul	master
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Istanbul	2.
Eskişehirspor	Eskişehir	3.
MKE Ankaragücü	Ankara	4th
Boluspor	Bolu	5.
Beşiktaş Istanbul	Istanbul	6th
Altay Izmir	Izmir	7th
Goztepe Izmir	Izmir	8th.
Giresunspor	Giresun	9.
Bursaspor	Bursa	10.
Mersin İdman Yurdu	Mersin	11.
Samsunspor	Samsun	12.
Adanaspor	Adana	13.
Vefa Istanbul	Istanbul	14th
Adana Demirspor	Adana	Climbers
Kayserispor	Kayseri	Climbers

Closing table

League leader

Bottom of the table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	30th	15th	13	2	039:150	+24	43:17
2.	Beşiktaş Istanbul	30th	13	14th	3	034:190	+15	40:20
3.	Boluspor	30th	12	15th	3	033:210	+12	39:21
4th	Eskişehirspor	30th	14th	8th	8th	034:240	+10	36:24
5.	Galatasaray Istanbul (M, P)	30th	13	9	8th	029:160	+13	35:25
6th	Altay İzmir	30th	11	9	10	025:220	+3	31:29
7th	Adanaspor	30th	8th	13	9	020:260	−6	29:31
8th.	Samsunspor	30th	10	8th	12	024:300	−6	28:32
9.	Bursaspor	30th	8th	12	10	019:250	−6	28:32
10.	Adana Demirspor (N)	30th	9	9	12	019:210	−2	27:33
11.	Kayserispor (N)	30th	8th	11	11	018:240	−6	27:33
12.	Giresunspor	30th	8th	10	12	028:320	−4	26:34
13.	Göztepe İzmir	30th	8th	10	12	024:280	−4	26:34
14th	MKE Ankaragücü	30th	10	6th	14th	028:360	−8	26:34
15th	Mersin İdman Yurdu	30th	8th	6th	16	015:270	−12	22:38
16.	Vefa Istanbul	30th	5	7th	18th	016:390	−23	17:43

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

Turkish champion and participation in the 1974/75 European Cup : Fenerbahçe Istanbul

Participation in the 1974/75 UEFA Cup : Beşiktaş Istanbul, Boluspor

Participation in the 1974/75 European Cup Winners' Cup as a cup finalist: Bursaspor

Relegation to the Türkiye 2. Futbol Ligi 1974/75 : Mersin İdman Yurdu, Vefa Istanbul

(M)	reigning Turkish champion
(P)	reigning Turkish cup winner
(N)	Newcomer from the Türkiye 2. Futbol Ligi 1972/73

Crosstab

1973/74									SAM
1.	Fenerbahçe Istanbul		1: 1	0-0	3: 1	2: 1	2: 1	5: 1	2-0	3: 1	1-0	2-0	1: 1	4-0	1-0	0-0	0-0
2.	Beşiktaş Istanbul	0-0		1-0	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	4-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	2: 1
3.	Boluspor	1: 1	1: 1		1-0	1-0	0-0	3: 1	1-0	0-0	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	0-0	3-0	1-0	1-0
4th	Eskişehirspor	2: 1	0-0	2: 2		2-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	2: 1	3-0	2: 1	2-0	3-0
5.	Galatasaray Istanbul	0-0	0: 1	3: 1	3-0		1-0	1-0	2-0	4-0	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	1-0	3-0	2-0	1: 2
6th	Altay İzmir	0: 1	1-0	1-0	1-0	0: 1		1-0	0-0	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 2	4: 2	1-0	2-0
7th	Adanaspor	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1-0	0-0	0-0		2-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2: 1	1-0	1-0
8th.	Samsunspor	1-0	1-1	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	1-0	0-0		3-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	3: 1
9.	Bursaspor	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	0-0	0-0	2-0	1-0		1: 2	0-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	0-0
10.	Adana Demirspor	0-0	1: 1	0-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	1: 2	1-0		1-0	2-0	2: 2	0: 2	1-0	3-0
11.	Kayserispor	0-0	0-0	1: 1	2: 2	2-0	0-0	1: 1	0: 2	0: 1	2-0		1-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	2-0
12.	Giresunspor	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	2: 1	2: 2	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	3-0		1-0	2: 2	1-0	1-0
13.	Göztepe İzmir	0: 2	2-0	2: 3	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	3-0	1: 2	0-0	1-0	3-0		1: 1	0-0	1: 1
14th	MKE Ankaragücü	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	2: 4	1-0	1-0	3: 2	1: 2	1-0		2: 1	1-0
15th	Mersin İdman Yurdu	0: 1	2: 4	1: 1	2: 1	0-0	0: 1	0-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	1-0	0-0		2-0
16.	Vefa Istanbul	1: 2	0-0	2: 2	1: 3	0: 1	3: 2	0-0	2-0	0: 2	1-0	0: 1	0-0	1-0	0: 2	0: 1

Top scorer

Cemil Turan of Fenerbahçe Istanbul was the top scorer of the 1973/74 season with 14 goals.

	player	society	Gates
1.	Cemil Turan	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	14th
2.	Osman Arpacıoğlu	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	13
3.	Sinan Alayoğlu	Boluspor	12
4th	Mehmet Turks	Goztepe Izmir	11
5.	Ömer Kaner	Eskişehirspor	10
	Temel Keskindemir	Samsunspor	10
7th	Rasin Gurcan	Adana Demirspor	9
8th.	Bünyamin Çulcu	Giresunspor	8th
	Fethi Heper	Eskişehirspor	8th
	Tezcan Ozan	Bursaspor	8th

The Fenerbahçe Istanbul championship team

1.

Fenerbahçe Istanbul

Goalkeeper : Ilie Datcu (21 game / no goal), Adil Eriç (10 / -), Yavuz Şimşek (1 / -) Defense : Timuçin Çuğ (22/1), Niyazi Gülseven (23 / -), Şükrü Birant (2 / -), Ercan Aktuna (2 / -), Yılmaz Şen (25 / -), Alpaslan Eratlı (27/1), Serkan Acar (14 / -), Ihsan Kavak (2 / -), Kamil Güvenal (11/1) Midfield : Ziya Şengül (27/2), Ersoy Sandalcı (23/1), Önder Mustafaoğlu (18 / -), Ibrahim Ejder (5 / -), Selahattin Karasu (23/1), Fuat Saner (1 / -), Ismet Saral (1 / -), Cevher Özer (- / -) 1 Attack : Osman Arpacıoğlu (27/11), Cemil Turan (30/14), Mustafa Kaplakaslan (25/2), Ender Konca (17/2) Coach : Valdir Pereira ( Brazil )

¹ Cevher Özer left the team in October 1973

Web links

• Official website of the top division on tff.org Turkish
• 1st Lig 1973/74 in the database of mackolik.com (Turkish)
• 1. Lig 1973/73 on angelfire.com English