1st Lig 1990/91

1st Lig 1990/91
Autumn master	Galatasaray Istanbul
master	Beşiktaş Istanbul
European Cup of National Champions	Beşiktaş Istanbul
Uefa cup	Trabzonspor
Cup winners	Galatasaray Istanbul
European Cup Winners' Cup	Galatasaray Istanbul
Relegated	Zeytinburnuspor , Karşıyaka SK , Adanaspor
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	672  (ø 2.8 per game)
Top scorer	Tanju Çolak (Galatasaray Istanbul)
← 1st Lig 1989/90 1st Lig 1991/92 →
2nd Lig 1990/91 ↓

The 1st Lig 1990/91 was the 33rd season of the highest Turkish league in men's football . It started on August 28, 1990 with the game Galatasaray Istanbul against Boluspor and ended on May 19, 1991 with the last game day. From December 15, 1990 to January 26, 1991, the season was interrupted by the winter break.

Beşiktaş Istanbul became the master . It was the ninth championship for Beşiktaş overall and the second in a row.

Attendees

For the 1st Lig 1990/91, the 13 clubs remaining from the previous season were joined by the three promoted teams from the last second division season . The climbers were the three second division champions Bakırköyspor , Aydınspor and Gaziantepspor . While Gaziantepspor returned with the rise after eight years in the 1st Lig, the rise meant the first first division participation in the club's history for Bakırköyspor and Aydınspor.

Istanbul Gaziantepspor Trabzonspor Ankaragücü , Gençlerbirliği Ankara Bursaspor Aydınspor Konyaspor Boluspor Karşıyaka SK Adanaspor Clubs in Istanbul: Bakırköyspor Beşiktaş Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Sarıyer Zeytinburnuspor

Clubs of the 1990/91

society	city	Previous year
Beşiktaş Istanbul	Istanbul	master
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Istanbul	2.
Trabzonspor	Trabzon	3.
Galatasaray Istanbul	Istanbul	4th
Sarıyer GK	Istanbul	5.
Bursaspor	Bursa	6th
Konyaspor	Konya	7th
Karşıyaka SK	Izmir	8th.
MKE Ankaragücü	Ankara	9.
Zeytinburnuspor	Zeytinburnu	10.
Gençlerbirliği Ankara	Ankara	11.
Adanaspor	Adana	12.
Boluspor	Bolu	13.
Bakırköyspor	Istanbul	Climbers
Aydınspor	Aydın	Climbers
Gaziantepspor	Gaziantep	Climbers

Closing table

League leader

Bottom of the table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Beşiktaş Istanbul (M, P)	30th	20th	9	1	063:240	+39	69
2.	Galatasaray Istanbul	30th	19th	7th	4th	063:310	+32	64
3.	Trabzonspor	30th	14th	9	7th	055:370	+18	51
4th	Sarıyer GK	30th	11	12	7th	039:340	+5	45
5.	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	30th	12	8th	10	053:530	± 0	44
6th	Bakırköyspor (N)	30th	12	7th	11	053:410	+12	43
7th	MKE Ankaragücü	30th	11	8th	11	046:430	+3	41
8th.	Bursaspor	30th	11	5	14th	031:360	−5	38
9.	Boluspor	30th	8th	13	9	035:370	−2	37
10.	Gençlerbirliği Ankara	30th	9	9	12	036:470	−11	36
11.	Aydınspor (N)	30th	7th	13	10	044:510	−7	34
12.	Konyaspor	30th	10	4th	16	033:450	−12	34
13.	Gaziantepspor (N)	30th	9	6th	15th	029:450	−16	33
14th	Zeytinburnuspor	30th	6th	11	13	026:400	−14	29
15th	Karşıyaka SK	30th	6th	8th	16	032:500	−18	26th
16.	Adanaspor	30th	5	11	14th	034:580	−24	26th

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

Turkish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1991/92 : Beşiktaş Istanbul

Participation in the 1991/92 UEFA Cup : Galatasaray Istanbul

Turkish cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1991/92 : Trabzonspor

Relegation to the 2nd league 1991/92 : Zeytinburnuspor, Karşıyaka SK, Adanaspor

(M)	reigning Turkish champion
(P)	reigning Turkish cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from the 2nd Ligi 1989/90

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

1990/91

1.

Beşiktaş Istanbul

1: 1

3: 2

1-0

1: 1

2-0

3-0

2-0

1-0

0-0

4: 2

3-0

3-0

5-0

1: 1

1: 1

2.

Galatasaray Istanbul

2: 3

3: 1

5: 1

4: 1

2: 1

0-0

2: 1

1: 1

2-0

6: 2

2: 1

1-0

2: 2

6: 1

5: 2

3.

Trabzonspor

3: 3

3-0

1-0

3-0

4: 1

0: 1

0-0

1: 1

2: 1

0-0

3: 1

4: 2

1: 1

3: 2

1: 1

4th

Sarıyer GK

0: 1

2: 2

1: 1

2: 1

2: 2

1-0

1: 2

2-0

4: 1

1: 1

1: 1

2: 1

3: 1

3: 2

2: 1

5.

Fenerbahçe Istanbul

0: 2

1: 2

3: 5

0-0

1-0

1: 1

0-0

2: 1

2: 1

1: 6

1-0

2-0

0-0

3: 3

2-0

6th

Bakırköyspor

2: 4

0: 2

1: 4

2-0

2: 2

7: 1

1: 2

3: 1

2: 1

3: 1

2-0

7: 2

0-0

1: 1

3-0

7th

MKE Ankaragücü

2: 2

0: 1

1-0

0: 1

3: 3

0: 2

3-0

1: 1

7: 2

3: 1

3-0

1: 2

2: 2

1-0

2-0

8th.

Bursaspor

0: 1

0: 1

1: 3

0: 2

2-0

1: 4

1-0

1-0

2: 2

2: 2

2: 1

0: 1

0: 1

2: 1

3: 1

9.

Boluspor

1: 3

1-0

2-0

1: 1

2: 4

2-0

0-0

0-0

2-0

2: 2

2: 1

2-0

0-0

1: 4

4: 1

10.

Gençlerbirliği Ankara

2-0

0: 3

2: 1

1: 2

3-0

1: 1

2: 2

2: 1

0-0

1: 1

1-0

2: 2

2-0

1-0

2: 1

11.

Aydınspor

3: 5

1: 2

2: 2

1: 1

1: 5

0-0

3: 1

1-0

3: 3

1: 1

2: 1

0-0

1-0

1-0

3-0

12.

Konyaspor

1: 4

1: 1

3: 1

1-0

2: 3

1-0

3: 2

1-0

0: 1

1: 2

1: 1

2: 1

1-0

1-0

2-0

13.

Gaziantepspor

0: 1

1-0

0-0

1: 1

2: 5

0: 1

1-0

1: 2

2-0

4: 1

1-0

3: 2

1-0

1: 1

0-0

14th

Zeytinburnuspor

0-0

0: 1

1: 3

1: 1

0: 1

1: 3

1: 2

2: 1

2: 2

1-0

1-0

2: 2

1-0

1: 2

2: 3

15th

Karşıyaka SK

0: 3

1: 2

0: 2

2: 2

2: 6

2: 1

0: 2

0: 1

0-0

2: 1

2-0

0: 1

1-0

0-0

0-0

16.

Adanaspor

0-0

2: 2

0: 1

0-0

3: 2

1: 1

3: 5

0: 4

2: 2

1: 1

2: 2

2: 1

3-0

1: 3

3: 2

Top scorer

The top scorer of the 1990/91 season was Tanju Çolak ( Galatasaray Istanbul ). Çolak was the top scorer for the fourth time with 31 goals.

	player	society	Gates
1.	Tanju Çolak	Galatasaray Istanbul	31
2.	Feyyaz Uçar	Beşiktaş Istanbul	16
	Sead Sabotic	MKE Ankaragücü	16
4th	Hamdi Aslan	Trabzonspor	15th
	Kemal Yıldırım	Gençlerbirliği Ankara	15th
6th	Faruk Yiğit	Boluspor	14th
	Ali Validiken	Beşiktaş Istanbul	14th
8th.	Aykut Kocaman	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	13
	Hami Mandıralı	Trabzonspor	13
	Rostislav Jerabek	Adanaspor	13

The Beşiktaş Istanbul championship team

1.

Beşiktaş Istanbul

Goal : Engin İpekoğlu (28 games / no goal), Metin Akçevre (3 / -), Fatih Uraz (- / -) Defense : Recep Çetin (24/1), Ulvi Güveneroğlu (30/3), Gökhan Keskin (28/1), Kadir Akbulut (27 / -), Turan Uzun (10 / -), Hamit Yüksel (5 / -), Senol Fidan (22 / -) Midfield : Mutlu Topçu (9 / -), Rıza Çalımbay (30/5), Mehmet Özdilek (27/10), Ian Wilson (1 / -), Alan Walsh (- / -), Halim Okta (4 / -) 1 , Zeki Önatlı (20 / -) Attack : Ali giltiken (27/14), Feyyaz Uçar (26/16), Metin Tekin (26/7) Trainer: Gordon Milne ( )

¹ Halim Okta left the club during the season

Web links

• Official web presence of the top division on tff.org Turkish
• Official website of the 1st Lig 1990/91 on tff.org Turkish
• 1st Lig 1990/91 in the database of mackolik.com (Turkish)
• 1st Lig 1990/91 on angelfire.com English

Individual evidence

1. ↑ September 2, 1989, Milliyet, Sayfa 18, Spor