Millî Lig 1959

Millî Lig 1959
master	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
European Cup of National Champions	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Championship finals	Galatasaray Istanbul Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Teams	16
Games	114
Gates	264  (ø 2.32 per game)
Top scorer	Metin Oktay (Galatasaray Istanbul)
Millî Lig 1959/60 →

The Millî Lig 1959 was the first season of the top Turkish league in men's football . It started on February 21, 1959 with the first match day and ended with the second leg of the championship final between Fenerbahçe Istanbul and Galatasaray Istanbul on June 14, 1959.

The league was then divided into two groups (red and white) with eight teams each. The teams in first place in the table in both groups qualified for the final. There was a return leg in the final.

The rivals Fenerbahçe Istanbul and Galatasaray Istanbul met in the final. Galatasaray won the first leg 1-0 but lost 4-0 to Fenerbahçe in the second leg. This made Fenerbahçe Istanbul the first official Turkish football champion. No team was relegated back then.

Closing table

Group red

Adalet SK , Galatasaray , Karagumruk , Vefa Göztepe , Karşıyaka Ankara Demirspor , Gençlerbirliği

Clubs of the 1st Lig 1959, group red

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Galatasaray Istanbul	14th	7th	6th	1	018: 700	2.57	20: 80
2.	Vefa Istanbul	14th	7th	6th	1	021:100	2.10	20: 80
3.	Ankara Demirspor	14th	4th	8th	2	012:110	1.09	16:12
4th	Goztepe Izmir	14th	5	5	4th	023:210	1.10	15:13
5.	Karagümrük SK	14th	4th	4th	6th	017:170	1.00	12:16
6th	Karşıyaka SK	14th	2	6th	6th	013:210	0.62	10:18
7th	Gençlerbirliği Ankara	14th	1	8th	5	010:180	0.56	10:18
8th.	Adalet SK	14th	1	7th	6th	012:210	0.57	09:19

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient - 3rd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 4th goals scored

Participation in the championship finals

Group white

Beşiktaş , Beykozspor , Fenerbahçe , İstanbulspor Altay , Izmirspor Ankaragücü , Hacettepe GK

Clubs of the 1st Lig 1959, Group White

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	14th	12	2	0	029: 700	4.14	26: 20
2.	Beşiktaş Istanbul	14th	8th	2	4th	022:160	1.38	18:10
3.	Altay Izmir	14th	5	5	4th	018:160	1.13	15:13
4th	Izmirspor	14th	4th	5	5	011:120	0.92	13:15
5.	MKE Ankaragücü	14th	5	3	6th	016:190	0.84	13:15
6th	Hacettepe GK	14th	5	1	8th	014:200	0.70	11:17
7th	Beykozspor	14th	3	4th	7th	017:210	0.81	10:18
8th.	İstanbulspor	14th	1	4th	9	006:220	0.27	06:22

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient - 3rd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 4th goals scored

Participation in the championship finals

Crosstab

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

Group red
Galatasaray Istanbul		0-0	1: 2	5-0	1-0	1: 1	0-0	2: 1
Vefa Istanbul	1: 1		0-0	3: 2	1-0	3-0	3-0	2: 2
Ankara Demirspor	0: 2	1: 1		1: 1	0-0	1-0	0-0	2-0
Goztepe Izmir	0-0	0: 1	4: 2		3-0	3: 2	2: 1	2: 3
Karagümrük SK	2: 3	1: 2	1: 2	1: 1		2: 2	1-0	3-0
Karşıyaka SK	0: 1	2-0	1: 1	0: 3	0: 3		1: 1	3: 1
Gençlerbirliği Ankara	0-0	0: 3	0-0	2: 2	1: 2	1: 1		1: 1
Adalet SK	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	0-0	1: 1	0-0	2: 3

Group white
Fenerbahçe Istanbul		1-0	1: 1	1-0	3: 1	2: 1	2: 1	3-0
Beşiktaş Istanbul	0: 2		2: 1	2-0	0-0	3: 2	0: 1	2: 1
Altay Izmir	0: 1	3: 1		1: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 2	2-0
Izmirspor	0-0	1: 1	2: 2		1-0	1-0	2: 1	2-0
MKE Ankaragücü	2: 3	1: 3	2: 1	1-0		1-0	2: 2	1: 1
Hacettepe GK	1: 4	0: 3	2-0	1-0	1: 3		1-0	1: 1
Beykozspor	0: 1	2: 3	2: 2	2: 1	3: 1	1: 2		0: 2
İstanbulspor	0: 5	1: 2	0: 1	0-0	0: 1	0: 2	0-0

final

First leg

pairing	Galatasaray Istanbul - Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Result	1: 0 (1: 0)
date	June 10, 1959 at 4:00 p.m.
Stadion	Mithatpaşa Stadium , Istanbul
spectator	18,016
referee	Markovic ( Yugoslavia )
Gates	1: 0 Metin Octay (39th)
Galatasaray Istanbul	Turgay Şeren - Saim Tayşengil , İsmail Kurt , Ahmet Karlıklı , Ergun Ercins - Nuri Asan , İsfendiyar Açıksöz , Suat Mamat , Metin Oktay - Dursun Ali Baran - Mete Basmacı Trainer: George Dick ( England )
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Özcan Arkoç - Osman Göktan , Basri Dirimlili , Avni Kalkavan , Naci Erdem - Niyazi Tamakan , Mustafa Güven , Can Bartu , Şeref Has - Lefter Küçükandonyadis , Yüksel Gündüz Trainer: Ignác Molnár ( Hungary )

Return leg

With an overall result of 4: 1, Fenerbahçe Istanbul became the first Turkish soccer champion and qualified for the European Cup of National Champions in 1959/60 .

pairing	Fenerbahçe Istanbul - Galatasaray Istanbul
Result	4: 0 (2: 0)
date	June 14, 1959 at 4:00 p.m.
Stadion	Mithatpaşa Stadium , Istanbul
spectator	26,553
referee	Francesco Liverani ( Italy )
Gates	1: 0 Yüksel Gündüz (9th) 2: 0 Naci Erdem (44th) 3: 0 Mustafa Güven (68th) 4: 0 Şeref Has (71th)
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Özcan Arkoç - Osman Göktan , Basri Dirimlili , Avni Kalkavan , Naci Erdem - Niyazi Tamakan (44th Mustafa Güven ), Seracettin Kırklar , Can Bartu , Şeref Has - Lefter Küçükandonyadis , Yüksel Gündüz Trainer: Ignác Molnár ( Hungary )
Galatasaray Istanbul	Yüksel Alkan - Saim Tayşengil , İsmail Kurt , Ahmet Karlıklı , Ergun Ercins - Nuri Asan , İsfendiyar Açıksöz , Suat Mamat , Metin Oktay - Dursun Ali Baran (42nd Cengiz Özyalçın ) - Mete Basmacı Trainer: George Dick ( England )

Top scorer

Metin Oktay of Galatasaray Istanbul became the first official top scorer in Turkish professional football with 11 goals.

rank	player	club	Gates
1.	Metin octay	Galatasaray Istanbul	11
2.	Şirzat Dağcı	Beykozspor	09
3.	Nazmi Bilge	Beşiktaş Istanbul	08th
4th	Özer Kanra	Vefa Istanbul	07th
5.	Lefter Küçükandonyadis	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	06th
	Seyfi Kentkuran	MKE Ankaragücü
	Erdoğan Gökçen	Adalet SK
	Recep Adanır	Beşiktaş Istanbul
9.	Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu	Altay Izmir	05
	Aydın Yelken	Karagümrük SK

Trainer

society	Trainer	in office since
Galatasaray Istanbul	George Dick	1st matchday
Vefa Istanbul	Necdet Erdem	1st matchday
Ankara Demirspor	István Turbéky	1st matchday
Goztepe Izmir	Ruhi Karaduman	1st matchday
Karagümrük SK	Cahit Candan	12th matchday0
Karşıyaka SK	Oktay Kulaksız	6th matchday
Gençlerbirliği Ankara	Kemal Kaya	1st matchday
Adalet SK	Musa Sezer	1st matchday

society	Trainer	in office since
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Ignác Molnár	1st matchday
Beşiktaş Istanbul	Huseyin Saygun	1st matchday
Altay Izmir	Leandro Remondini	1st matchday
Izmirspor	Refik Vardaroğlu	1st matchday
MKE Ankaragücü	Bedri Kaya	1st matchday
Hacettepe GK	Sahir Gurkan	1st matchday
Beykozspor	Rebii Erkal	1st matchday
İstanbulspor	Sabri Kiraz	1st matchday

Change of coach during the season

• Balazist (Karşıyaka SK) Reason: Unknown. Left the club after the 5th match day
• Halil Özyazıcı (Karagümrük SK) Reason: Unknown. Left the club after the 11th matchday

The Fenerbahçe Istanbul championship team

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Fenerbahçe Istanbul

Goalkeeper : Özcan Arkoç (12 game / no goal), Şükrü Ersoy (4 / -) Defense : Basri Dirimlili (15/2), Avni Kalkavan (15/1), Akgün Kaçmaz (12 / -), Naci Erdem (11/2), Nedim Günar (4 / -) Midfield : Hüseyin Yazıcı (1 / -), Osman Göktan (16 / -), Şeref Has (14/5), Necdet Çoruh (4 / -), Seracettin Kırklar (2/1) Attack : Lefter Küçükandonyadis (16/6), Mustafa Güven (16/5), Yüksel Gündüz (13/5), Ergun Öztuna (10/2), Niyazi Tamakan (10/1), Can Bartu (9/3) Coach: Ignác Molnár ( Hungary )

Web links

• Information about the 1959 season on mackolik.com (Turkish)