1st Lig 1968/69

1st Lig 1968/69
master	Galatasaray Istanbul
European Cup of National Champions	Galatasaray Istanbul
Trade fair trophy	Altay Izmir
Cup winners	Goztepe Izmir
European Cup Winners' Cup	Goztepe Izmir
Relegated	Şekerspor , Izmirspor
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	471  (ø 1.96 per game)
Top scorer	Metin Oktay (Galatasaray Istanbul)
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2nd Lig 1968/69 ↓

The 1st Lig 1968/69 was the eleventh season of the highest Turkish league in men's football . It began on September 14, 1968 and ended on May 25, 1969.

Turkish football champion was Galatasaray Istanbul . It was the third championship of this club. Newcomers from the 2nd division were İstanbulspor and Izmirspor. Istanbulspor played a solid season, finishing eighth. Izmirspor had to go back to the second division after just one season.

The biggest surprise of the season was Eskişehirspor as the first runner-up who was not from Istanbul . The club thus qualified for the Balkan Cup.

mode

16 teams took part in this season. These played against each other twice on 30 match days, divided into a round trip. With Şekerspor and Izmirspor , the two bottom of the table were relegated.

Attendees

Istanbul Altay Izmir , Altınordu Izmir , Göztepe Izmir , Izmirspor Bursaspor Eskişehirspor Ankara Demirspor , Gençlerbirliği Ankara , Şekerspor , PTT Mersin İdman Yurdu Clubs in Istanbul: Beşiktaş Fenerbahçe Galatasaray İstanbulspor Vefa

Clubs of the 1st Lig 1968/69

society	city	Previous year
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Istanbul	master
Beşiktaş Istanbul	Istanbul	2.
Galatasaray Istanbul	Istanbul	3.
Goztepe Izmir	Izmir	4th
Altay Izmir	Izmir	5.
Bursaspor	Bursa	6th
PTT SK	Istanbul	7th
Gençlerbirliği Ankara	Ankara	8th.
Eskişehirspor	Eskişehir	9.
Mersin İdman Yurdu	Mersin	10.
Ankara Demirspor	Ankara	11.
Vefa Istanbul	Istanbul	12.
Altınordu Izmir	Izmir	13.
Şekerspor	Ankara	14th
İstanbulspor	Istanbul	Climbers
Izmirspor	Izmir	Climbers

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Galatasaray Istanbul	30th	19th	8th	3	049:140	3.50	46:14
2.	Eskişehirspor	30th	17th	9	4th	039:180	2.17	43:17
3.	Beşiktaş Istanbul	30th	14th	10	6th	030:200	1.50	38:22
4th	Fenerbahçe Istanbul (M, P)	30th	13	9	8th	034:250	1.36	35:25
5.	Bursaspor	30th	12	8th	10	032:280	1.14	32:28
6th	Mersin İdman Yurdu	30th	11	9	10	035:290	1.21	31:29
7th	Goztepe Izmir	30th	9	12	9	030:260	1.15	30:30
8th.	İstanbulspor (N)	30th	9	11	10	027:300	0.90	29:31
9.	PTT SK	30th	9	10	11	028:370	0.76	28:32
10.	Gençlerbirliği Ankara	30th	8th	11	11	028:260	1.08	27:33
11.	Altay Izmir	30th	7th	12	11	020:230	0.87	26:34
12.	Ankara Demirspor	30th	8th	10	12	029:350	0.83	26:34
13.	Vefa Istanbul	30th	8th	8th	14th	027:370	0.73	24:36
14th	Altınordu Izmir	30th	6th	12	12	020:400	0.50	24:36
15th	Şekerspor	30th	6th	9	15th	024:440	0.55	21:39
16.	Izmirspor (N)	30th	4th	12	14th	019:390	0.49	20:40

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient

Turkish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1969/70 : Galatasaray Istanbul

Participation in the Balkan Cup 1970: Eskişehirspor

Turkish cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1969/70 : Göztepe Izmir

Participation in the trade fair cup 1969/70 : Altay Izmir

Relegation to Türkiye 2. Futbol Ligi 1969/70 : Şekerspor, Izmirspor

(M)	reigning Turkish champion
(P)	reigning Turkish cup winner
(N)	Newcomer from the Türkiye 2. Futbol Ligi 1967/68

Crosstab

1968/69
1.	Galatasaray Istanbul		2: 2	1-0	1: 1	2-0	3: 1	2-0	1: 1	5-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	4-0	4: 2	3: 1
2.	Eskişehirspor	0: 2		2: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0	1-0	3-0	4: 2	2: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 1	5-0	1-0	1-0
3.	Beşiktaş Istanbul	0: 2	0-0		1: 2	2: 2	2: 2	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	3: 1	2-0
4th	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	1-0	0-0	0: 1		0: 1	0: 1	0-0	0: 3	1: 2	0-0	2: 1	5: 3	1-0	5-0	2-0	1-0
5.	Bursaspor	0-0	0-0	1: 1	1: 2		3: 2	2-0	2: 1	1-0	0-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	3-0	2: 1	3: 1
6th	Mersin İdman Yurdu SK	0-0	2-0	0-0	0: 1	2: 1		2-0	1-0	2: 1	1-0	2-0	0-0	1: 1	2-0	5-0	1-0
7th	Göztepe İzmir	0-0	1-0	3-0	1: 1	2-0	1-0		2: 2	1: 1	0-0	0-0	3: 1	4-0	0-0	3: 1	0: 1
8th.	İstanbulspor	0-0	1: 2	0: 1	2: 3	1-0	0-0	3: 1		2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0: 1	0-0	0-0	2-0	1: 1
9.	PTT	1-0	0: 2	0: 1	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	0: 2	2-0		1: 2	0-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1-0
10.	Gençlerbirliği Ankara	2: 1	1: 1	0: 2	0: 1	1-0	3-0	1: 1	4-0	1: 2		3: 3	0-0	0-0	1-0	1: 1	1-0
11.	Altay İzmir	0: 2	0: 1	0-0	0-0	0: 2	0-0	1-0	0-0	2-0	1-0		2-0	2-0	1: 1	2-0	2-0
12.	Ankara Demirspor	1: 1	0: 2	0: 2	1: 1	2: 1	3: 2	0: 1	0-0	0-0	2: 1	0-0		1: 4	1: 3	2-0	6: 1
13.	Vefa Istanbul	0: 3	1: 2	0: 2	0-0	2-0	2: 1	3: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1: 3	1: 1	1: 4		3-0	1-0	2: 1
14th	Altınordu Izmir	0: 2	0-0	0: 1	0: 1	1: 1	2: 2	1-0	0-0	2-0	1-0	2: 1	0-0	0-0		3: 1	1: 1
15th	Şeker	1: 2	1: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	0-0	0-0	0: 1	0: 1	1-0		2-0
16.	Izmirspor	0: 2	1-0	1: 1	2: 2	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	1-0	0-0	1-0	2: 2	1: 1

Top scorer

Metin Oktay of Galatasaray Istanbul was the top scorer of the 1968/69 season with 17 goals. It was the sixth and final top scorer title in his career.

The championship team from Galatasaray Istanbul

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Galatasaray Istanbul

Goal: Nihat Akbay (28 / -), Varol Ürkmez (4 / -), Yasin Özdenak (- / -) Defense: Ali Elveren (13 / -), Bekir Türkgeldi (2 / -), Akın Aksaçlı (19 / -), Tuncer İnceler (2 / -), Ergün Acuner (29 / -), Muzaffer Sipahi (28 / -) Midfield: Talat Özkarslı (24 / -), Mehmet Oğuz (30/3), Turan Doğangün (30/4) Attack: Mazlum Fırtına (16/2), Muhlis Gülen (11/1), Gökmen Özdenak (26/9), Ergin Gürses (5 / -), Ahmet Celović (6/3), Uğur Köken (29/1), Atılay Özgür (3/1), Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu (28/7), Metin Oktay (30/17) Coach: Tomislav Kaloperović ( Yugoslavia )

Web links

• 1st Lig 1968/69 in the database of mackolik.com (Turkish)
• 1st Lig 1968/69 in the Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu (Turkish) database