1959–60 Turkish National League

The 1959–60 Turkish National League was the second season of professional football in Turkey. The league consisted of 20 clubs, with Beşiktaş J.K. winning their third championship.[1]

Turkish National League
Season1959–60
ChampionsBeşiktaş
3rd title
RelegatedAdalet
Hacettepe
European CupBeşiktaş
Matches played380
Goals scored929 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorerMetin Oktay, 33 goals
Biggest home winGalatasaray 8–0 Altınordu
Highest scoringGalatasaray 8–0 Altınordu
← 1959

Overview

The original sixteen clubs of the 1959 Milli Lig took part in the 1959–60 edition, along with newly promoted Kasımpaşa, Şeker Hilal, Altınordu, and Feriköy. Beşiktaş won their first league title, winning 11 matches by a 1-0 margin, a record at the time. Metin Oktay finished top scorer with 33 goals. Clubs were not relegated directly, but instead took part in the Baraj Maçları, a competition between the top four amateur clubs and the bottom three Milli Lig clubs.[1]

Altınordu finished first in the Baraj Maçları, allowing them to stay in the Milli Lig. Hacettepe and Adalet were not successful, earning relegation to the Ankara and Istanbul professional leagues respectively. Adana Demirspor and PTT earned promotion to the Milli Lig. Adana Demirspor would become the first club from outside of the big three cities (Ankara, Istanbul, and İzmir) to compete in the Milli Lig during the following season.[1]

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Beşiktaş (C) 38 29 7 2 68 15 +53 65 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2 Fenerbahçe 38 27 6 5 88 38 +50 60 Invitation to Balkans Cup
3 Galatasaray 38 24 10 4 74 23 +51 58
4 İzmirspor 38 17 13 8 62 44 +18 47
5 Ankara Demirspor 38 17 11 10 49 40 +9 45
6 İstanbulspor 38 13 16 9 38 35 +3 42
7 Feriköy 38 18 4 16 44 39 +5 40
8 Karagümrük 38 15 10 13 50 45 +5 40
9 Karşıyaka 38 14 8 16 43 52 −9 36
10 Gençlerbirliği 38 12 11 15 50 46 +4 35
11 Vefa 38 11 13 14 37 60 −23 35
12 Şeker Hilal 38 12 10 16 37 43 −6 34
13 Kasımpaşa 38 9 15 14 31 48 −17 33
14 Göztepe 38 9 14 15 34 41 −7 32
15 Ankaragücü 38 9 12 17 39 56 −17 30
16 Beykoz 38 8 14 16 35 56 −21 30
17 Altay 38 10 8 20 45 64 −19 28
18 Adalet 38 9 8 21 26 48 −22 26 Qualification to Baraj Games
19 Hacettepe 38 8 8 22 42 68 −26 24
20 Altınordu 38 6 8 24 38 69 −31 20
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results
Home \ Away ADL ALT ATO AND AGÜ BJK BYK FNB FER GAL GEN GÖZ HAC İST İZM FKG KSK KAS ŞKR VEF
Adalet 3–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 2–0
Altay 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–3 3–2 1–2 2–1 0–3 4–2 4–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0
Altınordu 6–0 4–1 1–2 2–0 0–3 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–3 1–3 2–2
Ankara Demirspor 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1
Ankaragücü 1–0 1–3 2–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–4 0–1 0–1 4–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–4 1–1
Beşiktaş 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 6–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
Beykoz 0–0 0–0 6–3 0–0 0–4 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–3 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1
Fenerbahçe 3–1 5–0 2–0 1–0 5–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 4–3 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–2 0–2 4–1 1–1 6–1 5–1
Feriköy 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 2–0 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0
Galatasaray 1–1 0–0 8–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 5–0 0–0 1–0 0–0
Gençlerbirliği 0–1 5–0 3–1 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 3–0
Göztepe 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 4–1 0–0 3–1
Hacettepe 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–5 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–3 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–4 1–1 0–4 1–4 4–0 0–1 0–0
İstanbulspor 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2
İzmirspor 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 4–2 1–0 3–3 4–1 1–2 5–3 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1
Karagümrük 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–4 0–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–4 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–0
Karşıyaka 1–0 2–0 1–3 0–3 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–1
Kasımpaşa 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–4 1–2 0–4 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–3 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–0
Şekerhilâl 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–0
Vefa 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–4 3–2 0–1 0–4 1–5 1–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–2 1–5 0–4 1–0 1–1
Source: TFF, Mackolik, and rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Baraj Games

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Altınordu 6 3 2 1 9 3 +6 8 Remain in the Milli Lig
2 Adana Demirspor 6 4 0 2 13 8 +5 8 Promoted to the Milli Lig
3 PTT 6 4 0 2 13 8 +5 8
4 Hacettepe 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 7 Relegated to Ankara Professional League
5 Adalet 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 5 Relegated to Istanbul Professional League
6 Eyüpspor 6 1 2 3 4 13 −9 4
7 İzmirspor 6 0 2 4 2 9 −7 2 Relegated to İzmir Professional League
Source: rsssf.com

References
  1. Sivritepe, Erdinç 1959-1960 Milli Lig turkish-soccer.com, accessed 21 June 2010
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