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1959 Turkish National League

1st season of top-tier Turkish football

Field	Value
image	1959 Turkish National League Cup 1.jpg
caption	1959 Millî Lig trophy on display in the Fenerbahçe Museum
competition	Turkish National League
season	1959
winners	Fenerbahçe
1st title
relegated	none
continentalcup1	[European Cup](1959-60-european-cup)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Fenerbahçe
league topscorer	Metin Oktay
(11 goals)
biggest home win	Galatasaray 5–0 Göztepe
biggest away win	İstanbulspor 0–5 Fenerbahçe
highest scoring	Göztepe 4–2 Ankara Demirspor
matches	114
total goals	264
prevseason	[1957–58](1957-58-federation-cup)
nextseason	[1959–60](1959-60-turkish-national-league)

1st title (11 goals) The 1959 Turkish National League was the first season of the professional nationwide league in Turkey, known as Süper Lig today. The National League replaced the previous Turkish football league, the Turkish Federation Cup. The first season consisted of 16 clubs split into two groups: the Kırmızı Grup (Red Group) and Beyaz Grup (White Group), the colours of the Turkish flag. The first season took place in the calendar year of 1959, instead of 1958–59, as the qualifying stages took place in 1958.

Overview

The top eight clubs from the 1958–59 Istanbul Football League and the top four clubs from the Ankara and İzmir leagues in the 1958–59 season took part in the league. These clubs were Adalet, Beşiktaş, Beykoz, Karagümrük, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, İstanbulspor, Vefa (from Istanbul), Ankaragücü, Ankara Demirspor, Gençlerbirliği, Hacettepe (from Ankara), Altay, Göztepe, İzmirspor, and Karşıyaka (from İzmir).

The final consisted of two legs and took place between the winners of each group. Galatasaray won the Red Group and Fenerbahçe won the White Group. Galatasaray won the first leg 1-0, but Fenerbahçe won the second leg 4-0, winning 4-1 on aggregate. The title was Fenerbahçe's first Süper Lig title and 10th Turkish championship title overall, qualifying them for the 1959–60 European Cup. Metin Oktay was top scorer with 11 goals. No clubs were relegated this season.

Red group

Table

Results

White group

Table

Results

Championship final

First leg

Second leg Naci Erdem Mustafa Güven Şeref Has

References

"Turkey - List of Champions". [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
"Turkey – List of champions". [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
Sivritepe, Erdinç [https://www.angelfire.com/nj/sivritepe/5859/tl.html 1959 Milli Lig] turkish-soccer.com, accessed 20 June 2010

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