1939 Turkish National Division

The 1939 National Division was the third edition of the Turkish National Division. Galatasaray won their first title.

Turkish National Division
Season1939
ChampionsGalatasaray (1st title)
Matches played56
Goals scored230 (4.11 per match)
Top goalscorerCemil Erlertürk & Hakkı Yeten (13)
1938
1940

Participants

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League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1 Galatasaray[a] 14 11 0 3 43 19 2.263 35[b]
2 Ankara Demirspor[a] 14 9 3 2 35 16 2.188 35
3 AS-FA Gücü 14 9 1 4 34 21 1.619 33
4 Beşiktaş 14 8 2 4 37 17 2.176 32
5 Fenerbahçe 14 6 2 6 31 26 1.192 28
6 Vefa 14 3 2 9 28 36 0.778 22
7 Doğanspor 14 3 1 10 13 49 0.265 21
8 Ateşspor 14 1 1 12 9 43 0.209 17
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 points for a loss.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Galatasaray and Ankara Demirspor played in a championship playoff, but the result of this playoff was not used, and ultimately Galatasaray was awarded the championship based on goal average.
  2. ^ 35 (not 36) points due to awarded games.

Results

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Home \ Away AND AGÜ ATŞ BJK DOĞ FNB GAL VEF
Ankara Demirspor 2–2 5–1 2–0 7–0 1–1 2–0 6–3
AS-FA Gücü 1–2 6–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 4–1 3–1
Ateşspor 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–7 0–6
Beşiktaş 1–1 4–1 3–0 5–1 3–0 3–0 3–3
Doğanspor 1–2 1–4 1–1 1–6 1–0 0–4 3–1
Fenerbahçe 4–1 4–1 2–0 2–4 5–1 3–4 1–0
Galatasaray 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 7–0 4–3 4–1
Vefa 0–2 1–3 3–1 0–3 6–2 3–3 0–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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  • Erdoğan Arıpınar; Tevfik Ünsi Artun, Cem Atabeyoğlu, Nurhan Aydın, Ergun Hiçyılmaz, Haluk San, Orhan Vedat Sevinçli, Vala Somalı (June 1992). Türk Futbol Tarihi (1904-1991) vol.1, Page(80-81), Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu Yayınları.
  1. ^ "Milli Küme". Erdinç Sivritepe. Retrieved 23 November 2017.