1940 Turkish National Division

The 1940 National Division was the fourth edition of the Turkish National Division. Fenerbahçe won their second title.

Turkish National Division

Season	1940
Champions	Fenerbahçe (2nd title)
Matches played	56
Goals scored	264 (4.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Melih Kotanca (23)
← 1939 1941 →

Participating clubs

• Beşiktaş - Istanbul Football League, 1st
• Fenerbahçe - Istanbul Football League, 2nd
• Galatasaray - Istanbul Football League, 3rd
• Vefa - Istanbul Football League, 4th
• Gençlerbirliği - Ankara Football League, 1st
• Muhafızgücü - Ankara Football League, 2nd
• Altınordu - İzmir Football League, 1st
• Altay - İzmir Football League, 2nd

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
1	Fenerbahçe	14	11	2	1	49	17	2.882	38
2	Galatasaray	14	9	2	3	45	19	2.368	34
3	Muhafızgücü	14	6	2	6	35	30	1.167	28
4	Gençlerbirliği	14	7	0	7	31	27	1.148	28
5	Beşiktaş	14	5	3	6	37	40	0.925	27
6	Altay	14	4	4	6	24	42	0.571	26
7	Altınordu	14	4	1	9	23	44	0.523	23
8	Vefa	14	2	2	10	20	45	0.444	20

Source:
Rules for classification: 3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 points for a loss.

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	ATO	BJK	FNB	GAL	GEN	MUH	VEF
Altay		2–2	1–1	0–2	5–4	1–0	2–1	2–1
Altınordu	6–1		2–3	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–6	3–2
Beşiktaş	5–0	3–4		2–5	2–9	2–0	4–2	2–2
Fenerbahçe	9–2	7–0	2–1		3–2	3–1	3–1	5–2
Galatasaray	2–1	3–0	4–4	1–1		5–0	4–0	3–0
Gençlerbirliği	5–3	5–0	4–2	2–1	0–1		1–3	7–1
Muhafızgücü	2–2	5–0	4–3	2–2	0–2	5–3		1–2
Vefa	2–2	4–3	1–3	0–4	2–5	0–2	1–3

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

• 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(81), Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu Yayınları.