1959–60 in Turkish football

The 1959–60 season was the 55th season of competitive football in Turkey.

Football in Turkey
Season1959-60
Men's football
Süper LigBeşiktaş
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Overview

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Beşiktaş were crowned champions for the first time. The club recorded eleven wins by a 1–0 result. Fenerbahçe finished second, while Galatasaray placed third. Baraj Maçları (Baraj Matches) were created to decide who would be relegated and promoted. The bottom three teams from the Milli Lig faced off against the winning teams from the Adana, Ankara, Istanbul, and İzmir leagues. Altınordu were the only club to stay in the Milli Lig, while Hacettepe and Adalet were relegated to the Ankara and Istanbul leagues respectively.[1]

In Europe, Fenerbahçe took part in the 1959–60 European Cup. They were knocked out by OGC Nice in the first round after losing out in the play-off match.[2] Beşiktaş qualified for the 1960–61 European Cup after winning the 1959–60 Milli Lig.[1]

Honours

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Competition Winner Runners-up
Milli Lig Beşiktaş (1) Fenerbahçe (1)
Adana Professional League[3] Mersin İdmanyurdu (5)
Ankara Professional League[4] PTT (1)
Eskişehir Regional League[5] Eskişehir Şekerspor (2)
Istanbul Professional League[6] Eyüpspor (1)
İzmir Professional League[7] İzmir Demirspor (1)
Kayseri Regional League[8] Havagücü (1)
Trabzon Regional League[9] Idmanocağı (13)

Notes – Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour.

Awards

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Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA ± Pts Notes
1 Beşiktaş 38 29 7 2 68 15 +53 65 European Cup
2 Fenerbahçe 38 27 6 5 88 38 +50 60
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 Qualified for Baraj Maçları
19 Hacettepe 38 8 8 22 42 68 -24 24 Qualified for Baraj Maçları
20 Altınordu 38 6 8 24 38 69 -31 20 Qualified for Baraj Maçları

Baraj Maçları

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA ± Pts Notes
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 Promoted to the Milli Lig
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 Relegated to Istanbul Professional League
7 İzmir Demirspor 6 0 2 4 2 9 -7 3 Relegated to İzmir Professional League

Clubs in Europe

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Fenerbahçe qualified for the 1959–60 European Cup after winning the 1959 Milli Lig. The club took part in the preliminary round, beating Hungarian side Csepel SC 4–3 on aggregate. The club progressed to the first round, where they met French club OGC Nice. Both clubs drew 3–3 on aggregate. An extra play-off match was needed to decide who would advance. Fenerbahçe went on to lose the play-off match 1–5.[2]

Preliminary round

13 September 1959 Fenerbahçe   1–1   Csepel Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
Can   73' Kisuczky   1' Attendance: 26,432
Referee: Leo Lemesić (Yugoslavia)
23 September 1959 Csepel   2–3   Fenerbahçe Népstadion, Budapest
Ughy   10'
Németh   34'
Lefter   22'
Şeref   47'
Avni   53'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Zivko Bajić (Yugoslavia)

First round

19 November 1959 Fenerbahçe   2–1   Nice Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
Can   37'
Şeref   80'
Milazzo   40' Attendance: 29,656
Referee: Václav Korelus (Czechoslovakia)
3 December 1959 Nice   2–1   Fenerbahçe Stade Municipal du Ray, Nice
Foix   62'
Faivre   76'
Lefter   83' Attendance: 15,824
Referee: Martin Macko (Czechoslovakia)

Play-off

23 December 1959 Nice   5–1   Fenerbahçe Stade des Charmilles, Genève
Foix   7'   63'
Milazzo   17'
Faivre   31'
de Bourgoing   59'
Şeref   47' Attendance: 9,166
Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)

National team

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The Turkey national football team took part in a single friendly during the 1959–60. They defeated Scotland 4–2, with Lefter Küçükandonyadis netting two goals.[11]

8 June 1960 Turkey   4–2   Scotland Ankara
Metin   9'
Lefter   33', 35'
Şenol   61'
Caldow   13' (pen)
Young   71'

References

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  1. ^ a b Sivritepe, Erdinç 1959-1960 Milli Lig turkish-soccer.com, accessed 18 July 2010
  2. ^ a b European Competitions 1959-60 rsssf.org, accessed 18 July 2010
  3. ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç Before the Turkish Leagues - Adana Archived 2010-02-18 at the Wayback Machine turkish-soccer, accessed 18 July 2010
  4. ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç Before the Turkish Leagues - Ankara Archived 2010-02-18 at the Wayback Machine turkish-soccer.com, accessed 18 July 2010
  5. ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç Before the Turkish Leagues - Eskişehir Archived 2010-02-18 at the Wayback Machine turkish-soccer.com, accessed 18 July 2010
  6. ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç Before Turkish Leagues - İstanbul turkish-soccer.com, accessed 18 July 2010
  7. ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç Turkish Leagues turkish-soccer.com, accessed 18 July 2010
  8. ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç Before the Turkish Leagues - Kayseri Archived 2009-04-15 at the Wayback Machine turkish-soccer.com, accessed 18 July 2010
  9. ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç Before the Turkish Leagues - Trabzon Archived 2010-06-08 at the Wayback Machine turkish-soccer.com, accessed 18 July 2010
  10. ^ Ligin Gol Kralları tff.org (in Turkish), accessed 18 July 2010
  11. ^ Sivritepe, Erdinç and Verani, Walter 1958-1959 turkish-soccer.com, accessed 18 July 2010