The 1904–05 season was the first season of organized
football in Turkey.
The
Istanbul Football League featured only four clubs at the time:
Moda FC,
HMS Imogene FC,
Elpis FC, and
Cadi-Keuy FC
Cadi-Keuy FC is a defunct sports club of Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.
History
Cadi-Keuy FC was a club which was founded by Englishmen James Lafontaine and Horace Armitage in 1899. Its name is a foreign rendering of Kadıköy, its home ground, as the ...
. The first champions of league football in Turkey was Imogene, a team made up of Englishmen.
The first league of Turkey lasted for 55 years until it was replaced with the
Turkish First Football League (now
Süper Lig
The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...
).
References
Seasons in Turkish football
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