The 1959 Turkish National League was the first season of the
professional nationwide league in Turkey, known as ''Süper Lig'' today. 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
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. 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,
BeÅŸiktaÅŸ
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,
Beykoz,
Karagümrük,
Fenerbahçe,
Galatasaray,
Ä°stanbulspor,
Vefa (from Istanbul),
Ankaragücü,
Ankara Demirspor,
Gençlerbirliği,
Hacettepe
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(from Ankara),
Altay,
Göztepe,
Ä°zmirspor, and
Karşıyaka
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(from Ä°zmir).
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
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.
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
See also
*
1958–59 in Turkish football
References
External links
Turkey 1959 (RSSSF)
{{1958–59 in European football (UEFA)
Turkish National League
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