The 1959–60 Turkish National League was the second season of professional
football in Turkey. The league consisted of 20 clubs, with
Beşiktaş J.K.
Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (), also known simply as Beşiktaş (), is a Turkish sports club founded in 1903 that is based in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. The club's football team is one of the Big Three in Turkey and one of the most ...
winning their third championship.
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1959-1960 Milli Lig
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Overview
The original sixteen clubs of the
1959 Milli Lig
The 1959 Turkish National League was the first season of the Süper Lig, 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 ...
took part in the 1959–60 edition, along with newly promoted
Kasımpaşa,
Şeker Hilal,
Altınordu, and
Feriköy
Feriköy is a neighbourhood of Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. It is home to two large adjoining cemeteries, one for Roman Catholic burials, the other for Protestant ones. It adjoins fashionable Bomonti, with its towering hotel blocks.
See also
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Beşiktaş
Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and ...
won their first league title, winning 11 matches by a 1-0 margin, a record at the time.
Metin Oktay
Metin Oktay (2 February 1936 – 13 September 1991) nicknamed the Uncrowned King ( tr, Taçsız Kral) by Galatasaray fans, was a Turkish footballer and one of the most successful goal scorers in Turkey.
Early life
Metin Oktay was born in Kar ...
finished top scorer with 33 goals. Clubs were not relegated directly, but instead took part in the Baraj Maçları, a competition between the top four amateur clubs and the bottom three Milli Lig clubs.
Altınordu finished first in the Baraj Maçları, allowing them to stay in the Milli Lig. Hacettepe and Adalet were not successful, earning relegation to the Ankara and Istanbul professional leagues respectively.
Adana Demirspor and
PTT earned promotion to the Milli Lig. Adana Demirspor would become the first club from outside of the big three cities (
Ankara
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...
,
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
, and
İzmir
İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...
) to compete in the Milli Lig during the following season.
Final league table
Results
Baraj Games
References
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Turkish National League
1959–60 in Turkish football
Turkey
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