1959–60 Turkish National League

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. winning their third championship.^[1]

Turkish National League

Season	1959–60
Champions	Beşiktaş 3rd title
Relegated	Adalet Hacettepe
European Cup	Beşiktaş
Matches played	380
Goals scored	929 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Metin Oktay, 33 goals
Biggest home win	Galatasaray 8–0 Altınordu
Highest scoring	Galatasaray 8–0 Altınordu
← 1959 1960–61 →

Overview

The original sixteen clubs of the 1959 Milli Lig took part in the 1959–60 edition, along with newly promoted Kasımpaşa, Şeker Hilal, Altınordu, and Feriköy. Beşiktaş won their first league title, winning 11 matches by a 1-0 margin, a record at the time. Metin Oktay 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.^[1]

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, Istanbul, and İzmir) to compete in the Milli Lig during the following season.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Beşiktaş (C)	38	29	7	2	68	15	+53	65	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2	Fenerbahçe	38	27	6	5	88	38	+50	60	Invitation to Balkans Cup
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	Qualification to Baraj Games
19	Hacettepe	38	8	8	22	42	68	−26	24
20	Altınordu	38	6	8	24	38	69	−31	20

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ADL	ALT	ATO	AND	AGÜ	BJK	BYK	FNB	FER	GAL	GEN	GÖZ	HAC	İST	İZM	FKG	KSK	KAS	ŞKR	VEF
Adalet		3–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	4–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	4–1	0–1	2–0
Altay	2–0		2–3	1–1	1–1	0–3	3–2	1–2	2–1	0–3	4–2	4–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–0
Altınordu	6–0	4–1		1–2	2–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–3	1–3	2–2
Ankara Demirspor	1–0	3–2	2–1		1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1
Ankaragücü	1–0	1–3	2–0	3–2		0–0	1–1	1–4	0–1	0–1	4–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–4	1–1
Beşiktaş	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0		3–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	6–0	1–0	1–0	2–1
Beykoz	0–0	0–0	6–3	0–0	0–4	1–1		1–2	2–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1
Fenerbahçe	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–0	5–1	1–0	4–0		2–1	1–0	4–3	0–0	3–1	3–0	2–2	0–2	4–1	1–1	6–1	5–1
Feriköy	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	0–1	2–0	2–3		1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0
Galatasaray	1–1	0–0	8–0	4–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–0		3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	5–0	0–0	1–0	0–0
Gençlerbirliği	0–1	5–0	3–1	3–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–2		0–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	3–0
Göztepe	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	3–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–2		0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	4–1	0–0	3–1
Hacettepe	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–5	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–2	2–2	2–1		0–4	1–1	0–4	1–4	4–0	0–1	0–0
İstanbulspor	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	2–1		2–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2
İzmirspor	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	4–1	4–2	1–0	3–3	4–1	1–2	5–3	0–0		1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1
Karagümrük	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–3	1–0	1–4	0–0	3–3	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–4		1–2	1–2	2–0	2–0
Karşıyaka	1–0	2–0	1–3	0–3	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	3–1		0–0	2–0	1–1
Kasımpaşa	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–4	1–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–3	1–3	0–0	0–0		3–2	0–0
Şekerhilâl	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–1		1–0
Vefa	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–4	3–2	0–1	0–4	1–5	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	3–2	1–5	0–4	1–0	1–1

Source: TFF, Mackolik, and rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Baraj Games

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
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
7	İzmirspor	6	0	2	4	2	9	−7	2	Relegated to İzmir Professional League

Source: rsssf.com

References

1. Sivritepe, Erdinç 1959-1960 Milli Lig turkish-soccer.com, accessed 21 June 2010