| Season | 1959–60 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Beşiktaş 3rd title |
| Relegated | Adalet Hacettepe |
| European Cup | Beşiktaş |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 929 (2.44 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Metin Oktay, 33 goals |
| Biggest home win | Galatasaray 8–0Altınordu |
| Highest scoring | Galatasaray 8–0Altınordu |
←1959 1960–61 → | |
The1959–60 Turkish National League was the second season of professionalfootball in Turkey. The league consisted of 20 clubs, withBeşiktaş J.K. winning their third championship.[1]
The original sixteen clubs of the1959 Milli Lig took part in the 1959–60 edition, along with newly promotedKasımpaşa,Şeker Hilal,Altınordu, andFeriköy.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 andPTT earned promotion to the Milli Lig. Adana Demirspor would become the first club from outside of the big three cities (Ankara,Istanbul, andİzmir) to compete in the Milli Lig during the following season.[1]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beşiktaş(C) | 38 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 68 | 15 | +53 | 65 | Qualification toEuropean Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 38 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 88 | 38 | +50 | 60 | Invitation toBalkans 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 toBaraj Games |
| 19 | Hacettepe | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 42 | 68 | −26 | 24 | |
| 20 | Altınordu | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 38 | 69 | −31 | 20 |
| 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 |
| 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 |