1961–62 Turkish National League

Turkish National League
Season	1961–62
Champions	Galatasaray; 1st title
Relegated	none
European Cup	Galatasaray
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Altay
Balkans Cup	Fenerbahçe; Beşiktaş
Matches played	380
Goals scored	857 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fikri Elma; (22 goals)
Biggest away win	Beykoz 0–6 Beşiktaş
	← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 Turkish National League was the fourth season of professional football in Turkey. The league consisted of 20 clubs, with Galatasaray winning their first title.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Overview

Galatasaray won their first league title after previously finishing second place two times and third in 1959–60. The club qualified for the European Cup, while runners-up Fenerbahçe qualified for the Balkans Cup. Beşiktaş rounded out the top-three, while Altay were the other European representative, earning qualification to the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. Fikri Elma of finished top scorer of the league, scoring 22 of Ankara Demirspor's 42 goals as they finished last in the league.^[2]

Hacettepe and Beyoğluspor were promoted to the 1962–63 Milli Lig, while no clubs were relegated. Before the start of the season, it was decided only one club would be promoted from the Baraj Games in order to cut down the number of competing clubs from 20 to 18. However, after the Baraj Games, cities boycotted for their clubs to remain in the Milli Lig, and Prime Minister İsmet İnönü asked the Turkish Football Federation to allow these clubs to compete. The TFF allowed for five clubs – three already participating and two promoted from the regional leagues – to compete in the 1962–63 season. The TFF decided to create a second division the following season.^[2]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Galatasaray (C)	38	23	11	4	52	18	2.889	57	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2	Fenerbahçe	38	23	7	8	64	30	2.133	53	Invitation to Balkans Cup
3	Beşiktaş	38	16	16	6	48	24	2.000	48	Invitation to Balkans Cup
4	Altay	38	18	10	10	44	35	1.257	46	Invitation to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
5	Karşıyaka	38	17	8	13	46	51	0.902	42
6	Gençlerbirliği	38	16	9	13	57	47	1.213	41
7	Göztepe	38	12	17	9	46	42	1.095	41
8	Altınordu	38	14	13	11	48	53	0.906	41
9	Kasımpaşa	38	12	15	11	44	41	1.073	39
10	PTT	38	11	14	13	45	50	0.900	36
11	MKE Ankaragücü	38	11	13	14	45	39	1.154	35
12	Feriköy	38	10	14	14	31	36	0.861	34
13	İstanbulspor	38	9	16	13	36	42	0.857	34
14	Beykoz	38	9	15	14	43	52	0.827	33
15	Karagümrük	38	10	12	16	38	45	0.844	32
16	Yesildirek	38	10	12	16	40	53	0.755	32
17	İzmirspor	38	9	14	15	32	44	0.727	32
18	Vefa	38	11	9	18	29	48	0.604	31	Qualification to Baraj Games
19	Ankara Demirspor	38	9	12	17	42	52	0.808	30
20	Şeker Hilal	38	6	11	21	27	55	0.491	23

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Results

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

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

Baraj Games

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hacettepe	5	4	1	0	9	4	2.250	9	Promoted to the Milli Lig
2	Ankara Demirspor	5	3	2	0	14	4	3.500	8	Remain in the Milli Lig
3	Şeker Hilal	5	2	1	2	5	5	1.000	5
4	Vefa	5	1	2	2	5	2	2.500	4
5	Beyoğluspor	5	1	2	2	2	7	0.286	4	Promoted to the Milli Lig
6	İzmir Demirspor	5	0	0	5	1	18	0.056	0	Relegated to Regional League

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Turkey - Final Tables". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sivritepe, Erdinç. "1961-1962 Milli Lig". turkish-soccer.com. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
^ "SPOR TOTO SÜPER LİG ŞAMPİYONLUKLARI" (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

[rsssf-1] "Turkey - Final Tables". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

[turkishsoccer-2] Sivritepe, Erdinç. "1961-1962 Milli Lig". turkish-soccer.com. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

[tff-3] "SPOR TOTO SÜPER LİG ŞAMPİYONLUKLARI" (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

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v t e Top level Turkish football league seasons
Türkiye Futbol Şampiyonası	1924 1927 1932 1933 1934 1935 1940 1941 1942 1944 1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951
Millî Küme	1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1950
Federasyon Kupası	1956–57 1957–58
Millî Lig	1959 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
1. Lig	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
Süper Lig	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Champions	Fenerbahçe (28) Galatasaray (25) Beşiktaş (21) Trabzonspor (7) Harp Okulu (3) Gençlerbirliği (2) Muhafızgücü (1) İstanbulspor (1) Güneş (1) Eskişehir Demirspor (1) Ankara Demirspor (1) Ankaragücü (1) Göztepe (1) Bursaspor (1) Başakşehir (1)

v t e Süper Lig
TFF Union of Clubs
Millî Lig	1959 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
1. Lig	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
Süper Lig	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Champions	Galatasaray (24) Fenerbahçe (19) Beşiktaş (16) Trabzonspor (7) Başakşehir (1) Bursaspor (1)
Current clubs	Adana Demirspor Alanyaspor Antalyaspor Başakşehir Beşiktaş Bodrum Eyüpspor Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Gaziantep Göztepe Hatayspor Kasımpaşa Kayserispor Konyaspor Rizespor Samsunspor Sivasspor Trabzonspor
Former clubs	Adanaspor Adalet Akçaabat Sebatspor Akhisarspor Altay Altınordu Ankara Demirspor Ankaragücü Ankaraspor Aydınspor Bakırköyspor Balıkesirspor Beykozspor Beyoğlu Boluspor Bucaspor Bursaspor Çanakkale Dardanelspor Denizlispor Diyarbakırspor Elazığspor Erzurumspor Erzurumspor F.K. Eskişehirspor Fatih Karagümrük Feriköy Gaziantepspor Gençlerbirliği Giresunspor Hacettepe İstanbulspor İzmirspor Kahramanmaraşspor Karabükspor Karşıyaka Kayseri Erciyesspor Keçiörengücü MKE Kırıkkalespor Kocaelispor Malatyaspor Manisaspor Mersin İdman Yurdu Orduspor Pendikspor Petrolofisi PTT Sakaryaspor Sarıyer Siirtspor Şekerspor Ümraniyespor Vanspor Vefa Yeni Malatyaspor Yeşildirek Yozgatspor Zeytinburnuspor Zonguldakspor

v t e 1961–62 in European football (UEFA)
« 1960–61 1962–63 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '61 '62 England Faroe Islands '61 '62 Finland '61 '62 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '61 '62 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '61 '62 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '61 '62 Spain Sweden '61 '62 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '61 Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '61 '62 Finland '61 '62 France East Germany West Germany Greece Iceland '61 '62 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '61 '62 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '61 '62 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '60–'61 '61–'63