1959-1960 Milli Lig

Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü - İstanbul

The league was played with 20 clubs and Beşiktaş won its first championship. This year was remembered as the champion winning most games with a 1-0 score. (11 times). Second placed Fenerbahçe scored 20 more goals than the champions.
The bottom three clubs were sent to Promotion/Relegation games.

			BJK FB  GS   İ  DS  İS  FK  KG  KSK GB   V  ŞH  KP  GT  AG  BK  AT   A  HT  AO  
	       Beşiktaş	BJK 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 3-0 2-0 6-0 2-1 2-1 1-0 1-0 3-1 2-0 3-0 1-0 4-1 3-0 2-0
	     Fenerbahçe	1-0 FB  1-0 2-2 1-0 3-0 2-1 0-2 4-1 4-3 5-1 6-1 1-1 0-0 5-1 4-0 5-0 3-1 3-1 2-0
	    Galatasaray	0-1 2-1 GS  1-1 4-1 1-0 3-0 2-1 5-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 2-1 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-1 1-0 8-0
	      İzmirspor	3-1 4-2 3-3  İ  0-0 0-0 1-0 1-1 1-2 4-1 1-1 0-1 1-1 1-2 3-0 4-1 2-1 1-0 5-3 1-0
	    A Demirspor	0-1 0-1 1-1 0-1 DS  1-2 1-0 2-1 0-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 3-2 1-0 1-0 2-1
	   İstanbulspor	1-1 1-2 0-3 2-2 1-3 İS  0-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-2 1-1 1-0 0-0 1-1 1-0 3-2 1-1 2-1 2-1
	        Feriköy	0-1 2-3 1-2 1-0 2-1 2-0 FK  0-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 1-1 1-0 4-1 2-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 1-0
	     Karagümrük	1-4 3-3 1-0 2-4 2-3 0-0 2-1 KG  1-2 0-0 2-0 2-0 1-2 2-0 1-0 0-0 2-1 2-0 1-2 2-2
	      Karşıyaka	0-2 2-2 0-0 0-1 0-3 1-2 2-0 3-1 KSK 0-1 1-1 2-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 2-1 2-0 1-0 2-1 1-3
	 Gençlerbirliği	0-1 2-1 2-2 1-2 3-0 0-0 3-0 3-0 2-2 GB  3-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-2 1-1 5-0 0-1 2-1 3-1
		   Vefa	1-4 0-1 1-5 3-2 1-1 1-0 0-4 1-5 0-4 1-0  V  1-1 1-0 2-2 3-1 3-2 1-0 1-0 3-1 1-0
	    Şeker Hilal	0-0 1-3 1-1 2-0 1-1 0-0 0-2 3-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 ŞH	0-1 1-1 1-0 2-3 0-1 1-0 0-1 2-1
	      Kasımpaşa	0-0 1-4 0-4 1-3 1-2 0-3 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 3-2 KP  1-1 0-0 1-0 1-1 3-0 2-1 1-0
		Göztepe	0-1 0-0 0-1 2-1 2-2 0-1 2-1 0-1 1-0 0-2 3-1 0-0 4-1 GT  3-2 1-2 3-1 0-0 0-1 0-0
	     Ankaragücü	0-0 1-4 0-1 1-2 3-2 1-1 0-1 0-0 3-1 4-2 1-1 0-4 1-1 2-1 AG  1-1 1-3 1-0 1-1 2-0
		 Beykoz	1-1 1-2 2-3 1-1 0-0 1-1 2-1 0-3 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-0 0-4 BK  0-0 0-0 0-3 6-3
		  Altay	0-3 1-2 0-3 1-1 1-1 2-1 2-1 1-2 0-1 4-2 0-0 2-0 0-1 4-2 1-1 3-2 AT  2-0 2-1 2-3
		 Adalet	0-2 0-1 0-2 0-1 1-2 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-1 0-1 2-0 2-0 4-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 3-2  A  4-2 1-0
	      Hacettepe	1-2 1-3 1-2 1-1 1-5 0-4 1-3 0-4 1-4 2-2 0-0 0-1 4-0 2-1 0-2 1-1 1-1 2-0 HT  3-0
	      Altınordu	0-3 0-1 1-3 1-1 1-2 0-0 2-1 0-1 1-3 1-1 2-2 1-3 1-3 0-1 2-0 0-0 4-1 6-0 0-0 AO

	0-3 - Awarded Score

				   P  G  W  D  L   F   A F/A
	 1 Beşiktaş		  65 38 29  7  2  68  15	 ECC
	 2 Fenerbahçe		  60 38 27  6  5  88  38
	 3 Galatasaray		  58 38 24 10  4  74  23
	 4 İzmirspor		  47 38 17 13  8  62  43
	 5 Ankara Demirspor	  45 38 17 11 10  49  40
	 6 İstanbulspor		  42 38 13 16  9  39  34
	 7 Feriköy (+)		  40 38 18  4 16  44  39 1.128
	 8 Karagümrük		  40 38 15 10 13  50  45 1.111
	 9 Karşıyaka		  36 38 14  8 16  43  52
	10 Gençlerbirliği	  35 38 12 11 15  50  46 1.087
	11 Vefa			  35 38 11 13 14  37  60 0.617
	12 Şeker Hilal (+)	  34 38 12 10 16  35  43
	13 Kasımpaşa (+)	  33 38  9 15 14  31  48
	14 Göztepe		  32 38  9 14 15  35  41
	15 Ankaragücü		  30 38  9 12 17  39  56 0.696
	16 Beykoz		  30 38  8 14 16  35  56 0.625
	17 Altay		  28 38 10  8 20  44  66
	18 Adalet		  26 38  9  8 21  26  48	 Baraj Maçları
	19 Hacettepe		  24 38  8  8 22  42  68	 Baraj Maçları
	20 Altınordu (+)	  20 38  6  8 24  38  68	 Baraj Maçları

	ECC - European Champions Cup

	(+) - Promoted from 1959 Baraj Maçları

1960 Baraj Games

Promotion/relegation games are called "Baraj Games" and were played by the bottom three clubs from Milli Lig (Adalet GK İstanbul, Hacettepe GK Ankara, Altınordu GK İzmir), three champions of the Ankara (PTT SK), İstanbul (Eyüp GK), and İzmir pro-leagues (Demirspor K) and the only other professional club in other cities of Turkey (Demirspor K Adana).
Top three got promotion to the next years' Milli Lig.
Games were played in Adapazarı.

			   P  G  W  D  L   F   A F/A
	1 Altınordu	   8  6	 3  2  1   9   3 3.000	Remain at Milli Lig
	2 Adana Demirspor  8  6	 4  0  2  13   8 1.625	Promoted
	2 PTT		   8  6	 4  0  2  13   8 1.625	Promoted
	4 Hacettepe	   7  6	 3  1  2  10   9	Relegated to Ankara Professional League
	5 Adalet	   5  6	 2  1  3   7   8	Relegated to İstanbul Professional League
	6 Eyüp		   4  6	 1  2  3   4  13
	7 İzm.Demirspor	   2  6	 0  2  4   2   9

	The standings were provided by Cem Pekin.

Stats

1st Level

Top Scorer: Metin Oktay (Galatasaray SK) 33 goals
Most Goals in a Game: 8 - Galatasaray 8-0 Altınordu

European Club Competition Qualifications:
European Champions Cup: Fenerbahçe SK İstanbul
European Cup Winners' Cup: No qualification - No cup competition in Turkey.
Fairs' Cup: Turkey does not have an entry.

Championships:
1 - Fenerbahçe (59), Beşiktaş (60)

Relegations:
1 - Adalet (60), Hacettepe (60), Altınordu (60)

2 Years of Milli Lig - 1959-1959/60.

2nd Level

Promotions:
2 - Altınordu (59, 60)
1 - Kasımpaşa (59), Şeker Hilal (59), Feriköy (59), Adana Demirspor (60), PTT (60)

2 Years of Baraj Games - 1959-1959/60.

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