1937 Turkish National Division

Turkish National Division
Season1937
ChampionsFenerbahçe (1st title)
Matches played56
Goals scored237 (4.23 per match)
Top goalscorerSaid Altınordu (13)
← None
1938 →

The 1937 National Division was the first edition of the Turkish National Division. For the first time in Turkish football history the strongest clubs from the major regional leagues played against each other in a national league. Fenerbahçe won their first title.

Participants

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1 Fenerbahçe 14 10 2 2 34 16 2.125 36
2 Galatasaray 14 8 4 2 39 24 1.625 34
3 Beşiktaş 14 5 5 4 22 19 1.158 29
4 Güneş 14 5 4 5 33 27 1.222 28
5 Gençlerbirliği 14 5 2 7 25 28 0.893 26
6 MKE Ankaragücü 14 5 2 7 30 34 0.882 26
7 Doğanspor 14 4 2 8 28 48 0.583 24
8 Üçok 14 2 3 9 26 41 0.634 21
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 points for a loss.

Results

Home \ Away AGÜ BJK DOĞ FNB GAL GEN GÜN ÜÇO
Ankaragücü 0–1 5–1 1–4 3–4 4–0 1–6 2–2
Beşiktaş 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 4–1
Doğanspor 2–3 1–1 4–3 2–3 2–0 5–3 4–2
Fenerbahçe 2–0 1–0 6–0 2–1 2–1 4–2 1–0
Galatasaray 2–4 2–2 5–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 7–3
Gençlerbirliği 4–2 2–1 6–1 1–2 2–3 0–2 2–1
Güneş 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–3 1–1 3–3 3–1
Üçok 2–2 1–0 6–3 3–3 2–4 1–2 1–4
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  • Erdoğan Arıpınar; Tevfik Ünsi Artun, Cem Atabeyoğlu, Nurhan Aydın, Ergun Hiçyılmaz, Haluk San, Orhan Vedat Sevinçli, Vala Somalı (June 1992). Türk Futbol Tarihi (1904-1991) vol.1, Page(80), Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu Yayınları.
  1. ^ "Milli Küme". Erdinç Sivritepe. Retrieved 23 November 2017.