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1961–62 Turkish National League

4th season of top-tier Turkish football

Field	Value
competition	Turkish National League
season	1961–62
winners	Galatasaray
1st title
relegated	none
continentalcup1	European Cup
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Galatasaray
continentalcup2	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Altay
continentalcup3	Balkans Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Fenerbahçe
Beşiktaş
league topscorer	Fikri Elma
(22 goals)
biggest away win	Beykoz 0–6 Beşiktaş
matches	380
total goals	857
prevseason	1960–61
nextseason	1962–63

1st title Beşiktaş (22 goals)

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.

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.

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.

Final league table

Results

Baraj Games

References

"Turkey - Final Tables".
Sivritepe, Erdinç. "1961-1962 Milli Lig". turkish-soccer.com.
"SPOR TOTO SÜPER LİG ŞAMPİYONLUKLARI". tff.org.

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