List of Turkish football champions

Turkish football champions

Founded
1959
Number of teams
18
Current champions
Galatasaray
Country
Turkey
Most successful club
Galatasaray (20-time champions)

The Turkish football champions are the winners of the primary football league in Turkey, Süper Lig. The league is contested on a round robin basis and the championship is awarded to the team that is top of the league at the end of the season. Turkish football league, first established in 1959, originally contained sixteen teams. Süper Lig is contested by 18 teams; the three lowest-placed teams are relegated to the 1. Lig and replaced by the top three teams in that division. Of the founding teams in Turkish football league, only Beşiktaş JK, Fenerbahçe SK and Galatasaray SK have not been relegated. Galatasaray is the most successful club; having won 20 title, as of 2015. No other club has won the title on more than five occasions; the most recent club other than Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray to win the league is Bursaspor in the 2009–10 season. Galatasaray has won the Turkish version of The Double the most, having won the league and cup in the same year five times in its history. Galatasaray is the only Turkish team that has won a European cup, which is the UEFA Europa League, along with the league and Türkiye Kupası in the same season.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

Football in Turkey stems back to the late 19th century, when Englishmen brought the game with them while living in Thessaloníki. The first league competition was the Istanbul Football League, which took place in 1904–05. The first champions were Imogene FC. The league went through several variations until the creation of the Milli Lig in 1959. Between the creation of the Istanbul Football League and Milli Lig, several other city leagues took place: Adana (1923), Ankara (1923), Eskişehir (1920), Izmir (1923), Kayseri (1936), and Trabzon (1923). The Milli Küme was the first step towards a national league competition. Started in 1937, the Milli Küme was an inter-city competition between clubs in Ankara, Istanbul, and İzmir. The competition lasted until 1950. The Federation Cup was created in 1956 and used as a cup competition to decide a champion. This champion would go on to participate in the European Cup. The cup competition was held for two years until it was replaced by the Milli Lig. Beşiktaş won both times, and represented twice Turkey in the European Cup during the two-year span.^[4]^[5]^[6]

The top clubs from Ankara, Istanbul, and İzmir competed in the 1959 Milli Lig. The first season took place in the calendar year of 1959, instead of 1958-59, because the qualifying stages took place in 1958. The clubs who competed in the first season were Adalet, Beşiktaş, Galatasaray, Beykoz, Fatih Karagümrük, Fenerbahçe, Istanbulspor, Vefa (Istanbul), Ankaragücü, Ankara Demirspor, Gençlerbirliği, Hacettepe (Ankara), Altay, Göztepe, İzmirspor, Karşıyaka (İzmir). Five of these clubs are competing in the 2010–11 Süper Lig (Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Ankaragücü, and Gençlerbirliği). The first champions were Fenerbahçe and the first Gol Kralı (Goal King) was Metin Oktay. No clubs were promoted or relegated during the first season.^[7]

The 2.Lig (Second League) was created at the start of the 1963–64 season and the Milli Lig or Turkish National League became known as the 1.Lig (First League). Before the creation of a second league, the bottom three clubs competed with regional league winners in a competition called the Baraj Games. The top three teams of the seven team group were promoted to the Milli Lig. After the creation of a new second division in 2001, known as the 1.Lig, the formerly titled 1.Lig became the Süper Lig.^[8]

Champions

Year	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place	Winning manager
1959	Fenerbahçe (1)	Galatasaray		Ignác Molnár
1959–60	Beşiktaş (1)	Fenerbahçe	Galatasaray	András Kuttik
1960–61	Fenerbahçe (2)	Galatasaray	Beşiktaş	László Székely
1961–62	Galatasaray (1)	Fenerbahçe	Beşiktaş	Gündüz Kılıç
1962–63	Galatasaray (2)	Beşiktaş	Fenerbahçe	Gündüz Kılıç
1963–64	Fenerbahçe (3)	Beşiktaş	Galatasaray	Miroslav Kokotović
1964–65	Fenerbahçe (4)	Beşiktaş	Galatasaray	Oscar Hold
1965–66	Beşiktaş (2)	Galatasaray	Gençlerbirliği	Ljubiša Spajić
1966–67	Beşiktaş (3)	Fenerbahçe	Galatasaray	Ljubiša Spajić
1967–68	Fenerbahçe (5)	Beşiktaş	Galatasaray	Ignác Molnár
1968–69	Galatasaray (3)	Eskişehirspor	Beşiktaş	Tomislav Kaloperović
1969–70	Fenerbahçe (6)	Eskişehirspor	Altay	Traian Ionescu
1970–71	Galatasaray (4)	Fenerbahçe	Göztepe	Coşkun Özarı
1971–72	Galatasaray (5)	Eskişehirspor	Fenerbahçe	Brian Birch
1972–73	Galatasaray (6)	Fenerbahçe	Eskişehirspor	Brian Birch
1973–74	Fenerbahçe (7)	Beşiktaş	Boluspor	Didi
1974–75	Fenerbahçe (8)	Galatasaray	Eskişehirspor	Didi
1975–76	Trabzonspor (1)	Fenerbahçe	Galatasaray	Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı
1976–77	Trabzonspor (2)	Fenerbahçe	Altay	Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı
1977–78	Fenerbahçe (9)	Trabzonspor	Galatasaray	Tomislav Kaloperović
1978–79	Trabzonspor (3)	Galatasaray	Fenerbahçe	Özkan Sümer
1979–80	Trabzonspor (4)	Fenerbahçe	Zonguldakspor	Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı
1980–81	Trabzonspor (5)	Adanaspor	Galatasaray	Özkan Sümer
1981–82	Beşiktaş (4)	Trabzonspor	Fenerbahçe	Đorđe Milić
1982–83	Fenerbahçe (10)	Trabzonspor	Galatasaray	Branko Stanković
1983–84	Trabzonspor (6)	Fenerbahçe	Galatasaray	Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı
1984–85	Fenerbahçe (11)	Beşiktaş	Trabzonspor	Todor Veselinović
1985–86	Beşiktaş (5)	Galatasaray	Samsunspor	Branko Stanković
1986–87	Galatasaray (7)	Beşiktaş	Samsunspor	Jupp Derwall
1987–88	Galatasaray (8)	Beşiktaş	Malatyaspor	Mustafa Denizli
1988–89	Fenerbahçe (12)	Beşiktaş	Galatasaray	Todor Veselinović
1989–90	Beşiktaş (6)	Fenerbahçe	Trabzonspor	Gordon Milne
1990–91	Beşiktaş (7)	Galatasaray	Trabzonspor	Gordon Milne
1991–92	Beşiktaş (8)	Fenerbahçe	Galatasaray	Gordon Milne
1992–93	Galatasaray (9)	Beşiktaş	Trabzonspor	Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
1993–94	Galatasaray (10)	Fenerbahçe	Trabzonspor	Reiner Hollmann
1994–95	Beşiktaş (9)	Trabzonspor	Galatasaray	Christoph Daum
1995–96	Fenerbahçe (13)	Trabzonspor	Beşiktaş	Carlos Alberto Parreira
1996–97	Galatasaray (11)	Beşiktaş	Fenerbahçe	Fatih Terim
1997–98	Galatasaray (12)	Fenerbahçe	Trabzonspor	Fatih Terim
1998–99	Galatasaray (13)	Beşiktaş	Fenerbahçe	Fatih Terim
1999–00	Galatasaray (14)	Beşiktaş	Gaziantepspor	Fatih Terim
2000–01	Fenerbahçe (14)	Galatasaray	Gaziantepspor	Mustafa Denizli
2001–02	Galatasaray (15)	Fenerbahçe	Beşiktaş	Mircea Lucescu
2002–03	Beşiktaş (10)	Galatasaray	Gençlerbirliği	Mircea Lucescu
2003–04	Fenerbahçe (15)	Trabzonspor	Beşiktaş	Christoph Daum
2004–05	Fenerbahçe (16)	Trabzonspor	Galatasaray	Christoph Daum
2005–06	Galatasaray (16)	Fenerbahçe	Beşiktaş	Eric Gerets
2006–07	Fenerbahçe (17)	Beşiktaş	Galatasaray	Zico
2007–08	Galatasaray (17)	Fenerbahçe	Beşiktaş	Cevat Güler
2008–09	Beşiktaş (11)	Sivasspor	Trabzonspor	Mustafa Denizli
2009–10	Bursaspor (1)	Fenerbahçe	Galatasaray	Ertuğrul Sağlam
2010–11	Fenerbahçe (18)	Trabzonspor	Bursaspor	Aykut Kocaman
2011–12	Galatasaray (18)	Fenerbahçe	Trabzonspor	Fatih Terim
2012–13	Galatasaray (19)	Fenerbahçe	Beşiktaş	Fatih Terim
2013–14	Fenerbahçe (19)	Galatasaray	Beşiktaş	Ersun Yanal
2014–15	Galatasaray (20)	Fenerbahçe	Beşiktaş	Hamza Hamzaoğlu

Performances

Clubs

Only 5 clubs have been champions since the beginning of the Super League in 1959: Galatasaray 20 times, Fenerbahçe 19 times, Beşiktaş 11 (with an additional two championships counted in the two years before the league was formed for a total of 13, see note below), Trabzonspor 6 and Bursaspor 1 time.

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won
Galatasaray	20	10	1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015
Fenerbahçe	19	20	1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014,
Beşiktaş	13	14	1957, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2009
Trabzonspor	6	8	1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984,
Bursaspor	1	-	2010

*NOTE: Beşiktaş formally requested that championships won in the 1956/57 and 1957/58 versions of the Turkish Federation Cup be counted as Turkish Professional First Division championships to the Turkish Football Federation. The ruling on this matter was announced in a press release on March 25, 2002 which indicated that the championships won by Beşiktaş in the Turkish Federation Cup will be considered as national championships but the Turkish Federation Cup can not be considered as the precursor to the Turkish Professional First Division (later named Süper Lig) and as such these titles can not be categorized as a Turkish Professional First Division (or Süper Lig) titles. Based on this ruling, the Turkish Federation Cup wins by Beşiktaş count towards the star rating system, giving Beşiktaş two more championships for the purposes of the star rating system than the number of Süper Lig titles won by the club.

Star rating system

Clubs are permitted to place a golden star above their crest on their uniforms for every five national championships won. For the 2015/16 season Galatasaray is permitted four golden stars, Fenerbahçe is permitted three golden stars, Beşiktaş is permitted two golden stars and Trabzonspor is permitted one golden star to be placed above their crest on their jerseys.^[9]

Manager

Manager	Titles	Winning years
Fatih Terim	6	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2012, 2013
Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı	4	1976, 1977, 1980, 1984
Gordon Milne	3	1990, 1991, 1992
Mustafa Denizli	3	1988, 2001, 2009
Christoph Daum	3	1995, 2004, 2005
Gündüz Kılıç	2	1962, 1963
Ljubiša Spajić	2	1966, 1967
Ignác Molnár	2	1959, 1968
Brian Birch	2	1972, 1973
Didi	2	1974, 1975
Tomislav Kaloperović	2	1969, 1978
Özkan Sümer	2	1979, 1981
Branko Stanković	2	1983, 1986
Todor Veselinović	2	1985, 1989
Mircea Lucescu	2	2002, 2003
András Kuttik	1	1960
László Székely	1	1961
Miroslav Kokotović	1	1964
Oscar Hold	1	1965
Traian Ionescu	1	1970
Coşkun Özarı	1	1971
Đorđe Milić	1	1982
Jupp Derwall	1	1987
Karl-Heinz Feldkamp	1	1993
Reiner Hollmann	1	1994
Carlos Alberto Parreira	1	1996
Eric Gerets	1	2006
Zico	1	2007
Cevat Güler	1	2008
Ertuğrul Sağlam	1	2010
Aykut Kocaman	1	2011
Ersun Yanal	1	2014
Hamza Hamzaoğlu	1	2015

Players

(at least 5 titles)

Player	Titles	Winning Years	Clubs
Bülent Korkmaz	8	1988, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002	all with Galatasaray
Suat Kaya	8	1987, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002	all with Galatasaray
Hakan Şükür	8	1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2008	all with Galatasaray
Arif Erdem	7	1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002	all with Galatasaray
Okan Buruk	7	1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2008	all with Galatasaray
Uğur Köken	6	1962, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973	all with Galatasaray
Şenol Güneş	6	1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984	all with Trabzonspor
Necati Özçağlayan	6	1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984	all with Trabzonspor
Güngör Şahinkaya	6	1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984	all with Trabzonspor
Turgay Semercioğlu	6	1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984	all with Trabzonspor
Rıza Çalımbay	6	1982, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995	all with Beşiktaş
Tugay Kerimoğlu	6	1988, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999	all with Galatasaray
Ergün Penbe	6	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006	all with Galatasaray
Emre Belözoğlu	6	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2011, 2014	Galatasaray (4), Fenerbahçe (2)
Sabri Sarıoğlu	6	2002, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015	all with Galatasaray
Serdar Bali	5	1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982	Trabzonspor (4), Beşiktaş (1)
Kadir Akbulut	5	1982, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992	all with Beşiktaş
Ali Gültiken	5	1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995	all with Beşiktaş
Gökhan Keskin	5	1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995	all with Beşiktaş
Metin Tekin	5	1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995	all with Beşiktaş
Ulvi Güveneroğlu	5	1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995	all with Beşiktaş
Hayrettin Demirbaş	5	1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1997	all with Galatasaray
Hakan Ünsal	5	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002	all with Galatasaray
Sergen Yalçın	5	1992, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003	Beşiktaş (3), Galatasaray (2)
Hasan Şaş	5	1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008	all with Galatasaray
Rüştü Reçber	5	1996, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009	Fenerbahçe (4), Beşiktaş (1)
Volkan Demirel	5	2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2014	all with Fenerbahçe
Selçuk Şahin	5	2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2014	all with Fenerbahçe

References

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↑ 1999–2000 UEFA Cup
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↑ Sivritepe, Erdinç Federation Cup 57/58 turkish-soccer.com, accessed 22 July 2010
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External links

(Turkish) TURKCELL SüperLig Official Site
(Turkish) Turkish Football Federation
(English) Turkey - List of Champions, RSSSF.com

Lists of national association football champions of Europe (UEFA)

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Süper Lig

Milli 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

Champions	Galatasaray (20) Fenerbahçe (19) Beşiktaş (13) Trabzonspor (6) Bursaspor (1)

Current teams	Akhisar Belediyespor Antalyaspor Beşiktaş Bursaspor Çaykur Rizespor Eskişehirspor Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Gaziantepspor Gençlerbirliği İstanbul Başakşehir Kayserispor Kasımpaşa Konyaspor Mersin İ.Y. Osmanlıspor Sivasspor Trabzonspor

Former teams	Adaletspor Adana Demirspor Adanaspor Akçaabat Sebatspor Altay Altınordu Ankara Demirspor Aydınspor Bakırköyspor Balıkesirspor Belediye Vanspor Beykozspor Beyoğluspor Boluspor Bucaspor Çanakkale Dardanelspor Denizlispor Diyarbakırspor Erzurumspor Etimesgut Şekerspor Feriköy Giresunspor Göztepe Hacettepe İstanbulspor İzmirspor Kahramanmaraşspor Karabükspor Karagümrük Karşıyaka Kayseri Erciyesspor Keçiörengücü MKE Ankaragücü MKE Kırıkkalespor Kocaelispor Malatyaspor Manisaspor Mersin İdman Yurdu Orduspor Petrol Ofisi Spor PTT Sakaryaspor Samsunspor Sarıyer Siirtspor Vefa Yeşildirek Yimpaş Yozgatspor Zeytinburnuspor Zonguldakspor

Football in Turkey

Turkish Football Federation

National teams

Men	Men's results footballers managers B U-21 Youth Futsal

Women	Women's U-21 U-19 U-17

Domestic leagues

Men	Süper Lig TFF First League TFF Second League TFF Third League Turkish Regional Amateur League Amatör Futbol Ligleri A2 Ligi

Women	First League Second League

Domestic cups

Defunct leagues

Defunct cups

Lists

Men	List of champions List of clubs (by foundation date) List of venues (by capacity) Foreign players All time table All time league positions

Women	List of clubs

Records

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