1939 Turkish National Division

Turkish National Division
Season	1939
Champions	Galatasaray (1st title)
Matches played	56
Goals scored	230 (4.11 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cemil Erlertürk & Hakkı Yeten (13)
	← 1938 1940 →

Last updated August 08, 2023

The 1939 National Division was the third edition of the Turkish National Division. Galatasaray won their first title.

Participants

Beşiktaş - 1938–39 Istanbul Football League, 1st
Fenerbahçe - 1938–39 Istanbul Football League, 2nd
Galatasaray - 1938–39 Istanbul Football League, 3rd
Vefa - 1938–39 Istanbul Football League, 4th
Ankara Demirspor - Ankara Football League, 1st
AS-FA Gücü - Ankara Football League, 2nd
Doğanspor - İzmir Football League, 1st
Ateşspor - İzmir Football League, 2nd

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
1	Galatasaray ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	14	11	0	3	43	19	2.263	35^{[lower-alpha 2]}
2	Ankara Demirspor ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	14	9	3	2	35	16	2.188	35
3	AS-FA Gücü	14	9	1	4	34	21	1.619	33
4	Beşiktaş	14	8	2	4	37	17	2.176	32
5	Fenerbahçe	14	6	2	6	31	26	1.192	28
6	Vefa	14	3	2	9	28	36	0.778	22
7	Doğanspor	14	3	1	10	13	49	0.265	21
8	Ateşspor	14	1	1	12	9	43	0.209	17

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 points for a loss.
Notes:

1 2 Galatasaray and Ankara Demirspor played in a championship playoff, but the result of this playoff was not used, and ultimately Galatasaray was awarded the championship based on goal average.
↑ 35 (not 36) points due to awarded games.

Results

Home \ Away	AND	AGÜ	ATŞ	BJK	DOĞ	FNB	GAL	VEF
Ankara Demirspor		2–2	5–1	2–0	7–0	1–1	2–0	6–3
AS-FA Gücü	1–2		6–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	4–1	3–1
Ateşspor	0–1	1–3		2–1	0–1	0–1	2–7	0–6
Beşiktaş	1–1	4–1	3–0		5–1	3–0	3–0	3–3
Doğanspor	1–2	1–4	1–1	1–6		1–0	0–4	3–1
Fenerbahçe	4–1	4–1	2–0	2–4	5–1		3–4	1–0
Galatasaray	2–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	7–0	4–3		4–1
Vefa	0–2	1–3	3–1	0–3	6–2	3–3	0–2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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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(80-81), Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu Yayınları.

↑ "Milli Küme". Erdinç Sivritepe. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

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[table_note_GAL0.35582463832378-1] 1 2 Galatasaray and Ankara Demirspor played in a championship playoff, but the result of this playoff was not used, and ultimately Galatasaray was awarded the championship based on goal average.

[table_hth_GAL0.35582463832378-2] 35 (not 36) points due to awarded games.

[3] "Milli Küme". Erdinç Sivritepe. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

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Millî Küme	1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1950
Federasyon Kupası	1956–57 1957–58
Süper Lig	1959 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 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 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
Champions	Fenerbahçe (28) Galatasaray (24) 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)