1938 Turkish National Division

Turkish National Division
Season1938
ChampionsGüneş SK (1st title)
Matches played56
Goals scored239 (4.27 per match)
Top goalscorerŞeref Görkey (13)
1937
1939

The 1938 National Division was the second edition of the Turkish National Division. Güneş SK won their first title.

Overview

Fenerbahçe got into a conflict with the Turkish Football Federation, as they initially wanted to play the home games in their own homeground, but the federation declined the request. Fenerbahçe claimed that their travel expenses were not paid appropriately by the TFF and withdrew after the 4th match.

Participants

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1 Güneş 14 13 1 0 42 9 4.667 41
2 Beşiktaş 14 9 2 3 37 14 2.643 34
3 Galatasaray 14 8 0 6 28 29 0.966 30
4 Üçok 14 7 0 7 34 34 1.000 28
5 Muhafızgücü 14 5 2 7 23 30 0.767 26
6 Harp Okulu 14 5 1 8 22 24 0.917 25
7 Alsancak 14 4 0 10 19 37 0.514 21[a]
8 Fenerbahçe 14 1 2 11 12 7 1.714 8[b]
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 points for a loss.
Notes:
  1. ^ 1 point deducted?
  2. ^ Withdrew from the competition

Results

Home \ Away ALK BJK FNB GAL GÜN HAR MUH ÜÇO
Alsancak 0–3 3–0 3–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–7
Beşiktaş 5–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–3 6–3
Fenerbahçe 9–1 1–1 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–0 0–3
Galatasaray 3–2 1–2 3–0 0–7 0–3 3–1 3–1
Güneş 3–0 0–0 5–2 4–2 3–0 3–1 4–1
Harp Okulu 1–2 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–2 2–2 3–0
Muhafızgücü 3–2 0–7 3–0 2–3 2–3 2–0 2–1
Üçok 1–0 1–3 3–0 3–2 0–2 7–4 3–2
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.