1937 Turkish National Division

Turkish National Division
Season	1937
Champions	Fenerbahçe (1st title)
Matches played	56
Goals scored	237 (4.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Said 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

Fenerbahçe - Istanbul Football League, 1st
Güneş - Istanbul Football League, 2nd
Galatasaray - Istanbul Football League, 3rd
Beşiktaş - Istanbul Football League, 4th
MKE Ankaragücü - Ankara Football League, 1st
Gençlerbirliği - Ankara Football League, 2nd
Üçok (an alliance between Altay, Altınordu, and Bucaspor) - İzmir Football League
Doğanspor (an alliance between Göztepe, İzmirspor, and Egespor) - İzmir Football League

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.

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

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

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