1963–64 in Turkish football

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The 1963–64 season was the 60th season of competitive football in Turkey.

Overview[edit]

Fenerbahçe won their third top-flight title and Beşiktaş finished runners-up for the second time. Şeker won the first edition of the 2.Lig. Galatasaray won their second Turkish Cup in a row, with Altay finishing runners-up. The Turkish Football Federation claimed that the result of the Karşıyaka and Kasımpaşa match, which originally finished as a 4–0 win for Karşıyaka, was fixed beforehand. As a result, the TFF changed the win to a 0–3 loss for Karşıyaka. The change dropped Karsiyaka into the relegation zone, and they were relegated to the 2.Lig. Karşıyaka challenged the decision, and took the TFF to civil court. Two years later, the civil court overturned the TFF's ruling, and Karşıyaka were allowed to join the 1.Lig again in 1966–67.[1]

The 2.Lig was created at the beginning of this season. The club consisted of thirteen clubs: four clubs relegated during the 1962–63 season (Karagümrük, Şeker, Vefa, and Yeşildirek), the top two clubs from each of the Ankara, Istanbul, and İzmir professional leagues (Altındağ and Güneşspor (Ankara), Beylerbeyi and Sarıyer (Istanbul), İzmir Demirspor and Ülküspor). Adana Demirspor, Bursaspor, and Mersin İdmanyurdu also joined. The first placed team gained promotion to the 1.Lig, while the last placed team was relegated to their respective professional or amateur league.[1]

Galatasaray reached the first round of the 1963–64 European Cup after beating Ferencvárosi TC in the preliminary round. They were knocked out by FC Zürich, who won a coin toss after the two sides drew their match. Fenerbahçe took Galatasaray's spot in the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup because they had already qualified for the European Cup through their league finish. Fenerbahçe reached the quarter-finals, ultimately losing to Hungarian side MTK Budapest 0–1 in the third leg playoff match. Beşiktaş placed last in Group A of the 1963–64 Balkans Cup.[2][3]

Awards[edit]

Honours[edit]

Competition Winner Runners-up
1.Lig Fenerbahçe (3) Beşiktaş (2)
2.Lig Şeker (1) Adana Demirspor (1)
Turkish Cup Galatasaray (2) Altay (1)

European qualification[edit]

Competition Qualifiers Reason for qualification
European Cup Fenerbahçe 1st in 1.Lig
Balkans Cup Beşiktaş 2nd in 1.Lig
European Cup Winners' Cup Galatasaray Türkiye Kupası [de; tr] winners
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Göztepe 5th in 1.Lig

Final league tables[edit]

1.Lig[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA ± Pts Notes
1 Fenerbahçe 34 21 11 2 55 14 +41 53 European Cup
2 Beşiktaş 34 22 8 4 57 19 +38 52 Balkans Cup
3 Galatasaray 34 16 10 8 49 27 +22 42 European Cup Winners' Cup
1.815
4 Ankaragücü 34 17 8 9 52 38 +14 42 1.368
5 Göztepe 34 14 12 8 39 31 +8 40 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6 İstanbulspor 34 13 10 11 42 36 +6 36
7 Altay 34 9 15 10 31 31 0 33 1.000
8 Feriköy 34 11 11 12 29 30 −1 33 0.967
9 Gençlerbirliği 34 9 15 10 28 38 −10 33 0.737
10 Ankara Demirspor 34 11 9 14 43 37 +6 31 1.162
11 PTT 34 8 15 11 25 31 −6 31 0.806
12 Altınordu 34 9 12 13 28 38 −10 30
13 İzmirspor 34 8 12 14 28 35 −7 28 0.800
14 Hacettepe 34 9 10 15 26 42 −16 28 0.619
15 Beykoz 34 8 11 15 25 33 −8 27
16 Karşıyaka 34 10 6 18 28 53 −25 25 Relegation to the 2.Lig
17 Beyoğluspor 34 5 14 15 26 40 −14 24 Relegation to the 2.Lig
18 Kasımpaşa 34 6 9 19 16 61 −45 21 Relegation to the 2.Lig

2.Lig[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA ± Pts Notes
1 Şeker 24 18 4 2 45 10 +35 40 Promotion to the 1.Lig
2 Adana Demirspor 24 17 4 3 30 10 +20 38
3 Beylerbeyi 24 9 7 8 25 24 +1 25 1.042
4 Vefa 24 9 7 8 27 28 −1 25 0.964
5 Mersin İdmanyurdu 24 10 5 9 29 32 −3 25 0.906
6 Ülküspor 24 9 6 9 21 25 −4 24
7 Sarıyer 24 6 10 8 21 23 −2 22 0.913
8 Bursaspor 24 7 8 9 21 27 −6 22 0.778
9 Karagümrük 24 7 7 10 31 29 +2 21
10 Yeşildirek 24 7 6 11 26 31 −5 20
11 Güneşspor 24 7 4 13 30 36 −6 18
12 Altındağ 24 5 6 13 17 29 −12 16 0.586
13 İzmir Demirspor 24 6 4 14 26 45 −19 16 Relegation to the İzmir Professional League
0.578

Türkiye Kupası final[edit]

First leg

Altay0–0Galatasaray
(Report)
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (FRG)

Second leg

Galatasarayw/o (3–0)Altay
(Report)
Referee: Nicolae Mihăilescu (Romania)
1964 Türkiye Kupası winners
Galatasaray
Second title

National team[edit]

The Turkey national football team competed in three matches during the 1963–64 season. Their record was zero wins, two draws, and one loss.[4]

22 September 1963 Poland  0–0  Turkey Poznań
28 September 1963 West Germany  3–0  Turkey Frankfurt
Seeler 52', 56', 66' (pen)
9 October 1963 Turkey  0–0  Romania Ankara

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Sivritepe, Erdinç 1963–1964 1. Lig turkish-soccer.com, accessed 14 July 2010
  2. ^ European Competitions 1963–64 rsssf.org, accessed 14 July 2010
  3. ^ Balkan Cup 1960–69 rsssf.org, accessed 14 July 2010
  4. ^ Verani, Walter 1963–1964 turkish-soccer.com, accessed 8 July 2010