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.

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.

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

Top level Turkish football league seasons
Türkiye Futbol Şampiyonası	1924 1927 1932 1933 1934 1935 1940 1941 1942 1944 1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951
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
Champions	Fenerbahçe (28) Galatasaray (23) Beşiktaş (20) Trabzonspor (6) 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)