1958–59 Beşiktaş J.K. season

Beşiktaş J.K. 1958-59 season
League position:	1st
European Cup	First Round (eliminated)
President:	Nuri Togay
Manager:	Leandro Remondini / Hüseyin Saygun
$\leftarrow$ 1957–58	$\rightarrow$ 1959–60

The 1958-59 season was the club's 40th official season and their 56th year in existence. The club participated in the final season of the İstanbul Football League finishing in 5th place, behind Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Karagümrük and İstanbulspor. By finishing in the top 8, the team qualified for the inaugural season of the new national league; Turkish First Football League. By winning the Turkish Federation Cup a season ago Beşiktaş qualified for the European Cup, but lost to Real Madrid 1-3 on aggregate (0-2 away, 1-1 home) in the first round. Real Madrid however would go on to win the cup for a 4th time. Beşiktaş was placed into the "White Group" along with Fenerbahçe, Altay, Izmirspor, Ankaragücü, Hacettepe, Beykoz and İstanbulspor. Beşiktaş finished 2nd place behind Fenerbahçe missing the final match, where Fenerbahçe would beat Galatasaray for the title.

İstanbul Football League

Beşiktaş played in the final season of the İstanbul Football League. They finished 5th.

P	Team	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P	Qualification
1	Fenerbahçe (C)	14	4	0	47	7	+40	32	Qualified for the Turkish National League
2	Galatasaray	13	4	1	50	9	+41	30	Qualified for the Turkish National League
3	Karagümrük	9	3	6	27	25	+2	21	Qualified for the Turkish National League
4	İstanbulspor	6	7	5	19	19	0	19	Qualified for the Turkish National League
5	Beşiktaş	8	2	8	28	26	+2	18	Qualified for the Turkish National League
6	Beykoz	6	6	6	21	30	-9	18	Qualified for the Turkish National League
7	Adalet	5	5	8	16	31	-15	15	Qualified for the Turkish National League
8	Vefa	3	8	7	24	27	-3	14	Qualified for the Turkish National League
9	Kasımpaşa	3	2	13	15	45	-30	8
10	Beyoğluspor	2	1	15	13	41	-28	5

Turkish First Football League

In the first season of the Turkish First Football League (now Turkish Super League), Beşiktaş finished 2nd behind Fenerbahçe, thereby failing to qualify for the final.

White Group

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	±	Pts
1	Fenerbahçe S.K.	14	12	2	0	29	7	22	26
2	Beşiktaş J.K.	14	8	2	4	22	16	6	18
3	Altay S.K.	14	5	5	4	18	16	2	15
4	Izmirspor	14	4	4	5	11	12	-1	13
5	Ankaragücü	14	5	3	6	16	19	-3	13
6	Hacettepe	14	5	1	8	14	20	-6	11
7	Beykoz	14	3	4	7	17	21	-4	10
8	Istanbulspor	14	1	4	9	6	22	-16	6

Season

Beşiktaş v Fenerbahçe

Altay v Beşiktaş

Beşiktaş v İzmirspor

Ankaragücü v Beşiktaş

Beşiktaş v Hacettepe

Beykoz 1908 v Beşiktaş

Beşiktaş v İstanbulspor

Fenerbahçe v Beşiktaş

Beşiktaş v Altay

İzmirspor v Beşiktaş

Beşiktaş v Ankaragücü

Hacettepe v Beşiktaş

Beşiktaş v Beykoz 1908

İstanbulspor v Beşiktaş

European Cup

Beşiktaş became the first Turkish team to qualify for the European Cup. They qualified in 1957 but the Turkish Football Federation didn't send their name for the draw, therefore being disqualified. They beat Olympiacos F.C. in the preliminary round by a w/o because Olympiacos withdrew from the competition. In the first round they played the defending champions Real Madrid. In the first leg Beşiktaş lost 0-2 and in the second leg they tied 1-1. Real Madrid won 3-1 on the aggregate.

Preliminary round

Beşiktaş v Olympiacos

Beşiktaş

w/o

Olympiacos

First round

Real Madrid v Beşiktaş

November 13, 1958	Real Madrid	2 – 0	Beşiktaş	Madrid, Spain
	Santisteban 57' Kopa 90'			Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Pietro Bonetto (Italy)

Beşiktaş v Real Madrid

November 27, 1958	Beşiktaş	1 – 1	Real Madrid	İstanbul, Turkey
	Köstepen 64'		Santisteban 13'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Beşiktaş lost 1-3 on aggregate.

External links

• Turkish Soccer