Istanbul Basketball League

Istanbul Basketball League

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1927
Country	Turkey
Most recent champion(s)	Fenerbahçe (7th title)
Most titles	Galatasaray (15 titles)
Official website	tbf.org.tr

The Istanbul Basketball League (Turkish: İstanbul Basketbol Ligi) is a defunct regional domestic basketball league competition in Turkish basketball, that was run by the Turkish Basketball Federation, from 1927 to 1966. The league ceased to operate, after the nationwide Turkish Super League was established with the 1966–67 season.

Champions

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Third
1926–27	Maccabi	?	?
1927–28	Maccabi	?	?
1928–29	Maccabi	?	?
1929–30	Maccabi	?	?
1930–31	Maccabi	?	?
1931–32	Maccabi	?	?
1932–33	İstanbulspor	Galatasaray	Beşiktaş
1933–34	Galatasaray	?	?
1934–35	Not held
1935–36	Not held
1936–37	Not held
1937–38	Not held
1938–39	Kurtuluş	?	?
1939–40	Kurtuluş	Galatasaray	?
1940–41	Not held
1941–42	Galatasaray	Kurtuluş	?
1942–43	Galatasaray	Beşiktaş	Kurtuluş
1943–44	Beyoğluspor	Kurtuluş	?
1944–45	Galatasaray	Beyoğluspor	Kurtuluş
1945–46	Galatasaray	Beykoz	?
1946–47	Galatasaray	Kurtuluş	Fenerbahçe
1947–48	Galatasaray	Beyoğluspor	Fenerbahçe
1948–49	Galatasaray	Beyoğluspor	Modaspor
1949–50	Galatasaray	Beyoğluspor	Fenerbahçe
1950–51	Galatasaray	Fenerbahçe	Beyoğluspor
1951–52	Galatasaray	Modaspor	Beyoğluspor
1952–53	Galatasaray	Modaspor	Vefa
1953–54	Galatasaray	Fenerbahçe	Modaspor
1954–55	Fenerbahçe	Galatasaray	Modaspor
1955–56	Fenerbahçe	Galatasaray	Modaspor
1956–57	Fenerbahçe	Galatasaray	Vefa
1957–58	Galatasaray	Fenerbahçe	Modaspor
1958–59	Modaspor	Galatasaray	Fenerbahçe
1959–60	Darüşşafaka	Modaspor	Fenerbahçe
1960–61	Galatasaray	Modaspor	Darüşşafaka
1961–62	Deniz Harp Okulu	Galatasaray	Darüşşafaka
1962–63	Fenerbahçe	İTÜ	Darüşşafaka
1963–64	Fenerbahçe	Galatasaray	İTÜ
1964–65	Fenerbahçe	İTÜ	Galatasaray
1965–66	Fenerbahçe	Galatasaray	İTÜ

Performance by club

Club	Titles	Runners-up
Galatasaray	15	9
Fenerbahçe	7	3
Maccabi	6	0
Kurtuluş SK	2	3
Beyoğluspor	1	5
Modaspor	1	4
Darüşşafaka SK	1	0
İstanbulspor	1	0
Deniz Harp Okulu	1	0
İTÜ	0	2
Beşiktaş	0	1
Beykozspor	0	1

References

• Atabeyoğlu, Cem. 1453-1991 Türk Spor Tarihi Ansiklopedisi. page(557).(1991) An Grafik Basın Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ
• Mehmet Durupınar, "Türk Basketbolunun 100 Yıllık Tarihi", İstanbul (2007).
• Archives of Milliyet Newspaper