1971–72 1.Lig

1.Lig
Season	1971–72
Champions	Galatasaray; 5th title
Relegated	İstanbulspor; Karşıyaka
European Cup	Galatasaray
Cup Winners' Cup	Ankaragücü
UEFA Cup	Eskişehirspor; Fenerbahçe
Matches played	240
Goals scored	464 (1.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fethi Heper; (20 goals)
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Statistics of the Turkish First Football League for the 1971–72 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Galatasaray S.K. won the championship.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Galatasaray (C)	30	17	8	5	34	14	+20	42	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Eskişehirspor	30	15	9	6	63	34	+29	39	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Fenerbahçe	30	14	11	5	37	21	+16	39	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Beşiktaş	30	12	10	8	28	23	+5	34	Invitation to Balkans Cup
5	MKE Ankaragücü	30	10	13	7	22	22	0	33	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	Bursaspor	30	12	8	10	29	24	+5	32
7	Mersin İdmanyurdu	30	10	10	10	35	29	+6	30
8	Adanaspor	30	9	12	9	28	26	+2	30
9	Göztepe	30	10	9	11	32	32	0	29
10	Vefa	30	9	10	11	23	27	−4	28
11	Altay	30	9	9	12	29	40	−11	27
12	Giresunspor	30	11	5	14	26	43	−17	27
13	Samsunspor	30	5	15	10	14	21	−7	25
14	Boluspor	30	8	8	14	23	33	−10	24
15	İstanbulspor (R)	30	6	9	15	22	35	−13	21	Relegation to Turkish Second Football League
16	Karşıyaka (R)	30	5	10	15	19	40	−21	20	Relegation to Turkish Second Football League

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ADA	ALT	BJK	BOL	BUR	ESK	FNB	GAL	GRS	GÖZ	İST	KSK	MİY	AGÜ	SAM	VEF
Adanaspor		2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	5–0	1–0	3–2
Altay	1–1		3–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–3	1–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Beşiktaş	0–0	2–0		1–1	2–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	1–0	5–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1
Boluspor	1–1	2–0	0–1		0–0	0–0	3–2	0–2	3–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0
Bursaspor	1–0	3–0	0–0	3–1		3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1
Eskişehirspor	4–1	6–1	4–2	2–1	2–0		3–1	1–1	6–2	3–1	0–1	7–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0
Fenerbahçe	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–0		2–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0
Galatasaray	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0		4–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
Giresunspor	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–0		1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1
Göztepe	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	5–1		2–0	1–3	4–2	1–1	0–0	0–0
İstanbulspor	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	3–0	0–1		0–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–2
Karşıyaka	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–0	0–0	0–2		2–1	0–2	0–0	0–0
Mersin İdman Yurdu	2–2	3–0	3–0	1–1	4–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0		1–0	0–0	0–1
MKE Ankaragücü	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0		1–1	1–1
Samsunspor	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0		0–0
Vefa	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–1

Source: TFF, Mackolik
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Turkey - List of final tables (RSSSF)

v t e 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
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Millî Lig	1959 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
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Champions	Fenerbahçe (28) Galatasaray (25) Beşiktaş (21) Trabzonspor (7) 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)

v t e Süper Lig
TFF Union of Clubs
Millî Lig	1959 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
1. Lig	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
Süper Lig	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 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Champions	Galatasaray (24) Fenerbahçe (19) Beşiktaş (16) Trabzonspor (7) Başakşehir (1) Bursaspor (1)
Current clubs	Adana Demirspor Alanyaspor Antalyaspor Başakşehir Beşiktaş Bodrum Eyüpspor Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Gaziantep Göztepe Hatayspor Kasımpaşa Kayserispor Konyaspor Rizespor Samsunspor Sivasspor Trabzonspor
Former clubs	Adanaspor Adalet Akçaabat Sebatspor Akhisarspor Altay Altınordu Ankara Demirspor Ankaragücü Ankaraspor Aydınspor Bakırköyspor Balıkesirspor Beykozspor Beyoğlu Boluspor Bucaspor Bursaspor Çanakkale Dardanelspor Denizlispor Diyarbakırspor Elazığspor Erzurumspor Erzurumspor F.K. Eskişehirspor Fatih Karagümrük Feriköy Gaziantepspor Gençlerbirliği Giresunspor Hacettepe İstanbulspor İzmirspor Kahramanmaraşspor Karabükspor Karşıyaka Kayseri Erciyesspor Keçiörengücü MKE Kırıkkalespor Kocaelispor Malatyaspor Manisaspor Mersin İdman Yurdu Orduspor Pendikspor Petrolofisi PTT Sakaryaspor Sarıyer Siirtspor Şekerspor Ümraniyespor Vanspor Vefa Yeni Malatyaspor Yeşildirek Yozgatspor Zeytinburnuspor Zonguldakspor

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '71 '72 England Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden '71 '72 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '71 '72 Finland '71 '72 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '71 '72 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '71 '72 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '71 '72 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '71 '72