Turkey - İstanbul League 1904-1918


The first İstanbul League was called "The Constantinople Football League" (also called İstanbul Pazar Lig) and started in the 1904/05 season.
The CFL put up a shield as an award. The competition would be played for ten years. Each season's winner was written on a silver plate and the shield was awarded to the club with most wins over those ten years.
List of Turkish Champions.
List of Ankara League Champions.
List of İstanbul League Champions.
List of İzmir League Champions.

Turkish Final Tables.
Ankara League Final Tables.
İzmir League Final Tables.

1904/05

Final Standings:

 1.HMS Imogene
 2.Moda FC
 3.Cadi-keuy FC
 4.Elpis FC


1905/06

Reported Final Table:

 1.Cadi-keuy FC      6   6  0  0  18- 3  12  Champions
 2.HMS Imogene       6            11- 7  10  [8?]
 3.Moda FC           6             2- 9   2  [4?]
 4.Elpis FC          6   0  0  6   1-13   0 

NB: given that Imogene must have lost twice to Cadi-keuy it is not clear how they come
    to be listed with 10 points - presumably this should be 8; likewise Moda must have
    beaten Elpis twice and therefore obtained 4 points (unless not all teams met each
    other twice).


1906/07

Reported Final Table:

 1.Cadi-keuy FC      4   2  2  0  12- 3   6  Champions
 2.Moda FC           4   2  1  1  10- 3   5 
 3.HMS Imogene       3   1  1  1   3- 1   3
 4.Galatasaray SK    3   0  2  1   1- 4   2
 5.Elpis FC          2   0  0  2   0-15   0     

NB: remaining two matches of Elpis apparently not played due to irrelevance

Cross Table:

       Cad Mod Imo Gal Elp
   Cad xxx 3-2 0-0 1-1 8-0
   Mod 2-3 xxx 1-0 0-0 7-0
   Imo 0-0 0-1 xxx 3-0 n/p
   Gal 1-1 0-0 0-3 xxx n/p
   Elp 0-8 0-7 n/p n/p xxx


1907/08

Final Standings:

 1.Moda FC
 2.Cadi-keuy FC
 3.Galatasaray SK
 4.Elpis FC
 5.HMS Imogene 


1908/09

Final Standings:

 1.Galatasaray SK
 2.Cadi-keuy FC
 3.Moda FC
 4.HMS Imogene


1909/10

Final Standings:

 1.Galatasaray SK
 2.Strugglers FC 
 3.Moda FC
 4.Cadi-keuy FC
 5.Fenerbahçe SK
 6.Elpis FC


1910/11

Reported Final Table:

 1.Galatasaray SK    8   8  0  0  26- 2  16  Champions
 2.Progress FC       8   3  2  3   7-18   8 
 3.Cadi-keuy FC      8   2  1  5   6- 0   5 
 4.Strugglers FC     8   2  0  6   6- 5   4 
 5.Fenerbahçe SK     8   1  1  6   2-22   3 

NB: apparently two matches were awarded 0-0 losses against both teams, presumably both
    involving Cadi-keuy.


1911/12

Reported Final Table:

 1.Fenerbahçe SK     8   5  3  0  16- 5  21  Champions
 2.Rumblers FC       8   4  3  1  18- 9  19 
 3.Strugglers FC     8   4  2  2  13- 8  18 
 4.Progress FC       8   1  1  6  10-20  11 
 5.Cadi-keuy FC      8   1  0  7   6-21  10 

NB: 3-2-1 point system; one more loss than win, odd number of draws and points.


1913/14

Reported Final Table:

 1.Fenerbahçe SK    10   8  2  0  36- 6  18  Champions
 2.Progress FC      10   5  2  3  18- 8  12 
 3.Rumblers FC      10   4  4  2  22-15  12 
 4.Galatasaray SK   10   3  4  3  19-13  10 
 5.Strugglers FC    10   2  2  6   9-26   6 
 6.Telefoncular FC  10   0  0 10   2-38   0 

NB: apparently one match was awarded a 0-0 loss against both teams.


1914/15

NB: played in two groups, with group winners playing off for the championship

Group 1

Reported Final Table:

 1.Galatasaray       7   5  0  2  36-11  10  Playoff
 2.Anadolu Üsküdar   7                   10  Playoff
 3.Anadolu Hisari Idman Yurdu 
 4.Altinordu Idman Yurdu      
 5.Süleymaniye Sirkeci  
NB: possibly Süleymaniye withdrew at halfway stage

Playoff
Galatasaray             3-2 Anadolu Üsküdar

Group 2

Final Table:

 1.Fenerbahçe        8   8  0  0  32- 5  16   Final
 2.Türk Idman Ocagi  8   5  1  2  14- 9  11 
 3.Darüssafaka       8   3  2  3  11-13   8
 4.Hilal             8   1  2  5   9-20   4
 5.Darülmuallimin    8   0  1  7   6-25   1

Final [Feb 11, 1916 (sic)]
Fenerbahçe              3-1 Galatasaray


1915/16

NB: starting from this season, a 3-2-1 point system was used, with clubs receiving
    no points for forfeit losses

Final Table:

 1.Galatasaray      10   7  2  1  31-12  25  [-1]  Champions
 2.Fenerbahçe       10   6  2  2  36-10  24
 3.Altinordu 
 4.Anadolu Üsküdar 
 5.Sülemaniye 
 6.Anadolu Hisari 
NB: Galatasaray apparently forfeited the match they lost


1916/17

Final Table:

 1.Altinordu         9   8  1  0    -    26  Champions
 2.Anadolu Üsküdar   9   6  0  3    -    21
 3.Fenerbahçe        9   3  2  4  19-13  17
 4.Sülemaniye        9   4  0  5    -    17
 5.Galatasaray       9   2  0  7  16-26  13   
 6.Anadolu Hisari    5   0  1  4    -     6


1917/18

Final Table:

 1.Altinordu        10   9  0  1  23- 9  28  Champions
 2.Fenerbahçe       10   6  1  3  31-10  23
 3.Sülemaniye       10                   22
 4.Anadolu Üsküdar  10                   16
 5.Anadolu Hisari   10                   15
 6.Galatasaray      10   3  0  7  10- 6  11  [-5]
NB: Galatasaray forfeited 5 matches, presumably all in second half of season


List of Turkish Champions.
List of Ankara League Champions.
List of İstanbul League Champions.
List of İzmir League Champions.

Turkish Final Tables.
Ankara League Final Tables.
İzmir League Final Tables.

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Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl and Erdinç Sivritepe for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Hans Schöggl and Erdinç Sivritepe
Last updated: 13 Dec 2018

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