1958–59 in Turkish football

The Milli Lig was introduced in 1959. At the time, there were three cities who had professional leagues: Ankara, Istanbul, and Izmir. The first league was made up of sixteen clubs, with eight from Istanbul, and four each from Ankara and Izmir. To gain entry, qualification tournaments were held in 1958 to decide who would participate in the league. League play did not start until the second half of the season, causing the season to be played in group format and a shorter game schedule.

The first final was held between Fenerbahçe S.K. and Galatasaray S.K. The match was a two legged knockout. Galatasaray won the first match 1-0, while Fenerbahçe won the second 4-0 and secured their first title by 4-1 aggregate.

This year was also earmarked by the first competition of a Turkish club in the European Cup. Fenerbahçe won the first match of the preliminary round 4-3 on aggregate over Csepel SC. Their second preliminary match came against OGC Nice. Fenerbahçe had tied after two legs, but lost the playoff leg 1-5.

• Top scorer
  • Metin Oktay (Galatasaray S.K.) - 11 goals

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour.

The Turkey national football team competed in six matches during the 1958-59 season. The team finished with a record of two wins, three draws, and one loss. Lefter Küçükandonyadis finished top scorer with two goals in six matches.[10]

26 October 1958

Belgium	1–1	Turkey
Piters 58'		Metin 79'

Heysel Stadium, Brussels

2 November 1958

Romania	3–0	Turkey
Oaidă 62' Constantin 77' Dinulescu 81'		-

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

7 December 1958

Turkey	0–0	Bulgaria
-		-

19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara

18 December 1958

Turkey	1–0	Czechoslovakia
Şeref 77'		-

Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul

26 April 1959

Turkey	2–0	Romania
Lefter 13' (pen.), 54'		-

Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul

10 May 1959

Turkey	0–0	Netherlands
-		-

Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul