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The Turkish Premier Super Football League (Turkish: “Türkiye 1. süper futbol ligi”) comprises the top 18 football clubs in the league system of Turkish football. It was created in 1959. The Premier Super League comes under the jurisdiction of the Turkish Football Federation. Image File history File links Turkselsuperlig. ... Image File history File links Turkselsuperlig. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Turkish Football Federation (TFF), also called Turkish Football Association, (Turkish: Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu) is the governing body of football in Turkey. ...

The competition

There are 18 clubs in the Premier Super League. During the course of a season each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 34 games. At the end of each season, the three lowest placed teams are relegated into the Second League Category A, and the top three teams from Second League A are promoted in their place.

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Premier Super League clubs

Clubs playing in the season 2005-2006 are listed below in alphabetical order.

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Champions and top scorers by season

Only four clubs, the so-called “Big Four” have been champions since the beginning of the Premier Super League: Fenerbahçe SK (16 times), Galatasaray SK (15), Beşiktaş JK (12, see note below) and Trabzonspor (6). The first three, all Istanbul-based clubs, are known as the “Big Three”. Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, and arguably the most important. ...

Season	Champion	Coach	Top scorer	His club	Goals
2004-2005	Fenerbahçe SK	Christoph Daum	Fatih Tekke	Trabzonspor	31
2003-2004	Fenerbahçe SK	Christoph Daum	Zafer Biryol	Konyaspor	25
2002-2003	Beşiktaş JK	Mircea Lucescu	Okan Yılmaz	Bursaspor	24
2001-2002	Galatasaray SK	Mircea Lucescu	İlhan Mansız	Beşiktaş JK	23
			Arif Erdem	Galatasaray SK
2000-2001	Fenerbahçe SK	Mustafa Denizli	Okan Yılmaz	Bursaspor	23
1999-2000	Galatasaray SK	Fatih Terim	Serkan Aykut	Samsunspor	30
1998-1999	Galatasaray SK	Fatih Terim	Hakan Şükür	Galatasaray SK	19
1997-1998	Galatasaray SK	Fatih Terim	Hakan Şükür	Galatasaray SK	32
1996-1997	Galatasaray SK	Fatih Terim	Hakan Şükür	Galatasaray SK	38
1995-1996	Fenerbahçe SK	Carlos Alberto Parreira	Shota Arveladze	Trabzonspor	25
1994-1995	Beşiktaş JK	Christoph Daum	Aykut Kocaman	Fenerbahçe SK	27
1993-1994	Galatasaray SK	Rainer Hollmann	Bülent Uygun	Fenerbahçe SK	22
1992-1993	Galatasaray SK	Karl-Heinz Feldkamp	Tanju Çolak	Fenerbahçe SK	27
1991-1992	Beşiktaş JK	Gordon Milne	Aykut Kocaman	Fenerbahçe SK	25
1990-1991	Beşiktaş JK	Gordon Milne	Tanju Çolak	Galatasaray SK	31
1989-1990	Beşiktaş JK	Gordon Milne	Feyyaz Uçar	Beşiktaş JK	28
1988-1989	Fenerbahçe SK	Todor Veselinovic	Aykut Kocaman	Fenerbahçe SK	29
1987-1988	Galatasaray SK	Jupp Derwall	Tanju Çolak	Galatasaray SK	39
1986-1987	Galatasaray SK	Jupp Derwall	Tanju Çolak	Samsunspor	25
1985-1986	Beşiktaş JK	Branko Stankovic	Tanju Çolak	Samsunspor	33
1984-1985	Fenerbahçe SK	Todor Veselinovic	Aykut Yiğit	Sakaryaspor	20
1983-1984	Trabzonspor	A. Suat Özyazici	Tarık Hocic	Galatasaray SK	16
1982-1983	Fenerbahçe SK	Branko Stankovic	Selçuk Yula	Fenerbahçe SK	19
1981-1982	Beşiktaş JK	Dorde Milic	Selçuk Yula	Fenerbahçe SK	16
1980-1981	Trabzonspor	Özkan Sümer	Bora Öztürk	Adanaspor	15
1979-1980	Trabzonspor	A. Suat Özyazici	Mustafa Denizli	Altay SK	12
			Bahtiyar Yorulmaz	Bursaspor
1978-1979	Trabzonspor	Özkan Sümer	Özer Umdu	Adanaspor	15
1977-1978	Fenerbahçe SK	Toma Kaleperovic	Cemil Turan	Fenerbahçe SK	17
			Ali Osman Renkliboy	MKE Ankaragücü
1976-1977	Trabzonspor	A. Suat Özyazici	Necmi Perekli	Trabzonspor	18
1975-1976	Trabzonspor	A. Suat Özyazici	Cemil Turan	Fenerbahçe SK	14
1974-1975	Fenerbahçe SK	Valdir Pereira Didi	Ömer Kaner	Eskişehirspor	14
1973-1974	Fenerbahçe SK	Valdir Pereira Didi	Cemil Turan	Fenerbahçe SK	14
1972-1973	Galatasaray SK	Brian Birch	Osman Arpacıoğlu	Fenerbahçe SK	16
1971-1972	Galatasaray SK	Brian Birch	Fethi Heper	Eskişehirspor	20
1970-1971	Galatasaray SK	Brian Birch	Ogün Altıparmak	Fenerbahçe SK	16
1969-1970	Fenerbahçe SK	Trian Ionescu	Fethi Heper	Eskişehirspor	13
1968-1969	Galatasaray SK	Toma Kaleperovic	Metin Oktay	Galatasaray SK	17
1967-1968	Fenerbahçe SK	Ignace Molnar	Fevzi Zemzem	Göztepe SK	19
1966-1967	Beşiktaş JK	Ljubisa Spajic	Ertan Adatepe	MKE Ankaragücü	18
1965-1966	Beşiktaş JK	Ljubisa Spajic	Ertan Adatepe	MKE Ankaragücü	20
1964-1965	Fenerbahçe SK	Oscar Hold	Metin Oktay	Galatasaray SK	17
1963-1964	Fenerbahçe SK	Miroslav Kokotovic	Güven Önüt	Beşiktaş JK	19
1962-1963	Galatasaray SK	Gündüz Kiliç	Metin Oktay	Galatasaray SK	38
1961-1962	Galatasaray SK	Gündüz Kiliç	Fikri Elma	Ankara Demirspor	21
1960-1961	Fenerbahçe SK	Laszlo Szekelly	Metin Oktay	Galatasaray SK	36
1959-1960	Beşiktaş JK	Andreas Kutik	Metin Oktay	Galatasaray SK	33
1959	Fenerbahçe SK	Ignace Molnar	Metin Oktay	Galatasaray SK	11

• The Besiktas total includes the Turkish Federation League, which was played for 2 seasons (1957 and 1958). Besiktas won this league both years.

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Clubs of top scorers

Records

Seasons

• The longest season: 1962-1963 (42 matches)
• The season with the most goals scored: 1962-1963 (105 goals-Galatasaray SK)

Matches

• The most scored match: 1991-1992 Fenerbahçe - Gaziantepspor (8-4)
• The highest scored match: 1989-1990 Beşiktaş - Adana Demir Spor (10-0)

Teams

• Best performing team: 1988-1989 Fenerbahçe (29 wins, 6 draws, 1 loss in 36 matches)
• Longest unbeaten run: Beşiktaş (48 matches)
• Teams unbeaten in a season: 1985-1986 Galatasaray, 1991-1992 Beşiktaş
• Team with the most wins in a season: 1959-1960 Beşiktaş, 1988-1989 Fenerbahçe (29 wins)
• Highest scoring team: 1962-1963 Galatasaray (105 goals in 42 matches), 1988-1989 Fenerbahçe (103 goals in 36 matches)
• Team with the most top scorers: Galatasaray (13 top scorers)
• Most games won in row at home: Galatasaray (24 games)

Players

• Top scorer for the most years: Metin Oktay (6 times)
• All time top scorer: Tanju Çolak (240 goals)
• Top scorer with the most goals: 1987-1988 Tanju Çolak (39 goals)
• Player with the most championships: Bülent Korkmaz (8 seasons)
• Player with the most goals in a match: 1992-1993 Tanju Çolak (6 goals in the match Fenerbahçe SK – Karşıyaka (7-1))

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Coaches

• The coach with the most championships: Ahmet Fuat Özyazıcı and Fatih Terim (4 seasons)

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See also

• Sports league attendances

The table below lists domestic sports leagues from around the world by total attendances for the last completed season. ...

External links

• ((English)) Current Turkish Süper Lig standings
• ((Turkish)) Turkish Football Federation