1941 Turkish Football Championship

1941 Turkish Football Championship
Country	Turkey
Dates	12 July – 15 July
Champions	Gençlerbirliği ; (1st Turkish title)
Runners-up	Beşiktaş
	← 1940 1942 →

The 1941 Turkish Football Championship was the eighth edition of the competition. It was held in July. Gençlerbirliği won their first national championship title by defeating Beşiktaş in the final.^[1]^[2] For Gençlerbirliği it was the club's first title with one more to follow in 1946.

The championship was held in a new format again. The champions of the three major regional leagues (Istanbul, Ankara, and İzmir) and 1940 Turkish football champions Eskişehir Demirspor qualified directly for the competition. Kayseri Sümerspor, Gölcük İdman Yurdu, and Trabzon İdman Gücü qualified by winning their respective regional qualification groups. All matches of the championship were played at 19 Mayıs Stadium in Ankara.

Qualified clubs[]

1940–41 Istanbul League champions Beşiktaş
1940–41 Ankara League champions Gençlerbirliği
1940–41 İzmir League champions Altay
1940 Turkish Football Championship winners Eskişehir Demirspor
Adana Group winners Kayseri Sümerspor
Samsun Group winners Trabzon İdman Gücü
Balıkesir Group winners Gölcük İdman Yurdu

Round 1[]

12 July 1941	Eskişehir Demirspor	4 – 1	Kayseri Sümerspor	Ankara
		Report		Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadium

12 July 1941	Gençlerbirliği	5 – 0	Gölcük İdman Yurdu	Ankara
		Report		Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadium

13 July 1941	Altay	3 – 1	Trabzon İdman Gücü	Ankara
16:00		Report		Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadium

Beşiktaş received a bye for the semi-finals.

Semi-finals[]

13 July 1941	Beşiktaş	4 – 0	Eskişehir Demirspor	Ankara
18:00		Report		Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadium

14 July 1941	Gençlerbirliği	4 – 1	Altay	Ankara
		Report		Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadium

Final[]

15 July 1941

18:00

Gençlerbirliği	4 – 1	Beşiktaş
Mustafa K. 5' Ali K. 16' Mustafa B. 25' Hasan Polat 70'	Report	Yavuz 85' (pen.)

19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Yusuf Aysal

References[]

^ Yüce, Mehmet. İdmancı Ruhlar: Futbol Tarihimizin Klasik Devreleri (1923 - 1952) (in Turkish). iletişim. pp. 388–389.
^ "Türkiye Futbol Birinciliği". Erdinç Sivritepe. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

External links[]

RSSSF

[1] Yüce, Mehmet. İdmancı Ruhlar: Futbol Tarihimizin Klasik Devreleri (1923 - 1952) (in Turkish). iletişim. pp. 388–389.

[2] "Türkiye Futbol Birinciliği". Erdinç Sivritepe. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

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