1946 Turkish Football Championship

1946 Turkish Football Championship
Country	Turkey
Dates	25 May – 28 May
Champions	Gençlerbirliği ; (2nd Turkish title)
Runners-up	Beşiktaş
	← 1945 1947 →

The 1946 Turkish Football Championship was the 12th edition of the competition. It was held in May. Gençlerbirliği won their second national championship title by winning the Final Group in Ankara undefeated.^[1]^[2]

The champions of the three major regional leagues (Istanbul, Ankara, and İzmir) qualified directly for the Final Group. Eskişehir Demirspor qualified by winning the qualification play-off, which was contested by the winners of the regional qualification groups.

Final group[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Gençlerbirliği	3	3	0	7	3	+4	9
2	Beşiktaş	3	2	1	6	5	+1	7
3	Eskişehir Demirspor	3	1	2	11	8	+3	5
4	Altay	3	0	3	2	10	−8	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}

25 May 1946

Gençlerbirliği	2 – 1	Beşiktaş
Ali Polat 11' Mustafa Kökçam 56'	Report	Sabri Gençsoy 40'

19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Zülbahar Sağnak

25 May 1946

Eskişehir Demirspor	7 – 1	Altay
	Report

19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Şazi Tezcan

27 May 1946

Gençlerbirliği	1 – 0	Altay
Hasan Polat 10'	Report

19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara

Referee: Şazi Tezcan

27 May 1946

Beşiktaş	3 – 2	Eskişehir Demirspor
Sabri Gençsoy 16', 64' Faruk Sağnak 72'	Report	Abdullah Rauf 44'

19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara

Referee: Zülbahar Sağnak

28 May 1946

Gençlerbirliği	4 – 2	Eskişehir Demirspor
Ali 2' Hamdi Ülgen 26', 71', 89'	Report	Sait Ozan (o.g.) Mehmet 44'

19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Şazi Tezcan

28 May 1946

Beşiktaş	2 – 1¹	Altay
Şükrü D. 4', 6'	Report	Basri D. 15'

19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Ömer

¹ After Altay's equalizer in the 28th minute was cancelled due to offside, the referee intended to send off an Altay player because of excessive protest. As a result the entire Altay team walked off. Beşiktaş were awarded the win with 2–1.

References[]

^ Yüce, Mehmet. İdmancı Ruhlar: Futbol Tarihimizin Klasik Devreleri (1923 - 1952) (in Turkish). iletişim. p. 441.
^ "Türkiye Futbol Birinciliği". Erdinç Sivritepe. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

External links[]

RSSSF

[1] Yüce, Mehmet. İdmancı Ruhlar: Futbol Tarihimizin Klasik Devreleri (1923 - 1952) (in Turkish). iletişim. p. 441.

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

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