1937 Turkish National Division
# 1937 Turkish National Division

The 1937 National Division was the first edition of the Turkish National Division. For the first time in Turkish football history the strongest clubs from the major regional leagues played against each other in a national league. Fenerbahçe won their first title.

## Participants

* Fenerbahçe - Istanbul Football League, 1st
* Güneş - Istanbul Football League, 2nd
* Galatasaray - Istanbul Football League, 3rd
* Beşiktaş - Istanbul Football League, 4th
* MKE Ankaragücü - Ankara Football League, 1st
* Gençlerbirliği - Ankara Football League, 2nd
* Üçok (an alliance between Altay, Altınordu, and Bucaspor) - İzmir Football League
* Doğanspor (an alliance between Göztepe, İzmirspor, and Egespor) - İzmir Football League

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 2.125 | 36 |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 24 | 1.625 | 34 |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 1.158 | 29 |
| 4 | Güneş | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 1.222 | 28 |
| 5 | Gençlerbirliği | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 0.893 | 26 |
| 6 | MKE Ankaragücü | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 34 | 0.882 | 26 |
| 7 | Doğanspor | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 48 | 0.583 | 24 |
| 8 | Üçok | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 41 | 0.634 | 21 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AGÜ | BJK | DOĞ | FNB | GAL | GEN | GÜN | ÜÇO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ankaragücü | | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 4–0 | 1–6 | 2–2 |
| Beşiktaş | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Doğanspor | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 4–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 4–2 |
| Fenerbahçe | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| Galatasaray | 2–4 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 7–3 |
| Gençlerbirliği | 4–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Güneş | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | | 3–1 |
| Üçok | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–4 | |
