#Corruption of champions item list professional

FenerbahГ§e are the most successful club including championships before the start of SГјper Lig (1959), having won 28 titles in total so far. Galatasaray are the most successful SГјper Lig club with 22 titles.

Of the founding clubs in the league, only BeЕџiktaЕџ, FenerbahГ§e, and Galatasaray have not been relegated to date. Today the SГјper Lig is contested by 20 teams. The league originally contained 16 teams. The league is contested on a double round-robin basis and the championship is awarded to the team that is top of the league at the end of the season.

#Corruption of champions item list professional

ДЄ few years later, in 1959, the professional nationwide league was introduced, currently known as the SГјper Lig. Started in 1937, the National Division (Turkish: MillГ® KГјme) was the first national league competition and was held until 1950. They are also the only club who have ever changed their name after winning a championship title, changing their name to Harp Okulu after the first of their three titles. At the end of the 1924 edition, Harbiye were the first club to be crowned champions after completing their fixture unbeaten. The championship format was based on a knockout competition, contested between the winners of each of the country's top regional leagues. The first competition to bring forth a national champion was the Turkish Football Championship ( Turkish: TГјrkiye Futbol ЕћampiyonasД±), which began in 1924 and continued until 1951. Other regional and local leagues followed in other major cities, such as Ankara (1922), Adana (1924), EskiЕџehir (1924), and Д°zmir (1924). Brought to the country by Englishmen, the sport had first taken root in Istanbul, where the Istanbul Football League was founded and became the first football league in Turkey.

The Turkish football champions are the annual winners of the highest association football competition in Turkey.

Football team of Harbiye in 1924, the first national champions in Turkish football history