1949_Turkish_Football_Championship Knowpia

1949 Turkish Football Championship
Tournament details
Country	Turkey
Dates	2 June – 5 June
Final positions
Champions	Ankaragücü ; (1st Turkish title)
Runner-up	Galatasaray
	← 1947 1950 →

The 1949 Turkish Football Championship was the 14th edition of the competition. It was held in June. Ankaragücü won their first and only national championship title by winning the Final Group in Ankara.^[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.

Qualification play-off edit

First round edit

21 May 1949

Eskişehir Demirspor	1 – 0	Adana Demirspor

Eskişehir

22 May 1949

Samsun Fenerspor	2 – 1	Adana Demirspor

Eskişehir

Play-off final edit

23 May 1949

Eskişehir Demirspor	3 – 0	Samsun Fenerspor

Eskişehir

Final group edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ankaragücü	3	3	0	9	4	+5	9
2	Galatasaray	3	2	1	6	4	+2	7
3	Eskişehir Demirspor	3	1	2	5	4	+1	5
4	İzmirspor	3	0	3	1	9	−8	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2 June 1949