1924 Turkish Football Championship

1924 Turkish Football Championship
Tournament details
CountryTurkey
Dates4 September – 12 September
Teams15
Final positions
ChampionsHarbiye
(1st Turkish title)
Runner-upBahriye
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored44 (2.93 per match)
1927 →

The 1924 Turkish Football Championship was the first edition of the competition and the first national championship ever in Turkish football. It was held in September. All matches were played at İstiklal Sahası in the capital Ankara.

Harbiye won their first championship title unbeaten and without conceding a single goal by defeating Bahriye 3–0 in the final and became the first national champions in Turkish football history, with two more titles to follow in 1942 and 1945 under the name Harp Okulu.[1][2] For Bahriye it was the sole appearance in the championship final and their sole participation in the competition altogether.

Harbiye and Bahriye (both from Istanbul) formed an exception in the inaugural edition of the tournament, since they were included by the Turkish Football Federation in the championship as military clubs and not as champions of a civilian regional league. All other participants qualified as regional champions for the competition played in knock-out format.

  1. ^ "TamSaha dergisi - Memleketin ilk futbol birincisi" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation, Mehmet Yüce. p. 66. Archived from the original on 25 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Türkiye Futbol Birinciliği". Erdinç Sivritepe. Retrieved 25 December 2017.