The 1963–64 season was the 60th season of competitive football in Turkey.
Overview Fenerbahçe won their third top-flight title and Beşiktaş finished runners-up for the second time. Şeker won the first edition of the 2.Lig. Galatasaray won their second Turkish Cup in a row, with Altay finishing runners-up. The Turkish Football Federation claimed that the result of the Karşıyaka and Kasımpaşa match, which originally finished as a 4–0 win for Karşıyaka, was fixed beforehand. As a result, the TFF changed the win to a 0–3 loss for Karşıyaka. The change dropped Karsiyaka into the relegation zone, and they were relegated to the 2.Lig. Karşıyaka challenged the decision, and took the TFF to civil court. Two years later, the civil court overturned the TFF's ruling, and Karşıyaka were allowed to join the 1.Lig again in 1966–67.Sivritepe, Erdinç 1963–1964 1. Lig turkish-soccer.com, accessed 14 July 2010
The 2.Lig was created at the beginning of this season. The club consisted of thirteen clubs: four clubs relegated during the 1962–63 season (Karagümrük, Şeker, Vefa, and Yeşildirek), the top two clubs from each of the Ankara, Istanbul, and İzmir professional leagues (Altındağ and Güneşspor (Ankara), Beylerbeyi and Sarıyer (Istanbul), İzmir Demirspor and Ülküspor). Adana Demirspor, Bursaspor, and Mersin İdmanyurdu also joined. The first placed team gained promotion to the 1.Lig, while the last placed team was relegated to their respective professional or amateur league.
Galatasaray reached the first round of the 1963–64 European Cup after beating Ferencvárosi TC in the preliminary round. They were knocked out by FC Zürich, who won a coin toss after the two sides drew their match. Fenerbahçe took Galatasaray's spot in the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup because they had already qualified for the European Cup through their league finish. Fenerbahçe reached the quarter-finals, ultimately losing to Hungarian side MTK Budapest 0–1 in the third leg playoff match. Beşiktaş placed last in Group A of the 1963–64 Balkans Cup.European Competitions 1963–64 rsssf.org, accessed 14 July 2010Balkan Cup 1960–69 rsssf.org, accessed 14 July 2010
Awards Gol Kralı (Goal King) Güven Önüt (Beşiktaş) – 19 goals
Honours CompetitionWinnerRunners-up1.LigFenerbahçe (3)Beşiktaş (2)2.LigŞeker (1)Adana Demirspor (1)Turkish CupGalatasaray (2)Altay (1)
European qualification CompetitionQualifiersReason for qualificationEuropean CupFenerbahçe1st in 1.LigBalkans CupBeşiktaş2nd in 1.LigEuropean Cup Winners' CupGalatasaray winnersInter-Cities Fairs CupGöztepe5th in 1.Lig
Final league tables 1.Lig PosTeamPldWDLGFGA±PtsNotes1Fenerbahçe34211125514+4153European Cup2 Beşiktaş3422845719+3852Balkans Cup3 Galatasaray34161084927+2242European Cup Winners' Cup1.8154 Ankaragücü3417895238+14421.3685Göztepe34141283931+840Inter-Cities Fairs Cup6İstanbulspor341310114236+6367Altay349151031310331.0008Feriköy341111122930−1330.9679Gençlerbirliği34915102838−10330.73710Ankara Demirspor34119144337+6311.16211PTT34815112531−6310.80612Altınordu34912132838−103013İzmirspor34812142835−7280.80014Hacettepe34910152642−16280.61915Beykoz34811152533−82716Karşıyaka34106182853−2525Relegation to the 2.Lig17Beyoğluspor34514152640−1424Relegation to the 2.Lig18Kasımpaşa3469191661−4521Relegation to the 2.Lig
2.Lig PosTeamPldWDLGFGA±PtsNotes1Şeker2418424510+3540Promotion to the 1.Lig2 Adana Demirspor2417433010+20383 Beylerbeyi249782524+1251.0424 Vefa249782728−1250.9645Mersin İdmanyurdu2410592932−3250.9066Ülküspor249692125−4247Sarıyer2461082123−2220.9138Bursaspor247892127−6220.7789Karagümrük2477103129+22110Yeşildirek2476112631−52011Güneşspor2474133036−61812Altındağ2456131729−12160.58613İzmir Demirspor2464142645−1916Relegation to the İzmir Professional League0.578
Türkiye Kupası final First leg
Second leg
1964 Türkiye Kupası winnersGalatasaraySecond title
National team The Turkey national football team competed in three matches during the 1963–64 season. Their record was zero wins, two draws, and one loss.Verani, Walter 1963–1964 turkish-soccer.com, accessed 8 July 2010
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