The Çukurova Football League (), also known as the Adana Football League (), was founded as a regional football league for Adana and Mersin based clubs in 1924. The name of the league comes from Çukurova region. In some years clubs from Maraş and Malatya also participated in the league. In Adana, the football game was played during the 1910s. Adana Türk Gücü were the first club in Adana founded in 1913. The league was played within a year until 1936.
In the period from 1924 to 1935, the winners of the Çukurova League qualified for the former Turkish Football Championship. Later from 1940 to 1951, they qualified for the qualifying stages of the national championship. In 1955 professionalism was introduced in the league, hence the name officially became Adana Profesyonel Ligi (Adana Professional League). After the introduction of the professional nationwide league in 1959, known as Süper Lig today, the league lost its first level status. Adana Demirspor are the most successful club in the history of the league, having won a record 15 championship titles.
Participated teams The following teams participated in the league regularly for at least a few years: Adana Demirspor Adana Torosspor Adana Türk Gücü Mersin İdman Yurdu Adana Seyhanspor Adana Millî Mensucat Adana İdman Yurdu Adana Türk Ocağı Silifke İdman Yurdu Tarsus İdman Yurdu
Champions SeasonChampions1923 Adana Türk Ocağı1924 Adana Türk Ocağı1925 Adana Türk Ocağı1926 Mersin İdman Yurdu1927 Mersin İdman Yurdu1928 Adana Seyhanspor1929 Adana İdman Yurdu1930 Adana İdman Yurdu1931 Mersin İdman Yurdu1932 Topçu Alayı Gücü1933 Mersin İdman Yurdu1934 Adana Seyhanspor1935 Adana Torosspor1936 Adana İdman Yurdu1936-37 Adana İdman Yurdu1937-38 Adana İdman Yurdu1938-39 Adana İdman Yurdu1939-40 Adana Millî Mensucat1940-41 Adana Millî Mensucat1941-42 Adana Millî Mensucat1942-43 Adana Demirspor1943-44 Adana Demirspor1944-45 Adana Demirspor1945-46 Adana Demirspor1946-47 Adana Demirspor1947-48 Adana Demirspor1948-49 Adana Torosspor1949-50 Adana Demirspor1950-51 Adana Demirspor1951-52 Adana Demirspor1952-53 Adana Demirspor1953-54 Adana Demirspor1954-55 Adana Demirspor1955-56 Adana Millî Mensucat1956-57 Adana Demirspor1957-58 Adana Demirspor1958-59 Adana Demirspor
Performance by club ClubTitles Adana Demirspor Adana İdman Yurdu Mersin İdman Yurdu Adana Millî Mensucat Adana Türk Ocağı Adana Seyhanspor Adana Torosspor Topçu Alayı Gücü
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