# 1978–79 1.Lig

The 1978-79 Turkish First Football League season saw 16 teams in competition. Trabzonspor won the championship.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Trabzonspor (C) | 30 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 34 | 7 | +27 | 42 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 17 | +30 | 41 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Fenerbahçe | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 38 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Orduspor | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 34 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Diyarbakırspor | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 32 | |
| 6 | Altay | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 31 | |
| 7 | Eskişehirspor | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 31 | |
| 8 | Zonguldakspor | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 29 | |
| 9 | Beşiktaş | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 29 | |
| 10 | Göztepe A.Ş. | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 28 | |
| 11 | Adanaspor | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 27 | |
| 12 | Bursaspor | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 27 | |
| 13 | Adana Demirspor | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 27 | |
| 14 | Boluspor (R) | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 26 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |
| 15 | Samsunspor (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 37 | −19 | 20 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |
| 16 | MKE Kırıkkalespor (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 64 | −43 | 18 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADS | ADA | ALT | BJK | BOL | BUR | DYB | ESK | FNB | GAL | GÖZ | KIR | ORD | SAM | TRA | ZON |
| Adana Demirspor | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Adanaspor | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Altay | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Beşiktaş | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Boluspor | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Bursaspor | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Diyarbakırspor | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Eskişehirspor | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Fenerbahçe | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Galatasaray | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 6–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Göztepe | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Kırıkkalespor | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Orduspor | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Samsunspor | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Trabzonspor | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Zonguldakspor | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |