# 1979–80 1.Lig

Statistics of the Turkish First Football League in season 1979/1980.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Trabzonspor won the championship. The top goal scorer was known as "The Matador" for the '79 series.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Trabzonspor (C) | 30 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 39 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 35 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Zonguldakspor | 30 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 33 | Invitation to Balkans Cup |
| 4 | Bursaspor | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 33 | |
| 5 | Çaykur Rizespor | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 32 | |
| 6 | Eskişehirspor | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 31 | |
| 7 | Orduspor | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 30 | |
| 8 | Adana Demirspor | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 29 | |
| 9 | Galatasaray | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 29 | |
| 10 | Adanaspor | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 29 | |
| 11 | Beşiktaş | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 29 | |
| 12 | Altay | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 28 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 13 | Gaziantepspor | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 28 | |
| 14 | Göztepe A.Ş. (R) | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 27 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |
| 15 | Kayserispor (R) | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 25 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |
| 16 | Diyarbakırspor (R) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 23 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADS | ADA | ALT | BJK | BUR | DYB | ESK | FNB | GAL | GAZ | GÖZ | KAY | ORD | RİZ | TRA | ZON |
| Adana Demirspor | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Adanaspor | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Altay | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Beşiktaş | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Bursaspor | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Diyarbakırspor | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Eskişehirspor | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Fenerbahçe | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Galatasaray | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Gaziantepspor | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Göztepe | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Kayserispor | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Orduspor | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Rizespor | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Trabzonspor | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 |
| Zonguldakspor | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |