# 1971–72 1.Lig

Statistics of the Turkish First Football League for the 1971–72 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Galatasaray S.K. won the championship.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Galatasaray (C) | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 14 | +20 | 42 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Eskişehirspor | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Fenerbahçe | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 34 | Invitation to Balkans Cup |
| 5 | MKE Ankaragücü | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 33 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Bursaspor | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 32 | |
| 7 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 30 | |
| 8 | Adanaspor | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 30 | |
| 9 | Göztepe | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 29 | |
| 10 | Vefa | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 28 | |
| 11 | Altay | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 27 | |
| 12 | Giresunspor | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 27 | |
| 13 | Samsunspor | 30 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 25 | |
| 14 | Boluspor | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 24 | |
| 15 | İstanbulspor (R) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 21 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |
| 16 | Karşıyaka (R) | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 40 | −21 | 20 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADA | ALT | BJK | BOL | BUR | ESK | FNB | GAL | GRS | GÖZ | İST | KSK | MİY | AGÜ | SAM | VEF |
| Adanaspor | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Altay | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Beşiktaş | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Boluspor | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Bursaspor | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Eskişehirspor | 4–1 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Fenerbahçe | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Galatasaray | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Giresunspor | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Göztepe | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| İstanbulspor | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Karşıyaka | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Mersin İdman Yurdu | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| MKE Ankaragücü | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Samsunspor | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 |
| Vefa | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |