# 1995–96 1.Lig

The 1995-96 Turkish First Football League season saw 18 teams in competition. Fenerbahçe S.K. won the championship. The season was notable for Graeme Souness's season-long cameo as the manager of Galatasaray.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe (C) | 34 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 68 | 19 | +49 | 84 | Qualification to Champions League qualifying round |
| 2 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 79 | 24 | +55 | 82 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 74 | 46 | +28 | 69 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 67 | 38 | +29 | 68 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Kocaelispor | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 59 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 6 | Gaziantepspor | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 49 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 7 | Antalyaspor | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 45 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 8 | Samsunspor | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 43 | |
| 9 | Bursaspor | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 41 | |
| 10 | Gençlerbirliği | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 41 | |
| 11 | MKE Ankaragücü | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 37 | |
| 12 | Altay | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 56 | −21 | 36 | |
| 13 | İstanbulspor | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 35 | |
| 14 | Vanspor | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 35 | |
| 15 | Denizlispor | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 34 | |
| 16 | Kayserispor (R) | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 32 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |
| 17 | Eskişehirspor (R) | 34 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 32 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |
| 18 | Karşıyaka (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 65 | −39 | 27 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALT | AGÜ | ANT | BJK | BUR | DEN | ESK | FNB | GAL | GAZ | GEN | İST | KSK | KAY | KOC | SAM | TRA | VAN |
| Altay | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 1–1 |
| Ankaragücü | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Antalyaspor | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 0–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 |
| Beşiktaş | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–5 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Bursaspor | 0–1 | 8–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 5–0 |
| Denizlispor | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Eskişehirspor | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Fenerbahçe | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Galatasaray | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Gaziantepspor | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–6 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Gençlerbirliği | 1–2 | 1–2 | 6–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| İstanbulspor | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 0–4 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| Karşıyaka | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 |
| Kayserispor | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Kocaelispor | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Samsunspor | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| Trabzonspor | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 |
| Vanspor | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–5 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Shota Arveladze | Trabzonspor | 25 |
| 2 | Elvir Bolić | Fenerbahçe | 22 |
| 3 | Saffet Sancaklı | Kocaelispor | 20 |
| 4 | Ertuğrul Sağlam | Beşiktaş | 18 |
| 5 | Hakan Şükür | Galatasaray | 16 |
| 6 | Dean Saunders | Galatasaray | 15 |
| 6 | Majid Musisi | Bursaspor | 15 |
| 6 | Serkan Aykut | Samsunspor | 15 |
| 9 | Hami Mandıralı | Trabzonspor | 13 |
| 9 | John Moshoeu | Kocaelispor | 13 |