Turkey - Istanbul League 1904-1914

The first İstanbul League was called "The Constantinople Football League" (also called İstanbul Pazar Lig) and started in the 1904/05 season.
The CFL put up a shield as an award. The competition would be played for ten years. Each season's winner was written on a silver plate and the shield was awarded to the club with most wins over those ten years.

Palmares

1904/05 HMS Imogene
1905/06 Cadi-keuy FC
1906/07 Cadi-keuy FC
1907/08 Moda FC
1908/09 Galatasaray SK
1909/10 Galatasaray SK
1910/11 Galatasaray SK
1911/12 Fenerbahçe SK
1912-13   not held due to Balkan War
1913/14 Fenerbahçe SK

Number of Titles (9):

 3 Galatasaray SK

 2 Cadi-keuy FC
   Fenerbahçe SK

 1 HMS Imogene 
   Moda FC

NB: Galatasaray SK won the league shield with 3 championships.

1904/05

Final Standings:

 1.HMS Imogene
 2.Moda FC
 3.Cadi-keuy FC
 4.Elpis FC

1905/06

Reported Final Table:

 1.Cadi-keuy FC      6   6  0  0  18- 3  12  Champions
 2.HMS Imogene       6            11- 7  10  [8?]
 3.Moda FC           6             2- 9   2  [4?]
 4.Elpis FC          6   0  0  6   1-13   0 

NB: given that Imogene must have lost twice to Cadi-keuy it is not clear how they come
    to be listed with 10 points - presumably this should be 8; likewise Moda must have
    beaten Elpis twice and therefore obtained 4 points (unless not all teams met each
    other twice).

1906/07

Reported Final Table:

 1.Cadi-keuy FC      4   2  2  0  12- 3   6  Champions
 2.Moda FC           4   2  1  1  10- 3   5 
 3.HMS Imogene       3   1  1  1   3- 1   3
 4.Galatasaray SK    3   0  2  1   1- 4   2
 5.Elpis FC          3   0  0  3   0-15   0     

NB: one more loss than win; odd number of matches; presumably Elpis only played two matches,
    in which case the cross-table of all results must be as follows:

       Cad Mod Imo Gal Elp
   Cad xxx 3-2 0-0 1-1 8-0
   Mod 2-3 xxx 1-0 0-0 7-0
   Imo 0-0 0-1 xxx 3-0 n/p
   Gal 1-1 0-0 0-3 xxx n/p
   Elp 0-8 0-7 n/p n/p xxx

1907/08

Final Standings:

 1.Moda FC
 2.Cadi-keuy FC
 3.Galatasaray SK
 4.Elpis FC
 5.HMS Imogene

1908/09

Final Standings:

 1.Galatasaray SK
 2.Cadi-keuy FC
 3.Moda FC
 4.HMS Imogene

1909/10

Final Standings:

 1.Galatasaray SK
 2.Strugglers FC 
 3.Moda FC
 4.Cadi-keuy FC
 5.Fenerbahçe SK
 6.Elpis FC

1910/11

Reported Final Table:

 1.Galatasaray SK    8   8  0  0  26- 2  16  Champions
 2.Progress FC       8   3  2  3   7-18   8 
 3.Cadi-keuy FC      8   2  1  5   6- 0   5 
 4.Strugglers FC     8   2  0  6   6- 5   4 
 5.Fenerbahçe SK     8   1  1  6   2-22   3 

NB: apparently two matches were awarded 0-0 losses against both teams, presumably both
    involving Cadi-keuy.

1911/12

Reported Final Table:

 1.Fenerbahçe SK     8   5  3  0  16- 5  21  Champions
 2.Rumblers FC       8   4  3  1  18- 9  19 
 3.Strugglers FC     8   4  2  2  13- 8  18 
 4.Progress FC       8   1  1  6  10-20  11 
 5.Cadi-keuy FC      8   1  0  7   6-21  10 

NB: 3-2-1 point system; one more loss than win, odd number of draws and points.

1913/14

Reported Final Table:

 1.Fenerbahçe SK    10   8  2  0  36- 6  18  Champions
 2.Progress FC      10   5  2  3  18- 8  12 
 3.Rumblers FC      10   4  4  2  22-15  12 
 4.Galatasaray SK   10   3  4  3  19-13  10 
 5.Strugglers FC    10   2  2  6   9-26   6 
 6.Telefoncular FC  10   0  0 10   2-38   0 

NB: apparently one match was awarded a 0-0 loss against both teams.

About this document

Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl and Erdinç Sivritepe for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Hans Schöggl and Erdinç Sivritepe
Last updated: 7 Mar 2013