The Turkish football was slowly improving, but without change of power distribution: 4 clubs dominated the league, the rest continued to be inferior. One team was the solitary leader this season, the other three leaders fought only for the 2nd place. The rest of the league was fairly equal, which meant that more or less everybody tried to escape relegation zone – the last three places in the final table. At the end, the city of Adana was most unlucky, for both teams from it went down.
Karagumruk SK (Istanbul), newcomer this season, finished last with 26 points.
Adanaspor (Adana) – 17th with 27 points.
AdanaDemirspor (Adana) – 16th with 29 points and also relegated. They went down only on worse goal-difference.
Antalyaspor (Antalya) – 15th and happy to be safe, thanks to better goal-difference.
Boluspor – 14th and, like Antalyaspor, survived on better goal-difference.
Orduspor, another of the newcomers this season, ended 13th with 30 points.
Sariyer (Istanbul) – 12th with 31 points.
Genclerbirligi (Ankara), the third newcomer of the season, was 11th with 31 points.
Bursaspor, having the best goal-difference among the teams with 31 points took 10th place.
Zonguldakspor – 9th with 32 points.
Kocaelispor (Izmit) – 8th with 32 points.
Denizlispor – 7th with 34 points. They were the strongest performers of the 4 newly promoted teams.
Sakaryaspor (Adapazari) – 6th with 34 points.
Ankaragucu – 5th with 34 points, thanks to better goal-difference.
The next three clubs were old bitter rivals, but this season somewhat not good enough to fight for the title – apart from the usual pride at stake, their only aim was to get the single Turkish spot in the UEFA Cup and only 2nd place guaranteed that.
Besiktas (Istanbul) finished 4th with 44 points.
Galatasaray (Istanbul) – 3rd with 44 points.
Fenerbahce (Istanbul) – 2nd with 45 points. They got the coveted UEFA Cup spot and finished above their rivals, but… second-best does not equal success for this club.
Trabzonspor won its 6th title with 18 wins,14 ties, and only 2 losses. 43-14 goal-difference and 50 points. Excellent performance, leaving the Istanbul’s big three far behind. This was the best season Trabzonspor had.