1924 Turkish Football Championship
{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = Turkish Football Championship
| year = 1924
| other_titles =
| image =
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| country = Turkey
| dates = 4 September – 12 September
| num_teams = 15
| winners = Harbiye
(1st Turkish title)
| second = Bahriye
| matches = 15
| goals = 44
| attendance =
| scoring_leader =
| prev_season =
| next_season = 1927
}}
The 1924 Turkish Football Championship was the first edition of the competition and the first national championship ever in Turkish football. It was held in September. All matches were played at İstiklal Sahası in the capital Ankara.
Harbiye won their first championship title unbeaten and without conceding a single goal by defeating Bahriye 3–0 in the final and became the first national champions in Turkish football history, with two more titles to follow in 1942 and 1945 under the name Harp Okulu.{{cite web|url=http://www.tff.org.tr/Resources/Tamsaha/126/files/assets/basic-html/page34.html|title=TamSaha dergisi - Memleketin ilk futbol birincisi|issue=126|page=66|language=tr|access-date=27 December 2017|publisher=Turkish Football Federation, Mehmet Yüce|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225145014/http://www.tff.org.tr/Resources/Tamsaha/126/files/assets/basic-html/page34.html|archive-date=25 December 2017|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/nj/sivritepe/5758/TB.html|title=Türkiye Futbol Birinciliği|publisher=Erdinç Sivritepe|access-date=25 December 2017}} For Bahriye it was the sole appearance in the championship final and their sole participation in the competition altogether.
Harbiye and Bahriye (both from Istanbul) formed an exception in the inaugural edition of the tournament, since they were included by the Turkish Football Federation in the championship as military clubs and not as champions of a civilian regional league. All other participants qualified as regional champions for the competition played in knock-out format.
Qualified clubs
| class="wikitable" border="1" width=35%
! width=5% |Region ! width=20% |Champions |
| Istanbul |
| Ankara |
| İzmir |
| Trabzon |
| Eskişehir
|Eskişehir İdman Yurdu |
| Konya |
| Çukurova
|Adana Türk Ocağı |
| Bursa
|San'atkâran Spor Derneği |
| Karesi
|Balıkesir İdman Yurdu |
| Kocaeli
|Adapazarı İdman Yurdu |
| Edirne
|Edirne Türk Ocağı |
| Harbiye |
| Bahriye
|Bahriye Efrâd-ı Cedide İdman Yurdu |
- The champions of Canik (Samsun) and Antalya regions are currently not known.
- In 1924 Trabzon Lisesi were champions of the Trabzon League, though a second tournament was held after the conclusion of the league in order to determine the participants for the Turkish championship. İdman Ocağı won that tournament and qualified for the national championship.{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tur24.html | title = Turkey 1924 | website = RSSSF | publisher = RSSSF | access-date = 3 January 2019}}
First round
{{football box
| date = 4 September 1924
| time = 09:30
| team1 = Konya Gençlerbirliği
| score = 3 – 0
| report =
| team2 = Trabzon İdman Ocağı
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| stadium = İstiklal Sahası, Ankara
| referee =
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{{football box
| date = 4 September 1924
| time = 11:30
| team1 = Beşiktaş
| score = 6 – 1
| report =
| team2 = Eskişehir İdman Yurdu
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = İstiklal Sahası, Ankara
| referee =
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{{football box
| date = 4 September 1924
| time = 16:00
| team1 = Bahriye
| score = 7 – 0
| report =
| team2 = Balıkesir İdman Yurdu
| goals1 =
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| stadium = İstiklal Sahası, Ankara
| referee =
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{{football box
| date = 4 September 1924
| time = 18:15
| team1 = Anadolu Turan San'atkârangücü
| score = 2 – 01
| report =
| team2 = Bursa San'atkâran
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = İstiklal Sahası, Ankara
| referee =
| note =
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{{football box
| date = 5 September 1924
| time = 09:30
| team1 = Samsun
| score = walkover2
| report =
| team2 = Edirne Türk Ocağı
| goals1 =
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| stadium = İstiklal Sahası, Ankara
| referee =
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{{football box
| date = 5 September 1924
| time = 10:00
| team1 = Harbiye
| score = 2 – 0
| report =
| team2 = Adana Türk Ocağı
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = İstiklal Sahası, Ankara
| referee =
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{{football box
| date = 5 September 1924
| time = 18:30
| team1 = Adapazarı İdman Yurdu
| score = 2 – 03
| report =
| team2 = Antalya
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = İstiklal Sahası, Ankara
| referee =
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- 1 Match could not be finished for lack of time. The remaining 15 minutes were played on 5 September.
- 2 The team of Canik did not show up. Edirne received a bye for the quarter-finals.
- 3 Only the first half was played. Second half played on 6 September.
=Resumed matches=
{{football box
| date = 5 September 1924
| time = 16:00
| team1 = Anadolu Turan San'atkârangücü
| score = 2 – 0
| report =
| team2 = Bursa San'atkâran
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| goals2 =
| stadium = İstiklal Sahası, Ankara
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{{football box
| date = 6 September 1924
| time = 09:30
| team1 = Adapazarı İdman Yurdu
| score = 3 – 0
| report =
| team2 = Antalya
| goals1 =
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| stadium = İstiklal Sahası, Ankara
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- Altay received a bye for the quarter-finals.
Quarter-finals
{{football box
| date = 6 September 1924
| time = 17:30
| team1 = Bahriye
| score = 1 – 0
| report =
| team2 = Edirne Türk Ocağı
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = İstiklal Sahası, Ankara
| referee = Necmi
}}
{{football box
| date = 7 September 1924
| time = 11:30
| team1 = Altay
| score = 5 – 0
| report =
| team2 = Adapazarı İdman Yurdu
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = İstiklal Sahası, Ankara
| referee = Hamdi Emin
}}
{{football box
| date = 7 September 1924
| time = 16:00
| team1 = Beşiktaş
| score = 0 – 2
| report =
| team2 = Harbiye
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = İstiklal Sahası, Ankara
| referee =
}}
{{football box
| date = 7 September 1924
| time = 18:30
| team1 = Anadolu Turan San'atkârangücü
| score = 2 – 1
| report =
| team2 = Konya Gençlerbirliği
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = İstiklal Sahası, Ankara
| referee = Yusuf Ziya Öniş
}}
Semi-finals
{{football box
| date = 9 September 1924
| time = 18:30
| team1 = Harbiye
| score = 3 – 0
| report =
| team2 = Altay
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = İstiklal Sahası, Ankara
| referee =
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{{football box
| date = 10 September 1924
| time = 18:30
| team1 = Bahriye
| score = 2 – 0
| report =
| team2 = Anadolu Turan San'atkârangücü
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = İstiklal Sahası, Ankara
| referee =
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Third place match
{{football box
| date = 11 September 1924
| time =
| team1 = Anadolu Turan San'atkârangücü
| score = 1 – 0
| report = https://macanilari.com/11.Eylul.1924_1924.Sezonu.Turkiye.Futbol.Birinciligi.3.Luk.Maci.Anadolu.Turan.Sanatkarangucu.1-0.Altay-192419247015-77-.html
| team2 = Altay
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = İstiklal Sahası, Ankara
| referee =
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Final
{{football box
| date = 12 September 1924
| time = 18:30
| team1 = Harbiye
| score = 3 – 0
| report = https://macanilari.com/12.Eylul.1924_1924.Sezonu.Turkiye.Futbol.Birinciligi.Final.Maci.Harbiye.3-0.Bahriye-192419247001--.html
| team2 = Bahriye
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = İstiklal Sahası, Ankara
| referee = Yusuf Ziya Öniş
}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tur24.html RSSSF]
{{Top level Turkish football seasons}}
{{1923–24 in European football (UEFA)}}