The Istanbul Sunday League was started in 1902 and was the first football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 league in Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. The first club in Turkey, Cadi Keuy FRC

Cadi Keuy FRC

-History:Cadi-Keuy FC was a club which was founded by Englishmen James La Fontaine and Horace Armitage in 1899.-Istanbul Football League winners 1905-1906 and 1906-1907:-Honours:*Istanbul Football League:**Winners: 1905-1906, 1906-1907-Matches:...

, was founded by James LaFontaine and Horace Armitage. The team was made up mostly of Englishmen and Greeks. Three other clubs, Moda FC

Moda FC

-Istanbul Football League winners 1907-1908:-Honours:*Istanbul Football League:**Winners: 1907–1908-League tables:*Istanbul Football League:*1904–05 Istanbul Football League: 1) HMS Imogene FC 2) Moda FC 3) Cadi-Keuy FC 4) Elpis FC...

, Imogene, and Elpis, were former soon after.
In 1904, the same year as Izmir

Izmir

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 started their first football league, James LaFontaine founded the Istanbul Football League

Istanbul Football League

Istanbul Lig or originally Constantinople Football Association League was founded by James La Fontaine and Henry Pears and started with the 1904-05 season with only four teams as "Istanbul Sunday League". The matches between the four teams, Moda FC, HMS Imogene FC, Elpis FC, and Cadi-Keuy FC were...

. The matches between the four teams, Moda FC

Moda FC

-Istanbul Football League winners 1907-1908:-Honours:*Istanbul Football League:**Winners: 1907–1908-League tables:*Istanbul Football League:*1904–05 Istanbul Football League: 1) HMS Imogene FC 2) Moda FC 3) Cadi-Keuy FC 4) Elpis FC...

, Imogene, Elpis, and Cadi Keuy FRC

Cadi Keuy FRC

-History:Cadi-Keuy FC was a club which was founded by Englishmen James La Fontaine and Horace Armitage in 1899.-Istanbul Football League winners 1905-1906 and 1906-1907:-Honours:*Istanbul Football League:**Winners: 1905-1906, 1906-1907-Matches:...

 were played on Sundays, leading to the name of the Istanbul Sunday League. Henry Pears, an Englishman, promised to give a cup to the club who had won the most championships in 10 years.

The first matches took place in Union Club, now Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium

Sükrü Saracoglu Stadium

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.

Champions

Year	Winner
1904–1905	Imogene F.C
1905–1906	Cadi-Keuy FRC
1906–1907	Cadi-Keuy FRC
1907–1908	Moda FC
1908–1909	Galatasaray
1909–1910	Galatasaray
1910–1911	Galatasaray
1911–1912	Fenerbahçe
1912–1913	Unaccomplished due to Balkan Wars
1913–1914	Fenerbahçe
1914–1915	Galatasaray(also called Istanbul Football Union League)

Past winners

Club	Times won
Galatasaray S.K. Galatasaray S.K. (football team) Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....	4
Fenerbahçe S.K.	2
Cadi Keuy FRC Cadi Keuy FRC -History:Cadi-Keuy FC was a club which was founded by Englishmen James La Fontaine and Horace Armitage in 1899.-Istanbul Football League winners 1905-1906 and 1906-1907:-Honours:*Istanbul Football League:**Winners: 1905-1906, 1906-1907-Matches:...	2
Moda FC Moda FC -Istanbul Football League winners 1907-1908:-Honours:*Istanbul Football League:**Winners: 1907–1908-League tables:*Istanbul Football League:*1904–05 Istanbul Football League: 1) HMS Imogene FC 2) Moda FC 3) Cadi-Keuy FC 4) Elpis FC...	1
Imogene FC	1