1959–60 Galatasaray S.K. season

Galatasaray
1959–60 season
President	Sadık Giz; (until 2 January 1960);
Manager	Leandro Remondini; (until 2 January 1960); Coşkun Özarı
Stadium	Mithatpaşa Stadi
Milli Lig	3rd
Top goalscorer	League: ; Metin Oktay (33); All: ; Metin Oktay (33)
Highest home attendance	27,521 vs Beşiktaş JK; (Milli Lig, 6 April 1960)
Lowest home attendance	8,128 vs Şekerhilâl SK; (Milli Lig, 16 April 1960)
Average home league attendance	15,225
	← 1960–61 →

The 1959–60 season was Galatasaray's 58th in existence and the 2nd consecutive season in the Milli Lig. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club have played in the season.

Squad statistics[]

No.	Pos.	Name	Milli Lig		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Turgay Şeren(C)	34	0	34	0
-	GK	Yüksel Alkan	2	0	2	0
-	GK		2	0	2	0
-	GK	Sabri Dino	0	0	0	0
-	DF	İsmail Kurt	21	0	21	0
-	DF		4	0	4	0
-	DF		20	0	20	0
-	DF		25	4	25	4
-	DF		32	0	32	0
-	DF		8	0	8	0
-	MF	Suat Mamat	37	16	37	16
-	MF		0	0	0	0
-	MF	Mustafa Yürür	32	1	32	1
-	MF		0	0	0	0
-	MF	Coşkun Özarı	5	0	5	0
-	MF		38	1	38	1
-	MF		29	6	29	6
-	FW	Ahmet Berman	34	7	34	7
-	FW	Uğur Köken	12	0	12	0
-	FW		19	0	19	0
-	FW		11	4	11	4
-	FW		0	0	0	0
-	FW	Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu	0	0	0	0
-	FW		0	0	0	0
-	FW		0	0	0	0
-	FW		7	0	7	0
-	FW		5	0	5	0
-	FW		5	1	5	1
-	FW	Ertan Adatepe	5	0	5	0
10	FW	Metin Oktay	33	33	33	33

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Players in / out[]

In[]

Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from
FW		Ahmet Berman	27	Beşiktaş JK
MF		Mustafa Yürür	21	Beykoz 1908 S.K.D.

Out[]

Milli Lig[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Beşiktaş (C)	38	29	7	2	68	15	+53	65	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2	Fenerbahçe	38	27	6	5	88	38	+50	60	Invitation to Balkans Cup
3	Galatasaray	38	24	10	4	74	23	+51	58
4	İzmirspor	38	17	13	8	62	44	+18	47
5	Ankara Demirspor	38	17	11	10	49	40	+9	45

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Matches[]

26 August 1959 1	Galatasaray SK	2–0	Beykoz 1908 SKD	Istanbul
16:30 EET	Metin Oktay 23p' 74'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 18,846 Referee:

6 September 1959 2	Galatasaray SK	3–0	Feriköy SK	Istanbul
16:30 EET	Metin Oktay 7', 8' Suat Mamat 79'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 19,960 Referee:

9 September 1959 3	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Kasımpaşa SK	Istanbul
16:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 15,267 Referee:

26 September 1959 4	Galatasaray SK	3–0	Gençlerbirliği SK	Istanbul
15:45 EET	Metin Oktay 12' Ahmet Berman 26' Suat Mamat 38'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 12,349 Referee:

27 September 1959 5	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Hacettepe SK	Istanbul
15:45 EET	Ahmet Berman 19'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 13,979 Referee:

30 September 1959 6	Galatasaray SK	2–1	Fatih Karagümrük SK	Istanbul
15:45 EET	26' Suat Mamat 88'	(Report)	10'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 11,108 Referee:

10 October 1959 7	Galatasaray SK	4–1	Ankara Demirspor	Istanbul
15:15 EET	5', 60' 19' Suat Mamat 37'	(Report)	68og'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 13,740 Referee:

11 October 1959 8	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Altay SK	Istanbul
15:15 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 14,065 Referee:

24 October 1959 9	Galatasaray SK	8–0	Altınordu SK	Istanbul
14:45 EET	Metin Oktay 12', 19', 27', 40', 74' Mustafa Yürür 55' Suat Mamat 69', 71'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 9,881 Referee:

25 October 1959 10	Galatasaray SK	2–1	Göztepe SK	Istanbul
14:45 EET	Suat Mamat 59' Metin Oktay 88p'	(Report)	9'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 16,301 Referee:

18 November 1959 11	Galatasaray SK	1–1	Adalet SK	Istanbul
14:15 EET	Ahmet Berman 84'	(Report)	Burhan Sargun 59'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 13,383 Referee:

28 November 1959 12	MKE Ankaragücü	0–1	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
14:15 EET		(Report)	Metin Oktay 18'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 8,839 Referee:

29 November 1959 13	Şekerhilâl SK	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
14:15 EET	5'	(Report)	59'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 11,873 Referee:

2 December 1959 14	Beşiktaş JK	1–0	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:15 EET	Nazmi Bilge 44'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 28,213 Referee:

12 December 1959 15	İzmirspor	3–3	Galatasaray SK	Izmir
14:15 EET	26' 28p' 46'	(Report)	Suat Mamat 13' 48' Metin Oktay 81'	Stadium: Alsancak Stadı Attendance: n/a Referee:

13 December 1959 16	Karşıyaka SK	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Izmir
14:15 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Alsancak Stadı Attendance: 10,553 Referee:

17 December 1959 17	Fenerbahçe SK	1–0	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:00 EET	Can Bartu 77'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 28,142 Referee:

27 December 1959 18	Galatasaray SK	1–0	İstanbulspor	Istanbul
14:00 EET	6'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 14,417 Referee:

2 January 1960 19	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Vefa SK	Istanbul
14:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 14,591 Referee:

27 January 1960 20	Beykoz 1908 SKD	2–3	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:30 EET	49', 50'	(Report)	60' Metin Oktay 68' Ahmet Berman 72'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 9,491 Referee:

3 February 1960 21	Vefa SK	1–5	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
12:45 EET	İbrahim Yalçınkaya 13'	(Report)	10' Suat Mamat 16' Metin Oktay 38', 50', 71'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 12,034 Referee:

6 February 1960 22	Kasımpaşa SK	0–4	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:45 EET		(Report)	Suat Mamat 40' Metin Oktay 42', 52', 88'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 5,734 Referee:

13 February 1960 23	Hacettepe SK	1–2	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
14:45 EET	73'	(Report)	Metin Oktay 50' Suat Mamat 59'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 7,061 Referee:

14 February 1960 24	Gençlerbirliği SK	2–2	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
14:45 EET	11' 17'	(Report)	Metin Oktay 29' Suat Mamat 89'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 16,525 Referee:

20 February 1960 25	Altay SK	0–3	Galatasaray SK	Izmir
15:15 EET		(Report)	22' Metin Oktay 71p', 88'	Stadium: Alsancak Stadı Attendance: 6,432 Referee:

21 February 1960 26	Ankara Demirspor	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Izmir
14:45 EET	Fikri Elma 10'	(Report)	Suat Mamat 83'	Stadium: Alsancak Stadı Attendance: 10,955 Referee:

24 February 1960 27	Istanbulspor	0–3	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:45 EET		(Report)	Ahmet Berman 54' Metin Oktay 66', 80'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 10,617 Referee:

2 March 1960 28	Adalet SK	0–2	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
15:00 EET		(Report)	Ahmet Berman 3' 15og'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 16,067 Referee:

19 March 1960 29	Göztepe SK	0–1	Galatasaray SK	Izmir
15:15 EET		(Report)	Metin Oktay 67'	Stadium: Alsancak Stadı Attendance: 5,195 Referee:

20 March 1960 30	Altınordu SK	1–3	Galatasaray SK	Izmir
15:15 EET	29'	(Report)	Metin Oktay 38' 54' Suat Mamat 67'	Stadium: Alsancak Stadı Attendance: 3,852 Referee:

26 March 1960 31	Feriköy SK	1-2	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
15:15 EET	48'	(Report)	Metin Oktay 14p' 57'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 15,130 Referee:

27 March 1960 32	Fatih Karagümrük SK	1–0	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
15:15 EET	87'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 17,259 Referee:

6 April 1960 33	Galatasaray SK	0–1	Beşiktaş JK	Istanbul
15:30 EET		(Report)	70'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 27,521 Referee:

13 April 1960 34	Galatasaray SK	2–1	Fenerbahçe SK	Istanbul
15:30 EET	Ahmet Berman 2' Metin Oktay 25'	(Report)	22'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 24,953 Referee:

16 April 1960 35	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Şekerhilâl SK	Istanbul
15:45 EET	83'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 8,128 Referee:

17 April 1960 36	Galatasaray SK	2–0	MKE Ankaragücü SK	Istanbul
15:45 EET	Suat Mamat 30' Metin Oktay 57'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 9,331 Referee:

23 April 1960 37	Galatasaray SK	5–0	Karşıyaka SK	Istanbul
16:00 EET	Suat Mamat 4' 10', 86' Metin Oktay 19', 57'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 12,405 Referee:

24 April 1960 38	Galatasaray SK	1–1	Izmirspor	Istanbul
14:00 EET	Metin Oktay 60'	(Report)	Güven Önüt 14'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 19,045 Referee:

Friendly Matches[]

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

23 January 1960 Hasan Polatkan Kupası	Ankara Demirspor	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
13:15 EET	Fikri Elma 62'	(Report)	Suat Mamat 30'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 7,161 Referee:

24 January 1960 Hasan Polatkan Kupası	Fenerbahçe SK	1–2	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
15:00 EET	Lefter Küçükandonyadis 62'	(Report)	Uğur Köken 41', 61'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 23,953 Referee:

30 October 1959	Beşiktaş JK	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
15:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 29,145 Referee:

Attendances[]

Competition	Av. Att.	Total Att.
Milli Lig	15,225	289,270
Total	15,225	289,270

References[]

^ Galatasaray 2021/2022 Fikstür | Mackolik.com

Tuncay, Bülent (2002). Galatasaray Tarihi. Yapı Kredi Yayınları ISBN 975-08-0454-6

External links[]

Galatasaray Sports Club Official Website (in Turkish, English, and French)
Turkish Football Federation – Galatasaray A.Ş. (in Turkish and English)
uefa.com – Galatasaray AŞ

[1] Galatasaray 2021/2022 Fikstür | Mackolik.com

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