1968–69 Galatasaray S.K. season

Galatasaray
1968–69 season
President	; (until 18 January 1969);
Manager	Tomislav Kaloperović
Stadium	Ali Sami Yen Stadi; Mithatpaşa Stadi
1.Lig	1st
	finalist
Süper Kupa	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Metin Oktay (17); All: ; Metin Oktay (21)
Highest home attendance	42,946 vs Fenerbahçe SK; (Türkiye Kupası, 6 June 1969)
Lowest home attendance	12,672 vs Ankara Demirspor; (1. Lig, 30 November 1968)
Average home league attendance	30,939
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–69 season was Galatasaray's 65th in existence and the 11th consecutive season in the 1. 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	1. Lig				Süper Kupa		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Yasin Özdenak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	GK	Nihat Akbay	28	0	7	0	1	0	36	0
-	GK	Varol Ürkmez	4	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
-	DF		28	0	8	0	1	0	37	0
-	DF		29	0	9	2	1	0	39	2
-	DF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	DF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	DF		2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
-	DF		2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
-	DF		19	0	6	0	1	0	26	0
-	DF		13	0	5	0	1	0	19	0
-	DF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	MF		30	4	9	2	1	0	40	6
-	MF	Onursal Uraz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	MF		30	3	8	2	0	0	38	5
-	MF	Talat Özkarslı	24	0	7	0	1	0	32	0
-	MF	Mustafa Yürür	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	FW	Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu	28	7	7	1	0	0	35	8
-	FW	Uğur Köken	29	1	8	1	1	0	28	2
-	FW		16	2	5	0	1	0	22	2
-	FW		6	3	3	2	1	1	10	6
-	FW		3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
-	FW		5	0	2	0	0	0	7	0
-	FW		11	0	3	0	1	0	15	0
9	FW	Gökmen Özdenak	26	9	9	1	1	1	36	11
10	FW	Metin Oktay(C)	30	17	8	4	1	0	39	21

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Players in / out[]

In[]

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from
GK	Nihat Akbay	23	Beykoz 1908 S.K.D.
GK	Varol Ürkmez	31	Altay SK
DF		27	Ankara Demirspor
MF		18	Galatasaray A2
DF		21	Balıkesirspor
DF		22
FW		22
FW		28

Out[]

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from
GK		28
GK		20	Trabzonspor
DF		32	Vefa SK
DF		26
MF	Onursal Uraz	24	Şekerspor
MF	Mustafa Yürür	30	İzmirspor
FW	Yılmaz Gökdel	28	Vefa SK

1.Lig[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Galatasaray (C)	30	19	8	3	49	14	+35	46	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Eskişehirspor	30	17	9	4	39	18	+21	43	Invitation to Balkans Cup
3	Beşiktaş	30	14	10	6	30	20	+10	38
4	Fenerbahçe	30	13	9	8	34	25	+9	35
5	Bursaspor	30	12	8	10	32	28	+4	32

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

Matches[]

15 September 1968 1	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Vefa SK	Istanbul
15:45 EET	Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu 41'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: 27,508 Referee:

22 September 1968 2	PTT SK	1–0	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
15:45 EET	Ertan Adatepe 18'	(Report)		Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: n/a Referee:

29 September 1968 3	Galatasaray SK	1–1	Istanbulspor	Istanbul
15:30 EET	Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu 26'	(Report)	34'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: 30,161 Referee:

6 October 1968 4	Izmirspor	0–2	Galatasaray SK	Izmir
15:30 EET		(Report)	Metin Oktay 44' Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu 60'	Stadium: Alsancak Stadı Attendance: n/a Referee:

13 October 1968 5	Eskişehirspor	0–2	Galatasaray SK	Eskişehir
15:00 EET		(Report)	Metin Oktay 6', 58'	Stadium: Atatürk Stadı) Attendance: n/a Referee:

27 October 1968 6	Galatasaray SK	4–0	Altınordu F.K.	Istanbul
15:00 EET	Metin Oktay 2', 38' Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu 25', 54'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: n/a Referee:

3 November 1968 7	Galatasaray SK	2–0	Bursaspor	Istanbul
15:00 EET	Gökmen Özdenak 35' 75'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: n/a Referee:

17 November 1968 8	Galatasaray SK	1–1	Fenerbahçe SK	Istanbul
14:30 EET	Metin Oktay 55'	(Report)	Abdullah Çevrim 85'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: 40,000 Referee:

24 November 1968 9	Gençlerbirliği SK	2–1	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
14:15 EET	14' 81'	(Report)	Metin Oktay 69'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: n/a Referee: Paul Schiller

30 November 1968 10	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Ankara Demirspor	Istanbul
14:00 EET	Metin Oktay 43p'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: 12,672 Referee: Luigi Grassi

15 December 1968 11	Göztepe SK	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Izmir
14:30 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Alsancak Stadı Attendance: 22,915 Referee:

21 December 1968 12	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Altay SK	Istanbul
14:00 EET	Roland Magnusson 58og'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: n/a Referee:

29 December 1968 13	Galatasaray SK	2–0	Beşiktaş JK	Istanbul
14:00 EET	12', 61'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: 40,000 Referee: ]

5 January 1969 14	Galatasaray SK	3–1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	Istanbul
14:30 EET	Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu 47', 85' 58'	(Report)	4'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: n/a Referee:

11 January 1969 15	Galatasaray SK	4–2	Şekerspor	Istanbul
14:30 EET	21' 24' Metin Oktay 49' Gökmen Özdenak 81'	(Report)	30', 83'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: n/a Referee:

15 February 1969 16	Vefa SK	0–3	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:45 EET		(Report)	37' 63og' Metin Oktay 82'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: n/a Referee:

22 February 1969 17	Galatasaray SK	5–0	PTT SK	Istanbul
14:45 EET	Metin Oktay 1', 70' Gökmen Özdenak 4', 52' 87'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: n/a Referee:

2 March 1969 18	Istanbulspor	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:45 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 41,184 Referee:

8 March 1969 19	Galatasaray SK	3–1	Izmirspor	Istanbul
15:00 EET	Gökmen Özdenak 39', 57' Metin Oktay 46'	(Report)	İbrahim Ayhan 11'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: n/a Referee:

16 March 1969 20	Galatasaray SK	2–2	Eskişehirspor	Istanbul
15:00 EET	46' Metin Oktay 48p'	(Report)	23', 25'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: 35,297 Referee:

23 March 1969 21	Altınordu F.K.	0–2	Galatasaray SK	Izmir
15:30 EET		(Report)	Metin Oktay 18' 69'	Stadium: Alsancak Stadı Attendance: n/a Referee:

30 March 1969 22	Bursaspor	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Bursa
14:45 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Atatürk Stadı Attendance: n/a Referee:

6 April 1969 23	Fenerbahçe SK	1–0	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
15:15 EET	16'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 40,177 Referee:

13 April 1969 24	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Gençlerbirliği SK	Istanbul
15:15 EET	Metin Oktay 49'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: n/a Referee:

20 April 1969 25	Ankara Demirspor	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
15:00 EET	Fikri Elma 19'	(Report)	Metin Oktay 60'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: n/a Referee:

4 May 1969 26	Altay SK	0–2	Galatasaray SK	Izmir
15:45 EET		(Report)	Gökmen Özdenak 50' Metin Oktay 87'	Stadium: Alsancak Stadı Attendance: n/a Referee:

11 May 1969 27	Beşiktaş JK	0–1	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
15:30 EET		(Report)	Uğur Köken 76'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 30,389 Referee: Erich Linemayr

14 May 1969 28	Galatasaray SK	2–0	Göztepe SK	Istanbul
16:00 EET	Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu 1' Gökmen Özdenak 45'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: n/a Referee:

18 May 1969 29	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Mersin
15:15 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadı Attendance: n/a Referee:

25 May 1969 30	Şekerspor	1–2	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
15:30 EET	69'	(Report)	22' Gökmen Özdenak 58'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 31,329 Referee: Walter Eschweiler

Türkiye Kupası[]

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

1st round[]

30 October 1968 1	Kütahyaspor	1–3	Galatasaray SK	Kütahya
14:30 EET	33' Cemal 37' 40' 89'	(Report)	10' 12', 39'	Stadium: Dumlupinar Stadı Attendance: n/a Referee:

13 November 1968 2	Galatasaray SK	2–1	Kütahyaspor	Istanbul
19:00 EET	Gökmen Özdenak 14' 71'	(Report)	44'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: n/a Referee:

2nd round[]

26 February 1969 1	Eskişehirspor	0–1	Galatasaray SK	Eskişehir
14:45 EET		(Report)	29p'	Stadium: Atatürk Stadı) Attendance: n/a Referee:

26 March 1969 2	Galatasaray SK	2–1	Eskişehirspor	Istanbul
15:30 EET	Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu 36' Metin Oktay 44'	(Report)	Fethi Heper 8'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: n/a Referee:

1/4 Final[]

21 May 1969 1	Altay SK	0–2	Galatasaray SK	Izmir
20:00 EET		(Report)	Metin Oktay 3' 10'	Stadium: Alsancak Stadı Attendance: n/a Referee:

28 May 1969 2	Galatasaray SK	2–0	Altay SK	Istanbul
20:00 EET	Metin Oktay 8' Uğur Köken 43'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 18,788 Referee:

1/2 Final[]

6 June 1969 1	Galatasaray SK	2–1	Fenerbahçe SK	Istanbul
20:00 EET	20' Metin Oktay 78'	(Report)	Ogün Altıparmak 15'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 42,946 Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein

Final[]

15 June 1969 1	Göztepe SK	1–0	Galatasaray SK	Izmir
20:30 EET	26'	(Report)		Stadium: Alsancak Stadı Attendance: n/a Referee:

18 June 1969 2	Galatasaray SK	1–1	Göztepe SK	Istanbul
20:15 EET	23'	(Report)	99'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 24,830 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi

Süper Kupa[]

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

29 June 1969	Galatasaray SK	2–0	Göztepe SK	Ankara
17:00 EET	Gökmen Özdenak 76' 80'	(Report)		Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: n/a Referee:

Friendly Matches[]

2 February 1969	Beşiktaş JK	1–0	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
15:00 EET	Ahmet Şahin 74'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 13,365 Referee:

Spor Toto Kupası[]

10 August 1968 1	Vefa SK	2–0	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
17:00 EET	61' Yılmaz Gökdel 88'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: 16,174 Referee:

18 August 1968 2	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Beşiktaş JK	Istanbul
17:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: n/a Referee:

Ali Sami Yen-Galip Kulaksızoğlu Kupası[]

24 August 1968	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Fenerbahçe SK	Istanbul
15:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: n/a Referee:

Attendance[]

Competition	Av. Att.	Total Att.
1. Lig	30,939	185,638
Türkiye Kupası	28,855	86,564
Total	30,245	272,202

References[]

^ "Galatasaray Futbol Takımı - 1968/1969 @ Mackolik.com". mackolik.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.

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

[mackolik-1] "Galatasaray Futbol Takımı - 1968/1969 @ Mackolik.com". mackolik.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.

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