1972–73 Galatasaray S.K. season

Galatasaray
1972–73 season
President	; (until 3 February 1973);
Manager	Brian Birch
Stadium	Ali Sami Yen Stadi; Mithatpaşa Stadi
1.Lig	1st
	Winner
	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; (12); All: ; (15)
Highest home attendance	42,850 vs FC Bayern Munich; (13 September 1972)
Lowest home attendance	17,830 vs Vefa SK; (04 April 1973)
Average home league attendance	32,178
	← 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 season was Galatasaray's 69th in existence and the 15th 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						European Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Yasin Özdenak	26	0	10	0	1	0	2	0	39	0
-	GK	Nihat Akbay	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
-	DF		23	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	33	0
-	DF		28	0	10	1	1	0	2	0	41	1
-	DF		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
-	DF		20	8	8	1	1	0	2	0	31	9
-	DF		29	1	9	0	1	0	2	0	41	1
-	DF		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
-	MF		29	2	9	0	1	0	1	0	40	2
-	MF	Bülent Ünder	26	2	8	0	1	0	2	1	37	3
-	MF		23	6	8	1	0	0	0	0	31	7
-	MF		28	2	10	3	1	0	2	0	41	5
-	MF	Talat Özkarslı	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	MF		3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
-	FW		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
-	FW	Uğur Köken(C)	12	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	15	1
-	FW		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	FW	Metin Kurt	30	9	10	4	1	1	2	0	43	14
9	FW	Gökmen Özdenak	20	2	7	5	0	0	2	0	29	7
-	FW		13	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	18	1
-	FW		11	1	6	3	1	0	0	0	18	4
-	MF		26	12	8	3	1	0	1	0	36	15

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Players in / out[]

In[]

Pos.	Age	Moving from
FW	22	Sirkeci SK
FW	19	Kütahyaspor
DF	16	Galatasaray U21

Out[]

Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to
FW		Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu	33	Sakaryaspor

1.Lig[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Galatasaray (C)	30	19	9	2	47	12	+35	47	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Fenerbahçe	30	16	10	4	42	17	+25	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Eskişehirspor	30	12	12	6	31	19	+12	36	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	MKE Ankaragücü	30	12	10	8	24	21	+3	34	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	Boluspor	30	12	9	9	37	30	+7	33	Invitation to Balkans Cup

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

Matches[]

9 September 1972 1	Galatasaray SK	3–0	PTT SK	Istanbul
16:30 EET	Gökmen Özdenak 36', 86' Uğur Köken 83'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 19,951 Referee:

16 September 1972 2	Şekerspor	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
15:45 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 14,020 Referee:

24 September 1972 3	Galatasaray SK	2–0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	İstanbul
15:45 EET	12' Metin Kurt 43'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: 28,306 Referee:

1 October 1972 4	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Beşiktaş JK	İstanbul
15:30 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 38,868 Referee:

8 October 1972 5	Altay SK	0–2	Galatasaray	Izmir
15:45 EET		(Report)	7' 13'	Stadium: Atatürk Stadı Referee:

14 October 1972 6	Galatasaray SK	0–1	Göztepe SK	Istanbul
14:15 EET		(Report)	85'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 26,040 Referee:

29 October 1972 7	Giresunspor	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Giresun
14:00 EET	73'	(Report)	86'	Stadium: Atatürk Stadi Referee:

4 November 1972 8	Vefa SK	1–2	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:30 EET	79'	(Report)	41p', 66'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 15,573 Referee:

12 November 1972 9	Galatasaray	1–0	Adanaspor	Istanbul
14:30 EET	Metin Kurt 85'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 29,246 Referee:

19 November 1972 10	Boluspor	0–0	Galatasaray	Bolu
14:30 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Bolu Atatürk Stadium Referee:

25 November 1972 11	Galatasaray SK	3–1	Eskişehirspor	Istanbul
14:30 EET	35' Metin Kurt 55' 85'	(Report)	89'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 42,337 Referee:

3 December 1972 12	Fenerbahçe SK	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:15 EET	Osman Arpacıoğlu 65'	(Report)	43'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 41,293 Referee: Doğan Babacan

17 December 1972 13	MKE Ankaragücü	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
14:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 40,000 Referee:

24 December 1972 14	Galatasaray SK	5–0	Samsunspor	Istanbul
14:15 EET	Metin Kurt 10', 45', 59' 17', 85'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 27,971 Referee:

31 December 1972 15	Bursaspor	0–1	Galatasaray SK	Bursa
14:15 EET		(Report)	65'	Stadium: Atatürk Stadı Referee:

4 February 1973 16	PTT SK	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
14:15 EET	27'	(Report)	Bülent Ünder 6'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 24,280 Referee:

10 February 1973 17	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Şekerspor	Istanbul
14:30EET	5'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 30,262 Referee:

18 February 1973 18	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Mersin
14:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadı Referee:

4 March 1973 19	Beşiktaş JK	0–3	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:45 EET		(Report)	22p' 52' 58'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 42,863 Referee:

11 March 1973 20	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Altay SK	Istanbul
14:45 EET	Metin Kurt 21'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: n/a Referee:

18 March 1973 21	Göztepe SK	0–4	Galatasaray SK	Izmir
15:00 EET		(Report)	37' 51', 58' 56'	Stadium: Atatürk Stadı Attendance: 39,290 Referee:

24 March 1973 22	Galatasaray SK	2–0	Giresunspor	Istanbul
15:00 EET	9' 64'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 39,666 Referee:

31 March 1973 23	Galatasaray SK	3–1	Vefa SK	Istanbul
15:00 EET	53', 76' 82'	(Report)	26'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 37,858 Referee:

8 April 1973 24	Adanaspor	0–1	Galatasaray SK	Adana
14:30 EET		(Report)	24'	Stadium: Adana 5 Ocak Stadı Referee:

15 April 1973 25	Galatasaray SK	3–1	Boluspor	Istanbul
15:30 EET	Metin Kurt 5' Bülent Ünder 10' 17'	(Report)	12'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 42,510 Referee:

22 April 1973 26	Eskişehirspor	2–0	Galatasaray SK	Eskişehir
14:45 EET	80', 81'	(Report)		Stadium: Eskişehir Atatürk Stadı Referee:

29 April 1973 27	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Fenerbahçe SK	Istanbul
15:45 EET	28'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 30,589 Referee:

12 May 1973 28	Galatasaray SK	3–0	MKE Ankaragücü	İstanbul
16:30 EET	35' Metin Kurt 44' 60'	(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: n/a Referee:

20 May 1973 29	Samsunspor	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Samsun
15:15 EET	19'	(Report)	26'	Stadium: Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadı Referee:

27 May 1973 30	Galatasaray SK	2–1	Bursaspor	Istanbul
16:30 EET	25', 90'	(Report)	54p'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 24,707 Referee:

Türkiye Kupası[]

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

1st round[]

1 November 1972 1	Galatasaray SK	5–1	Orduspor (2)	Istanbul
14:30 EET	15p' 42', 48', 78' 69'	(Report)	90'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: n/a Referee:

15 November 1972 2	Orduspor (2)	1–2	Galatasaray SK	Ordu
14:00 EET	38'	(Report)	Gökmen Özdenak 18' Metin Kurt 70'	Stadium: Referee:

2nd round[]

13 December 1972 1	Eskişehirspor	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Eskişehir
14:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Eskişehir Atatürk Stadı Referee:

27 December 1972 2	Galatasaray SK	3–0	Eskişehirspor	Istanbul
14:00EET	Metin Kurt 62' Gökmen Özdenak 79' 86p'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 19,474 Referee:

1/4 final[]

28 January 1973 1	Galatasaray SK	4–1	Bursaspor	Istanbul
14:30 EET	Metin Kurt 2' 15' 31' 83'	(Report)	75'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 30,639 Referee:

28 February 1973 2	Bursaspor	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Bursa
14:45 EET	21'	(Report)	Gökmen Özdenak 72'	Stadium: Atatürk Stadı Referee:

1/2 final[]

14 March 1973 1	Vefa SK	1–2	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:45 EET	34'	(Report)	13', 32'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 12,722 Referee:

4 April 1973 2	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Vefa SK	Istanbul
18:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 17,830 Referee: Doğan Babacan

Final[]

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2 May 1973 1	Galatasaray SK	3–1	MKE Ankaragücü	İstanbul
16:30 EET	Gökmen Özdenak 36', 72' 89'	(Report)	17'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 20,824 Referee:

23 May 1973 2	MKE Ankaragücü	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
16:30 EET	Erman Toroğlu 73'	(Report)	Metin Kurt 70'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 21,612 Referee:

Süper Kupa[]

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

9 June 1973	Galatasaray SK	1–2	Fenerbahçe SK	Ankara
15:00 EET	Metin Kurt 5'	(Report)	Cemil Turan 19' 45p'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Doğan Babacan

European Cup[]

1st round[]

13 September 1972 1	Galatasaray SK	1–1	FC Bayern Munich	Istanbul
EET	Bülent Ünder 55'	(Report)	Gerd Müller 66'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 42,850 Referee:

27 September 1972 2	FC Bayern Munich	6–0	Galatasaray SK	München
01:00 EET	Gerd Müller 14', 78' Uli Hoeness 29' Edgar Schneider 35' Franz Beckenbauer 76p' Franz Roth 88'	(Report)		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 70,000 Referee:

Friendly matches[]

12 August 1972 1	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Beşiktaş JK	Istanbul
15:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: 14,742 Referee:

TSYD Kupası[]

16 August 1972 1	Fenerbahçe SK	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
20:30 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: 26,381 Referee:

23 August 1972 1	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Beşiktaş JK	Istanbul
20:30 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: n/a Referee:

Zafer Bayramı Kupası[]

30 August 1972	Galatasaray SK	0–1	Fenerbahçe SK	Istanbul
15:00 EET		(Report)	Osman Arpacıoğlu 6'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadi Attendance: n/a Referee:

Hasan Tahsin Kupası[]

21 January 1973	Fenerbahçe SK	2–1	Galatasaray SK	İzmir
15:00 EET	2p' 20'	(Report)	Gökmen Özdenak 8'	Stadium: Atatürk Stadı Attendance: 66,701 Referee:

Attendance[]

Competition	Av. Att.	Total Att.
1. Lig	32,178	418,311
Türkiye Kupası	22,192	88,767
European Cup	42,850	42,850
Total	30,552	549,928

References[]

^ "Galatasaray Futbol Takımı - 1972/1973 @ Mackolik.com". mackolik.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
^ Türkiye Kupası – 1972/1973 Maç Sonuçları, iddaa İstatistikleri, Haberler @ 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

[mackolik-1] "Galatasaray Futbol Takımı - 1972/1973 @ Mackolik.com". mackolik.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.

[2] Türkiye Kupası – 1972/1973 Maç Sonuçları, iddaa İstatistikleri, Haberler @ Mackolik.com

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