1973–74 Galatasaray S.K. season

Galatasaray
1973–74 season
President
Manager	Brian Birch
Stadium	Mithatpaşa Stadi
1. Lig	5th
	1/2 final
European Cup	1st round
Top goalscorer	League: ; (6); (6); All: ; (6); (6)
Highest home attendance	43,068 vs Fenerbahçe SK; (30 September 1973)
Lowest home attendance	4,245 vs Mersin İdmanyurdu; (12 May 1974)
Average home league attendance	26,604
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 season was Galatasaray's 70th in existence and the club's 16th consecutive season in the Turkish First Football League. 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
-	GK	Yasin Özdenak	30	0	4	0	2	0	36	0
-	GK	Nihat Akbay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	DF		5	0	2	0	0	0	7	0
-	DF	(C)	18	0	3	0	1	0	22	0
-	DF		6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
-	DF		26	0	2	0	2	0	30	0
-	DF		3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
-	DF		27	4	2	0	2	0	31	4
-	DF		24	2	3	0	0	0	27	2
-	DF	Cüneyt Tanman	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
-	MF	Bülent Ünder	19	2	1	0	2	0	22	2
-	DF		24	0	4	0	2	0	30	0
-	MF		22	2	4	0	0	0	26	2
-	MF		24	1	1	0	2	0	27	1
-	MF		25	6	3	0	2	0	30	6
-	FW	Gökmen Özdenak	11	3	2	1	1	0	14	4
-	FW		22	1	3	0	2	0	27	1
-	FW	Metin Kurt	17	1	4	0	1	0	22	1
-	FW	Engin Verel	15	0	4	1	0	0	19	1
-	FW		7	0	0	0	2	0	9	0
-	FW		15	1	3	0	2	0	20	1
-	FW		5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
-	FW		23	6	3	0	1	0	27	6

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Players in / out[]

In[]

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from
FW		24	Eskişehirspor
DF		27	PTT
MF		18	Galatasaray U21
FW	Engin Verel	17	Galatasaray U21
DF	Cüneyt Tanman	17	Galatasaray U21
DF		17	Galatasaray U21

Out[]

Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to
FW		Uğur Köken	36	Retired

1. Lig[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Boluspor	30	12	15	3	33	21	+12	39	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Eskişehirspor	30	14	8	8	34	24	+10	36	Invitation to Balkans Cup
5	Galatasaray	30	13	9	8	29	16	+13	35
6	Altay	30	11	9	10	25	22	+3	31
7	Adanaspor	30	8	13	9	20	26	−6	29

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

Matches[]

9 September 1973 1	Galatasaray SK	3–1	Boluspor	Istanbul
16:45 EET	Bülent Ünder 19' Gökmen Özdenak 35' 70'	(Report)	74'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 35,190 Referee:

15 September 1973 2	MKE Ankaragücü	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
16:45 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı Referee:

22 September 1973 3	Galatasaray	1–0	Adanaspor	Istanbul
16:30 EET	13'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 34,312 Referee:

30 September 1973 4	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Fenerbahçe SK	Istanbul
16:15 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 43,068 Referee:

7 October 1973 5	Eskişehirspor	2–0	Galatasaray SK	Eskişehir
16:00 EET	37' Fethi Heper 48'	(Report)		Stadium: Eskişehir Atatürk Stadı Referee:

20 October 1973 6	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Göztepe SK	Istanbul
16:00 EET	59'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 22,988 Referee:

28 October 1973 7	Samsunspor	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Samsun
15:45 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadı Referee:

4 November 1973 8	Beşiktaş J.K.	2–1	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:45 EET	6' 57'	(Report)	3'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 42,081 Referee:

11 November 1973 9	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Altay SK	Istanbul
14:30 EET	73p'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 40,808 Referee:

25 November 1973 10	Adana Demirspor	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Adana
14:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: 5 Ocak Stadi Referee:

1 December 1973 11	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Kayserispor	İstanbul
14:15 EET	61'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 21,455 Referee:

15 December 1973 12	Vefa SK	0–1	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:00 EET		(Report)	17'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 25,128 Referee:

23 December 1973 13	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Mersin
13:15 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadı Referee:

29 December 1973 14	Galatasaray SK	4–0	Bursaspor	Istanbul
14:00 EET	13' 30' 69' 90'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 24,710 Referee:

9 January 1974 15	Giresunspor	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Giresun
16:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Atatürk Stadi Referee:

10 February 1974 16	Boluspor	1–0	Galatasaray	Bolu
14:15 EET	20p'	(Report)		Stadium: Bolu Atatürk Stadi Referee:

17 February 1974 17	Galatasaray SK	3–0	MKE Ankaragücü	İstanbul
14:30 EET	Bülent Ünder 19' 55', 83'	(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 38,632 Referee:

24 February 1974 18	Adanaspor	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Adana
13:30 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Adana 5 Ocak Stadı Referee:

3 March 1974 19	Fenerbahçe SK	2–1	Galatasaray SK	İstanbul
14:30 EET	35' Osman Arpacıoğlu 40'	(Report)	Gökmen Özdenak 52'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 30,485 Referee:

9 March 1974 20	Galatasaray SK	3–0	Eskişehirspor	Istanbul
15:00 EET	17' 47' 87'	(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 32,853 Referee:

17 March 1974 21	Göztepe SK	1–1	Galatasaray SK	İzmir
15:15 EET	Mehmet Akpınar 76'	(Report)	89'	Stadium: İzmir Atatürk Stadı Attendance: 23,284 Referee:

24 March 1974 22	Galatasaray SK	2–0	Samsunspor	İstanbul
15:00 EET	45' Gökmen Özdenak 85'	(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 30,000 Referee:

31 March 1974 23	Galatasaray SK	0–1	Beşiktaş JK	İstanbul
15:00 EET		(Report)	Vedat Okyar 60p'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 21,732 Referee:

7 April 1974 24	Altay SK	0–1	Galatasaray	Izmir
16:00 EET		(Report)	54'	Stadium: Atatürk Stadı Referee:

13 April 1974 25	Galatasaray SK	0–1	Adana Demirspor	İstanbul
16:00 EET		(Report)	10'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 23,905 Referee:

21 April 1974 26	Kayserispor	2–0	Galatasaray SK	Kayserispor
16:00 EET	57' 73'	(Report)		Stadium: Kayseri Atatürk Stadı Referee:

27 April 1974 27	Galatasaray SK	0–1	Vefa SK	İstanbul
16:00 EET	15'	(Report)	28' 82'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 8,905 Referee:

12 May 1974 28	Galatasaray SK	2–0	Mersin İdmanyurdu	İstanbul
16:00 EET	Metin Kurt 63' 82'	(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 4.245 Referee:

19 May 1974 29	Bursaspor	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Bursa
16:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Bursa Atatürk Stadı Referee:

26 May 1974 30	Galatasaray SK	2–1	Giresunspor	İstanbul
17:30 EET	43' 71'	(Report)	25og'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 16,253 Referee:

Turkiye Kupasi[]

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1/4 Final[]

14 February 1974 1st leg	Galatasaray SK	1–1	Turanspor	İstanbul
15:00 EET	Engin Verel 50'	(Report)	48'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 15,869 Referee:

27 February 1974 2nd leg	Turanspor	0–1	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
14:00 EET		(Report)	Gökmen Özdenak 46'	Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı Referee:

1/2 Final[]

20 March 1974 1st leg	Fenerbahçe SK	0–0	Galatasaray SK	İstanbul
15:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 43,442 Referee: Doğan Babacan

17 April 1974 2nd leg	Galatasaray SK	0–3	Fenerbahçe SK	Istanbul
15:30 EET		(Report)	Cemil Turan 43', 48' Alpaslan Eratlı 88'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 25,201 Referee:

European Cup[]

1st round[]

19 September 1973 1	Atlético Madrid	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Madrid
01:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón Attendance: 34,259 Referee: Charles Corver

3 October 1973 1	Galatasaray SK	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Atlético Madrid	Istanbul
EET		(Report)	Ignacio Salcedo 100'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 37,460 Referee:

Friendly match[]

TSYD Kupası[]

4 August 1973 1	Beşiktaş JK	2–1	Galatasaray SK	İstanbul
20:30 EET	2' Necmi Perekli 66'	(Report)	22'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 43,127 Referee:

11 August 1973 1	Galatasaray SK	2–2	Fenerbahçe SK	İstanbul
20:30 EET	73' 82'	(Report)	Cemil Turan 30' Alpaslan Eratlı 64p'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 43,356 Referee:

50.Yıl Kupası[]

25 August 1973 İzmir Grubu	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Eskişehirspor	İzmir
20:30 EET	23p'	(Report)		Stadium: İzmir Atatürk Stadı Referee:

26 August 1973 Grup Finalleri	Altay SK	0–2	Galatasaray	Izmir
20:30 EET		(Report)	Gökmen Özdenak 7' 53'	Stadium: Atatürk Stadı Attendance: 15,300 Referee:

30 October 1973 Final	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Fenerbahçe SK	Ankara
15:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 26,622 Referee:

Uğur Köken Testimonial match[]

30 August 1973 1	Galatasaray SK	1–1	Beşiktaş JK	İstanbul
15:00 EET	Gökmen Özdenak 33'	(Report)	Necmi Perekli 52'	Stadium: İnönü Stadı Attendance: 20,779 Referee:

Attendance[]

Competition	Av. Att.	Total Att.
1. Lig	26,604	399,056
Türkiye Kupası	20,535	41,070
European Cup	37,460	37,460
Total	26,533	477,586

References[]

^ "Galatasaray".
^ "Türkiye Kupası".

Tuncay, Bülent (2002). Galatasaray Tarihi. Yapı Kredi Yayınları ISBN 975-08-0454-6
1979–1980 İstanbul Futbol Ligi. Türk Futbol Tarihi vol.1. page(121). (June 1992) Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu Yayınları.

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".

[2] "Türkiye Kupası".

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