1977–78 Galatasaray S.K. season

Galatasaray
1977–78 season
President
Manager	Malcolm Allison; (until 2 October 1977); Fethi Demircan
Stadium	Inönü Stadi
1. Lig	3rd
	1/4 final
Top goalscorer	League: Gökmen Özdenak (16); All: Gökmen Özdenak (19)
Highest home attendance	41,074 vs Trabzonspor; (1. Lig, 12 March 1978)
Lowest home attendance	7,555 vs İzmirspor; (Turkiye Kupasi, 7 December 1977)
Average home league attendance	25,882
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 season was Galatasaray's 74th in existence and the club's 20th 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				Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
-	GK	Boško Kajganić	6	0	0	0	6	0
-	GK		16	0	5	0	21	0
-	GK	Nihat Akbay	10	0	1	0	11	0
-	DF	Fatih Terim (C)	29	2	5	0	34	2
-	DF		29	2	5	0	34	2
-	DF	Cüneyt Tanman	28	3	5	0	33	3
-	DF	Erdoğan Arıca	28	0	4	1	32	1
-	DF	Müfit Erkasap	30	0	6	0	36	0
-	DF		7	0	3	0	10	0
-	DF		4	0	1	0	5	0
-	MF	Bülent Ünder	2	0	1	1	3	1
-	MF		24	1	5	2	29	3
-	MF		29	0	5	0	34	0
-	MF		14	1	4	0	18	1
-	FW	Engin Çınar	0	0	1	0	1	0
-	FW		3	0	0	0	3	0
-	FW	Gökmen Özdenak	26	16	6	3	32	19
-	FW		29	5	5	0	34	5
-	FW		24	4	5	0	29	4
-	FW		14	1	1	0	15	1
-	FW		10	0	2	0	12	0
-	FW		11	2	2	0	13	2

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Players in / out[]

In[]

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to
DF	Erdoğan Arıca	23	Orduspor
FW		27	Bursaspor
MF		19	Tofaş SK
GK		21	İzmirspor
DF		21	Vefa SK
MF		19	Çanakkalespor
FW		25	Giresunspor
GK	Boško Kajganić	28	Red Star Belgrade
FW		22	Konya İdman Yurdu

Out[]

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to
DF		30	Retired
FW		28	Fenerbahçe SK
FW		21	Orduspor
DF		21	Vefa SK
DF		21	Vefa SK
FW		21	Adanaspor
FW		25	Giresunspor
DF		21	Orduspor
GK	Doğan Özdenak	23
DF		21	Rizespor

1. Lig[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fenerbahçe (C)	30	17	8	5	48	24	+24	42	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Trabzonspor	30	18	5	7	42	16	+26	41
3	Galatasaray	30	13	12	5	38	26	+12	38	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Adanaspor	30	12	11	7	28	31	−3	35	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Beşiktaş	30	12	8	10	33	29	+4	32	Invitation to Balkans Cup

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

Matches[]

28 August 1977 1	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Zonguldakspor	Istanbul
17:00 EET	Gökmen Özdenak 55'	(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 40,243 Referee:

4 September 1977 2	Eskişehirspor	2–2	Galatasaray SK	Eskişehir
17:00 EET	6p' 14'	(Report)	Gökmen Özdenak 21', 44'	Stadium: Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium Referee:

11 September 1977 3	Galatasaray	1–0	Boluspor	Istanbul
17:00 EET	28'	(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 33,094 Referee:

26 September 1977 4	Trabzonspor	0–0	Galatasaray	Trabzon
15:45 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium Referee:

2 October 1977 5	Galatasaray	0–2	Fenerbahçe SK	Istanbul
16:15 EET		(Report)	Cemil Turan 9' 16'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 39,265 Referee: Hilmi Ok

9 October 1977 6	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1–1	Galatasaray	Mersin
14:45 EET	Müjdat Karanfilci 30'	(Report)	87'	Stadium: Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium Referee:

16 October 1977 7	Galatasaray SK	2–0	MKE Ankaragücü	İstanbul
14:30 EET	60' 72'	(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 17,107 Referee:

5 November 1977 8	Galatasaray	0–0	Orduspor	İstanbul
14:45 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Referee:

20 November 1977 9	Samsunspor	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Samsun
13:30 EET		(Report)		Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Referee:

4 December 1977 10	Altay SK	2–1	Galatasaray	Izmir
14:15 EET	Bora Öztürk 10', 26'	(Report)	Cüneyt Tanman 16'	Stadium: Alsancak Stadı Referee:

10 December 1977 11	Galatasaray	4–0	Adanaspor	Istanbul
14:15 EET	36' 38' Cüneyt Tanman 46' Fatih Terim 53'	(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 26,000 Referee:

18 December 1977 12	Galatasaray SK	3–1	Beşiktaş JK	İstanbul
14:00 EET	Gökmen Özdenak 61', 86' 69'	(Report)	Sava Paunović 72p'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 37,871 Referee:

25 December 1977 13	Diyarbakırspor	1–1	Galatasaray	Diyarbakır
13:15 EET	80'	(Report)	Gökmen Özdenak 68'	Stadium: Diyarbakır Atatürk Stadium Referee:

1 January 1978 14	Galatasaray SK	2–0	Bursaspor	İstanbul
14:15 EET	12' Cüneyt Tanman 89'	(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 16,231 Referee:

8 January 1978 15	Adana Demirspor	1–0	Galatasaray	Adana
13:30 EET	61'	(Report)		Stadium: Adana 5 Ocak Stadium Referee:

19 February 1978 16	Zonguldakspor	0–0	Galatasaray	Zonguldak
14:15 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Referee:

26 February 1978 17	Galatasaray	1–0	Eskişehirspor	İstanbul
14:30 EET	Fatih Terim 34'	(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 28,463 Referee:

5 March 1978 18	Boluspor	3–0	Galatasaray	Bolu
14:45 EET	Halil İbrahim Eren 15', 90' Çetin Erdoğan 65'	(Report)		Stadium: Bolu Atatürk Stadium Referee:

12 March 1978 19	Galatasaray SK	2–1	Trabzonspor	İstanbul
15:00 EET	Gökmen Özdenak 30', 42'	(Report)	Mehmet Ekşi 41'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 41,074 Referee:

19 March 1978 20	Fenerbahçe SK	2–2	Galatasaray SK	İstanbul
15:00 EET	Cemil Turan 30' Radomir Antić 86'	(Report)	Gökmen Özdenak 7' 84'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 41,838 Referee: Hilmi Ok

26 March 1978 21	Galatasaray SK	2–1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	İstanbul
15:00 EET	Gökmen Özdenak 20' 76'	(Report)	65'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 13,724 Referee:

2 April 1978 22	MKE Ankaragücü	3–1	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
16:00 EET	33', 68' 44'	(Report)	85og'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Referee:

10 April 1978 23	Orduspor	0–1	Galatasaray	Ordu
16:00 EET		(Report)	2'	Stadium: Referee:

15 April 1978 24	Galatasaray SK	2–1	Samsunspor	İstanbul
16:00 EET	65' 84'	(Report)	75'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 15,977 Referee:

22 April 1978 25	Galatasaray	0–0	Altay SK	Istanbul
15:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 15,252 Referee:

30 April 1978 26	Adanaspor	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Adana
15:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Adana 5 Ocak Stadı Referee:

7 May 1978 27	Beşiktaş J.K.	1–1	Galatasaray	Istanbul
15:00 EET	27'	(Report)	Gökmen Özdenak 71'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 16,575 Referee:

14 May 1978 28	Galatasaray	3–0	Diyarbakırspor	Istanbul
16:00 EET	Gökmen Özdenak 14', 85' 18'	(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 13,448 Referee:

21 May 1978 29	Bursaspor	1–1	Galatasaray	Bursa
16:00 EET	65'	(Report)	11'	Stadium: Bursa Atatürk Stadı Referee:

27 May 1978 30	Galatasaray SK	4–3	Adana Demirspor	İstanbul
16:00 EET	Gökmen Özdenak 4', 44p', 62' 15'	(Report)	21', 60' 78'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 8,642 Referee:

Turkiye Kupasi[]

Round of 32[]

7 December 1977 1	Galatasaray	4–0	İzmirspor (3)	İstanbul
14:15 EET	Erdoğan Arıca 23' Gökmen Özdenak 42', 44' 73'	(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 7,555 Referee:

21 December 1977 2	İzmirspor (3)	0–1	Galatasaray	İzmir
13:45 EET		(Report)	Bülent Ünder 77'	Stadium: Atatürk Stadı Attendance: 1,390 Referee:

Round of 16[]

15 February 1978 1	Galatasaray	1–0	Gaziantepspor (2)	İstanbul
14:30 EET	51'	(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 9,669 Referee:

1 March 1978 2	Gaziantepspor (2)	0–2	Galatasaray	Gaziantep
13:45 EET		(Report)	70' Gökmen Özdenak 81'	Stadium: Kamil Ocak Stadı Referee:

1/4 final[]

15 March 1978 1	Galatasaray	0–1	Kayserispor (2)	İstanbul
13:00 EET		(Report)	82'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 38,272 Referee:

29 March 1978 2	Kayserispor (2)	0–0	Galatasaray	Kayseri
14:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Atatürk Stadı Referee:

Friendly Matches[]

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

Friendly match[]

7 August 1977	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Trabzonspor	İstanbul
15:00 EET	75'	(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Referee:

TSYD Kupası[]

10 August 1977 1	Galatasaray SK	4–0	Beşiktaş JK	İstanbul
20:00 EET	10' 26' 37' Gökmen Özdenak 63'	(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 14,053 Referee:

14 August 1977 2	Fenerbahçe SK	2–1	Galatasaray SK	İstanbul
20:00 EET	63p' Bahri Kaya 74'	(Report)	77'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 41,243 Referee:

Attendance[]

Competition	Av. Att.	Total Att.
1. Lig	25,882	388,229
Türkiye Kupası	18,499	55,496
Total	24,651	443,725

References[]

^ [1]

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

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