1980–81 Galatasaray S.K. season

Galatasaray
1980–81 season
President	Ali Uras
Manager	Brian Birch
Stadium	Inönü Stadi; (until End 1980); Ali Sami Yen Stadı
1. Lig	3rd
	Quarter Finalist
Top goalscorer	League: ; (6); All: ; (6)
Highest home attendance	40,438 vs Fenerbahçe SK; (22 February 1981)
Lowest home attendance	11,675 vs Eskişehirspor; (24 August 1980)
Average home league attendance	25,672
	← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The 1980–81 season was Galatasaray's 77th in existence and the 23rd 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		25	0	3	0	28	0
-	GK		6	0	3	0	9	0
-	DF	Fatih Terim (C)	27	2	6	0	33	2
-	DF	Cüneyt Tanman	29	3	6	0	35	3
-	DF	Erdoğan Arıca	26	1	5	0	31	1
-	DF		26	0	5	0	31	0
-	DF	Müfit Erkasap	26	3	5	1	31	4
-	DF		24	2	6	1	30	3
-	DF		7	0	1	0	8	0
-	DF	Kadir Özcan	1	0	0	0	1	0
-	MF		22	1	4	1	26	2
-	MF		13	0	2	0	15	0
-	MF		28	4	4	0	32	4
-	MF		26	0	5	0	31	0
-	MF	Metin Yıldız	24	1	3	0	27	1
-	MF		19	6	4	0	23	6
-	MF		2	0	0	0	2	0
-	FW		3	0	2	2	5	2
-	FW		13	1	3	0	16	1
-	FW		15	2	5	1	20	3
-	FW		10	2	1	0	11	2
-	FW		2	0	1	0	3	0
-	FW		6	0	3	0	9	0

Players in / out[]

In[]

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from
DF		25	Istanbulspor
DF		25	Adanaspor
MF		27	Kayserispor
DF	Kadir Özcan	28	Zonguldakspor
FW		21	Galatasaray A2
FW		30	Bursaspor
FW		27	Eskişehirspor

Out[]

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to
FW	Gökmen Özdenak	33	Retired
DF		27	Toronto Blizzard
MF		22	Adana Demirspor

1. Lig[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Trabzonspor (C)	30	16	7	7	41	21	+20	39	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Adanaspor	30	13	8	9	36	28	+8	34	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Galatasaray	30	13	8	9	28	25	+3	34	Invitation to Balkans Cup
4	Gaziantepspor	30	12	9	9	23	22	+1	33
5	Beşiktaş	30	12	7	11	27	23	+4	31

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

Matches[]

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

24 August 1980 1	Galatasaray	4–1	Eskişehirspor	Izmir
21:00 EET	13' Arıca 59' 65'(pen.) Yıldız 85'		72'	Stadium: İzmir Atatürk Stadium Attendance: 11,675 Referee:

31 August 1980 2	Boluspor	3–0	Galatasaray	Bolu
17:00 EET	22' 28' 60' Eren 74'		Erkasap 81'	Stadium: Bolu Atatürk Stadium Referee:

7 September 1980 3	Galatasaray	1–3	Adanaspor	Ankara
17:00 EET	60'		10' 25' 60' 30' 34' Öztürk 64'	Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee:

19 October 1980 4	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0–1	Galatasaray	Mersin
15:00 EET	51' 76' 78'		Tanman 65' 71' 76' 64'	Stadium: Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium Referee:

25 October 1980 5	Galatasaray	0–0	Gaziantepspor	Istanbul
15:30 EET			21'	Stadium: Attendance: 35,012 Referee:

2 November 1980 6	Zonguldakspor	2–1	Galatasaray	Zonguldak
14:30 EET	Yıldırım 31' Badalıoğlu 64' 87'		9' Terim 79'	Stadium: Referee:

8 November 1980 7	Galatasaray	3–0	Orduspor	Istanbul
14:45 EET	20' Terim 42' 79' 84'			Stadium: Attendance: 25,364 Referee:

16 November 1980 8	Trabzonspor	3–0	Galatasaray SK	Trabzon
14:15 EET	4' 61' 70'	(report)		Stadium: Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium Attendance: 13,229 Referee:

23 November 1980 9	Beşiktaş JK	0–1	Galatasaray SK	İstanbul
14:45 EET		(Report)	65'	Stadium: Attendance: 39,968 Referee:

7 December 1980 10	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Kocaelispor	İstanbul
14:00 EET	Cüneyt 77'	(Report)		Stadium: Referee:

14 December 1980 11	Adana Demirspor	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Adana
13:30 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Adana 5 Ocak Stadı Referee:

21 December 1980 12	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Altay SK	İstanbul
14:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 21,117 Referee:

28 December 1980 13	Fenerbahçe	0–1	Galatasaray SK	İstanbul
14:00 EET		(Report)	25'	Stadium: Attendance: 39,777 Referee:

4 January 1981 14	Galatasaray SK	2–0	Bursaspor	İstanbul
14:00 EET	62' Müfit 68'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 26,534 Referee:

11 January 1981 15	Çaykur Rizespor	0–1	Galatasaray SK	Rize
13:15 EET		(Report)	46'	Stadium: Rize Atatürk Stadı Referee:

1 February 1981 16	Eskişehirspor	1–0	Galatasaray SK	Eskişehir
14:15 EET	73'	(Report)		Stadium: Eskişehir Atatürk Stadı Referee:

8 February 1981 17	Galatasaray SK	3–2	Boluspor	İstanbul
14:30 EET	3' 25', 77'	(Report)	Halil İbrahim 4', 73'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 28,994 Referee:

15 February 1981 18	Adanaspor	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Adana
14:00 EET	Ercan 17'	(Report)	73'	Stadium: Adana 5 Ocak Stadı Referee:

22 February 1981 19	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Fenerbahçe SK	İstanbul
14:30 EET	53'	(Report)		Stadium: İnönü Stadı Attendance: 40,438 Referee:

28 February 1981 20	Galatasaray SK	2–2	Çaykur Rizespor	İstanbul
14:30 EET	Fatih 12', 61'	(Report)	Osman 3' 13'	Stadium: İnönü Stadı Attendance: 18,354 Referee:

8 March 1981 21	Bursaspor	2–1	Galatasaray SK	Bursa
15:00 EET	Sedat 1' 73'	(Report)	85'	Stadium: Bursa Atatürk Stadium Referee:

14 March 1981 22	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Mersin İdmanyurdu SK	İstanbul
15:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: İnönü Stadı Attendance: 14,788 Referee:

29 March 1981 23	Gaziantepspor	1–0	Galatasaray SK	Gaziantep
14:30 EET	59'p	(Report)		Stadium: Kamil Ocak Stadı Referee:

5 April 1981 24	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Zonguldakspor	İstanbul
15:30 EET	Müfit 67'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 24,891 Referee:

19 April 1981 25	Orduspor	0–1	Galatasaray SK	Ordu
16:00 EET		(Report)	Müfit 36'	Stadium: 19 Eylül Stadı Referee:

25 April 1981 26	Galatasaray SK	2–1	Trabzonspor	İstanbul
16:00 EET	17' Cüneyt 47'	(Report)	9'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 35,240 Referee:

3 May 1981 27	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Beşiktaş JK	İstanbul
16:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 30,251 Referee:

10 May 1981 28	Kocaelispor	1–0	Galatasaray SK	İzmit
16:00 EET	1'	(Report)		Stadium: İsmetpaşa Stadı Referee:

17 May 1981 29	Galatasaray SK	0–2	Adana Demirspor	İstanbul
16:00 EET		(Report)	Müjdat 28' 84'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 16,743 Referee:

24 May 1981 30	Altay SK	0–0	Galatasaray SK	İzmir
16:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: İzmir Atatürk Stadı Referee:

Turkiye Kupasi[]

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

5th Round[]

12 November 1980 1	Zonguldakspor	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Galatasaray SK	Zonguldak
14:30 EET	3'			Stadium: Attendance: 10,000 Referee:

17 December 1980 2	Galatasaray SK	2–0	Zonguldakspor	Istanbul
14:00 EET	89' 106'			Stadium: Attendance: 16,111 Referee:

6th Round[]

4 March 1981 1	Galatasaray SK	3–0	KDÇ Karabükspor	Istanbul
14:30 EET	9', 42' 12'			Stadium: Inönü Stadi Referee:

11 March 1981 2	KDÇ Karabükspor	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Karabük
14:00 EET	Arslan 69'		Müfit 7'	Stadium: Referee:

Quarter Final[]

1 April 1981 1	Boluspor	1–0	Galatasaray SK	Bolu
14:30 EET	78'			Stadium: Referee:

8 April 1981 2	Galatasaray SK	0–2	Boluspor	Istanbul
14:00 EET			67' Halil İbrahim 80'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 22,319 Referee:

Friendly Matches[]

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

TSYD Kupası[]

16 August 1980 1	Fenerbahçe SK	5–0	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
18:00 EET	Ali Kemal Denizci 20' Raşit Çetiner 32' 44' Selçuk Yula 55', 82'	(Report)		Stadium: İnönü Stadı Attendance: 28,696 Referee:

17 August 1980 2	Galatasaray SK	1–1	Beşiktaş JK	İstanbul
18:00 EET	71'	(Report)	Ziya Doğan 21'	Stadium: İnönü Stadı Attendance: 19,520 Referee:

Attendance[]

Competition	Av. Att.	Total Att.
1. Lig	25,672	359,401
Türkiye Kupası	19,215	38,430
Total	24,864	397,831

References[]

^ Milliyet Newspaper Archive

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] Milliyet Newspaper Archive

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