1997–98 Galatasaray S.K. season

Galatasaray
1997–98 season
President	Faruk Süren
Head coach	Fatih Terim
Stadium	Ali Sami Yen Stadı
1. Lig	1st
	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Süper Kupa	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hakan Şükür (32); All: ; Hakan Şükür (34)
Highest home attendance	30,482 vs İstanbulspor; (1. Lig, 3 May 1998)
Lowest home attendance	14,000 vs Parma; (CL, 10 December 1997)
Average home league attendance	26,330
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 season was Galatasaray's 94th in existence and its 40th 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				CL		Süper Kupa		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
-	GK		20	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	30	0
-	GK		15	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	22	0
-	GK	Richard Kingson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	DF		1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
-	DF		5	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	9	0
-	DF	Iulian Filipescu	24	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	34	1
4	DF	Gheorghe Popescu	32	2	8	2	8	0	0	0	48	4
3	DF	Bülent Korkmaz	29	1	7	0	8	0	0	0	44	1
-	DF	Fatih Akyel	31	5	8	0	8	1	1	0	48	6
-	DF	Vedat İnceefe	8	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	13	0
11	DF	Hakan Ünsal	27	3	5	0	5	0	1	0	38	3
67	MF	Ergün Penbe	27	1	5	0	8	1	1	0	41	2
7	MF	Okan Buruk	24	5	8	1	2	0	1	0	35	6
-	MF		11	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	15	3
-	MF		14	1	5	0	4	0	1	0	24	1
-	MF	Tugay Kerimoğlu	30	2	7	1	8	2	1	0	46	5
-	MF	Suat Kaya	21	2	5	1	2	1	1	0	29	3
-	MF	Emre Belözoğlu	23	2	8	0	2	0	1	0	34	2
22	MF	Ümit Davala	15	3	3	0	6	0	0	0	24	3
10	MF	Gheorghe Hagi	30	8	6	0	6	0	0	0	42	8
-	FW	Ceyhun Eriş	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	FW	Arif Erdem	33	9	7	2	8	1	1	0	49	12
-	FW	Adrian Ilie	12	6	0	0	7	5	0	0	19	11
-	FW	Ionuț Luțu	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
9	FW	Hakan Şükür	34	32	8	2	7	0	1	0	50	34

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Players in / out[]

In[]

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from
DF	Gheorghe Popescu	30	Barcelona
MF		25	Gaziantepspor
MF		24	Adıyamanspor
MF		25	Gençlerbirliği
MF	Emre Belözoğlu	17	Galatasaray A2
FW	Ionuț Luțu	22	Universitatea Craiova
GK		19	Akçaabat Sebatspor
GK	Richard Kingson	19	Galatasaray A2

Out[]

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to
DF	Cihat Arslan	27	Gaziantepspor
FW		21	Gaziantepspor
MF	İlyas Kahraman	21	Gaziantepspor
MF	Ceyhun Eriş	20	Göztepe on loan
MF	Ufuk Talay	20	Kardemir Karabükspor on loan
DF	Mert Korkmaz	26	Kocaelispor
DF		25	Çanakkale Dardanel
FW	Adrian Ilie	23	Valencia

1. Lig[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Galatasaray (C)	34	23	6	5	86	43	+43	75	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Fenerbahçe	34	21	8	5	61	25	+36	71	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Trabzonspor	34	19	9	6	68	42	+26	66
4	İstanbulspor	34	14	12	8	60	42	+18	54
5	Samsunspor	34	14	7	13	42	42	0	49	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round

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

Matches[]

1 August 1997 1	Ankaragücü	0–0	Galatasaray	Ankara
20:00 EET		Report		Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium Referee:

9 August 1997 2	Galatasaray	4–0	Bursaspor	Istanbul
20:00 EET	Ilie 23', 38', 89' Şükür 73'	Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: ? Referee:

24 August 1997 3	Kocaelispor	1–1	Galatasaray	İzmit
19:00 EET	Dąbrowski 65'	Report	Filipescu 73'	Stadium: İsmet Paşa Stadium Referee: Ahmet Çakar

31 August 1997 4	Galatasaray	6–2	Vanspor	Istanbul
19:00 EET	Akyel 3' Şükür 13', 21' Ilie 37', 49' Erdem 83'	Report	78', 85'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 22,337 Referee:

5 September 1997 5	Fenerbahçe	3–1	Galatasaray	Istanbul
20:00 EET	Korkut 13' Bolić 69' (pen.) Okocha 70'	Report	Kerimoğlu 60'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 26,000 Referee:

14 September 1997 6	Galatasaray	2–1	Antalyaspor	İstanbul
19:00 EET	Korkmaz 52' Erdem 58'	Report	N'Gole 46'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 23,152 Referee: Metin Tokat

21 September 1997 7	Beşiktaş	2–1	Galatasaray	Istanbul
19:00 EET	Özdilek 3' Amokachi 71'	Report	Şükür 78'	Stadium: İnönü Stadium Attendance: 31,600 Referee:

27 September 1997 8	Galatasaray	4–1	Çamlıdere Şekerspor	Istanbul
19:00 EET	Popescu 27' Akyel 43' Hagi 79' Buruk 87'	Report	69'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: ? Referee:

5 October 1997 9	Gençlerbirliği	3–2	Galatasaray	Ankara
19:00 EET	Sözeri 37' Karan 40' Geremi 64'	Report	Şükür 26', 53'	Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium Referee:

18 October 1997 10	Galatasaray	1–0	Gaziantepspor	Istanbul
19:00 EET	Hagi 30'	Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: ? Referee: Oğuz Sarvan

1 November 1997 11	Samsunspor	0–2	Galatasaray	Samsun
19:00 EET		Report	Şükür 15' Ilie 55'	Stadium: Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium Referee:

8 November 1997 12	Galatasaray	2–2	Trabzonspor	Istanbul
19:00 EET	Ünsal 72' 78'	(Report)	Mandıralı 32', 66'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 30,000 Referee:

16 November 1997 13	Altay	4–5	Galatasaray	İzmir
19:00 EET	Dökme 49' Tekke 54', 68', 72'	Report	Şükür 15', 48' (pen.), 50', 70' Erdem 25'	Stadium: İzmir Atatürk Stadium Referee:

23 November 1997 14	Galatasaray	1–0	Çanakkale Dardanelspor	Istanbul
19:00 EET	Hagi 68'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Metin Tokat

6 December 1997 15	Kayserispor	1–2	Galatasaray	Adana
19:00 EET	Dağdelen 65' (pen.)	Report	Davala 18' Şükür 43'	Stadium: Adana 5 Ocak Stadium Referee:

13 December 1997 16	Istanbulspor	2–1	Galatasaray	Istanbul
19:00 EET	51' Hamzaoğlu 60'	(Report)	Buruk 44'	Stadium: İnönü Stadium Attendance: 12,563 Referee:

21 December 1997 17	Galatasaray	3–0	KDÇ Karabükspor	Istanbul
19:00 EET	Şükür 19', 78', 85'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 20,000 Referee:

18 January 1998 18	Galatasaray	2–1	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
19:00 EET	Şükür 38' Kaya 63'	Report	Coulibaly 40'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: ? Referee:

25 January 1998 19	Bursaspor	3–2	Galatasaray	Bursa
19:00 EET	Vidolov 33' Kolgu 52' Baljić 89'	(Report)	Şükür 42' Davala 81'	Stadium: Bursa Atatürk Stadı Referee:

1 February 1998 20	Galatasaray	2–0	Kocaelispor	Istanbul
19:00 EET	Şükür 77' Davala 81'	Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 30,358 Referee: Metin Tokat

7 February 1998 21	Vanspor	0–3	Galatasaray	Van
12:30 EET		(Report)	Erdem 4', 75' Popescu 38'	Stadium: Referee:

15 February 1998 22	Galatasaray	2–2	Fenerbahçe	İstanbul
19:00 EET	Hagi 42' (pen.) Ünsal 52'	Report	Okocha 32' Bolić 86'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Oğuz Sarvan

22 February 1998 23	Antalyaspor	1–3	Galatasaray	Antalya
19:00 EET	N'Gole 4'	(Report)	Şükür 40', 70' Hagi 44'	Stadium: Atatürk Stadı Referee:

1 March 1998 24	Galatasaray	3–2	Beşiktaş	Istanbul
19:00 EET	Hagi 20' Ünsal 47' Belözoğlu 79'	Report	Özdilek 30', 54'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 26,860 Referee:

7 March 1998 25	Çamlıdere Şekerspor	2–4	Galatasaray	Ankara
19:00 EET	Özer 2' 42' (pen.)	Report	Kerimoğlu 24' Akyel 62' Şükür 66' Belözoğlu 83'	Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium Referee:

15 March 1997 26	Galatasaray	3–1	Gençlerbirliği	Istanbul
19:00 EET	Şükür 45', 69' Erdem 63'	Report	Özat 81'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 25,000 Referee:

21 March 1998 27	Gaziantepspor	1–1	Galatasaray	Gaziantep
19:00 EET	82'	Report	Şükür 54'	Stadium: Kamil Ocak Stadium Referee:

29 March 1998 28	Galatasaray	2–1	Samsunspor	Istanbul
19:00 EET	Erdem 13' Kaya 48'	Report	Aykut 65'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: ? Referee: Metin Tokat

4 April 1998 29	Trabzonspor	1–1	Galatasaray	Trabzon
19:00 EET	Mandıralı 35'	Report	Buruk 32'	Stadium: Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium Referee: Oğuz Sarvan

12 April 1998 30	Galatasaray	6–1	Altay	Istanbul
19:00 EET	Hagi 34' Şükür 41', 65', 85' Arayıcı 48' (o.g.) 89'	Report	Ateş 63'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: ? Referee:

18 April 1998 31	Çanakkale Dardanelspor	1–2	Galatasaray	Çanakkale
15:30 EET	Musisi 36'	(Report)	Hagi 41' Şükür 81'	Stadium: Referee:

26 April 1998 32	Galatasaray	5–1	Kayserispor	Istanbul
19:00 EET	Şükür 21' Akyel 59' Penbe 63' Buruk 68' 89' (o.g.)	Report	Mkhalele 62'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 21,441 Referee:

3 May 1998 33	Galatasaray	4–1	Istanbulspor	Istanbul
16:30 EET	Buruk 55' Şükür 60', 78' Erdem 72'	Report	Özdemir 43' (pen.)	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 30,482 Referee:

9 May 1998 34	KDÇ Karabükspor	2–3	Galatasaray	İzmir
19:00 EET	Repuh 24' 74'	Report	Şükür 29' Akyel 61' Erdem 64'	Stadium: İzmir Atatürk Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee:

Türkiye Kupası[]

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

Sixth round[]

3 December 1997 1	Galatasaray	2–1	Vanspor	Istanbul
20:00 EET	83' Şükür 87'	(Report)	Phiri 36'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Referee:

17 December 1997 2	Vanspor	0–0	Galatasaray	Van
12:30 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Referee: Bülent Uzun

Quarter-final[]

28 January 1998 1	Galatasaray	2–0	Gaziantepspor	Istanbul
21:00 EET	Kerimoğlu 35' Popescu 70'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Referee:

11 February 1998 2	Gaziantepspor	1–0	Galatasaray	Gaziantep
21:00 EET	Kahraman 20'	(Report)		Stadium: Kamil Ocak Stadı Referee:

Semi-final[]

25 February 1998 1	Trabzonspor	0–0	Galatasaray	Trabzon
19:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadı Referee:

11 March 1998 2	Galatasaray	4–2	Trabzonspor	Istanbul
14:00 EET	Popescu 38' Erdem 49' Şükür 61' Kaya 87'	(Report)	Mandıralı 11', 22'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Referee:

Final[]

25 March 1998 1	Beşiktaş	1–1	Galatasaray	Istanbul
20:30 EET	Sağlam 85'	(Report)	Buruk 61'	Stadium: İnönü Stadı Referee:

8 April 1998 2	Galatasaray	1–1	Beşiktaş	Istanbul
19:00 EET	Erdem 71'	(Report)	Özdilek 44'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 26,000 Referee:

UEFA Champions League[]

Second qualifying round[]

13 August 1997 1	Sion	1–4	Galatasaray	Sion
	Lonfat 32'	(Report)	4' Erdem 9' Ilie 60' Kaya 85'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Referee: Nikolay Levnikov

27 August 1997 2	Galatasaray	4–1	Sion	Istanbul
	Ilie 40', 52', 56' Akyel 62'	(Report)	Ouattara 70'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Referee:

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Borussia Dortmund	6	5	0	1	14	3	+11	15	Advance to knockout stage
2	Parma	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	9
3	Sparta Prague	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5
4	Galatasaray	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4

Source: UEFA

17 September 1997 1	Galatasaray	0–1	Borussia Dortmund	Istanbul
21:45 EET		(Report)	Chapuisat 73'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 23,000 Referee: José María García-Aranda

1 October 1997 2	Parma	2–0	Galatasaray	Parma
21:45 EET	Sensini 24' Crespo 39'	(Report)		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 5,922 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler

22 October 1997 3	Sparta Prague	3–0	Galatasaray	Prague
21:45 EET	Siegl 34' Gabriel 66' Obajdin 87'	(Report)		Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 11,100 Referee:

5 November 1997 4	Galatasaray	2–0	Sparta Prague	Istanbul
21:45 EET	Kerimoğlu 58', 86'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Michel Piraux

26 November 1997 5	Borussia Dortmund	4–1	Galatasaray	Dortmund
21:45 EET	But 22' Herrlich 34' Zorc 48', 86' (pen.)	(Report)	Penbe 87'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Rune Pedersen

10 December 1997 6	Galatasaray	1–1	Parma	Istanbul
21:45 EET	Ilie 52'	(Report)	Chiesa 47'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 14,000 Referee: László Vágner

Süper Kupa-Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası[]

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

15 May 1998	Galatasaray	1–2	Beşiktaş	Ankara
20:00 EET	67'	(Report)	Amokachi 17' Kahveci 113'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 11,962 Referee:

Friendly matches[]

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

TSYD Kupası[]

18 July 1997 1	Beşiktaş	0–6	Galatasaray	Istanbul
20:30 EET		(Report)	Ilie 18', 20', 51' Kaya 63', 89' Ünsal 83'	Stadium: İnönü Stadı Attendance: 7,164 Referee:

20 July 1997 2	Galatasaray	4–2	Fenerbahçe	İstanbul
20:00 EET	Hagi 26' Davala 39' Penbe 53' Ünsal 83'	(Report)	Bolić 69' Sancaklı 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 32,615 Referee:

Attendance[]

Competition	Av. Att.	Total Att.
1. Lig	26,330	289,630
Türkiye Kupası	26,000	26,000
Champions League	17,333	52,000
Total	24,509	367,630

References[]

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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

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