1977–78 Galatasaray S.K. season

Galatasaray
1977–78 season
President	Selahattin Beyazıt
Manager	Malcolm Allison; (until 2 October 1977); Fethi Demircan
Stadium	Inönü Stadi
1. Lig	3rd
Türkiye Kupası	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		Türkiye Kupası		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
-	GK	Boško Kajganić	6	0	0	0	6	0
-	GK	Bahattin Demircan	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	Güngör Tekin	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	Rıdvan Kılıç	7	0	3	0	10	0
-	DF	Ali Yavaş	4	0	1	0	5	0
-	MF	Bülent Ünder	2	0	1	1	3	1
-	MF	Mehmet Oğuz	24	1	5	2	29	3
-	MF	Gürcan Aday	29	0	5	0	34	0
-	MF	Turgay İnal	14	1	4	0	18	1
-	FW	Engin Çınar	0	0	1	0	1	0
-	FW	Ergun Ortakçı	3	0	0	0	3	0
-	FW	Gökmen Özdenak	26	16	6	3	32	19
-	FW	Öner Kılıç	29	5	5	0	34	5
-	FW	Tacettin Ergürsel	24	4	5	0	29	4
-	FW	Şükrü Tetik	14	1	1	0	15	1
-	FW	Murat Kandil	10	0	2	0	12	0
-	FW	Mehmet Özgül	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	Tacettin Ergürsel	27	Bursaspor
MF	Gürcan Aday	19	Tofaş SK
GK	Bahattin Demircan	21	İzmirspor
DF	Furkan Ölçer	21	Vefa SK
MF	Turgay İnal	19	Çanakkalespor
FW	Fevzi Kezan	25	Giresunspor
GK	Boško Kajganić	28	Red Star Belgrade
FW	Murat Kandil	22	Konya İdman Yurdu

Out

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to
DF	Ekrem Günalp	30	Retired
FW	Şevki Şenlen	28	Fenerbahçe SK
FW	Zafer Dinçer	21	Orduspor
DF	Furkan Ölçer	21	Vefa SK
DF	Furkan Ölçer	21	Vefa SK
FW	Nurettin Yılmaz	21	Adanaspor
FW	Fevzi Kezan	25	Giresunspor
DF	Faruk Aktaş	21	Orduspor
GK	Doğan Özdenak	23
DF	Arif Kuşdoğan	21	Rizespor

1. Lig

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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: Ertuğrul Aybay

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

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

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

2 October 1977 5	Galatasaray	0–2	Fenerbahçe SK	Istanbul
16:15 EET		(Report)	Cemil Turan 9' Tuna Güneysu 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)	Mehmet Özgül 87'	Stadium: Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium Referee: Yılmaz Önen

16 October 1977 7	Galatasaray SK	2–0	MKE Ankaragücü	Istanbul
14:30 EET	Tacettin Ergürsel 60' Mehmet Özgül 72'	(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 17,107 Referee: Orhan Cebe

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

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

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: Nihat Özbirgül

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: Yılgör Öktem

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

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

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

2 April 1978 22	MKE Ankaragücü	3–1	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
16:00 EET	Nazmi Erdenerin 33', 68' İskender Atasoy 44'	(Report)	Oktay Erül 85og'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Referee: Müşfik Talas

10 April 1978 23	Orduspor	0–1	Galatasaray	Ordu
16:00 EET		(Report)	Öner Kılıç 2'	Stadium: Ordu 19 Eylül Stadium Referee: Ziya Türkdoğan

15 April 1978 24	Galatasaray SK	2–1	Samsunspor	Istanbul
16:00 EET	Tacettin Ergürsel 65' Öner Kılıç 84'	(Report)	Adem Kurukaya 75'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 15,977 Referee: Talat Tokat

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

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

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

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

21 May 1978 29	Bursaspor	1–1	Galatasaray	Bursa
16:00 EET	Sinan Bür 65'	(Report)	Öner Kılıç 11'	Stadium: Bursa Atatürk Stadı Referee: Ertuğrul Aybay

27 May 1978 30	Galatasaray SK	4–3	Adana Demirspor	Istanbul
16:00 EET	Gökmen Özdenak 4', 44p', 62' Öner Kılıç 15'	(Report)	Rasin Gürcan 21', 60' Ahmet Yaşar 78'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 8,642 Referee: Fehmi Pazarcı

Turkiye Kupasi

Round of 32

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

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

Round of 16

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

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

1/4 final

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

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

Friendly Matches

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

Friendly match

7 August 1977	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Trabzonspor	Istanbul
15:00 EET	Tacettin Ergürsel 75'	(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Referee: Nihat Özbirgül

TSYD Kupası

10 August 1977 1	Galatasaray SK	4–0	Beşiktaş JK	Istanbul
20:00 EET	Tacettin Ergürsel 10' Öner Kılıç 26' Şükrü Tetik 37' Gökmen Özdenak 63'	(Report)		Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 14,053 Referee: Güngör Tuncel

14 August 1977 2	Fenerbahçe SK	2–1	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
20:00 EET	Yenal Kaçıra 63p' Bahri Kaya 74'	(Report)	Güngör Tekin 77'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 41,243 Referee: Cumhur Demir

Attendance

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

References

^ "Galatasaray 2022/2023 Fikstür | Mackolik.com". www.mackolik.com.

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 2022/2023 Fikstür | Mackolik.com". www.mackolik.com.

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