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2014–15 Galatasaray S.K. season

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Galatasaray
2014–15 season
PresidentDuygun Yarsuvat
(until 31 May 2015)
Dursun Aydın Özbek
(from 1 June 2015)
Head coachCesare Prandelli
(until 27 November 2014)
Hamza Hamzaoğlu
(from 1 December 2014)
StadiumTürk Telekom Arena
Süper Lig1st
Turkish CupWinners
Turkish Super CupRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Burak Yılmaz (16)

All:
Burak Yılmaz (22)
Highest home attendance47,348 vs Beşiktaş
(Süper Lig, 24 May 2015)
Lowest home attendance4,505 vs FBM Yaşamspor
(Turkish Cup, 4 February 2015)
Average home league attendance26,193

The 2014–15 season was Galatasaray's 111th in existence and 57th consecutive season in the Süper Lig. The club were aiming for an unprecedented twentieth league title, after finishing in second place in the previous season.

In Europe, Galatasaray competed in the UEFA Champions League for a fourteenth season. They also competed in the Turkish Cup and the Turkish Super Cup.

This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club played during the season. The season covered a period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015.

Club

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Grounds

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Ground (capacity and dimensions) Türk Telekom Arena (52,652 / 105x68m)
Training ground Florya Metin Oktay Sports Complex and Training Center

Kit

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Uniform Manufacturer: Nike

Chest Advertising's: Huawei (for League) / Turkish Airlines (for CL)

Back Advertising's: Ülker

Arm Advertising's: N/A

Short Advertising's: N/A

Sponsorship

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Companies that Galatasaray S.K. had sponsorship deals with during the season included the following.

Season overview

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  • On 15 May 2014, it was announced that the Turkish Super Cup would be played on 25 August 2014 at Manisa.[1]
  • On 23 May 2014, it was announced that midfielder Selçuk İnan and striker Burak Yılmaz had extended their contracts until 2019.[2][3]
  • On 2 June 2014, it was announced that goalkeeper Fernando Muslera had extended his contract until 2018.[4]
  • On 11 June 2014, it was announced that the club had parted ways with manager Roberto Mancini.[5]
  • On 18 June 2014, Galatasaray revealed the pre-season summer camp schedule. The camp schedule for the Galatasaray professional football team prior to the next football season begam on Monday, 7 July at the Florya Metin Oktay Facilities. It was announced that Galatasaray would play two friendly matches against Bayer Leverkusen and Rapid Wien in Austria on 19 and 23 July, respectively.[6]
  • On 26 June 2014, it was announced that the club had extended their sponsorship agreement with technical sponsor Nike until 2024.[7]
  • On 30 June 2014, it was announced that Galatasaray had begun official negotiations regarding the transfer of Turkish professional football player Olcan Adın from Trabzonspor. It was reported that Olcan had signed a contract for four years. The original bid ny Galatasaray was reported as €4 million (plus defender Salih Dursun would be loaned to Trabzonspor for two seasons), with Olcan also receiving a salary of €1.6 million per year.[8]
  • On 2 July 2014, it was announced that defender Semih Kaya had extended his contract until 2018.[9]
  • On 3 July 2014, it was announced that Galatasaray had entered negotiations with former Italy coach Cesare Prandelli.[10] Prandelli signed a contract for two years starting from the 2014–15 football season and would receive a salary of €2.295 million per year.[11]
  • On 8 July 2014, it was announced that young midfielder Kaan Baysal and winger Sinan Gümüş had been transferred from PSV Eindhoven and VfB Stuttgart, respectively. The contracts of both footballers had expired at their old clubs.[12][13]
  • On 10 July 2014, Izet Hajrović terminated his contract with Galatasaray and joined Werder Bremen on a four-year contract.[14] Hajrović argued that he had not been paid his wages by the club and asked FIFA, the sport's governing body, to invalidate his contract. In response, on 18 July 2014 Galatasaray announced their decision to challenge this transfer by appealing to FIFA.[15]
  • On 11 July 2014, Galatasaray announced the 26-man squad for their pre-season summer camp in Austria. Manager Cesare Prandelli did not add ten players to the camp squad, who were either out of contract or transfer listed.[16][17][18][19]
  • On 15 July 2014, Galatasaray announced that the two forthcoming friendly matches against LASK and Bayer Leverkusen had been cancelled.[1]
  • On 16 July 2014, it was announced that goalkeeper Eray İşcan had extended his contract until 2018.[20]
  • On 17 July 2014, it was announced that midfielder Yekta Kurtuluş had extended his contract until 2017.[21]
  • On 18 July 2014, the home and away kits for the 2014–15 season were revealed.[1]
  • On 20 July 2014, it was announced that goalkeeper Sinan Bolat had joined Galatasaray on loan from Porto with a buyout clause.[22]
  • On 23 July 2014, it was announced that goalkeeper coach Cláudio Taffarel would be leaving the club to become the goalkeeping coach for the Brazil national team.[23]
  • On 25 July 2014, it was announced that defender Hakan Balta had extended his contract until 2016.[24]
  • On 5 August 2014, it was announced that Galatasaray had begun official negotiations regarding the transfer of Turkish professional football player Yasin Öztekin from Kayseri Erciyesspor. The original bid by Galatasaray was reported as €1.5 million, with Yasin also receiving a salary of €1 million per year.[25]
  • On 6 August 2014, it was announced that striker Sercan Yıldırım had been loaned out to Balıkesirspor for one year with a €1.3 million buyout clause.[26]
  • On 28 August 2014, it was announced that defender Dany Nounkeu had been loaned out to Granada for one year without a buyout clause.[27]
  • On 30 August 2014, it was announced that winger Lucas Ontivero had been loaned out to Gaziantepspor for the rest of the season with a €4.5 million buyout clause.[28]
  • On 30 August 2014, it was announced that midfielder Nordin Amrabat had been loaned out to Málaga for one year with a €3.5 million buyout clause.[29]
  • On 1 September 2014, it was announced that Galatasaray had begun official negotiations regarding the transfer of players Goran Pandev and Blerim Džemaili from Napoli. The original bid by Galatasaray was reported as €2.35 million for both players, with Pandev and Džemaili each also receiving a salary of €2.4 million per year.[30]
  • On 1 September 2014, it was announced that Galatasaray had begun official negotiations regarding the transfer of Turkish player Tarık Çamdal from Eskişehirspor. The original bid by Galatasaray was reported as €4.75 million, with Tarık also receiving a salary of €1.177 million per year.[31]
  • On 12 September 2014, Galatasaray announced a sponsorship agreement with Huawei and Turkish Airlines for the shirt sponsors in Süper Lig and Champions League matches, respectively. Huawei paid $4.13 million, and the Turkish Airlines paid €2.1 million for a one-year sponsorship.[32][33][34]
  • On 27 November 2014, Galatasaray announced the dismissal of head coach Cesare Prandelli.[35] On the same day, it was announced that Galatasaray had entered negotiations with Turkey assistant coach Hamza Hamzaoğlu.[36]
  • On 12 December 2014, it was announced that Galatasaray had begun official negotiations regarding the transfer of Turkish player Furkan Özçal to Karabükspor.[1]
  • On 24 December 2014, it was announced that Galatasaray had loaned out Furkan Özçal to Karabükspor.[37]
  • On 16 January 2015, it was announced that Galatasaray had begun official negotiations regarding the transfer of Turkish player Veysel Sarı to Kasımpaşa.[38]
  • On 19 January 2015, it was announced that Galatasaray had sold Veysel Sarı to Kasımpaşa. The original bid of Kasımpaşa was reported as €0.4 million.[39]
  • On 22 January 2015, it was announced that Galatasaray had loaned out Dany Nounkeu to Evian.[40]
  • On 28 January 2015, it was announced that Galatasaray had loaned out Umut Gündoğan to Adana Demirspor for €150 thousand.[41]
  • On 25 May 2015, Galatasaray became champions of the Turkish Süper Lig.
  • On 3 June 2015, Galatasaray won the Turkish Cup final against Bursaspor.

Players

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Squad information

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N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK Uruguay Fernando Muslera 38 EU 2011 161 1 2018 €6.75M Lorik Cana
3 MF Brazil Felipe Melo 41 EU 2011 151 18 2016 €3.75M
4 MF Turkey Hamit Altıntop 41 EU 2012 79 3 2016 €3.5M
6 MF Switzerland Blerim Džemaili 38 EU 2014 20 1 2018 €2.35M
8 MF Turkey Selçuk İnan (C) 39 Non-EU 2011 171 36 2019 Free
9 FW Turkey Umut Bulut 41 Non-EU 2012 126 34 2016 €2.7M
10 MF Netherlands Wesley Sneijder (VC) 40 EU 2013 102 35 2016 €7.5M
11 MF Portugal Bruma 30 EU 2013 46 4 2018 €10M
13 DF Brazil Alex Telles 31 Non-EU 2014 56 2 2018 €6.15M
17 FW Turkey Burak Yılmaz 39 Non-EU 2012 120 72 2019 €5M
18 MF Turkey Sinan Gümüş 30 EU 2014 9 1 2018 Free
19 FW North Macedonia Goran Pandev 41 EU 2014 17 7 2016 Free
21 DF Cameroon Aurélien Chedjou 38 EU 2013 67 8 2017 €6.3M
22 DF Turkey Hakan Balta 41 EU 2007 261 11 2016 €1M Ferhat Öztorun
23 MF Turkey Yasin Öztekin 37 EU 2014 34 5 2018 €2.5M
26 DF Turkey Semih Kaya 33 Non-EU 2008 144 1 2018 Youth system
28 DF Turkey Koray Günter 30 EU 2014 25 0 2018 €2.5M
29 MF Turkey Olcan Adın 39 Non-EU 2014 41 5 2018 €4M Salih Dursun
35 MF Turkey Yekta Kurtuluş 38 Non-EU 2011 89 7 2017 €3.75M
38 GK Turkey Sinan Bolat 36 EU 2014 12 0 2015 Free On loan from Porto
52 MF Turkey Emre Çolak 33 Non-EU 2009 146 14 2016 Youth system
55 MF Turkey Sabri Sarıoğlu 40 Non-EU 2002 304 16 2015 Youth system
67 GK Turkey Eray İşcan 33 Non-EU 2011 11 0 2015 Youth system
77 DF Turkey Tarık Çamdal 33 EU 2014 23 0 2018 €4.75M

Transfers

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In

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No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
20 MF Portugal Bruma 30 EU Gaziantepspor Loan return Summer 2014 N/A
13 DF Cameroon Dany Nounkeu 38 EU Beşiktaş Loan return Summer 2014 N/A
53 MF Morocco Nordin Amrabat 37 EU Málaga Spain Loan return Summer 2014 N/A
23 MF Turkey Furkan Özçal 34 EU Kardemir Karabükspor Loan return Summer 2014 N/A
90 FW Turkey Sercan Yıldırım 34 Non-EU Bursaspor Loan return Summer 2014 N/A
50 MF Turkey Engin Baytar 41 EU Çaykur Rizespor Loan return Summer 2014 N/A
39 MF Turkey Yiğit Gökoğlan 35 Non-EU Kayseri Erciyesspor Loan return Summer 2014 N/A
38 GK Turkey Sinan Bolat 36 EU Porto Portugal Loan Summer 2014 Free Galatasaray.org
29 MF Turkey Olcan Adın 39 Non-EU Trabzonspor Transfer Summer 2018 €4M Salih Dursun Galatasaray.org
23 MF Turkey Yasin Öztekin 37 EU Kayseri Erciyesspor Transfer Summer 2017 €2.5M Galatasaray.org
0 MF Turkey Kaan Baysal 28 EU PSV Netherlands Transfer Summer 2018 Free Galatasaray.org
18 MF Turkey Sinan Gümüş 30 EU VfB Stuttgart Germany Transfer Summer 2018 Free Galatasaray.org
77 DF Turkey Tarık Çamdal 33 EU Eskişehirspor Transfer Summer 2018 €4.75M Galatasaray.org
19 FW North Macedonia Goran Pandev 41 EU Napoli Italy Transfer Summer 2016 Free Galatasaray.org
6 MF Switzerland Blerim Džemaili 38 EU Napoli Italy Transfer Summer 2017 €2.35M Galatasaray.org
94 MF Argentina Lucas Ontivero 30 EU Gaziantepspor Loan return Winter 2015 N/A

Total spending: Decrease €13.6M

Out

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N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
11 FW Ivory Coast Didier Drogba 46 EU Chelsea England End of Contract Summer N/A Chelseafc.com
9 FW Sweden Johan Elmander 43 EU Brøndby Denmark End of Contract Summer N/A NTVSpor.net
82 GK Turkey Aykut Erçetin 42 EU Çaykur Rizespor End of Contract Summer N/A Eurosport.com.tr
86 GK Turkey Ufuk Ceylan 38 Non-EU İstanbul Başakşehir End of Contract Summer N/A TRTHaber.com
6 MF Turkey Ceyhun Gülselam 36 EU Hannover 96 Germany End of Contract Summer N/A [42]
2 DF Argentina Guillermo Burdisso 36 EU Boca Juniors Loan return Summer N/A
66 DF Turkey Salih Dursun 33 Non-EU Trabzonspor Loan Summer Free Galatasaray.org
90 FW Turkey Sercan Yıldırım 34 Non-EU Balıkesirspor Loan Summer Free Galatasaray.org
45 MF Turkey Oğuzhan Kayar 29 Non-EU Manisaspor Loan Summer Free Galatasaray.org
13 DF Cameroon Dany Nounkeu 38 EU Granada Spain Loan Summer €0.39M Galatasaray.org
53 MF Morocco Nordin Amrabat 37 EU Málaga Spain Loan Summer €1M Galatasaray.org
94 MF Argentina Lucas Ontivero 30 EU Gaziantepspor Loan Summer Free Galatasaray.org
41 FW Turkey Berk İsmail Ünsal 30 EU Antalyaspor Loan Summer N/A Galatasaray.org
14 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Izet Hajrović 33 EU Werder Bremen Germany Contract termination Summer Free Werder.de
FW Turkey Serdar Eylik 34 Non-EU Samsunspor Transfer Summer Undisclosed Eurosport.com.tr
23 MF Turkey Furkan Özçal 34 EU Kardemir Karabükspor Loan Winter €0.45M KAP.gov.tr
39 MF Turkey Yiğit Gökoğlan 35 Non-EU Akhisar Belediyespor Contract Termination Winter Free KAP.gov.tr
88 DF Turkey Veysel Sarı 36 Non-EU Kasımpaşa Transfer Winter €0.4M KAP.gov.tr
90 MF Turkey Umut Gündoğan 34 EU Adana Demirspor Loan Winter €0.15M KAP.gov.tr
13 DF Cameroon Dany Nounkeu 38 EU Evian France Loan Winter N/A KAP.gov.tr
94 MF Argentina Lucas Ontivero 30 EU Honvéd Loan Winter Free KAP.gov.tr
40 DF Turkey Emre Can Coşkun 30 Non-EU Denizlispor Loan Winter €0.02M KAP.gov.tr
44 FW Turkey Hüseyin Altuğ Taş 28 Non-EU İstanbul Başakşehir Transfer Winter N/A NTVSpor.net
50 MF Turkey Engin Baytar 41 EU Contract termination Winter N/A Eurosport.com

Total income: Increase €2.41M

Expenditure: Decrease €11.19M

Competitions

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Overall

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Trophy Started round First match Result Last match
Süper Lig 30 August 2014 Winners 30 May 2015[43]
Turkish Cup Group stage 3 December 2014[44] Winners 3 June 2015
Turkish Super Cup Final 25 August 2014 Runners-up
Champions League Group stage 16 September 2014 Group stage (4th) 9 December 2014

Pre-season, mid-season and friendlies

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21 July 2014 Friendly SK Vorwärts Steyr Austria 1–3 Turkey Galatasaray Steyr, Austria
20:30 EEST Peham 29' Kurtuluş 14'
Amrabat 35', 64'
Stadium: Vorwärts Stadium
23 July 2014 Friendly Rapid Wien Austria 3–1 Turkey Galatasaray Vienna, Austria
21:30 EEST Wydra 28'
Behrendt 52'
Alar 90'
Chedjou 27' Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
27 July 2014 Friendly Honvéd Hungary 1–2 Turkey Galatasaray Budapest, Hungary
18:00 EEST Vernes 90' B. Yılmaz 36', 50' (pen.) Stadium: Bozsik Stadion
17 January 2015 International Royal Cup River Plate Argentina 1–1
(7–6 p)
Turkey Galatasaray Antalya, Turkey
20:00 EEST Molina Díaz 87' Report Pandev 41' Referee: Mustafa Öğretmenoğlu
18 January 2015 International Royal Cup Guaratinguetá Brazil 0–6 Turkey Galatasaray Antalya, Turkey
16:00 EEST Report Çolak 10'
Bruma 13'
Coşkun 30'
Altıntop 73'
Gümüş 77'
Öztekin 87'
Referee: Özkan Çeliker

Turkish Super Cup

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Süper Lig

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Galatasaray (C) 34 24 5 5 60 35 25 77 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Fenerbahçe 34 22 8 4 60 29 31 74 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Beşiktaş 34 21 6 7 55 32 23 69 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
4 İstanbul Başakşehir 34 15 14 5 49 30 19 59 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Trabzonspor 34 15 12 7 58 48 10 57[a] Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
Source: Süper Lig
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored (It is also decided that only criteria 1, 4 and 5 would be applied to establish the classification during the competition)[citation needed]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Trabzonspor finished ahead of Bursaspor on head-to-head record: Trabzonspor–Bursaspor 1–0, Bursaspor–Trabzonspor 3–3.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 24 5 5 60 35   25 77 13 3 1 32 17   15 11 2 4 28 18   10

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultWDLWWWLWWLWWWWDWWDWWWWLDWWLWWWWWWD
Position1195325223222233333311121132211111
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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30 August 2014 1 Bursaspor 0–2 Galatasaray Bursa
19:00 EEST Report B. Yılmaz 52'
Adın 90'
Stadium: Bursa Atatürk Stadium
Attendance: 11,500[45]
Referee: Halis Özkahya
13 September 2014 2 Galatasaray 0–0 Eskişehirspor Istanbul
20:00EEST Report Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Barış Şimşek
26 September 2014 4 Galatasaray 2–1 Sivasspor Istanbul
20:00 EEST Chedjou 19'
B. Yılmaz 32'
Report Chrisantus 70' Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 15,300[47]
Referee: Volkan Bayarslan
18 October 2014 6 Galatasaray 2–1 Fenerbahçe Istanbul
19:00 EEST Sneijder 88', 90' Report Potuk 90' Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 37,598[49]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır
31 October 2014 8 Galatasaray 2–1 Kasımpaşa Istanbul
20:00 EEST B. Yılmaz 53'
Bulut 90'
Report Büyük 41' Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 11,020[51]
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek
22 November 2014 10 Galatasaray 0–3 Trabzonspor Istanbul
19:00 EEST Report Medjani 58', 76'
Erdoğan 86'
Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 24,060[52]
Referee: Mustafa İlker Coşkun
13 December 2014 13 Konyaspor 0–5 Galatasaray Konya
19:00 EEST Report Bulut 16'
Çolak 23'
B. Yılmaz 37', 58'
Altıntop 62'
Stadium: New Konya Stadium
Attendance: 37,100[54]
Referee: Süleyman Abay
20 December 2014 14 Galatasaray 3–2 Mersin İdman Yurdu Istanbul
19:00 EEST Varol 18' (o.g.)
B. Yılmaz 55' (pen.)
Bulut 79'
Report Varol 9'
Mitrović 26' (pen.)
Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 21,961[55]
Referee: Fırat Aydınus
26 December 2014 15 Gençlerbirliği 1–1 Galatasaray Ankara
20:00 EEST Stancu 71' Report Çolak 19' Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium
Attendance: 4,750[56]
Referee: Mete Kalkavan
4 January 2015 16 Beşiktaş 0–2 Galatasaray Istanbul
19:00 EEST Report Melo 50'
B. Yılmaz 90 5'
Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 28,260[57]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır
25 January 2015 17 Galatasaray 2–0 Çaykur Rizespor Istanbul
19:00 EEST Sneijder 7'
Bruma 44'
Report Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 20,345[58]
Referee: İlker Meral
1 February 2015 18 Galatasaray 2–2 Bursaspor Istanbul
20:00 EEST Bulut 19'
Çolak 82' (pen.)
Report Şen 45'
Fernandão 53'
Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 27,778[59]
Referee: Fırat Aydınus
9 February 2015 19 Eskişehirspor 1–2 Galatasaray Eskişehir
20:00 EEST Sissoko 27' Report Bulut 20'
İnan 87'
Stadium: Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium
Attendance: 3,000[60]
Referee: Halis Özkahya
21 February 2015 21 Sivasspor 2–3 Galatasaray Sivas
20:00 EEST Chahechouhe 39'
Akın 85'
Report Öztekin 9'
B. Yılmaz 56'
Telles 67'
Stadium: Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium
Attendance: 10,000[62]
Referee: Hüseyin Göcek
5 April 2015 26 Galatasaray 4–2 Karabükspor Istanbul
16:00 EEST Öztekin 26'
Sneijder 48', 90'
Bulut 59'
Report Balta 71' (o.g.)
Özçal 86'
Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 34,536[67]
Referee: Tolga Özkalfa
19 April 2015 27 Trabzonspor 2–1 Galatasaray Trabzon
19:00 EEST Hurmacı 20'
Yatabaré 85'
Report Çolak 67' Stadium: Avni Aker Stadium
Attendance: 17,500[68]
Referee: Ali Palabıyık
26 April 2015 28 Galatasaray 1–0 Gaziantepspor Istanbul
19:00 EEST Balta 85' Report Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 27,570[69]
Referee: Mete Kalkavan
8 May 2015 30 Galatasaray 1–0 Konyaspor Istanbul
20:00 EEST İnan 84' Report Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 27,300[71]
Referee: Barış Şimşek
24 May 2015 33 Galatasaray 2–0 Beşiktaş Istanbul
20:00 EEST Öztekin 11'
Sneijder 80'
Report Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 47,348[74]
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek

Turkish Cup

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3 December 2014 Group stage Galatasaray 4–2 Eskişehirspor Istanbul
19:30 EEST İnan 15', 36' (pen.)
Bruma 83'
Bulut 89'
Report Özkan 5'
Şentürk 61'
Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 5,650
Referee: Ali Palabıyık
16 December 2014 Group stage FBM Yaşamspor 1–9 Galatasaray İzmir
20:30 EEST Yeğin 10' Report Pandev 27', 39', 45'
Altıntop 32' (pen.)
Adın 41', 82'
Gümüş 62'
Kurtuluş 80', 90'
Stadium: İzmir Atatürk Stadium
Attendance: 23,500[75]
Referee: Sarper Barış Saka
28 January 2015 Group stage Eskişehirspor 1–0 Galatasaray Eskişehir
20:00 EEST Güleryüz 40' Report Stadium: Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium
Attendance: 15,000[78]
Referee: Barış Şimşek
4 February 2015 Group stage Galatasaray 3–1 FBM Yaşamspor Istanbul
20:00 EEST Öztekin 33'
Aksoy 60' (o.g.)
Pandev 74'
Report Say 13' Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 4,505[79]
Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GAL ESK DBB FBM
1 Galatasaray 6 4 0 2 20 8 12 12 4–2 0–2 3–1
2 Eskişehirspor 6 4 0 2 11 6 5 12 1–0 3–0 3–0
3 Diyarbakır B.B. 6 2 2 2 7 10 −3 8 1–4 1–0 2–2
4 FBM Yaşamspor 6 0 2 4 6 20 −14 2 1–9 1–2 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
12 February 2015 Round of 16 Galatasaray 4–1 Konyaspor Istanbul
19:00 EEST B. Yılmaz 10'
Sneijder 16', 34'
Adın 45'
Report Marica 20' Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 7,500[80]
Referee: İlker Meral
3 March 2015 Quarter-finals 1st Leg Galatasaray 4–0 Manisaspor Istanbul
20:30 EEST Džemaili 34'
Çolak 40' (pen.)
Pandev 68', 88'
Report Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 11,366[81]
Referee: Mustafa Kamil Abitoğlu
15 April 2015 Quarter-finals 2nd Leg Manisaspor 1–1 Galatasaray Manisa
19:45 EEST Turan 76' Report Kurtuluş 1' Stadium: Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium
Attendance: 5,500[82]
Referee: Alper Ulusoy
30 April 2015 Semi-finals 1st Leg Galatasaray 4–1 Sivasspor Istanbul
20:30 EEST Sarıoğlu 32'
Melo 35'
Sneijder 64'
İnan 77' (pen.)
Report Utaka 9' Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 19,196[83]
Referee: İlker Meral
19 May 2015 Semi-finals 2nd Leg Sivasspor 2–1 Galatasaray Sivas
20:30 EEST Karadeniz 69', 73' Report Çolak 84' (pen.) Stadium: Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium
Attendance: 11,000[84]
Referee: Mustafa İlker Coşkun

Final

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The final was contested in a neutral ground as a one-off match.

3 June 2015 Final Galatasaray 3–2 Bursaspor Bursa
20:30 EEST B. Yılmaz 40', 48', 60' Report Fernandão 27' (pen.)
Şen 58'
Stadium: Bursa Atatürk Stadium
Referee: Bülent Yıldırım

UEFA Champions League

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DOR ARS AND GAL
1 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 4 1 1 14 4 10 13 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 1–1 4–1
2 England Arsenal 6 4 1 1 15 8 7 13 2–0 3–3 4–1
3 Belgium Anderlecht 6 1 3 2 8 10 −2 6 Transfer to Europa League 0–3 1–2 2–0
4 Turkey Galatasaray 6 0 1 5 4 19 −15 1 0–4 1–4 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
16 September 2014 1 Galatasaray Turkey 1–1 Belgium Anderlecht Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 CET B. Yılmaz 90 1' Report Praet 52' Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 28.553[85]
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
1 October 2014 2 Arsenal England 4–1 Turkey Galatasaray London, United Kingdom
20:45 CET Welbeck 22', 30', 52'
Sánchez 41'
Report B. Yılmaz 63' (pen.) Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59.803[86]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
26 November 2014 5 Anderlecht Belgium 2–0 Turkey Galatasaray Anderlecht, Brussels
20:45 CET Mbemba 44', 86' Report Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Attendance: 19.857[89]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
9 December 2014 6 Galatasaray Turkey 1–4 England Arsenal Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 CET Sneijder 89' Report Podolski 3', 90'
Ramsey 11', 29'
Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 20.590[90]
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

Statistics

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Squad statistics

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No. Pos. Name League Turkish Cup Super Cup Champions League Total Discipline Minutes
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Total
1 GK Uruguay Fernando Muslera 32 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 39 0 4 0 3540
38 GK Turkey Sinan Bolat 2 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 1 0 1080
67 GK Turkey Eray İşcan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 180
28 DF Turkey Koray Günter 12 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 1 1 1507
21 DF Cameroon Aurélien Chedjou 26 4 3 0 1 0 5 0 35 4 8 0 3150
22 DF Turkey Hakan Balta 21 1 7 0 1 0 2 1 31 2 6 0 2343
15 DF Brazil Alex Telles 21 1 8 0 1 0 5 0 35 1 5 0 2870
88 DF Turkey Veysel Sarı 5 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 10 0 2 0 754
77 DF Turkey Tarık Çamdal 12 0 7 0 0 0 5 0 24 0 4 0 1914
55 DF Turkey Sabri Sarıoğlu 25 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 31 1 4 0 2626
26 DF Turkey Semih Kaya 19 0 6 0 1 0 6 0 32 0 5 0 2791
40 DF Turkey Emre Can Coşkun 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 128
4 MF Turkey Hamit Altıntop 22 1 4 1 0 0 5 0 30 2 4 0 1894
8 MF Turkey Selçuk İnan 32 4 7 3 1 0 4 0 44 7 8 1 3823
3 MF Brazil Felipe Melo 20 1 7 1 1 0 6 0 34 2 18 1 2870
52 MF Turkey Emre Çolak 25 4 9 2 0 0 2 0 36 6 3 0 1856
20 MF Turkey Furkan Özçal 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 61
6 MF Switzerland Blerim Džemaili 11 0 5 1 0 0 4 0 20 1 7 0 1330
35 MF Turkey Yekta Kurtuluş 15 0 9 4 1 0 1 0 25 4 6 0 1350
43 MF Turkey Birhan Vatansever 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8
90 MF Turkey Umut Gündoğan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 90
29 MF Turkey Olcan Adın 28 1 11 4 1 0 1 0 41 5 12 0 1641
27 MF Turkey Yasin Öztekin 20 4 10 1 1 0 3 0 34 5 3 0 1946
7 MF Turkey Aydın Yılmaz 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 132
18 MF Turkey Sinan Gümüş 4 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 10 1 2 0 340
20 MF Portugal Bruma 20 1 8 2 1 0 4 0 33 3 2 0 2014
10 MF Netherlands Wesley Sneijder 31 10 6 3 1 0 6 1 44 14 6 0 3637
17 FW Turkey Burak Yılmaz 28 16 2 4 1 0 6 2 37 22 8 0 2958
9 FW Turkey Umut Bulut 33 11 5 1 0 0 5 0 43 12 3 0 2285
19 FW North Macedonia Goran Pandev 2 0 10 7 0 0 3 0 16 7 1 0 926
Own goals 1 1 0 0 2

Statistics accurate as of 3 June 2015.[91]

Goals

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Includes all competitive matches. In the case of a tie in Total number of goals, players with more goals in Champions League are ranked higher, followed by league, Super Cup and Turkish Cup goals respectively. If all stats are the same, then the younger player is ranked higher.

Last updated on 30 May 2015
Position Nation Number Name League Champions League Turkish Cup Super Cup Total
1 Turkey 17 Burak Yılmaz 16 2 4 0 22
2 Netherlands 10 Wesley Sneijder 10 1 3 0 14
Turkey 9 Umut Bulut 11 0 1 0 12
3 Turkey 8 Selçuk İnan 4 0 3 0 7
North Macedonia 19 Goran Pandev 0 0 7 0 7
4 Turkey 52 Emre Çolak 4 0 2 0 6
5 Turkey 23 Yasin Öztekin 4 0 1 0 5
Turkey 29 Olcan Adın 1 0 4 0 5
6 Cameroon 21 Aurélien Chedjou 4 0 0 0 4
Turkey 35 Yekta Kurtuluş 0 0 4 0 4
7 Portugal 11 Bruma 1 0 2 0 3
8 Turkey 22 Hakan Balta 1 1 0 0 2
Brazil 3 Felipe Melo 1 0 1 0 2
Turkey 4 Hamit Altıntop 1 0 1 0 2
9 Brazil 13 Alex Telles 1 0 0 0 1
Turkey 18 Sinan Gümüş 0 0 1 0 1
Switzerland 6 Blerim Džemaili 0 0 1 0 1
Turkey 55 Sabri Sarıoğlu 0 0 1 0 1
10 Own Goals 1 0 1 0 2
TOTALS 60 4 37 0 101

Assists

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Last updated on 3 June 2015
Position Nation Number Name Total
1 Turkey 23 Yasin Öztekin 14
2 Turkey 8 Selçuk İnan 10
3 Netherlands 10 Wesley Sneijder 7
Turkey 55 Sabri Sarıoğlu 7
Turkey 29 Olcan Adın 7
4 Portugal 11 Bruma 6
Turkey 17 Burak Yılmaz 6
5 Turkey 52 Emre Çolak 5
6 Turkey 9 Umut Bulut 3
7 Cameroon 21 Aurélien Chedjou 2
Switzerland 6 Blerim Džemaili 2
North Macedonia 19 Goran Pandev 2
Turkey 88 Veysel Sarı 2
8 Brazil 13 Alex Telles 1
Turkey 26 Semih Kaya 1
Turkey 18 Sinan Gümüş 1
Brazil 3 Felipe Melo 1

Disciplinary record

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N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Notes
1 GK Uruguay Fernando Muslera 4
58 GK Turkey Sinan Bolat 1
67 GK Turkey Eray İşcan
21 DF Cameroon Aurélien Chedjou 8
5 DF Turkey Gökhan Zan
28 DF Turkey Koray Günter 1 1
22 DF Turkey Hakan Balta 6
15 DF Brazil Alex Telles 5
88 DF Turkey Veysel Sarı 2
77 DF Turkey Tarık Çamdal 4
26 DF Turkey Semih Kaya 5
40 DF Turkey Emre Can Coşkun
55 DF Turkey Sabri Sarıoğlu 4
4 MF Turkey Hamit Altıntop 4
8 MF Turkey Selçuk İnan 8 1
3 MF Brazil Felipe Melo 18 1
7 MF Turkey Aydın Yılmaz
90 MF Turkey Umut Gündoğan 1
6 MF Switzerland Blerim Džemaili 7
23 MF Turkey Furkan Özçal
10 MF Netherlands Wesley Sneijder 6
35 MF Turkey Yekta Kurtuluş 6
18 MF Turkey Sinan Gümüş 2
52 MF Turkey Emre Çolak 3
29 MF Turkey Olcan Adın 12
27 MF Turkey Yasin Öztekin 3
20 MF Portugal Bruma 3
9 FW Turkey Umut Bulut 3
17 FW Turkey Burak Yılmaz 8
9 FW North Macedonia Goran Pandev 1

Last updated: 3 June 2015
Source: http://www.ntvspor.net/istatistik
Only competitive matches
Yellow card = Number of bookings; Second yellow card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Overall

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Total Home Away Neutral
Games played 53 26 25 2
Games won 33 18 14 1
Games drawn 7 4 3 0
Games lost 13 4 8 1
Biggest win 9-1 vs FBM Yaşamspor 4-0 vs Manisaspor 9-1 vs FBM Yaşamspor 3-2 vs Bursaspor
Biggest loss 4-0 vs Borussia Dortmund
4-0 vs İstanbul Başakşehir
4-0 vs Borussia Dortmund 4-0 vs İstanbul Başakşehir 2–3 vs Fenerbahçe
Biggest win (League) 5-0 vs Konyaspor 4-2 vs Karabükspor 5-0 vs Konyaspor -
Biggest win (Cup) 9-1 vs FBM Yaşamspor 4-0 vs Manisaspor 9-1 vs FBM Yaşamspor 3-2 vs Bursaspor
Biggest win (UEFA) - - - -
Biggest win (Super Cup) - - - -
Biggest loss (League) 4-0 vs İstanbul Başakşehir 3-0 vs Trabzonspor 4-0 vs İstanbul Başakşehir -
Biggest loss (Cup) 2-0 vs Diyarbakır Büyükşehir Belediyespor 2-0 vs Diyarbakır Büyükşehir Belediyespor 1-0 vs Eskişehirspor -
Biggest loss (UEFA) 4-0 vs Borussia Dortmund 4-0 vs Borussia Dortmund 4-1 vs Arsenal
4-1 vs Borussia Dortmund
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Biggest loss (Super Cup) 2–3 vs Fenerbahçe - - 2-3 vs Fenerbahçe
Clean sheets 13 7 6 0
Goals scored 101 53 45 3
Goals conceded 69 33 34 2
Goal difference 32 20 11 1
Average GF per game 1.88 2.04 1.8 1.5
Average GA per game 1.29 1.27 1.36 1
Yellow cards 125
Red cards 3
Most appearances Netherlands Wesley Sneijder
Turkey Selçuk İnan (44)
Most minutes played Turkey Selçuk İnan (3823)
Most goals Turkey Burak Yılmaz (22)
Most assists Turkey Yasin Öztekin (14)
Points 106 58 45 3
Winning rate 61.54% 69.23% 56% 50%

Attendances

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Competition Total. Att. Avg. Att.
Süper Lig 419,090 26,193
Turkish Cup 54,927 9,155
UEFA Champions League 85,467 28,489
Total 559,484 22,379
  • Sold season tickets: 31,200[92]

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