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
Türkiye Kupası	Quarter Finalist
Top goalscorer	League: ; Turgay İnal (6); All: ; Turgay İnal (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 →

Last updated March 22, 2025

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		Türkiye Kupası		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
-	GK	Eser Özaltındere	25	0	3	0	28	0
-	GK	Haydar Erdoğan	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	Fettah Dindar	26	0	5	0	31	0
-	DF	Müfit Erkasap	26	3	5	1	31	4
-	DF	Ali Çoban	24	2	6	1	30	3
-	DF	Murat İnan	7	0	1	0	8	0
-	DF	Kadir Özcan	1	0	0	0	1	0
-	MF	Orhan Akyüz	22	1	4	1	26	2
-	MF	Gürcan Aday	13	0	2	0	15	0
-	MF	Mustafa Ergücü	28	4	4	0	32	4
-	MF	Cengiz Yazıcıoğlu	26	0	5	0	31	0
-	MF	Metin Yıldız	24	1	3	0	27	1
-	MF	Turgay İnal	19	6	4	0	23	6
-	MF	Hasan Moralı	2	0	0	0	2	0
-	FW	Reşit Güner	3	0	2	2	5	2
-	FW	Öner Kılıç	13	1	3	0	16	1
-	FW	Bülent Alkılıç	15	2	5	1	20	3
-	FW	Mehmet Özgül	10	2	1	0	11	2
-	FW	Ümit Özkalp	2	0	1	0	3	0
-	FW	Metin Çekiçler	6	0	3	0	9	0

Players in / out

In

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from
DF	Fettah Dindar	25	Istanbulspor
DF	Ali Çoban	25	Adanaspor
MF	Cengiz Yazıcıoğlu	27	Kayserispor
DF	Kadir Özcan	28	Zonguldakspor
FW	Ümit Özkalp	21	Galatasaray A2
FW	Mehmet Özgül	30	Bursaspor
FW	Reşit Güner	27	Eskişehirspor

Out

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

1. Lig

Standings

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

Matches

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

24 August 19801	Galatasaray	4–1	Eskişehirspor	İzmir
21:00 EET	Kılıç 13' Arıca 59' Ergücü 65'(pen.) Yıldız 85'		Gümüşcan 72'	Stadium: İzmir Atatürk Stadium Attendance: 11,675 Referee: İhsan Türe

31 August 19802	Boluspor	3–0	Galatasaray	Bolu
17:00 EET	Desticioğlu 22' Konrat 28' Akdülger 60' Eren 74'		Erkasap 81'	Stadium: Bolu Atatürk Stadium Referee: Ünal Şahin

7 September 19803	Galatasaray	1–3	Adanaspor	Ankara
17:00 EET	Ergücü 60'		Gümüş 10' Kahraman 25'60' Köprülü 30' Kesler 34' Öztürk 64'	Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Yılmaz Dinçel

19 October 19804	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0–1	Galatasaray	Mersin
15:00 EET	Karakuş 51' Temur 76' Öztoprak 78'		Tanman 65' 71' Kılıç 76' Öztürk 64'	Stadium: Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium Referee: İhsan Türe

25 October 19805	Galatasaray	0–0	Gaziantepspor	Istanbul
15:30 EET			Evyapan 21'	Stadium: İnönü Stadi Attendance: 35,012 Referee: İlyas Ayan

2 November 19806	Zonguldakspor	2–1	Galatasaray	Zonguldak
14:30 EET	Yıldırım 31' Badalıoğlu 64' Akbin 87'		Ergücü 9' Terim 79'	Stadium: Kemal Köksal Stadium Referee: Ünal Şahin

8 November 19807	Galatasaray	3–0	Orduspor	Istanbul
14:45 EET	Alkılıç 20' Terim 42' Ergücü 79' İnal 84'			Stadium: İnönü Stadi Attendance: 25,364 Referee: Ekrem Yenci

16 November 19808	Trabzonspor	3–0	Galatasaray SK	Trabzon
14:15 EET	Arif 4' İskender 61' Tuncay 70'	(report)		Stadium: Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium Attendance: 13,229 Referee: İhsan Türe

23 November 19809	Beşiktaş JK	0–1	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:45 EET		(Report)	Turgay 65'	Stadium: İnönü Stadi Attendance: 39,968 Referee: Cumhur Demir

7 December 198010	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Kocaelispor	Istanbul
14:00 EET	Cüneyt 77'	(Report)		Stadium: İnönü Stadi Referee: Yavuz Tunç

14 December 198011	Adana Demirspor	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Adana
13:30 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Adana 5 Ocak Stadı Referee: Teoman Parer

21 December 198012	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Altay SK	Istanbul
14:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 21,117 Referee: Sadık Deda

28 December 198013	Fenerbahçe	0–1	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:00 EET		(Report)	Turgay 25'	Stadium: Inönü Stadı Attendance: 39,777 Referee: Güngör Tuncel

4 January 198114	Galatasaray SK	2–0	Bursaspor	Istanbul
14:00 EET	Turgay 62' Müfit 68'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 26,534 Referee: Teoman Parer

11 January 198115	Çaykur Rizespor	0–1	Galatasaray SK	Rize
13:15 EET		(Report)	Turgay 46'	Stadium: Rize Atatürk Stadı Referee: Talat Tokat

1 February 198116	Eskişehirspor	1–0	Galatasaray SK	Eskişehir
14:15 EET	Bilal 73'	(Report)		Stadium: Eskişehir Atatürk Stadı Referee: İlyas Ayan

8 February 198117	Galatasaray SK	3–2	Boluspor	Istanbul
14:30 EET	Turgay 3' Mehmet 25', 77'	(Report)	Halil İbrahim 4', 73'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 28,994 Referee: Yılmaz Önen

15 February 198118	Adanaspor	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Adana
14:00 EET	Ercan 17'	(Report)	Ali 73'	Stadium: Adana 5 Ocak Stadı Referee: İhsan Türe

22 February 198119	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Fenerbahçe SK	Istanbul
14:30 EET	Ali 53'	(Report)		Stadium: İnönü Stadı Attendance: 40,438 Referee: Cumhur Demir

28 February 198120	Galatasaray SK	2–2	Çaykur Rizespor	Istanbul
14:30 EET	Fatih 12', 61'	(Report)	Osman 3' Sinan 13'	Stadium: İnönü Stadı Attendance: 18,354 Referee: Halil Atalık

8 March 198121	Bursaspor	2–1	Galatasaray SK	Bursa
15:00 EET	Sedat 1' Muzaffer 73'	(Report)	Bülent 85'	Stadium: Bursa Atatürk Stadium Referee: Ekrem Yenci

14 March 198122	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Mersin İdmanyurdu SK	Istanbul
15:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: İnönü Stadı Attendance: 14,788 Referee: İhsan Türe

29 March 198123	Gaziantepspor	1–0	Galatasaray SK	Gaziantep
14:30 EET	Yaşar 59'p	(Report)		Stadium: Kamil Ocak Stadı Referee: Sadık Deda

5 April 198124	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Zonguldakspor	Istanbul
15:30 EET	Müfit 67'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 24,891 Referee: Talat Tokat

19 April 198125	Orduspor	0–1	Galatasaray SK	Ordu
16:00 EET		(Report)	Müfit 36'	Stadium: 19 Eylül Stadı Referee: Yılmaz Önen

25 April 198126	Galatasaray SK	2–1	Trabzonspor	Istanbul
16:00 EET	Orhan 17' Cüneyt 47'	(Report)	Sinan 9'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 35,240 Referee: Talat Tokat

3 May 198127	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Beşiktaş JK	Istanbul
16:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 30,251 Referee: Talat Tokat

10 May 198128	Kocaelispor	1–0	Galatasaray SK	İzmit
16:00 EET	Ceyhun 1'	(Report)		Stadium: İsmetpaşa Stadı Referee: Teoman Parer

17 May 198129	Galatasaray SK	0–2	Adana Demirspor	Istanbul
16:00 EET		(Report)	Müjdat 28' Adnan 84'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Attendance: 16,743 Referee: Talat Tokat

24 May 198130	Altay SK	0–0	Galatasaray SK	İzmir
16:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: İzmir Atatürk Stadı Referee: Yılmaz Önen

Turkiye Kupasi

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

5th Round

12 November 19801	Zonguldakspor	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Galatasaray SK	Zonguldak
14:30 EET	Ersoy 3'			Stadium: Kemal Köksal Stadi Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Talat Tokat

17 December 19802	Galatasaray SK	2–0	Zonguldakspor	Istanbul
14:00 EET	Orhan 89' Ali 106'			Stadium: İnönü Stadi Attendance: 16,111 Referee: Coşkun Kutay

6th Round

4 March 19811	Galatasaray SK	3–0	KDÇ Karabükspor	Istanbul
14:30 EET	Reşit 9', 42' Bülent 12'			Stadium: Inönü Stadi Referee: Necmi Temizel

11 March 19812	KDÇ Karabükspor	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Karabük
14:00 EET	Arslan 69'		Müfit 7'	Stadium: Dr Necmettin Şeyhoğlu Stadı Referee: Yavuz Tunç

Quarter-final

1 April 19811	Boluspor	1–0	Galatasaray SK	Bolu
14:30 EET	Selahattin 78'			Stadium: Bolu Atatürk Stadi Referee: Kazim Ulusoy

8 April 19812	Galatasaray SK	0–2	Boluspor	Istanbul
14:00 EET			Minas 67' Halil İbrahim 80'	Stadium: Inönü Stadi Attendance: 22,319 Referee: İhsan Türe

Friendly Matches

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

TSYD Kupası

16 August 19801	Fenerbahçe SK	5–0	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
18:00 EET	Ali Kemal Denizci 20' Raşit Çetiner 32' Mustafa Arabacıbaşı 44' Selçuk Yula 55', 82'	(Report)		Stadium: İnönü Stadı Attendance: 28,696 Referee: Kemal Akay

17 August 19802	Galatasaray SK	1–1	Beşiktaş JK	Istanbul
18:00 EET	Mustafa Ergücü 71'	(Report)	Ziya Doğan 21'	Stadium: İnönü Stadı Attendance: 19,520 Referee: Sina Özcan

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

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1980–81 Galatasaray S.K. season

Contents

Squad statistics

Players in / out

In

Out

1. Lig

Standings

Matches

Turkiye Kupasi

5th Round

6th Round

Quarter-final

Friendly Matches

TSYD Kupası

Attendance

References

External links