# 1997–98 Galatasaray S.K. season

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 | 1. Lig | Türkiye Kupası | Türkiye Kupası | CL | CL | Süper Kupa | Süper Kupa | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| - | GK | Volkan Kilimci | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| - | GK | Mehmet Bölükbaşi | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| - | GK | Richard Kingson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | DF | Adnan İlgin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | DF | Feti Okuroğlu | 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 (C) | 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 | Mehmet Gönülaçar | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 |
| - | MF | Osman Coşkun | 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 |

### Players in / out
#### In

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

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to |
| DF | Cihat Arslan | 27 | Gaziantepspor |
| FW | Alp Küçükvardar | 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 | Bekir Gür | 25 | Çanakkale Dardanel |
| FW | Adrian Ilie | 23 | Valencia |

## 1. Lig
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | İstanbulspor | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 60 | 42 | +18 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Samsunspor | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 49 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |

### Matches
## Türkiye Kupası

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

### Final
## UEFA Champions League
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

## Süper Kupa-Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

## Friendly matches

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

### TSYD Kupası
## 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 |