# 1996–97 Galatasaray S.K. season

The 1996–97 season was Galatasaray's 93rd in existence and the 39th 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.

## Board of directors

* Faruk Süren
* Atilla Donat
* Ates Ünal Erzen
* Ozhan Canaydin
* Ergun Gursoy
* Ali Durust
* Celal Gurcan
* Ahmet Yolalan
* Ahmet Ozdogan
* Ali Ogutucu
* Mahmut
* Irfan Kurtoglu

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | 1. Lig | 1. Lig | Türkiye Kupası | Türkiye Kupası | Cup Winners' Cup | Cup Winners' Cup | Süper Kupa | Süper Kupa | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| - | GK | Hayrettin Demirbaş | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| - | GK | Volkan Kilimci | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| - | GK | Pierre Esser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| - | GK | Mehmet Duymazer | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| - | DF | Bekir Gür | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| - | DF | Iulian Filipescu | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| - | DF | Feti Okuroğlu | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Bülent Korkmaz | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 2 |
| - | DF | Mert Korkmaz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| - | DF | Ulrich Van Gobbel | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| - | DF | Ufuk Talay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| - | DF | Vedat İnceefe | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | Hakan Ünsal | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 4 |
| - | MF | Ergün Penbe | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 2 |
| - | MF | Okan Buruk | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| - | MF | Evren Turhan | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| - | MF | İlyas Kahraman | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| - | MF | Tugay Kerimoğlu (C) | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 5 |
| - | MF | Suat Kaya | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| - | MF | Emre Belözoğlu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| - | MF | Ümit Davala | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | Gheorghe Hagi | 30 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 15 |
| 6 | FW | Arif Erdem | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 9 |
| - | FW | Alp Küçükvardar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | FW | Adrian Ilie | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 |
| - | FW | Adrian Knup | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Hakan Şükür | 32 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 46 |

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

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from |
| MF | Gheorghe Hagi | 31 | FC Barcelona |
| DF | Iulian Filipescu | 22 | FC Steaua București |
| MF | Ümit Davala | 23 | Istanbulspor |
| DF | Vedat İnceefe | 22 | Kardemir Karabükspor |
| FW | Adrian Knup | 28 | Karlsruher SC |
| FW | Adrian Ilie | 22 | FC Steaua București |
| GK | Volkan Kilimci | 24 | Kocaelispor |
| GK | Pierre Esser | 26 | Fortuna Düsseldorf |

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to |
| FW | Uğur Tütüneker | 33 | career end |
| FW | Dean Saunders | 32 | Nottingham Forest FC |
| GK | Nezih Ali Boloğlu | 32 | Bakırköy SK |
| DF | Norman Mapeza | 24 | Altay SK |
| GK | Brad Friedel | 25 | Columbus Crew |
| DF | Sedat Balkanlı | 31 | Fenerbahçe SK |
| GK | Gintaras Staučė | 27 | Sarıyer G.K. |
| DF | Cihat Arslan | 26 | Zeytinburnu SK |
| MF | Ceyhun Eriş | 19 | Çaykur Rizespor |
| FW | Adrian Knup | 28 | FC Basel |
| DF | Ulrich van Gobbel | 25 | Southampton FC |
| FW | Saffet Sancaklı | 29 | Kocaelispor |
| MF | Yusuf Tepekule | 28 | Vanspor on loan |
| MF | Ufuk Talay | 20 | Antalyaspor on loan |
| GK | Hayrettin Demirbaş | 33 | Zeytinburnu SK on loan |

## 1. Lig
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Galatasaray (C) | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 90 | 30 | +60 | 82 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 88 | 26 | +62 | 74 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 79 | 25 | +54 | 73 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 73 | 33 | +40 | 72 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Bursaspor | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 59 | |

### Matches
## Süper Kupa-Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

### 1997
## Friendly Matches

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

### Gurbet Kupası
## Attendance

| Competition | Av. Att. | Total Att. |
| 1. Lig | 26,362 | 448,152 |
| CWC | 25,627 | 25,627 |
| Total | 26,321 | 473,779 |