# 2017–18 Galatasaray S.K. season

The 2017–18 season was Galatasaray's 114th in existence and 60th consecutive season in the Süper Lig. The club was aiming for an unprecedented 21st Turkish title after finishing the Süper Lig in fourth place in the previous season.
In Europe, Galatasaray participated in the UEFA Europa League, as well as competing in the Turkish Cup.
This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club played in during the season. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Club
### Grounds

| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Ali Sami Yen Türk Telekom Stadı (52,280 / 105x68m) |
| Training ground | Florya Metin Oktay Sports Complex and Training Center |

### Kit

* Uniform manufacturer: Nike
* Chest sponsor: Nef
* Back sponsor: Garenta
* Arm sponsor: None
* Short sponsor: Fluo

## Sponsorship

Companies that Galatasaray had sponsorship deals with during the season included the following.
| Licensee | Product |
| Nef | Main Sponsor |
| Nike | Technical Sponsor |
| Garenta | Cosponsor |
| Fluo | Cosponsor |
| Coca-Cola | Cosponsor |
| Türk Telekom | Cosponsor |
| Odeabank | Cosponsor |
| Turkish Airlines | Cosponsor |
| Denizbank | Cosponsor |
| Liv Hospital | Cosponsor |
| Medical Park | Cosponsor |
| TemSA | Cosponsor |
| Tencent | Cosponsor |
| Sci-MX | Cosponsor |
| Perform Group | Cosponsor |
| Passo Lig | Cosponsor |
| Hugo Boss | Cosponsor |
| Diversey | Cosponsor |

## Players
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Fernando Muslera (VC) | 38 | EU | 2011 | 272 | 1 | 2021 | €6.75M + Cana | Second nationality: Italian |
| 2 | DF | Mariano | 38 | Non-EU | 2017 | 23 | 1 | 2020 | €4M | |
| 3 | DF | Maicon | 36 | EU | 2017 | 29 | 5 | 2021 | €7M | Second nationality: Portuguese |
| 4 | DF | Serdar Aziz | 34 | Non-EU | 2016 | 30 | 3 | 2020 | €4.5M + Kısa + Yıldırım + Özçal | Second nationality: Macedonian |
| 5 | DF | Ahmet Çalık | 30 | Non-EU | 2017 | 27 | 3 | 2021 | €2.5M | |
| 6 | MF | Tolga Ciğerci | 32 | EU | 2016 | 46 | 6 | 2019 | €3M | Second nationality: German |
| 7 | MF | Yasin Öztekin | 37 | EU | 2014 | 142 | 31 | 2018 | €2.5M | Second nationality: German |
| 8 | MF | Selçuk İnan (C) | 39 | Non-EU | 2011 | 276 | 57 | 2019 | Free | |
| 9 | FW | Eren Derdiyok | 36 | EU | 2016 | 62 | 16 | 2019 | €4M | Second nationality: Turkish |
| 10 | MF | Younès Belhanda | 34 | EU | 2017 | 17 | 2 | 2021 | €8M | Second nationality: French |
| 11 | MF | Sinan Gümüş | 30 | EU | 2014 | 66 | 23 | 2019 | Free | Second nationality: Turkish |
| 14 | DF | Martin Linnes | 33 | Non-EU | 2016 | 58 | 1 | 2019 | €2M | |
| 15 | MF | Ryan Donk | 38 | EU | 2016 | 25 | 1 | 2018 | €2.5M | Second nationality: Surinamese |
| 16 | GK | Cédric Carrasso | 42 | EU | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 2018 | Free | |
| 18 | FW | Bafétimbi Gomis | 39 | EU | 2017 | 19 | 14 | 2020 | €2.5M | Second nationality: Senegalese |
| 21 | DF | Tarık Çamdal | 33 | EU | 2014 | 42 | 0 | 2019 | €4.75M | Second nationality: German |
| 22 | DF | Hakan Balta | 41 | EU | 2007 | 332 | 13 | 2018 | €1M + Öztorun | Second nationality: German |
| 24 | MF | Garry Rodrigues | 33 | EU | 2017 | 37 | 4 | 2021 | €3.5M | Second nationality: Dutch |
| 25 | MF | Fernando | 37 | EU | 2017 | 16 | 1 | 2020 | €5.25M | Second nationality: Portuguese |
| 28 | DF | Koray Günter | 30 | EU | 2014 | 48 | 0 | 2018 | €2.5M | Second nationality: Turkish |
| 33 | DF | Iasmin Latovlevici | 38 | EU | 2017 | 9 | 0 | 2018 | €0.55M | |
| 46 | MF | Barış Zeren | 25 | Non-EU | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2020 | Youth system | |
| 55 | DF | Yuto Nagatomo | 38 | Non-EU | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | €0.7M | On loan from Inter Milan |
| 64 | DF | Jason Denayer | 29 | EU | 2017 | 41 | 0 | 2018 | €0.5M | On loan from Manchester City Second nationality: Republic of the Congo |
| 67 | GK | Eray İşcan | 33 | Non-EU | 2011 | 16 | 0 | 2018 | Youth system | |
| 88 | MF | Gökay Güney | 25 | Non-EU | 2016 | 3 | 0 | 2019 | Youth system | |
| 89 | MF | Sofiane Feghouli | 34 | EU | 2017 | 11 | 3 | 2022 | €4.25M | Second nationality: French |
| 98 | DF | Sefa Özdemir | 26 | Non-EU | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2020 | Youth system | |
* Last updated: 1 February 2018
* Source: Galatasaray.org, Players in / out, Wikipedia players' articles (for EU passport)
* Ordered by Last season starting 11 and position on pitch (from back right to front left).

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 18 | FW | Bafétimbi Gomis | 39 | EU | Swansea City | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €2.5M | KAP.gov.tr |
| 10 | MF | Younès Belhanda | 34 | EU | Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €8M | KAP.gov.tr |
| 3 | DF | Maicon | 36 | Non-EU | São Paulo | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €7M | KAP.gov.tr |
| 2 | DF | Mariano | 38 | Non-EU | Sevilla | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €4M | KAP.gov.tr |
| 20 | MF | Badou Ndiaye | 34 | Non-EU | Osmanlıspor | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €7.5M | KAP.gov.tr |
| 25 | MF | Fernando | 37 | Non-EU | Manchester City | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €5.25M | Galatasaray.org |
| 89 | MF | Sofiane Feghouli | 34 | EU | West Ham United | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | €4.25M | KAP.gov.tr |
| 64 | DF | Jason Denayer | 29 | EU | Manchester City | Loan | Summer | 2018 | €0.5M | KAP.gov.tr |
| 33 | DF | Iasmin Latovlevici | 38 | EU | Kardemir Karabükspor | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | €0.55M | KAP.gov.tr |
| 16 | GK | Cédric Carrasso | 42 | EU | Bordeaux | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free | KAP.gov.tr |
| 17 | MF | Emrah Başsan | 32 | Non-EU | Fortuna Sittard | Loan return | Summer | 2019 | None | |
| 38 | DF | Tarık Çamdal | 33 | EU | Eskişehirspor | Loan return | Summer | 2018 | None | |
| 15 | MF | Ryan Donk | 38 | Non-EU | Real Betis | Loan return | Summer | 2018 | None | |
| 55 | DF | Yuto Nagatomo | 38 | Non-EU | Internazionale | Loan | Winter | 2018 | €0.7M | Galatasaray.org |
Total spending: €40.25M

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 23 | DF | Lionel Carole | 33 | EU | Sevilla | Loan | Summer | €0.35M | Galatasaray.org |
| 11 | FW | Lukas Podolski | 39 | EU | Vissel Kobe | Transfer | Summer | €2.7M | Galatasaray.org |
| 21 | DF | Aurélien Chedjou | 39 | EU | İstanbul Başakşehir | End of contract | Summer | Free | Galatasaray.org ibfk.com.tr |
| 55 | MF | Sabri Sarıoğlu | 40 | Non-EU | Göztepe | End of contract | Summer | Free | Galatasaray.org |
| 20 | MF | Bruma | 30 | EU | RB Leipzig | Transfer | Summer | €12.5M | Galatasaray.org Dierotenbullen.com |
| 30 | MF | Josué | 34 | EU | Porto | Loan return | Summer | Free | Fanatik.com.tr |
| 26 | DF | Semih Kaya | 33 | EU | Sparta Prague | Transfer | Summer | €2M | Sparta.cz Galatasaray.org |
| 10 | MF | Wesley Sneijder | 40 | EU | Nice | Contract termination | Summer | Free | Galatasaray.org |
| 19 | GK | Cenk Gönen | 36 | EU | Málaga | Transfer | Summer | €0.2M | Galatasaray.org |
| 34 | MF | Nigel de Jong | 39 | EU | Mainz 05 | Contract termination | Winter | Free | Galatasaray.org |
| 17 | MF | Emrah Başsan | 32 | Non-EU | Vitória de Setúbal | Contract termination | Winter | Free | Galatasaray.org Vfc.pt |
| 20 | MF | Badou Ndiaye | 34 | Non-EU | Stoke City | Transfer | Winter | €16M | Galatasaray.org Stokecityfc.com |
Total income: €34.6M
Expenditure: €5.65M

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overall

| Trophy | Started round | First match | Result | Last match |
| Süper Lig | N/A | 14 August 2017 | 1st | 19 August 2018 |
| Turkish Cup | Fifth round | 28 November 2017 | Semi-finals | 18 April 2018 |
| Europa League | Second qualifying round | 13 July 2017 | Second qualifying round | 20 July 2017 |

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Galatasaray (C) | 34 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 75 | 33 | +42 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 78 | 36 | +42 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 62 | 34 | +28 | 72 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 69 | 30 | +39 | 71 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 63 | 51 | +12 | 55 | |
* 1 2 Fenerbahçe ahead of Başakşehir on head-to-head goal difference: Fenerbahçe 2–3 Başakşehir, Başakşehir 0–2 Fenerbahçe.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Second qualifying round
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Fernando Muslera | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Mariano | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Maicon | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Serdar Aziz | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Ahmet Çalık | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Tolga Ciğerci | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Yasin Öztekin | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Selçuk İnan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | | Eren Derdiyok | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Younès Belhanda | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | Sinan Gümüş | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Martin Linnes | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Ryan Donk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | | Cédric Carrasso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | Bafétimbi Gomis | 17 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | | Tarık Çamdal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Garry Rodrigues | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Fernando | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Koray Günter | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Iasmin Latovlevici | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | | Recep Gül | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | | Barış Zeren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | DF | | Ali Ülgen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | DF | | Jason Denayer | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | GK | | Eray İşcan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | | Gökay Güney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | MF | | Sofiane Feghouli | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | | Sefa Özdemir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the squad during the season ||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | MF | | Emrah Başsan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Badou Ndiaye | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | | Lionel Carole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 1 February 2018. Source:

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | Fernando Muslera | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Eray İşcan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Cédric Carrasso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Last updated: 11 March 2018. Source:

### Overall

| | Total | Home | Away | Neutral |
| Games played | - | - | - | - |
| Games won | - | - | - | - |
| Games drawn | - | - | - | - |
| Games lost | - | - | - | - |
| Biggest win | - | - | - | - |
| Biggest loss | - | - | - | - |
| Biggest win (League) | - | - | - | - |
| Biggest win (Cup) | - | - | - | - |
| Biggest win (UEFA) | - | - | - | - |
| Biggest win (Super Cup) | - | - | - | - |
| Biggest loss (League) | - | - | - | - |
| Biggest loss (Cup) | - | - | - | - |
| Biggest loss (UEFA) | - | - | - | - |
| Biggest loss (Super Cup) | - | - | - | - |
| Clean sheets | - | - | - | - |
| Goals scored | - | - | - | - |
| Goals conceded | - | - | - | - |
| Goal difference | - | - | - | - |
| Average GF per game | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average GA per game | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | - | – | – | – |
| Red cards | - | – | – | – |
| Most appearances | - | – | – | – |
| Most minutes played | - | – | – | – |
| Most goals | - | – | – | – |
| Most assists | - | – | – | – |
| Points | - | - | - | - |
| Winning rate | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |

### Attendances

| Competition | Total. Att. | Avg. Att. |
| Süper Lig | 698,284 | 41,076 |
| Turkish Cup | 68,174 | 17,044 |
| Europa League | 33,646 | 33,646 |
| Total | 800,104 | 36,368 |
* Sold season tickets: 39,000 & 197 suites = 41,167