# 1972–73 Galatasaray S.K. season

The 1972–73 season was Galatasaray's 69th in existence and the 15th 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 | Süper Kupa | Süper Kupa | European Cup | European Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Yasin Özdenak | 26 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| - | GK | Nihat Akbay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| - | DF | Tarık Küpoğlu | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| - | DF | Muzaffer Sipahi | 28 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
| - | DF | Arif Kuşdoğan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| - | DF | Tuncay Temeller | 20 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 9 |
| - | DF | Ekrem Günalp | 29 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
| - | DF | Samim Yağız | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| - | MF | Aydın Güleş | 29 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| - | MF | Bülent Ünder | 26 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 3 |
| - | MF | Ahmet Akkuş | 23 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 7 |
| - | MF | Mehmet Oğuz | 28 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 5 |
| - | MF | Talat Özkarslı | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | MF | Savaş Yarbay | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| - | FW | Suphi Soylu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | FW | Uğur Köken(C) | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| - | FW | Avram Kalpin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | FW | Metin Kurt | 30 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 14 |
| 9 | FW | Gökmen Özdenak | 20 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 |
| - | FW | Olcay Başarır | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| - | FW | Korhan Tınaz | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| - | MF | Mehmet Özgül | 26 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 15 |

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

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from |
| FW | Mehmet Özgül | 22 | Sirkeci SK |
| FW | Korhan Tınaz | 19 | Kütahyaspor |
| DF | Arif Kuşdoğan | 16 | Galatasaray U21 |

#### Out

| Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving to |
| FW | | Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu | 33 | Sakaryaspor |

## 1.Lig
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Galatasaray (C) | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 47 | 12 | +35 | 47 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Eskişehirspor | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | MKE Ankaragücü | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 34 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Boluspor | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 33 | Invitation to Balkans Cup |

### Matches
## Türkiye Kupası

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

### Final
## Süper Kupa

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

## Attendance

| Competition | Av. Att. | Total Att. |
| 1. Lig | 32,178 | 418,311 |
| Türkiye Kupası | 22,192 | 88,767 |
| European Cup | 42,850 | 42,850 |
| Total | 30,552 | 549,928 |