# 1998–99 Galatasaray S.K. season

The 1998–99 season was Galatasaray's 95th in existence and the 41st 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 | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Claudio Taffarel | 32 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| - | GK | Mehmet Bölükbaşi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | GK | Kerem İnan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| - | DF | Alper Tezcan | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| - | DF | Iulian Filipescu | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Gheorghe Popescu | 29 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 42 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | Bülent Korkmaz (C) | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Fatih Akyel | 30 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 3 |
| - | DF | Vedat İnceefe | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 57 | DF | Hakan Ünsal | 31 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 3 |
| 67 | MF | Ergün Penbe | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Okan Buruk | 28 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 42 | 12 |
| 11 | MF | Hasan Şaş | 24 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 5 |
| - | MF | Tolunay Kafkas | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Tugay Kerimoğlu | 22 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | Suat Kaya | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | Emre Belözoğlu | 27 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 4 |
| 22 | MF | Ümit Davala | 25 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 39 | 6 |
| 10 | MF | Gheorghe Hagi | 28 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 18 |
| - | MF | Faruk Atalay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | MF | Ufuk Talay | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | Arif Erdem | 27 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 39 | 19 |
| - | FW | Burak Akdiş | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | Hakan Şükür | 33 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 26 |

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

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from |
| GK | Claudio Taffarel | 32 | Clube Atlético Mineiro |
| MF | Tolunay Kafkas | 30 | Trabzonspor |
| MF | Hasan Şaş | 22 | MKE Ankaragücü |
| FW | Burak Akdiş | 21 | Kartal S.K. |
| DF | Alper Tezcan | 18 | Galatasaray A2 |
| GK | Kerem İnan | 18 | Galatasaray A2 |
| MF | Faruk Atalay | 17 | Galatasaray A2 |

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to |
| MF | Mehmet Gönülaçar | 26 | Sakaryaspor on loan |
| GK | Pierre Esser | 28 | Eintracht Trier |
| DF | Feti Okuroğlu | 27 | Trabzonspor |
| FW | Ion Ionuț Luțu | 23 | FC Universitatea Craiova |
| MF | Ceyhun Eriş | 21 | Göztepe SK on loan |
| GK | Richard Kingson | 20 | Sakaryaspor on loan |
| MF | Osman Coşkun | 26 | Sakaryaspor on loan |
| DF | Adnan İlgin | 25 | Bursaspor |
| GK | Volkan Kilimci | 26 | Elazığspor on loan |
| DF | Iulian Filipescu | 24 | Real Betis |

## 1. Lig
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Galatasaray (C) | 34 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 85 | 30 | +55 | 78 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 58 | 27 | +31 | 77 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 84 | 29 | +55 | 72 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 58 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 5 | Kocaelispor | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 50 | 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 | Juventus | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Athletic Bilbao | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | |

## Friendly Matches

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

### TSYD Kupası
## Attendance

| Competition | Av. Att. | Total Att. |
| 1. Lig | 26,388 | 448,596 |
| Türkiye Kupası | 14,513 | 14,513 |
| Champions League | 22,306 | 66,920 |
| Total | 25,239 | 530,029 |