# 2000–01 Galatasaray S.K. season

The 2000–01 season was Galatasaray's 97th in existence and the 43rd 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.

## Club
### Board of directors

Elected: 25 March 2000
| Position | Staff |
| President | Faruk Süren |
| 2nd President | Mehmet Cansun |
| Vice President | Ali Dürüst |
| Board Member | Cem Şaşmaz |
| Board Member | Doç. Dr. Celal Erkut |
| Board Member | Osman Hattat |
| Board Member | Celal Gürcan |
| Board Member | İbrahim Çağlar |
| Board Member | Aziz Üstel |
| Board Member | Burak Elmas |

### Facilities

| Position | Staff |
| Stadium | Ali Sami Yen Stadium |
| Training facility | Florya Metin Oktay Facilities |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | 1. Lig | 1. Lig | Türkiye Kupası | Türkiye Kupası | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Claudio Taffarel | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| - | GK | Mehmet Bölükbaşı | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Kerem İnan | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Capone | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 29 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | Gheorghe Popescu | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Bülent Korkmaz (C) | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 44 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Fatih Akyel | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Emre Aşık | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| 2 | DF | Vedat İnceefe | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 57 | DF | Hakan Ünsal | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 29 | 3 |
| 21 | MF | Faruk Atalay | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 67 | MF | Ergün Penbe | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 43 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Okan Buruk | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 43 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | Hasan Şaş | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 47 | 10 |
| 18 | MF | Ümit Aydın | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Suat Kaya | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 40 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | Emre Belözoğlu | 27 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 41 | 9 |
| 22 | MF | Ümit Davala | 26 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 45 | 10 |
| 10 | MF | Gheorghe Hagi | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 37 | 13 |
| 16 | MF | Ahmet Yıldırım | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | Bülent Akın | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| 36 | FW | Márcio Mixirica | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Serkan Aykut | 26 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 17 |
| 6 | FW | Arif Erdem | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 7 |
| 9 | FW | Mário Jardel | 24 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 43 | 34 |

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

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from |
| FW | Mário Jardel | 26 | FC Porto |
| FW | Serkan Aykut | 25 | Samsunspor |
| DF | Emre Aşık | 27 | Istanbulspor |
| MF | Bülent Akın | 22 | Denizlispor |
| MF | Arif Erdem | 28 | Real Sociedad |

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to |
| FW | Hakan Şükür | 28 | Inter Milan |
| FW | Arif Erdem | 28 | Real Sociedad |
| FW | Burak Akdiş | 23 | Kayseri Erciyesspor on loan |
| MF | Tolunay Kafkas | 32 | Denizlispor |
| DF | Emrah Eren | 21 | Istanbulspor on loan |
| DF | Bruno Quadros | 23 | CR Flamengo |
| MF | Osman Coşkun | 28 | K.S.K. Beveren |
| MF | Mehmet Gönülaçar | 28 | K.S.K. Beveren on loan |
| GK | Volkan Kilimci | 28 | KSK Beveren |
| FW | Mehmet Yozgatlı | 21 | Adanaspor |
| FW | Saffet Akyüz | 30 | Çaykur Rizespor on loan |

## 1. Lig
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe (C) | 34 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 82 | 39 | +43 | 76 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 77 | 35 | +42 | 73 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Gaziantepspor | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 67 | 40 | +27 | 68 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 64 | |
| 5 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 58 | |

### Matches
## Türkiye Kupası

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

### Semi-final
## UEFA Super Cup
## UEFA Champions League
### First group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sturm Graz | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 10 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 8 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | Rangers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 8 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Monaco | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 7 | |

### Second group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Deportivo La Coruña | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Milan | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 | |

### Quarter-finals
## FIFA Club World Championship
### Group B

* Al-Hilal
* Galatasaray
* Olimpia
* Palmeiras

## Attendance

| Competition | Av. Att. | Total Att. |
| 1. Lig | - | - |
| Türkiye Kupası | - | - |
| Champions League | 20,643 | 144,500 |
| Total | - | - |