# 2001–02 Galatasaray S.K. season

The 2001–02 season was Galatasaray's 98th in existence and the 44th consecutive season in the Süper 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 | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Türkiye Kupası | Türkiye Kupası | CL | CL | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Faryd Mondragón | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| 61 | GK | Mehmet Bölükbaşi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Kerem İnan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Capone | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Gheorghe Popescu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Bülent Korkmaz (C) | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 38 | 3 |
| 2 | DF | Vedat İnceefe | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Emre Aşık | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Gustavo Victoria | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Sébastien Pérez | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 32 | 4 |
| 57 | DF | Hakan Ünsal | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Faruk Atalay | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 67 | MF | Ergün Penbe | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 47 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Ayhan Akman | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Hasan Şaş | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 43 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | João Batista | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Suat Kaya | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 31 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | Sergen Yalçın | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 9 |
| 22 | MF | Ümit Davala | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| 23 | MF | Andrés Fleurquin | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 3 |
| 27 | MF | Erhan Namlı | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Pavel Horváth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Bülent Akın | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 53 | MF | Jersson González | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Berkant Göktan | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 5 |
| 55 | FW | Serkan Aykut | 21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 11 |
| 25 | FW | Murat Sözkesen | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | Arif Erdem | 32 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 45 | 23 |
| 20 | FW | Robert Špehar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Mbo Mpenza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Radu Niculescu | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | Ümit Karan | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 43 | 14 |

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

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from |
| FW | Mbo Mpenza | 25 | Sporting CP |
| MF | Pavel Horváth | 26 | Sporting CP |
| FW | Robert Špehar | 31 | Sporting CP |
| GK | Faryd Mondragón | 30 | Metz on loan |
| DF | Gustavo Victoria | 21 | Deportivo Cali |
| DF | Sébastien Pérez | 28 | Marseille on loan |
| MF | Ayhan Akman | 24 | Beşiktaş |
| MF | Andrés Fleurquin | 26 | Sturm Graz |
| MF | Sergen Yalçın | 29 | Siirtspor |
| FW | Ümit Karan | 25 | Gençlerbirliği |
| MF | Erhan Namlı | 27 | Trabzonspor |
| MF | Berkant Göktan | 21 | Bayern Munich |
| MF | João Batista | 26 | Gaziantepspor |
| MF | Jersson González | 27 | América de Cali |
| FW | Murat Sözkesen | 26 | Bursaspor |
| FW | Radu Niculescu | 26 | Naţional București |

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to |
| MF | Gheorghe Hagi | 36 | career end |
| DF | Gheorghe Popescu | 34 | Lecce |
| GK | Cláudio Taffarel | 35 | Parma |
| MF | Okan Buruk | 28 | Inter Milan |
| MF | Emre Belözoğlu | 21 | Inter Milan |
| FW | Mário Jardel | 28 | Sporting CP |
| DF | Fatih Akyel | 24 | Mallorca |
| FW | Márcio Mixirica | 26 | Boavista |
| MF | Mehmet Yozgatlı | 22 | Istanbulspor |
| MF | Ahmet Yıldırım | 27 | Beşiktaş |
| FW | Saffet Akyüz | 31 | Antalyaspor |
| MF | Faruk Atalay | 20 | Bursaspor on loan |
| GK | Richard Kingson | 23 | Antalyaspor on loan |
| DF | Emrah Eren | 22 | Gaziantepspor on loan |
| MF | Mehmet Gönülaçar | 29 | Erzurumspor on loan |
| FW | Mbo Mpenza | 25 | Mouscron |
| MF | Pavel Horváth | 26 | Teplice |
| FW | Robert Špehar | 31 | Standard Liège |
| MF | Erhan Namlı | 27 | Çaykur Rizespor on loan |
| DF | Hakan Ünsal | 28 | Blackburn Rovers |
| DF | Ufuk Talay | 25 | Nîmes on loan |

## Süper Lig
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Galatasaray (C) | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 75 | 31 | +44 | 78 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 70 | 31 | +39 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 62 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | MKE Ankaragücü | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 72 | 58 | +14 | 53 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Denizlispor | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Denizlispor were ahead of Gaziantepspor on head-to-head record: Denizlispor–Gaziantepspor 5–2, Gaziantepspor–Denizlispor 0–0.

### Matches
## Türkiye Kupası

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

### Third round
## UEFA Champions League
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NAN | GAL | PSV | LAZ |
| 1 | Nantes | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 11 | Advance to second group stage | — | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 10 | Advance to second group stage | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Lazio | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — |

### Second group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | LIV | ROM | GAL |
| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Roma | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 5 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |

## FIFA Club World Championship

As winners of the 2000 UEFA Super Cup, Galatasaray was one of the 12 teams that were invited to the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship, which would be hosted in Spain from 28 July to 12 August 2001. However, the tournament was cancelled, primarily due to the collapse of ISL, which was a marketing partner of FIFA at the time.

### Group stage
## Attendances

| Competition | Av. Att. | Total Att. |
| 1. Lig | - | - |
| Türkiye Kupası | - | - |
| Champions League | 21,709 | 173,674 |
| Total | - | - |