# 1978–79 Galatasaray S.K. season

The 1978–79 season was Galatasaray's 75th in existence and the club's 21st consecutive season in the Turkish First Football League. 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 | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| - | GK | Eser Özaltındere | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| - | GK | Bahattin Demircan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| - | GK | Haydar Erdoğan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | DF | Fatih Terim (C) | 27 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 5 |
| - | DF | Güngör Tekin | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
| - | DF | Cüneyt Tanman | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 5 |
| - | DF | Erdoğan Arıca | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| - | DF | Müfit Erkasap | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| - | DF | Tuncay Temeller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| - | DF | Rıdvan Kılıç | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| - | DF | Ali Yavaş | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| - | MF | Jusuf Hatunić | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| - | MF | Mehmet Oğuz | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| - | MF | Gürcan Aday | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| - | MF | Metin Yıldız | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| - | MF | Turgay İnal | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 |
| - | MF | Hasan Moralı | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | FW | Murat Kandil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| - | FW | Gökmen Özdenak | 30 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 9 |
| - | FW | Öner Kılıç | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 7 |
| - | FW | Tacettin Ergürsel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| - | FW | Ešref Jašarević | 24 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 |
| - | FW | Zafer Dinçer | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| - | FW | Mustafa Dil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

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

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to |
| GK | Eser Özaltındere | 24 | Adana Demirspor |
| FW | Ešref Jašarević | 26 | Kayserispor |
| DF | Jusuf Hatunić | 28 | Kayserispor |
| FW | Metin Yıldız | 18 | Galatasaray A2 |
| MF | Hasan Moralı | 20 | Galatasaray A2 |

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to |
| GK | Nihat Akbay | 33 | Retired |
| FW | Şükrü Tetik | 21 | Samsunspor |
| MF | Bülent Ünder | 29 | Retired |

## 1. Lig
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Trabzonspor (C) | 30 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 34 | 7 | +27 | 42 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 17 | +30 | 41 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Fenerbahçe | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 38 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Orduspor | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 34 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Diyarbakırspor | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 32 | |

### Matches

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

## Başbakanlık Kupası

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

## Friendly Matches
### Nihat Akbay Testimonial match

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

### TSYD Kupası
## Attendance

| Competition | Av. Att. | Total Att. |
| 1. Lig | 23,094 | 346,415 |
| Türkiye Kupası | 5,268 | 5,268 |
| UEFA Cup | 38,443 | 38,443 |
| Total | 22,949 | 390,126 |