# 1977–78 Galatasaray S.K. season

The 1977–78 season was Galatasaray's 74th in existence and the club's 20th 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 | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| - | GK | Boško Kajganić | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| - | GK | Bahattin Demircan | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| - | GK | Nihat Akbay | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| - | DF | Fatih Terim (C) | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| - | DF | Güngör Tekin | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| - | DF | Cüneyt Tanman | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 3 |
| - | DF | Erdoğan Arıca | 28 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
| - | DF | Müfit Erkasap | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| - | DF | Rıdvan Kılıç | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| - | DF | Ali Yavaş | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| - | MF | Bülent Ünder | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| - | MF | Mehmet Oğuz | 24 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 3 |
| - | MF | Gürcan Aday | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| - | MF | Turgay İnal | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| - | FW | Engin Çınar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| - | FW | Ergun Ortakçı | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| - | FW | Gökmen Özdenak | 26 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 19 |
| - | FW | Öner Kılıç | 29 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 5 |
| - | FW | Tacettin Ergürsel | 24 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 4 |
| - | FW | Şükrü Tetik | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| - | FW | Murat Kandil | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| - | FW | Mehmet Özgül | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 |

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

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to |
| DF | Erdoğan Arıca | 23 | Orduspor |
| FW | Tacettin Ergürsel | 27 | Bursaspor |
| MF | Gürcan Aday | 19 | Tofaş SK |
| GK | Bahattin Demircan | 21 | İzmirspor |
| DF | Furkan Ölçer | 21 | Vefa SK |
| MF | Turgay İnal | 19 | Çanakkalespor |
| FW | Fevzi Kezan | 25 | Giresunspor |
| GK | Boško Kajganić | 28 | Red Star Belgrade |
| FW | Murat Kandil | 22 | Konya İdman Yurdu |

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to |
| DF | Ekrem Günalp | 30 | Retired |
| FW | Şevki Şenlen | 28 | Fenerbahçe SK |
| FW | Zafer Dinçer | 21 | Orduspor |
| DF | Furkan Ölçer | 21 | Vefa SK |
| DF | Furkan Ölçer | 21 | Vefa SK |
| FW | Nurettin Yılmaz | 21 | Adanaspor |
| FW | Fevzi Kezan | 25 | Giresunspor |
| DF | Faruk Aktaş | 21 | Orduspor |
| GK | Doğan Özdenak | 23 | |
| DF | Arif Kuşdoğan | 21 | Rizespor |

## 1. Lig
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe (C) | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 42 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Trabzonspor | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 16 | +26 | 41 | |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Adanaspor | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 35 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Beşiktaş | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 32 | Invitation to Balkans Cup |

### Matches
## Friendly Matches

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

### TSYD Kupası
## Attendance

| Competition | Av. Att. | Total Att. |
| 1. Lig | 25,882 | 388,229 |
| Türkiye Kupası | 18,499 | 55,496 |
| Total | 24,651 | 443,725 |