# 2022–23 Galatasaray S.K. (women's football) season

It is the 2022–23 season of the Women's Football team of Galatasaray Sports Club.

## Overview
### August

In the notification made on 10 August 2022, it was announced that the ways were parted with the Technical Director Nurcan Çelik, whose contract had expired.
On 11 August 2022, it was announced that an agreement was reached with Metin Ülgen for the position of Technical Director.

### October

Group draw and fixtures in the Turkish Women's Football Super League were held on 6 October 2022 in Istanbul with the participation of Federation officials and club representatives.

## Squad information

As of 4 February 2023
| No. | Name | Since | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 17 | Handan Kurğa | 2022 | (1993-09-10) 10 September 1993 (age 31) | Konak Belediyespor |
| 25 | Büşra Kenet | 2021 | (2000-06-27) 27 June 2000 (age 24) | Fatih Vatan Spor |
| 32 | Gamze Nur Yaman | 2022 | (1999-04-25) 25 April 1999 (age 25) | WFC Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv |
| 88 | Müge İnan | 2022 | (1994-01-05) 5 January 1994 (age 30) | Fatih Karagümrük |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | İrem Barut | 2022 | (2004-10-08) 8 October 2004 (age 19) | Yukatel Kayserispor |
| 3 | İlayda Uğur | 2021 | (1999-07-09) 9 July 1999 (age 25) | Akdeniz Nurçelik Spor |
| 4 | Li Jiayue | 2023 | (1990-06-08) 8 June 1990 (age 34) | Shanghai Shengli |
| 5 | Milica Denda (captain) | 2021 | (2002-12-11) 11 December 2002 (age 21) | ŽFK Spartak Subotica |
| 6 | Derya Arhan | 2022 | (1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 25) | Fatih Karagümrük |
| 20 | Berna Yeniçeri | 2022 | (1996-01-26) 26 January 1996 (age 28) | Beşiktaş |
| 27 | Naomie Kabakaba | 2023 | (1998-02-04) 4 February 1998 (age 26) | TP Mazembe |
| 61 | Fatma Sare Öztürk | 2022 | (2000-07-05) 5 July 2000 (age 24) | Trabzonspor |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 8 | Emine Ecem Esen | 2022 | (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 30) | ALG Spor |
| 10 | İsmigül Yalçıner | 2021 | (1994-10-20) 20 October 1994 (age 29) | Kireçburnu Spor |
| 13 | Birgül Sadıkoğlu | 2022 | (2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 (age 24) | WFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv |
| 18 | Kristina Bakarandze | 2022 | (1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 (age 26) | ALG Spor |
| 19 | Zehra Yılmaz | 2022 | (2002-07-05) 5 July 2002 (age 22) | Bursa Soğanlı Spor |
| 21 | Didem Dülber | 2021 | (2001-03-21) 21 March 2001 (age 23) | ALG Spor |
| 23 | İlayda Civelek | 2022 | (1998-07-06) 6 July 1998 (age 26) | ALG Spor |
| 24 | Arzu Akkurt | 2021 | (2004-07-01) 1 July 2004 (age 20) | 1207 Antalya Spor |
| 28 | Zeynep Ece Güneş | 2021 | (2004-10-23) 23 October 2004 (age 19) | Kireçburnu Spor |
| 33 | Serpil Özer | 2021 | (2001-03-03) 3 March 2001 (age 23) | Akdeniz Nurçelik Spor |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Erva Karaovalı | 2022 | (2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 (age 22) | Kocaeli Bayan FK |
| 9 | Elanur Laçin | 2021 | (2004-08-04) 4 August 2004 (age 20) | Kireçburnu Spor |
| 11 | Yağmur Uraz | 2022 | (1990-02-19) 19 February 1990 (age 34) | Beşiktaş |
| 16 | Ebru Topçu | 2022 | (1996-08-27) 27 August 1996 (age 28) | ALG Spor |
| 22 | Elena Gracinda Santos | 2022 | (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 27) | NJ/NY Gotham FC |
| Player(s) transferred out during this season ||||||
| 30 | Emine Demir | 2022 | (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 30) | Fatih Vatan Spor |

## Transfers and loans
### Contracts renewals

| Date | No. | Position | Player | Contract ends | Ref. |
| 10 August 2022 | 44 | DF | Milica Denda | 2023 | |

### In

| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| 9 August 2022 | 20 | DF | Berna Yeniçeri | Beşiktaş | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2022 | 6 | DF | Derya Arhan | Fatih Karagümrük | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2022 | 16 | FW | Ebru Topçu | ALG Spor | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2022 | 8 | MF | Emine Ecem Esen | ALG Spor | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2022 | 17 | GK | Handan Kurğa | Konak Belediyespor | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2022 | 23 | MF | İlayda Civelek | ALG Spor | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2022 | 11 | FW | Yağmur Uraz | Beşiktaş | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2022 | 30 | DF | Emine Demir | Fatih Vatan Spor | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2022 | 88 | GK | Müge İnan | Fatih Karagümrük | Undisclosed |
| 13 September 2022 | 18 | MF | Kristina Bakarandze | ALG Spor | Undisclosed |
| 13 September 2022 | 61 | DF | Fatma Sare Öztürk | Trabzonspor | Undisclosed |
| 5 January 2023 | 4 | DF | Li Jiayue | Shanghai Shengli | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2023 | 27 | DF | Naomie Kabakaba | TP Mazembe | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | 6 | DF | Cemre Kara | | End of contract |
| 30 June 2022 | 17 | MF | Buse Çolak | | End of contract |
| 30 June 2022 | 23 | DF | Fadime Kurnaz | | End of contract |
| 30 June 2022 | 78 | MF | Angie Sandrith Telles Ortiz | | End of contract |
| 20 July 2022 | 77 | MF | Amanda Ferreira De Alencar | Esporte Clube Bahia | End of contract |
| 25 July 2022 | 61 | DF | İlayda Gündoğdu | | End of contract |
| 25 July 2022 | 14 | FW | Dajana Spasojević | SFK 2000 | End of contract |
| 26 July 2022 | 11 | MF | Elif Kesgin | Telsiz Spor | End of contract |
| 26 July 2022 | 1 | GK | Evin Dinçer | Fatih Karagümrük | End of contract |
| 7 September 2022 | 67 | MF | Gülhanım Doğan | Adana Demirspor | End of contract |
| 23 September 2022 | 99 | MF | Samia Adam | Napoli Femminile | End of contract |
| 11 October 2022 | 22 | DF | Ijeoma Queenth Daniels | Trabzonspor | End of contract |
| 15 October 2022 | 19 | MF | Gözde Gül | Altay | End of contract |
| 15 October 2022 | 4 | DF | Yaren Çetin | Altay | End of contract |
| 19 October 2022 | 5 | DF | Zeynep Nisa Üner | Çatalca Belediye Spor | End of contract |
| 27 December 2022 | 30 | DF | Emine Demir | Fatih Vatan Spor | Undisclosed |

### Loan out

| Date | Until | No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Source |
| 13 August 2022 | End of season | 66 | GK | Sude Nur Sözüdoğru | Horozkent Spor | Undisclosed | |

## Management team

| Position | Staff |
| Head Coach | Metin Ülgen |
| Sporting Director | Vahit Mert |
| Assistant Sporting Director | Gülfem Kocaoğlu |
| Assistant Coach | Hilal Başkol |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Yunus Ulucan |
| Physiotherapist | Gülin Köseoğlu |
| Analyst | Birkan İpek |
Last updated: 6 September 2022 Source: Galatasaray SK

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Mid-season
## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League | 16 October 2022 | 18 March 2023 | Matchday 1 | 1st | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 9 | +75 | 094.44 |
| Super League Play-offs | 3 May 2023 | 20 May 2023 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 94 | 14 | +80 | 086.36 |
Last updated: 20 May 2023 Source: FootyStats

### Turkish Women's Football Super League
#### League table (Group B)

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Galatasaray | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 9 | +75 | 51 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Ankara BB FOMGET (C) | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 11 | +54 | 49 | First round |
| 3 | Fenerbahçe | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 66 | 10 | +56 | 36 | First round |
| 4 | Amed | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 28 | First round |
| 5 | 1207 Antalyaspor | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 25 | First round |
| 6 | Ataşehir Bld. | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 21 | First round |
| 7 | Konak Bld. | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 20 | First round |
| 8 | Trabzonspor (O) | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 17 | Play-out |
| 9 | Adana İdmanyurdu | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 37 | −17 | 13 | |
| 10 | Kireçburnu (R) | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 167 | −159 | −3 | Play-out |
* ↑ Adana İdmanyurdu withdrew from the league, following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, and were not relegated at the end of the season.
* ↑ Kireçburnu had 3 points deducted.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 March 2023. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by matchday

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |

#### Play–offs
##### Quarter–finals
##### Semi–finals
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Player | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | İrem Barut | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | İlayda Uğur | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Li Jiayue | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Milica Denda | 20 | 4 | 20 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | Derya Arhan | 22 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | Erva Karaovalı | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Emine Ecem Esen | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Elanur Laçin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | İsmigül Yalçıner | 15 | 3 | 15 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | Yağmur Uraz | 21 | 26 | 21 | 26 |
| 13 | MF | Birgül Sadıkoğlu | 20 | 13 | 20 | 13 |
| 16 | FW | Ebru Topçu | 22 | 17 | 22 | 17 |
| 17 | GK | Handan Kurğa | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Kristina Bakarandze | 21 | 3 | 21 | 3 |
| 19 | MF | Zehra Yılmaz | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | Berna Yeniçeri | 21 | 4 | 21 | 4 |
| 21 | MF | Didem Dülber | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Elena Gracinda Santos | 21 | 8 | 21 | 8 |
| 23 | MF | İlayda Civelek | 20 | 2 | 20 | 2 |
| 24 | MF | Arzu Akkurt | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Büşra Kenet | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Naomie Kabakaba | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| 28 | MF | Zeynep Ece Güneş | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | Gamze Nur Yaman | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Serpil Özer | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 61 | DF | Fatma Sare Öztürk | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | Müge İnan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season |||||||
| 30 | DF | Emine Demir | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Last updated: 20 May 2023. Source: TFF.org

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Süper Lig | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | Yağmur Uraz | 26 | 26 |
| 2 | 16 | FW | Ebru Topçu | 17 | 17 |
| 3 | 13 | MF | Birgül Sadıkoğlu | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | 22 | FW | Elena Gracinda Santos | 8 | 8 |
| 4 | 27 | DF | Naomie Kabakaba | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | 5 | DF | Milica Denda | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 20 | DF | Berna Yeniçeri | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | 10 | MF | İsmigül Yalçıner | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 18 | MF | Kristina Bakarandze | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | Emine Ecem Esen | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 23 | MF | İlayda Civelek | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | DF | İrem Barut | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | DF | Derya Arhan | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 19 | MF | Zehra Yılmaz | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 30 | DF | Emine Demir | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 94 | 94 |
Last updated: 20 May 2023. Source: TFF.org

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Süper Lig | Total |
| 1 | 17 | GK | Handan Kurğa | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | 32 | GK | Gamze Nur Yaman | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 25 | GK | Büşra Kenet | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 88 | GK | Müge İnan | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 13 | 13 |
Last updated: 20 May 2023. Source: TFF.org

### Disciplinary records

| No. | Pos. | Player | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Total | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Li Jiayue | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Milica Denda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Derya Arhan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Emine Ecem Esen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Birgül Sadıkoğlu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Ebru Topçu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | Handan Kurğa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Kristina Bakarandze | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Berna Yeniçeri | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Elena Gracinda Santos | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | İlayda Civelek | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Emine Demir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 36 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 May 2023. Source: TFF.org

### Game as captain

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Süper Lig | Total |
| 1 | 5 | DF | Milica Denda | 20 | 20 |
| 2 | 8 | MF | Emine Ecem Esen | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 32 | GK | Gamze Nur Yaman | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 22 | 22 |
Last updated: 20 May 2023. Source: TFF.org