2020–21 Galatasaray S.K. season explained

The 2020–21 Galatasaray S.K. season was the club's 117th season in existence and the club's 63rd consecutive season in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, Galatasaray participated in this season's editions of the Turkish Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 27 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Club

Board of directors

You can see the fields of the board members by moving the pointer to the dotted field.

Staff

The list of the staff is below.^[1]

Field	Name
Manager	Fatih Terim
Assistant coach	Levent Şahin
Assistant coach	Ümit Davala
Assistant coach	Albert Riera
Assistant coach	Necati Ateş
Assistant coach	Selçuk İnan
Goalkeeping coach	Fadıl Koşutan
Athletic performance coach	Scott Piri
Athletic performance coach	Yasin Küçük
Managing director	Şükrü Hanedar
Managing director assistant	Hakan Balta
Administrative manager	Uğur Yıldız
Administrative manager assistant	Mert Çetin
Communication coordinator	Aslı İşliel
Media and communication	Eray Sözen
Team Translator	Ersan Zeren
Match analysis officer	Halil Cihan Ünal
Computing expert	Olgu Şimşek
Doctor	Dr. Yener İnce
Doctor	Dr. İsmail Erman Büyükgök
Dietitian	Mestan Hüseyin Çilekçi
Physiotherapist	Mustafa Korkmaz
Physiotherapist	Burak Koca
Physiotherapist	Samet Polat
Masseur	Sedat Peker
Masseur	Batuhan Erkan
Masseur	Ozan Abaylı
Outfitter	Hasan Çelik
Outfitter	Veli Muğlı
Outfitter	İlyas Gökçe

Facilities

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Kits

Galatasaray and Nike introduced their home and away jerseys on 27 July 2020.^[2]

• Supplier: Nike
• Main sponsor: Sixt

• Back sponsor: Magdeburger Sigorta
• Sleeve sponsor: Nesine.com

• Socks sponsor: $GAL Fan Token

Transfers

See main article: article and List of Turkish football transfers winter 2020–21.

Loans out

Total spending: €0.412M
Total income: €3.913M
Expenditure: €4.325M

First team squad

|-|colspan=12 align=center|Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season

Statistics

Appearances

No.	PMF.	Nat.	Player	Süper Lig							Turkish Cup							Europa League							Total
1	GK		Fernando Muslera (Captain)<	--Süper Lig-->	22	-	-	2	-		-	1	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	23	-	-	2	-	-
2	DF		Şener Özbayraklı<	--Süper Lig-->	12	-	2	1	-		-	2	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	14	-	2	1	-	-
3	DF		Omar Elabdellaoui <	--Süper Lig-->	10	-	-	2	-		-	1	-	-	-	-		-	2	-	-	1	-		-	13	-	-	3	-	-
4	MF		Taylan Antalyalı <	--Süper Lig-->	34	1	2	8	-		-	2	-	-	-	-		-	3	-	-	-	-		-	39	1	2	8	-	-
7	MF		Henry Onyekuru <	--Süper Lig-->	14	5	-	1	-		-	1	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	15	5	-	1	-	-
8	FW		Ryan Babel<	--Süper Lig-->	32	7	5	5	-		-	2	-	-	-	-		-	3	1	-	-	-		-	37	8	5	5	-	-
9	FW		Radamel Falcao<	--Süper Lig-->	17	9	2	2	1		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	1	-	-	-	-		-	18	9	2	2	1	-
11	FW		Halil Dervişoğlu <	--Süper Lig-->	12	3	1	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	12	3	1	-	-	-
13	MF		Peter Etebo <	--Süper Lig-->	24	-	-	4	1		-	3	-	-	-	-		-	2	-	-	-	-		-	29	-	-	4	1	-
14	DF		Martin Linnes <	--Süper Lig-->	22	-	1	1	-		-	1	-	-	-	-		-	3	-	-	-	-		-	26	-	1	1	-	-
15	MF		Ryan Donk (Vice-captain)<	--Süper Lig-->	32	2	2	3	-		1	1	-	-	-	-		-	1	-	-	-	-		-	34	2	2	3	-	1
17	FW		Oğulcan Çağlayan <	--Süper Lig-->	18	4	1	1	-		-	2	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	20	4	1	1	-	-
18	MF		Kerem Aktürkoğlu <	--Süper Lig-->	27	6	2	1	-		-	2	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	29	6	2	1	-	-
19	MF		Ömer Bayram <	--Süper Lig-->	32	-	2	4	-		-	3	-	1	-	-		-	3	-	1	1	-		-	38	-	4	5	-	-
20	MF		Emre Akbaba <	--Süper Lig-->	27	5	2	2	-		-	3	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	30	5	2	2	-	-
22	DF		DeAndre Yedlin <	--Süper Lig-->	11	1	-	1	1		-	1	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	12	1	-	1	1	-
23	DF		Emre Taşdemir<	--Süper Lig-->	9	-	1	2	-		-	2	-	-	-	-		-	1	-	-	-	-		-	12	-	1	2	-	-
27	DF		Christian Luyindama <	--Süper Lig-->	24	-	1	4	-		-	2	1	-	-	-		-	2	1	-	-	-		-	28	2	1	4	-	-
31	FW		Mostafa Mohamed <	--Süper Lig-->	16	8	-	2	-		1	1	1	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	17	9	-	2	-	1
34	GK		Okan Kocuk<	--Süper Lig-->	10	-	-	1	-		-	1	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	11	-	-	1	-	-
36	DF		Marcelo Saracchi<	--Süper Lig-->	27	-	2	2	-		-	1	-	-	-	-		-	1	-	-	1	-		-	29	-	2	3	-	-
45	DF		Marcão<	--Süper Lig-->	37	-	-	10	-		1	2	-	-	1	-		-	3	1	-	-	-		-	42	1	-	11	-	1
49	DF		Valentine Ozornwafor <	--Süper Lig-->	1	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	1	-	-	-	-	-
54	MF		Emre Kılınç <	--Süper Lig-->	35	4	4	-	-		1	3	-	-	-	-		-	3	-	1	-	-		-	41	4	5	-	-	1
63	MF		Bartuğ Elmaz<	--Süper Lig-->	1	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	1	-	-	-	-	-
66	MF		Arda Turan (Vice-captain)<	--Süper Lig-->	32	4	2	7	-		-	1	-	-	-	-		-	1	-	-	-	-		-	34	4	2	7	-	-
83	MF		Gedson Fernandes <	--Süper Lig-->	17	-	3	2	-		-	1	1	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	18	1	3	2	-	-
89	MF		Sofiane Feghouli <	--Süper Lig-->	22	2	4	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	3	-	-	1	-		-	25	2	4	1	-	-
99	GK		Fatih Öztürk <	--Süper Lig-->	8	-	-	2	-		-	1	-	-	-	-		-	3	-	-	-	-		-	12	-	-	2	-	-
10	MF		Younès Belhanda<	--Süper Lig-->	22	6	3	4	-		-	3	1	-	-	-		-	3	1	-	1	-		-	28	8	3	5	-	-
21	MF		Jimmy Durmaz<	--Süper Lig-->	1	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	1	-	-	-	-		-	2	-	-	-	-	-
40	DF		Emin Bayram<	--Süper Lig-->	2	-	-	-	-		-	1	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	3	-	-	-	-	-
41	DF		Erencan Yardımcı<	--Süper Lig-->	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
77	MF		Jesse Sekidika <	--Süper Lig-->	6	1	-	-	-		-	1	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	7	1	-	-	-	-
80	FW		Ali Yavuz Kol <	--Süper Lig-->	4	-	-	1	-		-	1	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-	5	-	-	1	-	-
90	FW		Mbaye Diagne<	--Süper Lig-->	15	9	-	1	-		1	1	-	-	-	-		-	3	2	-	-	-		-	19	11	-	1	-	1

Goals

Includes all competitive matches.

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1		90	Mbaye Diagne	9	0	2	11
2		9	Radamel Falcao	9	0	0	9
		31		8	1	0	9
3		10	Younes Belhanda	6	1	1	8
		8	Ryan Babel	7	0	1	8
4		18		6	0	0	6
5		7		5	0	0	5
		20		5	0	0	5
6		54	Emre Kılınç	4	0	0	4
		66	Arda Turan	4	0	0	4
		17		4	0	0	4
7		11		3	0	0	3
8		89		2	0	0	2
		27		0	1	1	2
		15		2	0	0	2
9
		83		0	1	0	1
		77		1	0	0	1
		4		1	0	0	1
		45		0	0	1	1
		22		1	0	0	1
			Own Goals	3	0	0	3
			TOTAL	80	4	6	90

Hat-tricks

	Player		Against		Result		Date		Competition		Ref
		4–0 (A)	28 November 2020	Süper Lig	[3]
		6–0 (H)	9 January 2021	Süper Lig	[4]
		3–1 (A)	17 April 2021	Süper Lig	[5]

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Assists

Includes all competitive matches.

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1		8	Ryan Babel	5	0	0	5
		54	Emre Kılınç	4	1	0	5
2		15	Ryan Donk	4	0	0	4
		19	Ömer Bayram	2	1	1	4
		89	Sofiane Feghouli	4	0	0	4
3		10	Younes Belhanda	3	0	0	3
		83	Gedson Fernandes	3	0	0	3
		4	Taylan Antalyalı	2	1	0	3
4		20	Emre Akbaba	2	0	0	2
		66	Arda Turan	2	0	0	2
		9	Radamel Falcao	2	0	0	2
		14	Martin Linnes	1	1	0	2
		23	Emre Taşdemir	1	1	0	2
		36	Marcelo Saracchi	2	0	0	2
		2	Şener Özbayraklı	2	0	0	2
		18	Kerem Aktürkoğlu	2	0	0	2
5		11	Halil Dervişoğlu	1	0	0	1
		17	Oğulcan Çağlayan	1	0	0	1
		45	Marcão	0	1	0	1
		27		1	0	0	1
			TOTAL	44	6	1	51

Clean sheets

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1	1	GK		Fernando Muslera	9	0	0	9
2	34	GK		Okan Kocuk	4	1	0	5
2	99	GK		Fatih Öztürk	4	0	1	5
Totals					17	1	1	19

Injury record

Competitions

Süper Lig

See main article: 2020–21 Süper Lig.

Matches

Turkish Cup

See main article: 2020–21 Turkish Cup.

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.

Overall

	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Games played	46	23	23	0
Games won	30	14	16	0
Games drawn	6	6	0	0
Games lost	10	3	7	0
Biggest win				-
Biggest loss	4–3 vs Konyaspor 4–3 vs Çaykur Rizespor			-
Biggest win (League)				-
Biggest win (Cup)			-	-
Biggest win (UEFA)				-
Biggest loss (League)				-
Biggest loss (Cup)			-	-
Biggest loss (UEFA)		-		-
Clean sheets	19	10	9	-
Goals scored	90	50	40	-
Goals conceded	43	20	23	-
Goal difference	+47	+30	+17	-
Average per game				-
Average per game				-
Yellow cards	80	41	39	-
Red cards	8	4	4	-
Most appearances	Marcão (42)	Marcão (21)	Emre Kılınç (21) Marcão (21)	-
Most minutes played	Marcão (3795)	Marcão (1875)	Marcão (1920)	-
Most goals	Mbaye Diagne (11)	Radamel Falcao (6) Younes Belhanda (6)	Mbaye Diagne (8)	-
Most assists	Ryan Babel (5) Emre Kılınç (5)	Ryan Babel (2) Emre Kılınç (2)	Ryan Babel (3) Emre Kılınç (3)	-
Points	96	48	48	-
Winning rate	%	%	%	-

Notes and References

1. https://www.galatasaray.org/pl/futbol-a-takim-idari-ve-teknik-kadro/46 Galatasaray SK
2. Web site: Galatasaray'ın yeni sezon formaları adanmış hayatlarla buluşuyor . 27 July 2020 . galatasaray.org . 27 July 2020.
3. Web site: Mbaye . Diagne . ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR A.Ş. GALATASARAY A.Ş. - Maç Detayları TFF . TFF.org . 28 November 2020.
4. Web site: Younès . Belhanda . GALATASARAY A.Ş. GENÇLERBİRLİĞİ - Maç Detayları TFF . TFF.org . 9 January 2021.
5. Web site: Kerem . Aktürkoğlu . GÖZTEPE A.Ş. GALATASARAY A.Ş. - Maç Detayları TFF . TFF.org . 17 April 2021.