2001–02 Galatasaray S.K. season

Galatasaray
2001–02 season
President	Mehmet Cansun; (until 23 March 2002); Özhan Canaydın
Head coach	Mircea Lucescu
Stadium	Ali Sami Yen Stadı
Süper Lig	1st
Turkish Cup	Third round
UEFA Champions League	Second group stage
FIFA Club World Championship	Cancelled
Top goalscorer	League: ; Arif Erdem (21); All: ; Arif Erdem (23)
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

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		Türkiye Kupası		CL		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

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Players in / out

In

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

Out

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to
MF	Gheorghe Hagi	36	career end
DF	Gheorghe Popescu	34	US Lecce
GK	Cláudio Taffarel	35	Parma F.C.
MF	Okan Buruk	28	Inter Milan
MF	Emre Belözoğlu	21	Inter Milan
FW	Mário Jardel	28	SC Portugal
DF	Fatih Akyel	24	RCD Mallorca
FW	Márcio Mixirica	26	Boavista F.C.
MF	Mehmet Yozgatlı	22	Istanbulspor
MF	Ahmet Yıldırım	27	Beşiktaş JK
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	R.E. Mouscron
MF	Pavel Horváth	26	FK Teplice
FW	Robert Špehar	31	Standard Liège
MF	Erhan Namlı	27	Çaykur Rizespor on loan
DF	Hakan Ünsal	28	Blackburn Rovers FC
DF	Ufuk Talay	25	Nîmes Olympique on loan

Süper Lig

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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
5	Denizlispor	34	12	12	10	65	52	+13	48^[a]

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Denizlispor were ahead of Gaziantepspor on head-to-head record: Denizlispor–Gaziantepspor 5–2, Gaziantepspor–Denizlispor 0–0.

Matches

12 August 2001 (2001-08-12) 1	Gaziantepspor	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Gaziantep
	Tekke 20'	Report	Yalçın 42' Kaya 66'	Stadium: Gaziantep Kamil Ocak Stadium

18 August 2001 (2001-08-18) 2	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Denizlispor	Istanbul
	Ergün 59'	Report	Muzaffer Bilazer 58'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

26 August 2001 (2001-08-26) 3	Çaykur Rizespor	3–6	Galatasaray SK	Rize
	Ümit Ozan Kazmaz 57' Tetteh 65' Recep Asil 87'	Report	Erdem 15', 62', 82' Aykut 20' Davala 23', 54' Korkmaz 37'	Stadium: Rize Atatürk Stadium

8 September 2001 (2001-09-08) 4	Galatasaray SK	2–1	Antalyaspor	Istanbul
	Yalçın 18' Karan 90'	Report	Kamburoglu 49'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

15 September 2001 (2001-09-15) 5	Malatyaspor	0–2	Galatasaray SK	Malatya
		Report	Kaya 4' Korkmaz 25'	Stadium: Malatya İnönü Stadium

22 September 2001 (2001-09-22) 6	Galatasaray SK	2–0	Fenerbahçe SK	Istanbul
	Akın 54' Aykut 81' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

30 September 2001 (2001-09-30) 7	Gençlerbirliği SK	1–3	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
	Mehmet Ali Çakmak 30'	Report	Yalçın 20' Erdem 69', 70'	Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium

12 October 2001 (2001-10-12) 8	Galatasaray SK	4–1	Göztepe SK	Istanbul
	İnceefe 1' Aykut 3', 73' Erdem 67'	Report	Kabát 19' (pen.)	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

21 October 2001 (2001-10-21) 9	Beşiktaş JK	2–2	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
	Bektaş 10' Aşık 30' (o.g.)	Report	Fleurquin 61' Erdem 77'	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium

27 October 2001 (2001-10-27) 10	Galatasaray SK	3–1	Trabzonspor	Istanbul
	Aykut 21' (pen.), 59' (pen.) Erdem 41'	Report	Mustafa Macit Güven 34' Ataman 80' (at bench)	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

2 November 2001 (2001-11-02) 11	Bursaspor	5–0	Galatasaray SK	Bursa
	Ömer Kılıç 13' Murat Sözkesen 34', 76' Yılmaz 54', 90'	Report		Stadium: Bursa Atatürk Stadium

17 November 2001 (2001-11-17) 12	Galatasaray SK	5–1	Diyarbakırspor	Istanbul
	Karan 6', 23' Yalçın 48' Erdem 52' Korkmaz 55'	Report	N'Gole 82'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

24 November 2001 (2001-11-24) 13	Galatasaray SK	2–0	Samsunspor	Istanbul
	Yalçın 30', 35' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

30 November 2001 (2001-11-30) 14	Galatasaray SK	4–1	İstanbulspor	Istanbul
	Akın 10' Erdem 49', 88' Aykut 69'	Report	Petkov 30' Bushi 32' 34' Üçüncü 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

9 December 2001 (2001-12-09) 15	MKE Ankaragücü	2–1	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
	Kennedy 9' Keleş 42' 70' Ahinful 79'	Report	Aşık 85' Aykut 89'	Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium

23 December 2001 (2001-12-23) 17	Yimpaş Yozgatspor	3–3	Galatasaray SK	Yozgat
		Report		Stadium: Bozok Stadium

15 January 2002 (2002-01-15) 16(*)	Galatasaray SK	5–1	Kocaelispor	Istanbul
		Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium
Note: Matchweek 16 was originally played from 14 to 16 December 2001.

19 January 2002 (2002-01-19) 18	Galatasaray SK	2–0	Gaziantepspor	Istanbul
		Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

23 January 2002 (2002-01-23) 19	Denizlispor	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Denizli
		Report		Stadium: Denizli Atatürk Stadium

27 January 2002 (2002-01-27) 20	Galatasaray SK	4–1	Çaykur Rizespor	Istanbul
		Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

3 February 2002 (2002-02-03) 21	Antalyaspor	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Antalya
		Report		Stadium: Antalya Atatürk Stadium

8 February 2002 (2002-02-08) 22	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Malatyaspor	Istanbul
		Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

16 February 2002 (2002-02-16) 23	Fenerbahçe SK	1–0	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
		Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium

23 February 2002 (2002-02-23) 24	Galatasaray SK	3–1	Gençlerbirliği SK	Istanbul
		Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

3 March 2002 (2002-03-03) 25	Göztepe SK	2–0	Galatasaray SK	İzmir
		Report		Stadium: İzmir Atatürk Stadium

9 March 2002 (2002-03-09) 26	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Beşiktaş JK	Istanbul
		Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

23 March 2002 (2002-03-23) 28	Galatasaray SK	2–1	Bursaspor	Istanbul
		Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

30 March 2002 (2002-03-30) 29	Diyarbakırspor	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Diyarbakır
		Report		Stadium: Diyarbakır Atatürk Stadium

3 April 2002 (2002-04-03) 27(*)	Trabzonspor	0–2	Galatasaray SK	Trabzon
		Report	Arif 13' Hasan Şaş 88'	Stadium: Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium
Note: Matchweek 27 was originally played from 15 to 17 March 2002.

7 April 2002 (2002-04-07) 30	Samsunspor	0–1	Galatasaray SK	Samsun
		Report	Niculescu 84'	Stadium: Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium

13 April 2002 (2002-04-13) 31	İstanbulspor	0–2	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
	Ferdi 21' Zdravkov 35'	Report	Saffet 18' (o.g.) Arif 37' (pen.)	Stadium: Güngören M.Yahya Baş Stadium

21 April 2002 (2002-04-21) 32	Galatasaray SK	2–0	MKE Ankaragücü	Istanbul
	Burak 31' (o.g.) Arif 84' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

28 April 2002 (2002-04-28) 33	Kocaelispor	0–2	Galatasaray SK	İzmit
		Report	Hasan Şaş 44' Niculescu 88'	Stadium: İzmit İsmetpaşa Stadium

4 May 2002 (2002-05-04) 34	Galatasaray SK	5–0	Yimpaş Yozgatspor	Istanbul
	Pérez 31', 71' Niculescu 34' Arif 56', 86'	Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

Türkiye Kupası

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

Third round

27 November 2001 1	Erzurumspor	1–0	Galatasaray SK	Erzurum
12:30 EET	Eyüp Saka 96'	(Report)		Stadium: Cemal Gürsel Stadı Referee: Musa Eryılmaz

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

25 July 2001 1	Galatasaray SK	2–0	KS Vllaznia Shkodër	Istanbul
21:45 EET	Ümit Karan 18' Suat Kaya 90'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Referee: Joaquim Paulo Paraty da Silva

1 August 2001 2	KS Vllaznia Shkodër	1–4 (1–6 agg.)	Galatasaray SK	Tirana
21:45 EET	Vioresin Sinani 26'	(Report)	Ümit Karan 38' Hasan Şaş 49' Arif Erdem 69' Serkan Aykut 80'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Referee: Mike Riley

Third qualifying round

8 August 2001 1	Galatasaray SK	2–1	PFC Levski Sofia	Istanbul
21:45 EET	Ümit Karan 9' Ümit Davala 75'	(Report)	Georgi Ivanov 77'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Referee: Herbert Fandel

22 August 2001 2	PFC Levski Sofia	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Galatasaray SK	Sofia
21:45 EET	Miodrag Pantelić 79'	(Report)	Serkan Aykut 50'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Referee: Claude Colombo

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Source: RSSSF

11 September 2001 1	Galatasaray SK	1–0	SS Lazio	Istanbul
21:45 EET	Ümit Karan 79'	Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Referee: Ryszard Wójcik

19 September 2001 2	PSV Eindhoven	3–1	Galatasaray SK	Arnhem
21:45 EET	Arnold Bruggink 38' Ernest Faber 53' Mateja Kežman 90'	Report	Ümit Karan 68'	Stadium: GelreDome Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

26 September 2001 3	FC Nantes	0–1	Galatasaray SK	Nantes
21:45 EET		Report	Sergen Yalçın 79'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø

16 October 2001 4	Galatasaray SK	0–0	FC Nantes	Istanbul
21:45 EET		Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Referee: Hellmut Krug

24 October 2001 5	SS Lazio	1–0	Galatasaray SK	Rome
21:45 EET	Dejan Stanković 76'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Nikolai Levnikov

30 October 2001 6	Galatasaray SK	2–0	PSV Eindhoven	Istanbul
21:45 EET	Sergen Yalçın 26' Arif Erdem 50'	Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ

Second group stage

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Source: RSSSF

20 November 2001 1	Galatasaray SK	1–1	AS Roma	Istanbul
21:45 EET	Sébastien Pérez 22'	Report	Emerson 90'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Referee: Claude Colombo

5 December 2001 2	FC Barcelona	2–2	Galatasaray SK	Barcelona
21:45 EET	Javier Saviola 49', 66'	Report	Ümit Karan 5' Andrés Fleurquin 41'	Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Markus Merk

20 February 2002 3	Liverpool F.C.	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Liverpool
21:45 EET		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 41,605 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira

26 February 2002 4	Galatasaray SK	1–1	Liverpool F.C.	Istanbul
21:45 EET	Radu Niculescu 71'	Report	Emile Heskey 79'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Referee: Urs Meier

13 March 2002 5	AS Roma	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Rome
21:45 EET	Cafu 52'	Report	Ümit Karan 45'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Anders Frisk

19 March 2002 6	Galatasaray SK	0–1	FC Barcelona	Istanbul
21:45 EET		Report	Luis Enrique 58'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Referee: René Temmink

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 canceled, primarily due to the collapse of ISL, which was a marketing partner of FIFA at the time.

Group stage

30 July 2001 1	Galatasaray SK	Cancelled	Al-Hilal FC	Madrid, Spain
				Stadium: Vicente Calderón

3 August 2001 2	Olimpia	Cancelled	Galatasaray SK	Madrid, Spain
				Stadium: Vicente Calderón

6 August 2001 3	Galatasaray SK	Cancelled	Palmeiras	Madrid, Spain
				Stadium: Vicente Calderón

Friendlies

Attendances

Competition	Av. Att.	Total Att.
1. Lig	-	-
Türkiye Kupası	-	-
Champions League	21,709	173,674^[2]
Total	-	-

References

^ "Galatasaray 2022/2023 Fikstür | Mackolik.com". www.mackolik.com.
^ "Historical attendances". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2013.

[table_hth_DEN0.83604648003171-2] Denizlispor were ahead of Gaziantepspor on head-to-head record: Denizlispor–Gaziantepspor 5–2, Gaziantepspor–Denizlispor 0–0.

[1] "Galatasaray 2022/2023 Fikstür | Mackolik.com". www.mackolik.com.

[3] "Historical attendances". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2013.

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