2007–08 Galatasaray S.K. season

Galatasaray
2007–08 season
President	Özhan Canaydın; (until 22 March 2008); Adnan Polat
Head coach	Karl-Heinz Feldkamp; (until 30 March 2008); Cevat Güler (interim)
Stadium	Ali Sami Yen Stadı
Süper Lig	1st
Turkish Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ümit Karan (11); All: ; Ümit Karan (17)
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 season was Galatasaray's 104th in existence and the 50th 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		UEFA Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
54	GK	Orkun Uşak	21	0	2	0	9	0	32	0
1	GK	Aykut Erçetin	13	0	6	0	1	0	20	0
88	DF	Sadrettin Fırat Kocaoğlu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
76	DF	Servet Çetin	33	3	8	0	10	0	51	3
74	DF	Volkan Yaman	27	1	5	0	10	1	42	2
55	DF	Sabri Sarıoğlu	22	1	6	0	6	0	34	1
22	DF	Hakan Balta	27	3	4	0	1	0	32	3
4	DF	Rigobert Song	22	0	2	1	8	1	35	1
33	DF	Uğur Uçar	21	0	4	0	8	0	33	0
2	DF	Emre Güngör	16	0	7	0	2	0	25	0
19	DF	Ismaël Bouzid	10	0	5	0	2	0	18	0
-	DF	Cihan Can	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	MF	Arda Turan	30	7	7	0	7	1	44	8
8	MF	Barış Özbek	30	2	8	1	8	0	36	3
14	MF	Mehmet Topal	26	1	7	1	6	0	39	2
61	MF	Serkan Çalık	17	3	7	1	5	1	29	5
10	MF	Cassio Lincoln	19	5	2	0	7	2	28	7
18	MF	Ayhan Akman	17	1	3	0	5	1	25	2
11	MF	Hasan Şaş	10	1	4	0	8	0	22	1
87	MF	Mehmet Güven	12	0	5	1	2	0	19	1
6	MF	Tobias Linderoth	7	0	0	0	5	1	12	1
16	MF	Marcelo Carrusca	3	1	3	1	2	0	8	2
7	MF	Okan Buruk	4	1	2	0	2	0	8	1
15	MF	Ahmed Barusso	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	1
30	MF	Çağrı Yarkın	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	Ümit Karan	30	11	7	3	9	3	46	17
9	FW	Hakan Şükür (C)	28	11	4	1	9	2	41	14
20	FW	Shabani Nonda	24	11	3	0	6	3	33	14
27	FW	Özgür Can Özcan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Players in / out

Süper Lig

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Galatasaray (C)	34	24	7	3	64	23	+41	79	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Fenerbahçe	34	22	7	5	72	37	+35	73^[a]	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Beşiktaş	34	23	4	7	58	32	+26	73^[a]	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	Sivasspor	34	23	4	7	57	29	+28	73^[a]	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5	Kayserispor	34	15	10	9	50	31	+19	55	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[b]

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

^ ^a ^b ^c Fenerbahçe were ahead of Beşiktaş and Sivasspor on head-to-head points and Beşiktaş were ahead of Sivasspor on head-to-head goal difference: Fenerbahçe: 12 pts; Beşiktaş: 3 pts, 5–7 (–2); Sivasspor: 3 pts, 4–8 (–4).
^ Kayserispor have won the 2007–08 Turkish Cup competition and thus are qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.

Türkiye Kupası

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ	4	3	0	1	9	2	+7	9
2	Galatasaray	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	7
3	Bursaspor	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
4	Denizlispor	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4
5	Sarıyer G.K.	4	1	0	3	4	11	−7	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 November 2007 1	Galatasaray	4–0	Denizlispor	Istanbul
20:00 EET	Carrusca 40' Song 76' (pen.)	(Report)	Hasan 74'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Referee: Vedat Yüksel

5 January 2008 2	Bursaspor	2–2	Galatasaray	Bursa
19:00 EET	Volkan 84' Tum 90'	(Report)	Mehmet T. 3' Mehmet G. 87'	Stadium: Bursa Atatürk Stadı Referee: Zafer Önder İpek

15 February 2008 3	Galatasaray	3–0	Sariyer	Istanbul
20:00 EET	Serkan Ç. 13' Ümit 26' Barış 81'	(Report)		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Referee: Süleyman Abay

15 February 2006 4	Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ	3–0	Galatasaray	Ankara
19:00 EET	Serkan A. 22' Mendonça 45', 87'	(Report)		Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Referee: Hakan Sivriservi

Quarter-final

3 February 2008 First leg	Fenerbahçe	0–0	Galatasaray	Istanbul
19:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadı Referee: Fırat Aydınus

27 February 2008 Second leg	Galatasaray	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	Fenerbahçe	Istanbul
20:00 EET	Hakan Ş. 4' Ümit 90'	(Report)	Gökhan 67'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

Semi-final

19 March 2008 First leg	Gençlerbirliği	1–0	Galatasaray	Ankara
20:00 EET	Burhan 71'	(Report)		Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Referee: Halis Özkahya

15 April 2008 Second leg	Galatasaray	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Gençlerbirliği	Istanbul
20:00 EET	Ümit 90'	(Report)	Tuna 76'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Referee: Hüseyin Göçek

UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

16 August 2007 First leg	Slaven Koprivnica	1–2	Galatasaray	Koprivnica, Croatia
	Posavec 16' (pen.)	Report	Ayhan 42' Volkan 72'	Stadium: Gradski Stadium Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

30 August 2007 Second leg	Galatasaray	2–1 (4–2 agg.)	Slaven Koprivnica	Istanbul, Turkey
	Ümit 9' Hakan Ş. 37'	Report	Poljak 36'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

First round

20 September 2007 First leg	Sion	3–2	Galatasaray	Geneva, Switzerland
	Dominguez 6' Vanczák 9' Song 31' (o.g.)	Report	Lincoln 38' Linderoth 67'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

4 October 2007 Second leg	Galatasaray	5–1 (8–4 agg.)	Sion	Istanbul, Turkey
	Ümit 22', 28' Lincoln 36' Arda 68' Bouzid 90'	Report	Nwaneri 90'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadı Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BDX	HEL	GAL	PAN	AUS
1	Bordeaux	4	4	0	0	9	5	+4	12	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–1	2–1	—	—
2	Helsingborgs IF	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3	7		—	—	—	1–1	3–0
3	Galatasaray	4	1	1	2	6	5	+1	4		—	2–3	—	—	0–0
4	Panionios	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	4		2–3	—	0–3	—	—
5	Austria Wien	4	0	1	3	1	6	−5	1		1–2	—	—	0–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

25 October 2007 1	Bordeaux	2–1	Galatasaray	Bordeaux, France
19:00 CET	Cavenaghi 53' Chamakh 64'	Report	Nonda 22' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 10,863 Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)

8 November 2007 2	Galatasaray	2–3	Helsingborg	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 CET	Nonda 45', 90'	Report	Larsson 31' Omotoyossi 39' C. Andersson 75'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Mike Dean (England)

29 November 2007 3	Panionios	0–3	Galatasaray	Athens, Greece
20:00 CET		Report	Serkan 50' Song 63' (pen.) Hakan Ş. 82'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

19 December 2007 4	Galatasaray	0–0	Austria Wien	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 CET		Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium Attendance: 7,320 Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)

Round of 32

13 February 2008 First leg	Galatasaray	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Istanbul, Turkey
18:45 CET		Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium Attendance: 20,006 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

21 February 2008 Second leg	Bayer Leverkusen	5–1	Galatasaray	Leverkusen, Germany
17:00 CET	Barbarez 12', 22' Kießling 13' Haggui 55' Schneider 61' (pen.)	Report	Barusso 87' (pen.)	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Attendance

Competition	Av. Att.	Total Att.
Süper Lig	-	-
Türkiye Kupası	-	-
UEFA Cup		-^[2]
Total	-	-

References

^ "Galatasaray 2022/2023 Fikstür | Mackolik.com". www.mackolik.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
^ "EFS Attendances".

[table_hth_FEN0.65468640795661-2] Fenerbahçe were ahead of Beşiktaş and Sivasspor on head-to-head points and Beşiktaş were ahead of Sivasspor on head-to-head goal difference: Fenerbahçe: 12 pts; Beşiktaş: 3 pts, 5–7 (–2); Sivasspor: 3 pts, 4–8 (–4).

[table_note_res_UC10.65468640795661-3] Kayserispor have won the 2007–08 Turkish Cup competition and thus are qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.

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

[4] "EFS Attendances".

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2007–08 Galatasaray S.K. season

Squad statistics

Players in / out

Süper Lig

Standings

Türkiye Kupası

Group stage

Quarter-final

Semi-final

UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

First round

Group stage

Round of 32

Attendance

References

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