2016–17 Galatasaray S.K. season

The 2016–17 Galatasaray season was the club's 113rd in existence and 59th consecutive season in the Süper Lig. The club were aiming for an unprecedented 21st Turkish title, after finishing the Süper Lig in sixth place in the previous season.

Galatasaray

2016–17 season
President	Dursun Aydın Özbek
Head coach	Jan Olde Riekerink (until 14 February 2017) Igor Tudor (from 15 February 2017)
Stadium	Türk Telekom Arena
Süper Lig	4th
Turkish Cup	Round of 16
Turkish Super Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Bruma (11) All: Lukas Podolski (17)
Highest home attendance	43,071 vs Trabzonspor (Süper Lig, 22 October 2016)
Lowest home attendance	2,500 vs Tuzlaspor (Turkish Cup, 21 December 2016)
Average home league attendance	21,751
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

In Europe, Galatasaray was not present in any competition, having been barred from entering in the previous season by UEFA. They did however compete domestically in both the Turkish Cup and the Turkish Super Cup.

This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches the club played in during the season. The season covered a period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Club

Technical Staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Igor Tudor
Assistant Manager	Hari Vukas
Goalkeeper Coach	Sandro Tomić
Conditioner	Toni Modrić
Chief Scout	Emre Utkucan

Board of directors

Position	Staff
President	Dursun Aydın Özbek
	Cengiz Özyalçın
	Nasuhi Sezgin
	Eşref Alaçayır
	Can Topsakal
	İsmail Sarıkaya
	Ural Aküzüm
	Tarık Taşar
	Levent Nazifoğlu

Medical Staff

Position	Staff
Doctor	Yener İnce Gürbey Kahveci
Physiotherapist	Mustafa Korkmaz Burak Koca İlhan Er
Masseur	Cenk Akkaya Sedat Peker Mahmut Çalış Batuhan Erkan

Grounds

Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Türk Telekom Arena (52,652 / 105x68m)
Training ground	Florya Metin Oktay Sports Complex and Training Center

Kit

Uniform Manufacturer: Nike

Chest Advertising's: Nef

Back Advertising's: Garenta

Arm Advertising's: Permolit

Short Advertising's: Coca-Cola

Home

Away

Third

Sponsorship

Companies that Galatasaray had sponsorship deals with during the season included the following.

Licensee Product Nef Main Sponsor Nike Technical Sponsor Garenta Cosponsor Permolit Cosponsor

Season overview

• On 27 May 2016, it was announced that midfielder Emre Çolak had been transferred to Deportivo La Coruña.^[1]
• On 28 May 2016, Galatasaray revealed its pre-season summer camp schedule. The camp schedule for the Galatasaray professional football team prior to the next football season began on 1 July at their training ground, Florya Metin Oktay Sports Complex and Training Center.^[2]
• On 22 June 2016, it was announced that Galatasaray had begun official negotiations regarding the transfer of Serdar Aziz from Bursaspor.^[3] The original bid was reported as €4.5 million, with Aziz set to receive an annual salary of €2 million.^[4]
• On 27 June 2016, it was announced that the contracts of Bilal Kısa, Furkan Özçal and Sercan Yıldırım had been terminated by Galatasaray.^[5]
• On 28 June 2016, it was announced that Emre Can Coşkun had been sold to Göztepe for a transfer fee of €50,000.^[6]
• On 29 June 2016, it was announced that José Rodríguez had been sold to Mainz 05 for a €2.145 million transfer fee.^[7]
• On 30 June 2016, it was announced that Galatasaray would play a friendly match against Manchester United on 30 July in Gothenburg, Sweden.^[8]
• On 30 June 2016, it was announced that Galatasaray had reached a deal with Jan Olde Riekerink for the 2016–17 season.^[9]
• On 4 July 2016, it was announced that defender Sabri Sarıoğlu had extended his contract until 2017.^[10]
• On 4 July 2016, it was announced that midfielder Hamit Altıntop had extended his contract until 2017.^[11]
• On 4 July 2016, it was announced that Galatasaray had begun official negotiations regarding the transfer of Turkish winger Emrah Başsan. Galatasaray did not pay a transfer fee for the footballer, and Başsan was set to earn a salary of €400,000 per year.^[12]
• On 8 July 2016, it was announced that striker Volkan Pala had been loaned out on a two-year loan to Çaykur Rizespor.^[13]
• On 12 July 2016, it was announced that Alex Telles had been sold to Porto for a €6.5 million transfer fee.^[14]
• On 24 July 2016, it was announced that Umut Bulut, Olcan Adın, Endoğan Adili and Tarık Çamdal had not been included in the second camp squad.^[15]
• On 1 August 2016, it was announced that Galatasaray had begun official negotiations regarding the transfer of Turkish striker Eren Derdiyok.^[16]
• On 1 August 2016, it was announced that the friendly match between Galatasaray and Atlético Madrid has been cancelled on request.^[17]
• On 5 August 2016, it was announced that Galatasaray had transferred Eren Derdiyok from Kasımpaşa. The original bid was reported as €4 million, with Derdiyok set to receive an annual salary of €2.15 million.^[18]
• On 7 August 2016, it was announced that Galatasaray had begun official negotiations regarding the transfer of Turkish midfielder Tolga Ciğerci.^[19]
• On 8 August 2016, it was announced that Galatasaray had transferred in Tolga Ciğerci from Hertha BSC. The original bid was reported as €3 million, with Tolga set to receive an annual salary of €2 million.^[20]
• On 8 August 2016, it was announced that Galatasaray had begun official negotiations regarding the transfer of Belgian defender Luis Pedro Cavanda.^[21]
• On 8 August 2016, it was announced that Galatasaray had transferred in Luis Pedro Cavanda from Trabzonspor. The original bid was reported as €1.8 million, with Cavanda set to receive an annual salary of €875,000.^[22]
• On 9 August 2016, a jersey sponsorship agreement was made between Galatasaray and Nef.^[23]
• On 17 August 2016, it was announced that Blerim Džemaili had been sold to Bologna for €1.3 million.^[24]
• On 23 August 2016, it was announced that Galatasaray had begun official negotiations regarding the loan of Portuguese midfielder Josué.^[25] Josué was set to receive an annual salary of €700,000.^[26]
• On 29 August 2016, it was announced that the contract of Olcan Adın had been terminated by Galatasaray.^[27]
• On 30 August 2016, it was announced that Galatasaray had begun official negotiations regarding the loan of Icelandic midfielder Kolbeinn Sigþórsson for €700,000. Sigþórsson was set receive an annual salary of €1.2 million. Galatasaray also had a buy-out option for €3.8 million.^[28]
• On 31 August 2016, it was announced that Galatasaray had begun official negotiations regarding the transfer of midfielder Nigel de Jong. De Jong was set to receive an annual salary of €2.5 million.^[29]
• On 31 August 2016, it was announced that the contract of Umut Bulut had been terminated by Galatasaray.^[30]
• On 31 August 2016, it was announced that Tarık Çamdal had been loaned out to Eskişehirspor for the rest of the season.^[31]
• On 31 August 2016, it was announced that Ryan Donk had been loaned out to Real Betis for the rest of the season.^[32]
• On 9 August 2016, a jersey sponsorship agreement was made between Galatasaray and Permolit.^[33]
• On 29 December 2016, it was announced that the contract of Kolbeinn Sigþórsson had been terminated by Galatasaray.^[34]
• On 3 January 2017, it was announced that Salih Dursun had been loaned out to Antalyaspor for the rest of the season.^[35]
• On 4 January 2017, it was announced that the contract of Hamit Altıntop had been terminated by Galatasaray.^[36]
• On 4 January 2017, it was announced that Emrah Başsan had been loaned out to Fortuna Sittard for the rest of the season.^[37]
• On 6 January 2017, it was announced that the contract of Lucas Ontivero had been terminated by Galatasaray.^[38]
• On 6 January 2017, it was announced that the contract of Jem Karacan had been terminated by Galatasaray.^[39]
• On 10 January 2017, it was announced that Galatasaray had begun official negotiations regarding the transfer of winger Garry Rodrigues. Rodrigues was set to receive an annual salary of €1.35 million.^[40]
• On 11 January 2017, it was announced that Umut Gündoğan had been loaned out to Manisaspor until the end of the season.^[41]
• On 11 January 2017, it was announced that Galatasaray had begun official negotiations regarding the transfer of Turkish defender Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık for €2.5 million.^[42] Ahmet was set to receive an annual salary of €0.9 million.^[43]
• On 15 February 2017, it was announced that had Galatasaray dismissed manager Jan Olde Riekerink.^[44]
• On 15 February 2017, it was announced that Galatasaray had reached a deal with Igor Tudor as new manager until the 2017–18 season.^[45]

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Fernando Muslera	39	EU	2011	228	1	2018	€6.75M + Lorik Cana
3	DF		Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık	31	Non-EU	2017	5	0	2021	€2.5M
4	DF		Serdar Aziz	34	Non-EU	2016	6	0	2020	€4.5M
7	MF		Yasin Öztekin	38	EU	2014	106	25	2018	€2.5M	Second nationality: German
8	MF		Selçuk İnan (C)	40	Non-EU	2011	236	51	2019	Free
9	FW		Eren Derdiyok	37	EU	2016	25	9	2019	€4M	Second nationality: Turkish
10	MF		Wesley Sneijder (VC)	41	EU	2013	163	42	2018	€7.5M
11	FW		Lukas Podolski	40	EU	2015	61	30	2018	€2.5M	Second nationality: Polish
14	DF		Martin Linnes	33	Non-EU	2016	31	1	2019	€2M
16	MF		Garry Rodrigues	34	EU	2017	5	1	2020	€3.5M	Second nationality: Dutch
18	MF		Sinan Gümüş	31	EU	2014	47	14	2018	Free	Second nationality: German
19	GK		Cenk Gönen	37	Non-EU	2015	12	0	2020	€0.6M
20	MF		Bruma	30	EU	2013	73	11	2018	€10M	Second nationality: Guinean
21	DF		Aurélien Chedjou	40	EU	2013	114	12	2017	€6.3M	Second nationality: French
22	DF		Hakan Balta	42	EU	2007	328	13	2018	€1M + Ferhat Öztorun	Second nationality: German
23	DF		Lionel Carole	34	EU	2015	57	1	2019	€1.5M	Second nationality: Martiniquais
25	FW		Berk İsmail Ünsal	31	Non-EU	2014	6	0	2017	Youth system
26	DF		Semih Kaya	34	Non-EU	2008	190	5	2018	Youth system
27	MF		Tolga Ciğerci	33	EU	2016	11	0	2019	€3M	Second nationality: German
28	DF		Koray Günter	31	EU	2014	41	0	2018	€2.5M	Second nationality: Turkey
30	MF		Josué	34	EU	2016	20	3	2017	Free	On loan from Porto
34	MF		Nigel de Jong	40	EU	2016	18	1	2018	Free	Second nationality: Surinamese
39	DF		Luis Pedro Cavanda	34	EU	2016	11	0	2019	€1.8M	Second nationality: Congolese
55	DF		Sabri Sarıoğlu	41	Non-EU	2002	370	19	2017	Youth system
67	GK		Eray İşcan	34	Non-EU	2011	13	0	2018	Youth system

• Last updated: 5 February 2017
• Source: Galatasaray.org, Players in / out, Wikipedia players' articles, and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport)
• Ordered by Last season starting 11 and position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
20	MF		Bruma	30	EU	Real Sociedad	Loan return	Summer	2018	N/A
13	DF		Alex Telles	33	EU	Internazionale	Loan return	Summer	2018	N/A
6	MF		Blerim Džemaili	39	EU	Genoa	Loan return	Summer	2018	N/A
66	DF		Salih Dursun	34	Non-EU	Trabzonspor	Loan return	Summer	2018	N/A
30	MF		Furkan Özçal	34	EU	Kayserispor	Loan return	Summer	2018	N/A
6	MF		Jem Karacan	36	EU	Bursaspor	Loan return	Summer	2018	N/A
19	FW		Sercan Yıldırım	35	Non-EU	Bursaspor	Loan return	Summer	2018	N/A
	MF		Endoğan Adili	31	EU	FC Wil	Loan return	Summer	2018	N/A
4	DF		Serdar Aziz	34	Non-EU	Bursaspor	Transfer	Summer	2020	€4.5M	KAP.gov.tr
17	MF		Emrah Başsan	33	Non-EU	Antalyaspor	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	KAP.gov.tr
9	FW		Eren Derdiyok	37	EU	Kasımpaşa	Transfer	Summer	2019	€4M	KAP.gov.tr
27	MF		Tolga Ciğerci	33	EU	Hertha BSC	Transfer	Summer	2019	€3M	KAP.gov.tr
39	DF		Luis Pedro Cavanda	34	EU	Trabzonspor	Transfer	Summer	2019	€1.8M	KAP.gov.tr
34	FW		Nigel de Jong	40	EU	LA Galaxy	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	KAP.gov.tr
30	MF		Josué	34	EU	Porto	Loan	Summer	2017	Free	KAP.gov.tr
77	FW		Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	35	EU	Nantes	Loan	Summer	2017	€0.7M	KAP.gov.tr
16	MF		Garry Rodrigues	34	EU	PAOK	Transfer	Winter	2020	€3.5M	KAP.gov.tr
3	DF		Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık	31	Non-EU	Gençlerbirliği	Transfer	Winter	2021	€2.5M	KAP.gov.tr

Total spending: €20,000,000

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
64	DF		Jason Denayer	30	EU	Manchester City	Loan return	Summer	N/A
52	MF		Emre Çolak	34	Non-EU	Deportivo La Coruña	End of contract	Summer	Free	Deportivo
5	MF		Bilal Kısa	42	Non-EU	Bursaspor	Contract termination	Summer	Free	KAP.gov.tr
30	MF		Furkan Özçal	34	EU	Bursaspor	Contract termination	Summer	Free	KAP.gov.tr
19	FW		Sercan Yıldırım	35	Non-EU	Bursaspor	Contract termination	Summer	Free	KAP.gov.tr
9	FW		Umut Bulut	42	Non-EU	Kayserispor	Contract termination	Summer	Free	KAP.gov.tr
29	MF		Olcan Adın	39	Non-EU	Granada	Contract termination	Summer	Free	KAP.gov.tr
34	FW		Volkan Pala	28	Non-EU	Çaykur Rizespor	Loan	Summer	Free	KAP.gov.tr
17	MF		Emrah Başsan	33	Non-EU	Çaykur Rizespor	Loan	Summer	Free	KAP.gov.tr
	GK		İsmail Çipe	30	Non-EU	Bugsaşspor	Loan	Summer	Free	KAP.gov.tr
	MF		Oğuzhan Kayar	30	Non-EU	Aydınspor 1923	Loan	Summer	Free	KAP.gov.tr
77	DF		Tarık Çamdal	34	EU	Eskişehirspor	Loan	Summer	Free	KAP.gov.tr
6	DF		Ryan Donk	39	EU	Real Betis	Loan	Summer	Free	KAP.gov.tr
	GK		Alperen Uysal	31	Non-EU	Çaykur Rizespor	Transfer	Summer	Free	KAP.gov.tr
40	DF		Emre Can Coşkun	31	Non-EU	Göztepe	Transfer	Summer	€0.05M	KAP.gov.tr
14	MF		José Rodríguez	30	EU	Mainz 05	Transfer	Summer	€2.145M	KAP.gov.tr
13	DF		Alex Telles	33	EU	Porto	Transfer	Summer	€6.5M	KAP.gov.tr
6	MF		Blerim Džemaili	39	EU	Bologna	Transfer	Summer	€1.3M	KAP.gov.tr
66	DF		Salih Dursun	34	Non-EU	Antalyaspor	Loan	Winter	€0.15M	KAP.gov.tr
17	MF		Emrah Başsan	33	Non-EU	Fortuna Sittard	Loan	Winter	Free	KAP.gov.tr
90	MF		Umut Gündoğan	35	EU	Manisaspor	Loan	Winter	Free	KAP.gov.tr
77	FW		Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	35	EU	Nantes	Contract termination	Winter	Free	KAP.gov.tr
5	MF		Hamit Altıntop	42	EU	Darmstadt 98	Contract termination	Winter	N/A	KAP.gov.tr
94	MF		Lucas Ontivero	30	EU		Contract termination	Winter	N/A	KAP.gov.tr
6	MF		Jem Karacan	36	EU		Contract termination	Winter	N/A	KAP.gov.tr

Total income: €10,150,000

Expenditure: €9,850,000

Competitions

Overall

Trophy	Started round	First match	Result	Last match
Süper Lig	N/A	19 August 2016	4th	21 May 2017
Turkish Cup	Third round	25 October 2016	Round of 16	4 February 2017
Turkish Super Cup	Final	13 August 2016	Winners

Pre-season, mid-season and friendlies

Thun v Galatasaray

12 July 2016 Friendly	Thun	1–1	Galatasaray	Thun, Switzerland
17:00 EEST	Hediger 57'	Report	Bruma 25'	Stadium: Stadion Lachen

Galatasaray v Zürich

17 July 2016 2016 Uhrencup	Galatasaray	3–0	Zürich	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
17:00 EEST	Bruma 35' Adili 83' Ünsal 87'			Stadium: Tissot Arena

Young Boys v Galatasaray

19 July 2016 2016 Uhrencup	Young Boys	1–1	Galatasaray	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
20:30 EEST	Lecjaks 83'		Bruma 13'	Stadium: Tissot Arena

AGF v Galatasaray

26 July 2016 Friendly	AGF	1–3	Galatasaray	Aarhus, Denmark
20:45 EEST	Balta 25' (o.g.)		Bruma 38', 53' Öztekin 89'	Stadium: Ceres Park Attendance: 4,527[46]

Galatasaray v Manchester United

30 July 2016 Friendly	Galatasaray	2–5	Manchester United	Gothenburg, Sweden
20:30 EEST	Gümüş 22' Bruma 40'		Ibrahimović 4' Rooney 55', 58' (pen.) Fellani 62' Mata 74'	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 30,200[47]

Galatasaray v Boluspor

3 September 2016 Friendly	Galatasaray	1–0	Boluspor	Istanbul, Turkey
17:30 EEST	Öztekin 31'			Stadium: Florya Metin Oktay Sports Complex and Training Center

Levski Sofia v Galatasaray

8 October 2016 Friendly	Levski Sofia	0–2	Galatasaray	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:00 FET		Report	Josué 11' Altıntop 68'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium

Ettifaq FC v Galatasaray

9 January 2017 Friendly	Ettifaq FC	3–1	Galatasaray	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
19:00 FET	Kanno 20' Al-Amri 25' Al-Kwikbi 70'		Bruma 81'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

Turkish Super Cup

Main article: 2016 Turkish Super Cup

Galatasaray v Beşiktaş

13 August 2016 Süper Kupa	Galatasaray	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	Beşiktaş	Konya, Turkey
	Balta 100'	Report	Chedjou 107' (o.g.)	Stadium: Torku Arena Attendance: 33,700 Referee: Mete Kalkavan Man of the Match: Fernando Muslera
	Penalties
	İnan Balta Ciğerci		Özyakup Tosun Hutchinson

Source: Competitive Matches

Süper Lig

Main article: 2016–17 Süper Lig

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	İstanbul Başakşehir	34	21	10	3	63	28	+35	73	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Fenerbahçe	34	18	10	6	60	32	+28	64[a]	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Galatasaray	34	20	4	10	65	40	+25	64[a]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Antalyaspor	34	17	7	10	47	40	+7	58
6	Trabzonspor	34	14	9	11	39	34	+5	51

Source: Süper Lig, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[48]
Notes:

1. Fenerbahçe ahead of Galatasaray on head-to-head points: Fenerbahçe 6 pts, Galatasaray 0 pts.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	20	4	10	65	40	+25	64	11	0	6	37	17	+20	9	4	4	28	23	+5

Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W
Position	6	1	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Galatasaray v Karabükspor

22 August 2016 1	Galatasaray	1–0	Karabükspor	Istanbul
21:45 EEST	Derdiyok 90'	Report		Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 0[49] Referee: Bülent Yıldırım

Akhisar Belediyespor v Galatasaray

27 August 2016 2	Akhisar Belediyespor	1–3	Galatasaray	Manisa
21:45 EEST	Vaz Tê 3'	Report	Derdiok 35' Öztekin 63' Bruma 90'	Stadium: Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium Attendance: 5,000[50] Referee: Hüseyin Göçek

Kayserispor v Galatasaray

10 September 2016 3	Kayserispor	1–1	Galatasaray	Kayseri
18:00 EEST	Welliton 40'	Report	Öztekin 12'	Stadium: Kadir Has Stadium Attendance: 5,401[51] Referee: Mete Kalkavan

Galatasaray v Çaykur Rizespor

17 September 2016 4	Galatasaray	2–0	Çaykur Rizespor	Istanbul
20:30 EEST	Derdiyok 6', 89'	Report		Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 29,528[52] Referee: Tolga Özkalfa

Beşiktaş v Galatasaray

24 September 2016 5	Beşiktaş	2–2	Galatasaray	Istanbul
20:00 FET	Marcelo 73' Tosun 78'	Report	Derdiyok 8' Bruma 44'	Stadium: Vodafone Park Attendance: 37,396[53] Referee: Ali Palabıyık

Galatasaray v Antalyaspor

2 October 2016 6	Galatasaray	3–1	Antalyaspor	Istanbul
16:00 FET	İnan 67' Podolski 78', 85'	Report	Kadah 17'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 40,812[54] Referee: Özgür Yankaya

Gençlerbirliği v Galatasaray

15 October 2016 7	Gençlerbirliği	0–1	Galatasaray	Ankara
20:00 FET		Report	Bruma 13'	Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium Attendance: 8,510[55] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

Galatasaray v Trabzonspor

22 October 2016 8	Galatasaray	0–1	Trabzonspor	Istanbul
19:00 FET		Report	N'Doye 17'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 43,071[56] Referee: Fırat Aydınus

Adanaspor v Galatasaray

29 October 2016 9	Adanaspor	0–1	Galatasaray	Adana
19:00 FET		Report	Bruma 71'	Stadium: Adana 5 Ocak Stadium Attendance: 9,600[57] Referee: Hüseyin Göçek

Galatasaray v İstanbul Başakşehir

4 November 2016 10	Galatasaray	1–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
20:00 FET	Gümüş 32'	Report	Batdal 36' Ayhan 60'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 20,686[58] Referee: Ali Palabıyık

Fenerbahçe v Galatasaray

20 November 2016 11	Fenerbahçe	2–0	Galatasaray	Istanbul
20:00 FET	Van Persie 45', 78' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ülker Stadium Attendance: 44,754[59] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

Galatasaray v Bursaspor

25 November 2016 12	Galatasaray	3–1	Bursaspor	Istanbul
20:00 FET	Öztekin 31' Sneijder 55' Derdiyok 90'	Report	Kanatsızkuş 14'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 15,292[60] Referee: Barış Şimşek

Kasımpaşa v Galatasaray

4 December 2016 13	Kasımpaşa	1–2	Galatasaray	Istanbul
19:00 FET	Sneijder 53'	Report	Podolski 6' Bruma 59'	Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Attendance: 3,281[61] Referee: Mete Kalkavan

Galatasaray v Gaziantepspor

11 December 2016 14	Galatasaray	3–1	Gaziantepspor	Istanbul
19:00 FET	Öztekin 12', 66', 90'	Report	Süme 74'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 15,202[62] Referee: Halil Umut Meler

Osmanlıspor v Galatasaray

18 December 2016 15	Osmanlıspor	2–2	Galatasaray	Ankara
19:00 FET	Webó 36', 86'	Report	Öztekin 3' Kaya 87'	Stadium: Osmanlı Stadyumu Attendance: 6,358[63] Referee: Hüseyin Göçek

Galatasaray v Alanyaspor

25 December 2016 16	Galatasaray	5–1	Alanyaspor	Istanbul
19:00 FET	De Jong 30' Gassama 45' (o.g.) Sneijder 51' Derdiyokl 55' Josué 80'	Report	Shahbazzadeh 39'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 12,140[64] Referee: Halis Özkahya

Konyaspor v Galatasaray

14 January 2017 17	Konyaspor	0–1	Galatasaray	Konya
19:00 FET		Report	Sarıoğlu 51'	Stadium: Torku Arena Attendance: 22,667[65] Referee: Mete Kalkavan

Karabükspor v Galatasaray

21 January 2017 18	Karabükspor	2–1	Galatasaray	Karabük
19:00 FET	Seleznyov 31' (pen.) Deliktaş 82'	Report	Öztekin 15'	Stadium: Dr. Necmettin Şeyhoğlu Stadium Attendance: 7,553[66] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

Galatasaray v Akhisar Belediyespor

28 January 2017 19	Galatasaray	6–0	Akhisar Belediyespor	Istanbul
19:00 FET	Kaya 9' Bruma 25', 41' Öztekin 33' İnan 79' (pen.) Gümüş 87'	Report		Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 11,273[67] Referee: Ali Palabıyık

Galatasaray v Kayserispor

12 February 2017 20	Galatasaray	1–2	Kayserispor	Istanbul
19:00 FET	Derdiyok 89'	Report	Mabiala 29' Gülen 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 19,946[68] Referee: Hüseyin Göçek

Çaykur Rizespor v Galatasaray

18 February 2017 21	Çaykur Rizespor	1–1	Galatasaray	Rize
19:00 FET	Çek 75'	[69]	Podolski 23'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 4,800[70] Referee: Halis Özkahya

Galatasaray v Beşiktaş

27 February 2017 22	Galatasaray	0–1	Beşiktaş	Istanbul
20:00 EEST		Report	Talisca 47'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 38,373[71] Referee: Bülent Yıldırım

Antalyaspor v Galatasaray

6 March 2017 23	Antalyaspor	2–3	Galatasaray	Antalya
20:00 EEST	Etame 44' Kadah 53'	Report	Bruma 24' (o.g.) Derdiyok 36', 90'	Stadium: New Antalya Stadium Attendance: 15,350[72] Referee: Ali Palabıyık

Galatasaray v Gençlerbirliği

11 March 2017 24	Galatasaray	3–2	Gençlerbirliği	Istanbul
19:00 EEST	İnan 5' (pen.), 90' Podolski 45'	Report	Khalili 1' Şahin 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 11,256[73] Referee: Fırat Aydınus

Trabzonspor v Galatasaray

18 March 2017 25	Trabzonspor	2–0	Galatasaray	Trabzon
20:00 EEST	N'Doye 23' Yazıcı 49'	Report		Stadium: Şenol Güneş Stadium Attendance: 33,801[74] Referee: Halis Özkahya

Galatasaray v Adanaspor

3 April 2017 26	Galatasaray	4–0	Adanaspor	Istanbul
20:00 EEST	Podolski 25' Rodrigues 47' İnan 55' (pen.), 59' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 9,992[75] Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

İstanbul Başakşehir v Galatasaray

10 April 2017 27	İstanbul Başakşehir	4–0	Galatasaray	Istanbul
19:00 EEST	Adebayor 11', 44', 57' Pektemek 86'	Report		Stadium: Başakşehir Arena Attendance: 7,697[76] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

Galatasaray v Fenerbahçe

23 April 2016 28	Galatasaray	0–1	Fenerbahçe	Istanbul
19:00 EEST		Report	Souza 90'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 37,639[77] Referee: Fırat Aydınus

Bursaspor v Galatasaray

1 May 2017 29	Bursaspor	0–5	Galatasaray	Bursa
20:00 EEST		Report	Bruma 5', 45' Çalık 57' Podolski 60' Öztekin 89'	Stadium: Timsah Arena Attendance: 13,680[78] Referee: Halis Özkahya

Galatasaray v Kasımpaşa

6 May 2017 30	Galatasaray	1–3	Kasımpaşa	Istanbul
19:00 EEST	Sneijder 90'	Report	Castro 25', 81' Şahin 63'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 0[79] Referee: Özgür Yankaya

Gaziantepspor v Galatasaray

14 May 2017 31	Gaziantepspor	1–2	Galatasaray	Gaziantep
19:00 EEST	Thiam 53'	Report	Josué 31' Sneijder 80'	Stadium: New Gaziantep Stadium Attendance: 4,825[80] Referee: Hüseyin Göçek

Galatasaray v Osmanlıspor FK

19 May 2017 32	Galatasaray	2–0	Osmanlıspor FK	Istanbul
20:00 EEST	Sneijder 24' Gümüş 35'	Report		Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 7,521[81] Referee: Ali Palabıyık

Alanyaspor v Galatasaray

29 May 2017 33	Alanyaspor	2–3	Galatasaray	Alanya
20:00 EEST	Vágner Love 23', 76'	Report	Bruma 14' Gümüş 17', 27'	Stadium: Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium Attendance: 4,577[82] Referee: Halil Umut Meler

Galatasaray v Konyaspor

3 June 2017 34	Galatasaray	2–1	Konyaspor	Istanbul
17:00 EEST	Gümüş 34', 77'	Report	Ay 63'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 7,532[83] Referee: Halis Özkahya

Turkish Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Turkish Cup

Galatasaray v Dersimspor

25 October 2016 Third round	Galatasaray	5–1	Dersimspor	Istanbul
21:00 EEST	Podolski 23', 35', 60' Öztekin 40' Altıntop 90'	Report	Kurt 85'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Referee: Bülent Birincioğlu

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tuzlaspor	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13
Galatasaray	6	3	2	1	16	9	+7	11
24 Erzincanspor	6	2	1	3	10	14	−4	7
Elazığspor	6	0	2	4	5	14	−9	1

Galatasaray v Elazığspor

30 November 2016 Group stage	Galatasaray	1–1	Elazığspor	Istanbul
18:30 FET	Carole 41'	Report	Kayalı 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 2,500[84] Referee: Arda Kardeşler

Erzincanspor v Galatasaray

14 December 2016 Group stage	Erzincanspor	1–1	Galatasaray	Erzincan
18:30 FET	Serçek 58' (pen.)	Report	Josué 50'	Stadium: Erzincan 13 Şubat Stadium Attendance: 4,500[85] Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

Galatasaray v Tuzlaspor

21 December 2016 Group stage	Galatasaray	2–1	Tuzlaspor	Istanbul
20:30 FET	Sarıoğlu 68' Josué 90' (pen.)	Report	Papaker 75'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 2,500[86] Referee: Volkan Bayarslan

Tuzlaspor v Galatasaray

28 December 2016 Group stage	Tuzlaspor	3–2	Galatasaray	Istanbul
21:00 FET	Şahin 51' Fındıkçı 53' Papaker 58'	Report	Chedjou 45' Linnes 70'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 1,400[87] Referee: Alper Ulusoy

Elazığspor v Galatasaray

17 January 2017 Group stage	Elazığspor	1–4	Galatasaray	Elazığ
19:45 FET	Özgöz 84' (pen.)	Report	Podolski 9', 90' Kalkan 59' (o.g.) Derdiyok 74'	Stadium: Elazığ Atatürk Stadium Attendance: 5,000[88] Referee: Kutluhan Bilgiç

Galatasaray v Erzincanspor

24 January 2017 Group stage	Galatasaray	6–2	Erzincanspor	Istanbul
18:30 FET	Podolski 4', 10', 50', 55', 63' Rodrigues 27'	Report	Dülger 15' Ergün 25'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 6,604[89] Referee: Serkan Tokat

İstanbul Başakşehir v Galatasaray

4 February 2017 Round of 16	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–1	Galatasaray	Istanbul
20:30 FET	Pektemek 15', 27'	Report	Derdiyok 90'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 7,500[90] Referee: Mete Kalkavan

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 3 June 2017^[91]

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Turkish Cup		Super Cup		Total		Discipline		Minutes
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals			Total
1	GK	Fernando Muslera	34	0	0	0	1	0	35	0	2	0	3180
19	GK	Cenk Gönen	0	0	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	720
67	GK	Eray İşcan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Lionel Carole	25	0	5	1	1	0	30	1	4	0	2649
39	DF	Luis Pedro Cavanda	7	0	6	0	0	0	13	0	4	0	713
4	DF	Serdar Aziz	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	5	0	447
21	DF	Aurélien Chedjou	15	0	4	1	1	0	20	1	1	1	1708
22	DF	Hakan Balta	22	0	0	0	1	1	23	1	3	1	2025
28	DF	Koray Günter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık	14	1	3	0	0	0	17	1	1	0	1370
24	DF	Salih Dursun	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16
26	DF	Semih Kaya	20	2	7	0	0	0	27	2	1	0	2284
14	DF	Martin Linnes	18	0	7	1	1	0	26	1	2	0	1798
55	DF	Sabri Sarıoğlu	28	1	6	1	0	0	34	2	3	0	2753
5	MF	Hamit Altıntop	4	0	5	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	454
34	MF	Nigel de Jong	18	1	6	0	0	0	24	1	6	1	1626
27	MF	Tolga Ciğerci	24	0	0	0	1	0	25	0	9	1	1926
8	MF	Selçuk İnan	32	6	3	0	1	0	36	6	3	0	2940
7	MF	Yasin Öztekin	28	10	7	1	1	0	36	10	3	1	2533
18	MF	Sinan Gümüş	18	7	2	0	1	0	21	7	1	0	929
16	MF	Garry Rodrigues	16	1	2	1	0	0	18	2	1	0	847
20	MF	Bruma	30	11	6	0	1	0	37	11	7	1	3119
30	MF	Josué	25	2	8	2	0	0	33	4	6	0	1799
10	MF	Wesley Sneijder	28	5	4	0	1	0	33	3	6	0	2367
9	FW	Eren Derdiyok	31	10	6	2	1	0	38	12	3	0	2059
11	FW	Lukas Podolski	26	7	5	10	1	0	32	17	9	0	2228
77	FW	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	–	Own goals	–	1	–	1	–	0	–	0	–	-	–

Goals

Includes all competitive matches. In the case of a tie in total number of goals, players with more goals in Süper Lig are ranked higher, followed by Super Cup and Turkish Cup goals respectively. If all stats are the same, then the younger player is ranked higher.

As of 3 June 2017^{[citation needed]}

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Süper Lig	Turkish Cup	Süper Kupa	Total
1		11	Lukas Podolski	7	10	0	17
2		9	Eren Derdiyok	10	2	0	12
3		7	Yasin Öztekin	10	1	0	11
4		20	Bruma	11	0	0	11
5		18	Sinan Gümüş	7	0	0	7
6		8	Selçuk İnan	6	0	0	6
7		10	Wesley Sneijder	5	0	0	5
8		30	Josué Pesqueira	1	2	0	3
7		26	Semih Kaya	2	0	0	2
		55	Sabri Sarıoğlu	1	1	0	2
		16	Garry Rodrigues	1	1	0	2
8		34	Nigel de Jong	1	0	0	1
		23	Lionel Carole	0	1	0	1
		5	Hamit Altıntop	0	1	0	1
		14	Martin Linnes	0	1	0	1
		21	Aurélien Chedjou	0	1	0	1
		22	Hakan Balta	0	0	1	1
		3	Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık	1	0	0	1
	-	-	Own Goals	1	1	0	3
			TOTAL	65	22	1	88

Disciplinary record

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name				Notes
1	GK		Fernando Muslera	2
19	GK		Cenk Gönen
67	GK		Eray İşcan
26	DF		Semih Kaya	1
4	DF		Serdar Aziz	5
21	DF		Aurélien Chedjou	1		1
28	DF		Koray Günter
3	DF		Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık	2
22	DF		Hakan Balta	3	1
27	DF		Martin Linnes	3
23	DF		Lionel Carole	4
39	DF		Luis Pedro Cavanda	4
56	DF		Sabri Sarıoğlu	3
34	MF		Nigel de Jong	6	1
27	MF		Tolga Ciğerci	9	1
8	MF		Selçuk İnan	3
10	MF		Wesley Sneijder	6
18	MF		Sinan Gümüş	1
16	MF		Garry Rodrigues	1
30	MF		Josué	6
20	MF		Bruma	7	1
7	MF		Yasin Öztekin	3	1
9	FW		Eren Derdiyok	3
11	FW		Lukas Podolski	9

Last updated: 3 June 2017
Source: http://www.ntvspor.net/istatistik
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Overall

	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Games played	43	21	21	1
Games won	24	14	10	-
Games drawn	7	1	5	1
Games lost	12	6	6	-
Biggest win	6–0 vs Akhisar Belediyespor	6–0 vs Akhisar Belediyespor	0–5 vs Bursaspor	-
Biggest loss	0–4 vs Başakşehir	1–2 vs Başakşehir & Kayserispor	0–4 vs Başakşehir	-
Biggest win (League)	6–0 vs Akhisar Belediyespor	6–0 vs Akhisar Belediyespor	0–5 vs Bursaspor	-
Biggest win (Cup)	6–2 vs Erzincanspor	6–2 vs Erzincanspor	4–1 vs Elazığspor	-
Biggest win (Super Cup)	–
Biggest loss (League)	0–4 vs Başakşehir	1–2 vs Başakşehir & Kayserispor	0–4 vs Başakşehir	-
Biggest loss (Cup)	2–3 vs Tuzlaspor	-	2–3 vs Tuzlaspor	-
Biggest loss (Super Cup)	–
Clean sheets	9	5	4	-
Goals scored	88	51	36	1
Goals conceded	53	22	30	1
Goal difference	+35	+29	+6	0
Average GF per game	2.05	2.43	1.71	1
Average GA per game	1.23	1.05	1.43	1
Yellow cards	82	–
Red cards	6	–
Most appearances	Eren Derdiyok (38)	–
Most minutes played	Fernando Muslera (3180)	–
Most goals	Lukas Podolski (17)	–
Most assists	Wesley Sneijder (17)	–
Points	79	43	35	1
Winning rate	55.81%	66.67%	47.62%	0%

Attendances

Competition	Total. Att.	Avg. Att.
Süper Lig	326,267	21,757
Türkiye Kupası	26,604	6,651
Total	352,871	18,572

• Sold season tickets: 20,000 & 197 suites = 22,167^[92]

See also

• 2016–17 Süper Lig
• 2016–17 Turkish Cup
• 2016 Turkish Super Cup