1959–60 Galatasaray S.K. season

Galatasaray
1959–60 season
President	Sadık Giz; (until 2 January 1960); Refik Selimoğlu
Manager	Leandro Remondini; (until 2 January 1960); Coşkun Özarı
Stadium	Mithatpaşa Stadi
Milli Lig	3rd
Top goalscorer	League: ; Metin Oktay (33); All: ; Metin Oktay (33)
Highest home attendance	27,521 vs Beşiktaş JK; (Milli Lig, 6 April 1960)
Lowest home attendance	8,128 vs Şekerhilâl SK; (Milli Lig, 16 April 1960)
Average home league attendance	15,225
	← 1958–59 1960–61 →

The 1959–60 season was Galatasaray's 58th in existence and the 2nd consecutive season in the Milli 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	Milli Lig		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Turgay Şeren(C)	34	0	34	0
-	GK	Yüksel Alkan	2	0	2	0
-	GK	Sedat Günertem	2	0	2	0
-	GK	Sabri Dino	0	0	0	0
-	DF	İsmail Kurt	21	0	21	0
-	DF	Cemil Gümüşdere	4	0	4	0
-	DF	Candemir Berkman	20	0	20	0
-	DF	Ahmet Karlıklı	25	4	25	4
-	DF	Saim Tayşengil	32	0	32	0
-	DF	Dursun Ali Baran	8	0	8	0
-	MF	Suat Mamat	37	16	37	16
-	MF	Bahri Altıntabak	0	0	0	0
-	MF	Mustafa Yürür	32	1	32	1
-	MF	Erdoğan Çelebi	0	0	0	0
-	MF	Coşkun Özarı	5	0	5	0
-	MF	Ergun Ercins	38	1	38	1
-	MF	Erol Kaynak	29	6	29	6
-	FW	Ahmet Berman	34	7	34	7
-	FW	Uğur Köken	12	0	12	0
-	FW	Nuri Asan	19	0	19	0
-	FW	İsfendiyar Açıksöz	11	4	11	4
-	FW	Yıldırım Benayyat	0	0	0	0
-	FW	Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu	0	0	0	0
-	FW	Cenap Doruk	0	0	0	0
-	FW	Samim Uygun	0	0	0	0
-	FW	Mete Basmacı	7	0	7	0
-	FW	Cengiz Özyalçın	5	0	5	0
-	FW	Zühtü Merter	5	1	5	1
-	FW	Ertan Adatepe	5	0	5	0
10	FW	Metin Oktay	33	33	33	33

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Players in / out

In

Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from
FW		Ahmet Berman	27	Beşiktaş JK
MF		Mustafa Yürür	21	Beykoz 1908 S.K.D.

Out

Milli Lig

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Beşiktaş (C)	38	29	7	2	68	15	+53	65	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2	Fenerbahçe	38	27	6	5	88	38	+50	60	Invitation to Balkans Cup
3	Galatasaray	38	24	10	4	74	23	+51	58
4	İzmirspor	38	17	13	8	62	44	+18	47
5	Ankara Demirspor	38	17	11	10	49	40	+9	45

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Matches

26 August 1959 1	Galatasaray SK	2–0	Beykoz 1908 SKD	Istanbul
16:30 EET	Metin Oktay 23p' Ahmet Karlıklı 74'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 18,846 Referee: Bedri Çakır

6 September 1959 2	Galatasaray SK	3–0	Feriköy SK	Istanbul
16:30 EET	Metin Oktay 7', 8' Suat Mamat 79'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 19,960 Referee: İhsan Tülmen

9 September 1959 3	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Kasımpaşa SK	Istanbul
16:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 15,267 Referee: Baha Kırçıl

26 September 1959 4	Galatasaray SK	3–0	Gençlerbirliği SK	Istanbul
15:45 EET	Metin Oktay 12' Ahmet Berman 26' Suat Mamat 38'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 12,349 Referee: Mustafa Gerçeker

27 September 1959 5	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Hacettepe SK	Istanbul
15:45 EET	Ahmet Berman 19'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 13,979 Referee: Ali Timur

30 September 1959 6	Galatasaray SK	2–1	Fatih Karagümrük SK	Istanbul
15:45 EET	Erol Kaynak 26' Suat Mamat 88'	(Report)	Turhan Bayraktutan 10'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 11,108 Referee: Sulhi Garan

10 October 1959 7	Galatasaray SK	4–1	Ankara Demirspor	Istanbul
15:15 EET	Erol Kaynak 5', 60' Zühtü Merter 19' Suat Mamat 37'	(Report)	Ergun Ercins 68og'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 13,740 Referee: Feyyaz Turgul

11 October 1959 8	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Altay SK	Istanbul
15:15 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 14,065 Referee: Orhan Gönül

24 October 1959 9	Galatasaray SK	8–0	Altınordu SK	Istanbul
14:45 EET	Metin Oktay 12', 19', 27', 40', 74' Mustafa Yürür 55' Suat Mamat 69', 71'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 9,881 Referee: Mustafa Gerçeker

25 October 1959 10	Galatasaray SK	2–1	Göztepe SK	Istanbul
14:45 EET	Suat Mamat 59' Metin Oktay 88p'	(Report)	Hakkı İyibilir 9'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 16,301 Referee: Ali Timur

18 November 1959 11	Galatasaray SK	1–1	Adalet SK	Istanbul
14:15 EET	Ahmet Berman 84'	(Report)	Burhan Sargun 59'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 13,383 Referee: Ali Timur

28 November 1959 12	MKE Ankaragücü	0–1	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
14:15 EET		(Report)	Metin Oktay 18'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 8,839 Referee: Mustafa Gerçeker

29 November 1959 13	Şekerhilâl SK	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
14:15 EET	Nazmi Meriç 5'	(Report)	Erol Kaynak 59'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 11,873 Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan

2 December 1959 14	Beşiktaş JK	1–0	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:15 EET	Nazmi Bilge 44'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 28,213 Referee: Hakkı Gürüz

12 December 1959 15	İzmirspor	3–3	Galatasaray SK	Izmir
14:15 EET	Orhan Pişirgen 26' Necdet Elmasoğlu 28p' Cenap Doruk 46'	(Report)	Suat Mamat 13' Erol Kaynak 48' Metin Oktay 81'	Stadium: Alsancak Stadı Attendance: n/a Referee: Veli Necdet Arığ

13 December 1959 16	Karşıyaka SK	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Izmir
14:15 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Alsancak Stadı Attendance: 10,553 Referee: Necdet Oralalp

17 December 1959 17	Fenerbahçe SK	1–0	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:00 EET	Can Bartu 77'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 28,142 Referee: Orhan Gönül

27 December 1959 18	Galatasaray SK	1–0	İstanbulspor	Istanbul
14:00 EET	Ahmet Karlıklı 6'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 14,417 Referee: Cezmi Başar

2 January 1960 19	Galatasaray SK	0–0	Vefa SK	Istanbul
14:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 14,591 Referee: Mustafa Gerçeker

27 January 1960 20	Beykoz 1908 SKD	2–3	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:30 EET	Nusret Dalkıran 49', 50'	(Report)	İsfendiyar Açıksöz 60' Metin Oktay 68' Ahmet Berman 72'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 9,491 Referee: Sulhi Garan

3 February 1960 21	Vefa SK	1–5	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
12:45 EET	İbrahim Yalçınkaya 13'	(Report)	İsfendiyar Açıksöz 10' Suat Mamat 16' Metin Oktay 38', 50', 71'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 12,034 Referee: Cezmi Başar

6 February 1960 22	Kasımpaşa SK	0–4	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:45 EET		(Report)	Suat Mamat 40' Metin Oktay 42', 52', 88'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 5,734 Referee: Mustafa Gerçeker

13 February 1960 23	Hacettepe SK	1–2	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
14:45 EET	Halis Harman 73'	(Report)	Metin Oktay 50' Suat Mamat 59'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 7,061 Referee: Reşat Bünyan

14 February 1960 24	Gençlerbirliği SK	2–2	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
14:45 EET	Zeynel Soyuer 11' Orhan Yüksel 17'	(Report)	Metin Oktay 29' Suat Mamat 89'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 16,525 Referee: Hakkı Gürüz

20 February 1960 25	Altay SK	0–3	Galatasaray SK	Izmir
15:15 EET		(Report)	Erol Kaynak 22' Metin Oktay 71p', 88'	Stadium: Alsancak Stadı Attendance: 6,432 Referee: Necdet Oralalp

21 February 1960 26	Ankara Demirspor	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Izmir
14:45 EET	Fikri Elma 10'	(Report)	Suat Mamat 83'	Stadium: Alsancak Stadı Attendance: 10,955 Referee: Feyyaz Turgul

24 February 1960 27	Istanbulspor	0–3	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
14:45 EET		(Report)	Ahmet Berman 54' Metin Oktay 66', 80'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 10,617 Referee: Sulhi Garan

2 March 1960 28	Adalet SK	0–2	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
15:00 EET		(Report)	Ahmet Berman 3' Vural Yılmaz 15og'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 16,067 Referee: Bedri Çakır

19 March 1960 29	Göztepe SK	0–1	Galatasaray SK	Izmir
15:15 EET		(Report)	Metin Oktay 67'	Stadium: Alsancak Stadı Attendance: 5,195 Referee: Orhan Gönül

20 March 1960 30	Altınordu SK	1–3	Galatasaray SK	Izmir
15:15 EET	Beytullah Baliç 29'	(Report)	Metin Oktay 38' İsfendiyar Açıksöz 54' Suat Mamat 67'	Stadium: Alsancak Stadı Attendance: 3,852 Referee: Orhan Gönül

26 March 1960 31	Feriköy SK	1-2	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
15:15 EET	Samim Uygun 48'	(Report)	Metin Oktay 14p' İsfendiyar Açıksöz 57'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 15,130 Referee: Tarık Yamaç

27 March 1960 32	Fatih Karagümrük SK	1–0	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
15:15 EET	Doğan Sel 87'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 17,259 Referee: Cihat Ergün

6 April 1960 33	Galatasaray SK	0–1	Beşiktaş JK	Istanbul
15:30 EET		(Report)	Arif Özataç 70'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 27,521 Referee: Yordan Tokov

13 April 1960 34	Galatasaray SK	2–1	Fenerbahçe SK	Istanbul
15:30 EET	Ahmet Berman 2' Metin Oktay 25'	(Report)	Yüksel Gündüz 22'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 24,953 Referee: Vilmos Hernadi

16 April 1960 35	Galatasaray SK	1–0	Şekerhilâl SK	Istanbul
15:45 EET	Ergun Ercins 83'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 8,128 Referee: Feyyaz Turgul

17 April 1960 36	Galatasaray SK	2–0	MKE Ankaragücü SK	Istanbul
15:45 EET	Suat Mamat 30' Metin Oktay 57'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 9,331 Referee: Vilmos Hernadi

23 April 1960 37	Galatasaray SK	5–0	Karşıyaka SK	Istanbul
16:00 EET	Suat Mamat 4' Ahmet Karlıklı 10', 86' Metin Oktay 19', 57'	(Report)		Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 12,405 Referee: Tarık Yamaç

24 April 1960 38	Galatasaray SK	1–1	Izmirspor	Istanbul
14:00 EET	Metin Oktay 60'	(Report)	Güven Önüt 14'	Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 19,045 Referee: Zülbahar Sağnak

Friendly Matches

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

23 January 1960 Hasan Polatkan Kupası	Ankara Demirspor	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
13:15 EET	Fikri Elma 62'	(Report)	Suat Mamat 30'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 7,161 Referee: Sabahattin Ladikli

24 January 1960 Hasan Polatkan Kupası	Fenerbahçe SK	1–2	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
15:00 EET	Lefter Küçükandonyadis 62'	(Report)	Uğur Köken 41', 61'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 23,953 Referee: Veli Necdet Arığ

30 October 1959	Beşiktaş JK	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
15:00 EET		(Report)		Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadı Attendance: 29,145 Referee: Orhan Gönül

Attendances

Competition	Av. Att.	Total Att.
Milli Lig	15,225	289,270
Total	15,225	289,270

References

^ Galatasaray 2021/2022 Fikstür | Mackolik.com

Tuncay, Bülent (2002). Galatasaray Tarihi. Yapı Kredi Yayınları ISBN 975-08-0454-6

External links

Galatasaray Sports Club Official Website (in Turkish, English, and French)
Turkish Football Federation – Galatasaray A.Ş. (in Turkish and English)
uefa.com – Galatasaray AŞ

[1] Galatasaray 2021/2022 Fikstür | Mackolik.com

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