2001–02 Galatasaray S.K. season

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.

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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	Süper Lig		Türkiye Kupası		CL		Total
			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

Players in / out

In

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

Out

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

Süper Lig

Standings

Main article: 2001–02 Süper Lig

Pos	Team	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

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

Matches

Gaziantepspor v Galatasaray

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

Galatasaray v Denizlispor

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

Çaykur Rizespor v Galatasaray

26 August 2001 (2001-08-26) 3	Çaykur Rizespor	3–6	Galatasaray	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

Galatasaray v Antalyaspor

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

Malatyaspor v Galatasaray

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

Galatasaray v Fenerbahçe

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

Gençlerbirliği v Galatasaray

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

Galatasaray v Göztepe

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

Beşiktaş v Galatasaray

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

Galatasaray v Trabzonspor

27 October 2001 (2001-10-27) 10	Galatasaray	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

Bursaspor v Galatasaray

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

Galatasaray v Diyarbakırspor

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

Galatasaray v Samsunspor

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

Galatasaray v İstanbulspor

30 November 2001 (2001-11-30) 14	Galatasaray	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

Ankaragücü v Galatasaray

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

Yimpaş Yozgatspor v Galatasaray

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

Galatasaray v Kocaelispor

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

Galatasaray v Gaziantepspor

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

Denizlispor v Galatasaray

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

Galatasaray v Çaykur Rizespor

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

Antalyaspor v Galatasaray

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

Galatasaray v Malatyaspor

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

Fenerbahçe v Galatasaray

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

Galatasaray v Gençlerbirliği

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

Göztepe v Galatasaray

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

Galatasaray v Beşiktaş

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

Galatasaray v Bursaspor

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

Diyarbakırspor v Galatasaray

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

Trabzonspor v Galatasaray

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

Samsunspor v Galatasaray

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

İstanbulspor v Galatasaray

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

Galatasaray v Ankaragücü

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

Kocaelispor v Galatasaray

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

Galatasaray v Yimpaş Yozgatspor

4 May 2002 (2002-05-04) 34	Galatasaray	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

Erzurumspor v Galatasaray

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

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

Galatasaray v Vllaznia Shkodër

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

Vllaznia Shkodër v Galatasaray

1 August 2001 2	Vllaznia Shkodër	1–4 (1–6 agg.)	Galatasaray	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

Galatasaray v Levski Sofia

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

Levski Sofia v Galatasaray

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

Group stage

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group D

Pos	Team	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			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

Galatasaray v Lazio

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

PSV Eindhoven v Galatasaray

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

Nantes v Galatasaray

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

Galatasaray v Nantes

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

Lazio v Galatasaray

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

Galatasaray v PSV Eindhoven

30 October 2001 6	Galatasaray	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

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League second group stage § Group B

Pos	Team	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			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

Galatasaray v Roma

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

Barcelona v Galatasaray

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

Liverpool v Galatasaray

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

Galatasaray v Liverpool

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

Roma v Galatasaray

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

Galatasaray v Barcelona

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

FIFA Club World Championship

Main article: 2001 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 cancelled, primarily due to the collapse of ISL, which was a marketing partner of FIFA at the time.

Group stage

Main article: 2001 FIFA Club World Championship § Group B

Galatasaray v Al-Hilal

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

Olimpia v Galatasaray

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

Galatasaray v Palmeiras

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

Attendances

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