1937–38 Galatasaray S.K. season

Galatasaray
1937–38 season
President	Saim Gogen; (until 15 December 1937); Sedat Ziya Kantoğlu
Manager	Peter Szabo
Stadium	Taksim Stadı
Istanbul Lig	4th
Milli Küme	2nd
Istanbul Şildi	did not participate after 2 matches
Top goalscorer	League: ; Süleyman Tekil (9); Haşim Birkan (9); All: ; Haşim Birkan (17)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1936–37 1938–39 →

The 1937–38 season was Galatasaray SK's 34th in existence and the club's 26th consecutive season in the Istanbul Football League.

Squad statistics[edit]

No.	Pos.	Name	IFL		MKŞ		IS		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
-	GK	Sacit Öget	0	0	11	0	n/a	n/a	11	0
-	GK	Emin	0	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	1	0
-	GK	Hızır Hantal	4	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	4	0
-	GK	Necmi Ungan	5	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	5	0
-	DF	Lütfü Aksoy	0	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	5	0
-	DF	Salim Şatıroğlu	8	0	10	0	n/a	n/a	18	0
-	DF	Adnan İncirmen	1	0	8	0	n/a	n/a	9	0
-	DF	Reşat Erkal	0	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	5	0
-	DF	Turan Tuluy	0	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	1	0
-	MF	Hüseyin Şakir	3	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	3	0
-	MF	Mustafa Pekin	6	0	10	0	n/a	n/a	16	0
-	MF	Hicri Yüce	3	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	3	1
-	MF	Celal Kibarer	3	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	4	0
-	MF	Musa Sezer	0	0	7	0	n/a	n/a	7	0
-	MF	Halil Burnaz	0	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	2	0
-	MF	Suavi Atasagun (C)	6	0	8	0	n/a	n/a	14	0
-	FW	Necdet Cici	9	8	11	2	n/a	n/a	20	10
-	FW	Fazıl Özkaptan	8	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	9	0
-	FW	Bülent Ediz	9	7	12	3	n/a	n/a	21	10
-	FW	Eşfak Aykaç	7	0	8	1	n/a	n/a	15	1
-	FW	Selahattin Buda	0	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	1	0
-	FW	Süleyman Tekil	9	9	10	5	n/a	n/a	19	14
-	FW	Gündüz Kılıç	0	0	2	2	n/a	n/a	2	2
-	FW	Haşim Birkan	8	9	10	8	n/a	n/a	18	17
-	FW	Danyal Vuran	8	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	9	2
-	FW	Nubar Hamamcıyan	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	2	0
-	FW	Şefik Çakan	0	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	1	0
-	FW	Sabri Gençay	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0
-	FW	Mehmet Yılmaz	0	0	6	1	n/a	n/a	6	1

^[1]

Squad changes for the 1937–38 season[edit]

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Nation	Player
-	TUR	Turan Tuluy (from Galatasaray High School)
-	TUR	Metin Kızılkaya (from Galatasaray High School)
-	TUR	Halil Burnaz (from Galatasaray High School)
-	TUR	Mustafa Pekin (from Galatasaray High School)
-	TUR	Nubar Hamamcıyan (from Şişli SK)
-	TUR	Mehmet Yılmaz (from Karadeniz SK)
-	TUR	Bedii Etingü (from Altınordu İdman Yurdu SK)
-	TUR	Necmi Ungan (from Galatasaray High School)
-	TUR	Musa Sezer (from Karagümrük SK)
-	TUR	Hızır Hantal (from Galatasaray B Team)
-	TUR	Zeki (from Galatasaray B Team)

Competitions[edit]

Istanbul Football League[edit]

Classification[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Güneş SK	9	6	2	1	31	8	+23	24^[a]
2	Fenerbahçe SK	9	7	1	1	40	11	+29	24
3	Beşiktaş JK	9	6	3	0	44	12	+32	24
4	Galatasaray SK	9	5	2	2	36	20	+16	21
5	Vefa SK	9	4	1	4	20	21	−1	18
6	Beykoz 1908 S.K.D.	9	3	3	3	13	16	−3	18
7	İstanbulspor	9	2	2	5	13	22	−9	15
8	Küçükçekmece SK	9	1	1	7	9	30	−21	12
9	Topkapı SK	9	1	1	7	9	36	−27	12
10	Eyüpspor	9	1	2	6	10	49	−39	12^[b]

Source: ^[2]
Notes:

^ 1 bonus point?
^ 1 point deducted?

^[3]

Matches[edit]

Kick-off listed in local time (EEST)

7 November 1937 1	Topkapı SK	1–2	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
13:00	Selahattin Kapsal 47'	(Report)	Necdet Cici 21p', 70'	Stadium: Taksim Stadı Referee: Ahmet Adem Göğdün

14 November 1937 2	Galatasaray SK	8–1	Küçükçekmece SK	Istanbul
15:00	Haşim Birkan 19', 35', 71' Bülent Ediz 23' Süleyman Tekil 41', 73', 88' Danyal Vuran 49'	(Report)	Hamdi Türkakar 80'	Stadium: Şeref Stadı Referee: Basri Bütün

21 November 1937 3	Galatasaray SK	4–4	Beşiktaş JK	Istanbul
15:00	Necdet Cici 14p', 36' Bülent Ediz 51' Haşim Birkan 81'	(Report)	Şeref Görkey 40', 63' Hakkı Yeten 60', 88'	Stadium: Fenerbahçe Stadı Referee: Sami Açıköney

28 November 1937 4	İstanbulspor	1–4	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
15:00	Sami Açıköney 7'	(Report)	Hicri Yüce 40' Bülent Ediz 75' Süleyman Tekil 77' Necdet Cici 84'	Stadium: Taksim Stadı Referee: Basri Bütün

5 December 1937 5	Galatasaray SK	4–1	Vefa SK	Istanbul
15:00	Necdet Cici 11' Süleyman Tekil 19' Haşim Birkan 25' Bülent Ediz 62'	(Report)	Muhteşem Kural 76'p	Stadium: Taksim Stadı Referee: Rüştü Erkuş

12 December 1937 6	Beykoz 1908 S.K.D.	1–1	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
15:00	Bahadır Olcayto 84'p	(Report)	Süleyman Tekil 18'	Stadium: Taksim Stadı Referee: Feridun Kılıç

19 December 1937 7	Güneş SK	6–0	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
15:00	Murat Akıncı 11p', 43p' Selahattin Almay 52' Melih Kotanca 60' Rasih Minkari 75' Rebii Erkal 79'	(Report)		Stadium: Taksim Stadı Referee: Feridun Kılıç

26 December 1937 8	Galatasaray SK	11–2	Eyüpspor	Istanbul
15:00	Süleyman Tekil 15', 67', 76' Bülent Ediz 22', 39', 70' Haşim Birkan 55', 78', 81' Danyal Vuran 58'p Necdet Cici 87'	(Report)	Ferdi Güngör 63' Şükrü Tuğcu 74'	Stadium: Taksim Stadı Referee: Ahmet Adem Göğdün

2 January 1938 9	Galatasaray SK	2–3	Fenerbahçe SK	Istanbul
15:00	Haşim Birkan 60' Necdet Cic 79'p	(Report)	Bülent Büyükyüksel 21', 75' Fikret Arıcan 84'	Stadium: Şeref Stadı Referee: Rüştü Erkuş

İstanbul Shield[edit]

Matches[edit]

1938 1	İstanbulspor	2–5	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
13:00		[ (Report)]		Stadium: Taksim Stadı

1938 1	Topkapı SK	2–3	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
13:00		[(Report)]		Stadium: Taksim Stadı

Milli Küme[edit]

Classification[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
1	Güneş	14	13	1	0	42	9	4.667	41
2	Beşiktaş	14	9	2	3	37	14	2.643	34
3	Galatasaray	14	8	0	6	28	29	0.966	30
4	Üçok	14	7	0	7	34	34	1.000	28
5	Muhafızgücü	14	5	2	7	23	30	0.767	26
6	Harp Okulu	14	5	1	8	22	24	0.917	25
7	Alsancak	14	4	0	10	19	37	0.514	21^[a]
8	Fenerbahçe	14	1	2	11	12	7	1.714	8^[b]

Source: ^[4]
Rules for classification: 3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 points for a loss.
Notes:

^ 1 point deducted?
^ Withdrew from the competition

^[5]

Matches[edit]

February 13, 1938 1	Galatasaray SK	1–2	Beşiktaş JK	Istanbul
13:00	Haşim Birkan 51'	(Report)	Şeref Görkey 40' Hakkı Yeten 78'	Stadium: Taksim Stadı Referee: Nuri Bosut

February 26, 1938 2	Muhafızgücü	2–3	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
15:00	Ali Rıza 22' İbrahim Tezcan 35'	(Report)	Bülent Ediz 44' Haşim Birkan 60', 63'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadium Referee: Kemal Halim Gürgen

February 27, 1938 3	Harbiye SK	0–1	Galatasaray SK	Ankara
15:00		(Report)	Süleyman Tekil 77'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadium Referee: Kemal Halim Gürgen

March 20, 1938 4	Galatasaray SK	0–7	Güneş SK	Istanbul
16:00		(Report)	Melih Kotanca 8', 55', 80', 85' Selahattin Almay 24', 66' Rasih Minkari 64'	Stadium: Taksim Stadium Referee: Herlinder

March 26, 1938 5	Galatasaray SK	0–3	Harbiye SK	Istanbul
16:00		(Report)	Zeki Tavacıoğlu 35' Habip Altay 50' İzzet Barış 55'	Stadium: Taksim Stadium Referee: Nuri Bosut

April 3, 1938 6	Galatasaray SK	3–1	Muhafızgücü	Istanbul
16:00	Bülent Ediz 17' Haşim Birkan 59', 61'	(Report)	Hüsnü 34p'	Stadium: Taksim Stadium Referee: Basri Bütün

May 1, 1938 7	Beşiktaş JK	1–2	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
16:30	Hakkı Yeten 89'	(Report)	Haşim Birkan 48', 53'	Stadium: Şeref Stadi Referee: Adnan Akın

May 14, 1938 8	Üçok SK	3–2	Galatasaray SK	İzmir
16:00	Sait Altınordu 26', 84', 88'	(Report)	Necdet Cici 17' Süleyman Tekil 43'	Stadium: Alsancak Stadium Referee: Esat Merter

May 15, 1938 9	Alsancak SK	3–2	Galatasaray SK	İzmir
16:30	Basri Taşkavak 2' Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk 4' Enver Arslanalp 86'	(Report)	Süleyman Tekil 24p' Haşim Birkan 27'	Stadium: Alsancak Stadium Referee: Mustafa Bayra

May 22, 1938 10	Galatasaray SK	3–2	Alsancak SK	Istanbul
17:00	Bülent Ediz 60' Gündüz Kılıç 67' Eşfak Aykaç 74'	(Report)	Enver Arslanalp 51' Doğan Tanal 72'	Stadium: Taksim Stadium Referee: Tarık Özerengin

May 28, 1938 11	Galatasaray SK	3–1	Üçok SK	Istanbul
17:00	Süleyman Tekil 26', 69' Gündüz Kılıç 65'	(Report)	Sait Altınordu 7'	Stadium: Taksim Stadium Referee: Basri Bütün

June 5, 1938 12	Güneş SK	4–2	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
17:00	Rebii Erkal 45' Niyazi Öztunç 47', 69' Selahattin Almay 53'	(Report)	Necdet Cici 51p' Mehmet Yılmaz 85'	Stadium: Taksim Stadium Referee: Adnan Akın

Friendly Matches[edit]

7 December 1937 1	Unirea Tricolor București	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
		[ (Report)]		Stadium: Taksim Stadı

6 February 1938 2	Yugoslavia FK	0–0	Galatasaray SK	Istanbul
		[ (Report)]		Stadium: Taksim Stadı

June 12, 1938 1	Galatasaray SK	1–3	Beogradski SK	Belgrad
		[ (Report)]

June 13, 1938 2	Galatasaray SK	0–4	Yugoslavia FK	Belgrad
		[ (Report)]

June 16, 1938 3	Galatasaray SK	0–4	SK Bata Borovo	Borovo Naselje
		[ (Report)]

June 25, 1938 3	Galatasaray SK	3–3	Panathinaikos FC&Enosis FC	Istanbul
		[ (Report)]		Stadium: Taksim Stadı

References[edit]

Atabeyoğlu, Cem. 1453–1991 Türk Spor Tarihi Ansiklopedisi. page(143-144).(1991) An Grafik Basın Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ
Tekil, Süleyman. Dünden bugüne Galatasaray, (1983), page(76-87, 117-120, 161-162, 183). Arset Matbaacılık Kol.Şti.OCLC 62614035
Futbol vol.2. Galatasaray. pp. 564–565, 585. Tercüman Spor Ansiklopedisi. (1981)Tercüman Gazetecilik ve Matbaacılık AŞ.
1938 Milli Küme Maçları. Türk Futbol Tarihi vol.1. page(80). (June 1992) Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu Yayınları.

^ "Galatasaray Futbol Takımı - 1937/1938 @ Mackolik.com". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
^ Türkiye İstanbul Ligi (in Turkish)
^ "Türkiye İstanbul Ligi {{in lang|tr}}". Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
^ "Milli Küme". Erdinç Sivritepe. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
^ Before the Turkish Leagues

External links[edit]

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

[table_hth_GÜN0.14058251964887-2] 1 bonus point?

[table_hth_EYÜ0.14058251964887-3] 1 point deducted?

[table_hth_ALT0.92668438513143-6] 1 point deducted?

[table_hth_FEN0.92668438513143-7] Withdrew from the competition

[1] "Galatasaray Futbol Takımı - 1937/1938 @ Mackolik.com". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-29.

[4] Türkiye İstanbul Ligi (in Turkish)

[5] "Türkiye İstanbul Ligi {{in lang|tr}}". Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2011-10-03.

[8] "Milli Küme". Erdinç Sivritepe. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

[9] Before the Turkish Leagues

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