The 2022–23 season was the 118th season in the existence of Galatasaray and the club's 65th consecutive season in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, Galatasaray participated in this season's edition of the Turkish Cup.
Overview
June On 11 June 2022, Dursun Özbek has been elected as the new club chairman. This has been the second Özbek era in Galatasaray history.
On 20 June 2022, the contract of Galatasaray Football Team Sporting Director Pasquale Sensibile was terminated.
Cenk Ergün was appointed as the Football Director of Galatasaray Sports Club on 20 June 2022.
As of 21 June 2022, the contracts of Coach Domènec Torrent and his assistants Jordi Gris Vila, Jordi Guerrero Costa, Julián Jiménez Serrano and Ricard Segarra Aragay have been terminated.
On 23 June 2022, Okan Buruk was appointed as the Football Team Coach.
On 27 June 2022, Galatasaray performed the first training of the 2022–23 season at Florya Metin Oktay Facilities under the management of Coach Okan Buruk.
On 28 June 2022, Albert Riera, who was an assistant coach, left his job.
October On 24 October 2022, the new assistant coach of the yellow-reds, Moritz Volz also took part in the training.
November In the notification made on 28 November 2022, it was announced that the Galatasaray Football Team will camp in Antalya between 8–16 December in the interim given to the Süper Lig due to the World Cup.
Club
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Facilities PositionStaff
Kits Galatasaray's 2022–23 kits, manufactured by Nike, released on 17 June 2022 and were up for sale on the same day.
Supplier: Nike Main sponsor: Sixt
Back sponsor: Nesine.com Sleeve sponsor: Tunç Holding
Short sponsor: Ödeal Socks sponsor: —
Management team PositionStaff Football Director Cenk Ergün Head Coach Okan Buruk Assistant Coach İrfan Saraloğlu Ismael García Gómez Moritz Volz Goalkeeping Coach Fadıl Koşutan Can Okuyucu Athletic Performance Coach Dursun Genç Kaan Arısoy Yusuf Köklü Gürkan Fuat Demir Match and Performance Analyst Yılmaz Yüksel Serhat Doğan M. Can Mutlu Administrative Manager Uğur Yıldız Scouting and Performance Analysis Manager Emre UtkucanResearch and Development Director Fatih Demireli Doctor Yener İnce Hakan Çelebi Media and Communications Manager Coşkun Gülbahar Media Officer Egehan Şengül Interpreter Ersan Zeren Utku Yurtbil Nutritionist Mestan Hüseyin Çilekçi Physiotherapist Mustafa Korkmaz Burak Koca Samet Polat Erkan Özyılmaz Masseur Sedat Peker Batuhan Erkan Ozan Abaylı Serdal Yılmaz Material Manager Hasan Çelik Veli Muğlı İlyas Gökçe
Players
Squad information Players and squad numbers last updated on 5 May 2023. Appearances include all competitions.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No.PlayerNat.Position(s)Date of birth (age)Signed inContract endsSigned from / Last clubTransfer Fee Goalkeepers 1 Fernando Muslera (captain) GK 2011 2024 Lazio €6,750,000 + Cana 34 Okan Kocuk GK 2019 2023 Bursaspor Free 50 Jankat Yılmaz GK 2022 2025 Academy TraineeDefenders 2 Léo Dubois RB 2022 2025 Lyon €2,500,000 4 Mathias Ross CB 2022 2026 AaB €1,750,000 13 Emre Taşdemir LB 2019 2023 Bursaspor Free 23 Kaan Ayhan CB 2023 2023 Sassuolo Loan 25 Victor Nelsson CB 2021 2026 Copenhagen €7,000,000 32 Sam Adekugbe LB 2023 2023 Hatayspor Loan 40 Emin Bayram CB 2019 2026 Academy Trainee 42 Abdülkerim Bardakcı CB 2022 2025 Konyaspor €2,800,000 46 Gökay Güney CB 2020 2024 Academy Trainee 88 Kazımcan Karataş LB 2022 2027 Altay €1,150,000 93 Sacha Boey RB 2021 2025 Rennes Undisclosed Midfielders 5 Lucas Torreira DM 2022 2026 Arsenal €6,000,000 6 Fredrik Midtsjø CM 2022 2025 AZ €3,500,000 7 Kerem Aktürkoğlu (3rd captain) LW 2020 2026 24 Erzincanspor Free 11 Yunus Akgün RW 2018 2026 Academy Trainee 17 Nicolò Zaniolo AM 2023 2027 Roma €15,000,000 22 Berkan Kutlu CM 2021 2026 Alanyaspor Undisclosed 26 Milot Rashica RW 2022 2023 Norwich City Loan 27 Sérgio Oliveira CM 2022 2026 Porto €3,000,000 30 Yusuf Demir RW 2022 2026 Rapid Wien €6,000,000 53 Barış Alper Yılmaz LW 2021 2027 Ankara Keçiörengücü Undisclosed 63 Özgür Baran Aksaka AM 2022 2026 Academy Trainee 64 Juan Mata AM 2022 2023 Manchester United Free 81 Hamza Akman CM 2022 2024 Academy Trainee Forwards 10 Dries Mertens CF 2022 2023 Napoli Free 18 Bafétimbi Gomis (vice-captain) CF 2022 2023 Al Hilal Free 99 Mauro Icardi CF 2022 2023 Paris Saint-Germain Loan Player(s) on loan during the season 3 Patrick van Aanholt LB 2021 2024 Crystal Palace Undisclosed 5 Alpaslan Öztürk CB 2021 2024 Göztepe Free 8 Taylan Antalyalı DM 2019 2026 BB Erzurumspor Free 11 Mostafa Mohamed CF 2021 2025 Zamalek $4,000,000 12 Batuhan Şen GK 2019 2026 Academy Trainee 17 Oğulcan Çağlayan RW 2020 2024 Çaykur Rizespor Free 21 Olimpiu Moruțan AM 2021 2026 FCSB €3,500,000 24 Işık Kaan Arslan CB 2017 2025 Academy Trainee 28 Christian Luyindama CB 2019 2024 Standard Liège €5,000,000 30 Atalay Babacan AM 2019 2023 Academy Trainee 33 Alexandru Cicâldău AM 2021 2026 Universitatea Craiova €6,500,000 47 Abdussamed Karnuçu DM 2020 2024 Academy Trainee 54 Emre Kılınç RW 2020 2024 Sivasspor Free 62 Eren Aydın CF 2022 2024 Academy Trainee 90 Metehan Baltacı CB 2021 2026 Academy Trainee 98 Berk Balaban GK 2020 2025 Academy Trainee Player(s) transferred out during the season 9 Haris Seferovic CF 2022 2023 Benfica Loan 23 Emre Akbaba AM 2018 2023 Alanyaspor €4,000,000 — İsmail Çipe GK 2016 2023 Academy Trainee
Transfers
In
Summer DateNo.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFeeSource 25 June 2022 42 DF Abdülkerim Bardakcı Konyaspor €2,800,000 30 June 2022 — DF Süleyman Luş Bandırmaspor Loan return — 34 GK Okan Kocuk Giresunspor Loan return — — MF Abdussamed Karnuçu Tuzlaspor Loan return — 40 DF Emin Bayram Boluspor Loan return — 88 DF Gökay Güney Bandırmaspor Loan return — 23 DF Emre Taşdemir Giresunspor Loan return — 49 DF Valentine Ozornwafor Sporting Charleroi Loan return — 80 FW Ali Yavuz Kol Ankara Keçiörengücü Loan return — 20 MF Emre Akbaba Alanyaspor Loan return — 70 MF Yunus Akgün Adana Demirspor Loan return — 60 MF Erkan Süer Uşakspor Loan return — 30 MF Atalay Babacan Ümraniyespor Loan return — 27 DF Christian Luyindama Al-Taawoun Loan return — 77 MF Jesse Sekidika Eyüpspor Loan return — 35 MF Aytaç Kara Göztepe Loan return — 17 MF Oğulcan Çağlayan Eyüpspor Loan return — 98 GK Berk Balaban Niğde Anadolu Loan return — 1 July 2022 88 DF Kazımcan Karataş Altay €1,150,000 9 July 2022 27 MF Sérgio Oliveira Porto €3,000,000 20 July 2022 2 DF Léo Dubois Lyon €2,500,000 31 July 2022 6 MF Fredrik Midtsjø AZ €3,500,000 6 August 2022 5 MF Lucas Torreira Arsenal €6,000,000 10 FW Dries Mertens Napoli Free 7 September 2022 30 MF Yusuf Demir Rapid Wien €6,000,000 4 DF Mathias Ross AaB €1,750,000 8 September 2022 64 MF Juan Mata Manchester United Free
Winter DateNo.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFeeSource 8 February 2023 17 MF Nicolò Zaniolo Roma €15,000,000
Loan in
Summer DateNo.Pos.PlayerFromFeeOption to buySource 19 July 2022 9 FW Haris Seferovic Benfica €1,000,000 Yes 7 September 2022 99 FW Mauro Icardi Paris Saint-Germain Free No 26 MF Milot Rashica Norwich City Free No
Winter DateNo.Pos.PlayerFromFeeOption to buySource 30 January 2023 23 DF Kaan Ayhan Sassuolo €400,000 Yes 17 February 2023 32 DF Sam Adekugbe Hatayspor Free Yes
Out
Summer DateNo.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFeeSource 27 May 2022 49 DF Valentine Ozornwafor Sporting Charleroi €100,000 30 June 2022 67 FW Halil Dervişoğlu Brentford Loan return — 23 GK Iñaki Peña Barcelona Loan return — 15 MF Erick Pulgar Fiorentina Loan return — 99 GK Fatih Öztürk Retired End of contract — 8 MF Ryan Babel Eyüpspor End of contract 88 DF Semih Kaya Retired End of contract 63 MF Bartuğ Elmaz Olympique de Marseille End of contract 66 MF Arda Turan Retired End of contract 89 MF Sofiane Feghouli Fatih Karagümrük End of contract 8 July 2022 45 DF Marcão Sevilla €15,000,000 — MF Erkan Süer İskenderunspor Undisclosed 14 July 2022 80 FW Ali Yavuz Kol Adana Demirspor Undisclosed 18 July 2022 90 FW Mbaye Diagne Fatih Karagümrük Contract termination 19 July 2022 — MF Selman Faruk Dibek 1461 Trabzon Undisclosed — FW Atalay Yıldırım Free 2 August 2022 35 MF Aytaç Kara Kasımpaşa Contract termination 3 August 2022 — FW Sarper Çaglar Hatayspor Free 15 August 2022 77 MF Jesse Sekidika Eyüpspor Contract termination 2 September 2022 14 DF Omar Elabdellaoui Bodø/Glimt Contract termination 8 September 2022 19 DF Ömer Bayram Eyüpspor Contract termination 9 September 2022 23 MF Emre Akbaba Adana Demirspor €500,000
Winter DateNo.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFeeSource 31 January 2023 9 FW Haris Seferovic Celta de Vigo Contract termination 17 February 2023 — GK İsmail Çipe Boluspor Undisclosed
Loan out
Summer DateUntilNo.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFeeSource 30 June 2022 End of season 5 DF Alpaslan Öztürk Eyüpspor Undisclosed 6 July 2022 End of season — DF Berkan Mahmut Keskin Bandırmaspor Undisclosed 19 July 2022 End of season 11 FW Mostafa Mohamed Nantes €250,000 4 August 2022 End of season 21 MF Olimpiu Moruțan Pisa €150,000 5 August 2022 End of season 50 DF Süleyman Luş Tuzlaspor Undisclosed 9 August 2022 End of season 47 MF Abdussamed Karnuçu Tarsus İdman Yurdu Undisclosed — 9 August 2022 End of season 12 GK Batuhan Şen Fatih Karagümrük Free 17 August 2022 End of season 24 DF Işık Kaan Arslan Sarıyer Undisclosed End of season 62 FW Eren Aydın Sarıyer Undisclosed 23 August 2022 End of season 98 GK Berk Balaban İskenderun Undisclosed 27 August 2022 End of season 33 MF Alexandru Cicâldău Al-Ittihad Kalba SC Undisclosed 8 September 2022 End of season 54 MF Emre Kılınç Ankaragücü Free End of season 8 MF Taylan Antalyalı Ankaragücü Free End of season 28 DF Christian Luyindama Antalyaspor Free End of season 30 MF Atalay Babacan Sarıyer Undisclosed End of season 17 MF Oğulcan Çağlayan Giresunspor Free
Winter DateUntilNo.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFeeSource 12 January 2023 End of season 47 MF Abdussamed Karnuçu Amedspor Undisclosed 16 January 2023 End of season 17 MF Oğulcan Çağlayan Pendikspor Free 1 February 2023 30 June 2024 3 DF Patrick van Aanholt PSV Undisclosed 2 February 2023 End of season 90 DF Metehan Baltacı Manisa Undisclosed
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure Summer: €31,540,000
Winter: €15,400,000
Total: €46,940,000
Income Summer: €13,000,000
Winter:
Total: €13,000,000
Net totals Summer: €18,540,000
Winter: €15,400,000
Total: €33,940,000
Contracts renewals Player Source 12 GK 9 August 2022 30 June 2026 11 MF 6 December 2022 30 June 2026 40 DF 16 January 2023 30 June 2026 63 MF 17 January 2023 30 June 2026 50 GK 26 January 2023 30 June 2025 90 DF 1 February 2023 30 June 2026 53 MF 4 May 2023 30 June 2027
Pre-season and friendlies
Pre-season
Mid-season
Competitions
Overall record
Süper Lig
League table
Results summary
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Results by round
Matches
Turkish Cup
Statistics
Starting 11
Appearances and goals Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards Players transferred/loaned out during the season
Goalscorers