2014–15 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 2014–15 season is Galatasarays 111th in existence and 57th consecutive season in the Süper Lig. They will be aiming for an unprecedented 20th League title, after finishing the Süper Lig second in previous season.
In Europe, Galatasaray will be competing in the Champions League for a 14th season. As well as this, they will also compete in a domestic cup, the Turkish Cup.
This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club will play in the season. It covers a period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015.
Club
Technical Staff
Medical Staff
Gürbey KahveciBoard of Directors
;Under the Presidency of Dursun ÖzbekGrounds
Kit
Uniform Manufacturer: NikeChest Advertising's: Huawei / Turkish Airlines
Back Advertising's: Ülker
Arm Advertising's: N/A
Short Advertising's: N/A
Sponsorship
Companies that Galatasaray S.K. currently has sponsorship deals with include.| Licensee | Product |
| Huawei | Main Sponsor |
| Turkish Airlines | Main Sponsor |
| Nike | Technical Sponsor |
| Ülker | Cosponsor |
| Opel | Cosponsor |
| Turkish Airlines | Official Sponsor |
| Microsoft | Official Sponsor |
| Hedef Filo Hizmetleri | Official Sponsor |
| HDI-Gerling | Official Sponsor |
| Medical Park | Official Sponsor |
| Yandex | Official Sponsor |
| MNG Kargo | Official Sponsor |
| Sarar | Official Sponsor |
| Denizbank | Official Sponsor |
| W Collection | Official Sponsor |
| Fox International Channels | Media Sponsor |
| TTNET | Media Sponsor |
| Lukoil | Official Supplier |
| Diversey | Official Supplier |
| GNC | Official Supplier |
Season overview
- On 15 May 2014, it is announced that Süper Kupa will be played on 25 August 2014 at Manisa.
- On 23 May 2014, it is announced that midfielder Selçuk İnan and striker Burak Yılmaz have extended their contracts until 2019.
- On 2 June 2014, it is announced that goalkeeper Fernando Muslera has extended his contract until 2018.
- On 11 June 2014, it is announced that the club parted ways with the manager Roberto Mancini.
- On 18 June 2014, Galatasaray revealed the pre-season summer camp schedule. The camp schedule for the Galatasaray professional football team prior to the next football season begins on Monday, July 7 at the Florya Metin Oktay Facilities. Also, it is announced that Galatasaray will play two friendly games with Bayer 04 Leverkusen and SK Rapid Wien at Austria on July 19 and July 23, respectively.
- On 26 June 2014, it is announced that the club has extended their sponsorship agreement with technical sponsor Nike until 2024.
- On 30 June 2014, it is announced that Galatasaray began official negotiations regarding the transfer of Turkish professional football player Olcan Adın from Trabzonspor. It was reported that Olcan signed the contract for 4 years. The original bid of Galatasaray was reported as €4 million, also Olcan would receive a salary of €1.6 million per year.
- On 2 July 2014, it is announced that defender Semih Kaya has extended his contract until 2018.
- On 3 July 2014, it is announced that Galatasaray have entered negotiations with former Italy coach Cesare Prandelli. Prandelli have signed a contract for two years starting from the 2014-2015 football season and will receive a salary of €2.295M per year.
- On 8 July 2014, it is announced that youngster midfielder Kaan Baysal and winger Sinan Gümüş are transferred from PSV Eindhoven and VfB Stuttgart respectively. The contracts of both footballers were expired.
- On 10 July 2014, Izet Hajrović terminated his contract with Galatasaray and joined Werder Bremen on a four-year contract. Hajrović argued that he had not been paid his wages by the club and asked FIFA, the sport's governing body, to invalidate his contract. In response, on 18 July 2014 Galatasaray announced their decision to challenge this transfer by appealing to the FIFA.
- On 11 July 2014, Galatasaray announced the 26-man squad for the pre-season summer camp at Austria. Manager Cesare Prandelli did not add 10 players to the camp squad, which are either out of contract or transfer listed.
- On 15 July 2014, Galatasaray announced that the two forthcoming friendly matches against LASK Linz and Bayer Leverkusen are cancelled.
- On 16 July 2014, it is announced that goalkeeper Eray İşcan has extended his contract until 2018.
- On 17 July 2014, it is announced that midfielder Yekta Kurtuluş has extended his contract until 2017.
- On 18 July 2014, the home and away kits for the 2014-15 season are revealed.
- On 20 July 2014, it is announced that goalkeeper Sinan Bolat joined Galatasaray on loan from Porto with a buyout clause.
- On 23 July 2014, it is announced that goalkeeper coach Cláudio Taffarel will be the goalkeeping coach for the Brazil national football team.
- On 25 July 2014, it is announced that defender Hakan Balta has extended his contract until 2016.
- On 5 August 2014, it is announced that Galatasaray began official negotiations regarding the transfer of Turkish professional football player Yasin Öztekin from Kayseri Erciyesspor. The original bid of Galatasaray was reported as €1.5 million, also Yasin would receive a salary of €1 million per year.
- On 6 August 2014, it is announced that striker Sercan Yıldırım loaned to Balıkesirspor for 1 year with a €1.3M buyout clause.
- On 28 August 2014, it is announced that defender Dany Nounkeu loaned to Granada for 1 year without a buyout clause.
- On 30 August 2014, it is announced that winger Lucas Ontivero is loaned out to Gaziantepspor for the rest of the season with a €4.5M buyout clause.
- On 30 August 2014, it is announced that midfielder Nordin Amrabat is loaned out to Málaga for 1 year with a €3.5M buyout clause.
- On 1 September 2014, it is announced that Galatasaray began official negotiations regarding the transfer of professional football players Goran Pandev and Blerim Džemaili from Napoli. The original bid of Galatasaray was reported as €2.35 million for these two players, also Pandev and Džemaili would receive a salary of €2.4 million per year.
- On 1 September 2014, it is announced that Galatasaray began official negotiations regarding the transfer of Turkish professional football player Tarık Çamdal from Eskişehirspor. The original bid of Galatasaray was reported as €4.75 million, also Tarık would receive a salary of €1.177 million per year.
- On 12 September 2014, Galatasaray has announced the sponsorship agreement with Huawei and Turkish Airlines for the shirt sponsor in Süper Lig and Champions League matches, respectively. Huawei will pay $4.13M, and the Turkish Airlines will pay €2.1M for one-year sponsorship.
- On 27 November 2014, Galatasaray has announced the dismissal of head coach Cesare Prandelli. On the same day, it is announced that Galatasaray have entered negotiations with Turkey assistant coach Hamza Hamzaoğlu.
- On 12 December 2014, it is announced that Galatasaray began official negotiations regarding the transfer of Turkish professional football player Furkan Özçal to Karabükspor.
- On 24 December 2014, it is announced that Galatasaray loaned Furkan Özçal to Karabükspor.
- On 16 January 2015, it is announced that Galatasaray began official negotiations regarding the transfer of Turkish professional football player Veysel Sarı to Kasımpaşa.
- On 19 January 2015, it is announced that Galatasaray sold Veysel Sarı to Kasımpaşa. The original bid of Kasımpaşa was reported as €0.4 million.
- On 22 January 2015, it is announced that Galatasaray loaned Dany Nounkeu to Evian.
- On 28 January 2015, it is announced that Galatasaray loaned Umut Gündoğan to Adana Demirspor for €150K.
- On 25 May 2015, Galatasaray became the champions of the Turkish Super League.
- On 3 June 2015, Galatasaray won the Turkish Cup against Bursaspor.
Players
Squad information
Transfers
In
Total spending: €13.6MOut
Total income: €2.41MExpenditure: €11.19M
Competitions
Overall
Pre-season, Mid-Season and friendlies
Süper Kupa
Süper Lig
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Türkiye Kupası
Standings
Final
The final will be contested in a neutral ground as a one-off match.UEFA Champions League
Group stage
Statistics
Squad statistics
Statistics accurate as of 3 June 2015.Goals
Includes all competitive matches. In the case of a tie in Total number of goals, players with more goals in UEFA Champions League are ranked higher, followed by Süper Lig, Super Kupa and Turkish Cup goals respectively. If all stats are the same, then the younger player is ranked higher.| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Süper Lig | UEFA Champions League | Turkish Cup | Süper Kupa | Total |
| 1 |  | 17 | Burak Yılmaz | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 22 |
| 2 |  | 10 | Wesley Sneijder | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | | 9 | Umut Bulut | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | | 8 | Selçuk İnan | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 |  | 19 | Goran Pandev | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | | 52 | Emre Çolak | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | | 23 | Yasin Öztekin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | | 29 | Olcan Adın | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 |  | 21 | Aurélien Chedjou | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | | 35 | Yekta Kurtuluş | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 |  | 11 | Bruma | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | | 22 | Hakan Balta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  | 3 | Felipe Melo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | 4 | Hamit Altıntop | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | 13 | Alex Telles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | | 18 | Sinan Gümüş | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  | 6 | Blerim Džemaili | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | | 55 | Sabri Sarıoğlu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| TOTALS | 60 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 101 |
Assists
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Total |
| 1 | | 23 | Yasin Öztekin | 14 |
| 2 | | 8 | Selçuk İnan | 10 |
| 3 | | 10 | Wesley Sneijder | 7 |
| 3 | | 55 | Sabri Sarıoğlu | 7 |
| 3 | | 29 | Olcan Adın | 7 |
| 4 | | 11 | Bruma | 6 |
| 4 | | 17 | Burak Yılmaz | 6 |
| 5 | | 52 | Emre Çolak | 5 |
| 6 | | 9 | Umut Bulut | 3 |
| 7 | | 21 | Aurélien Chedjou | 2 |
| 7 | | 6 | Blerim Džemaili | 2 |
| 7 | | 19 | Goran Pandev | 2 |
| 7 | | 88 | 2 | |
| 8 | | 13 | Alex Telles | 1 |
| 8 | | 26 | Semih Kaya | 1 |
| 8 | | 18 | Sinan Gümüş | 1 |
| 8 | | 3 | Felipe Melo | 1 |
Disciplinary record
Overall
Attendances
- Sold season tickets: 31,200