2026–27 Galatasaray S.K. season

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Background

Pre-season

On 7 July, Galatasaray started their preparations for the new season with a training session at the Kemerburgaz Metin Oktay Facilities.^[7]

On 9 July, the 2026–27 Süper Lig fixtures were announced.^[8]

First team

Notes:

• Players and squad numbers last updated on 22 August 2026.^[9] Age as of 30 June 2027.
• Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

More information No., Player ...

No.	Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
Goalkeepers
1	Uğurcan Çakır		GK	(1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 31)	2025	2030	€27,500,000	[10]
19	Günay Güvenç		GK	(1991-06-25)25 June 1991 (aged 36)	2023	2028	€250,000	[11][12]
24	Jankat Yılmaz		GK	(2004-08-16)16 August 2004 (aged 22)	2018	2027	Youth system	[13]
70	Enes Emre Büyük		GK	(2006-05-08)8 May 2006 (aged 21)	2025	2027	Youth system	[14]
Defenders
4	Ismail Jakobs		LB	(1999-08-17)17 August 1999 (aged 27)	2024	2029	€8,000,000	[15]
6	Davinson Sánchez		CB	(1996-06-12)12 June 1996 (aged 31)	2023	2029	€9,500,000	[16][17]
17	Eren Elmalı		LB	(2000-07-07)7 July 2000 (aged 26)	2025	2028	€3,500,000	[18][19]
23	Kaan Ayhan (3rd captain)		CB	(1994-11-10)10 November 1994 (aged 32)	2023	2028	€2,800,000	[20][21]
25	Victor Nelsson		CB	(1998-10-14)14 October 1998 (aged 28)	2021	2027	€7,000,000	[22][23]
42	Abdülkerim Bardakcı (captain)		CB	(1994-09-07)7 September 1994 (aged 32)	2022	2027	€2,800,000	[24][25]
88	Kazımcan Karataş		LB	(2003-01-16)16 January 2003 (aged 24)	2022	2027	€1,150,000	[26]
90	Wilfried Singo		RB	(2000-12-25)25 December 2000 (aged 26)	2025	2030	€30,800,000	[27][28]
91	Arda Ünyay		CB	(2007-01-18)18 January 2007 (aged 20)	2025	2028	€500,000	[29]
Midfielders
5	Eyüp Aydın		DM	(2004-08-02)2 August 2004 (aged 22)	2023	2027	€250,000	[30]
7	Roland Sallai		RW	(1997-05-22)22 May 1997 (aged 30)	2024	2028	€6,000,000	[31]
8	Gabriel Sara		CM	(1999-06-26)26 June 1999 (aged 28)	2024	2029	€18,000,000	[32][33]
10	Leroy Sané		RW	(1996-01-11)11 January 1996 (aged 31)	2025	2028	Free	[34][35]
11	Yunus Akgün		RW	(2000-07-07)7 July 2000 (aged 26)	2011	2029	Youth system	[36][37]
18	Lesley Ugochukwu		DM	(2004-03-26)26 March 2004 (aged 23)	2026	2027	Loan	[38][39]
20	İlkay Gündoğan		CM	(1990-10-24)24 October 1990 (aged 36)	2025	2027	Free	[40][41]
27	Armando Güner		RW	(2008-01-07)7 January 2008 (aged 19)	2026	2030	€350,000	[42]
34	Lucas Torreira		DM	(1996-02-11)11 February 1996 (aged 31)	2022	2028	€6,000,000	[43][44]
53	Barış Alper Yılmaz		LW	(2000-05-23)23 May 2000 (aged 27)	2021	2028	Undisclosed	[45][46]
74	Renato Nhaga		CM	(2007-03-27)27 March 2007 (aged 20)	2026	2030	€6,500,000	[47]
76	Berat Luş		LW	(2007-04-20)20 April 2007 (aged 20)	2024	2027	Youth system	[48]
83	Aleksey Batrakov		AM	(2005-06-09)9 June 2005 (aged 22)	2026	2031	€25,000,000	[49][50]
99	Mario Lemina		DM	(1993-09-01)1 September 1993 (aged 32)	2025	2028	€2,500,000	[51][52][53]
	İlhami Siraçhan Nas		AM	(2002-06-20)20 June 2002 (aged 25)	2023	2028	€340,000	[54]
Forwards
45	Victor Osimhen (vice-captain)		CF	(1998-12-29)29 December 1998 (aged 28)	2024	2029	€75,000,000	[55][56]
62	Ada Yüzgeç		CF	(2009-04-03)3 April 2009 (aged 18)	2019	2029	Youth system	[57]
Player(s) on loan during the season
3	Metehan Baltacı		CB	(2002-11-03)3 November 2002 (aged 24)	2012	2028	Youth system	[58][59]
21	Ahmed Kutucu		CF	(2000-03-01)1 March 2000 (aged 27)	2025	2028	€5,900,000	[60][61]
24	Elias Jelert		RB	(2003-06-12)12 June 2003 (aged 24)	2024	2029	€9,000,000	[62][63]
26	Carlos Cuesta		CB	(1999-03-09)9 March 1999 (aged 28)	2025	2028	€8,000,000	[64][65]
–	Ali Yeşilyurt		CB	(2005-07-30)30 July 2005 (aged 21)	2023	2028	Youth system	[66]
–	Halil Dervişoğlu		CF	(1999-12-08)8 December 1999 (aged 27)	2023	2027	€500,000	[67]

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Reserve team

More information N, Pos. ...

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
51	FW		Arda Tagay	18	Non-EU	2021	–	–	2029	Youth system
52	GK		Cem Efe Eroğlu	17	Non-EU	2025	–	–	2027	Youth system
56	DF		Yusuf Sivaslıoğlu	16	Non-EU	2025	–	–	–	Youth system
57	MF		Necati Oğulcan Yançel	17	Non-EU	2018	–	–	2028	Youth system
60	GK		Arda Yılmaz	18	Non-EU	2025	–	–	2028	Youth system
62	FW		Ada Yüzgeç	17	Non-EU	2024	–	–	–	Youth system
64	DF		Yusuf Dağhan Kahraman	18	Non-EU	2018	–	–	2028	Youth system
67	MF		Eyüp Can Karasu	19	Non-EU	2017	–	–	2029	Youth system
68	MF		Furkan Koçak	18	Non-EU	2018	–	–	–	Youth system

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New contracts

More information Date, No. ...

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Until	Team	Ref.
21 July 2026	99	MF	Mario Lemina	30 June 2028	First team	[68]

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Transfers in

More information Date, No. ...

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Team	Ref.
20 August 2026	83	MF	Aleksey Batrakov	Lokomotiv Moscow	€25,000,000	First team	[69][70][71][72][73][74]

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Loans in

More information Date, No. ...

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Option to buy	Team	Ref.
13 July 2026	18	MF	Lesley Ugochukwu	Burnley	£3,000,000	Yes	First team	[75][76][77][78][79]

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Loan returns

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Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Returning from	Fee	Team	Ref.
30 June 2026	—	GK	Jankat Yılmaz	Eyüpspor	Loan return	First team	[80]
30 June 2026	—	DF	Ali Yeşilyurt	Yalova FK	Loan return	First team	[81]
30 June 2026	—	DF	Ali Turap Bülbül	Ümraniyespor	Loan return	First team	[82]
30 June 2026	—	DF	Elias Jelert	Southampton	Loan return	First team	[83][84]
30 June 2026	—	DF	Kadir Subaşı	Ankara Demirspor	Loan return	First team	[85]
30 June 2026	—	DF	Kazımcan Karataş	İstanbul Başakşehir	Loan return	First team	[86]
30 June 2026	—	DF	Victor Nelsson	Hellas Verona	Loan return	First team	[87][88]
30 June 2026	—	MF	Ali Efe Çördek	Arnavutköy Belediyesi FSK	Loan return	First team	[89]
30 June 2026	—	MF	Berat Luş	Esenler Erokspor	Loan return	First team	[90]
30 June 2026	—	MF	Eyüp Aydın	Kasımpaşa	Loan return	First team	[91]
30 June 2026	—	MF	İlhami Siraçhan Nas	Kahramanmaraş İstiklal Spor	Loan return	First team	[92]
30 June 2026	—	MF	Nicolò Zaniolo	Udinese	Loan return	First team	[93][94]
30 June 2026	—	FW	Halil Dervişoğlu	Çaykur Rizespor	Loan return	First team	[95]

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Released

More information Date, No. ...

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Fee	Team	Ref.
30 June 2026	9	FW	Mauro Icardi		End of contract	First team	[96][97]
30 June 2026	12	GK	Batuhan Şen	Fatih Karagümrük	End of contract	First team	[98]
30 June 2026	14	MF	Wilfried Zaha		End of contract	First team	[99]
30 June 2026	33	MF	Gökdeniz Gürpüz	Saarbrücken	End of contract	First team	[100][101]
30 June 2026	99	MF	Mario Lemina		End of contract	First team	[102]

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Transfers out

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Date	No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Team	Ref.
15 June 2026	—	MF	Nicolò Zaniolo	Udinese	Undisclosed	First team	[103]
13 August 2026	—	DF	Umut Erdem	Çaykur Rizespor	Undisclosed	First team	[104]
13 August 2026	—	MF	Ali Efe Çördek	12 Bingölspor	Undisclosed	First team	[105]
17 August 2026	81	DF	Ali Turap Bülbül	Amedspor	Undisclosed	First team	[106]

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Loans ended

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Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Returning to	Fee	Team	Ref.
30 June 2026	22	MF	Yáser Asprilla	Girona	Loan return	First team	[107]
30 June 2026	77	MF	Noa Lang	Napoli	Loan return	First team	[108]
30 June 2026	93	DF	Sacha Boey	Bayern Munich	Loan return	First team	[109]

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Loans out

More information Date, No. ...

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Fee	On loan until	Team	Ref.
3 August 2025	—	DF	Przemysław Frankowski	Stade Rennais	€5,500,000 + Add-ons	30 June 2027	First team	[110]
1 September 2025	—	DF	Carlos Cuesta	Vasco da Gama	€750,000 + Add-ons	31 December 2026	First team	[111][112]
16 July 2026	—	DF	Ali Yeşilyurt	Elazığspor	Undisclosed	End of season	First team	[113]
19 July 2026	21	FW	Ahmed Kutucu	Çaykur Rizespor	Undisclosed	End of season	First team	[114]
3 August 2026	72	MF	Berat Yılmaz	Ümraniyespor	Undisclosed	End of season	First team	[115]
13 August 2026	58	FW	Recep Yalın Dilek	Bandırmaspor	Undisclosed	End of season	First team	[116]
14 August 2026	—	FW	Halil Dervişoğlu	Gaziantep	Undisclosed	End of season	First team	[117]
21 August 2026	12	DF	Elias Jelert	Le Havre	Undisclosed	End of season	First team	[118]
22 August 2026	3	DF	Metehan Baltacı	Gençlerbirliği	Undisclosed	End of season	First team	[119]

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Pre-season

Ümraniyespor v Galatasaray

17 July 2026 Friendly	Ümraniyespor	1–5	Galatasaray	Istanbul, Turkey
21:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Eser 13' Karasu  67'	Report 1 Report 2 Report 3	Yüzgeç 35' Karataş 42' Güner 60' Luş 62' Tagay 70'	Stadium: Ümraniye Municipality City Stadium Attendance: 2,000

Galatasaray v Monza

24 July 2026 Summer Series Upper Austria	Galatasaray	0–2	Monza	Linz, Austria
21:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report 1 Report 2 Report 3	Carboni 23' Cutrone 49' Brorsson  69'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 9,000

Galatasaray v Venezia

27 July 2026 Summer Series Upper Austria	Galatasaray	0–3	Venezia	Linz, Austria
21:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Yılmaz  80', 90'	Report 1 Report 2 Report 3	Yeboah 71' Lauberbach 75' (pen.), 90+2'	Stadium: Donauparkstadion Attendance: 4,000

Galatasaray v Rennais

2 August 2026 Friendly	Galatasaray	3–3	Rennais	Istanbul, Turkey
21:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Osimhen 18' Sara 49' Yılmaz 90+4' (pen.)	Report 1 Report 2 Report 3	Lepaul 27', 58', 61' (pen.) Thomasson  90+2'	Stadium: Rams Park Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Oğuzhan Çakır

Galatasaray v Villarreal

8 August 2026 Friendly	Galatasaray	1–2	Villarreal	Istanbul, Turkey
21:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Osimhen 5',  39' Sallai  68'	Report 1 Report 2 Report 3	Pérez 3' (pen.) Mouriño  39' Mikautadze 41'	Stadium: Rams Park Attendance: 16,519[120]

Overall record

Süper Lig

Score overview

  Win   Draw   Loss

More information Opposition, Home score ...

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Aggregate score	Double
Alanyaspor
Amedspor
Beşiktaş
Çaykur Rizespor
Çorum	2–2
Erzurumspor		4–0
Eyüpspor
Fenerbahçe
Gaziantep
Gençlerbirliği
Göztepe
İstanbul Başakşehir
Kasımpaşa
Kocaelispor
Konyaspor
Samsunspor
Trabzonspor

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Turkish Cup

Turkish Super Cup

UEFA Champions League

As the champions of the Süper Lig, Galatasaray entered the UEFA Champions League in the league phase.

Starting 11

Overall

Includes all competitions for senior teams.

More information No., Pos. ...

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Süper Lig		Turkish Cup		Turkish Super Cup		Champions League		Total		Discipline		Notes
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Uğurcan Çakır	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
19	GK		Günay Güvenç	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK		Jankat Yılmaz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	GK		Enes Emre Büyük	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4	DF		Ismail Jakobs	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
6	DF		Davinson Sánchez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
17	DF		Eren Elmalı	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
23	DF		Kaan Ayhan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
25	DF		Victor Nelsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	DF		Abdülkerim Bardakcı	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
88	DF		Kazımcan Karataş	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
90	DF		Wilfried Singo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
91	DF		Arda Ünyay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Eyüp Aydın	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Roland Sallai	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
8	MF		Gabriel Sara	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
10	MF		Leroy Sané	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
11	MF		Yunus Akgün	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0
18	MF		Lesley Ugochukwu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF		İlkay Gündoğan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
27	MF		Armando Güner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Lucas Torreira	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
53	MF		Barış Alper Yılmaz	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
74	MF		Renato Nhaga	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
83	MF		Aleksey Batrakov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
98	MF		Berat Luş	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	MF		Mario Lemina	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
—	MF		İlhami Siraçhan Nas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
45	FW		Victor Osimhen	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0
62	FW		Ada Yüzgeç	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Goalscorers

Includes all competitions for senior teams. The list is sorted by squad number when season-total goals are equal. Players with no goals not included in the list.

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Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Süper Lig	Turkish Cup	Turkish Super Cup	Champions League	Total
1	45	FW		Victor Osimhen	4	—	—	—	4
2	7	MF		Roland Sallai	1	—	—	—	1
	11	MF		Yunus Akgün	1	—	—	—	1
Own goals					0	—	—	—	0
Totals					6	—	—	—	6

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Hat-tricks

Assists

Includes all competitions for senior teams. The list is sorted by squad number when season-total assists are equal. Players with no assists not included in the list.

More information Rank, No. ...

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Süper Lig	Turkish Cup	Turkish Super Cup	Champions League	Total
1	8	MF		Gabriel Sara	2	—	—	—	2
2	34	MF		Lucas Torreira	1	—	—	—	1
	45	FW		Victor Osimhen	1	—	—	—	1
Totals					4	—	—	—	4

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Clean sheets

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Includes all competitions for senior teams. The list is sorted by squad number when season-total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

More information Rank, No. ...

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Süper Lig	Turkish Cup	Turkish Super Cup	Champions League	Total
1	1	GK		Uğurcan Çakır	1	—	—	—	1
Totals					1	—	—	—	1

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Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions for senior teams. The list is sorted by red cards, then yellow cards (and by squad number when total cards are equal). Players with no cards not included in the list.

More information No., Pos. ...

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Süper Lig			Turkish Cup			Turkish Super Cup			Champions League			Total
11	MF		Yunus Akgün	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	0
Totals				1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	0

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Last updated: 21 August 2026
Source: FBref.com, Mackolik.com
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Game as captain

Includes all competitions for senior teams. The list is sorted by squad number when season-total number of games where a player started as captain are equal. Players with no games started as captain not included in the list.

More information Rank, No. ...

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Süper Lig	Turkish Cup	Turkish Super Cup	Champions League	Total
1	42	DF		Abdülkerim Bardakcı	2	—	—	—	2
Totals					2	—	—	—	2

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