List of Galatasaray S.K. footballers

• The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
• Appearances as a substitute are included.
• Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 7 February 2021. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.

Nationality

Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.

Position

Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.

Club career

Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.

Total appearances and Total goals

Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Atatürk Cup, Istanbul Football Cup, Istanbul Football League, Istanbul Friday League, Istanbul Shield, Prime Minister's Cup, Süper Lig, Turkish Football Championship, Turkish Cup, Turkish Super Cup, TSYD Cup, European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup. Matches; wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded, as are matches from the abandoned 1939–40 season.

Fatih Terim made 434 appearances for Galatasaray and is the current Head Coach

Tugay Kerimoğlu made 418 appearances for the Galatasaray

Selçuk İnan was captain from 2014 to 2020

Sabri Sarıoğlu made 475 appearances for Galatasaray

Record goalscorer Metin Oktay, who was also captain from 1967 to 1969.

Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Galatasaray.

List of Galatasaray S.K. players with at least 100 appearances

Name	Nationality	Position	Galatasaray career	Starts	Subs	Total	Goals	Ref(s)
				Appearances
Bülent Korkmaz	Turkey	DF	1987–2005	559	54	613	18	[1]
Hakan Şükür	Turkey	FW	1992–1995, 1995–2000, 2003–2008	516	33	549	292	[2]
Cüneyt Tanman	Turkey	DF	1973–1991	512	23	535	53	[3]
Arif Erdem	Turkey	FW	1991–2000, 2001–2005	327	171	498	138	[4]
Sabri Sarıoğlu	Turkey	MF	2002–2017	362	113	475	24	[5]
Ergün Penbe	Turkey	MF	1994–2007	353	85	438	14	[6]
Fatih Terim	Turkey	DF	1974–1985	431	3	434	29	[7]
Tugay Kerimoğlu	Turkey	MF	1987–2000	376	42	418	40	[8]
Turgay Şeren	Turkey	GK	1949–1967	417	0	417	0	[9]
Metin Oktay	Turkey	FW	1955–1961, 1962–1969	416	1	417	356	[10]
Gökmen Özdenak	Turkey	FW	1967–1980	365	42	407	141	[11]
Uğur Köken	Turkey	FW	1959–1973	374	7	381	48	[12]
Mehmet Oğuz	Turkey	MF	1967–1979	356	22	378	40	[13]
Suat Kaya	Turkey	MF	1986–1987, 1992–2003	281	86	367	43	[14]
Fernando Muslera	Uruguay	GK	2011–	367	0	367	1	[15]
Hasan Şaş	Turkey	MF	1998–2009	266	86	352	40	[16]
İsmail Demiriz	Turkey	DF	1984–1993	314	23	337	9	[17]
Hakan Balta	Turkey	DF	2007–2018	304	28	332	13	[18]
Selçuk İnan	Turkey	MF	2011–2020	292	39	331	59	[19]
Hakan Ünsal	Turkey	DF	1994–2002, 2003–2005	298	30	328	25	[20]
Ayhan Akman	Turkey	MF	2001–2012	241	78	319	16	[21]
Okan Buruk	Turkey	MF	1991–2001, 2006–2008	234	81	315	44	[22]
Yusuf Altıntaş	Turkey	DF	1984–1994	277	20	297	25	[23]
Uğur Tütüneker	Turkey	FW	1986–1996	259	33	292	57	[24]
Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu	Turkey	FW	1960–1972	285	6	291	82	[25]
Suat Mamat	Turkey	MF	1952–1963	286	1	287	99	[26]
Mustafa Yürür	Turkey	MF	1959–1968	280	3	283	13	[27]
Ergun Ercins	Turkey	MF	1954–1965	267	1	268	2	[28]
Zoran Simović	Yugoslavia	GK	1984–1990	250	1	251	1	[29]
Xhevat Prekazi	Yugoslavia	MF	1985–1992	210	37	247	49	[30]
Talat Özkarslı	Turkey	MF	1961–1971	247	0	247	15	[31]
Yasin Özdenak	Turkey	GK	1967–1976	245	2	247	0	[32]
Raşit Çetiner	Turkey	DF	1981–1988	245	1	246	40	[33]
Kadri Aytaç	Turkey	FW	1953–1958, 1962–1966	242	2	244	79	[34]
Muzaffer Sipahi	Turkey	DF	1968–1975	243	0	243	1	[35]
Ahmet Berman	Turkey	FW	1959–1965	240	1	241	13	[36]
Candemir Berkman	Turkey	DF	1957–1965	240	0	240	2	[37]
Faryd Mondragón	Colombia	GK	2001–2007	239	0	239	0	[38]
Ümit Karan	Turkey	FW	2001–2009	175	63	238	97	[39]
Erhan Önal	Turkey	DF	1985–1992	226	12	238	15	[40]
Bülent Alkılıç	Turkey	FW	1980–1986, 1989–1991	184	53	237	27	[41]
Mustafa Ergücü	Turkey	MF	1973–1976, 1978–1985	185	52	237	28	[42]
Ekrem Günalp	Turkey	DF	1969–1977	219	16	235	6	[43]
Ümit Davala	Turkey	DF	1996–2001, 2002–2003	203	32	234	33	[44]
Salim Şatıroğlu	Turkey	DF	1935–1949	228	1	229	40	[45]
Semih Yuvakuran	Turkey	DF	1984–1990	202	21	223	5	[46]
Turan Doğangün	Turkey	MF	1962–1970	219	3	222	36	[47]
Öner Kılıç	Turkey	FW	1976–1987	191	25	216	26	[48]
Metin Kurt	Turkey	FW	1970–1976	212	4	216	48	[49]
Hayrettin Demirbaş	Turkey	GK	1986–1997	212	3	215	0	[50]
Arda Turan	Turkey	MF	2004–2011, 2020–	186	24	210	47	[51]
Semih Kaya	Turkey	DF	2008–2017, 2019	197	12	209	5	[52]
Muhammet Altıntaş	Turkey	MF	1986–1993	173	36	209	11	[53]
Muzaffer Tokaç	Turkey	FW	1942–1955	200	0	200	50	[54]
Gündüz Kılıç	Turkey	FW	1935–1952	200	0	200	150	[55]
Tuncay Temeller	Turkey	DF	1970–1979	186	13	199	23	[56]
Mehmet Özgül	Turkey	FW	1972–1978, 1981	182	16	198	59	[57]
İsfendiyar Açıksöz	Turkey	FW	1946–1960	196	0	197	42	[58]
Gheorghe Hagi	Romania	MF	1996–2001	190	6	196	73	[59]
Erdal Keser	Turkey	FW	1984–1986, 1989–1994	170	26	196	59	[60]
Metin Yıldız	Turkey	MF	1978–1985, 1989–1992	165	28	193	12	[61]
Ergün Acuner	Turkey	DF	1964–1971	188	1	189	32	[62]
Aydın Güleş	Turkey	MF	1970–1976	170	16	186	7	[63]
Faruk Barlas	Turkey	DF	1933–1935, 1938–1947	186	0	186	0	[64]
Ahmet Karlıklı	Turkey	DF	1957–1965	183	1	184	12	[65]
Bülent Ünder	Turkey	MF	1969–1978	149	33	182	10	[66]
Gheorghe Popescu	Romania	DF	1997–2001	180	1	181	8	[67]
Emre Çolak	Turkey	MF	2009–2016	104	77	181	19	[68]
Eser Özaltındere	Turkey	GK	1978–1984	175	2	177	0	[69]
Wesley Sneijder	Netherlands	MF	2013–2017	162	13	175	46	[70]
Osman İncili	Turkey	GK	1938–1949	175	0	175	0	[71]
Umut Bulut	Turkey	FW	2012–2016	89	84	173	43	[72]
Güngör Tekin	Turkey	DF	1975–1980	172	1	173	11	[73]
Fatih Akyel	Turkey	DF	1997–2001	146	24	170	10	[74]
Müfit Erkasap	Turkey	DF	1974–1983	156	14	169	6	[75]
Servet Çetin	Turkey	DF	2007–2012	160	8	168	12	[76]
Yılmaz Gökdel	Turkey	FW	1963–1970	163	5	168	20	[77]
Bülent Eken	Turkey	DF	1942–1950, 1952–1955	165	0	165	61	[78]
Musa Sezer	Turkey	MF	1937–1951	165	0	165	3	[79]
Nihat Akbay	Turkey	GK	1968–1978	160	4	164	0	[80]
Cihan Haspolatlı	Turkey	DF	2002–2007	134	29	163	13	[81]
Bahri Altıntabak	Turkey	MF	1960–1967	157	3	160	46	[82]
Emre Belözoğlu	Turkey	MF	1996–2001	119	40	159	21	[83]
Ahmet Ceyhan	Turkey	DF	1982–1987	148	10	158	1	[84]
Tanju Çolak	Turkey	FW	1987–1991	152	5	157	145	[85]
Hamza Hamzaoğlu	Turkey	MF	1991–1995	148	7	155	11	[86]
Felipe Melo	Brazil	MF	2011–2015	148	7	155	18	[87]
Tarık Kutver	Turkey	FW	1962–1967	152	0	152	49	[88]
Yasin Öztekin	Turkey	MF	2014–2018	107	41	148	31	[89]
Emre Aşık	Turkey	DF	2000–2003, 2006–2010	123	24	147	4	[90]
Saim Tayşengil	Turkey	DF	1955–1960	146	1	147	8	[91]
Doğan Sel	Turkey	DF	1963–1968	145	1	146	1	[92]
Cláudio Taffarel	Brazil	GK	1998–2001	144	0	144	0	[93]
Erdoğan Arıca	Turkey	DF	1977–1981	143	1	144	2	[94]
Ryan Donk	Netherlands	MF	2016–	109	33	142	8	[95]
Burak Yılmaz	Turkey	FW	2012–2016	128	13	141	82	[96]
Eşfak Aykaç	Turkey	FW	1935–1945	141	0	141	59	[97]
Necati Ateş	Turkey	FW	2004–2007, 2012	118	22	140	65	[98]
Adnan Esen	Turkey	MF	1982–1987	108	32	140	4	[99]
Ali Çoban	Turkey	DF	1980–1984	136	4	140	6	[100]
Martin Linnes	Norway	DF	2016–	107	33	140	5	[101]
Aydın Yılmaz	Turkey	MF	2005–2015	44	94	138	11	[102]
Rigobert Song	Cameroon	DF	2004–2008	129	6	135	6	[103]
Mert Korkmaz	Turkey	DF	1991–1997	104	30	134	1	[104]
Barış Özbek	Turkey	MF	2007–2011	101	33	134	12	[105]
Şevki Şenlen	Turkey	FW	1973–1977	122	12	134	32	[106]
Arif Kocabıyık	Turkey	MF	1985–1989	109	24	133	2	[107]
Arif Sevinç	Turkey	MF	1940–1948	132	0	132	33	[108]
Reha Eken	Turkey	FW	1944–1954	131	0	131	82	[109]
Adnan İncirmen	Turkey	DF	1937–1949	130	1	131	0	[110]
Necdet Cici	Turkey	FW	1928–1941	131	0	131	63	[111]
Vedat İnceefe	Turkey	DF	1995–2003	96	33	129	4	[112]
Younès Belhanda	Morocco	MF	2017–	115	12	127	22	[113]
Ahmet Akkuş	Turkey	MF	1970–1974	96	29	125	24	[114]
Mehmet Topal	Turkey	MF	2006–2010	102	22	124	4	[115]
Coşkun Özarı	Turkey	MF	1953–1960	124	0	124	19	[116]
Sofiane Feghouli	Algeria	MF	2017–	106	18	124	29	[117]
Stjepan Tomas	Croatia	DF	2004–2007	119	1	120	1	[118]
Aurélien Chedjou	Cameroon	DF	2013–2017	113	6	119	12	[119]
Ali Beratlıgil	Turkey	FW	1951–1958	118	0	118	33	[120]
İlyas Tüfekçi	Turkey	FW	1986–1990	84	32	116	25	[121]
Enver Arslanalp	Turkey	MF	1939–1945	116	0	116	4	[122]
Sinan Gümüş	Turkey	FW	2014–2019	54	62	116	33	[123]
Milan Baroš	Czech Republic	FW	2008–2013	87	28	115	61	[124]
Mersad Kovačević	Yugoslavia	FW	1986–1989	87	27	114	38	[125]
Capone	Brazil	MF	1999–2002	103	10	113	9	[126]
Gürcan Aday	Turkey	MF	1977–1981	86	23	109	4	[127]
Mustafa Gençsoy	Turkey	MF	1940–1946	109	0	109	30	[128]
Mariano	Brazil	DF	2017–2020	97	8	105	2	[129]
Orhan Ak	Turkey	DF	2003–2007	95	8	103	5	[130]
Bülent Gürbüz	Turkey	GK	1960–1967	100	2	102	0	[131]
Emmanuel Eboué	Ivory Coast	DF	2011–2015	95	6	101	5	[132]

• Galatasaray Sports Club Official Website (in Turkish, English, and French)
• Statistics at mackolik.com (in Turkish)
• Statistics at weltfussball.de (in German and English)
• Statistics at tff.org (in Turkish and English)