Galatasaray, who completed the last season of the Super League as champions with a record-breaking 102 points, is preparing to compete for the 3rd consecutive and 25th championship in total in the new season.
Ahead of the new season, the red-yellow team is expecting to take the field with two new transfers, which were added to their squad with the approval of technical director Okan Buruk. These transfers include Michy Batshuayi, Elias Jelert and Gabriel Sara. While Batshuayi got some playing time in the Turkcell Super Cup match against Beşiktaş, the other two players have not yet had the chance to show themselves on the field.
Following Okan Buruk’s instructions, 21-year-old Danish right-back Elias Jelert and 25-year-old Brazilian midfielder Gabriel Sara are eager to wear the red-yellow jersey for the first time. However, Galatasaray lost 4 of the 6 friendly matches it was played before the new season in the Super League starts tomorrow.
Galatasaray started their season preparations in Istanbul on July 3rd and went to Austria for the first stage camp on July 9th. The red-yellow team, which trained in the town of Geinberg near Linz without its national players, participated in the “Summer Series Upper Austria” tournament hosted by the Austrian representative LASK.
- Galatasaray, in the preparation matches of the first stage camp:
- 3-2 to LASK,
- 5-2 to Fortuna Düsseldorf, representative of the German 2nd Football League,
- They won 4-1 against the Slovakian team Trencin.
Galatasaray returned to Istanbul after the Trencin game on July 18, took a 2-day leave and went to the town of Irdning in the Liezen region for the second leg camp on July 22. The camp was also attended by players competing in the 2024 European Championship with the National Football Team. Galatasaray played two friendly matches in the second leg, defeating Lecce, a team from the Italian First Football League, 2-1, and losing 2-0 to Parma.
Galatasaray lost 5-0 to Beşiktaş in the Turkcell Super Cup in its first official match. The red-yellow team scored 10 goals in these matches and conceded 17 goals.
WHEN IS GALATASARAY’S MATCH, WHO DOES IT PLAY WITH IN THE FIRST WEEK OF THE NEW SEASON?
Champion Galatasaray will face Atakaş Hatayspor tomorrow in the first week of the Trendyol Super League. The opening match of the season to be held at RAMS Park will start at 21:00. The referee of the match will be Turgut Doman.
Galatasaray and Atakaş Hatayspor will compete for the 9th time tomorrow in the Trendyol Super League. While Galatasaray won 5 of the 8 league matches between the two teams (one by default), Hatayspor won 3 of them. Galatasaray scored a total of 16 goals, 3 of which were by default, while Hatayspor responded with 10 goals. Since the 2020-2021 season, when Hatayspor entered the Super League, the yellow-red team managed to win all 4 of its home matches.
Galatasaray defeated its opponent, whom it had the upper hand in terms of the number of wins, by beating them 4-0 once and 3-0 once in the league. Hatayspor, on the other hand, managed to beat Galatasaray 3-0 at home in the 2020-2021 season.
TRENDYOL SUPER LEAGUE 2024-2025 SEASON FIRST WEEK FIXTURES
| History | Match | Judge |
|---|---|---|
| Tomorrow | Galatasaray – Hatayspor | Turgut Doman |
| Saturday, August 10 | Kasimpasa – Konyaspor | Muhammad Ali Metoglu |
| Saturday, August 10 | Antalyaspor – Goztepe | Zorbay Little |
| Saturday, August 10 | Fenerbahce – Adana Demirspor | Attila Karaoglan |
| Sunday, August 11 | Sivasspor – Trabzonspor | Cihan Aydin |
| Sunday, August 11 | Alanyaspor – Eyüpspor | Oguzhan Cakir |
| Sunday, August 11 | Samsunspor – Besiktas | Ali Sansalan |
| Monday, August 12 | Caykur Rizespor – Basaksehir | Resistance Tonusluoglu |
| Monday, August 12 | Bodrum FK – Gaziantep FK | Mehmet Turkmen |
