# 2025–26 Galatasaray S.K. season
The **2025–26 Galatasaray S.K. season** was the football season in which Galatasaray, the Istanbul club, competed in the Trendyol Süper Lig, the [UEFA Champions League](https://www.edgepedia.org/uefa-champions-league), the Ziraat Türkiye Kupası, and the TFF Süper Kupa, and ended with the club winning its fourth consecutive [Süper Lig](https://www.edgepedia.org/super-lig) title and its 26th Turkish championship overall.[1](https://www.galatasaray.org/haber/futbol/galatasarayin-2025-2026-sezonu-super-lig-fiksturu/58051) • [2](https://as.com/futbol/internacional/osimhen-le-da-la-liga-al-galatasaray-f202605-n/) Okan Buruk led the team, with [Victor Osimhen](https://www.edgepedia.org/victor-osimhen) as its central striker.[3](https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/UCL/2026/2048048_LU.pdf)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Competitions | Süper Lig, UEFA Champions League, Ziraat Türkiye Kupası, TFF Süper Kupa[1](https://www.galatasaray.org/haber/futbol/galatasarayin-2025-2026-sezonu-super-lig-fiksturu/58051) |
| League dates | Season opened 8–11 August 2025; first half ended 19–22 December 2025; second half began 16–19 January 2026; final matchday 17 May 2026[1](https://www.galatasaray.org/haber/futbol/galatasarayin-2025-2026-sezonu-super-lig-fiksturu/58051) |
| Süper Lig result | Champions, 24 wins, 5 draws, 5 losses, 77 points, 1st place[4](https://fbref.com/en/squads/ecd11ca2/2025-2026/matchlogs/c8/schedule/Galatasaray-Scores-and-Fixtures-Champions-League) • [2](https://as.com/futbol/internacional/osimhen-le-da-la-liga-al-galatasaray-f202605-n/) |
| Title significance | Fourth consecutive championship and the 26th in club history, sealed by a 4–2 win over Antalyaspor in the penultimate round[2](https://as.com/futbol/internacional/osimhen-le-da-la-liga-al-galatasaray-f202605-n/) |
| Champions League | League phase followed by a knockout play-off win over Juventus (5–2 home, 2–3 away, advanced after extra time) and a Round of 16 tie against Liverpool[5](https://www.galatasaray.org/s/avrupa-kupalarinda-galatasaray/26) • [6](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/galatasaray/spielplan/verein/141) |
| Headline transfer | Victor Osimhen signed for a Turkish-league record fee estimated at 75 million euros, paid as 40 million euros up front and 30 million in 2026[7](https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2025/07/31/victor-osimhen-vuelve-al-galatasaray-en-un-traspaso-record-para-la-liga-turca-cadena-ser/) |
| Leading scorers | Victor Osimhen 15 league goals, Mauro Icardi 14, per the TFF scoring list[8](https://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=1768) |
## League season
The Süper Lig fixture draw took place at the Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities at Riva, and the season ran from mid-August 2025 to 17 May 2026, with a winter break between 22 December 2025 and 16 January 2026.[1](https://www.galatasaray.org/haber/futbol/galatasarayin-2025-2026-sezonu-super-lig-fiksturu/58051) Galatasaray opened with a 3–0 away win over [Gaziantep](https://www.edgepedia.org/gaziantep) on 8 August 2025.[9](https://fbref.com/en/comps/26/2025-2026/schedule/2025-2026-Super-Lig-Scores-and-Fixtures)
Galatasaray controlled the table from the front. After 25 matches the club stood first with 19 wins, 4 draws, and 2 losses, 59 goals scored and 18 conceded, for 61 points.[10](https://www.dunya.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dunya_small-1.pdf) The title was decided in the closing rounds: a week after losing 4–1 to Samsunspor, Galatasaray beat [Antalyaspor](https://www.edgepedia.org/antalyaspor) 4–2 in the penultimate matchday to clinch the championship, its fourth in a row and the 26th in its history.[2](https://as.com/futbol/internacional/osimhen-le-da-la-liga-al-galatasaray-f202605-n/) The final league record was 24 wins, 5 draws, and 5 losses, 77 points at 2.26 per game, in first place.[4](https://fbref.com/en/squads/ecd11ca2/2025-2026/matchlogs/c8/schedule/Galatasaray-Scores-and-Fixtures-Champions-League)
Osimhen finished as the club's leading league scorer with 15 goals and Icardi added 14, placing both among the league's top scorers.[8](https://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=1768)
## UEFA Champions League
Galatasaray played the new league-phase format, eight matchdays between September 2025 and late January 2026. The campaign was uneven. On 26 October 2025 the club lost 5–1 away to [Eintracht Frankfurt](https://www.edgepedia.org/eintracht-frankfurt).[11](https://www.galatasaray.no/resultater/) On matchday 5, 25 November 2025, Galatasaray lost 0–1 at home to Union Saint-Gilloise, a result that cost a chance to press for a top-eight place; the report noted the team's dependence on Osimhen, who was absent, despite fielding Icardi, Gündoğan, and Sané.[12](https://as.com/futbol/champions/sin-osimhen-no-hay-fiesta-f202511-n/) A 1–1 home draw with Atlético de Madrid on 21 January 2026, in which [Marcos Llorente](https://www.edgepedia.org/marcos-llorente)'s own goal canceled out [Giuliano Simeone](https://www.edgepedia.org/giuliano-simeone)'s early strike, left Galatasaray 17th in the interim standings with 10 points from 7 matches (3 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses).[13](https://as.com/futbol/champions/el-infierno-es-jugar-fuera-f202601-n/) The final matchday brought a trip to Manchester City, with Osimhen entering the game on six goals in five Champions League matches.[14](https://as.com/futbol/champions/guardiola-en-el-alambre-f202601-n/)
**Knockout play-off.** Finishing outside the top eight sent Galatasaray to the knockout phase play-offs against Juventus. In the first leg on 17 February 2026 Galatasaray won 5–2, described in the Spanish press as the round's surprise result.[5](https://www.galatasaray.org/s/avrupa-kupalarinda-galatasaray/26) • [15](https://as.com/futbol/champions/asi-van-los-playoffs-de-la-champions-league-f202602-n/) In the return on 25 February 2026 Galatasaray lost 2–3 away but won the tie, which required extra time.[5](https://www.galatasaray.org/s/avrupa-kupalarinda-galatasaray/26) • [4](https://fbref.com/en/squads/ecd11ca2/2025-2026/matchlogs/c8/schedule/Galatasaray-Scores-and-Fixtures-Champions-League)
**Round of 16.** The reward was a tie against Liverpool. In the first leg at home on 10 March 2026, Galatasaray won 1–0 before an attendance of 51,373.[6](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/galatasaray/spielplan/verein/141) Buruk's side lined up in a 4-2-3-1 with Uğurcan Çakır in goal, Jakobs, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Davinson Sánchez, and Singo across the back, Lemina and Torreira holding, Gabriel Sara, Lang, and Barış Alper Yılmaz behind Osimhen.[3](https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/UCL/2026/2048048_LU.pdf)
## Domestic cups
Alongside the league and Europe, the club contested the Ziraat Türkiye Kupası and opened the season in the TFF Süper Kupa.[1](https://www.galatasaray.org/haber/futbol/galatasarayin-2025-2026-sezonu-super-lig-fiksturu/58051) Galatasaray lost the Supercopa, a defeat that preceded the first match of the league's second half at Ali Sami Yen.[16](https://as.com/futbol/internacional/shock-al-galatasaray-en-la-previa-frente-del-atletico-f202601-n/)
## Squad and transfers
The defining signing was Victor Osimhen, whose permanent transfer from Napoli was completed at the end of July 2025 for a fee estimated at 75 million euros, a record for the Turkish league, structured as 40 million euros immediately and 30 million in 2026.[7](https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2025/07/31/victor-osimhen-vuelve-al-galatasaray-en-un-traspaso-record-para-la-liga-turca-cadena-ser/) The club also announced the temporary transfer, with a purchase option, of Yáser Esneyder Asprilla Martínez, and a temporary transfer arrangement with Udinese for Nicolò Zaniolo covering the 2025/26 season.[17](https://www.galatasaray.org/haberler/gs-sportif-a-s/164?page=1&q=+c) An official statement confirmed Przemysław Adam Frankowski.[18](https://www.galatasaray.org/en/Homepage)
The core of the side combined new arrivals with established players: Çakır, Bardakcı, Sánchez, Jakobs, Torreira, Lemina, Gabriel Sara, Yunus Akgün, Sané, Gündoğan, Sallai, Icardi, and Barış Alper Yılmaz appeared in the Champions League line-ups through the winter.[3](https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/UCL/2026/2048048_LU.pdf) • [13](https://as.com/futbol/champions/el-infierno-es-jugar-fuera-f202601-n/) The season carried commercial continuity from the previous title year, with Pasifik Holding replacing Sixt as a sponsor from 2025/26 alongside SOCAR and the Rams Global stadium naming-rights partnership.[19](https://footballbenchmark.com/documents/d/guest/football-benchmark-european-champions-report-2026)
## References
1. [Galatasaray'ın 2025-2026 sezonu Süper Lig fikstürü, GALATASARAY.ORG](https://www.galatasaray.org/haber/futbol/galatasarayin-2025-2026-sezonu-super-lig-fiksturu/58051)
2. [Osimhen le da la liga al Galatasaray, AS.com](https://as.com/futbol/internacional/osimhen-le-da-la-liga-al-galatasaray-f202605-n/)
3. [Tactical Line-ups, UEFA Champions League 2025/26 (Round of 16 first leg, 10 March 2026)](https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/UCL/2026/2048048_LU.pdf)
4. [2025-2026 Galatasaray Scores and Fixtures, Champions League, FBref.com](https://fbref.com/en/squads/ecd11ca2/2025-2026/matchlogs/c8/schedule/Galatasaray-Scores-and-Fixtures-Champions-League)
5. [Avrupa Kupalarında Galatasaray, GALATASARAY.ORG](https://www.galatasaray.org/s/avrupa-kupalarinda-galatasaray/26)
6. [Galatasaray – Schedule 25/26, Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/galatasaray/spielplan/verein/141)
7. [Victor Osimhen vuelve al Galatasaray en un traspaso récord para la Liga Turca, Cadena SER](https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2025/07/31/victor-osimhen-vuelve-al-galatasaray-en-un-traspaso-record-para-la-liga-turca-cadena-ser/)
8. [Trendyol Süper Lig 2025-2026 Sezonu Fikstürü ve Puan Cetveli, TFF](https://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=1768)
9. [2025-2026 Süper Lig Scores & Fixtures, FBref.com](https://fbref.com/en/comps/26/2025-2026/schedule/2025-2026-Super-Lig-Scores-and-Fixtures)
10. [Trendyol Süper Lig 2025-2026 Sezonu Puan Cetveli, Dünya (10 March 2026)](https://www.dunya.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dunya_small-1.pdf)
11. [Resultater – Galatasaray, galatasaray.no](https://www.galatasaray.no/resultater/)
12. [Sin Osimhen, no hay fiesta, AS.com](https://as.com/futbol/champions/sin-osimhen-no-hay-fiesta-f202511-n/)
13. [El infierno es jugar fuera, AS.com](https://as.com/futbol/champions/el-infierno-es-jugar-fuera-f202601-n/)
14. [Guardiola, en el alambre, AS.com](https://as.com/futbol/champions/guardiola-en-el-alambre-f202601-n/)
15. [Así van los playoffs de la Champions League, AS.com](https://as.com/futbol/champions/asi-van-los-playoffs-de-la-champions-league-f202602-n/)
16. [Shock en el Galatasaray antes de recibir al Atlético, AS.com](https://as.com/futbol/internacional/shock-al-galatasaray-en-la-previa-frente-del-atletico-f202601-n/)
17. [GS Sportif A.Ş. announcements, GALATASARAY.ORG](https://www.galatasaray.org/haberler/gs-sportif-a-s/164?page=1&q=+c)
18. [GALATASARAY.ORG English homepage](https://www.galatasaray.org/en/Homepage)
19. [Football Benchmark European Champions Report 2026](https://footballbenchmark.com/documents/d/guest/football-benchmark-european-champions-report-2026)
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