The Galatasaray Courier
Match15 Aug 2026
No mercy from Galatasaray
Adana Demirspor will want this one forgotten quickly: 11‑1, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Galatasaray were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Victor Osimhen takes the match ball home
4 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Squad17 Aug 2026
4 goals for Barış Alper Yılmaz
The match ball belongs to Barış Alper Yılmaz, whose 4 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Market17 Aug 2026
Galatasaray turn down Trabzonspor for Barış Alper Yılmaz
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A day Leroy Sané will not forget
3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Market17 Aug 2026
Shahriar Gholizadeh arrives at Galatasaray as the heir apparent
Every dressing room knows how to read a signing like this one. Shahriar Gholizadeh is not here to sit and wait indefinitely, and the man whose place he has been bought to take knows it better than anyone.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A move Shahriar Gholizadeh would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Shahriar Gholizadeh is living that version at Galatasaray, and it tends to show in the first month.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Victor Osimhen at his very best
Marked 9.96. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Galatasaray.
Match15 Aug 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
12 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Galatasaray and Adana Demirspor in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
In brief
- Boardroom 5 academy players handed senior numbers at Galatasaray
- Market Salih Aktorkoglu steps up from the Galatasaray academy
- Market Fatih Tokoz steps up from the Galatasaray academy