The 1917–18 season was Galatasaray SK's 13th in existence and the club's 9th consecutive season in the Istanbul Football League (IFL). During World War I, Galatasaray SK's players joined the Ottoman Army. Because of this, Galatasaray SK sometimes could not find any player, sometimes German soldiers merged Galatasaray SK to build a team. Nevertheless, they lost the matches by decision.
Squad statistics No.Pos.NameIFL TotalAppsGoalsAppsGoals-GK Hachopulos0000-GK Karl Tzöllne0000-DF Mehmet0000-MF Ustrancalı Hüseyin0000-DF Maier0000-FW Adnan0000-MF Necip Şahin Erson0000-MF Kemal0000-MF Hikmet0000-FW Namık Canko0000-FW Hüseyin Eden0000-FW Fazıl Safi Köprülü0000-FW İsmet Uluğ0000-FW Refik Osman Top0000-FW Suphi Batur0000-FW Emil Oberle0000-FW Sadi Karsan0000-FW Eulleboam0000-FW Sedat Ziya Kantoğlu0000-FW Yusuf Ziya Öniş0000-FW Tavşan Sadi0000-FW İzzet0000-FW Tahir0000-FW Sadun0000-FW Ahmet Ali0000-FW Unknown German Soldier0000-FW Unknown German Soldier0000
Competitions
İstanbul Football League
Standings
Matches
Friendly Matches Kick-off listed in local time (EEST)
References Futbol, Galatasaray. Tercüman Spor Ansiklopedisi vol. 2. (1981) (page 556) 1917-1918 İstanbul Cuma Ligi. Türk Futbol Tarihi vol. 1. page(42). (June 1992) Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu Yayınları. Atabeyoğlu, Cem. 1453-1991 Türk Spor Tarihi Ansiklopedisi. page(73).(1991) An Grafik Basın Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ
External links Galatasaray Sports Club Official Website Turkish Football Federation - Galatasaray A.Ş. uefa.com - Galatasaray AŞ