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Galatasaray 2-1 Athletic Bilbao - September 30, 1998 / Champions League 1998/1999

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Champions League 1998/1999 - Round 2 - Group B

Ali Sami Yen Stadium (1945-2011) - Istanbul - Turkey

September 30, 1998

24 000

Galatasaray

Turkey

2 - 1

Athletic Bilbao

Spain

Okan Buruk

16'

Gheorghe Hagi

90'

17'

Ismael Urzaiz

logo Galatasaray GAL

16' - Goal Okan Buruk16

17' - Goal Ismael Urzaiz

33' - Substitution Iulian Filipescuis substituted by Fatih Akyel33

logo Galatasaray GAL

70' - Substitution Ümit Davalais substituted by Arif70

71' - Substitution Joseba Etxeberriais substituted by Javi González

75' - Substitution Inceefe Vedatis substituted by Korkmaz Bülent75

80' - Substitution Ismael Urzaizis substituted by Jesús María Lacruz

85' - Substitution Josu Urrutiais substituted by Julen Guerrero

90' - Goal Gheorghe Hagi90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Galatasaray

2 - 1

Athletic Bilbao

Galatasaray Athletic Bilbao

Team line-ups

Galatasaray

Taffarel

Cláudio Taffarel

Brazil

B.date08/05/1966

Age32 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Filipescu33

Iulian Filipescu

Romania

B.date29/03/1974

Age24 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Vedat75

Inceefe Vedat

Turkey

B.date01/04/1974

Age24 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Davala70

Ümit Davala

Turkey

B.date30/07/1973

Age25 years

H1m86

positionRight full-back

Hakan Unsal

Turkey

B.date14/05/1973

Age25 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

Buruk16

Okan Buruk

Turkey

B.date19/10/1973

Age24 years

H1m69

positionRight Midfielder

Popescu

Gheorghe Popescu

Romania

B.date09/10/1967

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

Tugay

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age28 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Hagi90

Gheorghe Hagi

Romania

B.date05/02/1965

Age33 years

H1m74

positionLeft Midfielder

Sas

Hasan Sas

Turkey

B.date01/08/1976

Age22 years

H1m77

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Sükür

Hakan Sükür

Turkey

B.date01/09/1971

Age27 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Cláudio Taffarel		32	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Iulian Filipescu	33	24	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Inceefe Vedat	75	24	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ümit Davala	70	25	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hakan Unsal		25	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Okan Buruk	16	24	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gheorghe Popescu		30	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kerimoglu Tugay		28	280	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gheorghe Hagi	90	33	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hasan Sas		22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hakan Sükür		27	265	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

108

Athletic Bilbao

Etxeberria

Imanol Etxeberria

Spain

B.date27/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

Alkorta

Rafael Alkorta

Spain

B.date16/09/1968

Age30 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

Carlos García

Spain

B.date13/08/1970

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Ríos

Roberto Ríos

Spain

B.date08/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m94

positionCentral defender

Larrazabal

Aitor Larrazabal

Spain

B.date21/06/1971

Age27 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

Alkiza

Bittor Alkiza

Spain

B.date26/10/1970

Age27 years

H1m72

positionDefensive Midfielder

Urrutia85

Josu Urrutia

Spain

B.date10/04/1968

Age30 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Imaz

Andoni Imaz

Spain

B.date05/09/1971

Age27 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Etxeberria71

Joseba Etxeberria

Spain

B.date05/09/1977

Age21 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Ezquerro

Santi Ezquerro

Spain

B.date14/12/1976

Age21 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Urzaiz1780

Ismael Urzaiz

Spain

B.date07/10/1971

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Imanol Etxeberria		25	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rafael Alkorta		30	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlos García		28	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roberto Ríos		26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Aitor Larrazabal		27	271	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bittor Alkiza		27	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Josu Urrutia	85	30	260	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andoni Imaz		27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joseba Etxeberria	71	21	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Santi Ezquerro		21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ismael Urzaiz	1780	26	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

120

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Korkmaz Bülent	75	29	300	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fatih Akyel	33	20	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Arif	70	26	277	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Javi González	71	24	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jesús María Lacruz	80	20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Julen Guerrero	85	24	221	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Iulian Filipescu

Korkmaz Bülent

OUT

Hakan Unsal

Fatih Akyel

OUT

Inceefe Vedat

Penbe Ergün

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Aitor Larrazabal

Jesús María Lacruz

OUT

Roberto Ríos

Mikel Lasa

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Fatih Terim

103

Success rate in this team:

65 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Terim vs Athletic Bilbao

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 30, 1998

Terim vs Fernandez

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 30, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Luis Fernandez

103

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Fernandez vs Galatasaray

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 30, 1998

Fernandez vs Terim

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 30, 1998

Referee

Graham Poll

1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Galatasaray2 matches	General total	Athletic Bilbao1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Galatasaray1 match	Season total	Athletic Bilbao1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 23, 1999					Latest figure on September 30, 1998

Videos

September 19, 2012

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Ismael Urzaiz scores 1 goal in Champions League

It's the first time Gheorghe Hagi scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 16/02/1992 (with Galatasaray vs )

Athletic Bilbao keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home in Champions League running (since 19/09/1984). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

1	Galatasaray	4 pts	2 rd
2	Juventus	2 pts	2 rd
3	Rosenborg	2 pts	2 rd
4	Athletic Bilbao	1 pt	2 rd

General ranking

1	Galatasaray	4 pts	2 rd
2	Juventus	2 pts	2 rd
3	Rosenborg	2 pts	2 rd
4	Athletic Bilbao	1 pt	2 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VGalatasaray 4-1 Istanbulspor03/05/1998

VGalatasaray 3-1 Altay Izmir08/08/1998

VGalatasaray 2-1 Grasshopper Zürich12/08/1998

VGalatasaray 3-1 Kocaelispor22/08/1998

VGalatasaray 5-0 Erzurumspor 1968-201512/09/1998

LGalatasaray 0-2 Gençlerbirligi27/09/1998

Overall

VGalatasaray 3-1 Kocaelispor22/08/1998

VGrasshopper Zürich 2-3 Galatasaray26/08/1998

VIstanbulspor 1-4 Galatasaray30/08/1998

VGalatasaray 5-0 Erzurumspor 1968-201512/09/1998

DJuventus 2-2 Galatasaray16/09/1998

LGalatasaray 0-2 Gençlerbirligi27/09/1998

Current form

Away

DReal Madrid 0-0 Athletic Bilbao04/04/1998

DCelta Vigo 1-1 Athletic Bilbao26/04/1998

DCP Mérida 0-0 Athletic Bilbao10/05/1998

LDinamo Tbilissi 2-1 Athletic Bilbao12/08/1998

LReal Zaragoza 2-0 Athletic Bilbao30/08/1998

VCF Extremadura 0-1 Athletic Bilbao20/09/1998

Overall

VAthletic Bilbao 1-0 Dinamo Tbilissi26/08/1998

LReal Zaragoza 2-0 Athletic Bilbao30/08/1998

VAthletic Bilbao 2-0 Racing Santander12/09/1998

DAthletic Bilbao 1-1 Rosenborg16/09/1998

VCF Extremadura 0-1 Athletic Bilbao20/09/1998

LAthletic Bilbao 2-3 Real Madrid26/09/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	8	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

General ranking (Competition total)

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (1 times)

Bookings

8	Yellow cards (Competition total)	5
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Hakan Sükür	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Joseba Etxeberria
Hakan Sükür	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Andoni Imaz
Gheorghe Hagi	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Gheorghe Hagi	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Hakan Sükür	4 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Joseba Etxeberria