| Season: | 1980–81 |
| League Result: | 3rd |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarter Finalist |
| League Topscorer: | Turgay İnal (6) |
| Season Topscorer: | Turgay İnal (6) |
| Highest Attendance: | 40,438 vs Fenerbahçe SK (22 February 1981) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 11,675 vs Eskişehirspor (24 August 1980) |
| Average Attendance: | 25,672[1] |
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The 1980–81 season was Galatasaray's 77th in existence and the 23rd consecutive season in the Turkish First Football League. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club have played in the season.
| No. | Pos. | Name | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||
| align="left" | - | GK |  Eser Özaltındere | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| align="left" | - | GK | Haydar Erdoğan | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| align="left" | - | DF | Fatih Terim (C) | 27 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |
| align="left" | - | DF | Cüneyt Tanman | 29 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 3 | |
| align="left" | - | DF | Erdoğan Arıca | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
| align="left" | - | DF | Fettah Dindar | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| align="left" | - | DF | Müfit Erkasap | 26 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 4 | |
| align="left" | - | DF | Ali Çoban | 24 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 3 | |
| align="left" | - | DF | Murat İnan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| align="left" | - | DF | Kadir Özcan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| align="left" | - | MF | Orhan Akyüz | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 2 | |
| align="left" | - | MF | Gürcan Aday | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| align="left" | - | MF | Mustafa Ergücü | 28 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 4 | |
| align="left" | - | MF | Cengiz Yazıcıoğlu | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| align="left" | - | MF | Metin Yıldız | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| align="left" | - | MF | Turgay İnal | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 6 | |
| align="left" | - | MF | Hasan Moralı | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| align="left" | - | FW | Reşit Güner | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
| align="left" | - | FW | Öner Kılıç | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| align="left" | - | FW | Bülent Alkılıç | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 3 | |
| align="left" | - | FW | Mehmet Özgül | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |
| align="left" | - | FW | Ümit Özkalp | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| align="left" | - | FW | Metin Çekiçler | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| DF | Fettah Dindar | 25 | Istanbulspor | ||
| DF | Ali Çoban | 25 | Adanaspor | ||
| MF | Cengiz Yazıcıoğlu | 27 | Kayserispor | ||
| DF | Kadir Özcan | 28 | Zonguldakspor | ||
| FW | Ümit Özkalp | 21 | Galatasaray A2 | ||
| FW | Mehmet Özgül | 30 | Bursaspor | ||
| FW | Reşit Güner | 27 | Eskişehirspor |
| FW | Gökmen Özdenak | 33 | Retired | ||
| DF | Güngör Tekin | 27 | Toronto Blizzard | ||
| MF | Gürcan Aday | 22 | Adana Demirspor |
See main article: 1980–81 1.Lig.
Kick-off listed in local time (EET)
Kick-off listed in local time (EET)
Kick-off listed in local time (EET)
| Competition | Av. Att. | Total Att. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Lig | 25,672 | 359,401 | |
| Türkiye Kupası | 19,215 | 38,430 | |
| Total | 24,864 | 397,831 |
