Galatasaray’s Champions League adventure begins.
The yellow-reds, who are in Group A, will host Denmark’s Copenhagen team in their first match.
The broadcast time, channel and starting 11s of the match are wondered by football fans and are searched on search engines. So, what time is the Galatasaray – Copenhagen match? Which channel is the GS match on? Here are the starting 11s for the Galatasaray – Copenhagen match…
GALATASARAY – COPENHAGEN MATCH 11’S
Galatasaray: Muslera, Boey, Nelsson, Abdülkerim Bardakçı, Angelino, Torreira, Kerem Demirbay, Ziyech, Mertens, Kerem, Icardi
Copenhagen: Grabara, Jelert, Diks, Vavro, Meling, Lerager, Falk, Gonçalves, Achouri, Elyounoussi, Larsson
WHAT TIME IS GALATASARAY – COPENHAGEN MATCH, ON WHICH CHANNEL?
Galatasaray – Copenhagen match started at 19:45 on Wednesday, September 20. The match is broadcast live on the Exxen platform in Turkey.
DIDN’T LOSE IN THE LAST 16 OFFICIAL MATCHES
Galatasaray has not been defeated in the last 16 official matches. The yellow-red team, which suffered its last defeat against Beşiktaş in the derby in the 32nd week of last season, won the next 6 league matches (one of them by forfeit 3-0 against Hatayspor). “Cimbom” had 8 wins and 2 draws in 10 matches this season, including 4 Trendyol Super League and 6 UEFA Champions League qualifiers. Copenhagen, on the other hand, had 6 wins, one draw and a defeat in the Danish Super League, which was in its 8th week. The Danish representative also had 4 wins and 2 defeats in the Champions League qualifiers.
ICARDI MOST IMPORTANT GOAL STAGE
Mauro Icardi, who started the season well in Galatasaray, will be the most important goal scorer in the Copenhagen match. The Argentinian star, who was one of the players who played the leading role in the yellow-red team’s championship last season, made an impressive start to this season. The 30-year-old center forward scored 8 times in 8 official matches this season. Icardi, who scored 5 goals in the last 3 matches in the Super League and 3 goals in the last 3 matches in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, changed the score on behalf of his team in all of the last 6 official competitions.
NELSSON AGAINST HIS OLD TEAM
Galatasaray’s Danish defender Victor Nelsson will play against his former team. The 24-year-old defender, who was transferred to the yellow-red team from Copenhagen in 2021, will look for victory on the field against his former team, with whom he played for 2 seasons. Copenhagen’s squad includes former Trabzonspor center forward Andreas Cornelius. It will be clear after the training to be held today whether the injured experienced football player will work hard at RAMS Park, where he knows the atmosphere well.
HE WILL TAKE PLACE IN GROUPS FOR THE 17TH TIME
Galatasaray will compete in the group stage of the Champions League for the 17th time. The yellow-reds passed the UEFA Champions League qualifications 10 times and took part directly in the group stage 7 times.
Galatasaray made it to the groups this season by qualifying with 2 qualifying rounds in 1993-1994 and 2001-2002, and 1994-1995, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2003-2004 and 2006-2007. The yellow-reds got stuck in the qualifiers in the 2008-2009 and 2021-2022 seasons.
“Cim Bom” competed directly in groups in 2002-2003, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2018-2019 and 2019-2020.
5TH EXAM AGAINST DENMARK REPRESENTATIVES
Galatasaray has faced Danish teams 4 times before. The yellow-reds, who faced Copenhagen in the UEFA Champions League and Randers in the UEFA Europa League, had 2 wins, one draw and a defeat each. Galatasaray, which faced Copenhagen in the UEFA Champions League group stage again in the 2013-2014 season, lost 1-0 away to its opponent, which it beat 3-1 at home. In the Randers match in the UEFA Europa League play-off round in the 2021-2022 season, Galatasaray got a 2-1 victory and a 1-1 draw. The Danish representative competed against Turkish teams 8 times in European cups. Matching with Galatasaray as well as Trabzonspor, Sivasspor and Istanbul Başakşehir, Copenhagen won 5 of them, suffered 2 defeats and 1 draw.
HE LOST ONLY ONE TIME IN THE LAST 18 EUROPEAN MATCHES
Galatasaray was defeated only once in the last 18 matches in European cups. The yellow-red team lost 2-1 to Dutch representative PSV in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers in the 2021-2022 season, and then played a total of 18 matches, 12 of which were in the UEFA Europa League and 6 of which were in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers. While Galatasaray had 10 wins and 7 draws in this process, its only loss was against the Spanish representative Barcelona in the UEFA Europa League last 16 round match in the 2021-2022 season.
LATEST CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RECORD IS WEAK
The yellow-red team could not get out of the last 4 groups in the “Giants League”. Galatasaray, which was able to get 2 wins in the last 26 matches in the Champions League, experienced 7 draws and 17 losses. “Cimbom” played a total of 116 matches in the most prestigious organization of European football at the club level. While the yellow-reds won 28 of them, they had 29 draws and 59 defeats. Galatasaray had 12 wins, 8 draws and 15 defeats in 35 matches in the Champion Clubs Cup.