2026 / 2027 · 01
Day one: the board wants a title (before your coffee cools)
The contract is signed, the pen is still on the desk. The board tells you what it wants within minutes: a championship. How to start a Galatasaray career, which screens to read on day one, and whom to know before the first transfer: it is all here.
⤢ Enlarge screenshotTake control of Galatasaray SK?
Say yes and avoid regret; say no and invite it. The decision is short, the story is long.
The moment you walk in: Take Control
You typed the manager's name and picked a nationality. On the Galatasaray screen the Take Control button is waiting, and there is no resisting it. Confirm with Yes, then look at Manager Status and News: have you really started the job?
⤢ Enlarge screenshotTake Control of Galatasaray: Osimhen, Sané, Leão and Torreira await.
Can you resist that button? You cannot, because the button likes you even more.
⤢ Enlarge screenshotThe bulletin is out: Galatasaray has announced its new manager.
That ringing? Your heartbeat. Even the announcer is calm; you are not.
What does the board want?
The board confidence screen says everything in two lines: a serious title challenge is expected and the finances can carry that expectation. Pressure? We call it motivation.
⤢ Enlarge screenshotThe board expects a serious title challenge.
Pressure? Let’s call it motivation. Motivation is the polite name for trophy expectations.
⤢ Enlarge screenshotBoard confidence: a long, successful reign awaits.
Finances look excellent; now for the scorelines. You read these pages so the scorelines look excellent too.
Read the fixtures, meet the first opponent
Use Fixtures for the calendar and Next Match for the opponent and the match rules. In this save the opening games are against Çorum FK, Alanyaspor and Trabzonspor; these are game fixtures, not the real season schedule.
⤢ Enlarge screenshotOpening-day fixtures in this save: Galatasaray–Çorum, Gençlerbirliği–Fenerbahçe, Samsunspor–Beşiktaş, Trabzonspor–Kocaelispor.
Stories from the first whistle. The fixture list reads like a novel: easy first chapter, a sequel full of surprises.
Day-one checklist
- Type the manager's name and pick a nationality.
- On the Galatasaray screen choose Take Control → Yes.
- Read Manager Status and News.
- Look at the first opponent with Fixtures and Next Match.
- Open the Players In list on the transfer screen; you will write the first line.
⤢ Enlarge screenshotGalatasaray's Players In list starts empty in 2026/7.
An empty list is like an empty canvas; the first brushstroke is yours.
The next line could be your first great decision. Are you ready for it? Hint: before the first transfer, drop by the transfer-hunt story.
These pages describe an unofficial fan update, unaffiliated with Sports Interactive, Eidos or Square Enix. Squads, attributes and events are game data.