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title: "Galatasaray top Turkish league after win over Gençlerbirliği S.K. in round 8"
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description: "The eighth round of matches in the Turkish Süper Lig has concluded, with Galatasaray maintaining top spot in the standings, two points ahead of Amed, while…"
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# Galatasaray top Turkish league after win over Gençlerbirliği S.K. in round 8

The eighth round of matches in the Turkish Süper Lig has concluded, with Galatasaray maintaining top spot in the standings, two points ahead of Amed, while Eyüpspor remain bottom of the table.

[Kareem Al-Saleh](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/kareem-al-saleh-2) Editor Published 19 October 2026، 21:57 ، updated 21:39 Saudi time

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Galatasaray top Turkish league after win over Gençlerbirliği S.K. in round 8

The eighth round of the Turkish [Süper Lig](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/s%C3%BCper-lig-14) football championship for the 2026/27 season concluded with nine matches, during which [Galatasaray](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/galatasaray-176) secured a difficult 1-0 away win over [Gençlerbirliği S.K.](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/gen%C3%A7lerbirli%C4%9Fi-s-k-186)

In the rest of the results, [Çorum FK](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/%C3%A7orum-fk-183) beat [Rizespor](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/rizespor-191) 2-1, [Erzurumspor FK](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/erzurumspor-fk-177) defeated [Eyüpspor](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/ey%C3%BCpspor-184) 2-0, while [Amed](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/amed-182) secured a valuable 1-0 win over [Konyaspor](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/konyaspor-178).

[Fenerbahçe](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/fenerbah%C3%A7e-179) also thrashed visitors [Alanyaspor](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/alanyaspor-192) 3-0, [Kasımpaşa](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/kas%C4%B1mpa%C5%9Fa-181) beat [Samsunspor](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/samsunspor-188) 4-1, while [Göztepe](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/g%C3%B6ztepe-189) defeated hosts [Kocaelispor](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/kocaelispor-187) 2-1.

In the remaining matches, [Başakşehir](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/ba%C5%9Fak%C5%9Fehir-175) beat [Gaziantep FK](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/gaziantep-fk-190) 2-1, while [Trabzonspor](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/trabzonspor-185) secured a comfortable 2-0 win over [Beşiktaş](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/be%C5%9Fikta%C5%9F-180).

Following this round's results, Galatasaray top the standings with 19 points from 8 matches, having won 6, drawn 1 and lost 1, scoring 17 goals and conceding 11.

Amed hold second place with 17 points, followed by Fenerbahçe in third with 16 points, then Beşiktaş in fourth with 15 points from 7 matches.

On the other hand, Eyüpspor are bottom of the league table with just 3 points from 8 matches, preceded by Samsunspor in 17th place with 4 points, and Konyaspor in 16th place with 5 points.

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