Galatasaray S.K. (football)

Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [ɡaɫatasaˈɾaj ˈspoɾ kulyˈby], Galatasaray Sports Club), is a Turkish professional football club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. It is the association football branch of the larger Galatasaray Sports Club of the same name, itself a part of the Galatasaray Community Cooperation Committee which includes Galatasaray High School where the football club was founded in October 1905 consisting entirely of student members.

Galatasaray S.K.

Full name	Galatasaray
Nickname(s)	Cimbom (Turkish pronunciation: [dʒimbom]) Sarı-Kırmızılılar (The Yellow-Reds) Aslanlar (The Lions) Avrupa Fatihi (Conqueror of Europe) Gala
Short name	GS
Founded	20 October 1905 (1905-10-20)[1][2] as Galata-Serai Football Club[3] Galatasaray, Galata, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
Ground	Türk Telekom Stadı
Capacity	52,223[4]
Owner	Galatasaray S.K. (66.42%)[5]
Chairman	Mustafa Cengiz
Manager	Fatih Terim[6]
League	Süper Lig
2019–20	Süper Lig, 6th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Galatasaray is the most successful Turkish football club; domestically, they have won 22 Süper Lig titles, 18 Turkish Cups and 16 Turkish Super Cups. Galatasaray is one of three teams to have participated in all seasons of the Süper Lig since 1959, following the dissolution of the Istanbul Football League.

Internationally, Galatasaray has won the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 2000, becoming the first and only Turkish team to win a major UEFA competition. In the 1999–2000 season, the club achieved the rare feat of completing a quadruple by winning the Süper Lig, the Turkish Cup, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup in a single season. Galatasaray is also the only Turkish club to have been ranked first on the IFFHS World Rankings.[7]

Since 2011, the club's stadium is the 52,332-capacity Türk Telekom Stadium in Seyrantepe, Istanbul. Previously, the club played at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium, as well as a succession of other grounds in Istanbul, which included groundshares with Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe at the Taksim Stadium and İnönü Stadium.

The club has a long-standing rivalry with other major Istanbul teams, namely with Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe. The derby between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe is dubbed the Kıtalar Arası Derbi (English: Intercontinental Derby) due to the location of their headquarters and stadiums on the European (Galatasaray) and Asian (Fenerbahçe) sides of the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul.

As a result of the team's 20th championship for the 2014–15 Süper Lig season, their logo hereafter contains four stars representing their 20 championships for the league; each star corresponds to five of the team's championships.

History

Main article: History of Galatasaray S.K.

Ali Sami Yen, founder of the club

The first ever recorded photo of Galatasaray (1905)

Galatasaray SK was founded in October 1905 (the exact day is disputed, but is traditionally accepted as "17 Teşrinievvel 1321" according to the Rumi calendar, which corresponds to "30 October 1905" according to the Gregorian calendar) by Ali Sami Yen and other students of Galatasaray High School (a high school in Istanbul which was established in 1481) as a football club. Ali Sami Yen became Galatasaray SK's first president and was given the club's membership number "1". The team's first match was against Cadi-Keuy FC and Galatasaray won this match with a score of 2–0.[8] There were discussions about the club's name, in which some suggested Gloria (victory) and others Audace (courage), but it was decided that its name would be Galatasaray.[9]

In addition to Ali Sami Yen (Club member No. 1), who was the driving force behind the club's foundation, Asim Tevfik Sonumut (2), Emin Bülent Serdaroğlu (3), Celal İbrahim (4), Boris Nikolov (5), Milo Bakić (6), Pavle Bakić (7), Bekir Sıtkı Bircan (8), Tahsin Nihat (9), Reşat Şirvanizade (10), Hüseyin Hüsnü (11), Refik Cevdet Kalpakçıoğlu (12) and Abidin Daver (13) [10] were also involved in the decision to organize such a club.

Our aim is to play together, to have a colour and a name, and to beat the non-Turkish teams.

— Ali Sami Yen

The name Galatasaray itself comes from that of Galatasaray High School, which in turn takes its name from Galata Sarayı Enderûn-u Hümâyûn (Galata Palace Imperial School), the name of the original school founded on the site in 1481, and which in turn took its name from the nearby medieval Genoese citadel of Galata (the modern quarter of Karaköy) in the Beyoğlu (Pera) district of Istanbul. Galatasaray literally means "Galata palace".

According to researcher Cem Atabeyoğlu, Galatasaray took its name from one of its first matches. In that match, Galatasaray won 2–0 over a local Greek club and the spectators called them "Galata Sarayı efendileri" (English: "Gentlemen of Galata Palace"), and, after this incident, they adopted that name and started to call their club "Galata Sarayı". In 1905, during the era of the Ottoman Empire, there were no laws for associations so the club could not be registered officially, but, after the 1912 Law of Association, the club registered legally.[11]

Since there weren't any other Turkish teams, Galatasaray joined the Istanbul League that was consisting of English and Greek teams in the season of 1905–1906. With their first championship title they won in 1908–1909, they heralded the beginning of Turkish football history.[12]

While football in Turkey began to fully develop, Galatasaray won ten more Istanbul League titles until 1952. Upon the initiation of professional football in 1952, the first professional but non-national league of Turkey, Istanbul Professional League, was played between 1952 and 1959. Galatasaray won three of these seven titles.

The 2000 UEFA Cup Final match line-up against Arsenal F.C., 17 May 2000.

The 2000 UEFA Super Cup match line-up against Real Madrid, 25 August 2000.

Türkiye Profesyonel 1. Ligi (Turkish Super League today) formed in 1959. This is the top-flight professional league in Turkish nationwide football, and the most popular sporting competition in the country. Galatasaray joined all seasons and won 22 league titles since then.

Gheorghe Hagi

Hakan Şükür

Nihat Bekdik

The Turkish Football Federation began organizing the Turkish Cup (today it is organized with the name Ziraat Turkish Cup) in the 1962–63 season for Turkish clubs to qualify for the UEFA competitions. This is the only national cup competition in Turkey. Galatasaray joined all seasons and won 16 trophies since then.[13]

Probably the greatest record that the club holds is winning national championships in 15 different sport branches in the 1986–87 season. Another achievement in this period was reaching the semi-final of the European Cup in the 1988–89 season, making Galatasaray the first and only Turkish team to have played a semi-final in this competition.

Galatasaray's most successful era came in the late 1990s, when the club become the first and only Turkish football club to win a major UEFA competition. They were aided in this by one of Turkey's best generation of homegrown footballers who went on to finish third in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, after having played in the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 2000. Besides the talented players, visiting teams also disliked traveling into Ali Sami Yen Stadium, literally dubbed "Hell" by Galatasaray supporters due to the intimidating atmosphere provided by the fans including chants and riots in the crowds.[14]

There are many successful footballers who have played for Galatasaray and made their mark on Turkish football history. The team's legendary players include Nihat Bekdik nicknamed Aslan (Lion); the 1930s national hero Eşfak Aykaç;[15] Boduri who died aged 21;[16] Mehmet Leblebi who scored a domestic record of 14 goals in a single match;[17] Gündüz Kılıç nicknamed Baba (Father) who was the coach but also the player of his team in the 1950s, with great success in both duties;[18] Bülent-Reha Eken brothers; Suat Mamat who scored three goals in the 1954 FIFA World Cup;[19] Coşkun Özarı who devoted his life to Galatasaray;[20] Turgay Şeren the heroic goalkeeper who was called "the Panther of Berlin";[21] Fatih Terim, the team captain of Galatasaray and Turkish national football team for many years, who won the UEFA Cup in 2000 as the team's coach;[22] Metin Oktay the legendary six-time top-scorer of the Turkish Super League;[23] Zoran Simović, another skilled goalkeeper known for his penalty saves;[24] Cüneyt Tanman who played a record of 342 games for Galatasaray;[25] Tanju Çolak, an extraordinary goalscorer and the 1988 European Golden Boot winner with Galatasaray;[26] Cevad Prekazi, an Albanian teammate of Tanju Çolak specializing in free kicks;[27] Cláudio Taffarel the World Cup-winning goalkeeper for Brazil;[28] Gheorghe Hagi, the Romanian football hero who is still described as the best foreign player ever to play in Turkey;[29] Brazilian striker Mário Jardel, dubbed "Super Mário" by the fans and scored both of Galatasaray's two goals in the 2000 European Super Cup Final against Real Madrid; and last, but not least, Hakan Şükür, the player who scored most goals in Süper Lig history with 249.

Name and pronunciation

The name Galatasaray (Turkish pronunciation: [ɡaɫatasaˈɾaj]) itself comes from that of Galatasaray High School, which took its name from Galata Sarayı Enderûn-u Hümâyûn ("Galata Palace Imperial School"), the name of the original school founded on the site in 1481, and which in turn took its name from the nearby medieval Genoese citadel of Galata (the modern quarter of Karaköy) in the Beyoğlu (Pera) district of Istanbul. Thus Galatasaray literally means "Galata Palace". "Galatasaray" is a compound word and it is pronounced as such, with a very brief pause between the two words.[30] There is no diminutive form of the club's name. Fans refer to the club either by its full name or by its nickname Cim-Bom(-Bom)—pronounced [dʒim bom (bom)])—of uncertain etymology. However, the shortened form "Gala" is sometimes used by English speakers.

Crest and colours

The first Galatasaray SK crest

Galatasaray's first emblem was drawn by 333 [School Number] Şevki Ege. This was the figure of a spread-winged eagle with a football in its beak. The eagle was a model emblem that Galatasaray dwelled on in the beginning. But when the name did not attract too much interest, Şevki Ege's composition was pushed aside. It was replaced by the current design in the 1920s. This replaced in 1925 by the current "Ghayn-Sin" crest, which are the first two Arabic letters of "G"alata "S"aray, designed by Ayetullah Emin.[31]

At first, the colours of Galatasaray were red and white. These are the colours in the modern Turkish flag. The Turkish Republic, however, was not founded at that time. Therefore, this decision caused the repressive administration of the day to feel uncomfortable and the administration subsequently pressured the footballers. For this reason, on December 26, 1906 the colors were changed to yellow and black.[32] The eight-piece halved design kit was ordered from the Sports Outfitter William Shillcock based in Birmingham, United Kingdom.[33] After a heavy 0-5 loss to Baltalimanı in a friendly match the new colours yellow and black were counted as inauspicious.

We were picturing the yellow-red flames shining on our team and dreaming that it would take us to victories. Indeed it did.

— Ali Sami Yen

On 6 December 1908, for a match against the football team of the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Barham, Galatasaray finally settled on playing in red and yellow, inspired by the roses which Gül Baba offered to Sultan Bayezid II.[34] Ali Sami Yen stated, "After we have been in and out of several shops, we saw two different elegant-looking wool materials in Fatty Yanko's store at Bahçekapısı (between Eminönü and Sirkeci in Istanbul, now called Bahçekapı). One of them was quite dark red, resembling the cherry color, and the other a rich yellow with a touch of orange. When the sales clerk made the two fabrics fly together with a twist of his hand they became so bright that it reminded us the beauty of a goldfinch. We thought we were looking at the colors flickering in burning fire. We were picturing the yellow-red flames shining on our team and dreaming that it would take us to victories. Indeed it did."[11]

Home kit

Galatasaray's "classic" home kit

The Galatasaray home kit have always been fundamentally the same since 1908. The traditional shirt of Galatasaray is the eight-piece halved design. This consists of the shirt’s front, back and sleeves being made up of two colours, resulting in the shirt being split into eight parts. (Two same colours are never next to each other within the 8 parts.) The colours continue in an alternating order, from yellow to red. This results in the front of the shirt being the opposite of the back and the shirt also having an halved design from the side. This alternating colour order of eight parts creates a complete halved design for the shirt.[35] The classic eight-piece halved design would become the look of Galatasaray for around 80 years, until 1985 when sportswear manufacturer Adidas began to provide the shirts and the sleeves were made up by one colour and not halved. Created over a century ago, the classic Galatasaray kit combination consists of the eight-piece halved traditional shirt, white shorts and red socks and are usually worn as part of the home strp.[35] This changed in the mid-1980s, when sportswear manufacturer Adidas began to provide the shirts. The club reverted to the "classic" kit in 2012.[35][36] The official colours are Pantone shades 1235 (yellow) and 201 (red).[37]

Kit history

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Galatasaray's kit is manufactured by Nike, who have held the contract since 2011. Previous kit manufacturers have been: Çamlıca (1978–79); Adidas (1978–82, 1984–91, 1995–2001, and 2005–11); Umbro (1979–81, 1982–83, 1991–95, and 2002–05); Puma (1980–81); Gola (1981–82); Fatih (1984–85); and Lotto (2001–02).

Since 2019, Galatasaray's shirt sponsors have been Terra Pizza. Previous sponsors include: Volvo and PeReJa (1977–78); Halı Fleks (1979–80); Telefunken, Alo, and THY (1980–81); Borsaş and Meban (1981–83); Telefunken (1983–84); Modell's (1984–85); Denizbank (1984–86); TürkBank (1986–91); ADEC Saat (1991–92); SHOW TV (1991–95); Emek Sigorta (1992–95); VakıfBank (1995–97); Bank Ekspres (1997–98); Marshall (1998–2000); Telsim (2000–01); Aria (2001–04); Avea (2004–09); Türk Telekom (2009–14); Huawei (2014–2015), nef (2016–2019), Terra Pizza (2019–2020) and sixt (2020–) for domestic matches and since 2014 for UEFA Champions League matches Turkish Airlines.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor 1977–1978 None Volvo / PeReJa 1978–1979 Çamlıca / Adidas None 1979–1980 Umbro / Adidas Halı Fleks 1980–1981 Puma / Umbro / Adidas Telefunken / Alo / THY 1981–1982 gola / Adidas Borsaş / Meban 1982–1983 Umbro Meban 1983–1984 None Telefunken 1984–1985 Fatih / Adidas Modells / Denizcilik Bankası 1985–1986 Adidas Denizbank 1986–1991 TürkBank 1991–1992 Umbro ADEC Saat / Show TV 1992–1995 Show TV / Emek Sigorta 1995–1997 Adidas VakıfBank 1997–1998 Bank Ekspres 1998–2000 Marshall Boya 2000–2001 Telsim 2001–2002 Lotto Aria 2002–2004 Umbro 2004–2005 Avea 2005–2009 Adidas 2009–2011 Türk Telekom 2011–2014 Nike 2014–2015 Huawei / Turkish Airlines 2015–2016 Turkish Airlines 2016–2019 nef / Turkish Airlines 2019–2020 Terra Pizza / Turkish Airlines 2020– sixt / Turkish Airlines

Grounds

Main articles: Ali Sami Yen Stadı and Türk Telekom Stadium

Exterior of Türk Telekom Stadium

Main road to Türk Telekom Stadium

Ali Sami Yen Stadium

When Galatasaray were formed no Turkish teams had their own home ground, and all games in the Istanbul Football League took place at Papazın Çayırı – now the site of Fenerbahçe's Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium. In 1921 the city's first proper football stadium was constructed, Taksim Stadium, which was used as the home ground for all of Istanbul's teams.[38] When historic Taksim Stadium was demolished in 1940, Galatasaray decided to build a large, modern stadium. Due to difficulties stemming from World War II, construction was delayed for over two decades. In this period, they played in Şeref Stadi and Dolmabahçe Stadi On 20 December 1964, Ali Sami Yen Stadium opened.[39] Named after the founder of Galatasaray, Ali Sami Yen, it is in the Mecidiyeköy quarter of the Şişli district at the center of the city. In 1964, the stadium had capacity over 35,000. Due to improvements in security and prohibition of non-seater spectators, the all-seater capacity reduced to 22,000 in 1993. A few years later, the rebuilt of main stand, which was damaged by an earthquake, slightly increased the capacity.[40] After 2002, when Atatürk Olympic Stadium was built for Istanbul's Olympic Games bid, Galatasaray started to play European Cup matches there. The attendance record among Turkish stadiums was broken there, in Galatasaray–Olympiacos match played in front of 79,414 spectators. Yet, Ali Sami Yen Stadium has historic importance for Galatasaray fans although it is smaller and older.[41] The stadium was in 2011 demolished after Galatsaray moved to the newly built Türk Telekom Stadium.

Türk Telekom Stadium

The new home ground of Galatasaray is the newly built Türk Telekom Stadium in the Seyrantepe area of Sarıyer.[42] The new stadium, which was opened 15 January 2011, has a capacity of 52,223 seats, making it the largest private stadium used by a club in Turkey.[43]

Stadium anthems

Since 1992, after every goal scored by Galatasaray, the last part of the song "I Will Survive" by the Hermes House Band is played. Although the song is in English, the part used has no lyrics except "la la la la". In addition, before every game the Galatasaray War Chant is played accompanied by what the fans call a "scarf show" where fans display and wave their Galatasaray scarves, banners and flags. Many people call the Turk Telekom Stadium 'Cehennem' (hell) because of stadium anthems and the continuous roar of the fans.

Stadium history

#	Stadium	Years[44]
1	Papazın Çayırı	1905–1921
2	Taksim Stadı	1921–1940
3	Şeref Stadı	1940–1948
4	Dolmabahçe Stadı	1948–1966
5	Ali Sami Yen Stadı	1966–1972
6	Dolmabahçe Stadı	1972–1980
7	Ali Sami Yen Stadı	1980–1984
8	Dolmabahçe Stadı	1984–1986
9	Ali Sami Yen Stadı	1986–2003
10	Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadı	2003–2004
11	Ali Sami Yen Stadı	2004–2011
12	Türk Telekom Stadı	2011–0000

Galatasaray Store at Türk Telekom Stadı

#	Stadium	Years played
1	Ali Sami Yen Stadı	34
2	Dolmabahçe Stadı	28
3	Taksim Stadı	18
4	Papazın Çayırı	17
5	Türk Telekom Stadı	9
6	Şeref Stadı	8
7	Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadı	1

Support

European matches

Galatasaray fans

Galatasaray fans attach high importance to European competitions, and Galatasaray is known as the Conqueror of Europe by their fans. This nickname underlines the importance of the UEFA Cup and Super Cup Galatasaray managed to win during the 1999–2000 season. Galatasaray fans also have a reputation in Europe as being one of the most fanatic in the world, along with ultrAslan. Ryan Giggs once said I've never experienced anything like Galatasaray. Three hours before kick-off, we went out to have a look at the pitch and the stadium was overcrowded! The chanting was brilliant: one side starts, then the other, then quiet, then all of them chanting! The players really enjoyed it. Before it was good, after it wasn't for us.'[45][46]

Record

Galatasaray fans broke the "loudest crowd roar at a sport stadium" record on 18 March 2011 at Galatasaray's new stadium Türk Telekom Stadium in Istanbul. A peak reading of 140.76 dBA was recorded.[47]

Popularity of Galatasaray in Turkey

The poll in June 2012 placed Galatasaray in the first place with a 41.8% level of popularity while Fenerbahçe S.K. comes second with a 35.9% level, Beşiktaş J.K. third with 16.3% and Trabzonspor fourth with 4.7%.[48][49] The same result was announced in another poll dated September 2019 which included a sample of 7500 Turkish people.[50]

Istanbul derbies

"The big three" clubs of Istanbul – Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray – have a century-long history of rivalry. The Galatasaray–Fenerbahçe rivalry is the primary Istanbul derby and the most important rivalry in Turkish football.[51] The rivalry poses a symbolic importance to supporters due to an assumed superiority that comes with winning the derby. Supporters are often quoted as stating that winning the league without winning the derby is hollow. There is always huge interest in the derby due to its fierce nature on and off the pitch. Many documentaries have been made about the derby including an episode of The Real Football Factories International. The rivalry has led to violence among supporters on numerous occasions, though this has been on the decline in recent years. The typical features of derby days include sell out stadiums, loud support throughout the match and taunting choreography displays by supporters before kick off.[52] Other top level İstanbul derbies include the teams; İstanbul BB and Kasımpaşa although these teams pose a minor rivalry as the history and the nationwide attention to the derbies among the big three is unmatched.

Torches, smoke, drums, flags and giant posters used to create visual grandeur and apply psychological pressure on visiting teams, which fans call "welcoming them to hell".[53]

Honours

See also: List of Galatasaray S.K. records and statistics and Galatasaray S.K. in European football

National titles

• Süper Lig:
  • Winners (22): (record) 1961–62, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19

• Runners-up (10): 1959, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1974–75, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1990–91, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2013–14

• Türkiye Kupası: (record)
  • Winners (18): 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019

• Runners-up (5): 1969, 1980, 1994, 1995, 1998

• Süper Kupa: (record)
  • Winners (16): 1966, 1969, 1972, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019

• Runners-up (9): 1971, 1973, 1976, 1985, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018

International competitions

• UEFA Europa League:
  • Winners (1): 1999-2000
• UEFA Super Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2000
• European Cup / UEFA Champions League:
  • Quarter Final (4)^‡: 1962-1963, 1969-1970, 2000-2001, 2012-2013
  • Semi Final (1): 1988-1989

^{‡ Galatasaray was one of the final eight teams of the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League group stage, however, UEFA does not consider this a quarter-final participation.}

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Quarter Final (1): 1991–1992

Doubles, trebles and quadruples

• Doubles
  • Süper Lig and Türkiye Kupası (7): 1962-1963, 1972–1973, 1992–1993, 1998–1999, 1999–2000, 2014–2015, 2018–2019
• Treble
  • Süper Lig, Türkiye Kupası and TFF Süper Kupa (3): 1992-1993, 2014–2015, 2018–2019
• Quadruples
  • Süper Lig, Türkiye Kupası, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super Cup (1): 1999-2000

Regional titles

• Istanbul Football League:
  • Winners (15): 1908-09, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1921–22, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1948–49, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1957–58
• Istanbul Football Cup: (shared-record)
  • Winners (2): 1941-42, 1942–43
• Istanbul Shield:
  • Winners (1): 1932-33
• Union Club Cup: (record)
  • Winners (1): 1909

Other

• Milli Küme Şampiyonası:
  • Winners (1): 1938-39
  • Runners-up (5): 1936-37, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1942–43, 1949–50
• Amatör Futbol Şampiyonası:
  • Winners (1): 1953
  • Runners-up (1): 1927
• Chancellor Cup:
  • Winners (5): 1975, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1995
  • Runners-up (2): 1980, 1989
• Atatürk Gazi Cup: (record)
  • Winners (1): 1928
• 50. Yıl Cup: (record)
  • Winners (1):1973

UEFA club coefficient ranking

See also: UEFA coefficient

As of 29 November 2019[54]

Rank	Team	Points
61	BSC Young Boys	24,500
62	FC BATE Borisov	24,000
63	Galatasaray	23,500
64	FK Crvena zvezda	22,750
65	AS Saint-Étienne	22,000

Players

Current squad

As of 17 August 2020[55] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  URU Fernando Muslera (Captain) 2 DF  TUR Şener Özbayraklı 3 DF  TUR Emre Taşdemir 5 DF  TUR Ahmet Çalık 7 FW  TUR Adem Büyük 9 FW  COL Radamel Falcao 10 MF  MAR Younès Belhanda 11 FW  NED Ryan Babel 14 DF  NOR Martin Linnes 15 MF  NED Ryan Donk (Vice-captain) 17 FW  TUR Yunus Akgün 19 MF  TUR Ömer Bayram 20 MF  TUR Emre Akbaba 21 MF  SWE Jimmy Durmaz 27 DF  COD Christian Luyindama 28 MF  NGA Jesse Sekidika 30 MF  TUR Atalay Babacan

No. Pos. Nation Player 34 GK  TUR Okan Kocuk 36 DF  URU Marcelo Saracchi (on loan from RB Leipzig) 40 DF  TUR Emin Bayram 45 DF  BRA Marcão Teixeira 47 DF  TUR Abdussamed Karnuçu 48 MF  TUR Taylan Antalyalı 49 FW  TUR Ali Yavuz 51 GK  TUR Berk Balaban 66 MF  TUR Arda Turan 89 MF  ALG Sofiane Feghouli 91 FW  SEN Mbaye Diagne — DF  NGA Valentine Ozornwafor — MF  TUR Birhan Vatansever — FW  TUR Oğulcan Çağlayan — MF  TUR Emre Kılınç — GK  FRA Fatih Öztürk — DF  NOR Omar Elabdellaoui

Youth team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 41 DF  TUR Erencan Yardımcı 50 DF  TUR Süleyman Luş

No. Pos. Nation Player 77 DF  TUR Kaan Arslan 80 MF  TUR Erkan Süer

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 MF  TUR Recep Gül 39 FW  TUR Ahmet Sivri 43 DF  TUR Ercan Şirin 52 MF  TUR Celil Yüksel 61 MF  TUR Metehan Mertöz 97 MF  TUR Birhan Vatansever

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  TUR Batuhan Tekin — DF  TUR Emirhan Civelek — DF  TUR Ogün Çalışkan — MF  TUR Mirza Cihan — MF  TUR Mutlu Doğan

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  TUR Batuhan Şen (on loan at Hekimoğlu Trabzon until 31st May 2021) 13 GK  TUR İsmail Çipe (on loan at Kayserispor until 31st May 2021)

No. Pos. Nation Player 46 DF  TUR Gökay Güney (on loan at Bandırmaspor until 31st May 2021) — MF  TUR Ferhan Evren (on loan at Bandırmaspor until 31st May 2021)

Reserves and Academy squad

Main article: Galatasaray S.K. reserves and under 19s squad

Former players

Further information: List of Galatasaray S.K. footballers and Category:Galatasaray S.K. footballers

Club captains

Boris Nikolov 1905–12 Adil Giray 1920–24 Nihat Bekdik 1924–36 Gündüz Kılıç 1936–53 Bülent Eken 1953–54 Coşkun Özarı 1954–60 Turgay Şeren 1960–67 Metin Oktay 1967–69 Talat Özkarslı 1969–71

Uğur Köken 1971–73 Muzaffer Sipahi 1973–75 Nihat Akbay 1975–78 Mehmet Oğuz 1978–79 Gökmen Özdenak 1979–80 Fatih Terim 1980–85 Cüneyt Tanman 1985–91 Erdal Keser 1991–94 Tugay Kerimoğlu 1994–95

Bülent Korkmaz 1995–05 Hakan Şükür 2005–08 Ümit Karan 2008–09 Arda Turan 2009–11 Sabri Sarıoğlu 2011–14 Selçuk İnan 2014–2020 Fernando Muslera 2020–

Technical Staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Fatih Terim
Assistant Coach	Ümit Davala
Assistant Coach	Levent Şahin
Goalkeeping Coach	Fadıl Koşutan
Athletic Performance Coach	Alberto Bartali
Athletic Performance Coach	Yasin Küçük
Managing Director	Şükrü Hanedar
Administrative Manager	Uğur Yıldız
Administrative Manager Assistant	Mert Çetin
Communication Coordinator	Aslı İşliel
Media and Communication	Eray Sözen
Team Translator	Ersan Zeren
Match Analysis Officer	Halil Cihan Ünal
Computing expert	Olgu Şimşek
Team Doctor	Dr. Yener İnce Dr. İsmail Erman Büyükgök
Dietitian	Mestan Hüseyin Çilekçi
Physiotherapist	Mustafa Korkmaz Burak Koca Samet Polat
Masseur	Sedat Peker Batuhan Erkan Ozan Abaylı
Outfitter	Hasan Çelik Veli Muğlı İlyas Gökçe

Last updated: 26 July 2020
Source: Galatasaray SK

Presidents

Main article: List of Galatasaray S.K. presidents

Name	From–to
Faruk Süren	1996–01
Mehmet Cansun	2001–02
Özhan Canaydın	2002–08
Adnan Polat	2008–11
Ünal Aysal	2011–14
Duygun Yarsuvat	2014–15
Dursun Özbek	2015–18
Mustafa Cengiz	2018–

Club officials

Football Management Trade I.C.

Position	Name
Sportive Coordinator	Mehmet Özbek
Financial and Administrative Affairs Director	Sedef Hacısalihoğlu
Competition and External Relations Director	Yeşim Toroslu
Florya Metin Oktay Facilities Director	Fahri Yılmaz
Manager of Team	Cenk Ergün
Executive Assistant	Ezgi Ekiz

Managerial history

Main article: List of Galatasaray S.K. managers

Recent seasons

Main article: List of Galatasaray S.K. seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	League									Domestic Cup		Europe		Other		Top goalscorer[56]
Division	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Competition	Result	Competition	Result	Competition	Result	Name(s)	Goals
2011–12	Süper Lig	1st	40	25	11	4	78	30	86	Türkiye Kupası	R16	—	—	—	—	Selçuk İnan	13
2012–13	Süper Lig	1st	34	21	8	5	66	35	71	Türkiye Kupası	5R	Champions League	QF	Süper Kupa	C	Burak Yılmaz	32
2013–14	Süper Lig	2nd	34	18	11	5	59	32	65	Türkiye Kupası	C	Champions League	R16	Süper Kupa	C	Burak Yılmaz	18
2014–15	Süper Lig	1st	34	24	5	5	60	35	77	Türkiye Kupası	C	Champions League	GS	Süper Kupa	F	Burak Yılmaz	22
2015–16	Süper Lig	6th	34	13	12	9	69	49	51	Türkiye Kupası	C	Champions League	GS	Süper Kupa	C	Lukas Podolski	17
												Europa League	R32
2016–17	Süper Lig	4th	34	20	4	10	65	40	64	Türkiye Kupası	R16	Europa League	2Q	Süper Kupa	C	Lukas Podolski	17
2017–18	Süper Lig	1st	34	24	3	7	75	33	75	Türkiye Kupası	SF	Europa League	2QR	—	—	Bafétimbi Gomis	32
2018–19	Süper Lig	1st	34	20	9	5	72	36	69	Türkiye Kupası	C	Champions League	GS	Süper Kupa	F	Henry Onyekuru	16
												Europa League	R32
2019–20	Süper Lig	6th	34	15	11	8	55	37	56	Türkiye Kupası	QF	Champions League	GS	Süper Kupa	C	Radamel Falcao Adem Büyük	11

Youth facilities

Galatasaray has one of the most successful youth facilities in Turkey. Gündüz Kılıç Youth Facilities in Florya is the center of the department. Galatasaray S.K. PAF have won the Turkish Youth League three times.[57]

Galatasaray football academy trains children between seven and fifteen. They are located in 79 sites, in Turkey, Australia, Germany, Belgium and the UK.

Sponsorship

Companies that Galatasaray S.K. currently has sponsorship deals with include:[58]

Licensee	Product
Sixt Rent a Car	Main Sponsor (chest)
Garenta	Co Sponsor (back)
fluo	Co Sponsor (shorts)
Jeunesse Global	Co Sponsor (socks)
Nike	Technical Sponsor
Türk Telekom	Official Sponsor
Odeabank	Official Sponsor
Medical Park	Official Sponsor
Turkish Airlines	Official Sponsor
Denizbank	Official Sponsor
HDI Sigorta	Official Sponsor
trendyol.com	Official Sponsor
TEMSA	Official Sponsor
Arena of Valor	Official Sponsor
Sci-Mx	Official Sponsor
Hummel	Official Sponsor
Perform Group	Official Sponsor
Passolig	Official Sponsor
JohnsonDiversey	Official Sponsor
The Global Goals	Official Sponsor
Spor Toto	Official Sponsor

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Further reading

• Birand, M. A., & Polat, M. M. (2006). Passion that continues for 100 years. İstanbul: D Yapım. OCLC 164788939
• Turagay, U., Özgün, G., Gökçin, B., Ahunbay (2006). 17 May: The story of a championship. İstanbul: D Yapım. OCLC 169899400
• Hasol, D. (2004). Dreams/realities in Galatasaray. İstanbul: Yapı Yayın. ISBN 978-975-8599-44-8
• Tuncay, B. (2003). Galatasaray with European Success and Notable Players. Yapı Kredi Kü̈ltü̈r Sanat Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-975-08-0427-4
• Yamak, O. (2001). Galatasaray: Story of 95 years. Sinerji. OCLC 59287768
• Çakar, A. (1995). 90 questions about history of Galatasaray SK. Cağaloğlu, İstanbul: Demir Ajans Yayınları. OCLC 42434622
• Tekil, S. (1986). History of Galatasaray, 1905–1985. Galatasaray Spor Kulübü. OCLC 25025508
• Tekil, S. (1983). Galatasaray 1905–1982: Memories. Arset Matbaacılık Koll. Şti. OCLC 62614035
• İsfendiyar, F. (1952). History of Galatasaray. İstanbul: Doğan Kardeş yayınları]. OCLC 27753643

External links

• Galatasaray Sports Club official website (in Turkish, English, and French)
• ultrAslan Supporters' Group (in Turkish)