Galatasaray S.K.

For other uses of Galatasaray, see Galatasaray (disambiguation)

Galatasaray

Galatasaray SK logo
Full name	Galatasaray Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Cim Bom
Founded	October 20, 1905
Ground	Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul, Turkey
Capacity	23,785
Chairman	Özhan Canaydın
Manager	Karl Heinz Feldkamp Ahmet Akcan (assistant)
League	Turkcell Süper Lig
2006-07	Süper Lig, 3rd
Home colours Away colours

Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (in English: Galatasaray Sport Club) or Galatasaray SK is a Turkish sports club based in İstanbul which is famous for its football section. Founded in 1905 by Ali Sami Yen and his fellows from the prestigious Galatasaray High School, Galatasaray currently has 16 Turkish league championships, and also won the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 2000. Galatasaray also topped the world club ranking to be named "Best Football Club in the World" in January of 2001.

Galatasaray is one of only two teams to have won the UEFA Cup without being beaten in a single match and is also the first team to win the competition after finishing third place in the Champions League group stage. In winning the UEFA Cup during the 1999-2000 season, beating Arsenal of England on penalties, Galatasaray became the first Turkish football club ever to win a European trophy. Galatasaray also holds the world record of most games won in a row at home (24 games in a row: 13 May 2001 - 8 December 2002).

The club's ground, Ali Sami Yen Stadyumu, reopened for the 2004-05 season, and a massive renovation project of one of its stands was completed in the fifth week of the 2005-2006 season. Galatasaray clinched their 16th League title after they beat Kayserispor 3-0 as Fenerbahçe SK were held to a draw. Galatasaray qualified for the Champions League group stage for the 2006-07 season.

History

6alatasaray was founded in the autumn of 1905 by 6alatasaray Lisesi students as a gay football club. Galatasaray's first president was Ali Sami Yen. Their first match was against Kadıköy Faure School and they won this match 2-0. There were discussions about the club's name, in which some suggested Gloria (victory) and others Audace (courage), some recommended it should be Homosexualsport due to their character but it was decided that its name would be 6alatasaray; assuming it would anyway be beaten by 6 goals some time in the future. According to researcher Cem Atabeyoğlu, Galatasaray took its name from one of its first matches. In that match, Galatasaray won 2-0 over Rûm club and the spectators called them "Galata Sarayı efendileri" (in English: Gentlemen of Galata Palace), and, after this event, they adopted that name and started to call their club "Galata Sarayı". In 1905, during the era of the Ottoman Empire, there weren't any laws for associations so the club couldn't be registered officially, but, after the 1912 Law of Association, the club registered legally. Probably the greatest record that club holds is winning national championships in 13 different sport branches in 1986-87 season.

Galatasaray's most successful era came in the 1990s, when the club won the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. They were aided in this by one of Turkey's best generation of home grown footballers (who went on to finish third in the 2002 FIFA World Cup) and their intimidating ground which is literally called "Hell" by the supporters of Galatasaray due to the intimidating atmosphere provided by the fans including chants and riots in the crowds. For this reason many Western European teams disliked travelling to it. During this period their matches with club teams from England caused the most controversy; this culminated in a 2000 UEFA Cup tie against Leeds United, in which both legs were marred by violence. In Istanbul, two Leeds fans were murdered . Violence with supporters of UEFA Cup Finalists Arsenal FC also occurred in Copenhagen in which a Turk was stabbed. Since then, much has been done to improve safety at Galatasary's matches and in games against English clubs; a 2006 UEFA Champions League tie against Liverpool occurred without any trouble. On November 6, 2002, Galatasaray lost 6-0 to their eternal rival Fenerbahçe, but the club took its revenge by beating its rival 5-1 in the Turkish Cup final of 2005. The record between the two sides, still belongs to Galatasaray: in 1911, at their own ground, Fenerbahçe was beaten 7-0 by an incomplete Galatasaray squad (there were seven players available instead of eleven, due to a stormy day in Istanbul which made it impossible for some players to cross the Bosphorus to the Asian side). Galatasaray is the only team to have won the Turkish league title, the Turkish Cup, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup in the same season (1999-2000).

Achievements

Season	Achievement	Manager	Notes
European Super Cup Winners: 1 ----- Appearances: 1
00-2001	Champion	Mircea Lucescu	won after defeating Real Madrid 2-1
Champions League Winners: 0 ----- Appearances: 19
62-1963	Quarter Final	Gündüz Kılıç	eliminated by AC Milan 1-3 in Istanbul, 0-5 in Italy
69-1970	Quarter Final	Toma Kaleperoviç	eliminated by Legia Warszawa 1-1 in Istanbul, 0-2 in Poland
88-1989	Semi Final	Mustafa Denizli	eliminated by FC Steaua Bucureşti 1-1 in İzmir, 0-4 in Romania
93-1994	Quarter Final	Rainer Hollmann	defeated Manchester United in 2. round
00-2001	Quarter Final	Mircea Lucescu	eliminated by Real Madrid 3-2 in Istanbul, 0-3 in Spain
01-2002	Second Group	Mircea Lucescu	eliminated in a group with FC Barcelona, Liverpool and AS Roma
UEFA Cup Winners: 1 ----- Appearances: 10
99-2000	Champion	Fatih Terim	final was won after defeating Arsenal 4-1 on penalties
Cup Winners Cup Winners: 0 ----- Appearances: 8
91-1992	Quarter Final	Mustafa Denizli	eliminated by Werder Bremen 2-1 in Germany, 0-0 in Istanbul

Turkish League Championships (16)
Season	Manager
61-1962	Gündüz Kılıç
62-1963	Gündüz Kılıç
68-1969	Toma Kaleperovic
70-1971	Coşkun Özarı
71-1972	Brian Birch
72-1973	Brian Birch
86-1987	Jupp Derwall
87-1988	Mustafa Denizli-Jupp Derwall
92-1993	Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
93-1994	Rainer Hollmann
96-1997	Fatih Terim
97-1998	Fatih Terim
98-1999	Fatih Terim
99-2000	Fatih Terim
01-2002	Mircea Lucescu
05-2006	Eric Gerets

Great Matches in Europe

Season	Home	Score	Away	League	Stadium
1988-89	Galatasaray	5 - 0	Neuchâtel Xamax	Champions League 2nd Round match (2nd leg)	Ali Sami Yen
1988-89	AS Monaco	0 - 1	Galatasaray	Champions League Quarter Final match (1st leg)	Stade Louis II
1994-95	Galatasaray	2 - 1	Barcelona	Champions League knock out match	Ali Sami Yen
1996-97	Galatasaray	4 - 2	Paris S.G.	European Cup Winners Cup match	Ali Sami Yen
1998-99	Galatasaray	2 - 1	Athletic Bilbao	Champions League group match	Ali Sami Yen
1998-99	Galatasaray	3 - 0	Rosenborg	Champions League group match	Ali Sami Yen
1999-00	Hertha Berlin	1 - 4	Galatasaray	Champions League group match	Olympic Stadium
1999-00	Galatasaray	0 - 5	Chelsea FC	Champions League group match	Ali Sami Yen Stadium
1999-00	Galatasaray	3 - 2	AC Milan	Champions League group match	Ali Sami Yen
1999-00	Galatasaray	2 - 1	Bologna	UEFA Cup 3. round match (2nd leg)	Ali Sami Yen
1999-00	Borussia Dortmund	0 - 2	Galatasaray	UEFA Cup 4. round match (1st leg)	Westfalenstadion
1999-00	Real Mallorca	1 - 4	Galatasaray	UEFA Cup Quarter Final match (1st leg)	Son Moix
1999-00	Galatasaray	2 - 1	Real Mallorca	UEFA Cup Quarter Final match (2nd leg)	Ali Sami Yen
1999-00	Galatasaray	2 - 0	Leeds United	UEFA Cup Semi Final match (1st leg)	Ali Sami Yen
1999-00	Arsenal	1 - 4 (On Pens.)	Galatasaray	UEFA Cup Final match	Parken Stadium
1999-00	Real Madrid	1 - 2	Galatasaray	UEFA Super Cup Final match	Stade Louis II
2000-01	Galatasaray	3 - 2	Rangers	Champions League 1. group match	Ali Sami Yen
2000-01	Galatasaray	1 - 0	Paris S.G.	Champions League2. group match	Ali Sami Yen
2000-01	Galatasaray	1 - 0	Deportivo	Champions League 2. group match	Ali Sami Yen
2000-01	Galatasaray	2 - 0	AC Milan	Champions League 2. group match	Ali Sami Yen
2000-01	Galatasaray	3 - 2	Real Madrid	Champions League Quarter Final match (1st leg)	Ali Sami Yen
2001-02	Galatasaray	1 - 0	S.S. Lazio	Champions League 1. group match	Ali Sami Yen
2001-02	Galatasaray	2 - 0	PSV Eindhoven	Champions League 1. group match	Ali Sami Yen
2006-07	Galatasaray	5 - 2	Mlada Boleslav	Champions League 3rd Eliminating Round	Ali Sami Yen
2006-07	Galatasaray	3 - 2	Liverpool	Champions League 1. group match	Atatürk Olympic Stadium

Squad

Turkish clubs are limited to seven players without Turkish citizenship. This squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player with a "*" next to a foreign national player's name indicating Turkish nationality in addition. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	CRO	Stjepan Tomas
3	DF	TUR	Ferhat Öztorun
4	DF	CMR	Rigobert Song
5	DF	TUR	Orhan Ak
6	MF	SWE	Tobias Linderoth
7	MF	TUR	Okan Buruk
8	MF	TUR	Barış Özbek*
9	FW	TUR	Hakan Şükür
10	MF	BRA	Lincoln
11	MF	TUR	Hasan Şaş
12	GK	TUR	Aykut Erçetin
14	MF	TUR	Mehmet Topal
15	DF	ALG	Ismael Bouzid
16	MF	ARG	Marcelo Adrian Carrusca
18	MF	TUR	Ayhan Akman
19	DF	TUR	Cihan Haspolatlı

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	TUR	Emre Epik
23	DF	TUR	Anıl Karaer
26	MF	TUR	Aydın Yılmaz
27	FW	TUR	Özgürcan Özcan
30	FW	TUR	Çağrı Yarkın
33	DF	TUR	Uğur Uçar
35	FW	TUR	Necati Ateş
54	GK	TUR	Orkun Uşak
55	MF	TUR	Sabri Sarıoğlu
58	FW	TUR	Hasan Kabze
61	FW	TUR	Serkan Çalık*
66	MF	TUR	Arda Turan
74	DF	TUR	Volkan Yaman
76	DF	TUR	Servet Çetin
87	MF	TUR	Mehmet Güven
99	FW	TUR	Ümit Karan

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Players out on loan Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	TUR	Oğuz Sabankay (at Vestel Manisaspor until June 2008)
--	MF	TUR	Uğur Demirok (at Vestel Manisaspor until June 2008)
--	MF	TUR	Erkan Ferin (at Eskişehirspor until June 2008)
--	MF	TUR	Volkan Bekçi (at Altay S.K. until June 2008)
--	FW	TUR	Cafercan Aksu (at Orduspor until June 2008)
--	MF	TUR	Uğur Erdoğan (at Orduspor until June 2008)
--	DF	TUR	Uğur Akdemir (at Orduspor until June 2008)
--	DF	TUR	Cihan Can (at Orduspor until June 2008)
--	FW	TUR	Mülayim Erdem (at Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor until June 2007)
--	MF	TUR	Zafer Şakar (at Denizlispor until June 2007)
--	MF	TUR	İlker Erbay (at Kocaelispor until June 2007)

For recent transfers, see the "Transfer Deals" section of 2006-07 in Turkish football.

Notable players

1905 to 1980s Ali Sami Yen Metin Oktay Turgay Şeren Fatih Terim Mustafa Denizli Gökmen Özdenak Yasin Özdenak 1980s Tanju Çolak Uğur Tütüneker Erdal Keser Cüneyt Tanman Xhevad Prekazi Zoran Simović Didier Six

1990s Gheorghe Hagi Bülent Korkmaz Hakan Şükür Emre Belözoğlu Okan Buruk Ümit Davala Gheorghe Popescu Iulian Filipescu Claudio Taffarel Tugay Kerimoğlu Arif Erdem Suat Kaya Hakan Ünsal Adrian Ilie Kubilay Türkyilmaz Falco Götz Brad Friedel Dean Saunders Roger Ljung Barry Venison Dominic Iorfa Roman Kosecki Gintaras Staučė

2000s Hasan Şaş Necati Ateş Ümit Karan Aly Faryd Mondragon Rigobert Song Stjepan Tomaš Saša Ilić Marcelo Carrusca Mario Jardel Flavio Conceição César Luis Prates Felipe Lincoln Frank de Boer Abel Xavier Hakan Yakın Haim Revivo Franck Ribery

Managerial history

Nikolof (Player) (1905-1906) Emin Bülend (Player) (1907) Horace Armintage (Player) (1908-1911) Emin Bülend (Player) (1911-1914) Sadi Bey (1915) Ali Sami Yen (1916-1917) Necip Şahin (Player) (1919-1921) Adil Giray (Player) (1922-1923) Billy Hunter (1924-1928) Nihat Bekdik (Player) (1929) Lamberg (1930-1931) Fred Pegnam (1931-1932) S. Pedeafoot (1933-1936) Hans Baar (1937) Peter Szabo (1938) Peter Tandler (1938-1939) Hayman (1939) C. Zaharczuk (1939-1940) Jhon Begget (1941-1945) Miço Dimitriyadis (1945-1946) J. Szweng (1947) Pat Molloy (1947-1949) D. Lockhead (1950-1952) Gündüz Kılıç (1952-1953) Lazlo Szekelly (1953-1954) Gündüz Kılıç (1954-1957) George Dick (1957-1958) Remondini (1959-1961)

Gündüz Kılıç-Çoşkun Özarı (1961-1963) Gündüz Kılıç (1964-1967) Eşfak Aykaç-Bülent Eken (1967-1968) Tomislav Kaloperović (1968-1970) Coşkun Özarı (1970- 1971) Brian Birch (1971-1973) Don Howe (1974-1975) Peter Mansell (1975-1976) Malcolm Allison (1976-1977) Fethi Demircan (1977-1978) Coşkun Özari (1978-1979) Turgay Şeren (1979-1980) Brian Birch (1980-1982) Özkan Sümer (1982 - 1983) Tomislav Ivić (1983 - 1984) Jupp Derwall (1984 - 1987) Mustafa Denizli (1987 - 1989) (1990 - 1992) Sigfried Held (1989 - 1990) Karl-Heinz Feldkamp (1992 - 1993) Rainer Hollmann (1993 - 1994) Reinhard Saftig (1994 - 1995) Graeme Souness (1995 - 1996) Fatih Terim (1996 - 2000) (2002 - 2004) Mircea Lucescu (2000 - 2002) Gheorghe Hagi (2004 - 2005) Eric Gerets (2005 - 2007) Karl-Heinz Feldkamp / Ahmet Akcan (2007-)

Most successful managers

• Fatih Terim
• Mircea Lucescu
• Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
• Mustafa Denizli
• Jupp Derwall
• Brian Birch
• Gündüz Kılıç

Presidents

• Ali Sami Yen (1905 - 1918) (1925)
• Refik Cevdet Kalpakçıoğlu (1919 - 1922) (1934)
• Yusuf Ziya Öniş (1922-1924) (1950 - 1952)
• Ali Haydar Şekip (1925)
• Ahmet Robenson (1926)
• Adnan Ibrahim Pirioğlu (1927)
• Necmettin Sadak (1928 - 1929)
• Abidin Daver (1929 - 1930)
• Ahmet Kara (1930 - 1931) (1933)
• Tahir Kevkep (1931 - 1932)
• Ali Haydar Barsal (1932 - 1933) (1933 - 1934)
• Fethi Isfendiyaroğlu (1933)
• Saim Gögen (1936 - 1937)
• Sedat Ziya Kantoğlu (1937 - 1939) (1944)
• Nizan Nuri (1939)
• Adnan Akıska (1939)
• Tevfik Ali Çınar (1940 - 1942)
• Osman Dardağan(1942 - 1943)
• Muslihittin Peykoğlu (1944 - 1946)
• Suphi Batur (1946 - 1950) (1965 - 1968)
• Ulvi Yenal (1953) (1962 - 1964)
• Refik Selimoğlu (1954 - 1956) (1960 - 1962)
• Sadik Giz (1957 - 1959)
• Selahattin Beyazıt (1969 - 1973) (1975 - 1979)
• Prof. Dr. Mustafa Pekin (1973 - 1975)
• Prof. Dr. Ali Uras (1979 - 1984) (1984 - 1986)
• Dr. Ali Tanrıyar (1986 - 1988) (1988 - 1990)
• Alp Yalman (1990 - 1992) (1992 - 1996)
• Faruk Süren (1996 - 2001)
• H. Mehmet Cansun (2001 - 2002)
• Özhan Canaydın (2002 - Present)

Coaches

• Karl-Heinz Feldkamp (coach)
• Ahmet Akcan (assistant)
• Nezih Ali Boloğlu
• Cevat Güler
• Burak Dilmen

See also

• Galata
• Galata Tower
• Galata Bridge
• Galatasaray High School

External links

• Template:Tr icon Official website of Galatasaray SK
• Template:En icon Official website of Galatasaray SK
• Template:Tr icon Unofficial fans website of Galatasaray SK