Galatasaray S.K. (football)

Galatasaray

Full name	Galatasaray Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Cimbom Aslan (The Lion) Sarı-Kırmızılılar (The Yellow-Reds)
Short name	GS Gala
Founded	20 October 1905 (1905-10-20)
Ground	Rams Park
Capacity	53,978
Coordinates	41°06′10″N 28°59′26″E
President	Dursun Özbek
Head coach	Okan Buruk
League	Süper Lig
2023–24	Süper Lig, 1st of 20 (champions)
Website	galatasaray.org
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [galataˈsaɾaj spoɾ kuˈlyby], Galatasaray Sports Club), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and also known as Galatasaray AŞ or Gala in UEFA competitions, is a Turkish professional football club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul. 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. The team traditionally play in dark shades of red and yellow at home, with the shirts split down the middle between the two colours.

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.

Galatasaray also has accumulated the most Süper Lig (24), Turkish Cup (18) and Turkish Super Cup (17) titles in Turkey, thus making them the most successful football club in Turkey, as those competitions are the top nationwide Turkish professional leagues and cups that are recognized and accounted for in accordance to the regulations set by the Turkish Football Federation and UEFA.

Galatasaray is the most successful Turkish club in European competitions. 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 treble by winning the Süper Lig, the Turkish Cup, and the UEFA Cup in a single season. Despite having reached several times the quarter-finals and also once the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League campaign, the club has not won the trophy so far. Galatasaray is also the only Turkish club to have been ranked first on the IFFHS World Rankings. According to the same international organization, Galatasaray is the best Turkish club of the 20th century, and the 20th most successful club in Europe. Galatasaray is the 11th most participated team in the Champions League, the 18th team to play the most matches and the 24th team to collect the most points.

Since 2011, the club's stadium has been the 53,798-capacity Rams Park 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 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.

History

Main article: History of Galatasaray S.K.

Ali Sami Yen, founder of the club

The first 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. 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.

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) were also involved in the decision to organize such a club.

Our aim is to play together, like the Englishmen, 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.

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.

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.

Line up of Galatasaray in 1988–89 European Cup semi-finals

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 23 league titles since then.

Nihat Bekdik

Gheorghe Hagi

Hakan Şükür

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.

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 media and the visitors due to the intimidating atmosphere provided by the fans including chants and riots in the crowds. Moreover, the club's fanbase had bitterness with Leeds United, following the 2000 UEFA Cup semi-final violence when two Leeds fans were stabbed to death by Galatasaray fans. Four men were arrested and charged with their murders. The deaths led to an angry reaction in England with Galatasaray fans being banned from attending the second leg at Elland Road.

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; Boduri who died aged 21; Mehmet Leblebi who scored a domestic record of 14 goals in a single match; 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;

Galatasaray is a team of emotions. It is a team of footballers who are in love with its colors and love each other. Galatasaray is a team of players who work with sacrifice and dedication. Galatasaray doesn't like the conceited, self-centered individuals. In short, Galatasaray is a team of people who pull the rope together, who know how to be sad together and rejoice together..

— Gündüz Kılıç

Bülent-Reha Eken brothers; Suat Mamat who scored three goals in the 1954 FIFA World Cup; Coşkun Özarı who devoted his life to Galatasaray; Turgay Şeren the heroic goalkeeper who was called "the Panther of Berlin"; 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; Metin Oktay the legendary six-time top-scorer of the Turkish Super League; Zoran Simović, another skilled goalkeeper known for his penalty saves; Cüneyt Tanman who played a record of 342 games for Galatasaray; Tanju Çolak, an extraordinary goalscorer and the 1988 European Golden Boot winner with Galatasaray; Cevad Prekazi, an Albanian teammate of Tanju Çolak specializing in free kicks; Cláudio Taffarel the World Cup-winning goalkeeper for Brazil; Gheorghe Hagi, the Romanian football hero who is still described by some as the best foreign player ever to play in Turkey; 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

Galatasaray (Turkish pronunciation: [ɡalatasaˈɾaj]) is a quarter in Karaköy in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, located at the northern shore of the Golden Horn. Its name comes from that of Galata, which may in turn have derived from Galatai (meaning the "Galatians"), as the Celtic tribes were thought to have camped at Galata during the Hellenistic period before settling in Galatia in central Anatolia. Galatasaray translates directly as "Galata Palace" (saray means "palace" in Turkish). Galatasaray High School, established in the area in 1481, was the progenitor of Galatasaray S.K. as well as other institutions of Galatasaray Community.

Galatasaray is a compound word and is pronounced as such, with a very brief pause between the two words. 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)]). The person who brought this slogan to Turkey was Sabit Cinol. While Cinol was in Switzerland for education, he also played football. Inspired by the slogan of Servette, the club he played for, Cinol adapted this slogan for Galatasaray, and this adaptation was embraced by the club and the wider community. However, the shortened form "Gala" is sometimes used by English speakers.

Crest and colours

First 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.

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. The eight-piece halved design kit was ordered from the Sports Outfitter William Shillcock based in Birmingham, United Kingdom. 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. 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."

Home kit

Galatasaray's classic home kit "Parçalı"

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. 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 strip. This changed in the mid-1980s, when sportswear manufacturer Adidas began to provide the shirts. The club reverted to the "Parçalı" kit in 2012. The official colours are Pantone shades 1235 (yellow) and 201 (red).

Kit history

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Suppliers

On 20 November 2023, it's been announced that Puma will be the new kit supplier as of 2024–25 season. The partnership with Nike will come to an end after 13 seasons. 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, 2024–present); Gola (1981–82); Fatih (1984–85); and Lotto (2001–02) and Nike (2011–24) and Puma (2024–29).

Sponsors

Since 2020, Galatasaray's shirt sponsors have been Sixt. 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 (2014–15), Dumankaya (2015–16), UNDP (2016), Nef (2016–19), Terra Pizza (2019–20) and Sixt (2020–) for domestic matches and since 2014 for international 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 Dumankaya / UNDP / Turkish Airlines 2016–2019 Nef / Turkish Airlines 2019–2020 Terra Pizza / Turkish Airlines 2020–2023 Sixt / Turkish Airlines 2023–2024 Sixt / SOCAR 2024– Puma

Grounds

Main articles: Ali Sami Yen Stadı and Rams Park

Exterior of Rams Park

Main road to Rams Park

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. 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. 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. 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. The stadium was in 2011 demolished after Galatsaray moved to the newly built Rams Park.

Rams Park

The new home ground of Galatasaray is the newly built Rams Park in the Seyrantepe area of Sarıyer. It is also known as Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi. The new stadium, which was opened 15 January 2011, has a capacity of 53,798 seats, making it the largest private stadium used by a club in Turkey.

Stadium rituals

Since 1992, after every goal scored by Galatasaray, the "la la la" part of the song "I Will Survive" by the Hermes House Band is played, followed by the sound of a roaring lion. In addition, before every game the Galatasaray "Warchant" is played accompanied by what the fans call a "scarf show" where fans display and wave their Galatasaray scarves, banners and flags. Throughout the match the fans whistle whenever the opponent team gets the ball.

Stadium history

#	Stadium	Years
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	Rams Park	2011–

#	Stadium	Years played
1	Ali Sami Yen Stadı	34
2	Dolmabahçe Stadı	28
3	Taksim Stadı	18
4	Papazın Çayırı	17
5	Rams Park	13
6	Şeref Stadı	8
7	Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadı	1

Galatasaray Store at Rams Park

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 the UEFA 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.'

Records

Galatasaray fans broke the "loudest crowd roar at a sport stadium" record on 18 March 2011 at Galatasaray's new stadium Rams Park in Istanbul. A peak reading of 140.76 dBA was recorded.

On May 12, 2024, Galatasaray broke the longest winning streak record (17), beating their own record (14 in 11 March, 2023) in Turkish Süper Lig history with a 3–2 win over FK Karagümrük.

Istanbul derbies

Main articles: Kıtalar Arası Derbi and Beşiktaş vs Galatasaray

"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. 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. 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 are used to create visual grandeur and apply psychological pressure on visiting teams, which fans call "welcoming them to hell".

Honours

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

Type	Competition	Titles	Seasons
Domestic	Turkish Super League	24	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, 2022–23, 2023–24
	Turkish Cup	18	1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19
	Turkish Super Cup	17	1966, 1969, 1972, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2023
Continental	UEFA Cup	1	1999–2000
	UEFA Super Cup	1	2000

•   record

Unofficial titles

• Turkish National Division
  • Winners (1): 1939
  • Runners-up (5): 1937, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1950
• Turkish Football Championship
  • Runners-up (1): 1949
• Atatürk Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2000
• Prime Minister's Cup
  • Winners (5): 1975, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1995

Regional competitions

• 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
  • Winners (2): 1941–42, 1942–43 (shared-record)
• Istanbul Shield
  • Winners (1): 1932–33

Doubles, Trebles and Quadruples

• Doubles
  • Turkish Super League and Turkish Cup: 1962–63, 1972–73, 1998–99, 2014–15
• Domestic trebles
  • Turkish Super League, Turkish Cup and TFF Super Cup: 1992–93, 2018–19
• International quadruple
  • Turkish Super League, Turkish Cup, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Super Cup: 1999–2000

Other

• Turkish Amateur Football Championship
  • Winners (1): 1952
• TSYD Cup
  • Winners (12): 1963, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999 (shared-record)
  • Runners-up (9): 1965, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1991
• Atatürk Gazi Cup
  • Winners (1): 1928
• 50. Anniversary Cup
  • Winners (1): 1973
• Emirates Cup
  • Winners (1): 2013

Players

Current squad

As of 10 November 2024

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)
4	DF	SEN	Ismail Jakobs (on loan from Monaco)
5	MF	TUR	Eyüp Aydın
6	DF	COL	Davinson Sánchez
7	FW	HUN	Roland Sallai
8	MF	GER	Kerem Demirbay
9	FW	ARG	Mauro Icardi (vice-captain)
10	FW	BEL	Dries Mertens
11	FW	TUR	Yunus Akgün
12	GK	TUR	Batuhan Şen
18	MF	TUR	Berkan Kutlu (4th captain)
19	GK	TUR	Günay Güvenç
20	MF	BRA	Gabriel Sara
22	MF	MAR	Hakim Ziyech

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	TUR	Kaan Ayhan (3rd captain)
24	DF	DEN	Elias Jelert
25	DF	DEN	Victor Nelsson
30	FW	AUT	Yusuf Demir
33	MF	TUR	Gökdeniz Gürpüz
34	MF	URU	Lucas Torreira
38	GK	TUR	Atakan Ordu
42	DF	TUR	Abdülkerim Bardakcı
44	FW	BEL	Michy Batshuayi
45	FW	NGA	Victor Osimhen (on loan from Napoli)
53	FW	TUR	Barış Alper Yılmaz
58	DF	TUR	Ali Yeşilyurt
83	MF	TUR	Efe Akman
90	DF	TUR	Metehan Baltacı

Academy players with first team shirt numbers

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
48	DF	TUR	Eren Paşahan
51	MF	TUR	İsa Halidi
57	FW	TUR	Çağrı Balta
60	MF	TUR	Berk Kızıldemir
62	MF	TUR	Taha Cebeci
64	MF	TUR	Berat Yılmaz
65	DF	TUR	Kadir Subaşı

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
66	MF	TUR	Ayaz Yükseloğlu
67	DF	TUR	Berat Luş
68	FW	TUR	Yalın Dilek
70	GK	TUR	Enes Büyük
71	MF	TUR	Efe Eriş
75	DF	TUR	Arda Hacısalihoğlu
80	MF	TUR	Dağhan Kahraman

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
—	GK	TUR	Jankat Yılmaz (at Adanaspor until 30 June 2025)
—	DF	TUR	Ali Turap Bülbül (at Ümraniyespor until 30 June 2025)
—	DF	TUR	Kazımcan Karataş (at Orenburg until 30 June 2025)
—	DF	GER	Derrick Köhn (at Werder Bremen until 30 June 2025)
—	DF	DEN	Mathias Ross (at Sparta Prague until 30 June 2025)
—	MF	TUR	Baran Aksaka (at Arda Kardzhali until 30 June 2025)
—	MF	TUR	Taylan Antalyalı (at Bodrumspor until 30 June 2025)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	TUR	Efe Çördek (at Ankara Demirspor until 30 June 2025)
—	MF	TUR	Siraçhan Nas (at Boluspor until 30 June 2025)
—	MF	ITA	Nicolò Zaniolo (at Atalanta until 30 June 2025)
—	FW	TUR	Eren Aydın (at Boluspor until 30 June 2025)
—	FW	TUR	Baran Demiroğlu (at Fatih Karagümrük until 30 June 2025)
—	FW	TUR	Halil Dervişoğlu (at Gaziantep until 30 June 2025)
—	FW	CIV	Wilfried Zaha (at Lyon until 30 June 2025)

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	2014–20
Fernando Muslera	2020–

Coaching staff

Technical staff

Position	Name
Manager	Okan Buruk
Assistant Manager	İrfan Saraloğlu
	Ismael Garcia Gomez
Goalkeeping Coach	Fadıl Koşutan
	Can Okuyucu
Athletic Performance Coach	Dursun Genç
	Kaan Arısoy
	Yusuf Köklü
	Gürkan Fuat Demir
Match and Performance Analyst	Yılmaz Yüksel
	Serhat Doğan
	M. Can Mutlu
Administrative Manager	Uğur Yıldız
Scouting and Performance Analysis Manager	Emre Utkucan
Team Translator	Ersan Zeren
	Utku Yurtbil
Doctor	Yener İnce
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: 12 July 2022.
Source: Futbol A Takım İdari ve Teknik Kadro - GALATASARAY.ORG

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	2018–21
Burak Elmas	2021–22
Dursun Özbek	2022–

Coaching 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(s)
	Division	Pos	Pl.	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Comp.	Result	Comp.	Result	Comp.	Result	Player	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	—	—	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
2020–21	Süper Lig	2nd	40	26	6	8	80	36	84	Türkiye Kupası	QF	Europa League	PQR	—	—	Mbaye Diagne	11
2021–22	Süper Lig	13th	38	14	10	14	51	53	52	Türkiye Kupası	5R	Champions League	2QR	—	—	Kerem Aktürkoğlu	13
												Europa League	R16
2022–23	Süper Lig	1st	36	28	4	4	83	27	88	Türkiye Kupası	QF	—	—	—	—	Mauro Icardi	23
2023–24	Süper Lig	1st	38	33	3	2	92	26	102	Türkiye Kupası	QF	Champions League	GS	Süper Kupa	C	Mauro Icardi	25
												Europa League	R32

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 U21 have won the Turkish Youth League three times.

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:

Licensee	Product
Puma	Technical sponsor
Sixt	Main sponsor (chest)
NEF	Official sponsor
Turkish Airlines	Official sponsor
SOCAR	Official sponsor
Rams Global	Official sponsor
Tunç Holding	Official sponsor
Türk Telekom	Official sponsor
Burger King	Official sponsor
Medicana	Official sponsor
Ülker	Official sponsor
Hardline Nutrition	Official sponsor
HDI Sigorta	Official sponsor
Denizbank	Official sponsor
Aroma	Official sponsor
Socios.com	Official sponsor
Maximum	Official sponsor
Passolig	Official sponsor
İGA Pass	Official sponsor
Diversey	Official sponsor
Damat Tween	Official sponsor
Spor Toto	Official sponsor
Arkham Intelligence	Official sponsor (sleeve)

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

• Official website (in Turkish, English, and French)
• ultrAslan Supporters' Group (in Turkish)