Galatasaray S.K.

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Galatasaray
Full name	Galatasaray Spor Kulübü
Founded	October 20, 1905
Ground	Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey (Capacity 23,785[1])
Chairman	Adnan Polat
Manager	Cevat Güler
League	Turkcell Süper Lig
2006–07	Süper Lig, 3rd
Home colours 　 Away colours

Active departments of Galatasaray
Football	Basketball	Volleyball
Athletics	Water Polo	Swimming
Rowing	Sailing	Judo

Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (also referred to as Galatasaray SK, Galatasaray AS or simply Galatasaray) is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, which is famous for its football section. Galatasaray S.K. was founded in 1905, by Ali Sami Yen and his fellows from the prestigious Galatasaray High School. Galatasaray is the most successful club in the history of Turkish football, having won more trophies than any other Turkish club.^[2]

Galatasaray holds the best international record by a Turkish team as well. They became the first Turkish club to capture a major European title, beating Arsenal of England in UEFA Cup final during the 1999–2000 season. They lifted another prestige trophy when they beat Los Galácticos, the UEFA Champions League winner Real Madrid, in the Super Cup same year.^[3] Galatasaray topped the world club ranking to be named "Best Football Club in the World" in January 2001.^[4]

The club also operates amateur sport teams that compete at Athletics, Basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Volleyball, Water polo, Swimming, Rowing, Sailing and Judo. These include Galatasaray Café Crown and Galatasaray S.K. Voleybol. There are other now-defunct branches that used to represent the club with success, including the inspirational season in 1987, when Galatasaray won titles in 16 different sports.^[5]

Contents 1 History 2 Achievements 2.1 International success 2.2 UEFA Cup 2000 2.3 Domestic success 3 Stadium 3.1 Ali Sami Yen 3.2 Aslantepe 4 Supporters and rivalries 4.1 ultrAslan 4.2 Istanbul derbies 5 Players 5.1 First-team squad 5.2 Players out on loan 5.3 Reserves and PAF 5.4 Former players 6 Club officials 7 Youth Facilities 8 Players, managers and presidents 8.1 Managerial history 8.2 Presidential history 9 Great matches in Europe 10 Sponsors and licensees 11 Notes 12 References 13 External links

[edit] History

For more details on this topic, see History of Galatasaray S.K.

Galatasaray was founded in the autumn of 1905, by Galatasaray Lisesi students as a 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.^[6] There were discussions about the clubs name, in which some suggested Gloria (victory) and others Audace (courage), but it was decided that its name would be Galatasaray.^[7]

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 were no laws for associations so the club could not be registered officially, but, after the 1912 Law of Association, the club registered legally.^[8]

“	Our aim is to play together like Englishmen, to have a color and a name and to beat the non - Turkish teams.	”
—Ali Sami Yen

This was how the first Turkish football club was founded. Among with the founder Ali Sami Yen, the co-founders were the ones who were keen to do this sport, such as Asim Tevfik Sonumut, Reşat Şirvani, Cevdet Kalpakçıoğlu, Abidin Daver and Kamil.

At first, the colors of the Galatasaray Sports Club were red and white. These are the colors in Turkish flag. However, Turkish Republic was not founded at that time. Therefore, this inspiration caused repressive administration of the day feel uncomfortable and the administration hounded the footballers. For this reason, the colors were changed.

New colors were chosen as red and yellow. Ali Sami Yen stated, "We were imagining brightness of yellow - red fire over our team and thinking that it would carry us from one victory to another."^[8] It eventually did.

Since there were not any 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 1907–1908, they heralded the beginning of Turkish football history.^[9]

While the football in Turkey began to fully develop, Galatasaray won ten more Istanbul League titles, six Sunday League titles and three Friday League titles until 1952. Upon recognition of professional football in 1952, the first professional but nonnational league of Turkey, Istanbul Professional League played between 1952 and 1959. Galatasaray won three of these seven titles.

Türkiye Profesyonel 1. Ligi (today it is organized with the name Turkcell Super League) 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 16 league titles since then.^[10]

The Turkish Football Federation starts to organize "Turkish Cup" (today it is organized with the name Fortis Turkey 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 14 trophies since then.^[11]

Probably the greatest record that club holds is winning national championships in 15 different sport branches in 1986–87 season.^[5]

Galatasaray's most successful era came in late 1990s, when the club won the UEFA Cup and European Super Cup and becoming the first Turkish football club ever to win a European trophy. 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 played quarter finals of UEFA Euro 2000. Besides the talented players, visiting teams also disliked traveling into Ali Sami Yen Stadium 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.^[12]

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. Galatasaray holds the record of winning four consecutive Turkish league titles, which all of these came under the coaching of Fatih Terim and the visionary club president Faruk Süren.

There are many successful footballers played for Galatasaray and made their mark on Turkish football history. Few examples may be 1930s national hero Eşfak Aykaç,^[13] Boduri who died aged 21,^[14] Mehmet Leblebi who scored a domestic record of 14 goals in single match,^[15] Gündüz Kılıç nicknamed Baba (father) who was the coach but also the player of his team in 1950s with great success on both,^[16] Bülent-Reha Eken brothers, Suat Mamat who made a hat-trick in 1954 FIFA World Cup,^[17] Coşkun Özarı a life devoted to Galatasaray,^[18] Turgay Şeren the heroic goalkeeper that called "the Panther of Berlin",^[19] Fatih Terim the team captain of Galatasaray and Turkish National Football team for years and the current coach,^[20] Metin Oktay the legendary six time top scorer of Turkish league,^[21] Zoran Simović another skilled goalkeeper known for his penalty saves,^[22] Cüneyt Tanman who played a record of 342 games for Galatasaray,^[23] Tanju Çolak an extraordinary goalscorer and European Golden Boot 1988 winner with Galatasaray,^[24] Cevad Prekazi an Albanian teammate of Tanju specializing in free kicks,^[25] Taffarel the world cup winner goalkeeper of Brazil,^[26] Gheorghe Hagi Romanian football hero that in Turkey,^[27] and last but not least, Hakan Şükür, the player who scored most goals in the first division of Turkish football history (242 goals) and still scoring.

[edit] Achievements

[edit] International success

Season	Achievement	Manager	Notes
	European Super Cup Winners: 1 ----- Appearances: 1
2000	Champion	Mircea Lucescu	won after defeating Real Madrid 2–1
	Champions League Winners: 0 ----- Appearances: 19
1962–63	Quarter Final	Gündüz Kılıç	eliminated by AC Milan 1–3 in Istanbul, 0–5 in Italy
1969–70	Quarter Final	Toma Kaloperović	eliminated by Legia Warszawa 1–1 in Istanbul, 0–2 in Poland
1988–89	Semi Final	Mustafa Denizli	eliminated by FC Steaua Bucureşti 1–1 in İzmir, 0–4 in Romania
1993–94	Last Eight	Reiner Hollmann	eliminated Manchester United in 2. round
2000–01	Quarter Final	Mircea Lucescu	eliminated by Real Madrid 3–2 in Istanbul, 0-3 in Spain
2001–02	Second Group	Mircea Lucescu	eliminated in a group with FC Barcelona, Liverpool and AS Roma
	UEFA Cup Winners: 1 ----- Appearances: 10
2000	Champion	Fatih Terim	final was won after defeating Arsenal 4–1 on penalties
	Cup Winners Cup Winners: 0 ----- Appearances: 8
1991–92	Quarter Final	Mustafa Denizli	eliminated by Werder Bremen 2–1 in Germany, 0–0 in Istanbul

[edit] UEFA Cup 2000

The UEFA Cup 2000 season was won by Galatasaray of Turkey, who defeated Arsenal F.C. of England in the final. It is the first time a Turkish side has won a European club football trophy, prompting wild celebrations on the streets of Istanbul.

Galatasaray entered the competition through the back door - as one of the third-placed teams in the first group stage of the UEFA Champions League. Even then they had to beat AC Milan in their last game to qualify. But win they did, and that victory was the start of a run which took the Cimbom from the UEFA Cup Third Round, past Bologna FC, BV Borussia Dortmund, RCD Mallorca and Leeds United AFC, to the final at the Parken Stadium.^[28]

The game was scoreless through the first ninety minutes and stayed that way through thirty minutes of extra time. In the ensuing penalty shoot-out, Patrick Vieira and Davor Šuker missed for Arsenal F.C. Galatasaray's Ergun Penbe, Hakan Şükür, Umit Davala all gave David Seaman no chance with their spot-kicks before Gheorghe Popescu, scored the winning kick to win the cup.

Galatasaray had won an impressive treble that season, after claiming Turkish league title, as well as the Turkish Cup.

[edit] Domestic success

• Turkish Super League Championships:
  • Winners (16): 1961–62, 1962–63, 1967–69, 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
• Turkish Cup:
  • Winners (14): 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2005
• Turkish Super Cup / President Cup:
  • Winners (10): 1966, 1969, 1972, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997
• Chancellor Cup:
  • Winners (5): 1975, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1995
• TSYD Cup:
  • Winners (12): 1963, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999

Note that there were no professional leagues nor developed football organizations in Turkey before 1960s. These competitions below are not recognized by Turkish Football Federation.

• Turkish Football Championship:
  • Winners (9): 1931–32, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1950–51
• Istanbul Football League:
  • Winners (16): 1908–09, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1913–14, 1917–18, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1928–29, 1930–31, 1937–38, 1948–49, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1957–58
• Istanbul Football Cup:
  • Winners (2): 1942, 1943
• Istanbul Shield:
  • Winners (1): 1933

[edit] Stadium

[edit] Ali Sami Yen

Main article: Ali Sami Yen Stadium

Galatasaray played its first years in different fields, since there were not any stadiums in Istanbul. In 1921, the first stadium, Taksim Stadium opened.^[29] Galatasaray played there until 1940. When historic Taksim Stadium was demolished, 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 İnönü Stadium.

On 20 December 1964, Ali Sami Yen Stadium opened.^[30] It is named after the founder of the club, Ali Sami Yen. It is in Mecidiyeköy quarter of the Şişli district at the center of the city. In 1964, the stadium had capacity over 35,000. Today, due to improvements in security and prohibition of non-seater spectators, it has an all-seater capacity of 24,990.^[31]

After 2002, when Atatürk Olympic Stadium 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 82,000 spectators. Yet, Ali Sami Yen Stadium has historic importance for Galatasaray fans although it is smaller and older.^[32]

Stadium Anthem

Since 1998, after every goal scored by Galatasaray, the last part of the song I Will Survive by the Hermes House Band played. Although the song is in English, the part used has no lyrics except "la la la la". This makes it easy for fans to participate.

In addition, before every game the Florida State Warchant is played accompanied by what the fans call a "scarf show" where fans display and wave their Galatasaray scarves, banners and flags.^[33]

[edit] Aslantepe

Main article: Aslantepe ArenA

In recent years, numerous proposals have been put forward to demolish the current stadium and build a larger one on the same location, but this is impossible due to the lack of space. Finally, the club's ground, Ali Sami Yen Stadyumu, is going to be replaced with a new ground in Seyrantepe, near Maslak financial district. The multi-purpose sports complex is scheduled to be completed in 2009, with fully retractable roof and a seating capacity for 52,000 spectators. ^[34]

[edit] Supporters and rivalries

[edit] ultrAslan

Main article: Ultraslan

There had been self-organized fans within different groups, but the unity and coordination come out when ultrAslan founded in 2001. Galatasaray is the most supported team in Turkey, so that made ultrAslan the greatest football supporters' federation just after foundation.^[35] The smaller groups unified to form one large group, and they choose the name ultrAslan (ultras merged aslan), which means Ultras Lions. Unlike some other Ultras groups, ultrAslan, are apolitical. Their symbol is a Lion, specially designed for them, and their name is always written with the same font on their banners. Since 2003, fan group obtained the right to sell products carrying the ultrAslan logo, and ultrAslan became a registered trademark.^[36]

Internal subdivisions developed within ultrAslan, to organize Galatasaray fans in different cities of Turkey. Besides geographic based divisions, ultrAslan-UNI was launched to organize all Galatasaray fan groups in Turkish universities and ultrAslan-BH is the youth section of the group, mostly made up of college students. ultrAslan-EUROPE,^[37] established in 2004, has coordinators in nearly every European country and followed by uA-America,^[38] uA-Asia, uA-Africa and uA-Australia.^[39]

[edit] Istanbul derbies

If having an active hooligan scene is a pre-requisite to joining the EU then Turkey should be a shoe-in.^[40] The two other successful clubs of Istanbul, Beşiktaş J.K. and Fenerbahçe S.K. have a long history of rivalry with Cimbom. There is not any religion or class based difference between the fans but every match produces its own drama. The tension and the excitement are building and building weeks before match days. Unfortunately, sometimes this cause extremist fans to create violence and harm themselves, their own clubs, as well as opponents and the Police on match days. Fans also attach high importance to UEFA competitions.^[41]

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.^[42]

[edit] Players

[edit] First-team squad

As of 8 March 2008, according to official website.^[43]

No. Position Player 1 GK Aykut Erçetin 2 DF Emre Güngör 4 DF Rigobert Song 6 MF Tobias Linderoth 7 MF Okan Buruk 8 MF Barış Özbek 9 FW Hakan Şükür (captain) 10 MF Lincoln 11 MF Hasan Şaş (vice-captain) 14 MF Mehmet Topal 15 MF Ahmed Barusso 16 MF Marcelo Adrian Carrusca 18 MF Ayhan Akman

No. Position Player 19 DF Ismael Bouzid 20 FW Shabani Nonda 22 DF Hakan Balta 33 DF Uğur Uçar 51 DF Erdinç Bıyık 54 GK Orkun Usak 55 MF Sabri Sarıoğlu 61 FW Serkan Çalık 66 MF Arda Turan 74 DF Volkan Yaman 76 DF Servet Çetin 87 MF Mehmet Güven 88 GK Fırat Kocaoğlu 99 FW Ümit Karan

[edit] Players out on loan

No. Position Player -- MF Volkan Bekçi (at Altay S.K. until June 2008) -- DF Emre Aşık (at Ankaraspor until June 2008) -- DF Orhan Ak (at Ankaraspor until June 2008) -- MF Uğur Demirok (at İstanbulspor until June 2008) -- MF İlker Erbay (at Kocaelispor until June 2008) -- MF Erkan Ferin (at Orduspor until June 2008) -- FW Cafercan Aksu (at Orduspor until June 2008) -- FW Özgürcan Özcan (at Gaziantepspor until June 2008)

No. Position Player -- MF Uğur Erdoğan (at Orduspor until June 2008) -- DF Uğur Akdemir (at Orduspor until June 2008) -- DF Cihan Can (at Orduspor until June 2008) -- FW Mülayim Erdem (at Orduspor until June 2008) -- MF Zafer Şakar (at Samsunspor until June 2008) -- MF Oğuz Sabankay (at Manisaspor until June 2008) -- MF Aydın Yılmaz (at İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor until June 2008) -- DF Anıl Karaer (at Çaykur Rizespor until June 2008)

[edit] Reserves and PAF

For the reserve and PAF squads, see Galatasaray S.K. PAF.

[edit] Former players

For details on former players, see Category:Galatasaray players.

[edit] Club officials

Galatasaray Sports Club President: Adnan Polat Vice Chairman: Mehmet Helvacı, Yiğit Şardan Football Committee: Haldun Üstünel, Tunca Hazinedaroğlu, Murat Yalçındağ Galatasaray Football Management Trade I.C.[44] General Manager: Mümtaz Tahincioğlu Financial Director : İlker Aktaş Facilities Director: Fahri Yılmaz Manager of Team: Mustafa Turgun Press and Operations Officer: Yako Igual

Coaching and Medical Staff[45] Manager: Cevat Güler Assistant Manager: Burak Dilmen First Team Coach: - Goalkeeping Coach: Nezih Ali Boloğlu Strength & Conditioning Coach: - Director of Youth Academy: Vacant Manager of Football Substructure: Fatih İbradı Club Doctor: Dr. İlker Yücesir & Dr. Murat Çevik Physiotherapist: Mustafa Korkmaz

[edit] Youth Facilities

Galatasaray has the most successful youth facilities in Turkey.^[46] Gündüz Kılıç Youth Facilities in Florya is the center of the department. Club has been supporting and serving Turkish Football since the Republican Period has given more than 300 footballers to the National team.

The goal is to raise footballers who are loyal to Galatasaray traditions who can develop creative ideas, have a high Standard of capturing strategical points, fast, technical, powerful, determined, loyal to fair play principles and have respect for the arbitrager, rival and supporters.

Galatasaray Star Team became Champion in Europe recently, and Galatasaray S.K. PAF are the champions of last three years in Turkish Youth League.^[47]

Football Schools

Galatasaray football schools train children between seven and fifteen. This organization is open for the whole year and gives education on technical and strategical areas in football by giving an opportunity to kids to practice what they learn during the lessons.

The organization consists of 10 football academies that are located in Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Denizli, Eskişehir, İzmir, Ordu, Maltepe, Mecidiyeköy and Gaziantep aims to spread its wings through all parts of Turkey. Other football schools which are ready to give training to children will be opened in Konya and Manisa in the following days.^[48]

[edit] Players, managers and presidents

1905 to 1979 Ali Sami Yen Metin Oktay Turgay Şeren Fatih Terim Mustafa Denizli Yasin Özdenak Eşfak Aykaç Gündüz Kılıç Coşkun Özarı 1980s Tanju Çolak Uğur Tütüneker Erdal Keser Cüneyt Tanman Xhevat Prekazi Zoran Simović Didier Six Yusuf Altuntaş Müfit Erkasap Rüdiger Abramczik Raşit Çetiner Mustafa Denizli Tarik Hodžić

1990s Bülent Korkmaz Hakan Şükür Emre Belözoğlu Okan Buruk Ümit Davala Tugay Kerimoğlu Arif Erdem Suat Kaya Hakan Ünsal Gheorghe Hagi Gheorghe Popescu Iulian Filipescu Adrian Ilie Iosif Rotariu Claudio Taffarel Kubilay Türkyilmaz Elvir Bolić Falco Götz Reinhard Stumpf Torsten Gütschow Brad Friedel Dean Saunders Roger Ljung Barry Venison Mike Marsh Dominic Iorfa Roman Kosecki Gintaras Staučė Norman Mapeza

2000s Hasan Şaş Necati Ateş Ümit Karan Ergün Penbe Arda Turan Faryd Aly Mondragón Rigobert Song Alioum Saidou Mohamed Sarr Stjepan Tomas Saša Ilić Mario Jardel Flavio Conceição César Luis Prates Felipe Lincoln Capone Fabio Pinto Márcio Mixirica Andres Fleurquin Elvir Baljić Frank de Boer Abel Xavier Gabriel Tamas Ovidiu Petre Florin Bratu Richard Kingson Ahmed Barusso Hakan Yakın Haim Revivo Sébastien Pérez Junichi Inamoto Marcelo Carrusca Shabani Nonda Tobias Linderoth

[edit] Managerial history

Nikoloff (Player) (1905–1906) Emin Bülend (Player) (1907) Horace Armitage (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) Syd Puddefoot (1933–1936) Hans Baar (1937) Peter Szabo (1938) Peter Tandler (1938–1939) Hayman (1939) C. Zaharczuk (1939–1940) John 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) Leandro Remondini (1959–1961) Gündüz Kılıç (1961–1963) Coşkun Özarı (1963–1964) Gündüz Kılıç (1964–1967) Eşfak Aykaç–Bülent Eken (1967–1968)

Tomislav Kaloperović (1968–1970) Metin Oktay (interim, 1970) Coşkun Özarı (1970–1971) Brian Birch (1971–1973) Tamer Kaptan (1973-1974) 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) Sigfried Held (1989–1990) Mustafa Denizli (1990–1992) Karl-Heinz Feldkamp (1992–1993) Reiner Hollmann (1993–1994) Reinhard Saftig (1994–1995) Müfit Erkasap (interim, 1995) Graeme Souness (1995–1996) Fatih Terim (1996–2000) Mircea Lucescu (2000–2002) Fatih Terim (2002–2004) Gheorghe Hagi (2004–2005) Eric Gerets (2005–2007) Karl-Heinz Feldkamp (2007–2008) Ahmet Akçan (interim, 2007-2008) Cevat Güler (interim, 2008) Abdullah Avcı (June 2008–)

[edit] Presidential history

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) Ethem Menemencioglu (1934–1936) 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) Sadık 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) Mehmet Cansun‎ (2001–2002) Özhan Canaydın (2002-2008) Adnan Polat (2008–Present)

[edit] Great matches in Europe

Season	Home	Score	Away	League	Stadium
1987–88	Galatasaray	2–0	PSV Eindhoven	Champions League Qualifying round	Ali Sami Yen
1988–89	Galatasaray	5–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	Champions League 2nd Round match	Ali Sami Yen
1988–89	AS Monaco	0–1	Galatasaray	Champions League Quarter Final	Stade Louis II
1993–94	Manchester United	3–3	Galatasaray	Champions League Qualifying round	Old Trafford
1993–94	Galatasaray	0–0	Manchester United	Champions League Qualifying round	Ali Sami Yen
1994–95	Galatasaray	2–1	Barcelona	Champions League group match	Ali Sami Yen
1996–97	Galatasaray	4–2	Paris S.G.	Cup Winners Cup 2nd Round match	Ali Sami Yen
1997–98	Galatasaray	2–0	AC Sparta Praha	Champions League group 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	3–2	AC Milan	Champions League group match	Ali Sami Yen
1999–00	Galatasaray	2–1	Bologna	UEFA Cup 3rd round match	Ali Sami Yen
1999–00	Borussia Dortmund	0–2	Galatasaray	UEFA Cup 4th round match	Westfalenstadion
1999–00	Real Mallorca	1–4	Galatasaray	UEFA Cup Quarter Final	Son Moix
1999–00	Galatasaray	2–0	Leeds United	UEFA Cup Semi Final	Ali Sami Yen
1999–00	Arsenal	1–4	Galatasaray	UEFA Cup Final	Parken Stadium
1999–00	Real Madrid	1–2	Galatasaray	UEFA Super Cup Final	Stade Louis II
2000–01	Galatasaray	3–2	Rangers	Champions League group match	Ali Sami Yen
2000–01	Galatasaray	1–0	Paris S.G.	Champions League group match	Ali Sami Yen
2000–01	Galatasaray	1–0	Deportivo	Champions League group match	Ali Sami Yen
2000–01	Galatasaray	2–0	AC Milan	Champions League group match	Ali Sami Yen
2000–01	Galatasaray	3–2	Real Madrid	Champions League Quarter Final	Ali Sami Yen
2001–02	Galatasaray	1–0	S.S. Lazio	Champions League group match	Ali Sami Yen
2001–02	Galatasaray	2–0	PSV Eindhoven	Champions League group match	Ali Sami Yen
2003–04	Galatasaray	2–0	Juventus	Champions League group match	Westfalenstadion
2006–07	Galatasaray	3–2	Liverpool	Champions League group match	Atatürk Olympic Stadium

[edit] Sponsors and licensees

According to Forbes Magazine,^[49] Galatasaray is the Most Respected Brand in Turkey, with 98.9% Esteem rating, 95.7% Knowledge rating of and 98.8% Brand stature overall.^[50]

Galatasaray Sportif is a subsidiary of Galatasaray Sports Club and operates as a specialty marketing management company for the Galatasaray brand. It executes various commercial operations concerning Galatasaray Professional Football Team, including primarily the media, sponsorship, licensed products, name rights, and advertising activities. The company was founded in 1997, is based in Istanbul and listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.^[51]

Licensee Product[52] Avea Main Sponsor Adidas Technical Sponsor Cola Turka Official Sponsor Samsung Official Sponsor Doğuş Holding Official Sponsor Efes Pilsen Official Sponsor

Licensee Product Zorlu Holding Home textile GNC Official Suplier Tiglon DVD & VCD Panini Collectible stickers Konami Computer game Electronic Arts Computer game

Years Shirt sponsors 1992–1995 Show TV 1995–1997 Vakıf Bank 1997–1998 Bank Ekspres 1998–2000 Marshall 2000–2001 Telsim 2001–present Aria / Avea

Years Kit suppliers 1989–1992 Adidas 1992–1995 Umbro 1995–2001 Adidas 2001–2002 Lotto 2002–2005 Umbro 2005–present Adidas

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• 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 9758599445
• Tuncay, B. (2003). Galatasaray with European Success and Notable Players. Yapı Kredi Kü̈ltü̈r Sanat Yayıncılık. ISBN 9789750804274
• 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

[edit] External links

• (Turkish) Official website of Galatasaray SK
• (English) Official website of Galatasaray SK
• (Turkish) Galatasaray Store–Turkey
• (Turkish) Galatasaray News Portal & Supporters Forum
• (Turkish) Official website of GS EUROPA
• (German) Galatasaray Store–EUROPA
• (Turkish) ultrAslan Supporters Group
• (Turkish) Galatasaray SK Formula Web Site

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