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#REDIRECT [[Galatasaray Men's Basketball Team]]
{{dablink|For other uses of Galatasaray, see [[Galatasaray (disambiguation)]]}}
:''This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see [[Galatasaray women's basketball team]].''

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|name =Galatasaray
|logo =Galatasaray Café Crown logo.png
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| leagues =[[Turkish Basketball League]] <br /> [[Euroleague|European Championships]]
| founded =1929
| history ='''Galatasaray''' <br /> (1929-2005) <br /> '''Galatasaray Cafe Crown''' <br /> (2005-2011)
| arena =[[Abdi İpekçi Arena]] <br />(capacity: 12,500)
| location =[[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]
| colors =[[Yellow]] and [[Red]]<br />{{colorbox|#FFB300}}{{colorbox|#A32638}}
| president ={{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Ünal Aysal]]
| coach ={{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Oktay Mahmuti]]
| championships =[[Turkish Basketball League|Turkish Championships]] (4) <br /> Turkish Cups (2) <br />President's Cups (2)
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{{Galatasaray S.K. sections}}

'''Galatasaray ''' is a professional [[basketball]] club. It is a part of the [[Galatasaray S.K.|Galatasaray Sports Club]], which is based in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]].
Galatasaray play matches in [[Abdi İpekçi Arena]] which has a [[seating capacity]] for 12,500 spectators.

==History==
[[Ahmet Robenson]], a [[physical education]] teacher in [[Galatasaray Lisesi|Galatasaray high school]] decided to introduce a new game to students in 1911. That was how basketball entered [[Turkey]]. [[Ahmet Robenson|Robenson]], who also became a [[Galatasaray S.K.]] president later, helped this new sport to be known which became popular soon.

Galatasaray is the pioneer in Turkish basketball history, and basketball had always been very important for the club. Former president of the club, [[Özhan Canaydın]] was a former player of basketball team. However, in recent years club has been focused on football section and basketball section seeks to revive the successful eras in its bright history.

On 24 June 2011, Galatasaray announced that Cafe Crown's sponsorship was over. <ref>[http://www.galatasaray.org/kulup/haber/10393.php Teşekkürler Café Crown]{{tr icon}}</ref>

==Honours==
===International competitions===
*[[File:Shield of the European Union.svg|20px]] [[ULEB Eurocup]]:
**[[File:Seven-segment 4.svg|12px]] Fourth (1): 2007-2008 <ref>[http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/ulebcup/home/news/seasons/2007-08/i/62400/4204/item ULEB Eurocup Final Eight 2007-08]</ref>

==Previous names==
* '''Galatasaray''' (1929–2005)
* '''Galatasaray Cafe Crown''' (2005–2011)<ref>[http://www.galatasaray.org/kulup/haber/10393.php Teşekkürler Café Crown]</ref>

==Domestic competitions==
*[[File:TAF Roundel.svg|16px]] '''[[Turkish Basketball League]]:''' <ref>[http://www.tblstat.net/history.asp Men's Turkish League Champions]</ref>
**[[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] '''Winners (4):''' 1968-1969, 1984–1985, 1985–1986, 1989–1990
**[[File:Gorm silver cup.jpg|16px]] Runners-up (2): 1986-1987, 2010-2011
*[[File:TAF Roundel.svg|16px]] '''[[Turkish Cup Basketball|Turkish Cup]]:''' <ref>[http://www.tbf.org.tr/tbfweb/tbfweb2.nsf/TBFV1_Sampiyonlar_Form?OpenForm&Lig=9 Men's Turkish Cup Champions]</ref>
**[[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] '''Winners (2):''' 1969-1970, 1994–1995
**[[File:Gorm silver cup.jpg|16px]] Runner-up (1): 1968-1969
*[[File:TAF Roundel.svg|16px]] '''President's Cup:''' <ref>[http://www.tbf.org.tr/tbfweb/tbfweb2.nsf/TBFV1_Sampiyonlar_Form?OpenForm&Lig=7 Men's Turkish President's Cup Champions]</ref>
**[[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] '''Winners (2):''' 1985, 1990

==Technical Staff==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Job
|-
|[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|20px|Türkiye]] [[Hakan Üstünberk]]
|Director
|-
|[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|20px|Türkiye]] [[Ali Türsan]]
|Manager
|-
|[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|20px|Türkiye]] [[Oktay Mahmuti]]
|Head Coach
|-
|[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|20px|Türkiye]] [[Aziz Bekir]]
|Assistant
|-
|[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|20px|Türkiye]] [[Tolga Başer]]
|Assistant
|-
|[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|20px|Türkiye]] [[Semih Eroğlu]]
|Fitness Coach
|-
|[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|20px|Türkiye]] [[Levent Topsakal]]
|Technical Manager
|-
|[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|20px|Türkiye]] [[Osman Aşbay]]
|Masseur
|-
|[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|20px|Türkiye]] [[Erhan Çelik]]
|Manciple
|-
|}

==Current roster==
{{Galatasaray Café Crown roster}}

:''For a listing of past rosters, see [[Galatasaray Men's Basketball Team past rosters]].''

===Depth Chart===
{| style="text-align: center; background:#A32638; color:#FFB300"
!width="40"|Pos.
!width="165"|Starter
!width="165"|Bench
!width="165"|Bench
!width="165"|Inactive
|-style="height:40px; background:white"
! style="background:#FFB300" | [[Center (basketball)|C]]
| [[Darius Songaila]] || [[Luksa Andric]] || [[Sertaç Şanlı]] || [[Doğukan Sönmez]]
|-style="height:40px; background:white"
|-style="height:40px; background:white"
|-style="height:40px; background:white"
! style="background:#FFB300" | [[Power forward (basketball)|PF]]
| [[Preston Shumpert]] || [[Furkan Aldemir]] || [[Cevher Özer]] || style="background:#FFB300" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white"
|-style="height:40px; background:white"
! style="background:#FFB300" | [[Small forward|SF]]
| [[Josh Shipp]] || [[Caner Topaloğlu]] || [[Haluk Yıldırım]] || style="background:#FFB300" | |-style="height:40px; background:white"
|-style="height:40px; background:white"
! style="background:#FFB300" | [[Shooting guard|SG]]
| [[Jamon Lucas Gordon]] || [[Evren Büker]] || [[Göksenin Köksal]] || [[Melih Mahmutoğlu]]
|-style="background:#FFB300" | <br>
|-style="height:40px; background:white"
|-style="height:40px; background:white"
! style="background:#FFB300" | [[Point Guard|PG]]
| [[Jaka Lakovič]] || [[Ender Arslan]] || [[Tutku Açık]] || [[Mustafa Baygül]]
|-style="background:#FFB300" | |-style="height:40px; background:white"
|}

<br />

==Notable players==
{{col-begin-small}}

{{col-3}}
;{{TUR}}
* [[Arda Vekiloğlu]]
* [[Asım Pars]]
* [[Burak Sezgin]]
* [[Can Akın]]
* [[Caner Topaloğlu]]
* [[Cemal Nalga]]
* [[Cenk Akyol]]
* [[Cüneyt Erden]]
* [[Erdem Türetken]]
* [[Evren Büker]]
* [[Fatih Solak]]
* [[Hüseyin Beşok]]
* [[Kerem Tunçeri]]
* [[Levent Topsakal]]
* [[Murat Kaya]]
* [[Muratcan Güler]]
* [[Nedim Dal]]
* [[Orhun Ene]]
* [[Ömer Büyükaycan]]
* [[Özhan Canaydın]]
* [[Polat Kocaoğlu]]
* [[Serdar Apaydın]]
* [[Serhat Çetin]]
* [[Tamer Oyguç]]
* [[Teoman Öztürk]]
* [[Tolga Tekinalp]]
* [[Tufan Ersöz]]
* [[Paul Dawkins]] {{flagicon|USA}}

{{col-3}}
;{{USA}}
* [[Anthony Tolliver]]
* [[Antonio Graves]]
* [[Ben Handlogten]]
* [[Brian Greene (basketball)|Brian Greene]]
* [[Britton Johnsen]]
* [[Corey Gaines]]
* [[Charles Gaines (basketball)|Charles Gaines]]
* [[Chris Owens (basketball)|Chris Owens]]
* [[Darius Washington, Jr.]]
* [[David Henderson (basketball coach)|David Henderson]]
* [[Dee Brown (basketball, born 1984)|Dee Brown]]
* [[Dell Demps]]
* [[Frankie King]]
* [[Gerald Fitch]]
* [[Jaquay Walls]]
* [[Lee Matthews]]
* [[Lloyd Daniels]]
* [[Malik Dixon]]
* [[Marlon Maxey]]
* [[Marshall Strickland]]
* [[Maurice Baker]]
* [[Mike Wilkinson]]
* [[Quadre Lollis]]
* [[Quinton Hosley]]
* [[Randy Livingston]]
* [[Rashid Atkins]]
* [[Robert Hite]]
* [[Ron Johnson (basketball)|Ron Johnson]]
* [[Terrell Lyday]]
* [[Thomas Kelley (basketball)|Thomas Kelley]]
* [[Tim Breaux]]
* [[Taylor Rochestie]]

{{col-3}}
;{{BIH}}
* [[Haris Mujezinović]]
* [[Tarik Valjevac]]

;{{CAN}}
* [[Denham Brown]]

;{{CZE}}
* [[Richard Petruška]]

;{{CRO}}
* [[Andrija Žižić]]

;{{GER}}
* [[Mithat Demirel]]

;{{LBN}}
* [[Joe Vogel]]

;{{LTU}}
* [[Simas Jasaitis]]
* [[Darius Songaila]]

;{{NGR}}
* [[Julius Nwosu]]

;{{PAN}}
* [[Kevin Daley]]

;{{SRB}}
* [[Dejan Milojević]]
* [[Milan Gurović]]

;{{SVK}}
* [[Radoslav Rančík]]
* [[Richard Petruška]]
{{col-end}}

==Head coaches==
* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Petar Sinemov]]
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Nur Germen]]
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Fehmi Sadıkoğlu]]
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Faruk Akagün]]
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Aydan Siyavuş]]
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Ömer Petorak]]
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Fehmi Sadıkoğlu]]
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Erman Kunter]]
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Halil Üner]] (2005–06)
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Murat Özyer]] (2006–09)
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Koray Mincinozlu]] (09)
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Okan Çevik]] (2009)
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Cem Akdağ]] (2009–2010)
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Oktay Mahmuti]] (2010–present)

==See also==
* ''See also [[Turkey national basketball team|Turkish National Men's Basketball Team]]''
* ''See also [[Galatasaray Women's Basketball Team]]''
* ''See also [[Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team]]''

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commonscat|Galatasaray}}
* [http://www.galatasaray.org/basketbol/erkek/ Galatasaray SK Official Web Site] {{tr icon}} {{en icon}} {{fr icon}}
* [http://www.gsbasket.org/ Unofficial Fan Site and Forum] {{tr icon}}
* [http://www.tbl.org.tr/beko/index.asp Turkish Basketball League] {{tr icon}}
* [http://www.tblstat.net/td.asp?t=10 TBLStat.net Profile] {{en icon}} {{tr icon}}
* [http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=TUR&Team=328 at Eurobasket.com] {{en icon}}

{{Galatasaray Sports Club}}
{{Turkish Basketball League clubs}}
{{Eurocup 2010–11}}

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Revision as of 07:58, 12 July 2011

For other uses of Galatasaray, see Galatasaray (disambiguation)
This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Galatasaray women's basketball team.
Galatasaray
Galatasaray logo
LeaguesTurkish Basketball League
European Championships
Founded1929
HistoryGalatasaray
(1929-2005)
Galatasaray Cafe Crown
(2005-2011)
ArenaAbdi İpekçi Arena
(capacity: 12,500)
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Team colorsYellow and Red
  
PresidentTurkey Ünal Aysal
Head coachTurkey Oktay Mahmuti
ChampionshipsTurkish Championships (4)
Turkish Cups (2)
President's Cups (2)
Websitegalatasaray.org
Active departments of Galatasaray S.K.
Athletics Basketball
(Men's)		 Basketball
(Women's)
Chess Bridge Equestrian
e-Sports Football
(Men's)		 Football
(Women's)
Judo Rowing Sailing
Tennis pictogram
Swimming Tennis Volleyball
(Men's)
Volleyball
(Women's)		 Water Polo
(Men's)		 Water Polo
(Women's)
Wheelchair
Basketball
Closed departments of Galatasaray S.K.
Handball Superleague
Formula


Galatasaray is a professional basketball club. It is a part of the Galatasaray Sports Club, which is based in Istanbul, Turkey. Galatasaray play matches in Abdi İpekçi Arena which has a seating capacity for 12,500 spectators.

History

Ahmet Robenson, a physical education teacher in Galatasaray high school decided to introduce a new game to students in 1911. That was how basketball entered Turkey. Robenson, who also became a Galatasaray S.K. president later, helped this new sport to be known which became popular soon.

Galatasaray is the pioneer in Turkish basketball history, and basketball had always been very important for the club. Former president of the club, Özhan Canaydın was a former player of basketball team. However, in recent years club has been focused on football section and basketball section seeks to revive the successful eras in its bright history.

On 24 June 2011, Galatasaray announced that Cafe Crown's sponsorship was over. [1]

Honours

International competitions

Previous names

  • Galatasaray (1929–2005)
  • Galatasaray Cafe Crown (2005–2011)[3]

Domestic competitions

  • Turkish Basketball League: [4]
    • Winners (4): 1968-1969, 1984–1985, 1985–1986, 1989–1990
    • Runners-up (2): 1986-1987, 2010-2011
  • Turkish Cup: [5]
    • Winners (2): 1969-1970, 1994–1995
    • Runner-up (1): 1968-1969
  • President's Cup: [6]
    • Winners (2): 1985, 1990

Technical Staff

Name Job
Türkiye Hakan Üstünberk Director
Türkiye Ali Türsan Manager
Türkiye Oktay Mahmuti Head Coach
Türkiye Aziz Bekir Assistant
Türkiye Tolga Başer Assistant
Türkiye Semih Eroğlu Fitness Coach
Türkiye Levent Topsakal Technical Manager
Türkiye Osman Aşbay Masseur
Türkiye Erhan Çelik Manciple

Current roster

Template:Galatasaray Café Crown roster

For a listing of past rosters, see Galatasaray Men's Basketball Team past rosters.

Depth Chart

Pos. Starter Bench Bench Inactive
C Darius Songaila Luksa Andric Sertaç Şanlı Doğukan Sönmez
PF Preston Shumpert Furkan Aldemir Cevher Özer
SF Josh Shipp Caner Topaloğlu Haluk Yıldırım |-style="height:40px; background:white"
SG Jamon Lucas Gordon Evren Büker Göksenin Köksal Melih Mahmutoğlu
PG Jaka Lakovič Ender Arslan Tutku Açık Mustafa Baygül


Notable players

Head coaches

See also

References

  1. ^ Teşekkürler Café CrownTemplate:Tr icon
  2. ^ ULEB Eurocup Final Eight 2007-08
  3. ^ Teşekkürler Café Crown
  4. ^ Men's Turkish League Champions
  5. ^ Men's Turkish Cup Champions
  6. ^ Men's Turkish President's Cup Champions
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