Florya Metin Oktay Facilities

Florya Metin Oktay Sports Complex and Training Center

Galatasaray SK's training complex
Address	Metin Oktay Tesisleri, Florya, İstanbul
Coordinates	40°58′30″N 28°47′58″E
Owner	Galatasaray SK
Type	Football, Basketball, Volleyball Training Complex and academy
Genre(s)	Galatasaray SK
Construction
Built	1981
Construction cost	$80m
Website
Galatasaray SK

The Florya Metin Oktay Sports Complex and Training Center (Turkish: Florya Metin Oktay Tesisleri) is the training ground and academy base of the Turkish football club Galatasaray SK. The Florya training camp land was brought during the presidency of Suphi Batur, built and opened during Professor Ali Uras presidency and was expanded and improved during both Ali Tanriyar and Alp Yalman presidencies. It was opened on August 1, 1981. Located in Florya, Istanbul and named after the club's legendary goalscorer Metin Oktay, the sports complex covers an area of 110,224 m² (1,186,440 sq ft). It is used for first team and youth team training and matches, as well as by many of the other sports teams at the club, including those for basketball and volleyball, who use the facilities such as the multi-sports pavilion as often as possible. Now that this facility is fully operational, all the youth teams train there.

Facilities

• 4 grass pitches,
• 1 multisport pavilion,
• 1 camping building,
• 1 service building (including team catering areas),
• Gymnasiums,
• Press areas,
• Galatasaray Hospital,
• 2 basketball and volleyball training pavilions,
• Football Academy Building,
• Volleyball training pavilion,
• Restaurants,
• Administrative center building.

References

http://www.softsurfaces.co.uk/application/muga/

External links

• Official website