Galatasaray S.K. Football Academy

Galatasaray Futbol Akademisi

Full name	Galatasaray Futbol Akademisi
Ground	Florya Metin Oktay Facilities
Capacity	2,500
Chairman	Dursun Özbek
Manager	Ali Yavaş
Website	https://www.galatasaray.org/sl/futbol-akademisi-ana-sayfa/26
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The Galatasaray S.K. Football Academy (Turkish: Galatasaray Spor Klubü Futbol Akademisi) is a football youth academy based in Florya Metin Oktay Facilities, Istanbul, Turkey, from where the organization manages a total of 11 youth teams (ages between 8–19). The academy is the primary youth clinic of Turkish footballing giants Galatasaray.

History

Galatasaray Futbol Akademisi is famous for having produced and still producing many great Turkish internationals like Arda Turan, Emre Belözoğlu, Bülent Korkmaz, Tugay Kerimoğlu, Okan Buruk and Ozan Kabak.

Squads

U19 Squad

As of 30 September 2023

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	Enes Emre Büyük
—	GK	TUR	Haktan Şentürk (U17 player)
—	GK	TUR	Hıdır Efe Şahin
—	GK	TUR	Jankat Yılmaz (overage player)
—	GK	TUR	Mehmet Akif Oruç
—	GK	TUR	Mehmet Kaan Zogun
—	DF	TUR	Ali Turap Bülbül
—	DF	TUR	Ali Yeşilyurt
—	DF	TUR	Arda Deniz Yavaş
—	DF	TUR	Arda Hacısalihoğlu
—	DF	TUR	Ahmet Kerem Karaaslan
—	DF	TUR	Batın Özden Kemertaş
—	DF	TUR	Berkan Aksoy
—	DF	TUR	Çınar Hasanoğlu
—	DF	TUR	Eren Paşahan
—	DF	TUR	Kadir Subaşı
—	DF	TUR	Mahmuthan Çalışkan
—	DF	TUR	Umut Okol

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	TUR	Vincent Bayındır
—	MF	TUR	Batuhan Güner
—	MF	TUR	Berat Yılmaz
—	MF	TUR	Berk Kızıldemir
—	MF	TUR	Efe Akman
—	MF	TUR	Gökdeniz Gürpüz
—	MF	TUR	Halim Ayaz Yükseloğlu
—	MF	TUR	Hamza Yiğit Akman (overage player)
—	MF	TUR	İsa Halidi
—	MF	TUR	İsmail Yahşi
—	MF	TUR	Mustafa Berke Çelik
—	MF	TUR	Taha Recep Cebeci
—	MF	TUR	Yasin Kasal
—	FW	TUR	Baran Demiroğlu
—	FW	KGZ	Beknaz Almazbekov
—	FW	TUR	Burak Tolunay Sekin
—	FW	TUR	Recep Yalın Dilek

Football Academy Administrative and Technical Staff

As of 14 October 2021

Name	Nat.	Job
Ali Yavaş		Football Academy Coordinator
Semih Egemen Ersoy		Football Academy Administrative Manager
Ceyhun Müderrisoğlu		Academy Coach Coordinator - U19 Technical Manager
Hakan Balta		U19 Coach
Ali Polat		U17 Technical Manager
Erkan Ferin		U17 Coach
Birkan Bozkurt		U15 Technical Manager
Ali Keleşoğlu		U14 Technical Manager
Mithat Yavaş		U13 Technical Manager
Burak Özkaya		U11 Technical Manager
Ahmet Görkem Görk		U10 Technical Manager
Nazmi Arslan		U9 Technical Manager
İrfan Mesut Köleoğlu		U8 Technical Manager
Hakan Bulut		Goalkeeping Coach
Mehmet Ozan Özerkan		Goalkeeping Coach
Muammer Sertaç Özel		Athletic Performance Coach
Erdem Kıray		Conditioner
Ahmet Metin Kınık		Conditioner
Furkan Durmuş		Conditioner
Metin Ülgen		Scout
Ferda Cevizci		Scout
Celal Sevim		Scout
Engin Karataş		Football Monitoring and Sports Technologies Specialist
Hakan Çelebi		Doctor
Mesut Karlık		Physiotherapist
Ozan Öztürk		Physiotherapist
Mustafa Aydın		Psychological Performance Consultant
Gökhan Çelik		Dietitian
Yasin Genç		Masseur
Abdulrahim Karahan		Masseur
Efe Can Demir		Masseur
Hüseyin Genç		Material Manager
Sakin Terzi		Material Manager
Gürsel Polat		Material Manager
Ahmet Kör		Responsible for administrative affairs
Ahmet Yıldız		Responsible for administrative affairs
Selin Saygılı		Assistant Football Academy Coordinator
Mutluay Özerman		School-Family Relations and Social Activity Responsible
Hakan Bulut		Sports Schools Manager
Osman Arslan		Sports Schools Supervisor
Bedirhan Demirhan		Sports Schools Administrative Staff
Ahmet Rizelioğlu		External Tracking Officer

Notable players

• Turgay Şeren
• Uğur Köken
• Coşkun Özarı
• Cüneyt Tanman
• Bülent Korkmaz
• Tugay Kerimoğlu

• Okan Buruk
• Suat Kaya
• Arda Turan
• Emre Belözoğlu
• Sabri Sarıoğlu
• Aydın Yılmaz

• Ozan Kabak
• Emre Çolak
• Semih Kaya

External links

• Galatasaray Official Website
• U-21 Süper Ligi stats at TFF
• U-19 Elite Ligi stats at TFF
• U-17 Elite Ligi stats at TFF