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Galatasaray
Galatasaray SK Logo
Full nameGalatasaray Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)"Aslanlar" ("Lions")
"Cimbom" (pronounced Jim-Bom)
Founded1905
GroundAli Sami Yen Stadium,
Istanbul, Turkey
Capacity25,000
ChairmanÖzhan Canaydın
ManagerEric Gerets
LeagueTurkish Premier Super League
2004-05Turkish Premier Super League, 3rd

For Galatasaray High School, visit Galatasaray Lisesi

Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (Galatasaray Sports Club, or Galatasaray SK) is a Turkish sports club based in İstanbul which is most famous for its football section. Founded in 1905 by Ali Sami Yen and his fellows from the prestigious Galatasaray High School, Galatasaray currently has 15 Turkish league championships, and also won the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 2000.

Galatasaray is one of only two teams to have won the UEFA Cup without being beaten in a single match, (the other being Ajax), and is also notable for being the first team to win the competition after having been knocked out of the Champions League. In winning the UEFA Cup during the 1999/2000 season, beating Arsenal of England on penalties, Galatasaray became the first Turkish club ever to win a European trophy. Galatasaray also holds the world record of most games won in row at home (24 games in row: 13 May 2001 - 8 December 2002).

Galatasaray is the most internationally recognised Turkish club as a result of its European successes. The team is famous for its outstandingly enthusiastic home support, especially for its supporters' habit of displaying enormous banners throughout its ground, welcoming visiting teams "to Hell!"

The club's ground, Ali Sami Yen Stadyumu, reopened for the 2004-05 season, and a massive renovation project of one of its stands was completed in the 5th week of 2005-2006 season.

Achievements

  • Turkish league championships (15): 1962, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002
  • Turkish Cup (14): 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2005

Current squad

As of 1 September, 2005:

Number Player Position Year Signed Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Colombia Aly Faryd Mondragon GK 2001 FC Metz
12 Turkey Aykut Ercetin GK 2003 VfB Stuttgart
17 Turkey Fevzi Elmas GK 2005 Çanakkale Dardanelspor
Defenders
2 Croatia Stjepan Tomas CB 2004 Vicenza Calcio
4 Cameroon Rigobert Song CB 2004 RC Lens
5 Turkey Orhan Ak CB 2003 Kocaelispor
6 Turkey Yalçın Ayhan CB 2005 Istanbulspor
33 Turkey Ugur Uçar RB 2005 Academy
61 Turkey Suat Usta SW 2003 PSV Eindhoven
28 Turkey Cihan Can CB 2005 Kocaelispor
Midfielders / Wingers
7 Cameroon Alioum Saidou CM 2004 Istanbulspor
8 Czech Republic Marek Heinz LW 2005 Borussia Mönchengladbach
11 Turkey Hasan Şaş LW/RW/AM 1998 Ankaragücü
14 Turkey Altan Aksoy LW 2005 Konyaspor
18 Turkey Ayhan Akman CM 2001 Besiktas
19 Turkey Cihan Haspolatlı CM 2002 Kocaelispor
20 Turkey Volkan Arslan AM 2003 Kocaelispor
22 Serbia and Montenegro Saša Ilić AM 2005 FK Partizan
23 Turkey Zafer Sakar M 2005 Academy
26 Turkey Aydın Yılmaz AM 2005 Academy
27 Turkey Özgürcan Özcan AM 2005 Academy
29 Turkey Mülayim Erdem AM 2005 Academy
55 Turkey Sabri Sarioglu RM 2004 Academy
--- Turkey Arda Turan RM 2005 Academy
67 Turkey Ergün Penbe CM/LW 1994 Gençlerbirliği
Forwards
9 Turkey Hakan Şükür CF 2003 Blackburn Rovers
10 Turkey Necati Ateş CF 2004 Adanaspor
58 Turkey Hasan Kabze CF 2005 Çanakkale Dardanelspor
99 Turkey Ümit Karan CF 2001 Gençlerbirliği
Manager
- Belgium Erik Gerets - 2005 VfL Wolfsburg

Notable Players

1905 to 1990s

1990s

2000s

Managerial history

Presidents

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Sadik 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)
  • H. Mehmet Cansun (2001-2002)
  • Özhan Canaydın (2002-...)

Hooliganism associated with Galatasaray

A minority of Galatasaray's fans have been involved in trouble with rival fans, something which has tarnished the club's reputation in Europe.

The most notorious incident came in April 2000, on the eve of Galatasaray’s UEFA Cup semi-final first leg match against Leeds United. The night before the match, street violence erupted between local Istanbul residents, including Galatasaray fans, and the visiting Leeds supporters. Two Leeds fans were stabbed to death, and Galatasaray fans were banned from travelling to the away leg. The violence is said to have broken out after a Leeds fan insulted a van driver[1]. Leeds fans and officials were later outraged as while a message of condolence was read out for the victims, the home fans jeered[2]. Galatasaray’s players also refused to wear black armbands. The Leeds chairman at the time, Peter Ridsdale, accused Galatasaray of "showing a lack of respect"[3]. A Turkish man, Ali Umit Demir, was later arrested and sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment. However, the sentence was subsequently reduced to 5 years on the basis of provocation (Demir claimed he attacked three Leeds fans after his uncle was injured in the fighting) [4]. Leeds fans are said to have to started the violence after making obscene gestures towards the Turkish flag. Galatasaray later disassociated themselves with the murderers, claiming that they were not fans after all.

Further incidents between Galatasaray’s hooligan elements have occurred between rival fans of Paris St-Germain[5], Arsenal [6] and A.S. Roma [7]. Despite Galatasaray’s notoriety on this issue, the club’s hooligan element is still only a minority of fans.

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