Galatasaray S.K.
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| Full name | Galatasaray Spor Kulübü | ||
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| Nickname(s) | "Aslanlar" ("Lion") "Cimbom" (pronounced Jim-Bom) | ||
| Founded | 1905 | ||
| Ground | Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Capacity | 25,000 | ||
| Chairman |  Özhan Canaydın | ||
| Manager |  Eric Gerets | ||
| League | Turkish Premier Super League | ||
| 2005-06 | Turkish Premier Super League, 1st | ||
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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 16 Turkish league championships, and also won the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 2000 to become European Champions. Galatasaray also topped the world club ranking to be named "Best Football Club in the World" in January of 2001. [1]
Galatasaray is one of only two teams to have won the UEFA Cup without being beaten in a single match, 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 football club ever to win a European trophy. Galatasaray also holds the world record of most games won in a row at home (24 games in a row: 13 May 2001 - 8 December 2002).
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 the 2005-2006 season. Galatasaray clinched their 16th League title after they beat Kayserispor 3-0 as Fenerbahce SK were held to a draw.
Former player and youth coach Suat Kaya will be the new Galatasaray coach after the 2006-2007 season.
Achievements
| Season | Achievement | Manager | Notes |
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| European Super Cup
Winners: 1 ----- Appearances: 1 | |||
| 99-2000 | Champion |  Mircea Lucescu
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won after defeating  Real Madrid 2-1
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| Champions League
Winners: 0 ----- Appearances: 19 | |||
| 62-1963 | Quarter Final | Gündüz Kılıç
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eliminated by  AC Milan 1-3 in Istanbul, 0-5 in Italy
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| 63-1964 | 2nd Round | Coşkun Özari
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eliminated by  FC Zurich 0-2 in Switzerland, 2-0 in Istanbul (penalty loss)
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| 69-1970 | Quarter Final |  Toma Kaleperoviç
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eliminated by  Legia Warszawa 1-1 in Istanbul, 0-2 in Poland
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| 88-1989 | Semi Final | Mustafa Denizli
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eliminated by FC Steaua Bucureşti 1-1 in Izmir, 0-4 in Romania
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| 93-1994 | 2nd Qualifying match |  Rainer Hollmann
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defeated  Manchester United in 2. round
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| 00-2001 | Quarter Final | Mircea Lucescu
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eliminated by Real Madrid 3-2 in Istanbul, 0-3 in Spain
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| 01-2002 | Second Group | Mircea Lucescu
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eliminated in a group with FC Barcelona, Liverpool and AS Roma
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| UEFA Cup
Winners: 1 ----- Appearances: 10 | |||
| 99-2000 | Champion | Fatih Terim
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final was won 4-1 on penalties after a 0-0 draw vs. Arsenal
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| Cup Winners Cup
Winners: 0 ----- Appearances: 8 | |||
| 91-1992 | Quarter Final | Mustafa Denizli
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eleminated by Werder Bremen 2-1 in Germany, 0-0 in Istanbul
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| Turkish League Championships (16) | |
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| Season | Manager |
| 61-1962 | Gündüz Kılıç
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| 62-1963 | Gündüz Kılıç
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| 68-1969 | Toma Kaleperovic
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| 70-1971 | Brian Birch
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| 71-1972 | Brian Birch
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| 72-1973 | Brian Birch
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| 86-1987 | Jupp Derwall
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| 87-1988 | Jupp Derwall
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| 92-1993 | Karl Heinz Feldkamp
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| 93-1994 | Rainer Hollmann
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| 96-1997 | Fatih Terim
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| 97-1998 | Fatih Terim
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| 98-1999 | Fatih Terim
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| 99-2000 | Fatih Terim
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| 01-2002 | Mircea Lucescu
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| 05-2006 | Eric Gerets
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| Turkish Cup (14) | |||
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| Season | Manager | ||
| 1963 | Gündüz Kılıç
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| 1964 | Gündüz Kılıç
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| 1965 | Gündüz Kılıç
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| 1966 | Gündüz Kılıç
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| 1973 | Brian Birch
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| 1976 | Mansell
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| 1982 | Brian Birch
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| 1985 | Jupp Derwall
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| 1991 | Sigfried Held
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| 1993 | Karl Heinz Feldkamp
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| 1996 |  Graeme Souness
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| 1999 | Fatih Terim
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| 2000 | Fatih Terim
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| 2005 | Gheorghe Hagi
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Great Matches in Europe
Squad
Turkish clubs are limited to six players without Turkish citizenship. This squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
Okan Buruk return from Beşiktaş (free transfer)
Tolga Seyhan from Shakhtar Donetsk (on loan)
Marcelo Carrusca from Estudiantes de La Plata (€1.8 Million)
Out
Cafercan Aksu to İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (on loan)
Marek Heinz (contract cancelled)
Zafer Sakar to Denizlispor (on loan)
Erkan Ferin to İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (on loan)
Mülayim Erdem to İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (on loan)
Rumoured Transfers
Maniche from FC Dynamo Moscow ---------- 
Russian Premier League
Johann Vogel from AC Milan ---------- Serie A
Pereyra from RCD Mallorca ---------- La Liga
Thomas Gravesen from Real Madrid ---------- La Liga
Sulley Ali Muntari from Udinese ---------- Serie A
Tobias Linderoth from FC København ---------- Danish Superliga
Leandro Daniel Samoza from Vélez Sársfield ---------- Primera División Argentina
Alou Diarra from Lens ---------- Ligue 1
Notable players
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1905 to 1980s 1980s |
1990s |
2000s |
Managerial history
- Ali Sami Yen (1905-1908)
- Horace Armitage (1908-1911)
- Billy Hunter (1924-1928)
- Lambor (1930-1931)
- Fred Pegnom (1931-1932)
- Sidney Pedeafoot (1933-1936)
- Hans Bear (1937-1938)
- Peter Szabo (1938-1939)
- Hayman (1939-1940)
- John Beggett (1941-1945)
- Miço Dimitriyadis (1945-1946)
- J.Szweng (1947-1948)
- Pat Molloy (1948-1949)
- Donald Lockhead (1950-1952)
- Lazslo Szekelly (1953-1954)
- George Dick (1957-1958)
- Remondoni (1959-1961)
- Gündüz Kılıç (1952-1953) (1961-1963) (1964-1967)
- Toma Kaleperoviç (1968-1969)
- Metin Oktay (1969-1970)
- Brian Birch (1973-1974) (1971-1973) (1980-1982)
- Yılmaz Gökdel (1974-1975)
- Malcolm Allison (1976-1977)
- Fethi Demircan (1977-1978)
- Coşkun Özari (1961-1963) (1970-1971) (1978-1979)
- Turgay Şeren (1979-1980)
- Özkan Sümer (1982 - 1983)
- Tomislav Ivic (1983 - 1984)
- Jupp Derwall (1984 - 1988)
- Mustafa Denizli (1988 - 1990) (1991 - 1992)
- Sigfried Held (1990 - 1991)
- Karl Heinz Feldkamp (1992 - 1993)
- Rainer Hollmann (1993 - 1994)
- Reinhard Saftig (1994 - 1995)
- Graeme Souness (1995 - 1996)
- Fatih Terim (1996 - 2000) (2002 - 2004)
- Mircea Lucescu (2000 - 2002)
- Gheorghe Hagi (2004 - 2005)
- Eric Gerets (2005 - Present)
- Suat Kaya (to take over in the 2007-2008 season)
Most successful managers
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 - Present)
External links
- Template:Tr icon Official website of Galatasaray SK
- Template:En icon Official website of Galatasaray SK
- Template:Tr icon Supporters group UltrAslan
- Template:En icon GalatasarayNews.com
- Template:En icon CimBomBom.net
- Template:Tr icon Unofficial website of Galatasaray
- Template:Tr icon GalatasarayMedia.com
- Template:Tr icon Galatasarayi.com
- Template:Tr icon Hersey Galatasaray icin
- Template:Tr icon Galatasaray Lycee
- Template:Tr icon Galatasaray University
- Template:Tr icon Cimbom.Gs
- Template:Tr icon Aslanlar
- Template:Tr icon AliSamiYen.net
- Template:Tr icon uAES
- Template:Tr icon uAES(Forum)
- Template:Tr icon Marcelo Adrian Carrusca
- Template:En icon Marcelo Adrian Carrusca