Galatasaray S.K.

Galatasaray
	Galatasaray SK Logo
Full name	Galatasaray Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	"Aslanlar" ("Lions"); "Cimbom" (pronounced Jim-Bom)
Founded	1905
Ground	Ali Sami Yen Stadium,; İstanbul, Turkey
Capacity	25,000
Chairman	Özhan Canaydın
Manager	Eric Gerets
League	Turkcell Süper Lig
2005-06	Turkcell Süper Lig, 1st
Home colours	Away colours

For Galatasaray High School, visit Galatasaray Lisesi

Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (in English: Galatasaray Sports Club) or Galatasaray SK is a Turkish sports club based in İstanbul which is 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. 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 the first team to win the competition after finishing third place in the Champions League group stage. 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).^{[citation needed]}

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 fifth week of the 2005-2006 season. Galatasaray clinched their 16th League title after they beat Kayserispor 3-0 as Fenerbahçe SK were held to a draw. Galatasaray qualified for the Champions League group stage for the 2006-07 season.

History

Galatasaray was founded in the autumn of 1905 by Galatasaray Lycee students as a football club. Galatasaray's first president was Ali Sami Yen. Their first match was against Kadikoy Faure School and they won this match 2-0.^[2] There were discussions about the club's name, in which some suggested Gloria (victory) and others Audace (courage), but it was decided that its name would be Galatasaray. According to researcher Cem Atabeyoğlu, Galatasaray took its name from one of its first matches. In that match, Galatasaray won 2-0 over Rûm club and the spectators called them "Galata Sarayı efendileri" (in English: Gentlemen of Galata Palace), and, after this event, they adopted that name and started to call their club "Galata Sarayı". In 1905, during the era of the Ottoman Empire, there weren't any laws for associations so the club couldn't be registered officially, but, after the 1912 Law of Association, the club registered legally.^[3]

Galatasaray's most successful era came in the 1990s, when the club won the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. They were aided in this by one of Turkey's best generation of home grown footballers (who went on to finish third in the 2002 FIFA World Cup) and their intimidating ground, which many Western European teams disliked travelling to. During this period their matches with club teams from England caused the most controversy; this culminated in a 2000 UEFA Cup tie against Leeds United, in which both legs were marred by violence. In Istanbul, two Leeds fans were stabbed; they later died. [2] Since then, much has been done to improve safety at Galatasary's matches and in games against English clubs; a 2006 UEFA Champions League tie against Liverpool occurred without any trouble. In 06 November 2002, Galatasaray lost 6-0 to their eternal rival Fenerbahce but the club took its revenge by beating its rival 5-1 in the Turkish Cup Final of 2005. The record between the two sides, still belongs to Galatasaray: in 1911, at their own ground, Fenerbahçe was beaten 7-0 by an incomplete Galatasaray squad (there were seven players available instead of eleven, due to a stormy day in Istanbul which made it impossible for some players to cross the Bosphorus to the Asian side).

Achievements

Season	Achievement	Manager	Notes
European Super Cup Winners: 1 ----- Appearances: 1
99-2000	Champion	Mircea Lucescu	won after defeating Real Madrid 2-1
Champions League Winners: 0 ----- Appearances: 19
62-1963	Quarter Final	Gündüz Kılıç	eliminated by AC Milan 1-3 in Istanbul, 0-5 in Italy
69-1970	Quarter Final	Toma Kaleperoviç	eliminated by Legia Warszawa 1-1 in Istanbul, 0-2 in Poland
88-1989	Semi Final	Mustafa Denizli	eliminated by FC Steaua Bucureşti 1-1 in Izmir, 0-4 in Romania
93-1994	Quarter Final	Rainer Hollmann	defeated Manchester United in 2. round
00-2001	Quarter Final	Mircea Lucescu	eliminated by Real Madrid 3-2 in Istanbul, 0-3 in Spain
01-2002	Second Group	Mircea Lucescu	eliminated in a group with FC Barcelona, Liverpool and AS Roma
UEFA Cup Winners: 1 ----- Appearances: 10
99-2000	Champion	Fatih Terim	final was won after defeating Arsenal 4-1 on penalties
Cup Winners Cup Winners: 0 ----- Appearances: 8
91-1992	Quarter Final	Karl Heinz Feldkamp	eliminated by Werder Bremen 2-1 in Germany, 0-0 in Istanbul

Turkish League Championships (16)
Season	Manager
61-1962	Gündüz Kılıç
62-1963	Gündüz Kılıç
68-1969	Toma Kaleperovic
70-1971	Brian Birch
71-1972	Brian Birch
72-1973	Brian Birch
86-1987	Jupp Derwall
87-1988	Jupp Derwall
92-1993	Karl Heinz Feldkamp
93-1994	Rainer Hollmann
96-1997	Fatih Terim
97-1998	Fatih Terim
98-1999	Fatih Terim
99-2000	Fatih Terim
01-2002	Mircea Lucescu
05-2006	Eric Gerets

Turkish Cup (14)
Season	Manager
1963	Gündüz Kılıç
1964	Gündüz Kılıç
1965	Gündüz Kılıç
1966	Gündüz Kılıç
1973	Brian Birch
1976	Mansell
1982	Brian Birch
1985	Jupp Derwall
1991	Sigfried Held
1993	Karl Heinz Feldkamp
1996	Graeme Souness
1999	Fatih Terim
2000	Fatih Terim
2005	Gheorghe Hagi

Great Matches in Europe

Season	Home	Score	Away	League	Stadium
1988-89	Galatasaray	5 - 0	Neuchâtel Xamax	Champions League 2nd Round match (2nd leg)	Ali Sami Yen
1988-89	AS Monaco	0 - 1	Galatasaray	Champions League Quarter Final match (1st leg)	Stade Louis II
1994-95	Galatasaray	2 - 1	Barcelona	Champions League knock out match	Ali Sami Yen
1996-97	Galatasaray	4 - 2	Paris S.G.	European Cup Winners Cup match	Ali Sami Yen
1998-99	Galatasaray	2 - 1	Athletic Bilbao	Champions League group match	Ali Sami Yen
1998-99	Galatasaray	3 - 0	Rosenborg	Champions League group match	Ali Sami Yen
1999-00	Hertha Berlin	1 - 4	Galatasaray	Champions League group match	Olympic Stadium
1999-00	Galatasaray	3 - 2	AC Milan	Champions League group match	Ali Sami Yen
1999-00	Galatasaray	2 - 1	Bologna	UEFA Cup 3. round match (2nd leg)	Ali Sami Yen
1999-00	Borussia Dortmund	0 - 2	Galatasaray	UEFA Cup 4. round match (1st leg)	Westfalenstadion
1999-00	Real Mallorca	1 - 4	Galatasaray	UEFA Cup Quarter Final match (1st leg)	Son Moix
1999-00	Galatasaray	2 - 1	Real Mallorca	UEFA Cup Quarter Final match (2nd leg)	Ali Sami Yen
1999-00	Galatasaray	2 - 0	Leeds United	UEFA Cup Semi Final match (1st leg)	Ali Sami Yen
1999-00	Arsenal	1 - 4	Galatasaray	UEFA Cup Final match	Parken Stadium
1999-00	Real Madrid	1 - 2	Galatasaray	UEFA Super Cup Final match	Stade Louis II
2000-01	Galatasaray	3 - 2	AS Monaco	Champions League 1. group match	Ali Sami Yen
2000-01	Galatasaray	3 - 2	Rangers	Champions League 1. group match	Ali Sami Yen
2000-01	Galatasaray	1 - 0	Paris S.G.	Champions League2. group match	Ali Sami Yen
2000-01	Galatasaray	1 - 0	Deportivo	Champions League 2. group match	Ali Sami Yen
2000-01	Galatasaray	2 - 0	AC Milan	Champions League 2. group match	Ali Sami Yen
2000-01	Galatasaray	3 - 2	Real Madrid	Champions League Quarter Final match (1st leg)	Ali Sami Yen
2001-02	Galatasaray	1 - 0	S.S. Lazio	Champions League 1. group match	Ali Sami Yen
2001-02	Galatasaray	2 - 0	PSV Eindhoven	Champions League 1. group match	Ali Sami Yen
2003-04	Galatasaray	2 - 0	Juventus	Champions League 1. group match	Westfalenstadion

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	COL	Aly Faryd Mondragon
2	DF	CRO	Stjepan Tomas
4	DF	CMR	Rigobert Song
5	DF	TUR	Orhan Ak
7	MF	TUR	Okan Buruk
9	FW	TUR	Hakan Şükür
10	FW	TUR	Necati Ateş
11	MF	TUR	Hasan Şaş
12	GK	TUR	Aykut Erçetin
14	MF	TUR	Mehmet Topal
16	MF	ARG	Marcelo Carrusca
17	GK	TUR	Fevzi Elmas
18	MF	TUR	Ayhan Akman
19	DF	TUR	Cihan Haspolatlı


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	TUR	Emre Aşık
22	MF	SRB	Saša Ilić
23	MF	JPN	Junichi Inamoto
24	MF	TUR	Mehmet Güven
25	DF	TUR	Ferhat Öztorun
26	MF	TUR	Aydın Yılmaz
27	FW	TUR	Özgürcan Özcan
28	DF	TUR	Tolga Seyhan
35	DF	TUR	Oğuz Sabankay
55	MF	TUR	Sabri Sarıoğlu
58	FW	TUR	Hasan Kabze
66	MF	TUR	Arda Turan
67	MF	TUR	Ergün Penbe
99	FW	TUR	Ümit Karan

Players out on loan Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	FW	TUR	Cafercan Aksu (at Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor until June 2007)
--	MF	TUR	Erkan Ferin (at Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor until June 2007)
--	FW	TUR	Mülayim Erdem (at Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor until Jine 2007)
--	MF	TUR	Uğur Erdoğan (at Istanbulspor AS until June 2007)
--	MF	TUR	Uğur Demirok (at Gaziantepspor until June 2007)
--	MF	TUR	Zafer Şakar (at Denizlispor until June 2007)
--	DF	TUR	Uğur Uçar (at Kayserispor until June 2007)
--	MF	TUR	Cihan Can (at Mersin İdman Yurdu until June 2007)