Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)

Galatasaray Odeabank
Galatasaray Odeabank
	Galatasaray Odeabank logo
Nickname	Sarı Kırmızılılar (The Yellow-Reds)
Leagues	Turkish League; Turkish Cup; EuroCup
Founded	1911
History	Galatasaray; (1911–present)
Arena	Sinan Erdem Dome
Capacity	16,000
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Team colors	Yellow, red;
President	Mustafa Cengiz
Team manager	Ömer Yalçınkaya, Cem Civan, Ibrahim Tilki
Head coach	Oktay Mahmuti
Championships	1 EuroCup; 5 Turkish Championships; 3 Turkish Cups ; 2 Turkish President's Cups
Website	galatasaray.org

Galatasaray S.K., for sponsorship reasons Galatasaray Odeabank, is a professional basketball team based in the city of Istanbul in Turkey. It is a part of the Galatasaray Sports Club. The team competes in the Turkish Basketball Super League and EuroCup. The team has been crowned Turkish national champions five times so far.

History

According to the official records, in Turkey, basketball was first played in 1904 at Robert College. An American physical education teacher laid the foundations of this sport in Turkey. 7 years later, Ahmet Robenson, a physical education teacher in Galatasaray High School decided to introduce a new game to students in 1911. Robenson, who also became a Galatasaray S.K. president later, popularized this sport in Turkey.^[2]^[3]

Basketball had always been very important for the club. The team has won 4 national championship titles and 16 İstanbul League title. Former president of the club, Özhan Canaydın was a former player of basketball team.

On 24 June 2011, Galatasaray announced that Cafe Crown's sponsorship was over.^[4]

Galatasaray qualified for the EuroLeague for the first time in history after winning the qualification knockout round that gained them a place in the EuroLeague season.^[5]

On April 27, 2016, Galatasaray defeated SIG Strasbourg with the score of 78–67 at Abdi Ipekci Arena in the second leg of the 2016 EuroCup Finals. With this result Galatasaray won the EuroCup championship for the first time.^[6]

Sponsorship naming

Galatasaray has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship;

Galatasaray Cafe Crown: (2005–2011)^[7]
Galatasaray Medical Park: (2011–2013)^[8]
Galatasaray Liv Hospital: (2013–2015)^[9]^[10]
Galatasaray Odeabank: (2015-)^[11]

Home arenas

Ayhan Şahenk Arena: (2006–2009)
Abdi İpekçi Arena: (2009–2017)
Sinan Erdem Dome: (2017–present)

Galatasaray currently plays its home games at the Sinan Erdem Dome,^[12] which has a seating capacity of 16,000 spectators. The club has previously used the 3,500 seat Ayhan Şahenk Arena, and the 12,270 seat Abdi İpekçi Arena as their home venue.

Season by season

Season	Division	Pos.	Turkish Cup	European competitions
2005–06	TBL	8th	Quarterfinalist
2006–07	TBL	4th	Quarterfinalist
2007–08	TBL	5th		2 ULEB Cup	4th
2008–09	TBL	4th	Semifinalist	3 EuroChallenge	L16
2009–10	TBL	9th		2 Eurocup	L16
2010–11	TBL	2nd	Semifinalist	2 Eurocup	L16
2011–12	TBL	3rd	Third place	1 Euroleague	L16
2012–13	TBL	1st	Runner-up	2 Eurocup	L16
2013–14	TBL	2nd	Semifinalist	1 Euroleague	QF
2014–15	TBL	8th	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague	L16
2015–16	BSL	3rd	Quarterfinalist	2 Eurocup	C
2016–17	BSL	6th	Semifinalist	1 EuroLeague	12th
2017–18	BSL	9th		1 EuroCup	T16

Honours and achievements

Domestic competitions

Turkish Super League ^[13]

Winners (5): 1968–69, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1989–90, 2012–13
Runners-up (3): 1986–87, 2010–11, 2013–14

Turkish Championship (defunct)

Winners (11) (record): 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966
Runners-up (4): 1946, 1951, 1952, 1961

Turkish Cup ^[14]

Winners (3): 1969–70, 1971–72, 1994–95
Runners-up (2): 1968–69, 2012–13

President's Cup ^[15]

Winners (2): 1985, 2011

European competitions

EuroCup

Winners (1): 2015–16
4th place (1): 2007–08 ^[16]

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
F/C	11	Arar, Ege	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	27 – (1996-09-02)2 September 1996
G	53	Çakır, Abdülkadir	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	24 – (2000-06-14)14 June 2000
SG	61	Köksal, Göksenin (C)	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	33 – (1991-01-08)8 January 1991
G	63	Aydın, Serkan	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	24 – (2000-05-20)20 May 2000
PF	3	Arapović, Marko	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	27 – (1996-07-20)20 July 1996
C	30	Auguste, Zach	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	30 – (1993-07-08)8 July 1993
SG	15	Çinko, Erolcan	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	33 – (1990-08-15)15 August 1990
SF	12	Erdeniz, Caner	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	37 – (1987-04-25)25 April 1987
G	4	Gökalp, Hasan Emir	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	28 – (1995-10-12)12 October 1995
SF	2	Harrison, Aaron	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	29 – (1994-10-28)28 October 1994
PF	7	Hayes, Nigel	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	29 – (1994-12-16)16 December 1994
G	24	Klobučar, Jaka	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	36 – (1987-08-19)19 August 1987
PG	8	Korkmaz, Can	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	31 – (1992-10-21)21 October 1992
F/C	22	Olmaz, Ayberk	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	28 – (1996-06-08)8 June 1996
G	0	Webster, Tai	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	29 – (1995-05-29)29 May 1995

Head coach

Ertuğrul Erdoğan

Assistant coach(es)

Recep Şen
Tolga Başer

Athletic trainer(s)

Semih Eroğlu

Team manager

Ömer Yalçınkaya
Cem Civan
Ibrahim Tilki

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: August 9, 2018

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Zach Auguste	Ege Arar	Ayberk Olmaz
PF	Nigel Hayes	Marko Arapovic
SF	Aaron Harrison	Caner Erdeniz
SG	Jaka Klobučar	Göksenin Köksal	Erolcan Çinko	Abdülkadir Çakır
PG	Tai Webster	Can Korkmaz	Serkan Aydın	Hasan Emir Gökalp

Team captains

Dates	Name
2010–2011	Ermal Kuqo
2011–2012	Haluk Yıldırım
2012–2013	Ender Arslan
2013–2015	Carlos Arroyo
2015–2017	Sinan Güler
2017–present	Göksenin Köksal

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Domestic Players

European Players

Non-European Players

Head coaches

Dates	Name
1968–1970	Petar Simenov
1984–1985	Nur Germen
1985–1987	Fehmi Sadıkoğlu
1989–1991	Faruk Akagün
1993–1996	Aydan Siyavuş
?–?	Ömer Petorak
1999–2000	Fehmi Sadıkoğlu
2002–2003	Erman Kunter
2005–2006	Halil Üner
2006–2009	Murat Özyer
2009	Koray Mincinozlu
2009	Okan Çevik
2009–2010	Cem Akdağ
2010–2012	Oktay Mahmuti
2012–2017	Ergin Ataman
2017–Present	Erman Kunter

References

^ Arena: SINAN ERDEM DOME.
^ "Ülkemizde Basketbol". Tbf.org.tr. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
^ Durupınar, Mehmet. Türk Basketbolunun 100 yıllık tarihi. (2009).page(12).Efes Pazarlama ve Dağıtım Ticaret A.Ş. ISBN 978-975-00995-1-9
^ Teşekkürler Café Crown Template:Tr icon
^ "Galatasaray fights its way to European basketball's Mecca". Hurriyetdailynews.com. 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
^ "Galatasaray Odeabank Eurocup Şampiyonu". Galatasaray.Org. 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
^ "GALATASARAY.ORG". www.galatasaray.org. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
^ "GALATASARAY.ORG". www.galatasaray.org. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
^ "Galatasaray Erkek Basketbol Takımı'nın yeni sponsoru Liv Hospital". Retrieved 22 May 2017.
^ "Proposed team list for 2013-14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague". Retrieved 22 May 2017.
^ Hürriyet Haber. "Galatasaray ile Odeabank anlaştı". Hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 2016-07-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Arena: SINAN ERDEM DOME.
^ "Turkish Basketball League History". www.tblstat.net. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
^ "404". www.tbf.org.tr. Retrieved 22 May 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
^ "404". www.tbf.org.tr. Retrieved 22 May 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
^ "ULEB Eurocup Final Eight 2007-08". Retrieved 22 May 2017.

External links

[1] Arena: SINAN ERDEM DOME.

[2] "Ülkemizde Basketbol". Tbf.org.tr. Retrieved 2016-07-08.

[3] Durupınar, Mehmet. Türk Basketbolunun 100 yıllık tarihi. (2009).page(12).Efes Pazarlama ve Dağıtım Ticaret A.Ş. ISBN 978-975-00995-1-9

[4] Teşekkürler Café Crown Template:Tr icon

[5] "Galatasaray fights its way to European basketball's Mecca". Hurriyetdailynews.com. 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2016-07-08.

[6] "Galatasaray Odeabank Eurocup Şampiyonu". Galatasaray.Org. 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2016-07-08.

[7] "GALATASARAY.ORG". www.galatasaray.org. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

[8] "GALATASARAY.ORG". www.galatasaray.org. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

[9] "Galatasaray Erkek Basketbol Takımı'nın yeni sponsoru Liv Hospital". Retrieved 22 May 2017.

[10] "Proposed team list for 2013-14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague". Retrieved 22 May 2017.

[11] Hürriyet Haber. "Galatasaray ile Odeabank anlaştı". Hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 2016-07-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[12] Arena: SINAN ERDEM DOME.

[13] "Turkish Basketball League History". www.tblstat.net. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

[14] "404". www.tbf.org.tr. Retrieved 22 May 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)

[15] "404". www.tbf.org.tr. Retrieved 22 May 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)

[16] "ULEB Eurocup Final Eight 2007-08". Retrieved 22 May 2017.

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v t e Galatasaray Spor Kulübü
Founded October 30, 1905 Based in Istanbul
The club	History Presidents Galatasaray Marşı
Football	Men's Football Women's Football ~~Reserves~~ (defunct) Academy
Basketball	Men's basketball Women's basketball Wheelchair Basketball
Voleyball	Men's volleyball Women's volleyball
Waterpolo	Men's Waterpolo Women's Waterpolo
Other departments	Athletics Bridge Judo Rowing Sailing Swimming Esports Chess Equestrian
Inactive departments	Handball Superleague Formula
Facilities	Ali Sami Yen Sports Complex Nef Stadium Florya Metin Oktay Facilities Kemerburgaz Metin Oktay Facilities Sinan Erdem Dome Burhan Felek Sport Hall Galatasaray Islet Galatasaray Museum Beyoğlu Hasnun Galip Volleyball Academy Küçükçekmece Rowing Center
Old Facilities	Ali Sami Yen Stadium Abdi İpekçi Arena Ahmet Cömert Sport Hall
Athletes	Football (Men's) Football (Women's) Basketball (Men's) Basketball (Women's) Basketball (Wheelchair's) Volleyball (Men's) Volleyball (Women's) Water Polo (Men's) Water Polo (Women's)
Coaches	Football (Men's) Football (Women's) Basketball (Men's) Basketball (Women's) Basketball (Wheelchair's) Volleyball (Men's) Volleyball (Women's)
Supporters	ultrAslan
Media and others	Galatasaray TV Galatasaray Magazine Galatasaray Store GS Mobile GSBonus GSBilyoner GSYandex GSTRAVEL GSForex
Education	Galatasaray High School Galatasaray University
Other institutions	Galatasaray Community
Rivalries	The Intercontinental Derby (football) (Fenerbahçe) Beşiktaş–Galatasaray rivalry (football) Beşiktaş–Fenerbahçe rivalry (football) The Intercontinental Derby (basketball) (Fenerbahçe) Beşiktaş–Galatasaray rivalry (basketball) Beşiktaş–Fenerbahçe rivalry (basketball) Big Three

v t e Galatasaray S.K. (basketball)
Players Coaches Current season
History	Past rosters Seasons 2007-08 ULEB Cup 3rd place 2015-16 EuroCup Champions
Arena	Sinan Erdem Dome
Old Arena	Abdi İpekçi Arena (2000–2005) Ahmet Cömert Sport Hall (2005–2006) Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall (2006–2009) Abdi İpekçi Arena (2009–2017) Sinan Erdem Dome (2017–present)
Notable Figures	Özhan Canaydın Aydan Siyavuş Yalçın Granit Paul Dawkins Levent Topsakal Lloyd Daniels Orhun Ene Kerem Tunçeri Murat Özyer Dee Brown Oktay Mahmuti Ergin Ataman Cenk Akyol Ender Arslan Jaka Lakovič Vladimir Micov Milan Mačvan Sinan Güler Göksenin Köksal
Rivalries	The Intercontinental Derby Beşiktaş rivalry
Related	Women's Basketball Wheelchair Basketball
Parent club: Galatasaray S.K.

v t e Galatasaray S.K. men's basketball seasons (1911–2025)
1910s	1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19
1920s	1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29
1930s	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39
1940s	1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49
1950s	1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59
1960s	1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69
1970s	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79
1980s	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
1990s	1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
2000s	1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09
2010s	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
2020s	2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e Basketbol Süper Ligi
Turkish Basketball Federation Turkish Basketball League System Turkish Basketball League Venues
Current clubs	Anadolu Efes Bahçeşehir Koleji Beşiktaş Emlakjet Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım Darüşşafaka Lassa Fenerbahçe Beko Galatasaray Ekmas Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor Mersin MSK ONVO Büyükçekmece Petkim Spor Pınar Karşıyaka Semt77 Yalovaspor Tofaş Türk Telekom Yukatel Merkezefendi Belediyesi
Seasons	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Playoffs	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Champions	Anadolu Efes (16) Fenerbahçe (11) Eczacıbaşı (8) Galatasaray (5) İTÜ (5) Ülkerspor (4) Beşiktaş (2) Karşıyaka (2) Tofaş (2) Altınordu (1) Muhafızgücü (1)
Awards	BSL MVP Finals MVP Mr. King (Top Scorer) Assists Leaders
Related	Turkish Cup Turkish Cup Final MVP Presidential Cup Turkish Presidential Cup Final MVP Turkish clubs in international competitions List of Turkish basketball champions Turkish Championship (defunct) Istanbul League (defunct)

v t e 2018–19 EuroCup
Champions	Valencia Basket
Runners-up	Alba Berlin
Eliminated in the Semifinals	MoraBanc Andorra UNICS
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals	LDLC ASVEL Lokomotiv Kuban Rytas Unicaja
Eliminated in the Top 16	Group E Group F Group G Group H Cedevita Crvena zvezda mts Fraport Skyliners Limoges Monaco Partizan NIS ratiopharm Ulm Zenit
Eliminated in the Regular Season	Group A Group B Group C Group D Arka Gdynia Dolomiti Energia Trento Fiat Torino Galatasaray Germani Brescia Leonessa Mornar Tofaş Türk Telekom

v t e Galatasaray Ekmas current roster
1 Martin 3 Efeoğlu 4 İsmailçebi 6 Kabaca 9 Geyik 14 Vatan 15 Yeboah 16 Oralkan 17 Erdem 19 Tuncer 33 McCormack 61 Köksal (c) Efianayi Izundu Palmer Blumbergs Alişan Delgado Livingston
Head coach: Sekizkök Assistant coaches: Turan Güven

History

Sponsorship naming

Home arenas

Season by season

Honours and achievements

Domestic competitions

European competitions

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Team captains

Notable players

Head coaches

See also

References

External links