Galatasaray U21

Galatasaray U21

Full name	Galatasaray U21
Nickname(s)	Cimbom (Most common) Aslan (The Lion) Sarı Kırmızılılar (Yellow-Reds) Avrupa Fatihi (Conqueror of Europe) Gala (Mostly used outside of Turkey)
Founded	October 21, 1905
Ground	Metin Oktay Training Center
Capacity	2,500
Chairman	Mustafa Cengiz
Manager	Orhan Atik
League	U21 Ligi
2016–17	5th Place
Website	http://www.galatasaray.org/sl/futbol-akademisi-ana-sayfa/26
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Galatasaray U21 are the reserve team of Galatasaray SK.

History

They have been members of the Turkish Youth league formed in 1988 and Turkish PAF League formed in 1999. They play their home games at Metin Oktay Facilities in Florya, which is also the training ground of Galatasaray S.K. The team mainly consists of Under-21 players at the club, although senior players occasionally play in the reserve side, under special conditions.

The reserves head coach is Erkan Ültanır, who picks and manages the side. Galatasaray PAF won the Turkish PAF league titles in last three years.

U21 Players

Current U21 squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	GK	TUR	Batuhan Şen
99	GK	TUR	Boran Güngör
-	GK	TUR	Berk Balaban
-	GK	TUR	Taha Aşık
-	GK	TUR	Yakup Çakır
40	DF	TUR	Gökay Güney
43	DF	TUR	Ozan Kabak
47	DF	TUR	Abdussamed Karnuçu
98	DF	TUR	Sefa Özdemir
-	DF	TUR	Melih Gökçimen
-	DF	TUR	Emirhan Civelek
-	DF	TUR	Ogün Çalışkan
-	DF	TUR	Furkan Korkut
16	MF	TUR	Mustafa Kapı
36	MF	TUR	Atalay Babacan
37	MF	TUR	Recep Gül
50	MF	TUR	Batuhan Tekin
52	MF	TUR	Celil Yüksel

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
61	MF	TUR	Metehan Mertöz
62	MF	TUR	Serkan Sefil
64	MF	TUR	Mikail Okyar
-	MF	TUR	Doğuş İncedere
-	MF	TUR	Ferhan Evren
-	MF	TUR	Enes Gök
-	MF	TUR	Harun Kaya
-	MF	TUR	Güney Gençel
-	MF	TUR	Çekdar Orhan
-	MF	TUR	Ayhan Tuş
-	MF	TUR	Aksu Doğan
-	MF	TUR	Alperen Kılıç
-	MF	TUR	Murat Zülfükar
35	FW	TUR	Yunus Akgün
46	FW	TRNC	Ahmet Sivri
49	FW	TUR	Yavuz Kol
-	FW	TUR	Ercan Şirin
-	FW	TUR	Malik Karaahmet
-	FW	TUR	Mert Yılmaz

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Football Academy Administrative Coordinator	Fatih İbradı
A2 Team Technical Officer	Orhan Atik
A2 Team Assistant Coach	Tayfun Hut
Goalkeeper coach	Abdullah Senih Yaban
Doctor	Barış Çakır
Masseur	Batuhan Erkan
Outfitter	Sakin Terzi

Honours

• U21 Ligi
  • Winners (7): (record) 1989–90, 1993–94, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2010–11, 2014–15
  • Runners-up (2): 1996–97, 2007–08

Former managers

• Abdullah Avcı
• Suat Kaya
• Zafer Koç
• Erkan Ültanır
• Nedim Yiğit (2008–2010)
• Orhan Atik (2010–present)

Under 19s players

Current Under 19s squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
30	GK	TUR	Mert Karaca
1	GK	TUR	Ismail Cipe
12	GK	TUR	Muhammed Birkan Tetik
5	DF	TUR	Emre Tosun
4	DF	TUR	Gökcan Gelmen
17	DF	TUR	Veysel Mercan
15	DF	TUR	Muhammed Ali Kurt
14	DF	TUR	Enes Yilmaz
25	DF	TUR	Yavuzhan Kelesoglu
27	DF	TUR	Burak Recep Yılmaz
2	DF	TUR	Can Özgur
6	MF	TUR	Kubilay Berkay Kamay

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	TUR	Kaan Baysal
21	MF	TUR	Cetin Turan
23	MF	TUR	İbrahim Coşkun
19	MF	TUR	Burhan Yildiz
16	MF	TUR	Batuhan Ergun
8	MF	TUR	Mehmet Bayram
10	MF	TUR	Huseyin Altug Tas
13	MF	TUR	Samet Yilmaz
11	FW	TUR	Samet Orhan
9	FW	TUR	Tunahan Ergul
20	FW	TUR	Volkan Pala

External links

• Template:Tr icon Template:En icon Template:Fr icon Galatasaray Sports Club Official Website