Galatasaray S.K.

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Football club

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

Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (in English: 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. Galatasaray also topped the world club ranking to be named "Best Football Club in the World" in January of 2001.

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). Galatasaray is the most known team in Turkey abroad with fan shops all over the world.

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.

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. 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.

Rivalry With English Clubs

Galatasaray have a notorius fan base for their less than welcoming atmosphere to visiting supporters. Fans often display banners displaying "Welcome To Hell" in european ties when both the opposition fans and team arrive in the city. The rivalry with English clubs went a step too far before the semi-final UEFA Cup match with

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fans, Christopher Loftus and Kevin Speight, were brutally stabbed in Istanbul. The Turkish FA allowed the game to go ahead that night, Galatasaray won 2-0. The return leg in Leeds had the most charged, emotional yet poisonous atmosphere. Outside the ground saw running battles between police and fans and there were attacks on Turkish TV crews, the game saw Harry Kewell sent off and a 2-2 score was enough for Galatasaray, as they went through to the final. It is down to these events that the rivalry between turkish and english clubs exist. Violence also occured between Galatasaray and Arsenal fans before the Final in Copenhagen and there has been no love lost between the two nationalities in both domestic team and international team meetings since. Further information can be found from the bbc at the following links , , , ,

Stadium

Galatasaray is planning to build a new stadium in another quarter of Istanbul, Seyrantepe, whose name was changed to Aslantepe ("Lion Hill"), after Galatasaray bought the ground. The idea is to realize a stadium on the model of the ArenA in Amsterdam, and complete it in 16 months. The building of the new stadium will start January 2007. The new stadium will have a capacity of 52,500 making it the biggest stadium in Turkey, owned by a club. It will also feature a moving ground and a hydraulic dome at the top that can close in case of rain or snow . There are also plans for shopping mall and residential units construction in the Aslantepe Project.

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	eleminated 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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