Galatasaray S.K.
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| Full name | Galatasaray Spor Kulübü | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Aslanlar (The Lions), Cimbom, Avrupa Fatihi (Conqueror of Europe) |
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| Founded | October 20, 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Ali Sami Yen Stadium, İstanbul, Turkey |
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| Capacity | 23,785 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Özhan Canaydın |
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| Manager |  Karl-Heinz Feldkamp |
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| League | Turkcell Süper Lig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-07 | Süper Lig, 3rd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (in English: Galatasaray Sports Club) or Galatasaray SK is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul 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).
History
THIS TEAM SUCKS BECAUSE THEY CANT PLAY FOR NOTHING, THEY HAVE NO HISTORY DO NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS!!!! FENERBAHCE FTW!!!
Galatasaray was founded in the autumn of 1905 by Galatasaray Lisesi students as a football club. Galatasaray's first president was Ali Sami Yen. Their first match was against Kadıköy 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.[3]
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.[4]
| “ | Our aim is to play together like Englishmen, to have a color and a name and to beat the non - Turkish teams. | ” |
This was how the first Turkish football club was founded. Among with the founder Ali Sami Yen, the co-founders were the ones who were keen to do this sport, such as Asim Tevfik Sonumut, Reşat Şirvani, Cevdet Kalpakçıoğlu, Abidin Daver and Kamil.
At first, the colors of the Galatasaray Sports Club were red and white. These are the colors in Turkish flag. However, Turkish Republic wasn't founded at that time. Therefore, this inspiration caused repressive administration of the day feel uncomfortable and the administration hounded the footballers. For this reason, the colors were changed.
New colors were chosen as red and yellow. Ali Sami Yen stated, "We were imagining brightness of yellow - red fire over our team and thinking that it would carry us from one victory to another."[4] It eventually did.
Since there weren't any Turkish teams, Galatasaray joined the Istanbul League that was consisting of English and Greek teams in the season of 1905-1906. With their first championship title they won in 1907-1908, they heralded the beginning of Turkish football history.[5]
While the football in Turkey began to fully develop, Galatasaray won ten more Istanbul League titles, six Sunday League titles and three Friday League titles until 1952. Upon recognition of professional football in 1952, the first professional but nonnational league of Turkey, Istanbul Professional League played between 1952-1959. Galatasaray won three of these seven titles.
Türkiye Profesyonel 1. Ligi (today it is organized with the name Turkcell Super League) formed in 1959. This is the top-flight professional league in Turkish nationwide football, and the most popular sporting competition in the country. Galatasaray joined all seasons and won 16 league titles since then.[6]
The Turkish Football Federation starts to organize "Turkish Cup" (today it is organized with the name Fortis Turkey Cup) in the 1962-63 season for Turkish clubs to qualify for the UEFA competitions. This is the only national cup competition in Turkey. Galatasaray joined all seasons and won 14 trophies since then.[7]
Probably the greatest record that club holds is winning national championships in 13 different sport branches in 1986-87 season.
Galatasaray's most successful era came in late 1990s, when the club won the UEFA Cup and European Super Cup and becoming the first Turkish football club ever to win an European trophy. 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 played quarter finals of UEFA Euro 2000. Besides the talented players, visiting teams also disliked travelling into Ali Sami Yen Stadium which is literally called "Hell" by the supporters of Galatasaray due to the intimidating atmosphere provided by the fans including chants and riots in the crowds. [8]
Galatasaray is the only team to have won the Turkish League title, the Turkish Cup, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup in the same season. Galatasaray holds the record of winning four consecutive Turkish league titles, which all of these came under the coaching of Fatih Terim and the visionary club president Faruk Süren.
There are many successful footballers played for Galatasaray and made their mark on Turkish football history. Few examples may be 1930's national hero Eşfak Aykoç[9], Boduri who tragically died in age of 21[10], Mehmet Leblebi who scored a domestic record of 14 goals in a match[11], Gündüz Kılıç nicknamed Baba (father) who was the coach but also the player of his team in 1950's with great success on both[12], Bülent-Reha Eken brothers, Suat Mamat who made a hat-trick in 1954 World Cup[13], Coşkun Özarı a life devoted to Galatasaray[14], Turgay Şeren the heroic goalkeeper that called "the Panther of Berlin"[15], Fatih Terim the team captain of Galatasaray and Turkish National Football team for years and the current coach[16], Metin Oktay the legendery six time top scorer of Turkish league[17], Zoran Simović another skilled goalkeeper known for his penalty saves[18], Cüneyt Tanman played a record of 342 games for Galatasaray[19], Tanju Çolak extraordinary goalscorer and European Golden Boot 1988 winner with Galatasaray[20], Cevad Prekazi an Albanian teammate of Tanju specializing in free kicks[21], Taffarel the world cup winner goalkeeper of Brazil[22], Gheorghe Hagi Romanian football hero that still described as the best foreign player ever to play in Turkey[23], and last but not least, Hakan Şükür, the player who scored most goals in the first division of Turkish football history (242 goals) and still scoring.
Achievements
International success
| Season | Achievement | Manager | Notes |
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| European Super Cup
Winners: 1 ----- Appearances: 1 |
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| 00-2001 | Champion |  |
won after defeating  Real Madrid 2-1 |
| Champions League
Winners: 0 ----- Appearances: 19 |
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| 62-1963 | Quarter Final | Gündüz
Kılıç |
eliminated by  AC
Milan 1-3 in Istanbul, 0-5 in Italy |
| 69-1970 | Quarter Final |  |
eliminated by  Legia Warszawa 1-1 in Istanbul, 0-2 in Poland |
| 88-1989 | Semi Final | Mustafa Denizli |
eliminated by |
| 93-1994 | Quarter Final | Rainer
Hollmann |
defeated  Manchester United in 2. round |
| 00-2001 | Quarter Final | |
eliminated by Real
Madrid 3-2 in Istanbul, 0-3 in Spain |
| 01-2002 | Second Group | |
eliminated in a group with FC Barcelona, Liverpool and AS Roma |
| UEFA Cup
Winners: 1 ----- Appearances: 10 |
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| 99-2000 | Champion | Fatih
Terim |
final was won after defeating Arsenal 4-1 on penalties |
| Cup Winners Cup
Winners: 0 ----- Appearances: 8 |
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| 91-1992 | Quarter Final | Mustafa Denizli |
eliminated by Werder Bremen 2-1 in Germany, 0-0 in Istanbul |
FenerBahce 6 - 0 Galatasaray November 6th WE REMEMBER!!!
Great Matches in Europe
| Season | Home | Score | Away | League | Stadium |
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| 2000-2001 | Galatasaray |
0 - 6 | Fenerbahce |
Turkcell Super League Cup Match | Sukru Saracoglu |
| 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 |
| 1993-94 | Manchester United |
3 - 3 | Galatasaray |
Champions League 2. Qualifying round (1st leg) | Old Trafford |
| 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 |
| 1997-98 | Galatasaray |
2 - 0 |  AC Sparta Praha |
Champions League group 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 (On Pens.) | 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 |  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 |
| 2006-07 | Galatasaray |
5 - 2 | Mlada Boleslav |
Champions League 3. round Qualifying (1st leg) | Ali Sami Yen |
| 2006-07 | Galatasaray |
3 - 2 | Liverpool |
Champions League last group match | Atatürk Olympic Stadium |
| 2007-08 | Galatasaray |
5 - 1 | FC Sion |
Uefa Cup 1st Round | Ali Sami Yen |
Stadium
THIS IS A REAL SMALL STADIUM THIS STADIUM ISNT EVEN REAL IT CAME FROM THE IMAGINATION OF BARNEY. ONLY PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITH THEIR MOMS COME HERE!!!! ITS NOT 5 STAR UEFA RATED LIKE SUKRU SARACOGLU!!!!
Galatasaray played its first years in different fields, since there weren't any stadiums in Istanbul. In 1921 the first stadium, Taksim Stadium opened. Galatasaray played there until 1940. When historic Taksim Stadium was demolished, Galatasaray decided to build a large, modern stadium. Due to the difficulties faced during the World War II, the construction took long. In this period, Galatasaray played in İnönü Stadium.
On 20 December 1964, Ali Sami Yen Stadium opened. It is named after the founder of the club, Ali Sami Yen. It is in Mecidiyeköy quarter of the Şişli district at the center of the city. In 1964, the stadium had capacity over 35,000. Today, due to improvements in security and prohibition of non-seater spectators, it has an all-seater capacity of 24,990.
After 2002, when Atatürk Olympic Stadium built for Istanbul's Olympic Games bid, Galatasaray started to play European Cup matches there. The attendance record among Turkish stadiums were broken there, in the Galatasaray-Olympiacos match played in front of 82,000 spectators. Yet, Ali Sami Yen Stadium has historic importance for Galatasaray fans although it is smaller and older.
- Stadium Anthem
Since 1998, after every goal scored by Galatasaray, the last part of the song I Will Survive by the Hermes House Band played. Although the song is in English, the part used has no lyrics except "la la la la". This makes it easy for fans to participate.
In addition, before every game the Florida State Warchant is played accompanied by what the fans call a "scarf show" where fans display and wave their Galatasaray scarves, banners and flags.[1][2]
- Seyrantepe Project
In recent years, numerous proposals have been put forward to demolish the current stadium and build a larger one on the same location, but this is impossible due to the lack of space. Finally, the club's ground, Ali Sami Yen Stadyumu, is going to be replaced with a new ground in Seyrantepe, near Maslak financial district. The multi-purpose sports complex is scheduled to be completed in 2009, with fully retractable roof and a seating capacity for 52,000 spectators. [24]
Current Squad
- Turkish clubs are limited to seven players without Turkish citizenship with professional contract.'
According to official website; As of September 25, 2007:
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Players out on loan
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For recent transfers, see the "Transfer Deals" section of List of Turkish football transfers 2007-08.
Current Coaches
Karl-Heinz Feldkamp (coach)
Ahmet Akcan (assistant)- Nezih Ali Boloğlu
- Cevat Güler
- Burak Dilmen
Notable players
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1905 to 1979
1980s
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