Galatasaray S.K., 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 Basketball Champions League. The team has won 16 Turkish championships (5 titles in the Turkish Super League and 11 in the former Turkish Basketball Championship). The team furthermore won 3 Turkish Cups, 2 Turkish Super Cups, and 1 EuroCup.
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2023–24 Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) season | ||||
Nickname | Sarı Kırmızılılar (The Yellow-Reds) The Lions[1] | |||
Leagues | Basketbol Süper Ligi | |||
Founded | 1911 | |||
History | Galatasaray (1911–present) | |||
Arena | Sinan Erdem Dome[2] | |||
Capacity | 16,000 | |||
Location | Istanbul, Turkey | |||
Team colors | Yellow, red | |||
Main sponsor | Ekmas | |||
President | Dursun Özbek | |||
Team manager | Ömer Yalçınkaya | |||
Head coach | Yakup Sekizkök | |||
Team captain | Göksenin Köksal | |||
Championships | 1 EuroCup 5 Turkish Championships 3 Turkish Cups 2 Turkish President's Cups | |||
Website | galatasaray.org | |||
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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.[3][4]
Basketball had always been very important for the club. The team has won 16 national championship titles and 15 İstanbul League titles. Former president of the club, Özhan Canaydın was a former player of the basketball team. The team dominated Turkish basketball in the 1940s, and won titles in the 1950s and 1960s, while remaining a competitive team in the 1970s. In the 1980s, Galatasaray won two more championships, in 1985 and 1986, and won the 1990 title. For much of the 1990s and 2000s, Galatasaray struggled. In 2013, Galatasaray won back the Turkish championship.
On 24 June 2011, Galatasaray announced that Cafe Crown's sponsorship was over.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7]
Due to sponsorship deals, Galatasaray have been also known as:
# | Court | Capacity | Period |
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1 | 12,270 | 2000–2005 | |
2 | 3,500 | 2005–2006 | |
3 | 3,500 | 2006–2009 | |
4 | 12,270 | 2009–2017 | |
5 | 16,000 | 2017–present |
Staff member | Position |
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Yakup Sekizkök | Head Coach |
Gökhan Turan | Assistant Coach |
Cem Güven | Assistant Coach |
Batuhan Aybars Aksu | Statistician |
Cenk Alyüz | Statistician |
Yasin Aydın | Conditioner |
Sinan Üstündağ | Doctor |
Ali Can Kaşlı | Physiotherapist |
Mümin Balcıoğulları | Physiotherapist |
Burak Kozan | Masseur |
Adnan Güney | Material Manager |
Staff member | Position |
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Ömer Yalçınkaya | General Manager |
İbrahim Tilki | Team Manager |
Emir Akmanlı | Communication and Media Specialist |
Yunus Ün | Foreign Relations Officer |
Vahit Yılmaz | Transportation Manager |
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 | Inactive |
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C | David McCormack | Samet Geyik | Jarell Martin | ||
PF | Sadık Emir Kabaca | Miralem Halilović | Karahan Tuan Efeoğlu | Berke İsmailçebi | Efe Vatan |
SF | Akwasi Yeboah | Göksenin Köksal | |||
SG | Klemen Prepelič | Buğrahan Tuncer | Rafi Ömer Oralkan | ||
PG | Dee Bost | Corey Walden | İsmet Akpınar | Kerem Erdem |
(colours: Turkish or homegrown players; foreign players)
Turkish Championship (defunct)
Season | Division | Pos. | Turkish Cup | European competitions | |
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2002–03 | TBL | 3rd | Semifinalist | ||
2003–04 | TBL | 12th | Semifinalist | ||
2004–05 | TBL | 13th | Group stage | ||
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 | 2 EuroCup | T16 | |
2018–19 | BSL | 4th | Quarterfinalist | 2 EuroCup | RS |
2019–20 | BSL | 3rd1 | Semifinalist | 2 EuroCup | T161 |
2020–21 | BSL | 14th | 3 Champions League | RS | |
2021–22 | BSL | 3rd | Semifinalist | 3 Champions League | R16 |
2022–23 | BSL | 8th | 2 Champions League | R16 |
Dates | Name |
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2010–2011 | Ermal Kuqo |
2011–2012 | Haluk Yıldırım |
2012–2013 | Ender Arslan |
2013–2015 | Carlos Arroyo |
2015–2017 | Sinan Güler |
2017–present | Göksenin Köksal |
Head coach | Years |
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Osman Kermen | 1966-67
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Yalçın Granit | 1967–68
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Petar Simenov | 1968-70
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Cavit Altunay | 1970–73
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Özer Salnur | 1973-74
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Jim Richardson | 1974–75
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Şengün Kaplanoğlu / İlker Esel | 1975
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Özer Salnur / İlker Esel | 1976
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John Robert Gidding | 1976–77
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Özer Salnur | 1977–79
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Koray Mincinozlu | 1979–80
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Fuat Tahir | 1980–81
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Koray Mincinozlu | 1981–83
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Mehmet Baturalp | 1983–84
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Yalçın Granit | 1984
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Halil Üner | 1984
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Nur Germen | 1984–85
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Fehmi Sadıkoğlu | 1985–87
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Özer Salnur | 1987
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Jack Avina | 1987-1989
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Faruk Akagün | 1989–91
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Hakan Yavuz | 1991–92
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Mehmet Baturalp | 1992–93
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Aydan Siyavuş | 1993–96
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Tolga Tuğsavul | 1996
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Aydan Siyavuş / Hakan Yavuz | 1996–97
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Tolga Tuğsavul | 1997
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Aydan Siyavuş | 1998
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Koray Mincinozlu | 1998–99
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Fehmi Sadıkoğlu | 1999–00
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Koray Mincinozlu | 2000–02
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Erman Kunter | 2002–03
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Halil Üner | 2003–06
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Murat Özyer | 2006–08
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Koray Mincinozlu | 2009
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Okan Çevik | 2009
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Cem Akdağ | 2009–10
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Oktay Mahmuti | 2010–12
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Ergin Ataman | 2012–17
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Erman Kunter | 2017–18
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Oktay Mahmuti | 2018
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Ertuğrul Erdoğan | 2018–2020
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Ömer Uğurata | 2020–2021
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Ekrem Memnun | 2021–2022
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Andreas Pistiolis | 2022–2023
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Zvezdan Mitrović | 2023–2024
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Yakup Sekizkök | 2024–present
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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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