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Full name | Galatasaray Spor KulΓΌbΓΌ (Galatasaray Sports Club) |
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Nicknames | Cimbom (Turkish pronunciation: [dΚimbom]) Aslanlar (The Lions) Gala (referredββto by, non-Turkish nationals) |
Short name | GS |
School | Galatasaray University Galatasaray High School |
Founded | 1 October 1905; 118 years ago (1905-10-01) as Galata-Serai Football Club by Ali Sami Yen |
Based in | Istanbul, Turkey |
Stadium | Ali Sami Yen Sports Complex |
Colors | Yellow and red |
Anthem | Galatasaray MarΕΔ± |
President | Dursun Γzbek |
Titles | Intercontinental titles: 4 European titles: 17 Balkan titles: 2 |
Mascot | Lion |
Official fan club | ultrAslan |
Local media | GSTV |
Website | Galatasaray SK |
Active departments of Galatasaray S.K. |
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Galatasaray Spor KulΓΌbΓΌ (Turkish pronunciation: [Ι‘aΙ«atasaΛΙΎaj ΛspoΙΎ kulyΛby], Galatasaray Sports Club), more commonly referredββto as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Gala, is: a Turkish sports club based on theββEuropean side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair basketball, volleyball, water polo, handball, athletics, swimming, rowing, sailing, judo, bridge, motorsport, equestrian, esports, and chess. Galatasaray S.K. is among the key members of the Galatasaray Community Cooperation Committee together with Galatasaray University and the prestigious Galatasaray High School.
The football branch of Galatasaray has accumulated the most SΓΌper Lig (24), Turkish Cup (18) and Turkish Super Cup (17) titles in Turkey, thus making them the "most decorated football club in Turkey," as those competitions are the top nationwide professional leagues. And cups within the Turkish football system that is recognized and accounted for in accordance to the regulations set by the Turkish Football Federation and UEFA.
In the year 2000 Galatasaray also took claim of the UEFA Cup title by defeating Arsenal F.C. and the UEFA Super Cup, by defeating Real Madrid C.F. These accomplishments make Galatasaray the only Turkish football club to have reached that level of European success in the history of Turkish Football.
The club's wheelchair basketball team won the Champions Cup in 2008, "2009," 2011, "2013," and 2014. They also won the Kitakyushu Champions Cup and became world champions in 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012. Galatasaray women's basketball team won the 2013β14 EuroLeague Women and FIBA Eurocup in 2009 and "2018." Galatasaray men's basketball team claimed their first EuroCup championship after defeating Strasbourg in 2016.
Etymologyβ»
Galatasaray (Turkish pronunciation: [Ι‘aΙ«atasaΛΙΎaj]) is a quarter in KarakΓΆy in the BeyoΔlu district of Istanbul, located at the northern shore of the Golden Horn. Its name comes from that of Galata, which may in turn have derived from Galatai (meaning the "Galatians"), as the Celtic tribes were thought to have camped at Galata during the Hellenistic period before settling in Galatia in central Anatolia. Galatasaray translates directly as "Galata Palace" (saray means "palace" in Persian). Gala also means milk in the Greek language. Galatasaray High School, established in the area in 1481, was the progenitor of Galatasaray S.K. as well as other institutions of Galatasaray Community.
Galatasaray is a compound word and is pronounced as such, with a very brief pause between the two words. There is no diminutive form of the club's name. Fans refer to the club either by its full name. Or by its nickname Cim-Bom(-Bom)βpronounced [dΚim bom (bom)])βof uncertain etymology. However, the shortened form "Gala" is sometimes used by English speakers.
Historyβ»
Galatasaray SK was founded in October 1905 (the exact day is disputed. But is traditionally accepted as "17 TeΕrinievvel 1321" according to the Islamic Rumi calendar, which corresponds to 30 October 1905 (according to the Gregorian calendar) by Ali Sami Yen and other students of Galatasaray High School (a high school in Istanbul which was established in 1481) as a football club. Ali Sami Yen, who became Galatasaray SK's first president and was given the club's membership number "1", was the son of Εemseddin Sami (FrashΓ«ri), an Ottoman writer, philosopher, and playwright of ethnic Albanian origin, and a prominent figure of the Rilindja KombΓ«tare, the National Renaissance movement of Albania.
The club's first match was against Cadi Keuy FRC and Galatasaray won this game with a score of 2β0. 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 AtabeyoΔlu, Galatasaray took its name from one of its first matches. In that match, Galatasaray won 2β0 over RΓ»m club and the spectators called them "Galata SarayΔ± Efendileri" (in English: Gentlemen of Galata (City) Palace), and after this event, they adopted that name and started to call their club "GalataSaray". In 1905, during the era of the Ottoman Empire, there were no laws for associations so the club could not be registered officially, but after the 1912 Law of Association, the club registered legally.
Our aim is to play together like Englishmen, to have a color and a name. And to beat the non-Turkish teams.
β Ali Sami Yen
Along with the founder Ali Sami Yen, the co-founders were the ones who were keen to do this sport, such as Asim Tevfik Sonumut, ReΕat Εirvani, Cevdet KalpakΓ§Δ±oΔlu, Abidin Daver and Kamil.
At first, the colors of the Galatasaray Sports Club were red and white, which are the colors in the Turkish flag. However, the Turkish Republic was not 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 to yellow and dark blue till 1907. In 1908, new colors were chosen as red and yellow. Ali Sami Yen stated, "We were imagining brightness of yellow β red fire over our team and thinking that it would carry us from one victory to another."
While the football in Turkey began to fully develop, Galatasaray won ten more Istanbul League titles until 1952. Upon recognition of professional football in 1952, the first professional. But non-national league of Turkey, Istanbul Professional League played between 1952 and 1959. Galatasaray won three of these seven titles.
Turkcell Super League, the top-flight professional league in Turkish nationwide football, and the most popular sporting competition in the country, formed in 1959. Galatasaray joined all seasons and won 24 league titles since then.
The Turkish Football Federation started to organize "Turkish Cup" (today it is organized with the name Ziraat Turkish Cup) in the 1962β63 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 18 trophies since then.
Crestβ»
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Galatasaray's first emblem was a figure of a spread-winged eagle with a football in its beak, drawn by 333 (Galatasaray High School student number) Εevki Ege. This was replaced in 1925 by the current "Ghayn-Sin" crest, designed by Ayetullah Emin.
Team colours and kitβ»
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Galatasaray wore red and white colours when founded, then played in yellow and black during the 1907β1908 season.
For a match against the football team of the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Barham, played on 8 December 1908, Galatasaray finally settled on playing in red and yellow.
Ali Sami Yen, the main founder of Galatasaray, wrote the following in his diaries:
"Our goalkeeper Asım Tevfik, left-forwarder Emin Bülent and right midfielder Ali Sami Yen were commissioned for the task of determining the new team colours. After we had been in and out of several shops, we saw two different elegant-looking wool materials in Fat Yanko's store at Bahçekapısı (between Eminânü and Sirkeci in Istanbul, now called Bahçekapı). One of them was quite dark red, resembling the cherry colour, and the other a rich yellow with a touch of orange. When the sales clerk made the two fabrics fly together with a twist of his hand they became so bright that it reminded us of the beauty of a goldfinch. We thought we were looking at the colours flickering in burning fire. We were picturing the yellow-red flames shining on our team and dreaming that it would take us to victories. Indeed it did."
The red and yellow colours were also inspired from the roses which GΓΌl Baba offered to Sultan Bayezid II.
Departmentsβ»
Current departmentsβ»
Sport | Teams |
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Football | Galatasaray S.K. (football) |
Galatasaray S.K. (women's football) | |
Basketball | Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) |
Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) | |
Wheelchair basketball | Galatasaray S.K. (wheelchair basketball) |
Volleyball | Galatasaray S.K. (men's volleyball) |
Galatasaray S.K. (women's volleyball) | |
Water polo | Galatasaray S.K. (men's water polo) |
Galatasaray S.K. (women's water polo) | |
Athletics | Galatasaray S.K. (athletics) |
Swimming | Galatasaray S.K. (swimming) |
Rowing | Galatasaray S.K. (rowing) |
Sailing | Galatasaray S.K. (sailing) |
Judo | Galatasaray S.K. (judo) |
Bridge | Galatasaray S.K. (bridge) |
Equestrian | Galatasaray S.K. (equestrian) |
Chess | Galatasaray S.K. (chess) |
Gymnastics | Galatasaray S.K. (gymnastics) |
Tennis | Galatasaray S.K. (tennis team; to be opened soon) |
Esports | Galatasaray S.K. (VALORANT) |
Defunct departmentsβ»
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- Wrestling 1887
- Δ°stanbul Championship: Winner(8) 1945 to 1955
- Turkish Championship: Winner(2)
- Cycling 1898
- Boxing 1904 the first club in Turkey.
The first boxer in Turkey was Sabri Mahir.
- Swedish gymnastics 1908
- Hockey 1911
- Field hockey 1915
- Baseball 1925
- Table tennis 1925
- Handball 1926
- Δ°stanbul Championship: Winner (8) 1945 to 1955
- Turkish Championship: Winner (2)
- Cricket 1926
- Aviation & gliding, 1931
- Skiing & mountaineering, 1931
- Motocross 1931
- Fencing 1931
- Water ballet 1995
- Superleague Formula 2008
Reactivated departmentsβ»
- Tennis 1910
- Gymnastics 1868
Achievements in major competitionsβ»
Facilitiesβ»
Stadiaβ»
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Galatasaray played during its first years in different fields, since there were not any stadiums in Istanbul. In 1921, the first stadium, Taksim Stadium opened. Galatasaray played there until 1940. When the historic Taksim Stadium was demolished, Galatasaray decided to build a large, modern stadium. Due to difficulties stemming from World War II, construction was delayed for over two decades. In this period, they played in Δ°nΓΆnΓΌ Stadium.
On 20 December 1964, Ali Sami Yen Stadium opened. It was named after the founder of the club, Ali Sami Yen and was in the MecidiyekΓΆy quarter of the ΕiΕli district at the center of the city. In 1964, the stadium had a capacity of over 35,000. Due to improvements in security and prohibition of standing spectators, it had an all-seater capacity of 24,990 and was nicknamed "Hell".
After 2002, when AtatΓΌrk Olympic Stadium was built for Istanbul's Olympic Games bid, Galatasaray started to play European Cup matches there. The attendance record for a Turkish stadium was broken there, in a GalatasarayβOlympiacos match played in front of 79,414 spectators. But the Ali Sami Yen Stadium had historic importance for Galatasaray fans although it was smaller and older.
The new Nef Stadium was built for Galatasaray in return for the highly valued land of the historic Ali Sami Yen stadium in Mecidiyekoy, and became the new home ground for Galatasaray S.K., replacing the old Ali Sami Yen Stadium. The new stadium has a capacity of 52,695 seats. The Ali Sami Yen Stadium was demolished in 2011 with the contractor revealing that it was on the verge of collapse and that a major stadium disaster would almost certainly have occurred had the stadium remained in use
Since 1998, after every goal scored by Galatasaray, the last part of the song "I Will Survive" by the Hermes House Band is played. Although the song is in English and already adopted by Dutch football team Feyenoord, 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 Seminoles' war chant is played accompanied by what the fans call a "scarf show", where fans display and wave their Galatasaray scarves.
Other facilitiesβ»
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- Galatasaray Islet
- Galatasaray Museum
- Florya Metin Oktay Sports Complex and Training Center
- Galatasaray BeyoΔlu Hasnun Galip Club Administrative Center
- Galatasaray Küçükçekmece Rowing Center
- Galatasaray Nevzat ΓzgΓΆrkey Equestrian Facilities
- Galatasaray Olympic Aquatic Center
- Galatasaray GΓΆlbaΕΔ± Ankara Facilities
- Galatasaray Taçspor Tesisleri
Club officialsβ»
- Board of directors
- As of 19 June 2022
Office | Name |
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President | Dursun AydΔ±n Γzbek |
Deputy President | Metin ΓztΓΌrk |
Vice President | Niyazi YelkencioΔlu |
Board Secretary | Eray Yazgan |
Treasurer | Levent Yaz |
Board Spokesperson | RΔ±za Tevfik Morova |
Board Member | Bora İsmail Bahçetepe |
Board Member | Mehmet Δ°smail SarΔ±kaya |
Board Member | Mehmet Saruhan Cibara |
Board Member | Dikran GΓΌlmezgil |
Board Member | Can Natan |
Board Member | Emir Aral |
Board Member | Cansu Ak YΔ±lmaz |
Board Member | Tanur Lara YΔ±lmaz |
Board Member | Cem Soylu |
Galatasaray High School Headmaster | Prof.Dr.H.Murat DevelioΔlu |
- Presidents
From-to | Names |
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1905β1918 | Ali Sami Yen |
1990β1996 | Alp Yalman |
1996β2001 | Faruk SΓΌren |
2001β2002 | Mehmet Cansun |
2002β2008 | Γzhan CanaydΔ±n |
2008β2011 | Adnan Polat |
2011β2014 | Γnal Aysal |
2014β2015 | Duygun Yarsuvat |
2015β2018 | Dursun Γzbek |
2018β2021 | Mustafa Cengiz |
2021β2022 | Burak Elmas |
2022- | Dursun Γzbek |
Other businessesβ»
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Galatasaray AΕ owns a chain of 81 Galatasaray Stores, selling club merchandise in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Cyprus. The club also owns an online betting company, an insurance company, an Internet service provider company, a travel agency, a forex company, and a search engine company.
Referencesβ»
- Footnotes
- ^ "Binicilik Ana Sayfa β GALATASARAY.ORG". Galatasaray.org. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Binicilik Ana Sayfa". galatasaray.org.
- ^ "SatranΓ§ Ana Sayfa β GALATASARAY.ORG". Galatasaray.org. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Satranç Ana Sayfa". galatasaray.org.
- ^ "SΓΌper Lig TarihΓ§e Εampiyonluklar ArΕiv Gol KrallΔ±ΔΔ± TFF". tff.org. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "TΓΌrkiye KupasΔ± TarihΓ§e ve ArΕiv TFF". tff.org. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Turkcell Süper Kupa Tarihçesi TFF". tff.org. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Ligler Ana Sayfa TFF". tff.org. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Developing football in Turkey | Inside UEFA". UEFA. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Domestic | Turkey | National Associations | Inside UEFA". UEFA. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Domestic | Turkey | National Associations | Inside UEFA". UEFA. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ Club Licensing Benchmarking Report: Living with the pandemic (PDF). UEFA.
- ^ "Snap shot: Galatasaray win historic UEFA Cup β UEFA Europa League β News β UEFA.com". UEFA. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Galatasaray-Arsenal History | UEFA Europa League 1999/00". UEFA. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "2000 Super Cup: Jardel doubles up for Galatasaray | UEFA Super Cup". UEFA. 1 September 2000. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "GALATASARAY.ORG". Galatasaray.org. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "GALATASARAY.ORG". Galatasaray.org. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "GALATASARAY.ORG". Galatasaray.org. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul vs. Strasbourg β Game β Welcome to 7DAYS EuroCup". EurocupBasketball.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ Tekil, SΓΌleyman (1983). Galatasaray, DΓΌnden BugΓΌne 1905β1982. Δ°stanbul: Arset MatbaacΔ±lΔ±k Kollektif Εti. pp. 1β13.
- ^ "GALATASARAY.ORG". Galatasaray.org. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Tweets with replies by melih sabanoglu (@melihsabanoglu)". Twitter. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ Bozkurt GΓΌvenΓ§, TΓΌrk KimliΔi, KΓΌltΓΌr BakanlΔ±ΔΔ±, 1993, p. 32. (in Turkish)
- ^ "First match and foundation". Galatasaray.org. 17 November 2007. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008.
- ^ "How Galatasaray Founded". Galatasaray.org. 23 November 2007. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008.
- ^ "History of founding from official site". Galatasaray.org. 22 November 2007.
- ^ "TΓΌrkiye Profesyonel 1. Ligi". Galatasaray.org. 21 November 2007.
- ^ "Information about Turkish Cup". Tff.org. 20 November 2007.
- ^ "GALATASARAY.ORG". galatasaray.org. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Yellow Red since 100 Years". GALATASARAY.ORG.
- ^ "Cimnastik OkullarΔ±". GALATASARAY.ORG.
- ^ "OlaΔan Genel Kurul YapΔ±ldΔ±". GALATASARAY.ORG.
- ^ "Galatasaray Espor". GALATASARAY.ORG.
- ^ "En Eski StadΔ±". Δ°stanbul'un Enleri. 16 September 2007. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008.
- ^ "Ali Sami Yen Stadium". Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
- ^ "Ali Sami Yen Stadium Information". The Stadium Guide. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
- ^ "Zulümpiyat! Stadı". Fotomaç. 20 October 2006. Retrieved 15 July 2007.
- ^ http://www.stadiumguide.com/alisamiyen/ Ali Sami Yen which is popular president of Galatasaray β The Stadium guide
- ^ ultrAslanForce (1 March 2007). "Fener MaΓ§Δ± ΓΆncesi MuhteΕem AtkΔ± Show!!". Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2018 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Nevzat ΓzgΓΆrkey Binicilik Tesisleri β GALATASARAY.ORG". Galatasaray.org. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Ergun GΓΌrsoy Olimpik YΓΌzme Havuzu β GALATASARAY.ORG". Galatasaray.org. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Galatasaray GΓΆlbaΕΔ± Ankara Facilities". Galatasaraylilarbirligi.org.tr. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "TaΓ§ Spor Tesisleri β GALATASARAY.ORG". Galatasaray.org. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
Further readingβ»
- Birand, M. A., & Polat, M. M. (2006). Passion that continues for 100 years. Δ°stanbul: D YapΔ±m. OCLC 164788939
- Turagay, U., ΓzgΓΌn, G., GΓΆkΓ§in, B., Ahunbay (2006). 17 May: The story of a championship. Δ°stanbul: D YapΔ±m. OCLC 169899400
- Hasol, D. (2004). Dreams/realities in Galatasaray. Δ°stanbul: YapΔ± YayΔ±n. ISBN 975-8599-44-5
- Tuncay, B. (2003). Galatasaray with European Success and Notable Players. YapΔ± Kredi KΓΌΜltΓΌΜr Sanat YayΔ±ncΔ±lΔ±k. ISBN 978-975-08-0427-4
- Yamak, O. (2001). Galatasaray: Story of 95 years. Sinerji. OCLC 59287768
- ΓakΔ±r, A. (1995). 90 questions about history of Galatasaray SK. CaΔaloΔlu, Δ°stanbul: Demir Ajans YayΔ±nlarΔ±. OCLC 42434622
- Tekil, S. (1986). History of Galatasaray, 1905β1985. Galatasaray Spor KulΓΌbΓΌ. OCLC 25025508
- Tekil, S. (1983). Galatasaray 1905β1982: Memories. Arset MatbaacΔ±lΔ±k Koll. Εti. OCLC 62614035
- Δ°sfendiyar, F. (1952). History of Galatasaray. Δ°stanbul: β». OCLC 27753643
External linksβ»
- (in Turkish and French) Galatasaray Sports Club Official Website