Galatasaray S.K.
Full name | Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (Galatasaray Sports Club) |
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Nicknames | Cimbom (Turkish pronunciation: [dʒimbom]) Aslanlar (The Lions) Gala (referred to by non-Turkish nationals) |
Short name | GS |
School | Galatasaray University Galatasaray High School |
Founded | 1 October 1905Ali Sami Yen | as Galata-Serai Football Club by
Based in | Istanbul, Turkey |
Stadium | Ali Sami Yen Sports Complex |
Colors | Yellow and red |
Anthem | Galatasaray Marşı |
President | Dursun Özbek |
Titles | Intercontinental titles: 4 European titles: 16 Balkan titles: 2 |
Mascot | Lion |
Official fan club | ultrAslan |
Local media | GSTV |
Website | Galatasaray SK |
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Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation:
The football branch of Galatasaray has accumulated the most Süper Lig (23), Turkish Cup (18) and Turkish Super Cup (16) titles in Turkey,[5][6][7] 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[8] and UEFA.[9][10][11][12]
In the year 2000 Galatasaray also took claim of the
The club's
Etymology
Galatasaray (Turkish pronunciation: [ɡaɫatasaˈɾaj]) is a quarter in Karaköy in the Beyoğlu 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.[20]
Galatasaray is a compound word and is pronounced as such, with a very brief pause between the two words.[21] 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)—pronounced [dʒim bom (bom)])—of uncertain etymology. However, the shortened form "Gala" is sometimes used by English speakers.
History
Galatasaray SK was founded in October 1905 (the exact day is disputed, but is traditionally accepted as "17 Teşrinievvel 1321
The club's first match was against
According to researcher Cem Atabeyoğlu, Galatasaray took its name from one of its first matches. In that match, Galatasaray won 2–0 over
Our aim is to play together like Englishmen, to have a color and a name, and to beat the non-Turkish teams.
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, Reşat Şirvani, Cevdet Kalpakçıoğlu, Abidin Daver and Kamil.[21]
At first, the colors of the Galatasaray Sports Club were red and white, which are the colors in the
While the football in Turkey began to fully develop, Galatasaray won ten more Istanbul League titles[citation needed] until 1952[citation needed]. 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.[citation needed]
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 22 league titles since then.[27]
The Turkish Football Federation started to organize "Turkish Cup" (today it is organized with the name Ziraat Turkish 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 18 trophies since then.[28]
Crest
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) Şevki Ege. This was replaced in 1925 by the current "Ghayn-Sin" crest, designed by Ayetullah Emin.[29]
Team colours and kit
Galatasaray wore red and white colours when founded, then played in yellow and black during the 1907–1908 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
The red and yellow colours were also inspired from the
Departments
Current departments
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)
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Galatasaray S.K. (women's water polo)
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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)
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Equestrian | Galatasaray S.K. (equestrian)[2] |
Chess | Galatasaray S.K. (chess)[4] |
Gymnastics | Galatasaray S.K. (gymnastics)[31] |
Tennis | Galatasaray S.K. (tennis team; to be opened soon)[32] |
Esports | Galatasaray S.K. (VALORANT)[33] |
Defunct departments
- Wrestling 1887
- İstanbul Championship: Winner(8) 1945 to 1955[citation needed]
- Turkish Championship: Winner(2)[citation needed]
- Cycling 1898
- Boxing 1904 the first club in Turkey.[according to whom?]
The first boxer in Turkey was Sabri Mahir.
- Swedish gymnastics 1908
- Hockey 1911
- Field hockey 1915
- Baseball 1925
- Table tennis 1925
- Handball 1926
- İstanbul Championship: Winner (8) 1945 to 1955[citation needed]
- Turkish Championship: Winner (2)[citation needed]
- Cricket 1926
- Aviation & gliding, 1931
- Skiing & mountaineering, 1931
- Motocross 1931
- Fencing 1931
- Water ballet 1995
- Superleague Formula 2008
Reactivated departments
- Tennis 1910
- Gymnastics 1868
Achievements in major competitions
Facilities
Stadia
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.[34] 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 İnönü Stadium.
On 20 December 1964,
After 2002, when
The new
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.[39]
Other facilities
- Galatasaray Islet
- Galatasaray Museum
- Florya Metin Oktay Sports Complex and Training Center
- Galatasaray Beyoğlu Hasnun Galip Club Administrative Center
- Galatasaray Küçükçekmece Rowing Center
- Galatasaray Nevzat Özgörkey Equestrian Facilities[40]
- Galatasaray Olympic Aquatic Center[41]
- Galatasaray Gölbaşı Ankara Facilities[42]
- Galatasaray Taçspor Tesisleri[43]
Club officials
- Board of directors
- As of 19 June 2022
Office | Name |
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President | Dursun Aydın Özbek
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Deputy President | Metin Öztürk |
Vice President | Niyazi Yelkencioğlu |
Board Secretary | Eray Yazgan |
Treasurer | Levent Yaz |
Board Spokesperson | Rıza Tevfik Morova |
Board Member | Bora İsmail Bahçetepe |
Board Member | Mehmet İsmail Sarıkaya |
Board Member | Mehmet Saruhan Cibara |
Board Member | Dikran Gülmezgil |
Board Member | Can Natan |
Board Member | Emir Aral |
Board Member | Cansu Ak Yılmaz |
Board Member | Tanur Lara Yılmaz |
Board Member | Cem Soylu |
Galatasaray High School Headmaster | Prof.Dr.H.Murat Develioğlu |
- Presidents
From-to | Names |
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1905–1918 | Ali Sami Yen |
1990–1996 | Alp Yalman |
1996–2001 | Faruk Süren |
2001–2002 | Mehmet Cansun |
2002–2008 | Özhan Canaydın |
2008–2011 | Adnan Polat |
2011–2014 | Ünal Aysal |
2014–2015 | Duygun Yarsuvat |
2015–2018 | Dursun Özbek |
2018–2021 | Mustafa Cengiz |
2021–2022 | Burak Elmas |
2022- | Dursun Özbek |
Other businesses
Galatasaray AŞ owns a chain of 81 Galatasaray Stores, selling club merchandise in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Cyprus.[
References
- Footnotes
- ^ "Binicilik Ana Sayfa - GALATASARAY.ORG". Galatasaray.org. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Binicilik Ana Sayfa". galatasaray.org.
- ^ "Satranç Ana Sayfa - GALATASARAY.ORG". Galatasaray.org. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Satranç Ana Sayfa". galatasaray.org.
- ^ "Süper Lig Tarihçe Şampiyonluklar Arşiv Gol Krallığı TFF". www.tff.org. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Türkiye Kupası Tarihçe ve Arşiv TFF". www.tff.org. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Turkcell Süper Kupa Tarihçesi TFF". www.tff.org. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Ligler Ana Sayfa TFF". www.tff.org. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ UEFA.com. "Developing football in Turkey | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ UEFA.com. "Domestic | Turkey | National Associations | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ UEFA.com. "Domestic | Turkey | National Associations | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ Club Licensing Benchmarking Report: Living with the pandemic (PDF). UEFA.
- ^ "Snap shot: Galatasaray win historic UEFA Cup - UEFA Europa League - News - UEFA.com". www.uefa.com. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ UEFA.com. "Galatasaray-Arsenal History | UEFA Europa League 1999/00". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ UEFA.com (1 September 2000). "2000 Super Cup: Jardel doubles up for Galatasaray | UEFA Super Cup". UEFA.com. 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 – Game – Welcome to 7DAYS EuroCup". EurocupBasketball.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ Tekil, Süleyman (1983). Galatasaray, Dünden Bugüne 1905–1982. İstanbul: Arset Matbaacılık Kollektif Şti. pp. 1–13.
- ^ a b "GALATASARAY.ORG". Galatasaray.org. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Tweets with replies by melih sabanoglu (@melihsabanoglu)". Twitter. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ Bozkurt Güvenç, Türk Kimliği, Kültür Bakanlığı, 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.
- ^ a b "History of founding from official site". Galatasaray.org. 22 November 2007.
- ^ "Türkiye Profesyonel 1. Ligi". Galatasaray.org. 21 November 2007.
- ^ "Information about Turkish Cup". Tff.org. 20 November 2007.
- ^ "GALATASARAY.ORG". www.galatasaray.org. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Yellow Red since 100 Years". GALATASARAY.ORG.
- ^ "Cimnastik Okulları". GALATASARAY.ORG.
- ^ "Olağan Genel Kurul Yapıldı". GALATASARAY.ORG.
- ^ "Galatasaray Espor". GALATASARAY.ORG.
- ^ "En Eski Stadı". İstanbul'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 – The Stadium guide
- ^ ultrAslanForce (1 March 2007). "Fener Maçı öncesi Muhteşem Atkı Show!!". Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2018 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Nevzat Özgörkey Binicilik Tesisleri - GALATASARAY.ORG". Galatasaray.org. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Ergun Gürsoy Olimpik Yüzme Havuzu - GALATASARAY.ORG". Galatasaray.org. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Galatasaray Gölbaşı Ankara Facilities". Galatasaraylilarbirligi.org.tr. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Taç Spor Tesisleri - GALATASARAY.ORG". Galatasaray.org. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- Further reading
- Birand, M. A., & Polat, M. M. (2006). Passion that continues for 100 years. İstanbul: D Yapım. OCLC 164788939
- Turagay, U., Özgün, G., Gökçin, B., Ahunbay (2006). 17 May: The story of a championship. İstanbul: D Yapım. OCLC 169899400
- Hasol, D. (2004). Dreams/realities in Galatasaray. İstanbul: Yapı Yayın. ISBN 975-8599-44-5
- Tuncay, B. (2003). Galatasaray with European Success and Notable Players. Yapı Kredi Kü̈ltü̈r Sanat Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-975-08-0427-4
- Yamak, O. (2001). Galatasaray: Story of 95 years. Sinerji. OCLC 59287768
- Çakır, A. (1995). 90 questions about history of Galatasaray SK. Cağaloğlu, İstanbul: Demir Ajans Yayınları. OCLC 42434622
- Tekil, S. (1986). History of Galatasaray, 1905–1985. Galatasaray Spor Kulübü. OCLC 25025508
- Tekil, S. (1983). Galatasaray 1905–1982: Memories. Arset Matbaacılık Koll. Şti. OCLC 62614035
- İsfendiyar, F. (1952). History of Galatasaray. İstanbul: [Doğan Kardeş yayınları]. OCLC 27753643
External links
- (in Turkish and French) Galatasaray Sports Club Official Website