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Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (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 to become European Champions. Galatasaray also topped the world club ranking to be named "Best Football Club in the World" in January of 2001. [link]

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 row at home (24 games in row: 13 May 2001 - 8 December 2002).

Galatasaray is the most globally recognised Turkish club, as a result of its success in the international arena. The team is famous for its "enthusiastic" home support, especially for its supporters' habit of displaying enormous banners throughout its ground, welcoming visiting teams "to Hell!" .

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.

Achievements

Turkish League Championships (16)
Season	Manager
1961-62	Gündüz Kılıç
1962-63	Gündüz Kılıç
1968-69	Toma Kaleperovic
1970-71	Brian Birch
1971-72	Brian Birch
1972-73	Brian Birch
1986-87	Jupp Derwall
1987-88	Jupp Derwall
1992-93	Karl Heinz Feldkamp
1993-94	Rainer Hollmann
1996-97	Fatih Terim
1997-98	Fatih Terim
1998-99	Fatih Terim
1999-00	Fatih Terim
2001-02	Mircea Lucescu
2005-06	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
1995	Fatih Terim
1999	Fatih Terim
2000	Fatih Terim
2005	Gheorghe Hagi

Great Matches in Europe

Squad

2005/2006 Squad

Defence
2	Stjepan Tomas	CB
4	Rigobert Song	CB
5	Orhan Ak	RB
6	Yalçın Ayhan	CB
19	Cihan Haspolatlı	RB
21	Emre Aşık	CB
25		LB
29		CB
33	Uğur Uçar	RB

Midfield
7	Alioum Saidou	CM
8	Marek Heinz	LW
11	Hasan Şaş	LW
18	Ayhan Akman	CM
20	Volkan Arslan	AM
22	Saša Ilić	AM
24		CM
26	Aydın Yılmaz	LM
50		MC
55	Sabri Sarıoğlu	RM
67	Ergün Penbe	LW

Forward
9	Hakan Şükür
10	Necati Ateş
15	Cafercan Aksu
27	Özgürcan Özcan
58	Hasan Kabze
99	Ümit Karan

Manager
Eric Gerets

2006/2007 Squad

Transfers

In

Okan Buruk return from Beşiktaş (free transfer)

Tolga Seyhan from Shakhtar Donetsk

Out

Alioum Saidou to Nantes

Cafercan Aksu to İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor

Notable players

Galatasaray's 2005/2006 Championship winning line-up

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Managerial history

• Fethi Demircan (1977-1978)
• Coşkun Özari (1978-1979)
• Turgay Şeren (1979-1980)
• Brian Birch (1980-1982)
• Özkan Sümer (1982 - 1983)
• Tomislav Ivic (1983 - 1984)
• Jupp Derwall (1984 - 1988)
• Mustafa Denizli (1988 - 1990) (1991 - 1992)
• Sigfried Held (1990 - 1991)
• Karl Heinz Feldkamp (1992 - 1993)
• Rainer Hollmann (1993 - 1994)
• Reinhard Saftig (1994 - 1995)
• Graeme Souness (1995 - 1996)
• Fatih Terim (1996 - 2000) (2002 - 2004)
• Mircea Lucescu (2000 - 2002)
• Gheorghe Hagi (2004 - 2005)
• Eric Gerets (2005 - Present)

Most successful Managers

• Fatih Terim
• Mustafa Denizli
• Gündüz Kılıç
• Mircea Lucescu

Presidents

• Ali Sami Yen (1905 - 1918) (1925)
• Refik Cevdet Kalpakçıoğlu (1919 - 1922) (1934)
• Yusuf Ziya Öniş (1922-1924) (1950 - 1952)
• Ali Haydar Şekip (1925)
• Ahmet Robenson (1926)
• Adnan Ibrahim Pirioğlu (1927)
• Necmettin Sadak (1928 - 1929)
• Abidin Daver (1929 - 1930)
• Ahmet Kara (1930 - 1931) (1933)
• Tahir Kevkep (1931 - 1932)
• Ali Haydar Barsal (1932 - 1933) (1933 - 1934)
• Fethi Isfendiyaroğlu (1933)
• Saim Gögen (1936 - 1937)
• Sedat Ziya Kantoğlu (1937 - 1939) (1944)
• Nizan Nuri (1939)
• Adnan Akıska (1939)
• Tevfik Ali Çınar (1940 - 1942)
• Osman Dardağan(1942 - 1943)
• Muslihittin Peykoğlu (1944 - 1946)
• Suphi Batur (1946 - 1950) (1965 - 1968)
• Ulvi Yenal (1953) (1962 - 1964)
• Refik Selimoğlu (1954 - 1956) (1960 - 1962)
• Sadik Giz (1957 - 1959)
• Selahattin Beyazıt (1969 - 1973) (1975 - 1979)
• Prof. Dr. Mustafa Pekin (1973 - 1975)
• Prof. Dr. Ali Uras (1979 - 1984) (1984 - 1986)
• Dr. Ali Tanrıyar (1986 - 1988) (1988 - 1990)
• Alp Yalman (1990 - 1992) (1992 - 1996)
• Faruk Süren (1996 - 2001)
• H. Mehmet Cansun (2001 - 2002)
• Özhan Canaydın (2002 - Present)

External links

• () [Official website of Galatasaray SK]
• () [Official website of Galatasaray SK]
• () [Supporters group UltrAslan]
• () [GalatasarayNews.com]
• () [CimBomBom.net]
• () [Unofficial website of Galatasaray]
• () [GalatasarayMedia.com]
• () [Galatasarayi.com]
• () [Hersey Galatasaray icin]
• () [Galatasaray Lycee]
• () [Galatasaray University]
• () [Cimbom.Gs]
• () [Aslanlar]
• () [AliSamiYen.net]
• () [uAES]
• () [uAES(Forum)]

Galata related places

• Galata
• Galata Tower
• Galata Bridge
• Galatasaray High School

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