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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. ^*

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

Season	Achievement	Manager	Notes
European Super Cup (1)
99-2000	Champion	Mircea Lucescu	won after defeating Real Madrid 2-1
Champions League
62-1963	Quarter Final	Gündüz Kılıç	eliminated by AC Milan 1-3 in Istanbul, 0-5 in Italy
69-1970	Quarter Final	Toma Kaleperoviç	eliminated by Legia Warszawa 1-1 in Istanbul, 0-2 in Poland
88-1989	Semi Final	Mustafa Denizli	eliminated by FC Steaua Bucureşti 1-1 in Istanbul, 0-4 in Romania
93-1994	Last 8 Team	Rainer Hollmann	defeated Manchester United in 2. round
00-2001	Quarter Final	Mircea Lucescu	progressed from first group stage with Sturm Graz where AS Monaco and Rangers FC were eliminated; progressed from second group stage with Deportivo where AC Milan and Paris St. Germain were eliminated; eleminated by Real Madrid 3-2 in Istanbul, 0-3 in Spain
01-2002	Second Group	Mircea Lucescu	progressed from first group stage with Nantes where Lazio and PSV Eindhoven were eliminated; eliminated in a group with FC Barcelona, Liverpool and AS Roma
UEFA Cup (1)
99-2000	Champion	Fatih Terim	final was won 4-1 on penalties after a 0-0 draw vs. Arsenal
Cup Winners Cup
91-1992	Quarter Final	Karl Heinz Feldkamp	eleminated by Werder Bremen 2-1 in Germany, 0-0 in Istanbul

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

Season	Home	Score	Away	League	Stadium
1988-89	AS Monaco	0 - 1	Galatasaray	Champions League Quarter Final match 1. leg	Stade Louis II
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
1999-00	Hertha Berlin	1 - 4	Galatasaray	Champions League group match	Olympic Stadium
1999-00	Galatasaray	3 - 2	A.C. Milan	Champions League group match	Ali Sami Yen
1999-00	Borussia Dortmund	0 - 2	Galatasaray	UEFA Cup 4. round match 1. leg	Westfalenstadion
1999-00	Real Mallorca	1 - 4	Galatasaray	UEFA Cup Quarter Final match 1. leg	Son Moix
1999-00	Galatasaray	2 - 1	Real Mallorca	UEFA Cup Quarter Final match 1. leg	Ali Sami Yen
1999-00	Galatasaray	2 - 0	Leeds United	UEFA Cup Semi Final match 1. leg	Ali Sami Yen
1999-00	Arsenal	1 - 4	Galatasaray	UEFA Cup Final match	Parken Stadium
1999-00	Real Madrid	1 - 2	Galatasaray	Super Cup Final match	Stade Louis II
2000-01	Galatasaray	3 - 2	AS Monaco	Champions League 1. group match	Ali Sami Yen
2000-01	Galatasaray	3 - 2	Rangers	Champions League 1. group match	Ali Sami Yen
2000-01	Galatasaray	1 - 0	Paris S.G.	Champions League 2. 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 1. 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

Squad

2005/2006 Squad

Goal Keeper
1	Aly Faryd Mondragon
12	Aykut Erçetin
17	Fevzi Elmas

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	Ferhat Öztorun	LB
29	Erkan Ferin	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	Mehmet Güven	CM
26	Aydın Yılmaz	LM
50	Uğur Demirok	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

Goal Keeper
1	Aly Faryd Mondragon
12	Aykut Erçetin
17	Fevzi Elmas

Defence
2	Stjepan Tomas	CB
4	Rigobert Song	CB
5	Orhan Ak	LB
	Tolga Seyhan	CB
6	Yalçın Ayhan	CB
19	Cihan Haspolatlı	RB
21	Emre Aşık	CB
25	Ferhat Öztorun	LB
29	Erkan Ferin	DC
33	Uğur Uçar	RB

Midfield
8	Marek Heinz	LW
11	Hasan Şaş	LW
18	Ayhan Akman	CM
20	Volkan Arslan	AM
22	Saša Ilić	AM
	Okan Buruk	RW
24	Mehmet Güven	CM
25	Aydın Yılmaz	LM
27	Özgürcan Özcan	AM
29	Mülayim Erdem	AM
50	Uğur Demirok	MC
55	Sabri Sarıoğlu	RM
67	Ergün Penbe	LW

Forward
9	Hakan Şükür
10	Necati Ateş
28	Özgürcan Özcan
58	Hasan Kabze
99	Ümit Karan

Manager
Eric Gerets

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

1905 to 1980s

1980s

1990s

2000s

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

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)

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