Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)

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.

Galatasaray
NicknameSarı Kırmızılılar (The Yellow-Reds)
The Lions[1]
LeaguesTurkish Super League
Founded1911
HistoryGalatasaray
(1911–present)
ArenaSinan Erdem Dome[2]
Capacity16,000
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Team colorsYellow, red
   
PresidentMustafa Cengiz
Team managerCem Civan
Head coachEkrem Memnun
Team captainGöksenin Köksal
Championships1 EuroCup
16 Turkish Championships
3 Turkish Cups
2 Turkish President's Cups
Websitegalatasaray.org
Active departments of Galatasaray
FootballFootball
(Men's youth)		Volleyball
(Men's)
Volleyball
(Women's)		Basketball
(Men's)		Basketball
(Women's)
Wheelchair
Basketball		AthleticsEquestrian
JudoRowingSailing
SwimmingWater Polo
(Men's)		Water Polo
(Women's)
BridgeChess

History

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]

Sponsorship naming

Due to sponsorship deals, Galatasaray have been also known as:

  • Galatasaray Cafe Crown: (2005–2011)[8]
  • Galatasaray Medical Park: (2011–2013)[9]
  • Galatasaray Liv Hospital: (2013–2015)[10][11]
  • Galatasaray Odeabank: (2015–2018)[12]
  • Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta: (2019–2020)[13]
  • Galatasaray: (2020–present)

Home courts
A Galatasaray home match in 2013 at the Abdi İpekçi Arena
# Court Capacity Period
1
Abdi İpekçi Arena
 12,270 2000–2005
2
Ahmet Cömert Sport Hall
 3,500 2005–2006
3
Ayhan Şahenk Arena
 3,500 2006–2009
4
Abdi İpekçi Arena
 12,270 2009–2017
5
Sinan Erdem Dome
 16,000 2017–present

Technical staff
As of 19 November 2020[14]
Name Job
Cem Civan General Manager
İbrahim Tilki Administrative Manager
Ömer Uğurata Assistant Coach
Kadir Serdar Assistant Coach
Tolga Başer Assistant Coach
Gökhan Turan Assistant Coach
Mete Budak Media Officer
Semih Eroğlu Conditioner
Ali Göksel Atağ Conditioner
Mümin Balcıoğulları Physiotherapist
Osman Aşbay Masseur
Mehmet Uğurlu Quartermaster
Vahit Yılmaz Transport

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Galatasaray roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
G 0 Hamilton, Alex 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 27 – (1993-10-05)5 October 1993
PG 1 Trice, Travis 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 28 – (1993-01-22)22 January 1993
G/F 3 Hunter, R. J. 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 27 – (1993-10-24)24 October 1993
G 6 Ermiş, Barış 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 36 – (1985-01-03)3 January 1985
SG 7 Arslan, Yiğit 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 24 – (1996-05-12)12 May 1996
PG 9 Erdoğan, Eray 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 20 – (2000-02-25)25 February 2000
PF 12 Motum, Brock 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 30 – (1990-10-16)16 October 1990
C 13 Atar, Ragıp 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 21 – (1999-07-13)13 July 1999
PF 17 Jefferson, Amile 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 28 – (1993-01-07)7 January 1993
F/C 19 Williams, Johnathan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 25 – (1995-05-22)22 May 1995
PF 22 Olmaz, Ayberk 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 24 – (1996-06-08)8 June 1996
SF 23 Erdeniz, Caner 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 33 – (1987-04-25)25 April 1987
C 50 Marei, Assem  2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 28 – (1992-06-16)16 June 1992
G/F 61 Köksal, Göksenin (C) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 30 – (1991-01-08)8 January 1991
C 77 Donat, Saadettin 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 20 – (2001-01-07)7 January 2001
PG Miller-McIntyre, Codi 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 26 – (1994-06-01)1 June 1994
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Kadir Serdar
  • Tolga Başer
  • Gökhan Turan
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Semih Eroğlu
  • Ali Göksel Atağ
Team manager
  • Cem Civan
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: January 29, 2021

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Johnathan Williams Ragip Atar Assem Marei
PF Amile Jefferson Brock Motum Ayberk Olmaz Saadettin Donat
SF R. J. Hunter Caner Erdeniz
SG Göksenin Köksal Yiğit Arslan Alex Hamilton
PG Travis Trice Barış Ermiş Eray Erdoğan

Honours

Domestic competitions

Turkish Super League [15]

Turkish Championship (defunct)

  • Winners (11) (record): 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966
  • Runners-up (4): 1946, 1951, 1952, 1961

Turkish Cup [16]

  • Winners (3): 1969–70, 1971–72, 1994–95
  • Runners-up (2): 1968–69, 2012–13

President's Cup [17]

European competitions

EuroCup

Season by season
Season Division Pos. Turkish Cup European competitions
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 Cup4th
2008–09 TBL 4th Semifinalist 3 EuroChallengeL16
2009–10 TBL 9th 2 EurocupL16
2010–11 TBL 2nd Semifinalist 2 EurocupL16
2011–12 TBL 3rd Third place 1 EuroleagueL16
2012–13 TBL 1st Runner-up 2 EurocupL16
2013–14 TBL 2nd Semifinalist 1 EuroleagueQF
2014–15 TBL 8th Quarterfinalist 1 EuroleagueL16
2015–16 BSL 3rd Quarterfinalist 2 EurocupC
2016–17 BSL 6th Semifinalist 1 EuroLeague12th
2017–18 BSL 9th 2 EuroCupT16
2018–19 BSL 4th Quarterfinalist 2 EuroCupRS

Team captains
Dates Name
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 coaches
Head coach Years
Osman Kermen
1966-67
Yalçın Granit
1967–68
Petar Simenov
1968-70
Cavit Altunay
1970–73
Özer Salnur
1973-74
Jim Richardson
1974–75
Şengün Kaplanoğlu / İlker Esel
1975
Özer Salnur / İlker Esel
1976
John Robert Gidding
1976–77
Özer Salnur
1977–79
Koray Mincinozlu
1979–80
Fuat Tahir
1980–81
Koray Mincinozlu
1981–83
Mehmet Baturalp
1983–84
Yalçın Granit
1984
Halil Üner
1984
Nur Germen
1984–85
Fehmi Sadıkoğlu
1985–87
Özer Salnur
1987
Jack Avina
1987-1989
Faruk Akagün
1989–91
Hakan Yavuz
1991–92
Mehmet Baturalp
1992–93
Aydan Siyavuş
1993–96
Tolga Tuğsavul
1996
Aydan Siyavuş / Hakan Yavuz
1996–97
Tolga Tuğsavul
1997
Aydan Siyavuş
1998
Koray Mincinozlu
1998–99
Fehmi Sadıkoğlu
1999–00
Koray Mincinozlu
2000–02
Erman Kunter
2002–03
Halil Üner
2003–06
Murat Özyer
2006–08
Koray Mincinozlu
2009
Okan Çevik
2009
Cem Akdağ
2009–10
Oktay Mahmuti
2010–12
Ergin Ataman
2012–17
Erman Kunter
2017–18
Oktay Mahmuti
2018
Ertuğrul Erdoğan
2018–2020
Ömer Uğurata
2020–2021
Ekrem Memnun
2021–present

Notable players
For a listing of past rosters, see Galatasaray Men's Basketball Team past rosters.

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

See also

References
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  2. Arena: SINAN ERDEM DOME.
  3. "Ülkemizde Basketbol". Tbf.org.tr. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
  4. Durupınar, Mehmet. Türk Basketbolunun 100 yıllık tarihi. (2009).page(12).Efes Pazarlama ve Dağıtım Ticaret A.Ş. ISBN 978-975-00995-1-9
  5. Teşekkürler Café Crown(in Turkish)
  6. "Galatasaray fights its way to European basketball's Mecca". Hurriyetdailynews.com. 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
  7. "Galatasaray Odeabank Eurocup Şampiyonu". Galatasaray.Org. 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
  8. "GALATASARAY.ORG". www.galatasaray.org. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  9. "GALATASARAY.ORG". www.galatasaray.org. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  10. "Galatasaray Erkek Basketbol Takımı'nın yeni sponsoru Liv Hospital". Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  11. "Proposed team list for 2013-14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague". Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  12. Hürriyet Haber. "Galatasaray ile Odeabank anlaştı". Hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
  13. "Kulübümüz ile Doğa Sigorta arasında sponsorluk anlaşması imzalandı" (in Turkish). Galatasaray.org. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  14. Erkek Basketbol İdari ve Teknik Kadro
  15. "Turkish Basketball League History". www.tblstat.net. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  16. "404". www.tbf.org.tr. Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  17. "404". www.tbf.org.tr. Archived from the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
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