Galatasaray

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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 15 Turkish league championships, and also won the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 2000.

Galatasaray is one of only two teams to have won the UEFA Cup without being beaten in a single match, (the other being Ajax), 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 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 internationally recognised Turkish club as a result of its European successes. The team is famous for its outstandingly 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 2005-2006 season.

1 Achievements
2 Current squad
3 Notable players
4 Managerial history
5 Presidents
6 External links
7 Galata related places

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Achievements

Turkish league championships (15): 1962, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002
Turkish Cup (14): 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001 (won but forfieted because of red cards), 2005
UEFA Cup (1): 2000, 4-1 on penalties after a 0-0 draw vs. Arsenal
European Super Cup (1): 2000, 2-1 vs. Real Madrid
UEFA Champions League:
- Semi-final in 1988-1989 (eliminated by FC Steaua Bucuresti 0-4 in Romania, 1-1 in Istanbul )
- Quarter-final in 2000-2001 (eliminated by Real Madrid 3-2 in Istanbul and 0-3 in Spain)

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Current squad

As of 1 September, 2005:

Number		Player	Position	Year Signed	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Template:Flagicon	Aly Faryd Mondragon	GK	2001	FC Metz
12	Template:Flagicon	Aykut Ercetin	GK	2003	VfB Stuttgart
17	Template:Flagicon	Fevzi Elmas	GK	2005	Çanakkale Dardanelspor
Defenders
2	Template:Flagicon	Stjepan Tomas	CB	2004	Vicenza Calcio
4	Template:Flagicon	Rigobert Song	CB	2004	RC Lens
5	Template:Flagicon	Orhan Ak	CB	2003	Kocaelispor
6	Template:Flagicon	Yalçın Ayhan	CB	2005	Istanbulspor
33	Template:Flagicon	Ugur Uçar	RB	2005	Academy
61	Template:Flagicon	Suat Usta	SW	2003	PSV Eindhoven
28	Template:Flagicon	Cihan Can	CB	2005	Kocaelispor
Midfielders / Wingers
7	Template:Flagicon	Alioum Saidou	CM	2004	Istanbulspor
8	Template:Flagicon	Marek Heinz	LW	2005	Borussia Mönchengladbach
11	Template:Flagicon	Hasan Şaş	LW/RW/AM	1998	Ankaragücü
14	Template:Flagicon	Altan Aksoy	LW	2005	Konyaspor
18	Template:Flagicon	Ayhan Akman	CM	2001	Besiktas
19	Template:Flagicon	Cihan Haspolatlı	CM	2002	Kocaelispor
20	Template:Flagicon	Volkan Arslan	AM	2003	Kocaelispor
22	Template:Flagicon	Saša Ilić	AM	2005	FK Partizan
23	Template:Flagicon	Zafer Sakar	M	2005	Academy
26	Template:Flagicon	Aydın Yılmaz	AM	2005	Academy
27	Template:Flagicon	Özgürcan Özcan	AM	2005	Academy
29	Template:Flagicon	Mülayim Erdem	AM	2005	Academy
55	Template:Flagicon	Sabri Sarioglu	RM	2004	Academy
---	Template:Flagicon	Arda Turan	RM	2005	Academy
67	Template:Flagicon	Ergün Penbe	CM/LW	1994	Gençlerbirliği
Forwards
9	Template:Flagicon	Hakan Şükür	CF	2003	Blackburn Rovers
10	Template:Flagicon	Necati Ateş	CF	2004	Adanaspor
58	Template:Flagicon	Hasan Kabze	CF	2005	Çanakkale Dardanelspor
99	Template:Flagicon	Ümit Karan	CF	2001	Gençlerbirliği
Manager
-	Template:Flagicon	Erik Gerets	-	2005	VfL Wolfsburg