Galatasaray S.K.

Galatasaray
	Galatasaray SK Logo
Full name	Galatasaray Spor Kulübü
Nickname(s)	"Aslanlar" ("Lions"); "Cimbom" (pronounced Jim-Bom)
Founded	1905
Ground	Ali Sami Yen Stadium,; Istanbul, Turkey
Capacity	25,000
Chairman	Özhan Canaydın
Manager	Eric Gerets
League	Turkish Premier Super League
2004-05	Turkish Premier Super League, 3rd
Home colours	Away colours

For Galatasaray High School, visit Galatasaray Lisesi

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.

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)

Current squad

As of 1 September, 2005:

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