2025–26 Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) season

Galatasaray MCT Technic
2025–26 season
PresidentDursun Özbek
Head coachYakup Sekizkök
ArenaBasketbol Gelişim Merkezi
Basketbol Süper LigiPre-season
Basketball Champions LeaguePre-season
Turkish Basketball CupPre-season

The 2025–26 season is Galatasaray's 114th season in the existence of the club. The team plays in the Basketball Super League and in the Basketball Champions League.

Season overview

Pre-season

On 2 July, The Basketball Champions League draw was held in Lausanne, Switzerland. Galatasaray will compete in Group E.[1]

On 3 July, It was announced that a new 1+1 year contract was signed with head coach Yakup Sekizkök.[2]

Players

Current roster

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

Galatasaray roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG 1 Robinson, Jerome 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 28 – (1997-02-22)22 February 1997
G 3 McCollum, Errick 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 37 – (1988-01-22)22 January 1988
PG 7 Cummings, Will 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 32 – (1992-10-07)7 October 1992
PG 10 Öncel, Rıdvan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 28 – (1997-02-21)21 February 1997
SG 12 Palmer, James 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 28 – (1996-07-31)31 July 1996
PF/C 13 Bishop, Christian 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – (1999-06-13)13 June 1999
PF 14 Vatan, Efe 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 21 – (2004-04-13)13 April 2004
G 17 Erdem, Kerem 19 – (2006-03-24)24 March 2006
G 19 Tuncer, Buğrahan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 32 – (1993-03-23)23 March 1993
SG 24 Alişan, Yaman 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 19 – (2006-06-27)27 June 2006
PF 35 White, Fabian 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – (1998-11-29)29 November 1998
C 77 Yaşar, Muhsin 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 29 – (1995-12-31)31 December 1995
PG 88 Korkmaz, Can 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 32 – (1992-10-21)21 October 1992
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Gökhan Turan
  • Cem Güven
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Yasin Aydın
Physiotherapist(s)
  • Ali Can Kaşlı
  • Mümin Balcıoğulları
Team manager
  • Ömer Yalçınkaya
  • İbrahim Tilki
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: July 8, 2025

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C
PF Efe Vatan
SF James Palmer Jr. Christian Bishop
SG Jerome Robinson Buğrahan Tuncer Yaman Alişan
PG Errick McCollum Will Cummings Can Korkmaz Kerem Erdem

(colours: Turkish or homegrown players; foreign players)

Squad changes

In

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
3 CG Errick McCollum 37 Fenerbahçe Beko 1+1 years June 2026 Free 28 June 2025 [3]
1 SG Jerome Robinson 28 Saint-Quentin 1+1 years June 2026 Free 29 June 2025 [4]
13 SF Christian Bishop 26 Basketball Nymburk 1 year June 2026 Free 1 July 2025 [5]
77 C Muhsin Yaşar 29 Karşıyaka Basket 1 year June 2026 Free 4 July 2025 [6]
35 C Fabian White 26 Manisa Basket 1 year June 2026 Free 6 July 2025 [7]
10 PG Rıdvan Öncel 28 Anadolu Efes 1 year June 2026 Free 7 July 2025 [8]

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
61 G/F Göksenin Köksal 34 End of contract Free 13 June 2025 [9]
6 PF Sadık Emir Kabaca 24 Casademont Zaragoza End of contract Free 17 June 2025 [10]
15 C Ebuka Izundu 28 KK Crvena zvezda Mutual agreement Free 20 June 2025 [11]
3 G Tyrone Wallace 31 End of contract Free 20 June 2025 [11]
2 PF Michael Young 30 End of contract Free 20 June 2025 [11]
31 C Ángel Delgado 30 Trabzonspor End of contract Free 22 June 2025 [12]
8 PF Roberts Blumbergs 27 End of contract Free 22 June 2025 [12]
0 PG Otis Livingston II 28 Bàsquet Girona End of contract Free 26 June 2025 [13]
9 PF Samet Geyik 32 End of contract Free 26 June 2025 [13]
32 G Rob Gray 31 End of contract Free 26 June 2025 [13]

Contract extension

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Cont. Date Source
7 PG Will Cummings 32 1 2 July 2025 [14]
12 SG James Palmer Jr. 28 1 5 July 2025 [15]

Club

Staff

Uniform

Sponsorship and kit manufacturers

Pre-season and friendlies

Friendly match

Friendly
 TBC vs. TBC
Friendly
 TBC vs. TBC
Friendly
 TBC vs. TBC

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Basketbol Süper Ligi Round 1 October 2025 June 2026
Basketball Champions League Round 1 October 2025
Turkish Basketball Cup — 2026

Updated to match played 13 June 2025
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L PF PA PD Win %
Basketbol Süper Ligi 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Basketball Champions League 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Turkish Basketball Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: 13 June 2025
Source: Competitions

Basketbol Süper Ligi

Main article: 2025–26 Basketbol Süper Ligi

League table

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W L PF PA PD W L PF PA PD W L PF PA PD
0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 13 June 2025.
Source: TBF.org.tr

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Ground
Result
Position
Updated to match(es) played on 13 June 2025. Source: TBF.org.tr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Loss

Note: All times are TRT (UTC+3) as listed by Turkish Basketball Federation.
October 2025
1
 TBC vs. TBC
2
 TBC vs. TBC
3
 TBC vs. TBC

Basketball Champions League

Main article: 2025–26 Basketball Champions League

Regular season

Group E
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification GSM IGO WUE TS
1 Galatasaray MCT Technic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to round of 16 —
2 Igokea m:tel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to play-ins —
3 FIT/One Würzburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Pallacanestro Trieste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: October 7, 2025. Source: FIBA

Turkish Basketball Cup

References

  1. ^ "Basketbol Şampiyonlar Ligi'nde E Grubu'ndayız!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. July 2, 2025. Retrieved July 2, 2025.
  2. ^ "Yakup Sekizkök ile yola devam!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. July 3, 2025. Retrieved July 3, 2025.
  3. ^ "Errick McCollum yeniden Galatasaray'da!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. June 28, 2025. Retrieved June 28, 2025.
  4. ^ "Jerome Robinson Galatasaray'da!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. June 29, 2025. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  5. ^ "Christian Bishop, Galatasaray MCT Technic'te!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
  6. ^ "Muhsin Yaşar Galatasaray MCT Technic'te!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. July 4, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  7. ^ "Fabian White, Galatasaray MCT Technic'te!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. July 6, 2025. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
  8. ^ "Galatasaray MCT Technic'e hoş geldin Rıdvan Öncel!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. July 7, 2025. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  9. ^ "Veda zamanı, teşekkür zamanı..." (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. June 13, 2025. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
  10. ^ @GSBasketbol (June 17, 2025). "#Teşekkürler Sadık Emir Kabaca 🙏" (Tweet). Retrieved June 18, 2025 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ a b c @GSBasketbol (June 20, 2025). "#Teşekkürler Ebuka Izundu, Tyrone Wallace ve Michael Young" (Tweet). Retrieved June 20, 2025 – via Twitter.
  12. ^ a b @GSBasketbol (June 22, 2025). "#Teşekkürler Angel Delgado & Roberts Blumbergs 🙏" (Tweet). Retrieved June 22, 2025 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ a b c @GSBasketbol (June 26, 2025). "#Teşekkürler Samet Geyik, Otis Livingston ve Rob Gray 🙏" (Tweet). Retrieved June 26, 2025 – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "Yeni Sözleşme Willi Cummings". Galatasaray S.K. July 2, 2025. Retrieved July 2, 2025.
  15. ^ "James Palmer Jr. 2025/26 sezonunda da bizimle!". Galatasaray S.K. July 5, 2025. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
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