Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)

Galatasaray MCT Technic
2025–26 Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) season
NicknameSarı Kırmızılılar (The Yellow-Reds)
The Lions[1]
LeaguesBasketbol Süper Ligi
Champions League
Founded1911 (1911)
HistoryGalatasaray
(1911–present)
ArenaBasketbol Gelişim Merkezi
Capacity10,000
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Team colorsYellow, red
   
PresidentDursun Özbek
Team managerÖmer Yalçınkaya
Head coachYakup Sekizkök
Team captainGöksenin Köksal
Championships1 EuroCup
18 Turkish Championships (13 pre-1967)
3 Turkish Cups
2 Turkish President's Cups
Websitegalatasaray.org
Active departments of Galatasaray S.K.
Athletics Basketball
(Women's)
Chess Bridge Equestrian
e-Sports Football
(Men's)		 Football
(Women's)
Judo Rowing Sailing
Swimming Tennis Volleyball
(Men's)
Volleyball
(Women's)		 Water Polo
(Men's)		 Water Polo
(Women's)
Wheelchair
Basketball
Closed departments of Galatasaray S.K.
Handball Superleague
Formula

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 18 Turkish championships (5 titles in the Turkish Super League, 11 titles in the former Turkish Basketball Championship and 2 titles in the former Spring Cup). The team furthermore won 3 Turkish Cups, 2 Turkish Super Cups, and 1 EuroCup.

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.[2][3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

In the 2024–25 season, Galatasaray played in the FIBA-organised Basketball Champions League, and played in its second ever European final. They lost to Unicaja Málaga in the final in Athens.[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: (2020–2021)
  • Galatasaray Nef: (2021–2023)[14]
  • Galatasaray Ekmas: (2023–2024)[15]
  • Galatasaray: (2024–2025)
  • Galatasaray MCT Technic: (2025–present)[16]

Home courts

# 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 2017–2024
6
Basketbol Gelişim Merkezi
 10,000 2024–present

Administrative and Technical Staff

As of 15 August 2024[17][18]
Staff member Position
Ömer Yalçınkaya General Manager
İbrahim Tilki Team Manager
Yakup Sekizkök Head Coach
Cem Güven Assistant Coach
Gökhan Turan Assistant Coach
Batuhan Aybars Aksu Assistant Coach
Cenk Alyüz Assistant Coach
Yasin Aydın Conditioner
Emir Akmanlı Communication and Media Specialist
Sinan Üstündağ Doctor
Mümin Balcıoğulları Physiotherapist
Ali Can Kaşlı Physiotherapist
Burak Kozan Masseur
Adnan Güney Material Manager
Yunus Ün Foreign Relations Officer
Vahit Yılmaz Transportation Manager

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)

Honours

Domestic competitions

Turkish League[19]

  • Winners (18) (record): 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968–69, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1989–90, 2012–13
  • Runners-up (10): 1946, 1951, 1952, 1961, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 2010–11, 2013–14

Turkish Cup[20]

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

President's Cup[21]

Istanbul Basketball League (defunct)

  • Winners (15) (record): 1933–34, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1957–58, 1960–61

European competitions

EuroLeague

EuroCup

FIBA Champions League

Season by season

Season Division Pos. Pos. Turkish Cup European competitions
2002–03 TBL 3rd Semifinalist Semifinalist
2003–04 TBL 12th Semifinalist
2004–05 TBL 13th Group stage
2005–06 TBL 8th Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist
2006–07 TBL 4th Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
2007–08 TBL 5th Quarterfinalist 2 ULEB Cup 4th
2008–09 TBL 4th Semifinalist Semifinalist 3 EuroChallenge L16
2009–10 TBL 9th 2 Eurocup L16
2010–11 TBL 3rd Runners-up Semifinalist 2 Eurocup L16
2011–12 TBL 1st Semifinalist Third place 1 Euroleague L16
2012–13 TBL 1st Champion Runners-up 2 Eurocup L16
2013–14 TBL 4th Runners-up Semifinalist 1 Euroleague QF
2014–15 TBL 8th Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist 1 Euroleague L16
2015–16 BSL 3rd Semifinalist Quarterfinalist 2 Eurocup C
2016–17 BSL 6th Quarterfinalist Semifinalist 1 EuroLeague 12th
2017–18 BSL 9th 2 EuroCup T16
2018–19 BSL 4th Semifinalist Quarterfinalist 2 EuroCup RS
2019–20 BSL 3rd1 –1 Semifinalist 2 EuroCup T161
2020–21 BSL 14th 3 Champions League RS
2021–22 BSL 3rd Semifinalist Semifinalist 3 Champions League R16
2022–23 BSL 8th Quarterfinalist 3 Champions League R16
2023–24 BSL 5th Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist 3 Champions League R16
2024–25 BSL 7th Quarterfinalist Semifinalist 3 Champions League RU
^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Team captains

Dates Name
2010–2011 Ermal Kuqo
2011–2012 Haluk Yıldırım
2012–2013 Ender Arslan
2013–2015 Carlos Arroyo
2015–2017 Sinan Güler
2017–2025 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
2021–2022
Andreas Pistiolis
2022–2023
Zvezdan Mitrović
2023–2024
Yakup Sekizkök
2024–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 nationalities not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Ülkemizde Basketbol". Tbf.org.tr. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
  3. ^ Durupınar, Mehmet. Türk Basketbolunun 100 yıllık tarihi. (2009).page(12).Efes Pazarlama ve Dağıtım Ticaret A.Ş. ISBN 978-975-00995-1-9
  4. ^ Teşekkürler Café Crown(in Turkish)
  5. ^ "Galatasaray fights its way to European basketball's Mecca". Hurriyetdailynews.com. 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
  6. ^ "Galatasaray Odeabank Eurocup Şampiyonu". Galatasaray.Org. 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
  7. ^ "Final Four MVP Carter leads Unicaja to back-to-back BCL titles". www.championsleague.basketball. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
  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. ^ "Basketbol ana sponsorumuz NEF!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray.org. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  15. ^ "Yenilmez Armada, Ekmas Group ile güçlerini birleştirdi" (in Turkish). Galatasaray.org. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
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