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.Durupınar, Mehmet. Türk Basketbolunun 100 yıllık tarihi. (2009).page(12).Efes Pazarlama ve Dağıtım Ticaret A.Ş.

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.Teşekkürler Café Crown

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.

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.

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.

Previous names PeriodPrevious names 1911–2005 Galatasaray 2005–2011 Galatasaray Cafe Crown 2011–2013 Galatasaray Medical Park 2013–2015 Galatasaray Liv Hospital 2015–2018 Galatasaray Odeabank 2018–2019 Galatasaray 2019–2020 Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta 2020–2021 Galatasaray 2021–2023 Galatasaray Nef 2023–2024 Galatasaray Ekmas 2024–2025 Galatasaray 2025–present Galatasaray MCT Technic

Home courts

# Court Capacity Period112,2702000–200523,5002005–200633,5002006–2009412,2702009–2017516,0002017–2024610,0002024–2026716,0002026–present

Administrative and Technical Staff

Staff member Position Özgün ÖnverGeneral Manager İbrahim TilkiTeam Manager Gianmarco PozzeccoHead Coach Gökhan TuranAssistant Coach Ertan BedirAthletic Performance Coach Emir AkmanlıCommunication and Media Specialist Sinan ÜstündağDoctor Aşkın DedePhysiotherapist Ali Can KaşlıPhysiotherapist Burak KozanMasseur Adnan GüneyMaterial Manager Yunus ÜnForeign Relations Officer Lara KratzerForeign Relations Officer Vahit YılmazTransportation Officer

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Honours and other achievements Honours Type Competition Titles SeasonsInternationalEuroCup1 2015–16DomesticTurkish League161947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968–69, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1989–90, 2012–13Turkish Cup31969–70, 1971–72, 1994–95President's Cup21985, 2011 Other Achievements International competitions EuroLeague Quarter Final (1): 2013-14 EuroCup Semi Final (1): 2007-08 FIBA Champions League Runners-up (1): 2024–25 Quarter Final (1): 2025–26

Domestic competitions Turkish League Runners-up (10): 1946, 1951, 1952, 1961, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 2010–11, 2013–14 Turkish Cup Runners-up (2): 1968–69, 2012–13 President's Cup Other competitions 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

Season by season Season Division Turkish Cup Presidential Cup European competitions 1966–67 TBL 2nd — 1967–68 TBL 3rd — 1968–69 TBL Champion — 1969–70 TBL 6th — 1970–71 TBL 3rd — 1971–72 TBL 3rd — 1972–73 TBL 4th — 1973–74 TBL 3rd — 1974–75 TBL 2nd — 1975–76 TBL 7th — 1976–77 TBL 6th — 1977–78 TBL 7th — 1978–79 TBL 12th — 1979–80 TBL 10th — 1980–81 TBL 4th 7th 1981–82 TBL 2nd 5th 1982–83 TBL 5th 5th 1983–84 TBL 5th Quarterfinalist 1984–85 TBL 2nd Champion 1985–86 TBL 3rd Champion 1986–87 TBL 8th Runners-up 1987–88 TBL 7th Semifinalist 1988–89 TBL 6th 6th 1989–90 TBL 2nd Champion 1990–91 TBL 8th — 1991–92 TBL 8thQuarterfinalist 1992–93 TBL 6th Quarterfinalist 1993–94 TBL 5th Quarterfinalist 1994–95 TBL 7th Quarterfinalist 1995–96 TBL 5th Quarterfinalist 1996–97 TBL 9th Quarterfinalist 1997–98 TBL 8th Quarterfinalist 1998–99 TBL 6th Quarterfinalist 1999–00 TBL 7th First Round 2000–01 TBL 8th Quarterfinalist 2001–02 TBL 8th First Round 2002–03 TBL 3rd Semifinalist Semifinalist 2003–04 TBL 12th — Semifinalist 2004–05TBL 13th — Group stage 2005–06 TBL8th 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 2009–10 TBL 9th — 2 Eurocup 2010–11 TBL 3rdRunners-up Semifinalist 2 Eurocup 2011–12 TBL 1st Semifinalist Third place 1 Euroleague 2012–13 TBL1st ChampionRunners-up 2 Eurocup 2013–14 TBL 4th Runners-up Semifinalist 1 Euroleague 2014–15TBL8th Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist — 1 Euroleague 2015–16BSL 3rd Semifinalist Quarterfinalist — 2 Eurocup 2016–17 BSL6th Quarterfinalist Semifinalist — 1 EuroLeague 12th 2017–18 BSL 9th — — — 2 EuroCup 2018–19 BSL 4th Semifinalist Quarterfinalist — 2 EuroCup 2019–20 BSL Semifinalist 2 EuroCup 2020–21 BSL14th — Champions League 2021–22 BSL 3rd Semifinalist Semifinalist — Champions League 2022–23 BSL8th Quarterfinalist Champions League 2023–24 BSL 5th Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist — Champions League 2024–25 BSL 7th Quarterfinalist Semifinalist — Champions League 2025–26 BSL 7th Quarterfinalist — — Champions League

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 2025–2026 Errick McCollum 2026– Buğrahan Tuncer

Head coaches

Head coachYears Osman Kermen Yalçın Granit Petar Simenov Cavit Altunay Özer Salnur Jim Richardson Şengün Kaplanoğlu / İlker Esel Özer Salnur / İlker Esel John Robert Gidding Özer Salnur Koray Mincinozlu Fuat Tahir Koray Mincinozlu Mehmet Baturalp Yalçın Granit Halil Üner Nur Germen Fehmi Sadıkoğlu Özer Salnur Jack Avina Faruk Akagün Hakan Yavuz Mehmet Baturalp Aydan Siyavuş Tolga Tuğsavul Aydan Siyavuş / Hakan Yavuz Tolga Tuğsavul Aydan Siyavuş Koray Mincinozlu Fehmi Sadıkoğlu Koray Mincinozlu Erman Kunter Halil Üner Murat Özyer Koray Mincinozlu Okan Çevik Cem Akdağ Oktay Mahmuti Ergin Ataman Erman Kunter Oktay Mahmuti Ertuğrul Erdoğan Ömer Uğurata Ekrem Memnun Andreas Pistiolis Zvezdan Mitrović Yakup Sekizkök Gökhan Turan Gianmarco Pozzecco

Notable players

See also See also Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) See also Galatasaray S.K. (wheelchair basketball)

References

External links

Galatasaray Erkek Basketbol - GALATASARAY.ORG Official X Account of Galatasaray MCT Technic Official Instagram Account of Galatasaray MCT Technic TBLStat.net Profile Eurobasket.com Profile