Galatasaray Women's Football () is a women's football section of Galatasaray S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey.
History Foundation years Galatasaray S.K. opened initially a football school for girls of age category 6–12 at its Florya Metin Oktay Facilities () in the beginning of 2011. The training of girls was conducted by women trainers on weekends.
The women's football side of Galatasaray S.K. was founded in 2011. It consisted in age categories of little girls, cadets and junior girls. It was an important place in the infrastructure with the female players it has trained, The little girls became champion in the Istanbul Girls' U-13 League ("İstanbul Minik Kızlar Futbol Ligi") in 2015, the cadets played in the finals of the Turkish Girls' U-15 Championship ("Türkiye Yıldız Kızlar Futbol Şampiyonası"), and the juniors advanced to the second round of the Turkish Girls' U-17 Championship ("Türkiye Genç Kızlar Futbol Şampiyonası"). Some members of the Yellow*Reds were admitted to the Turkey girls' national U-17 team.
Closing year The umbrella club's management announced the closure of the women's football department, which was active four years long, with effect of end September 2016 due to downsizing measures caused by financial issues.
Senior Women's Team On 18 September 2021, the senior women's football team was founded. Nurcan Çelik was appointed as the first coach.
In the 2022-23 Super League season, the team played semi-finals in the play-offs, losing to Fenerbahçe S.K.. The team finished the 2023-24 Super League season as champion.
Previous names PeriodPrevious names 2011–2016 Galatasaray– 2021–2022 Galatasaray Hepsiburada 2022–2025 Galatasaray Petrol Ofisi 2025–2026 Galatasaray GAİN 2026–present Galatasaray–
Stadium
The team played their home matches in the 2021-2022 season at Yeşilova Kemal Aktaş Stadium situated in Küçükçekmece district of Istanbul Province. In the 2022-23 season, they play the home matches at the club-owned training stadium of Florya Metin Oktay Facilities located in the Florya neighborhood of Bakırköy district in Istanbul.
Statistics
Season League Pos. (Gr.) Play-offs Pld W D L GF GA GD 2021–22Super League 6th (B) — 22 8 5 9 35 31 +4 292022–23Super League 1st (B) Semifinalist 18 7 0 1 84 9 +75 512023–24 Super League 1st — 30 23 2 5 71 29 +42 712024–25 Super League 4th — 26 15 5 6 73 33 +40 502025–26Super League 3rd — 30 24 2 4 104 19 +85 742026–27 Super League — — — — — — — — — —Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. (a): Season in progress
See also Galatasaray S.K. (women's football) in European football
Current squad
PlayerDate of birth (Age)Signed from Goalkeepers 1 GK Roberta Aprile 2025 Como 26 GK Esra Yarım 2024 Eskişehir Büyükşehir Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü 92 GK Patrícia Morais 2026 Braga Defenders 5 DF Eda Karataş 2023 ALG Spor 11 DF Eleni Markou 2026 Eintracht Frankfurt 12 DF Lahna Diawara 2026 Paris FC 13 DF Sıla Besra Tetik 2026 Giresun Sanayispor 15 DF Carole Costa 2026 Benfica 23 DF Narin Yakut 2025 Fatih Vatan 64 DF Meryem Başkaya 2026 Odense Midfielders 6 MF Jang Chang 2025 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels WFC 14 MF Berra Pekgöz 2023 Tunç Spor 16 MF Ebru Topçu (captain) 2022 ALG Spor 17 MF İrem Eren 2024 Fatih Vatan Spor 21 MF Oliwia Domin 2026 Dijon FCO 22 MF Ecem Cumert 2024 Fenerbahçe arsaVev 27 MF Dana Foederer 2026 Utah Royals 47 MF Arzu Akkurt 2021 1207 Antalya Spor 55 MF Elif Keskin 2025 Beşiktaş Forwards 7 FW Vitória Almeida 2026 Flamengo 8 FW Marta Cintra 2025 Fenerbahçe arsaVev 9 FW Cristina Martín-Prieto 2026 Benfica 10 FW Melike Pekel 2025 SKN St. Pölten 20 FW Jéssica Silva 2026 Al Hilal 71 FW Melike Öztürk 2025 Fatih Vatan 98 FW Aude Gbedjissi 2026 Lens
Coaching staff PositionStaff Administrative Manager Gülfem Kocaoğlu Head coach Şaban Uzun Assistant Coach Remzi Kahraman Goalkeeper Coach Niko Sternberg Match and Performance Analyst Birkan İpek Athletic Performance Coach Furkan Demir Physiotherapist Esra Yapıcıoğlu Physiotherapist Aysima Dikkatli Masseur Yasin Genç Interpreter Cemre Yücetoker Outfitter Emre Uçar
Coaching history Dates Name 2021–2022 Nurcan Çelik 2022–2025 Metin Ülgen 2025–2026 Gábor Gallai 2026–present Şaban Uzun
Club captains This is a list of the senior team's captains in the recent years.
Period Captain 2021–2022 İsmigül Yalçıner 2022–2023 Milica Denda 2023–2025 Emine Ecem Esen 2025–present Ebru Topçu
Honours Women's Super League Winners (1): 2023-24 Third places (1): 2022-23 Crystal Feet - Best Team Award: 2023-24.
Kit history
References
External links Galatasaray Kadın Futbol Takımı - GALATASARAY.ORG Official X Account of Galatasaray Women’s Football Team Official Instagram Account of Galatasaray Women’s Football Team