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(Redirected from Galatasaray Odeabank) Basketball team in Istanbul, Turkey
Galatasaray Ekmas
2024–25 Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) season
Galatasaray Ekmas logo
NicknameSarı Kırmızılılar (The Yellow-Reds)
The Lions
LeaguesBasketbol Süper Ligi
Basketball Champions League
Founded1911; 113 years ago (1911)
HistoryGalatasaray
(1911–present)
ArenaBasketbol Gelişim Merkezi
Capacity10,000
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Team colorsYellow, red
   
Main sponsorEkmas
PresidentDursun Özbek
Team managerÖmer Yalçınkaya
Head coachYakup Sekizkök
Team captainGöksenin Köksal
Championships1 EuroCup
16 Turkish Championships (11 pre-1967)
3 Turkish Cups
2 Turkish President's Cups
Websitegalatasaray.org
Home jersey Team colours Home Away jersey Team colours Away Third jersey Team colours Third
Active departments of Galatasaray S.K.
Athletics Basketball
(Men's)
Basketball
(Women's)
Chess Bridge Equestrian
e-Sports Football
(Men's)
Football
(Women's)
Judo Rowing Sailing
Tennis pictogram
Swimming Tennis Volleyball
(Men's)
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(Women's)
Water Polo
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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 16 Turkish championships (5 titles in the Turkish Super League and 11 in the former Turkish Basketball Championship). 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.

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.

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.

Sponsorship naming

Due to sponsorship deals, Galatasaray have been also known as:

  • Galatasaray Cafe Crown: (2005–2011)
  • Galatasaray Medical Park: (2011–2013)
  • Galatasaray Liv Hospital: (2013–2015)
  • Galatasaray Odeabank: (2015–2018)
  • Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta: (2019–2020)
  • Galatasaray: (2020–2021)
  • Galatasaray Nef: (2021–2023)
  • Galatasaray Ekmas: (2023–2024)

Home courts

A Galatasaray home match in 2013 at the Abdi İpekçi Arena
# 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
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

See also: Category:Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players

Current roster

This section is transcluded from 2024–25 Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) season. (edit | history)

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
PG 0 United States Livingston II, Otis 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 28 – (1996-10-12)12 October 1996
G 4 United States Efianayi, David 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 29 – (1995-12-19)19 December 1995
PF 6 Turkey Kabaca, Sadık Emir 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 24 – (2000-12-03)3 December 2000
PG 7 United States Cummings, Will 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 32 – (1992-10-07)7 October 1992
PF 8 Latvia Blumbergs, Roberts 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – (1998-04-29)29 April 1998
PF 9 Turkey Geyik, Samet 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 31 – (1993-01-12)12 January 1993
SG 12 United States Palmer, James 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 28 – (1996-07-31)31 July 1996
PF 14 Turkey Vatan, Efe 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 20 – (2004-04-13)13 April 2004
C 15 Nigeria Izundu, Ebuka 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 28 – (1996-06-28)28 June 1996
G 17 Turkey Erdem, Kerem 18 – (2006-03-24)24 March 2006
G 19 Turkey Tuncer, Buğrahan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – (1993-03-23)23 March 1993
SG 24 Turkey Alişan, Yaman 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 18 – (2006-06-27)27 June 2006
C 31 Dominican Republic Delgado, Ángel 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 30 – (1994-11-20)20 November 1994
G/F 61 Turkey Köksal, Göksenin (C) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 33 – (1991-01-08)8 January 1991
PG 88 Turkey Korkmaz, Can Injured 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 32 – (1992-10-21)21 October 1992
PF United States Young, Michael 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 30 – (1994-09-05)5 September 1994
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Turkey Gökhan Turan
  • Turkey Cem Güven
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Turkey Yasin Aydın
Physiotherapist(s)
  • Turkey Ali Can Kaşlı
  • Turkey Mümin Balcıoğulları
Team manager
  • Turkey Ömer Yalçınkaya
  • Turkey İbrahim Tilki

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: December 18, 2024

Depth chart

This section is transcluded from 2024–25 Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) season. (edit | history)
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3 Inactive
C Ángel Delgado Ebuka Izundu Samet Geyik
PF Roberts Blumbergs Michael Young Sadık Emir Kabaca Efe Vatan
SF James Palmer Jr. Göksenin Köksal
SG David Efianayi Buğrahan Tuncer Yaman Alişan
PG Otis Livingston II Will Cummings Kerem Erdem Can Korkmaz Injured

(colours: Turkish or homegrown players; foreign players)

Honours

Domestic competitions

Turkish League

  • Winners (16) (joint record): 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968–69, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1989–90, 2012–13
  • Runners-up (9): 1946, 1951, 1952, 1961, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 2010–11, 2013–14

Turkish Cup

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

President's Cup

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

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 3rd Semifinalist 2 EuroCup T16
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
^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Team captains

Dates Name
2010–2011 Albania Turkey Ermal Kuqo
2011–2012 Turkey Haluk Yıldırım
2012–2013 Turkey Ender Arslan
2013–2015 Puerto Rico Carlos Arroyo
2015–2017 Turkey Sinan Güler
2017–present Turkey Göksenin Köksal

Head coaches

Head coach Years
Turkey Osman Kermen 1966-67
Turkey Yalçın Granit 1967–68
Bulgaria Petar Simenov 1968-70
Turkey Cavit Altunay 1970–73
Turkey Özer Salnur 1973-74
United States Jim Richardson 1974–75
Turkey Şengün Kaplanoğlu / Turkey İlker Esel 1975
Turkey Özer Salnur / Turkey İlker Esel 1976
United States John Robert Gidding 1976–77
Turkey Özer Salnur 1977–79
Turkey Koray Mincinozlu 1979–80
Turkey Fuat Tahir 1980–81
Turkey Koray Mincinozlu 1981–83
Turkey Mehmet Baturalp 1983–84
Turkey Yalçın Granit 1984
Turkey Halil Üner 1984
Turkey Nur Germen 1984–85
Turkey Fehmi Sadıkoğlu 1985–87
Turkey Özer Salnur 1987
United States Jack Avina 1987-1989
Turkey Faruk Akagün 1989–91
Turkey Hakan Yavuz 1991–92
Turkey Mehmet Baturalp 1992–93
Turkey Aydan Siyavuş 1993–96
Turkey Tolga Tuğsavul 1996
Turkey Aydan Siyavuş / Turkey Hakan Yavuz 1996–97
Turkey Tolga Tuğsavul 1997
Turkey Aydan Siyavuş 1998
Turkey Koray Mincinozlu 1998–99
Turkey Fehmi Sadıkoğlu 1999–00
Turkey Koray Mincinozlu 2000–02
Turkey Erman Kunter 2002–03
Turkey Halil Üner 2003–06
Turkey Murat Özyer 2006–08
Turkey Koray Mincinozlu 2009
Turkey Okan Çevik 2009
Turkey Cem Akdağ 2009–10
Turkey Oktay Mahmuti 2010–12
Turkey Ergin Ataman 2012–17
Turkey Erman Kunter 2017–18
Turkey Oktay Mahmuti 2018
Turkey Ertuğrul Erdoğan 2018–2020
Turkey Ömer Uğurata 2020–2021
Turkey Ekrem Memnun 2021–2022
Greece Andreas Pistiolis 2022–2023
Montenegro Zvezdan Mitrović 2023–2024
Turkey 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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  4. Teşekkürler Café Crown(in Turkish)
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  9. "Galatasaray Erkek Basketbol Takımı'nın yeni sponsoru Liv Hospital". Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  10. "Proposed team list for 2013-14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague". Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  11. Hürriyet Haber. "Galatasaray ile Odeabank anlaştı". Hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
  12. "Kulübümüz ile Doğa Sigorta arasında sponsorluk anlaşması imzalandı" (in Turkish). Galatasaray.org. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  13. "Basketbol ana sponsorumuz NEF!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray.org. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  14. "Yenilmez Armada, Ekmas Group ile güçlerini birleştirdi" (in Turkish). Galatasaray.org. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
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