Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)

Galatasaray Ekmas
2023–24 Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) season
Nickname	Sarı Kırmızılılar (The Yellow-Reds) The Lions
Leagues	Basketbol Süper Ligi Champions League
Founded	1911
History	Galatasaray (1911–present)
Arena	Sinan Erdem Dome
Capacity	16,000
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Team colors	Yellow, red
Main sponsor	Ekmas
President	Dursun Özbek
Team manager	Ömer Yalçınkaya
Head coach	Zvezdan Mitrović
Team captain	Göksenin Köksal
Championships	1 EuroCup 5 Turkish Championships 3 Turkish Cups 2 Turkish President's Cups
Website	galatasaray.org
Home Away Third

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–present)

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–present

Technical staff

As of 5 October 2023

Staff member	Position
Zvezdan Mitrović	Head Coach
Nikola Birač	Assistant Coach
Cenk Alyüz	Assistant Coach
Cem Güven	Assistant Coach
Yasin Aydın	Conditioner
Sinan Üstündağ	Doctor
Ali Can Kaşlı	Physiotherapist
Mümin Balcıoğulları	Physiotherapist
Burak Kozan	Masseur
Adnan Güney	Material Manager

Administrative staff

As of 5 October 2023

Staff member	Position
Ömer Yalçınkaya	General Manager
İbrahim Tilki	Team Manager
Emir Akmanlı	Communication and Media Specialist
Yunus Ün	Foreign Relations Officer
Vahit Yılmaz	Transportation Manager

Players

Current roster

Galatasaray roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PF 1 Martin, Jarell  2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 29 – 24 May 1994 PG 2 Walden, Corey 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 31 – 5 August 1992 PF 4 İsmailçebi, Berke 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 19 – 7 June 2004 G 5 Akpınar, İsmet 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 28 – 22 May 1995 PF 6 Kabaca, Sadık Emir 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 23 – 3 December 2000 F/C 7 Halilović, Miralem 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 32 – 22 July 1991 PG 8 Bost, Dee 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 34 – 12 October 1989 PF 9 Geyik, Samet 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 30 – 12 January 1993 SG 10 Prepelič, Klemen 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – 20 October 1992 SG 12 Radebaugh, Jonah 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 26 – 17 June 1997 PF 14 Vatan, Efe 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 19 – 13 April 2004 SF 15 Yeboah, Akwasi 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – 15 June 1997 G 16 Oralkan, Rafi Ömer 18 – 1 March 2005 G 17 Erdem, Kerem 17 – 24 March 2006 G 19 Tuncer, Buğrahan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 30 – 23 March 1993 C 33 McCormack, David 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 24 – 2 July 1999 G/F 61 Köksal, Göksenin (C) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 33 – 8 January 1991	Head coach Zvezdan Mitrović Assistant coach(es) Nikola Birač Cenk Alyüz 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 Roster Updated: December 8, 2023

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	David McCormack	Samet Geyik		Jarell Martin
PF	Sadık Emir Kabaca	Miralem Halilović	Berke İsmailçebi	Efe Vatan
SF	Akwasi Yeboah	Göksenin Köksal
SG	Klemen Prepelič	Jonah Radebaugh	Buğrahan Tuncer	Rafi Ömer Oralkan
PG	Dee Bost	Corey Walden	İsmet Akpınar	Kerem Erdem

Honours

Domestic competitions

Turkish Super League

• Winners (5): 1968–69, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1989–90, 2012–13
• Runners-up (3): 1986–87, 2010–11, 2013–14

Turkish Championship (defunct)

• Winners (11) (record): 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966
• Runners-up (4): 1946, 1951, 1952, 1961

Turkish Cup

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

President's Cup

• Winners (2): 1985, 2011

Istanbul Basketball League

• Winners (15):Istanbul Basketball League

European competitions

EuroCup

• Winners (1): 2015–16

Season by season

Season	Division	Pos.	Turkish Cup	European competitions
2002–03	TBL	3rd	Semifinalist
2003–04	TBL	12th	Semifinalist
2004–05	TBL	13th	Group stage
2005–06	TBL	8th	Quarterfinalist
2006–07	TBL	4th	Quarterfinalist
2007–08	TBL	5th		2 ULEB Cup	4th
2008–09	TBL	4th	Semifinalist	3 EuroChallenge	L16
2009–10	TBL	9th		2 Eurocup	L16
2010–11	TBL	2nd	Semifinalist	2 Eurocup	L16
2011–12	TBL	3rd	Third place	1 Euroleague	L16
2012–13	TBL	1st	Runner-up	2 Eurocup	L16
2013–14	TBL	2nd	Semifinalist	1 Euroleague	QF
2014–15	TBL	8th	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague	L16
2015–16	BSL	3rd	Quarterfinalist	2 Eurocup	C
2016–17	BSL	6th	Semifinalist	1 EuroLeague	12th
2017–18	BSL	9th		2 EuroCup	T16
2018–19	BSL	4th	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	3 Champions League	R16
2022–23	BSL	8th		2 Champions League	R16

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–present	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–

Notable players

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

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