Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)

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.

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

Home courts

Administrative and Technical Staff

Current roster

Depth chart

Honours

Domestic competitions

Turkish League

• 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
• 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 (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

• Quarter Final (1): 2013-14 EuroCup
• Winners (1): 2015–16
• Semi Final (1): 2007-08 FIBA Champions League
• Runners-up (1): 2024–25

Season by season

Team captains

Head coaches

Notable players

• TUR Arda Vekiloğlu
• TURBIH Asım Pars
• TUR Cüneyt Erden
• TUR Cemal Nalga
• TUR Can Akın
• TUR Caner Erdeniz
• TUR Cevher Özer
• TUR Caner Topaloğlu
• TUR Cenk Akyol
• TUR Evren Büker
• TUR Erdem Türetken
• TUR Ender Arslan
• TUR Erolcan Çinko
• TUR Engin Atsür
• TUR Ege Arar
• TUR Furkan Aldemir
• TUR Fatih Solak
• TUR Göksenin Köksal
• TUR Haluk Yıldırım
• TUR Hüseyin Beşok
• TUR Kerem Tunçeri
• TUR Kerem Gönlüm
• TUR Levent Topsakal
• TUR Muratcan Güler
• TUR Murat Kaya
• TURGER Mithat Demirel
• TUR Nedim Dal
• TUR Orhun Ene
• TUR Ömer Büyükaycan
• TUR Özhan Canaydın
• TUR Sinan Güler
• TUR Serhat Çetin
• TUR Sultan Kösen
• TUR Serkan Aydın
• TUR Tufan Ersöz
• TUR Tolga Tekinalp
• TUR Tutku Açık
• TUR Tamer Oyguç
• TUR Yalçın Granit
• USAISR T. J. Cline
• USAISR Alex Tyus
• USA Maurice Baker
• USABUL Dee Bost
• USA Dee Brown
• USA Justin Carter
• USA Rakeem Christmas
• USA Austin Daye
• USA Dell Demps
• USATUR Erwin Dudley
• USA Gerald Fitch
• USA Corey Gaines
• USA Jamont Gordon
• USA Antonio Graves
• USA Ben Handlogten
• USA Aaron Harrison
• USA Richard Hendrix
• USA Scotty Hopson
• USA Britton Johnsen
• USA Lazeric Jones
• USA Frankie King
• USA Daryl Macon
• USA Marlon Maxey
• USA Errick McCollum
• USA Ben Moore
• USA Chris Owens
• USACZE Blake Schilb
• USA David Hawkins
• USA David Henderson
• USACIV Deon Thompson
• USAMKD Darius Washington, Jr.
• USA Darius Washington Jr.
• USA DaJuan Summers
• USA Dwight Hardy
• USA Greg Whittington
• USABIH Henry Domercant
• USA Jamon Gordon
• USA Joey Dorsey
• USA Jon Diebler
• USA John Roberson
• USA Justin Dentmon
• USA Lloyd Daniels
• USA Malik Hairston
• USATUR Paul Dawkins
• USA Russ Smith
• GREUSA Zach Auguste
• USACIV Alex Poythress
• USABIH Alex Renfroe
• USA Josh Shipp
• USA Marshall Strickland
• USA Jordan Taylor
• USA Anthony Tolliver
• USA Henry Walker
• USA Jaquay Walls
• LTU Adas Juškevičius
• LTU Darius Songaila
• LTU Martynas Pocius
• LTU Simas Jasaitis
• Senegal Maurice Ndour
• SRB Boris Savović
• SRB Dejan Milojević
• SRB Milan Gurović
• SRB Milan Mačvan
• SRB Vladimir Micov
• SRB Zoran Erceg
• SVK Radoslav Rančík
• SVK Richard Petruška
• CRO Andrija Žižić
• CRO Lukša Andrić
• MKD Mike Wilkinson
• MKDTUR Kristijan Nikolov
• ALBTUR Ermal Kuqo
• BIH Nihad Đedović
• Colombia Braian Angola
• GEO Manuchar Markoishvili
• LAT Gundars Vētra
• LBNUSA Joe Vogel
• SLO Jaka Lakovič
• UK Pops Mensah-Bonsu
• AUS Nathan Jawai
• CAN Denham Brown
• NGR Julius Nwosu
• GEOTUR Zaza Pachulia
• PAN Kevin Daley
• SEN Boniface N'Dong

References

References

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