Galatasaray Sports Club), is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, famous for its football section. Galatasaray is the most successful club in the history of Turkish football, having won more trophies than any other Turkish club.[2] Galatasaray is also the first Turkish football club.[3]
Galatasaray holds the best international record by a Turkish team as well. They became the first Turkish club to capture a major European title beating Arsenal of England in the UEFA Cup final during the 1999–2000 season and also won the Super Cup when they beat the UEFA Champions League winner Real Madrid in the final.[4] They have also gone the farthest in a Champions League for a Turkish team when they reached the semi-finals of the 1988-89 season.
The club also operates amateur sport teams that compete at Athletics, Basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Volleyball, Water polo, Swimming, Rowing, Sailing, Judo, Bridge, Equestrian and Motorsports (Superleague Formula). These include Galatasaray Café Crown and Galatasaray S.K. Voleybol.
İhsan Emre Vural and his teammate Ahmet Yumrukaya became the first world-champions in the history of Turkey when they got first place in the 2004 Under 23 World Rowing Championships held in Poznań, Poland.
In European Champions League, Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team won the Champions Cup 2008 and Champions Cup 2009. Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team also won Kitakyushu Cup and became world champion in 2008.[5][6]
In FIBA Eurocup, Galatasaray women's basketball team won the FIBA Eurocup 2009.[7]
Galatasaray are the defending Turkish Super League champions and nine of its players were selected to play for their national teams at the Euro 2008 finals
Galatasaray holds the best international record by a Turkish team as well. They became the first Turkish club to capture a major European title beating Arsenal of England in the UEFA Cup final during the 1999–2000 season and also won the Super Cup when they beat the UEFA Champions League winner Real Madrid in the final.[4] They have also gone the farthest in a Champions League for a Turkish team when they reached the semi-finals of the 1988-89 season.
The club also operates amateur sport teams that compete at Athletics, Basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Volleyball, Water polo, Swimming, Rowing, Sailing, Judo, Bridge, Equestrian and Motorsports (Superleague Formula). These include Galatasaray Café Crown and Galatasaray S.K. Voleybol.
İhsan Emre Vural and his teammate Ahmet Yumrukaya became the first world-champions in the history of Turkey when they got first place in the 2004 Under 23 World Rowing Championships held in Poznań, Poland.
In European Champions League, Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team won the Champions Cup 2008 and Champions Cup 2009. Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team also won Kitakyushu Cup and became world champion in 2008.[5][6]
In FIBA Eurocup, Galatasaray women's basketball team won the FIBA Eurocup 2009.[7]
Galatasaray are the defending Turkish Super League champions and nine of its players were selected to play for their national teams at the Euro 2008 finals
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