Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)
Galatasaray S.K., for sponsorship reasons Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta, 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. 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:
- Galatasaray Medical Park:
- Galatasaray Liv Hospital:
- Galatasaray Odeabank:
- Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta:
Home courts
| # | Court | Capacity | Period |
| 1 | 12,270 | 2000–2005 | |
| 2 | 3,500 | 2005–2006 | |
| 3 | 3,500 | 2006–2009 | |
| 4 | 12,270 | 2009–2017 | |
| 5 | 16,000 | 2017–present |
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Honours and titles
Domestic competitions
Turkish Super LeagueTurkish Championship
- Winners : 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966
- Runners-up : 1946, 1951, 1952, 1961
- Winners : 1969–70, 1971–72, 1994–95
- Runners-up : 1968–69, 2012–13
- Winners : 1985, 2011
European competitions
Notable players
Domestic PlayersEuropean Players
Non-European Players
Club captains
Head coaches
| Head coach | Years |
 Osman Kermen | |
| Yalçın Granit | |
 Petar Simenov | |
| Cavit Altunay | |
| Özer Salnur | |
 Jim Richardson | |
| Şengün Kaplanoğlu / İlker Esel | |
| Özer Salnur / İlker Esel | |
| John Robert Gidding | |
| Özer Salnur | |
| Koray Mincinozlu | |
| Fuat Tahir | |
| Koray Mincinozlu | |
| Mehmet Baturalp | |
| Yalçın Granit | |
| Halil Üner | |
| Nur Germen | |
| Fehmi Sadıkoğlu | |
| Özer Salnur | |
| Jack Avina | |
| Faruk Akagün |
| Head coach | Years |
| Hakan Yavuz | |
| Mehmet Baturalp | |
| Aydan Siyavuş | |
| Tolga Tuğsavul | |
| Aydan Siyavuş / Hakan Yavuz | |
| Tolga Tuğsavul | |
| Aydan Siyavuş | |
| Koray Mincinozlu | |
| Fehmi Sadıkoğlu | |
| Koray Mincinozlu | |
| Erman Kunter | |
| Halil Üner | |
| Murat Özyer | |
| Koray Mincinozlu | |
| Okan Çevik | |
| Cem Akdağ | |
| Oktay Mahmuti | |
| Ergin Ataman | |
| Erman Kunter | |
| Oktay Mahmuti | |
| Ertuğrul Erdoğan |