History of Galatasaray S.K.

1), who was the driving force behind the club's foundation, Asim Tevfik Sonumut (2), Emin Bülent Serdaroğlu (3), Celal Ibrahim (4), Boris Nikolov (5), Milo Bakić (6), Pavle Bakić (7), Bekir Sitki Bircan (8), Tahsin Nihat (9), Reşat Şirvanizade (10), Hüseyin Hüsnü (11), Refik Cevdet Kalpakçıoğlu (12) and Abidin Daver (13) [4] were also involved in the decision to organize such a club.

Among with the founder Ali Sami Yen, the co-founders were the ones who were keen to do this sport, such as Asim Tevfik Sonumut, Reşat Şirvani, Cevdet Kalpakçıoğlu, Abidin Daver and Kamil.

[8] The eight-piece halved design kit was ordered from the Sports Outfitter William Shillcock based in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Ali Sami Yen stated, "After we have been in and out of several shops, we saw two different elegant-looking wool materials in Fatty Yanko's store at Bahçekapısı (between Eminönü and Sirkeci in Istanbul, now called Bahçekapı).

Ali Sami Yen, the founder of Galatasaray Sports Club, was also the first League President of "Turkiye Futbol Birligi (1911).

He could not win a title until 1924 and Ali Sami Yen decided to sign Billy Hunter who was at that time the coach of the Turkey national team.

Hunter quit as manager in 1928 and Galatasaray legend Nihat Bekdik became player-manager and led the club to the 1929 title, as well as finishing 2nd in 1930.

In 1948 the club signed Pat Molloy and after eighteen years Galatasaray SK won the Istanbul Football League in the 1948–1949 season.

In 1957, after Kiliç quit, George Dick became manager of Galatasaray SK and the club won their fifteenth and last Istanbul Football League title in 1958.

In 1955 the club signed the 19-year-old Izmir Football League top scorer of 1954–1955 Metin Oktay, and a new era started.

Metin Oktay scored the goal and the ball ripped the net, but Fenerbahçe won the second 4–0, winning 4–1 on aggregate.

In the 1962–1963 season the club scored 105 goals, which is still a Süper Lig record, with Metin Oktay the topscorer for the 4th time.

Galatasaray SK won the first Turkish Super Cup beating Süper Lig champion Beşiktaş JK 2–0 in Ankara.

After 5 season without winning the Süper Lig new Galatasaray president Selahattin Beyazıt signed Tomislav Kaloperović as the new manager of the club.

German coach Jupp Derwall (1927–2007), shocked observers by turning down several job offers in the Bundesliga in favour of accepting the manager's position at Turkish club Galatasaray.

The arrival of Derwall, an internationally respected and experienced coach, changed this perception, and his tenure at Galatasaray is often credited with having helped spark the revival in the fortunes of Turkish football.

It was not luck, nor coincidence, but the outcome of the years of hard work, when Galatasaray made a historic run for Turkish football and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League of 1989.

Besides domestic success, Galatasaray drew the attention of observers after eliminating Manchester United at the UEFA Champions League knockout stage in 1993.

They were aided in this by one of Turkey's best generation of home grown footballers who went on to finish third at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and played in the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 2000.

As the success faded, the club struggled with economic problems and Galatasaray Chairman Özhan Canaydın, who was elected in 2002, was widely criticized for this failure.

Cevat Güler the champion manager of the squad said that this championship was no miracle but months of hard work after a season with many pitfalls.

The first leg finished in a 1–1 draw but the club was eliminated from the fourth round following a 3–2 loss, despite Galatasaray leading 2–0 in the first half.

The club beat FC Tobol with 3-1 aggregate, Maccabi Netanya with 10-1 one and Levadia Tallinn with 6-1 one and qualified to group stage.

The club won the next 4 games but Rijjkaard was sacked after losing Ankaragücü at home match with a 4–2 score and was replaced with Gheorghe Hagi.

[1] The previous record was set by outgoing Adnan Polat, who won 2,944 of the 5,234 votes during the chairmanship election in March 2008.

After the internal conflict amongst board members in addition to the poor performance of the squad during the 10-11 season, Galatasaray appointed a new chairman Ünal Aysal.

Ünal Aysal's first scoop for building a better Galatasaray squad to claim the dominance in the Süper Lig was to appoint a new manager.

It was the eighteenth League title for the club and Fatih Terim set a new record by winning the Süper Lig for the fifth time as a manager.

Despite being unbeaten in the first 10 weeks the club fired the Igor Tudor after bad results and the legendary manager Fatih Terim took over.

Few examples may be 1930s national hero Eşfak Aykaç,[12] Boduri who died at the age of 21,[13] Mehmet Leblebi who scored a domestic record of fourteen goals in single match,[14] Gündüz Kılıç nicknamed Baba (father) who was the coach but also the player of his team in the 1950s with great success on both,[15] Bülent-Reha Eken brothers, Suat Mamat who made a hat-trick in 1954 FIFA World Cup,[16] Coşkun Özarı a life devoted to Galatasaray,[17] Turgay Şeren the heroic goalkeeper that called "the Panther of Berlin",[18] Fatih Terim the team captain of Galatasaray and the Turkey national football team for years and the current coach,[19] Metin Oktay six time top scorer of Turkish league,[20] Zoran Simović another skilled goalkeeper known for his penalty saves,[21] Cüneyt Tanman who played a record of 342 games for Galatasaray,[22] Tanju Çolak a goalscorer and European Golden Boot 1988 winner with Galatasaray,[23] Cevad Prekazi an Albanian teammate of Tanju specializing in free kicks,[24] Taffarel the world cup winner goalkeeper of Brazil,[25] Gheorghe Hagi Romanian football hero that still described as the best foreign player ever to play in Turkey,[26] and, Hakan Şükür, who scored most goals in top flight Turkish Football with 249 goals spent the majority of his career, 14 years, at Galatasaray and is also the club's most scoring player with 228 goals.