Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)

Galatasaray MCT Technic
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Nickname	Sarı Kırmızılılar (The Yellow-Reds) The Lions [1]
Leagues	Basketbol Süper Ligi Champions League
Founded	1911;114 years ago (1911)
History	Galatasaray (1911–present)
Arena	Basketbol Gelişim Merkezi
Capacity	10,000
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Team colors	Yellow, red
President	Dursun Özbek
Team manager	Ömer Yalçınkaya
Head coach	Yakup Sekizkök
Team captain	Göksenin Köksal
Championships	1 EuroCup 18 Turkish Championships (13 pre-1967) 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 18 Turkish championships (5 titles in the Turkish Super League, 11 titles in the former Turkish Basketball Championship and 2 titles in the former Spring Cup). 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. ^{[2] [3]}

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. ^[4]

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. ^[5]

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. ^[6]

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. ^[7]

Previous names

Period	Previous names	Ref.
1911–2005	Galatasaray
2005–2011	Galatasaray Cafe Crown	[8]
2011–2013	Galatasaray Medical Park	[9]
2013–2015	Galatasaray Liv Hospital	[10] [11]
2015–2018	Galatasaray Odeabank	[12]
2018–2019	Galatasaray
2019–2020	Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta	[13]
2020–2021	Galatasaray
2021–2023	Galatasaray Nef	[14]
2023–2024	Galatasaray Ekmas	[15]
2024–2025	Galatasaray
2025–present	Galatasaray MCT Technic	[16] [17]

Home courts

A Galatasaray home match in 2013 at the Abdi İpekçi Arena

#	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	2017–2024
6	Basketbol Gelişim Merkezi	10,000	2024–present

Administrative and Technical Staff

As of 15 August 2024 ^{[18] [19]}

Staff member	Position
Ömer Yalçınkaya	General Manager
İbrahim Tilki	Team Manager
Yakup Sekizkök	Head Coach
Cem Güven	Assistant Coach
Gökhan Turan	Assistant Coach
Batuhan Aybars Aksu	Assistant Coach
Cenk Alyüz	Assistant Coach
Yasin Aydın	Conditioner
Emir Akmanlı	Communication and Media Specialist
Sinan Üstündağ	Doctor
Mümin Balcıoğulları	Physiotherapist
Ali Can Kaşlı	Physiotherapist
Burak Kozan	Masseur
Adnan Güney	Material Manager
Yunus Ün	Foreign Relations Officer
Vahit Yılmaz	Transportation Manager

Players

See also: Category:Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players

Current roster

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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Galatasaray roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 1 Robinson, Jerome 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 28 – (1997-02-22)22 February 1997 G 3 McCollum, Errick  (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 37 – (1988-01-22)22 January 1988 PG 7 Cummings, Will 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 32 – (1992-10-07)7 October 1992 PG 10 Öncel, Rıdvan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 28 – (1997-02-21)21 February 1997 SG 12 Palmer, James 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 29 – (1996-07-31)31 July 1996 PF/C 13 Bishop, Christian 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – (1999-06-13)13 June 1999 PF 14 Vatan, Efe 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 21 – (2004-04-13)13 April 2004 G 17 Erdem, Kerem 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 19 – (2006-03-24)24 March 2006 G 19 Tuncer, Buğrahan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 32 – (1993-03-23)23 March 1993 SG 24 Alişan, Yaman 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 19 – (2006-06-27)27 June 2006 PF 35 White, Fabian 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – (1998-11-29)29 November 1998 C 77 Yaşar, Muhsin 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 29 – (1995-12-31)31 December 1995 PG 88 Korkmaz, Can 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 32 – (1992-10-21)21 October 1992 F – Meeks, John 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – (1999-03-16)16 March 1999 PF – Görener, Tibet 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 23 – (2002-07-27)27 July 2002 PG – Tekin, Zekeriya Yiğit 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 21 – (2004-05-13)13 May 2004 PF – Şekeroğlu, Efe 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 21 – (2004-04-13)13 April 2004 C – Dalgalı, Cihat 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (2001-03-12)12 March 2001	Head coach Yakup Sekizkök Assistant coach(es) Cem Güven Gökhan Turan Batuhan Aybars Aksu Cenk Alyüz 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: August 22, 2025

Depth chart

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Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C
PF				Efe Vatan
SF	James Palmer Jr.	Christian Bishop
SG	Jerome Robinson	Buğrahan Tuncer		Yaman Alişan
PG	Errick McCollum	Will Cummings	Can Korkmaz	Kerem Erdem

(colours: Turkish or homegrown players; foreign players)

Honours

Domestic competitions

Turkish League ^[20]

• 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 ^[21]

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

President's Cup ^[22]

• 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

Season	Division	Pos.	Pos.	Turkish Cup	Presidential Cup	European competitions
1966–67	TBL	2nd	—
1967–68	TBL	3rd	—
1968–69	TBL	Champion	—
1969–70	TBL	6th	—
1970–71	TBL	3rd	—
1971–72	TBL	3rd	—
1972–73	TBL	4th	—
1973–74	TBL	3rd	—
1974–75	TBL	2nd	—
1975–76	TBL	7th	—
1976–77	TBL	6th	—
1977–78	TBL	7th	—
1978–79	TBL	12th	—
1979–80	TBL	10th	—
1980–81	TBL	4th	7th
1981–82	TBL	2nd	5th
1982–83	TBL	5th	5th
1983–84	TBL	5th	Quarterfinalist
1984–85	TBL	2nd	Champion
1985–86	TBL	3rd	Champion
1986–87	TBL	8th	Runners-up
1987–88	TBL	7th	Semifinalist
1988–89	TBL	6th	6th
1989–90	TBL	2nd	Champion
1990–91	TBL	8th	—
1991–92	TBL	8th	Quarterfinalist
1992–93	TBL	6th	Quarterfinalist
1993–94	TBL	5th	Quarterfinalist
1994–95	TBL	7th	Quarterfinalist
1995–96	TBL	5th	Quarterfinalist
1996–97	TBL	9th	Quarterfinalist
1997–98	TBL	8th	Quarterfinalist
1998–99	TBL	6th	Quarterfinalist
1999–00	TBL	7th	First Round
2000–01	TBL	8th	Quarterfinalist
2001–02	TBL	8th	First Round
2002–03	TBL	3rd	Semifinalist	Semifinalist
2003–04	TBL	12th	—	Semifinalist
2004–05	TBL	13th	—	Group stage
2005–06	TBL	8th	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist
2006–07	TBL	4th	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist
2007–08	TBL	5th	Quarterfinalist			2 ULEB Cup	4th
2008–09	TBL	4th	Semifinalist	Semifinalist		3 EuroChallenge	L16
2009–10	TBL	9th	—			2 Eurocup	L16
2010–11	TBL	3rd	Runners-up	Semifinalist		2 Eurocup	L16
2011–12	TBL	1st	Semifinalist	Third place		1 Euroleague	L16
2012–13	TBL	1st	Champion	Runners-up		2 Eurocup	L16
2013–14	TBL	4th	Runners-up	Semifinalist		1 Euroleague	QF
2014–15	TBL	8th	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist	—	1 Euroleague	L16
2015–16	BSL	3rd	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	—	2 Eurocup	C
2016–17	BSL	6th	Quarterfinalist	Semifinalist	—	1 EuroLeague	12th
2017–18	BSL	9th	—	—	—	2 EuroCup	T16
2018–19	BSL	4th	Semifinalist	Quarterfinalist	—	2 EuroCup	RS
2019–20	BSL	CX	Cancelled	Semifinalist	Cancelled	2 EuroCup	CX
2020–21	BSL	14th	—	Cancelled	Cancelled	3 Champions League	RS
2021–22	BSL	3rd	Semifinalist	Semifinalist	—	3 Champions League	R16
2022–23	BSL	8th	Quarterfinalist	Cancelled	Cancelled	3 Champions League	R16
2023–24	BSL	5th	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist	—	3 Champions League	R16
2024–25	BSL	7th	Quarterfinalist	Semifinalist	—	3 Champions League	RU
2025–26	BSL					3 Champions League

Team captains

Dates	Name
2010–2011	Ermal Kuqo
2011–2012	Haluk Yıldırım
2012–2013	Ender Arslan
2013–2015	Carlos Arroyo
2015–2017	Sinan Güler
2017–2025	Göksenin Köksal
2025–	Errick McCollum

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	2023–2024
Yakup Sekizkök	2024–present

Notable players

For a listing of past rosters, see Galatasaray Men's Basketball Team past rosters.

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

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.

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

See also

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

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External links

• Galatasaray Erkek Basketbol - GALATASARAY.ORG (in Turkish)
• Official X Account of Galatasaray MCT Technic (in Turkish)
• Official Instagram Account of Galatasaray MCT Technic (in Turkish)
• TBLStat.net Profile (in English)
• Eurobasket.com Profile (in English)