Galatasaray men's water polo team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Galatasaray women's water polo team.

Galatasaray Men's Water Polo Team

Sport	Water polo
Founded	1910
League	Türkiye Sutopu 1. Ligi
Based in	İstanbul, Turkey
Arena	Galatasaray Kalamış Facilities
Colors	Yellow & Red
President	Dursun Özbek
Head coach	Halil İbrahim Avcıoğlu
Championships	39
Mascot	Lion
Website	Galatasaray.org
Current season

Galatasaray Men's Water Polo Team is the water polo team of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray S.K.

History

In the 1910s, water polo began to be played for the first time in Istanbul by Galatasaray fans.

Water polo, which became a branch in Bebek Facilities, continued its struggle for many years in Galatasaray Kuruçeşme Island. With the opening of the pool in Kalamış in 1968, it took its place in the water sports center.

In the Turkish Away Water Polo League, which started in the 1950s, it won the championship twice, in 1955 and 1957, and three times, 73, 75 and 77, for a long time in the 1970s. It was suspended for 14 years until 1991.

With the arrival of Hungarian coach Zoltan Gulyas in 1988, importance was given to infrastructure works, and it started to become a branch that tries to train Olympic athletes instead of a branch that makes the children of its members do sports. ^[1]

In 2011, Galatasaray Men's Water Polo Team won Turkish Water Polo Championship Cup. ^[2]

Domestic success

• Türkiye Sutopu Şampiyonası:
  • Winners (9): 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
• Türkiye Sutopu 1. Ligi:
  • Winners (30): 1955, 1957, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

International success

• LEN Champions League:
  • Quarter-Finals (1): 2012–13
• LEN Challenger Cup
  • Winners (1): 2023–24
  • Quarter-Finals (1): 2022–23

Current squad

As of 12 October 2021 ^[3]

No.	Nat.	Player	Birth Date	Position	L/R
		Osman Selim Gülenç	(1992-07-07) July 7, 1992 (age 32)	Point
		Oğuz Berke Senemoğlu	(1995-07-03) July 3, 1995 (age 29)
		Atakan Destici	(1997-03-09) March 9, 1997 (age 28)
		Hüseyin Kağan Kil	(1999-07-23) July 23, 1999 (age 25)	Goalkeeper
		Eray Turan	(1998-02-23) February 23, 1998 (age 27)	Wing
		Berke Can Yalçın
		Ulvi Burtay Akkaya	(1998-05-02) May 2, 1998 (age 27)
		Kaan Oğuzcan	(2001-09-19) September 19, 2001 (age 23)
		Kağan Ege Ferik	(2001-01-28) January 28, 2001 (age 24)
		Marko Krstic	(1986-07-02) July 2, 1986 (age 38)
		Arda İlkser Güçlü	(1997-04-04) April 4, 1997 (age 28)	Goalkeeper
		Yağız Mol	(2002-07-17) July 17, 2002 (age 22)
		Mert Ali Yener	(2004-02-09) February 9, 2004 (age 21) [4]
		Derin Kalkancı	(2002-06-10) June 10, 2002 (age 22)
		Bartu Olcay	(2002-09-29) September 29, 2002 (age 22)
		Özgür İzcan	(2001-12-12) December 12, 2001 (age 23)
		Tulga Kağan Temel	(2002-12-18) December 18, 2002 (age 22)
		Utku Karhan	(1999-07-27) July 27, 1999 (age 25)
		Ekin Erkaplan
		Kaan Hamurculu	(2000-11-29) November 29, 2000 (age 24)

References

1. Sutopu Tarihi - GALATASARAY.ORG
2. Galatasaray Water Polo Champion!
3. Sutopu Erkek Takımı - GALATASARAY.ORG
4. "Mert Ali Yener - Sporcu - GALATASARAY.ORG". www.galatasaray.org. Retrieved 2022-05-24.

External links

• Galatasaray SK Official Web Site (in Turkish)
• Galatasaray SK - Water Polo - Global Sports Archive (in English)