Galatasaray men's water polo team

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Galatasaray Men's Water Polo Team
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SportWater polo
Founded1910
League Türkiye Sutopu 1. Ligi
Based in İstanbul, Turkey
ArenaGalatasaray Kalamış Facilities
ColorsYellow & Red
  
President Dursun Özbek
Head coach Halil İbrahim Avcıoğlu
Championships37
MascotLion
Website Galatasaray.org

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

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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

International success

Current squad

As of 12 October 2021 [3]
No.Nat.PlayerBirth DatePositionL/R
Flag of Turkey.svg Osman Selim Gülenç July 7, 1992 (age 31)Point
Flag of Turkey.svg Oğuz Berke Senemoğlu July 3, 1995 (age 28)
Flag of Turkey.svg Atakan Destici March 9, 1997 (age 27)
Flag of Turkey.svg Hüseyin Kağan Kil July 23, 1999 (age 24) Goalkeeper
Flag of Turkey.svg Eray Turan February 23, 1998 (age 26)Wing
Flag of Turkey.svg Berke Can Yalçın
Flag of Turkey.svg Ulvi Burtay Akkaya May 2, 1998 (age 26)
Flag of Turkey.svg Kaan Oğuzcan September 19, 2001 (age 22)
Flag of Turkey.svg Kağan Ege Ferik January 28, 2001 (age 23)
Flag of Serbia.svg Marko Krstic July 2, 1986 (age 37)
Flag of Turkey.svg Arda İlkser Güçlü April 4, 1997 (age 27) Goalkeeper
Flag of Turkey.svg Yağız Mol July 17, 2002 (age 21)
Flag of Turkey.svg Mert Ali Yener February 9, 2004 (age 20) [4]
Flag of Turkey.svg Derin Kalkancı June 10, 2002 (age 21)
Flag of Turkey.svg Bartu Olcay September 29, 2002 (age 21)
Flag of Turkey.svg Özgür İzcan December 12, 2001 (age 22)
Flag of Turkey.svg Tulga Kağan Temel December 18, 2002 (age 21)
Flag of Turkey.svg Utku Karhan July 27, 1999 (age 24)
Flag of Turkey.svg Ekin Erkaplan
Flag of Turkey.svg Kaan Hamurculu November 29, 2000 (age 23)

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References

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  2. Galatasaray Water Polo Champion!
  3. Sutopu Erkek Takımı - GALATASARAY.ORG
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