Men's Basketball Galatasaray S.k.

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 (5 titles in the Turkish Super League and 11 in the former Turkish Basketball Championship). The team furthermore won 3 Turkish Cups, 2 Turkish Super Cups, and 1 EuroCup.

Galatasaray Ekmas
2023–24 Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) season
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Nickname	Sarı Kırmızılılar (The Yellow-Reds) The Lions
Leagues	Basketbol Süper Ligi
Founded	1911; 113 years ago (1911)
History	Galatasaray (1911–present)
Arena	Sinan Erdem Dome
Capacity	16,000
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Team colors	Yellow, red
Main sponsor	Ekmas
President	Dursun Özbek
Team manager	Ömer Yalçınkaya
Head coach	Yakup Sekizkök
Team captain	Göksenin Köksal
Championships	1 EuroCup 5 Turkish Championships 3 Turkish Cups 2 Turkish President's Cups
Website	galatasaray.org
Home Away Third

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.

Due to sponsorship deals, Galatasaray have been also known as:

• Galatasaray Cafe Crown: (2005–2011)
• Galatasaray Medical Park: (2011–2013)
• Galatasaray Liv Hospital: (2013–2015)
• Galatasaray Odeabank: (2015–2018)
• Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta: (2019–2020)
• Galatasaray: (2020–2021)
• Galatasaray Nef: (2021–2023)
• Galatasaray Ekmas: (2023–present)

As of 5 February 2024

Staff member	Position
Yakup Sekizkök	Head Coach
Gökhan Turan	Assistant Coach
Cem Güven	Assistant Coach
Batuhan Aybars Aksu	Statistician
Cenk Alyüz	Statistician
Yasin Aydın	Conditioner
Sinan Üstündağ	Doctor
Ali Can Kaşlı	Physiotherapist
Mümin Balcıoğulları	Physiotherapist
Burak Kozan	Masseur
Adnan Güney	Material Manager

As of 5 October 2023

Staff member	Position
Ömer Yalçınkaya	General Manager
İbrahim Tilki	Team Manager
Emir Akmanlı	Communication and Media Specialist
Yunus Ün	Foreign Relations Officer
Vahit Yılmaz	Transportation Manager

Current roster

Galatasaray roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PF 1   Martin, Jarell   2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 29 – (1994-05-24)24 May 1994 PG 2     Walden, Corey 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 31 – (1992-08-05)5 August 1992 PF 3   Efeoğlu, Karahan Tuan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 19 – (2004-06-13)13 June 2004 PF 4   İsmailçebi, Berke 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 19 – (2004-06-07)7 June 2004 G 5     Akpınar, İsmet 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 28 – (1995-05-22)22 May 1995 PF 6   Kabaca, Sadık Emir 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 23 – (2000-12-03)3 December 2000 F/C 7   Halilović, Miralem 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 32 – (1991-07-22)22 July 1991 PG 8     Bost, Dee 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 34 – (1989-10-12)12 October 1989 PF 9   Geyik, Samet 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 31 – (1993-01-12)12 January 1993 SG 10   Prepelič, Klemen 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – (1992-10-20)20 October 1992 PF 14   Vatan, Efe 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 20 – (2004-04-13)13 April 2004 SF 15   Yeboah, Akwasi 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – (1997-06-15)15 June 1997 G 16   Oralkan, Rafi Ömer 19 – (2005-03-01)1 March 2005 G 17   Erdem, Kerem 18 – (2006-03-24)24 March 2006 G 19   Tuncer, Buğrahan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – (1993-03-23)23 March 1993 C 33   McCormack, David 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 24 – (1999-07-02)2 July 1999 G/F 61   Köksal, Göksenin (C) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 33 – (1991-01-08)8 January 1991	Head coach   Yakup Sekizkök Assistant coach(es)   Gökhan Turan   Cem Güven 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: March 15, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3	Inactive
C	David McCormack	Samet Geyik			Jarell Martin
PF	Sadık Emir Kabaca	Miralem Halilović	Karahan Tuan Efeoğlu	Berke İsmailçebi	Efe Vatan
SF	Akwasi Yeboah	Göksenin Köksal
SG	Klemen Prepelič	Buğrahan Tuncer		Rafi Ömer Oralkan
PG	Dee Bost	Corey Walden	İsmet Akpınar	Kerem Erdem

Domestic competitions

Turkish Super League

• Winners (5): 1968–69, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1989–90, 2012–13
• Runners-up (3): 1986–87, 2010–11, 2013–14

Turkish Championship (defunct)

• Winners (11) (record): 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966
• Runners-up (4): 1946, 1951, 1952, 1961

Turkish Cup

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

President's Cup

• Winners (2): 1985, 2011

Istanbul Basketball League

• Winners (15):Istanbul Basketball League

European competitions

EuroCup

• Winners (1): 2015–16

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

 

Wiki Commons has media related to Galatasaray men's basketball.

• Galatasaray SK Official Web Site (in Turkish, English, and French)
• Unofficial Fan Site and Forum (in Turkish)
• Turkish Basketball League (in Turkish)
• TBLStat.net Profile (in English)
• at Eurobasket.com (in English)
• euroleague.net (in English)