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Galatasaray AŞ

Galatasaray AŞ
Galatasaray were UEFA Cup winners in 2000 ©Bongarts

Galatasaray AŞ

Formed: 1905
Nickname: Cimbom, Aslanlar (The Lions)

UEFA club competition honours
• UEFA Cup: 2000
• UEFA Super Cup: 2000

Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)

• Turkish title: 18 (2012)
• Turkish Cup: 14 (2005)

History
• The club were formed by students from the Lycee de Galatasaray, led by Ali Sami Yen, joining the Istanbul Football League in 1905/06 and winning their first title in their third season.

• Galatasaray's official nickname of Aslanlar comes from an exceptionally talented player named Nihat Bekdik in the 1910s, who was promoted to the senior team aged 14. Fans used to call him 'The Lion' and soon this moniker was extended to the whole team.

• Several of the club's great eras have been associated with single players. Between the mid-1950s and late-1960s, Metin Oktay scored 217 goals in 252 appearances, while in the 1980s, Tanju Çolak was the star.

• The writing was on the wall when Neuchâtel Xamax FC beat Galatasaray 3-0 in the 1988/89 European Champion Clubs' Cup second round first leg, but a Tanju Çolak hat-trick helped the eventual semi-finalists to a 5-0 win in the return.

• In the following decade Hakan Şükür took up the mantle, and under Fatih Terim Galatasaray won four successive league titles between 1996 and 2000. In the latter season they became the first Turkish side to claim a European trophy, beating Arsenal FC on penalties to win the UEFA Cup. They added the UEFA Super Cup later that summer.

• The club won three further league titles in the 2000s after Terim moved on, but the coach's return in 2011 arrested a minor slump and he led them to their 18th crown in 2011/12, to match Fenerbahçe SK's national record for Turkish championships.

Club records
Most appearances: Bülent Korkmaz (630)
Most goals: Hakan Şükür (228)
Record victory: 8-0 twice, most recently at MKE Ankaragücü (Süper Lig, 30 May 1993)
Record defeat: 6-0 twice, most recently at Fenerbahçe SK (Süper Lig, 6 November 2002)

* Last updated on 22 August 2012

Last updated: 21/08/12 12.21CET

http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=50067/profile/index.html#galatasaray+as

Matches

HomeAway
The home team is listed first.Last updated: 18/05/2013 22:58 CET
20 August 2012 - Turkish Super League
Galatasaray2-1Kasımpaşa
Referee: not available
08/26/2012 00:51:01
26 August 2012 - Turkish Super League
Beşiktaş3-3Galatasaray
Referee: not available – Stadium: , Istanbul ()
11/25/2012 19:39:41
2 September 2012 - Turkish Super League
Galatasaray3-2Bursaspor
Referee: not available
09/02/2012 20:58:04
15 September 2012 - Turkish Super League
Antalyaspor0-4Galatasaray
Referee: not available – Stadium: , Antalya ()
11/25/2012 19:39:42
Man. United1-0Galatasaray
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (GER) – Stadium: Old Trafford, Manchester (ENG)
12/07/2012 06:39:48
23 September 2012 - Turkish Super League
Galatasaray3-0Belediyespor
Referee: not available
09/23/2012 19:54:03
28 September 2012 - Turkish Super League
Orduspor2-0Galatasaray
Referee: not available
09/29/2012 03:18:12
Galatasaray0-2Braga
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (NOR) – Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul (TUR)
12/07/2012 06:39:48
6 October 2012 - Turkish Super League
Galatasaray1-1Eskişehirspor
Referee: not available
10/06/2012 20:37:10
19 October 2012 - Turkish Super League
Gençlerbirliği3-3Galatasaray
Referee: not available
10/20/2012 10:25:26
Galatasaray1-1CFR Cluj
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (ITA) – Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul (TUR)
12/07/2012 06:39:50
27 October 2012 - Turkish Super League
Galatasaray3-0Kayserispor
Referee: not available
10/27/2012 20:28:13
2 November 2012 - Turkish Super League
İstanbul1-3Galatasaray
Referee: not available
11/02/2012 20:11:55
CFR Cluj1-3Galatasaray
Referee: William Collum (SCO) – Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca (ROU)
12/07/2012 06:39:52
11 November 2012 - Turkish Super League
Mersin1-1Galatasaray
Referee: not available
11/11/2012 22:39:29
16 November 2012 - Turkish Super League
Galatasaray1-3Karabükspor
Referee: not available
11/16/2012 21:08:29
Galatasaray1-0Man. United
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP) – Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul (TUR)
12/07/2012 06:40:09
24 November 2012 - Turkish Super League
Elazığspor0-1Galatasaray
Referee: not available – Stadium: , Elazig ()
11/24/2012 20:10:18
27 November 2012 - Turkish Cup, Fourth round
Galatasaray4-1Balikesirspor
Referee: not available – Stadium: , Istanbul ()
11/27/2012 19:39:18
30 November 2012 - Turkish Super League
Galatasaray1-1Gaziantepspor
Referee: not available – Stadium: , Istanbul ()
11/30/2012 20:23:35
Braga1-2Galatasaray
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA) – Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga (POR)
12/07/2012 06:39:52
8 December 2012 - Turkish Super League
Sivasspor1-3Galatasaray
Referee: not available – Stadium: , Sivas ()
12/08/2012 19:43:49
11 December 2012 - Turkish Cup, Fifth round
Galatasaray

1-21461 Trabzon

Referee: not available – Istanbul
02/16/2013 16:58:14
16 December 2012 - Turkish Super League
Galatasaray2-1Fenerbahçe
Referee: not available – Stadium: , Istanbul ()
12/16/2012 20:05:39
23 December 2012 - Turkish Super League
Trabzonspor0-0Galatasaray
Referee: not available – Stadium: , Trabzon ()
12/23/2012 19:07:56
18 January 2013 - Turkish Super League
Kasımpaşa

2-1Galatasaray

Referee: not available – Istanbul
01/18/2013 19:58:40
27 January 2013 - Turkish Super League
Galatasaray

2-1Beşiktaş

Referee: not available – Istanbul
01/27/2013 19:05:58
2 February 2013 - Turkish Super League
Bursaspor

1-1Galatasaray

Referee: not available – Bursa
02/02/2013 18:59:29
10 February 2013 - Turkish Super League
Galatasaray

2-0Antalyaspor

Referee: not available – Istanbul
02/10/2013 19:58:21
15 February 2013 - Turkish Super League
Akhisar

1-2Galatasaray

Referee: not available
02/15/2013 19:58:25
Galatasaray1-1Schalke
Referee: William Collum (SCO) – Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul (TUR)
02/21/2013 23:07:25
25 February 2013 - Turkish Super League
Galatasaray

4-2Orduspor

Referee: not available – Istanbul
02/25/2013 20:04:57
2 March 2013 - Turkish Super League
Eskişehirspor

0-0Galatasaray

Referee: not available – Eskisehir
03/02/2013 19:58:23
8 March 2013 - Turkish Super League
Galatasaray

0-1Gençlerbirliği

Referee: not available – Istanbul
03/08/2013 21:12:00
Schalke2-3Galatasaray
Aggregate: 3-4
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE) – Stadium: Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen (GER)
03/13/2013 23:06:15
17 March 2013 - Turkish Super League
Kayserispor

1-3Galatasaray

Referee: not available – Kayseri
03/17/2013 21:16:31
30 March 2013 - Turkish Super League
Galatasaray

2-0İstanbul BB

Referee: not available – Istanbul
03/30/2013 20:39:19
Real Madrid3-0Galatasaray
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR) – Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (ESP)
04/04/2013 23:02:31
6 April 2013 - Turkish Super League
Galatasaray

3-1Mersin

Referee: not available – Istanbul
04/06/2013 20:29:57
Galatasaray3-2Real Madrid
Aggregate: 3-5
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (FRA) – Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul (TUR)
05/03/2013 17:06:32
13 April 2013 - Turkish Super League
Karabükspor

0-1Galatasaray

Referee: not available – Karabuk
04/13/2013 19:55:42
19 April 2013 - Turkish Super League
Galatasaray

3-1Elazığspor

Referee: not available – Istanbul
04/19/2013 19:56:29
28 April 2013 - Turkish Super League
Gaziantepspor

0-1Galatasaray

Referee: not available – Gaziantep
04/28/2013 19:58:20
Galatasaray4-2Sivasspor
Referee: not available – Istanbul
05/05/2013 20:10:38
12 May 2013 - Turkish Super League
Fenerbahçe2-1Galatasaray
Referee: not available – Istanbul
05/12/2013 20:44:56
18 May 2013 - Turkish Super League
Galatasaray2-0Trabzonspor
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek

Trophy cabinet

Club record in UEFA competitions

  • Biggest win in UEFA competition:
    06/08/2009, Galatasaray 6-0 M. Netanya, Istanbul
  • Biggest defeat in UEFA competition:
    27/09/1972, Bayern 6-0 Galatasaray
  • Appearances in UEFA Champions League:  21
  • Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:  8
  • Appearances in UEFA Super Cup:  1
  • Appearances in UEFA Europa League:  14
  • Player with most UEFA appearances: 101
    Bülent Korkmaz ( Turkey TUR)
  • Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: 37
    Hakan Şükür ( Turkey TUR)
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