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Galatasaray S.K.
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair basketball, volleyball, water polo, handball, athletics, swimming, rowing, sailing, judo, bridge, motorsport, equestrian, esports, and chess. Galatasaray S.K. is among the key members of the Galatasaray Community Cooperation Committee together with Galatasaray University and the prestigious Galatasaray High School. The football branch of Galatasaray has accumulated the most Süper Lig (25), Turkish Cup (19), and Turkish Super Cup (17) titles in Turkey, thus making them the most decorated football club in Turkey, as those competitions are the top nationwide professional leagues and cups within the Turkish football system that is recognized and accounted for in accordance to the regulations set by the Turkish Football Federation and UE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Sami Yen
Ali Sami Yen, born Ali Sami Frashëri (20 May 1886 – 29 July 1951) was an Albanian-Turkish sports official best known as the founder of the Galatasaray SK, Galatasaray Sports Club. Life Ali Sami Yen was born in Üsküdar, Constantinople vilayet, Istanbul, Turkey.İbrahim Aksu, ''The story of Turkish surnames: an onomastic study of Turkish family names, their origins, and related matters'', Vol: 1, Olay Gazete Press, 2005, p. 128./ref> He was the son of Sami Frashëri, one of the most famous Albanian writers, philosophers and playwrights. He was a student at the prestigious Galatasaray High School in Istanbul. In October 1905, he decided with some of his fellow students to create an association football club. At the beginning, the stated goal was "To play together like Englishmen, to have a color and a name, and to beat the other non-Turkish teams" according to him. Ali Sami Yen founded the colours of Galatasaray, stating, "We were imagining brightness of yellow-red fire o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galatasaray Athletics
Galatasaray Athletics Team is the men's and women's athletics section of Galatasaray S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. Some Notable Athletes * Şehit Celal (First Turkish Athlete) * Silifkeli Şükrü Halil Dölek * Fuat Salih * Rıza Salih * Vildan Aşil Savaşır * Ömer Besim Koşalay * Semih Türkdoğan * Mehmet Ali Aybar * Naili Moran * Cezmi Or * Eşref Aydın * Jerfi Fıratlı * Cahit Öner * Şükrü Çaprazlı * Suat Hayri Ürgüplü Ali Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (13 August 1903 – 26 December 1981) was a Turkish politician who served a brief term as Prime Minister of Turkey in 1965. He was also the last Prime Minister to be born outside the territory of present-day Turkey, be ... * Turhan Kahraman * Temel Erbek * Murat Akman * Teoman Smith * Ahmet Karadag * Ahmet Melek * Murat Ayaydin * Rauf Hasağası * İsmail Nezir Technical staff Current squad Men's squad ; * A-Team * Kamil Ulaş Öğünç * Erdem Güler * Batuhan Eruygun * Furkan Hasan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Cup
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UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach soccer, beach football in Europe and the List of transcontinental countries#Asia and Europe, transcontinental countries of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan, as well as the West Asian countries of Cyprus, Armenia and Israel. UEFA consists of 55 national association List of men's national association football teams#UEFA (Europe), members. Since 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from any FIFA and UEFA competitions. UEFA consists of the national football associations of Europe, and runs national and club competitions including the UEFA European Championship, European Championship, UEFA Nations League, Nations League, UEFA Champions League, Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Europa League, UEFA Conference League, Conference League, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Football Federation
The Turkish Football Federation (; TFF) is the governing body of association football in Turkey. It was formed on 23 April 1923, and joined FIFA the same year and UEFA in 1962. It organizes the Turkey national football team, the Turkish Football League and the Turkish Cup. Governed competitions Leagues The Turkish football league system is divided into eight tiers, ranging from the top-tier Süper Lig to local amateur divisions. Cups The Turkish Cup changed its name to the Federation Cup (Turkish: ''Federasyon Kupası'') in the 1980–81 season, then back to Turkish Cup in 1992–93. History Hosting bids Turkey have bid five times to host the UEFA European Championship. Turkey submitted a joint bid with Greece for UEFA Euro 2008, which failed. Their bid for UEFA Euro 2012 was also unsuccessful, with the competition going to Poland and Ukraine. The federation also submitted a bid to host UEFA Euro 2016, but UEFA announced that Euro 2016 would be hosted by Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Super Cup
The Turkish Super Cup, known as Turkcell Super Cup () for sponsorship reasons, is a super cup tournament in Turkish football. Founded in 1966 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2025 by four teams: the winners and runners-up of the Turkish Cup and Süper Lig. It was originally known as the ''Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası'' (Presidential Cup) from 1966 to 1998. No competition was held between 1999 and 2005, although there was a substitute competition played under the name of Atatürk Cup in 2000. The rebranded ''TFF Süper Kupa'' is a curtain raiser for the upcoming footballing season, usually taking place in August. In case of a team achieving the double, the Turkish Cup runners-up become finalists. The current holders are 2023–24 Turkish Cup winners Beşiktaş, who won against 2023–24 Süper Lig winners Galatasaray in the 2024 edition. Galatasaray is the most successful team of the competition, with 17 titles in 27 appearances. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Cup
The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is the sponsor and the sponsored name for the cup is Ziraat Turkish Cup (). , accessed The cup was created in 1962 and has taken place every year since then. Many different formats, including a pure knockout competition and group stages, have been tried and finally for the 2012–13 season, an expanded tournament format has been adopted. A record 156 teams compete in the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Süper Lig
The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twenty clubs compete, where a champion is decided and three clubs are promotion and relegation, promoted from, and another four relegated to the TFF First League, 1. Lig. The season runs from August to May, with each club playing 36 matches. Matches are played Friday through Monday. Run by the Turkish Football Federation, the league succeeded the Turkish Football Championship and the Turkish National Division, National Division, both being former top-level national competitions. The Süper Lig is currently 9th in the UEFA coefficient ranking of leagues based on club performances in European competitions over the last five years. A total of 75 clubs have competed in the Süper Lig, but only 6 have won the title to date: Galatasaray S.K. (footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galatasaray Community
Galatasaray Community () is the organization of Galatasaray institutions which were derived from Galatasaray High School, which cooperate under the one umbrella. It was established on 11 October 1988, when the organization was created under the protocol purposes and internal regulations were published on this date. Board meetings are held every two months. Domestic and international alumni associations, and Galatasaray High School, Galatasaray University, Galatasaray Sports Club, Galatasaray Educational Foundation, Galatasaray Mutual Assistance Foundation, and Galatasaray Primary School form the Galatasaray Community Cooperation Committee, which consists of 24 organizations. Organizations External links * Galatasaray High SchoolGalatasaray Sports ClubGalatasaray UniversityGalatasaray Primary School {{Galatasaray Sports Club Community A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esports
Esports (), short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games. Esports often takes the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional players, played individually or as teams. Multiplayer competitions were long a part of video game culture, but were largely between amateurs until the late 2000s when the advent of online streaming media platforms, particularly YouTube and Twitch (service), Twitch, enabled a surge in participation by professional gamers and spectators. By the 2010s, esports was a major part of the video game industry, with many game developers designing for and funding for tournaments and other events. Esports first became popular in East Asia, particularly in China and South Korea (which first licensed professional players in 2000) but less so in Japan, whose broad Gambling in Japan, anti-gambling laws prohibit professional gaming tournaments. Esports are also popular in Europe and the Americas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galatasaray Bridge
Galatasaray Bridge Team is the bridge section of Galatasaray S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen .... Honours Turkish Championship * Winner(3): 1999, 2000, 2009 as a team * Runners-Up(1): 2009 * Third: 2006 * Third: 2007 * Third: 2008 * Winner: 2009 Nevzat Aydoğdu and Fikret Aydoğdu as a couple * Winner: 2010 Dilek Yavaş and Serap Kuranoğlu as a couple İstanbul Championship * Winner(2): 2007 as a couple M. Ali İnce and Namık Kökten, 2011 as a team Women's * Winner(3):2011, 2012, 2013 European Championship * Winner(2): 2008, 2011 as a team References External linksGalatasaray SK Official Web Site Sport in Istanbul Contract bridge clubs 1997 establishments in Turkey Galatasaray Bridge {{Brid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galatasaray Judo
Galatasaray Judo () is the Judo section of Galatasaray S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. There is also a Judo school in Burhan Felek Sports Complex. Member judoka Female judo champion Majlinda Kelmendi became the first Kosovan athlete to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ... in 2016 while a member of the Galatasaray team. * Fidan Ögel (born 2002) Honors Turkish Championship *Turkish Judo Team Championship: **Winners (3) : 2011, 2012, 2013 * 1985: * 2006: * 2010 Mümine Demir (70 kg) * 2010 Derya Çidem (48 kg) Turkish Senior Championship * 2007: İstanbul Championship * 2007: International * 2023: European Judo Club Championships - Champions League Women 2023 * 2021: European Jud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
