Turkish Giant Galatasaray
Galatasaray Sport Club, commonly known as Galatasaray and founded as Galata-Serai Football Club by Ali Sami Yen in 1905, is a Turkish professional football club based in İstanbul, Turkey. It is the association football branch of the larger Galatasaray Sports Club, itself a part of the Galatasaray Community which includes the Galatasaray University and Galatasaray High School.
Galatasaray is the most successful football club in Turkey, having won 44 domestic trophies including a joint-record 18 Süper Lig titles, a record 14 Turkish Cups and a record 12 Turkish Super Cups. They are one of three teams to have participated in all 55 seasons of the Turkish Süper Lig since 1959, following the dissolution of the Istanbul Football League. Internationally, Galatasaray has also won theUEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 2000, becoming the first Turkish team to win a European trophy and the first team in history to become the undefeated winners of the UEFA Cup. Domestically, Galatasaray is the only football club to win the Süper Lig four times in a row (1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000). In the 1999-2000 season, the club achieved the rare feat of completing a quadruple by winning the Turkish Süper Lig, the Turkish Cup, the UEFA Cup and the TSYD Cup in a single season. It is also the only Turkish club to appear in first place on the IFFHS World Rankings in 2000.
Since 2011, the club's stadium is the 52,695 capacity Türk Telekom Arena in Seyrantepe, İstanbul which is the world record-holder for the loudest stadium roar in world football (131.76dBA), having moved from the Ali Sami Yen which had been home to the club since 1963.
Galatasaray is the most successful football club in Turkey, having won 44 domestic trophies including a joint-record 18 Süper Lig titles, a record 14 Turkish Cups and a record 12 Turkish Super Cups. They are one of three teams to have participated in all 55 seasons of the Turkish Süper Lig since 1959, following the dissolution of the Istanbul Football League. Internationally, Galatasaray has also won theUEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 2000, becoming the first Turkish team to win a European trophy and the first team in history to become the undefeated winners of the UEFA Cup. Domestically, Galatasaray is the only football club to win the Süper Lig four times in a row (1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000). In the 1999-2000 season, the club achieved the rare feat of completing a quadruple by winning the Turkish Süper Lig, the Turkish Cup, the UEFA Cup and the TSYD Cup in a single season. It is also the only Turkish club to appear in first place on the IFFHS World Rankings in 2000.
Since 2011, the club's stadium is the 52,695 capacity Türk Telekom Arena in Seyrantepe, İstanbul which is the world record-holder for the loudest stadium roar in world football (131.76dBA), having moved from the Ali Sami Yen which had been home to the club since 1963.