Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)

Galatasaray Liv Hospital
Leagues	Turkish Basketball League Euroleague
Founded	1911
History	Galatasaray (1911-present)
Arena	Abdi İpekçi Arena (capacity: 12,270)
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Team colors	Yellow and Red
President	Duygun Yarsuvat
Head coach	Ergin Ataman
Championships	5 Turkish Championships 3 Turkish Cups 2 Turkish President's Cups
Website	galatasaray.org
Uniforms
Home Away

Active departments of Galatasaray
Football	Volleyball (Men's)	Volleyball (Women's)
Basketball (Men's)	Basketball (Women's)	Wheelchair Basketball
Athletics	Equestrian	Judo
Rowing	Sailing	Swimming
Water Polo (Men's)	Water Polo (Women's)	Bridge
Chess Team

Galatasaray Liv Hospital is a professional basketball team based in the city of Istanbul in Turkey. It is a part of the Galatasaray Sports Club. Galatasaray play matches in Abdi İpekçi Arena which has a seating capacity for 12,270 spectators. The team competes in the Turkish Basketball League and Euroleague.

History

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.^[1][2]

Basketball had always been very important for the club. The team has won 4 national championship titles and 16 İstanbul League title. Former president of the club, Özhan Canaydın was a former player of basketball team.

On 24 June 2011, Galatasaray announced that Cafe Crown's sponsorship was over.^[3]

Galatasaray qualified for the Euroleague for the first time^[4] after winning their qualification knockout round and will compete in the Euroleague 2011-12.

Sponsorship naming

Galatasaray has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship;

• Galatasaray Cafe Crown (2005–2011)^[5]
• Galatasaray Medical Park (2011–2013)^[6]
• Galatasaray Liv Hospital (2013–present)^[7][8]

Home arenas

• Ayhan Şahenk Arena (2006–2009)
• Abdi İpekçi Arena (2009–present)

Recent seasons

Season	Division	Regular	Play-off	Cup	Europe
2005-06	TBL	8th	QF	QF
2006-07	TBL	4th	SF	QF
2007-08	TBL	5th	QF		ULEB Eurocup 4th
2008-09	TBL	4th	SF	SF	FIBA EuroChallenge Last 16
2009-10	TBL	9th	-		ULEB Eurocup Last 16
2010-11	TBL	3rd	2nd	SF	ULEB Eurocup Last 16
2011-12	TBL	1st	SF	SF	Euroleague Last 16
2012-13	TBL	1st	1st	2nd	ULEB Eurocup Last 16
2013-14	TBL	4th	2nd	SF	Euroleague Last 8

Honours

International competitions

• ULEB Eurocup:
  • Fourth (1): 2007-2008 ^[9]

• Euroleague:
  • Top 8 (1): 2013-2014
  • Top 16 (1): 2011-2012 ^[10]

Domestic competitions

See also current season.

• Turkish Basketball League: ^[11]
  • Winners (5): 1968-1969, 1984–1985, 1985–1986, 1989–1990, 2012–2013
  • Runners-up (3): 1986-1987, 2010–2011, 2013-2014
• Turkish Basketball Championship:
  • Winners (11): (record) 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966
• Turkish Cup: ^[12]
  • Winners (3): 1969-1970, 1971–1972, 1994–1995
  • Runner-up (2): 1968-1969, 2012-2013
• Turkish President's Cup: ^[13]
  • Winners (2): 1985, 2011
• Istanbul Basketball League:
  • Winners (17): (record) 1933–1934, 1934–1935, 1935–1936, 1941–1942, 1942–1943, 1944–1945, 1945–1946, 1946–1947, 1947–1948, 1948–1949, 1949–1950, 1950–1951, 1951–1952, 1952–1953, 1953–1954, 1957–1958, 1960–1961

Players

Current roster

Galatasaray Liv Hospital Istanbul roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 2.0 !SG 1 USA ! Carter, Justin 70001930000000000001.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 700195000000000000095 kg (209 lb) 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-04-21)21 April 1987 5.5 !F/C 2 TUR ! Özkanlı, Emre 70002040000000000002.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001170000000000000♠17 – (1997-08-22)22 August 1997 5.5 !F/C 4 USA ! Young, Patric 70002090000000000002.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 7002109000000000000109 kg (240 lb) 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1992-02-01)1 February 1992 2.5 !G/F 5 SRB ! Micov, Vladimir 70002020000000000002.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002101000000000000101 kg (223 lb) 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1985-04-16)16 April 1985 5.5 !F/C 7 SRB ! Erceg, Zoran 70002110000000000002.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 7002112000000000000112 kg (247 lb) 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1985-01-11)11 January 1985 1.5 !G 6 TUR ! Kansu, Berkay 70001910000000000001.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001170000000000000♠17 – (1997-06-18)18 June 1997 1.5 !G 9 TUR ! Pişkin, Şuacan 70001880000000000001.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 700185000000000000085 kg (187 lb) 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1990-08-04)4 August 1990 4.5 !PF 12 TUR ! Gönlüm, Kerem 70002080000000000002.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7002102000000000000102 kg (225 lb) 7001370000000000000♠37 – (1977-11-22)22 November 1977 2.0 !SG 17 LTU ! Pocius, Martynas 70001960000000000001.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 700186000000000000086 kg (190 lb) 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1986-04-28)28 April 1986 1.0 !PG 20 TUR ! Nikolov, Kristijan 70001880000000000001.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 700188000000000000088 kg (194 lb) 7001180000000000000♠18 – (1996-10-15)15 October 1996 2.0 !SG 32 TUR ! Güler, Sinan 70001920000000000001.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 700195000000000000095 kg (209 lb) 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1983-11-08)8 November 1983 1.0 !PG 33 TUR ! Arslan, Ender 70001900000000000001.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 700182000000000000082 kg (181 lb) 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1983-01-13)13 January 1983 4.0 !F 34 TUR ! Arar, Ege 70002069999999999992.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002103000000000000103 kg (227 lb) 7001180000000000000♠18 – (1996-09-02)2 September 1996 1.5 !G 38 TUR ! Ünlütürk, Murat 70001950000000000001.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001170000000000000♠17 – (1998-04-25)25 April 1998	Head coach Ergin Ataman Assistant coach(es) Yağızer Uluğ Yakup Sekizkök Strength & conditioning coach(es) Adnan Bağriaçik Semih Eroğlu Team manager Murat Özyer Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: March 3, 2015

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Patric Young	Kerem Gönlüm
PF	Zoran Erceg	Ege Arar	Emre Özkanlı
SF	Vladimir Micov	Justin Carter	Göktürk Gökalp Ural
SG	Sinan Güler	Martynas Pocius	Berkay Kansu	Murat Ünlütürk
PG	Ender Arslan	Kristijan Nikolov	Şuacan Pişkin

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.

No. Position Player SG Göksenin Köksal (to Darüşşafaka S.K.)

Team captains

Dates	Name
2010–2011	Ermal Kuqo
2011–2012	Haluk Yıldırım
2012–2013	Ender Arslan
2013-2015	Carlos Arroyo

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

• Played at least one season for the club.
• Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
• Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time.
• To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

Domestic Players  Turkey Tutku Açık Can Akın Cenk Akyol Furkan Aldemir Serdar Apaydın Ender Arslan Engin Atsür Hüseyin Beşok Evren Büker Ömer Büyükaycan Özhan Canaydın Serhat Çetin Nedim Dal Paul Dawkins Orhun Ene Cüneyt Erden Tufan Ersöz Yalçın Granit Muratcan Güler Murat Kaya Polat Kocaoğlu Göksenin Köksal Cemal Nalga Tamer Oyguç Cevher Özer Asım Pars Burak Sezgin Fatih Solak Tolga Tekinalp Caner Topaloğlu Levent Topsakal Kerem Tunçeri Erdem Türetken Arda Vekiloğlu Haluk Yıldırım

European Players  Albania Ermal Kuqo  Bosnia and Herzegovina Nihad Đedović Henry Domercant  Croatia Andrija Žižić Lukša Andrić  Germany Mithat Demirel  Georgia Zaza Pachulia Manuchar Markoishvili  Latvia Gundars Vētra  Lebanon Joe Vogel  Lithuania Simas Jasaitis Darius Songaila  Macedonia Darius Washington, Jr. Mike Wilkinson  Slovenia Jaka Lakovič  Serbia Dejan Milojević Milan Gurović Milan Mačvan Boris Savović  Slovakia Radoslav Rančík Richard Petruška  United Kingdom Pops Mensah-Bonsu

Non-European Players  Australia Nathan Jawai  Canada Denham Brown  Nigeria Julius Nwosu  Panama Kevin Daley  Senegal Boniface N'Dong  United States Anthony Tolliver Antonio Graves Ben Handlogten Britton Johnsen Corey Gaines Chris Owens David Hawkins David Henderson Dee Brown Dell Demps Erwin Dudley Frankie King Gerald Fitch Jaquay Walls Jamon Gordon Jamont Gordon Josh Shipp Lee Matthews Lloyd Daniels Malik Hairston Marlon Maxey Marshall Strickland Maurice Baker Preston Shumpert Quinton Hosley Randy Livingston Rashid Atkins Robert Hite Ron Johnson Terrell Lyday Tim Breaux Taylor Rochestie  Puerto Rico Carlos Arroyo

Head coaches

Dates	Name
?–?	Petar Simenov
?–?	Nur Germen
?–?	Fehmi Sadıkoğlu
1989–1991	Faruk Akagün
1993–1998	Aydan Siyavuş
?–?	Ömer Petorak
?–?	Fehmi Sadıkoğlu
2002–2003	Erman Kunter
2005–2006	Halil Üner
2006–2009	Murat Özyer
2009	Koray Mincinozlu
2009	Okan Çevik
2009–2010	Cem Akdağ
2010–2012	Oktay Mahmuti
2012–	Ergin Ataman

See also

• See also Galatasaray Women's Basketball Team
• See also Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Galatasaray.

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

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Galatasaray Men's Basketball Team Players Coaches Current season History Past rosters Seasons Arena Abdi İpekçi Arena Rivalries Beşiktaş rivalry Efes rivalry Fenerbahçe rivalry Parent club: Galatasaray S.K.

Galatasaray Liv Hospital Istanbul - current roster 1 Carter 4 Young 5 Micov 7 Erceg 12 Gönlüm 17 Pocius 20 Nikolov 32 Güler 33 Arslan 34 Arar 35 Ural Head coach: Ataman Assistant coaches: Uluğ Sekizkök Baser

Galatasaray SK Men's Basketball Seasons (80) 1920s-1930s 1932–33 1933–34 1934-35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1940s-1950s 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1960s-1970s 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1980s-1990s 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 2000s-2010s 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

2014–15 Turkish Basketball League Anadolu Efes Banvit Beşiktaş İntegral Forex Darüşşafaka Doğuş Eskişehir Basket Fenerbahçe Ülker Galatasaray Liv Hospital İstanbul BB Pınar Karşıyaka Royal Halı Gaziantep Rönesans TED Kolejliler Tofaş Torku Konyaspor Trabzonspor Medical Park Türk Telekom Muratbey Uşak Sportif

2014–15 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Champions TBD Runners-up TBD Third place TBD Fourth place TBD Eliminated in the Quarter-finals Anadolu Efes Panathinaikos FC Barcelona Maccabi Electra Eliminated in the Top 16 Group E Group F Laboral Kutxa EA7 Milano Unicaja Málaga Nizhny Novgorod Alba Berlin Žalgiris Crvena Zvezda Galatasaray Liv Hospital Eliminated in the Regular season Group A Group B Group C Group D UNICS Cedevita Bayern Munich Neptūnas Dinamo Sassari Limoges PGE Turów Valencia Eliminated in the third qualifying round ASVEL Basket Eliminated in the second qualifying round Hapoel Jerusalem Strasbourg Eliminated in the first qualifying round Zielona Góra ČEZ Nymburk Oostende VEF Rīga