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39-634: 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 Sports Club . Ali Sami Yen was born in Üsküdar , Istanbul , Turkey. 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

78-423: 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 France . Turkey were also bidding for UEFA Euro 2024 , competing against Germany . Germany were announced the hosts. Turkey will host

117-610: A match between MKE Ankaragücü and Çaykur Rizespor which involved fans being able to successfully invade the playing field's pitch. Six people, including MKE Ankaragucum club President Faruk Koca , were arrested for assaulting a referee. The referee, Halil Umut Meler , was hospitalized following the assault. The next day, Koca resigned from MKE Ankaragucu and the Turkish Football Federation decided to suspend all league games in Turkey indefinitely. Meler, who suffered

156-571: A search engine company. Turkish Football Federation The Turkish football league system is divided into eight tiers, ranging from the top-tier Süper Lig to local amateur divisions. 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. Turkey have bid five times to host the UEFA European Championship . Turkey submitted

195-557: 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

234-861: Is a quarter in Karaköy in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul , located at the northern shore of the Golden Horn . Its name comes from that of Galata , which may in turn have derived from Galatai (meaning the " Galatians "), as the Celtic tribes were thought to have camped at Galata during the Hellenistic period before settling in Galatia in central Anatolia . Galatasaray translates directly as "Galata Palace" ( saray means "palace" in Persian ). Galatasaray High School , established in

273-409: Is played accompanied by what the fans call a "scarf show", where fans display and wave their Galatasaray scarves. Galatasaray AŞ owns a chain of 81 Galatasaray Stores, selling club merchandise in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Cyprus. The club also owns an online betting company, an insurance company, an Internet service provider company, a travel agency, a forex company, and

312-552: Is to play together like Englishmen, to have a color and a name, and to beat the non-Turkish teams. Along with the founder Ali Sami Yen, the co-founders were the ones who were keen to do this sport, such as Asim Tevfik Sonumut, Reşat Şirvani, Cevdet Kalpakçıoğlu, Abidin Daver and Kamil. At founding in 1905, the colors of the Galatasaray Sports Club were red and white. These are the colors of the modern Turkish flag , but are also

351-589: The Turkey national team in its first international match, in 1923 against Romania . After the enactment of law on family names in 1934, he took the surname Yen. Ali Sami Yen died in 1951. He was laid to rest at the Feriköy Cemetery in Istanbul. As founder and first president of Galatasaray SK, Ali Sami Yen's name was given to the Galatasaray's long time Ali Sami Yen Stadium which was built in 1964 and situated in

390-619: The UEFA Euro 2032 , alongside Italy (both previously bid against each other for 2016), given Turkey to finally host a UEFA Euro on their fifth attempt. Turkey had already hosted the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final , the 2023 UEFA Champions League Final , and the 2009 UEFA Cup Final all played in Istanbul . At the youth-level, they hosted the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in 2008 , after first hosting

429-482: The roses which Gül Baba offered to Sultan Bayezid II . The first boxer in Turkey was Sabri Mahir. Galatasaray played during its first years in different fields, since there were not any stadiums in Istanbul . In 1921, the first stadium, Taksim Stadium opened. Galatasaray played there until 1940. When the historic Taksim Stadium was demolished, Galatasaray decided to build a large, modern stadium. Due to difficulties stemming from World War II , construction

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468-580: The Champions Cup in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2014. They also won the Kitakyushu Champions Cup and became world champions in 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012. Galatasaray women's basketball team won the 2013–14 EuroLeague Women and FIBA Eurocup in 2009 and 2018. Galatasaray men's basketball team claimed their first EuroCup championship after defeating Strasbourg in 2016. Galatasaray ( Turkish pronunciation: [ɡaɫatasaˈɾaj] )

507-445: The TFF's lack of recognition of the pre-1959 titles. For instance, Mehmet Demirkol, a renowned sports writer and commentator, stated that Beşiktaş won their 20th championship title overall in the 2016–17 season , not their 15th. Numerous other sports writers, persons of authority, politicians, and officials also openly expressed their opinions on this issue and reinforced the view that

546-478: The Turkish Federation twice, but the federation did not respond in any way. Similarly, Fenerbahçe also requested proper acknowledgement of these national championship titles, and faced the same unconstructive reaction. Having won a total of nine titles in both former championships, the club demands to have those official titles rightfully acknowledged. In addition to requesting proper acknowledgement of

585-681: The Turkish federation should unambiguously acknowledge and count the former championship titles. Among them is also historian and headmaster of the Galatasaray High School Vahdettin Engin. According to historians' analysis of the 2002 Turkish Football Federation Arbitration Court decision, which stated that the Turkish League Championships began before 1959 and the championships before 1959 cannot be left uncounted. On 11 December 2023, melee occurred during

624-429: The area in 1481, was the progenitor of Galatasaray S.K. as well as other institutions of Galatasaray Community . Galatasaray is a compound word and is pronounced as such, with a very brief pause between the two words. There is no diminutive form of the club's name. Fans refer to the club either by its full name or by its nickname Cim-Bom(-Bom) —pronounced [dʒim bom (bom)] )—of uncertain etymology. However,

663-491: 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 over our team and thinking that it would carry us from one victory to another." In 1905, during the era of the Ottoman Empire , there were no laws for associations so

702-775: The center of Istanbul in Mecidiyeköy . However, in January 2011, the club moved to its new home in the Rams Park in the Kâğıthane district while the old stadium was demolished to make way for the construction of a new commercial development. He was married to Fahriye Yen (born November 1900 and died 6 October 2002). Galatasaray Galatasaray SK Galatasaray Spor Kulübü ( Turkish pronunciation: [ɡaɫatasaˈɾaj ˈspoɾ kulyˈby] , Galatasaray Sports Club ), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom ,

741-466: The club could not be registered officially, but, after the 1912 Law of Association, the club registered legally. Yen was the club's first president for 13 years, between 1905 and 1918, and again for a brief spell in 1925. Besides founding Galatasaray SK, he made numerous other contributions to Turkish sports. He was president of the Turkish Olympic Committee between 1926 and 1931. He coached

780-602: The colors of the flag of the Young Turk Revolution . Therefore, despite recent governmental reform , this inspiration made the repressive administration of the day uncomfortable, and said administration hounded the footballers until the colors were (temporarily) changed to yellow and dark blue. After more reforms in 1908 , new colors were again chosen: red and yellow. Ali Sami Yen stated, "We were imagining brightness of yellow – red fire over our team and thinking that it would carry us from one victory to another." While

819-526: The country's regional leagues. Some years later, in 1937, the first national league called Millî Küme was introduced. The league was held until 1950, one year before the Turkish Football Championship was also abolished. Even though both competitions were organized by the TFF and were official championships respectively, they are not acknowledged and counted by the very same federation which held them. Until today no official reason or motive

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858-476: The event back in 1993 . Turkish Football Federation gain 45 medals of 900 events. The TFF organized a nationwide championship as early as 1924. That year the Turkish Football Championship (Turkish: Türkiye Futbol Şampiyonası ) was held in order to bring forth a national football champion. The championship format was based on a knockout competition, contested between the winners of each of

897-424: The football in Turkey began to fully develop, Galatasaray won ten more Istanbul League titles until 1952 . Upon recognition of professional football in 1952, the first professional but non-national league of Turkey, Istanbul Professional League played between 1952 and 1959. Galatasaray won three of these seven titles. Turkcell Super League, the top-flight professional league in Turkish nationwide football, and

936-548: The main founder of Galatasaray, wrote the following in his diaries: "Our goalkeeper Asım Tevfik, left-forwarder Emin Bülent and right midfielder Ali Sami Yen were commissioned for the task of determining the new team colours. After we had been in and out of several shops, we saw two different elegant-looking wool materials in Fat Yanko's store at Bahçekapısı (between Eminönü and Sirkeci in Istanbul, now called Bahçekapı). One of them

975-537: The most popular sporting competition in the country, formed in 1959. Galatasaray joined all seasons and won 24 league titles since then. The Turkish Football Federation started to organize "Turkish Cup" (today it is organized with the name Ziraat Turkish Cup ) in the 1962–63 season for Turkish clubs to qualify for the UEFA competitions. This is the only national cup competition in Turkey. Galatasaray joined all seasons and won 18 trophies since then. Galatasaray's first emblem

1014-418: The prestigious Galatasaray High School . The football branch of Galatasaray has accumulated the most Süper Lig (24), Turkish Cup (18) 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

1053-609: The regulations set by the Turkish Football Federation and UEFA . In the year 2000 Galatasaray also took claim of the UEFA Cup title by defeating Arsenal F.C. and the UEFA Super Cup , by defeating Real Madrid C.F. These accomplishments make Galatasaray the only Turkish football club to have reached that level of European success in the history of Turkish Football . The club's wheelchair basketball team won

1092-572: The shortened form "Gala" is sometimes used by English speakers. Galatasaray SK was founded in October 1905 (the exact day is disputed, but is traditionally accepted as "17 Teşrinievvel 1321 " according to the Islamic Rumi calendar , which corresponds to 30 October 1905 (according to the Gregorian calendar ) by Ali Sami Yen and other students of Galatasaray High School (a high school in Istanbul which

1131-466: The spectators called them "Galata Sarayı Efendileri" (in English: Gentlemen of Galata (City) Palace), and after this event, they adopted that name and started to call their club "GalataSaray". In 1905, during the era of the Ottoman Empire , there were no laws for associations so the club could not be registered officially, but after the 1912 Law of Association, the club registered legally. Our aim

1170-595: The stadium remained in use Since 1998, after every goal scored by Galatasaray, the last part of the song " I Will Survive " by the Hermes House Band is played. Although the song is in English and already adopted by Dutch football team Feyenoord , the part used has no lyrics except "la la la la". This makes it easy for fans to participate. In addition, before every game the Florida State Seminoles ' war chant

1209-440: The titles, Fenerbahçe's kit for the 2023-24 season includes a badge with 5 stars above which can't be worn in league matches because it is against the regulations of the federation and they did not give permission to play with them, likely in the hopes that the TFF will recognize their pre-1959 championships, also notably on the club's website the 28 championships are listed as if they were official likely as an act of protest against

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1248-582: Was a figure of a spread-winged eagle with a football in its beak, drawn by 333 (Galatasaray High School student number) Şevki Ege. This was replaced in 1925 by the current "Ghayn-Sin" crest, designed by Ayetullah Emin. Galatasaray wore red and white colours when founded, then played in yellow and black during the 1907–1908 season. For a match against the football team of the Royal Navy cruiser HMS  Barham , played on 8 December 1908, Galatasaray finally settled on playing in red and yellow. Ali Sami Yen ,

1287-409: Was against Cadi Keuy FRC and Galatasaray won this game with a score of 2–0. There were discussions about the club's name, in which some suggested Gloria (victory) and others Audace (courage), but it was decided that its name would be Galatasaray. According to researcher Cem Atabeyoğlu, Galatasaray took its name from one of its first matches. In that match, Galatasaray won 2–0 over Rûm club and

1326-500: Was built for Galatasaray in return for the highly valued land of the historic Ali Sami Yen stadium in Mecidiyekoy, and became the new home ground for Galatasaray S.K., replacing the old Ali Sami Yen Stadium. The new stadium has a capacity of 52,695 seats. The Ali Sami Yen Stadium was demolished in 2011 with the contractor revealing that it was on the verge of collapse and that a major stadium disaster would almost certainly have occurred had

1365-453: Was delayed for over two decades. In this period, they played in İnönü Stadium . On 20 December 1964, Ali Sami Yen Stadium opened. It was named after the founder of the club, Ali Sami Yen and was in the Mecidiyeköy quarter of the Şişli district at the center of the city. In 1964, the stadium had a capacity of over 35,000. Due to improvements in security and prohibition of standing spectators, it had an all-seater capacity of 24,990 and

1404-571: Was established in 1481) as a football club. Ali Sami Yen, who became Galatasaray SK's first president and was given the club's membership number "1", was the son of Şemseddin Sami (Frashëri) , an Ottoman writer, philosopher, and playwright of ethnic Albanian origin, and a prominent figure of the Rilindja Kombëtare , the National Renaissance movement of Albania . The club's first match

1443-521: Was given for the unparalleled and irregular denial. All other football associations in Europe without exception consequently acknowledge their former national championships. The Turkish Federation is the only one with such a stance. As a result, Ankara Demirspor became the first club to officially demand the federation to acknowledge their championship title won in 1947, but received no answer at all to date. Club president Nuğman Yavuz stated that he contacted

1482-506: Was nicknamed "Hell". After 2002, when Atatürk Olympic Stadium was built for Istanbul 's Olympic Games bid, Galatasaray started to play European Cup matches there. The attendance record for a Turkish stadium was broken there, in a Galatasaray– Olympiacos match played in front of 79,414 spectators. But the Ali Sami Yen Stadium had historic importance for Galatasaray fans although it was smaller and older. The new Nef Stadium

1521-506: Was quite dark red, resembling the cherry colour, and the other a rich yellow with a touch of orange. When the sales clerk made the two fabrics fly together with a twist of his hand they became so bright that it reminded us of the beauty of a goldfinch . We thought we were looking at the colours flickering in burning fire. We were picturing the yellow-red flames shining on our team and dreaming that it would take us to victories. Indeed it did." The red and yellow colours were also inspired from

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