Clubname: | Galatasaray Spor Kulübü |
Fullname: | Turkish: Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (Galatasaray Sports Club) |
Short Name: | GS |
Nickname: | Dişi Aslanlar (The Lionesses) Sarı Kırmızılılar (The Yellow Reds) Cimbom (The Cimbom) |
Founded: | 2011 |
Chairman: | Dursun Özbek |
Chrtitle: | President |
Manager: | Metin Ülgen |
Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
League: | Turkcell Women's Football League |
Season: | 2022-23 |
Ground: | Florya Metin Oktay Facilities |
Current: | 2023–24 Galatasaray S.K. (women's football) season |
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Website: | https://www.galatasaray.org/sl/galatasaray-kadin-futbol-takimi/46 |
Galatasaray Women's Football (Turkish: Galatasaray Kadın Futbol Takımı) is a women's football section of Galatasaray S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey.
Galatasaray S.K. opened initially a football school for girls of age category 6-12 at its Florya Metin Oktay Facilities (Turkish: Florya Kız Futbol Okulu) in the beginning of 2011. The training of girls was conducted by women trainers on weekends.
The women's football side of Galatasaray S.K. was founded in 2011. It consisted in age categories of little girls, cadets and junior girls. It was an important place in the infrastructure with the female players it has trained, The little girls became champion in the Istanbul Girls' U-13 League ("İstanbul Minik Kızlar Futbol Ligi") in 2015, the cadets played in the finals of the Turkish Girls' U-15 Championship ("Türkiye Yıldız Kızlar Futbol Şampiyonası"), and the juniors advanced to the second round of the Turkish Girls' U-17 Championship ("Türkiye Genç Kızlar Futbol Şamğiyonası"). Some members of the Yellow*Reds were admitted to the Turkey girls' national U-17 team.
The umbrella club's management announced the closure of the women's football department, which was active four years long, with effect of end September 2016 due to downsizing measures caused by financial issues.
On 18 September 2021, the senior women's football team has been founded.[1] Nurcan Çelik was appointed as the first coach.
In the 2022-23 Super League season, the team played semi-finals in the play-offs, lost, however, to Fenerbahçe S.K.. The team finished the 2023-24 Super League season as champion.
Due to sponsorship deals, Galatasaray have been also known as:
The team played their home matches in the 2021-2022 season at Yeşilova Kemal Aktaş Stadium situated in Küçükçekmece district of Istanbul Province. In the 2022-23 season, they play the home matches at the club-owned training stadium of Florya Metin Oktay Facilities located in the Florya neighborhood of Bakırköy district in Istanbul.
Season | League | Rank | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
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2021-22 | align=left | Super League Gr. B | 6 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 29 | |
align=left | Super League | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 94 | 14 | +80 | 58 | |
align=left | Super League | bgcolor=gold | 1 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 71 | 29 | +42 | 71 | |
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. |
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Player | Position(s) | Signed in | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | |||
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Goalkeepers | |||||||
1 | Gamze Nur Yaman | GK | 2022 | 25 April 1999 | WFC Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv | ||
17 | Handan Kurğa | GK | 2022 | 10 September 1993 | Konak Belediyespor | ||
23 | Müge İnan | GK | 2022 | 5 January 1994 | Fatih Karagümrük | ||
26 | Alanur Usta | GK | 2023 | 26 September 2007 | Bursa Soğanlı Spor Kulübü | ||
Defenders | |||||||
3 | Rabia Nur Küçük | DF | 2023 | 29 August 2003 | Fomget Gençlik ve Spor | ||
5 | Eda Karataş | DF | 2023 | 15 June 1995 | ALG Spor | ||
13 | Fatma Sare Öztürk | DF | 2022 | 5 July 2000 | Trabzonspor | ||
20 | Berna Yeniçeri | DF | 2022 | 26 January 1996 | Beşiktaş | ||
25 | Lyubov Shmatko | DF | 2023 | 25 October 1993 | Fomget Gençlik ve Spor | ||
27 | Naomie Kabakaba | DF | 2023 | 4 February 1998 | TP Mazembe | ||
Midfielders | |||||||
8 | Emine Ecem Esen (captain) | MF | 2022 | 3 May 1994 | ALG Spor | ||
10 | İsmigül Yalçıner | MF | 2021 | 20 October 1994 | Kireçburnu Spor | ||
12 | Helin Erbulun | MF | 2023 | 22 December 2006 | Youth system | ||
18 | Kristina Bakarandze | MF | 2022 | 19 May 1998 | ALG Spor | ||
19 | Zehra Yılmaz | MF | 2022 | 5 July 2002 | Bursa Soğanlı Spor Kulübü | ||
21 | Didem Dülber | MF | 2021 | 21 March 2001 | ALG Spor | ||
22 | Nazlıcan Parlak | MF | 2023 | 27 May 1993 | Fenerbahçe | ||
24 | Arzu Akkurt | MF | 2021 | 1 July 2004 | 1207 Antalya Spor | ||
30 | Berra Pekgöz | MF | 2023 | 18 June 2007 | Tunç Spor | ||
38 | Arzu Karabulut | MF | 2024 | 30 January 1991 | ALG Spor | ||
Forwards | |||||||
7 | Mariem Houij | FW | 2023 | 8 August 1994 | ALG Spor | ||
9 | Elanur Laçin | FW | 2021 | 4 August 2004 | Kireçburnu Spor | ||
11 | Monique Rith | FW | 2023 | 15 October 1997 | ALG Spor | ||
16 | Ebru Topçu | FW | 2022 | 27 August 1996 | ALG Spor | ||
77 | Megi Doci | FW | 2024 | 14 October 1996 | KFF Vllaznia Shkodër | ||
99 | Benan Altıntaş | FW | 2023 | 10 November 2001 | Fomget Gençlik ve Spor |
2021–2022 | Nurcan Çelik |