Galatasaray S.K. (women's football)

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 Spor Kulübü

Full name	Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (Galatasaray Sports Club)
Nickname(s)	Dişi Aslanlar (The Lionesses) Sarı Kırmızılılar (The Yellow Reds) Cimbom (The Cimbom)
Short name	GS
Founded	2011
Ground	Florya Metin Oktay Facilities
President	Dursun Özbek
Head coach	Metin Ülgen
League	Turkcell Women's Football League
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Foundation years

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.^[1]

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,^[2] 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.^[3]

Closing year

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.^[3]

Foundation of Senior Women's Team

On September 18, 2021, the senior women's football team has been founded.^[4] Nurcan Çelik was appointed as the first coach.

Sponsorship naming

Due to sponsorship deals, Galatasaray have been also known as:

• Galatasaray (2011–2016)
• Galatasaray Hepsiburada (2021–2022)
• Galatasaray Petrol Ofisi (2022–present)

Stadium

 

Yeşilova Kemal Aktaş Stadium.

 

Florya Metin Oktay Facilities.

The team played their home matches in the 2021-2022 season at Yeşilova Kemal Aktaş Stadium situated in Küçükçekmece district of Istanbul Province.^[5] 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.^[6]

Statistics

 

Galatasaray S.K. (red/yellow) vs Çaykur Rizespor (white/blue) in the 2021-22 Turkish Women's Football Super League's home match.

As of 15 January 2023^[update]

Season	League	Rank	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2021-22	Super League Gr. B	6	22	8	5	9	35	31	+4	29
2022-23	Super League Gr. B	2 (^1)	11	10	0	1	41	7	+34	30
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

• (¹): Season in progress

Current squad

As of 15 January 2023^[update].^[7]

• Head coach:   Metin Ülgen

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 GK   TUR Handan Kurğa 25 GK   TUR Büşra Kenet 2 DF   TUR İrem Barut 4 DF   CHN Li Jiayue 5 DF   SRB Milica Denda 6 DF   TUR Derya Arhan 20 DF   TUR Berna Yeniçeri 61 DF   TUR Fatma Sare Öztürk 8 MF   TUR Emine Ecem Esen 10 MF   TUR İsmigül Yalçıner 13 MF   TUR Birgül Sadıkoğlu

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   GEO Kristina Bakarandze 19 MF   TUR Zehra Yılmaz 21 MF   TUR Didem Dülber 23 MF   TUR İlayda Civelek 24 MF   TUR Arzu Akkurt 28 MF   TUR Zeynep Ece Güneş 33 MF   TUR Serpil Özer 11 FW   TUR Yağmur Uraz 16 FW   TUR Ebru Topçu 22 FW   RSA Elena Gracinda Santos

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Metin Ülgen
Sporting Director	Vahit Mert
Assistant Sporting Director	Gülfem Kocaoğlu
Assistant Coach	Hilal Başkol
Goalkeeping Coach	Yunus Ulucan
Physiotherapist	Gülin Köseoğlu
Analyst	Birkan İpek

Last updated: 6 September 2022
Source: Galatasaray SK

Notable former players

• Şilan Aykoç,^[8] Turkey girls' U-15
• Şevval Dursun,^[9]
• Berivan İçen,^[9] Turkey girls' U-17, Turkey women's,^[10]

Further information: Category:Galatasaray S.K. women's football players

Former coaches

2021–2022

Nurcan Çelik

Kit history

2015–16 Junior Girls' Champ home

2021-22 home

2021-22 away

2021-22 alt

2021-22 training

References

1. "Galatasaray Florya Kız Futbol Okulu Açılıyor!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
2. "Minik Kız Takımımız İstanbul Şampiyonu" (in Turkish). Galatasaray. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
3. Bucak, Efkan (6 October 2016). "Galatasaray, kadın futbol şubesini kapattı". Karar (in Turkish). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
4. Galatasaray (September 2021). "Galatasaray Kadın Futbol Takımı'nın temeli, Galatasaray Lisesi'nde atıldı!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
5. "Galatasaray Hepsiburada Kadın Futbol Takımı 3-0 Biyexen Sivasspor Kadın Futbol Takımı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
6. "Galatasaray Petrol Ofisi Kadın Futbol Takımı 1-0 Trabzonspor A.Ş." (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
7. "Galatasaray 2-0 Fenerbahçe" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
8. Göktürk, Erdem (March 2015). "İstanbul Minik Kız Futbol Ligi" (PDF) (in Turkish). TFF Kadın Futbolu. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
9. Yıldız, Serkan (7 August 2016). "Berivan İçen istedi Cimbom gol yağdırdı". Amatör Lig (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
10. "Oyuncular - Futbolcular - Berivan İçen" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

External links

• Galatasaray Sports Club official website (in Turkish and English)
• GS Kadın Futbol Takımı (@kadinfutbolgs) • Instagram (in Turkish)

 

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