Galatasaray Women's Football (Turkish: Galatasaray Kadın Futbol Takımı) is a defunct women's football section of Galatasaray S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. It was active four years between 2012 and 2016.
Full name | Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (Galatasaray Sports Club) | |
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Nickname(s) | Dişi Aslanlar (The Lionesses) Sarı Kırmızılılar (The Yellow Reds) Cimbom (The Cimbom) | |
Short name | GS | |
Founded | 2011–2016 18 September 2021; 13 months ago (2021-09-18) | |
Ground | Florya Metin Oktay Facilities | |
President | Dursun Özbek | |
Head coach | Metin Ülgen | |
League | Turkcell Women's Football League | |
Website | Club website | |
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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 2012. 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]
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]
On September 18, 2021, the senior women's football team has been founded.[4] Nurcan Çelik was appointed as the first coach.
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.[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]
As of 29 October 2022[update]
Season | League | Rank | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2021-22 | Super League Gr. B | 6 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 29 |
2022-23 | [Super League Gr. B | 6 (1) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 |
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation. |
As of 29 October 2022[update]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Position | Staff |
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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
2021–2022 | Nurcan Çelik |
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Parent club: Galatasaray S.K. |