Galatasaray S.K. Football Academy

Galatasaray Futbol Akademisi

Full name	Galatasaray Futbol Akademisi
Ground	Florya Metin Oktay Facilities
Capacity	2,500
Chairman	Burak Elmas
Manager	Ali Yavaş
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The Galatasaray S.K. Football Academy (Turkish: Galatasaray Spor Klubü Futbol Akademisi) is a football youth academy based in Florya Metin Oktay Facilities, Istanbul, Turkey, from where the organization manages a total of 11 youth teams (ages between 8–19). The academy is the primary youth clinic of Turkish footballing giants Galatasaray.

History[]

Galatasaray Futbol Akademisi is famous for having produced and still producing many great Turkish internationals like Arda Turan, Emre Belözoğlu, Bülent Korkmaz, Tugay Kerimoğlu, Okan Buruk and Ozan Kabak.

Squads[]

U-19 Squad[]

As of 14 October 2021^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  TUR Altay Recep Çobaner — GK  TUR Atakan Nuri Ordu — GK  TUR Kerem Yusuf Ersunar — DF  TUR Anıl Batın Aydın — DF  TUR Arda Kaan Yıldız — DF  TUR Ata Öztürk — DF  TUR Emir Tintiş — DF  TUR Melih Mert Kaya — DF  TUR Metehan Baltacı — DF  TUR Murat Şenel — DF  TUR Mustafa Yiğit Turgut — DF  TUR Umut Erdem — DF  TUR Yiğit Demir — MF  TUR Bartuğ Elmaz

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  TUR Berkan Mahmut Keskin — MF  TUR Efe Mustafa Çetin — MF  TUR Emirhan Adak — MF  TUR Göktan Işılak — MF  TUR Hamza Yiğit Akman — MF  TUR İsmail Zehir — MF  TUR Özgür Baran Aksaka — MF  TUR Sarper Çağlar — MF  TUR Selman Faruk Dibek — MF  TUR Yusuf Erdem Gümüş — FW  TUR Bozan Uymaz — FW  TUR Caner Doğan — FW  TUR Eren Aydın — FW  TUR Taha Aydınlı

Football Academy Administrative and Technical Staff[]

As of 14 October 2021^[2]

Name	Nat.	Job
		Football Academy Coordinator
Semih Egemen Ersoy		Football Academy Administrative Manager
Ceyhun Müderrisoğlu		Academy Coach Coordinator - U19 Technical Manager
Hakan Gaş		U19 Coach
Ali Polat		U17 Technical Manager
		U17 Coach
Birkan Bozkurt		U15 Technical Manager
Ali Keleşoğlu		U14 Technical Manager
Mithat Yavaş		U13 Technical Manager
Burak Özkaya		U11 Technical Manager
Ahmet Görkem Görk		U10 Technical Manager
Nazmi Arslan		U9 Technical Manager
İrfan Mesut Köleoğlu		U8 Technical Manager
Hakan Bulut		Goalkeeping Coach
Mehmet Ozan Özerkan		Goalkeeping Coach
Muammer Sertaç Özel		Athletic Performance Coach
Erdem Kıray		Conditioner
Ahmet Metin Kınık		Conditioner
Furkan Durmuş		Conditioner
Metin Ülgen		Scout
Ferda Cevizci		Scout
Celal Sevim		Scout
Engin Karataş		Football Monitoring and Sports Technologies Specialist
Hakan Çelebi		Doctor
Mesut Karlık		Physiotherapist
Ozan Öztürk		Physiotherapist
Mustafa Aydın		Psychological Performance Consultant
Gökhan Çelik		Dietitian
Yasin Genç		Masseur
Abdulrahim Karahan		Masseur
Efe Can Demir		Masseur
Hüseyin Genç		Material Manager
Sakin Terzi		Material Manager
Gürsel Polat		Material Manager
Ahmet Kör		Responsible for administrative affairs
Ahmet Yıldız		Responsible for administrative affairs
Selin Saygılı		Assistant Football Academy Coordinator
Mutluay Özerman		School-Family Relations and Social Activity Responsible
Hakan Bulut		Sports Schools Manager
Osman Arslan		Sports Schools Supervisor
Bedirhan Demirhan		Sports Schools Administrative Staff
Ahmet Rizelioğlu		External Tracking Officer

References[]

External links[]

• Galatasaray Official Website
• U-21 Süper Ligi stats at TFF
• U-19 Elite Ligi stats at TFF
• U-17 Elite Ligi stats at TFF