Galatasaray men's water polo team

Galatasaray Men's Water Polo Team

Founded	1910
League	Türkiye Sutopu 1. Ligi
Based in	İstanbul, Turkey
Arena	Galatasaray Kalamış Facilities
Colors	Yellow & Red
President	Burak Elmas
Head coach
Championships	36
Mascot	Lion
Website	Galatasaray.org

Active departments of Galatasaray SK
Athletics Basketball (Men's) Basketball (Women's) Chess Bridge Equestrian e-Sports Football (Men's) Football (Women's) Judo Rowing Sailing Swimming Tennis Volleyball (Men's) Volleyball (Women's) Water Polo (Men's) Water Polo (Women's) Wheelchair Basketball

Closed departments of Galatasaray SK
Handball Superleague Formula

Galatasaray Men's Water Polo Team is the water polo team of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray S.K.

History[]

In the 1910s, water polo began to be played for the first time in Istanbul by Galatasaray fans.

Water polo, which became a branch in Bebek Facilities, continued its struggle for many years in Galatasaray Kuruçeşme Island. With the opening of the pool in Kalamış in 1968, it took its place in the water sports center.

In the Turkish Away Water Polo League, which started in the 1950s, it won the championship twice, in 1955 and 1957, and three times, 73, 75 and 77, for a long time in the 1970s. It was suspended for 14 years until 1991.

With the arrival of Hungarian coach in 1988, importance was given to infrastructure works, and it started to become a branch that tries to train Olympic athletes instead of a branch that makes the children of its members do sports.^[1]

In 2011, Galatasaray Men's Water Polo Team won Turkish Water Polo Championship Cup.^[2]

Domestic Success[]

• :
  • Winners (9): 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
• Türkiye Sutopu 1. Ligi:
  • Winners (27): 1955, 1957, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017

International Success[]

• LEN Champions League:
  • Quarter-Finals (1): 2012-2013

Current squad[]

As of 12 October 2021^[3]

No.	Nat.	Player	Birth Date	Position	L/R
			(1992-07-07) July 7, 1992 (age 29)	Point
			(1995-07-03) July 3, 1995 (age 26)
			(1997-03-09) March 9, 1997 (age 24)
			(1999-07-23) July 23, 1999 (age 22)	Goalkeeper
			(1998-02-23) February 23, 1998 (age 23)	Wing
			(1998-05-02) May 2, 1998 (age 23)
			(2001-09-19) September 19, 2001 (age 20)
			(2001-01-28) January 28, 2001 (age 21)
			(1986-07-02) July 2, 1986 (age 35)
			(1997-04-04) April 4, 1997 (age 24)	Goalkeeper
			(2002-07-17) July 17, 2002 (age 19)
			(2004-03-05) March 5, 2004 (age 17)
			(2002-06-10) June 10, 2002 (age 19)
			(2002-09-29) September 29, 2002 (age 19)
			(2001-12-12) December 12, 2001 (age 20)
			(2002-12-18) December 18, 2002 (age 19)
			(1999-07-27) July 27, 1999 (age 22)
			(2000-11-29) November 29, 2000 (age 21)

References[]

External links[]

• Galatasaray SK Official Web Site (in Turkish)
• Galatasaray SK - Water Polo - Global Sports Archive (in English)

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