GAL Club profile
Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü
Sarıyer / İstanbul, Türkiye Süper Lig · tier 1 Founded 1 October 1905 Colours www.galatasaray.org ↗ Rams Park, Huzur Mah. Seyrantepe, 34396 Sarıyer / İstanbul, Türkiye +90 212 3051905 Squad
32 players
avg age 25.8
Foreigners
16
50% of the squad
Internationals
19
called up by their country
League position
1 / 18
25 pts · 10 played · 2026/27
Stadium
Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi RAMS Park
53,387 seats
Transfer balance
−€67.5m
season 2026/27
Squad 32 players Player Age Nationality Height Foot Joined Contract Goalkeepers · 5 Uğurcan Çakır Goalkeeper 30 Türkiye 191 cm right Jan 2025 from Trabzonspor Jun 2030 Jankat Yılmaz Goalkeeper 22 Türkiye 193 cm left Jan 2022 from Galatasaray U19 Jun 2027 Günay Güvenç Goalkeeper 35 Türkiye · Germany 187 cm right Jan 2023 from Gaziantep FK Jun 2028 Enes Emre Büyük Goalkeeper 20 Türkiye 188 cm right Jan 2025 from Galatasaray U19 Jun 2028 Arda Yılmaz GoalkeeperNo eligibility – UEFA Champions League – until 28/01/2027 18 Türkiye 188 cm right Jan 2026 from Galatasaray U19 Jun 2028 Defenders · 10 Wilfried Singo Right-Back 25 Cote d'Ivoire 182 cm right Aug 2025 from AS Monaco Jun 2030 El Chadaille Bitshiabu Centre-Back 21 France · DR Congo 196 cm left Feb 2026 from RB Leipzig Jun 2027 Davinson Sánchez Centre-Back 29 Colombia 188 cm right Apr 2023 from Ablöse €9.50m Jun 2029 Roland Sallai Right-Back 29 Hungary 183 cm right Sept 2024 from SC Freiburg Jun 2028 Ismail Jakobs Left-Back 27 Senegal · Germany 184 cm left Jan 2025 from AS Monaco Jun 2027 Abdülkerim Bardakcı Centre-BackTeam captain 32 Türkiye 185 cm left Jan 2022 from Konyaspor Jun 2027 Eren Elmalı Left-Back 26 Türkiye 181 cm left Nov 2025 from Trabzonspor Jun 2028 Kazımcan Karataş Left-BackNo eligibility – UEFA Champions League – until 28/01/2027 23 Türkiye 182 cm left Jan 2022 from Altay SK Jun 2027 Kaan Ayhan Centre-BackNo eligibility – UEFA Champions League – until 28/01/2027 32 Türkiye · Germany 185 cm right Jan 2023 from US Sassuolo Jun 2028 Arda Ünyay Centre-BackNo eligibility – UEFA Champions League – until 28/01/2027 19 Türkiye 187 cm right Jan 2025 from Galatasaray U19 Jun 2028 Midfielders · 8 Aleksey Batrakov Attacking Midfield 21 Russia 173 cm right Aug 2026 from Lokomotiv Moscow Jun 2031 Gabriel Sara Central Midfield 27 Brazil 177 cm left Apr 2024 from Norwich City Jun 2029 Lesley Ugochukwu Defensive Midfield 22 France · Nigeria 190 cm right Jul 2026 from Burnley FC Jun 2027 Lucas Torreira Defensive Midfield 30 Uruguay · Spain 166 cm right Aug 2022 from Arsenal FC Jun 2028 Renato Nhaga Central Midfield 19 Guinea-Bissau 172 cm right Mar 2026 from Casa Pia AC Jun 2030 Mario Lemina Defensive Midfield 33 Gabon · France 184 cm right May 2025 from Wolverhampton Wanderers Jun 2028 İlkay Gündoğan Central Midfield 36 Germany 180 cm right Feb 2025 from Manchester City Jun 2027 Eyüp Aydın Defensive MidfieldNo eligibility – UEFA Champions League – until 28/01/2027 22 Türkiye · Germany 181 cm both Sept 2023 from Ablöse €250k Jun 2027 Forwards · 9 Victor Osimhen Centre-Forward 27 Nigeria 186 cm right Jul 2025 from SSC Napoli Jun 2029 Rafael Leão Left WingerGroin strain - Return unknown 27 Portugal · Angola 188 cm right Aug 2026 from AC Milan Jun 2030 Barış Alper Yılmaz Left Winger 26 Türkiye 186 cm right Oct 2021 from Ankara Keciörengücü Jun 2028 Yunus Akgün Right Winger 26 Türkiye 173 cm left Jan 2018 from Galatasaray U19 Jun 2029 Leroy Sané Right Winger 30 Germany · France 183 cm left Jan 2025 from FC Bayern Munich Jun 2028 Deniz Gül Centre-Forward 22 Türkiye · Sweden 192 cm right Jan 2026 from FC Porto Jun 2031 Berat Luş Left Winger 19 Türkiye 178 cm right Jan 2025 from Galatasaray U19 Jun 2029 Armando Güner Right WingerNo eligibility – Süper Lig – until 01/01/2027 18 Argentina · Germany 178 cm left May 2026 from Borussia Mönchengladbach U19 Jun 2030 Ada Yüzgeç Centre-Forward 17 Türkiye — Jan 2026 from Galatasaray U19 Jun 2029
Amber contract dates mean the contract ends within 12 months.
Transfers Season 2026/27 Received
€5.5m
20 departures
Net balance
−€67.5m
received − spent
Arrivals · 24 Rafael Leão
Left Winger · 27 y/o
Aleksey Batrakov
Attacking Midfield · 21 y/o
Deniz Gül
Centre-Forward · 22 y/o
Lesley Ugochukwu
Defensive Midfield · 22 y/o
El Chadaille Bitshiabu
Centre-Back · 21 y/o
Umut Erdem
Left-Back · 22 y/o
Ada Yüzgeç
Centre-Forward · 17 y/o
Ali Efe Çördek
Right Winger · 21 y/o
Show 16 more Ali Turap Bülbül
Right-Back · 21 y/o
Ali Yeşilyurt
Centre-Back · 20 y/o
from Yalova FK 77 SK
End of loan
Arda Yılmaz
Goalkeeper · 18 y/o
Berat Luş
Left Winger · 19 y/o
Berat Yılmaz
Central Midfield · 20 y/o
Carlos Cuesta
Centre-Back · 27 y/o
Elias Jelert
Right-Back · 23 y/o
Eyüp Aydın
Defensive Midfield · 21 y/o
Halil Dervişoğlu
Centre-Forward · 26 y/o
Jankat Yılmaz
Goalkeeper · 21 y/o
Kazımcan Karataş
Left-Back · 23 y/o
Nicolò Zaniolo
Second Striker · 26 y/o
Siraçhan Nas
Attacking Midfield · 24 y/o
Victor Nelsson
Centre-Back · 27 y/o
Wilfried Zaha
Left Winger · 33 y/o
Yalın Dilek
Centre-Forward · 19 y/o
Departures · 20 Nicolò Zaniolo
Second Striker · 26 y/o
Umut Erdem
Left-Back · 22 y/o
Ali Turap Bülbül
Right-Back · 21 y/o
Ahmed Kutucu
Left Winger · 26 y/o
Ali Efe Çördek
Right Winger · 21 y/o
Ali Yeşilyurt
Centre-Back · 20 y/o
Batuhan Şen
Goalkeeper · 27 y/o
Berat Yılmaz
Central Midfield · 20 y/o
Show 12 more Elias Jelert
Right-Back · 23 y/o
Gökdeniz Gürpüz
Attacking Midfield · 20 y/o
Halil Dervişoğlu
Centre-Forward · 26 y/o
Mauro Icardi
Centre-Forward · 33 y/o
Metehan Baltacı
Centre-Back · 23 y/o
Noa Lang
Left Winger · 27 y/o
Sacha Boey
Right-Back · 25 y/o
Siraçhan Nas
Attacking Midfield · 24 y/o
Victor Nelsson
Centre-Back · 27 y/o
Wilfried Zaha
Left Winger · 33 y/o
Yalın Dilek
Centre-Forward · 20 y/o
Yáser Asprilla
Right Winger · 22 y/o
Manager & staff 40 people Manager
Okan Buruk
Türkiye · 52 y/o
Appointed 1 July 2022
Contract until —
Coaching Staff · 14 Ali Yavuz Match AnalystTürkiye Furkan Uçar Match AnalystTürkiye İrfan Saraloğlu Assistant ManagerTürkiye Ismael García Gomez Assistant ManagerSpain Fadıl Koşutan Goalkeeping CoachTürkiye Can Okuyucu Goalkeeping CoachTürkiye Eray İşcan Goalkeeping CoachTürkiye Gürkan Fuat Demir Athletic CoachTürkiye Yusuf Köklü Athletic CoachTürkiye Kaan Arısoy Athletic CoachTürkiye Vural Durmuş Athletic CoachTürkiye Serhat Doğan Match AnalystTürkiye Yılmaz Yüksel Match AnalystTürkiye Management · 4 Uğur Yıldız Managing Director SportTürkiye Emre Utkucan Director of Professional Football and ScoutTürkiye Fatih Demireli Director of DevelopmentGermany Marco Fumagalli Director of DevelopmentItaly Board of Directors · 2 Dursun Özbek PresidentTürkiye Metin Öztürk Vice-PresidentTürkiye Scouting · 3 Emre Utkucan Chief ScoutTürkiye Orhan Atik Loan Player ManagerTürkiye Tayfun Hut ScoutTürkiye Medical department · 11 Yener İnce Club DoctorTürkiye Hakan Çelebi Club DoctorTürkiye Burak Koca PhysiotherapistTürkiye Mustafa Korkmaz PhysiotherapistTürkiye Samet Polat PhysiotherapistTürkiye Erkan Özyılmaz PhysiotherapistTürkiye Sedat Peker MasseurTürkiye Serdal Yılmaz MasseurTürkiye Batuhan Erkan MasseurTürkiye Ozan Abaylı MasseurTürkiye Mestan Çilekçi NutritionistTürkiye Public Relations · 2 Egehan Şengül Head of mediaTürkiye Coşkun Gülbahar Head of Media and CommunicationsTürkiye Other · 2 Ersan Zeren TranslatorTürkiye Utku Yurtbil TranslatorTürkiye Youth · 2 Murat Dizdar Academy managerTürkiye Can Mutlu Development CoachTürkiye
Honours 64 titles 26× Turkish Champion 25/26 · 24/25 · 23/24 · 22/23 · 18/19 · +21 19× Turkish cup winner 24/25 · 18/19 · 15/16 · 14/15 · 13/14 · +14 17× Turkish Super Cup winner 23/24 · 19/20 · 16/17 · 15/16 · 13/14 · +12 1× UEFA Supercup Winner 00/01 1× UEFA Cup Winner 99/00
Dossiers linked to Galatasaray Showing 1–7 of 7 Logged 3d ago
GA → MC
First reported TEAMtalk · 29 Oct
Sources 1 independent 3 outlets · 3 articles
Stage interest
Fee Not reported Fichajes.net, citing NTV, reported on 28 Oct that Manchester City are monitoring Galatasaray attacking midfielder Aleksey Batrakov and that the Turkish club wants at least €50 m for him; his listed contract runs to…
Logged 3d ago
GA → AR
First reported TEAMtalk · 23 Oct
Sources 2 independent 7 outlets · 7 articles
Stage interest
Release clause €50m–€58.5m Arsenal and Liverpool are monitoring Galatasaray attacking midfielder Aleksey Batrakov, whose contract runs to June 2031. TEAMtalk reported on 23 Oct that scouts from both clubs attended a Lille match and highlighted a…
Logged 3d ago
GA → LI
First reported TEAMtalk · 23 Oct
Sources 2 independent +1 9 outlets · 10 articles
Stage interest
Release clause €50m–€58.5m Liverpool are among several Premier League clubs tracking Galatasaray attacking midfielder Aleksey Batrakov, whose contract runs to June 2031. TEAMtalk reported on 23 Oct that the Reds and Arsenal have sent scouts and…
Logged 3d ago
GA → CH
First reported Sporx · 1 Oct
Sources 3 independent 8 outlets · 8 articles
Stage interest
Fee Not reported Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool are all reported to be tracking Aleksey Batrakov at Galatasaray; his contract runs to 2031. On 1 Oct Sporx said United and Chelsea would send scouts to the…
Logged 4d ago
CC
CR → GA
First reported El Futbolero · 27 Oct
Sources 5 independent 6 outlets · 6 articles
Stage negotiation
Asking price €5.8m Galatasaray are reportedly preparing for the return of Carlos Cuesta, with multiple outlets describing a potential loan move back to the Turkish club in January. Haber.tr states that Vasco da Gama is not expected to…
Logged 10d ago
JY
GA → LL
First reported Ferhat Kızıltaş · 23 Oct
Sources 5 independent 6 outlets · 9 articles
Stage interest
Fee Not reported Lille are monitoring Galatasaray goalkeeper Jankat Yılmaz, whose listed contract runs to June 2027. On 23 Oct three Turkish outlets – Ajansspor, Mynet.com and Haberaktuel.com – reported that the French club has placed…
Logged 16d ago
AF → GA
First reported Menino X · 17 Sep
Sources 6 independent +6 14 outlets · 14 articles
Stage interest
Reported fee €30m Galatasaray is targeting Ivorian midfielder Christ Inao Oulaï from Fiorentina for the January window. Reports suggest the move would be a loan deal with a purchase option.
Club data updated 10d ago
