Galatasaray men's water polo team

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

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Galatasaray women's water polo team.
Galatasaray Men's Water Polo Team
SportWater polo
Founded1910
LeagueTürkiye Sutopu 1. Ligi
Based inİstanbul, Turkey
ArenaGalatasaray Kalamış Facilities
ColorsYellow & Red
  
PresidentDursun Özbek
Head coachHalil İbrahim Avcıoğlu
Championships37
MascotLion
WebsiteGalatasaray.org
Current sports event Current season
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
Tennis pictogram
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

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 Zoltan Gulyas 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
  • Türkiye Sutopu Şampiyonası:
    • Winners (9): 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
  • Türkiye Sutopu 1. Ligi:
    • Winners (28): 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, 2022

International success

Current squad
As of 12 October 2021[3]
No. Nat. Player Birth Date Position L/R
TurkeyOsman Selim Gülenç (1992-07-07) July 7, 1992Point
TurkeyOğuz Berke Senemoğlu (1995-07-03) July 3, 1995
TurkeyAtakan Destici (1997-03-09) March 9, 1997
TurkeyHüseyin Kağan Kil (1999-07-23) July 23, 1999Goalkeeper
TurkeyEray Turan (1998-02-23) February 23, 1998Wing
TurkeyBerke Can Yalçın
TurkeyUlvi Burtay Akkaya (1998-05-02) May 2, 1998
TurkeyKaan Oğuzcan (2001-09-19) September 19, 2001
TurkeyKağan Ege Ferik (2001-01-28) January 28, 2001
SerbiaMarko Krstic (1986-07-02) July 2, 1986
TurkeyArda İlkser Güçlü (1997-04-04) April 4, 1997Goalkeeper
TurkeyYağız Mol (2002-07-17) July 17, 2002
TurkeyMert Ali Yener (2004-03-05) March 5, 2004[4]
TurkeyDerin Kalkancı (2002-06-10) June 10, 2002
TurkeyBartu Olcay (2002-09-29) September 29, 2002
TurkeyÖzgür İzcan (2001-12-12) December 12, 2001
TurkeyTulga Kağan Temel (2002-12-18) December 18, 2002
TurkeyUtku Karhan (1999-07-27) July 27, 1999
TurkeyEkin Erkaplan
TurkeyKaan Hamurculu (2000-11-29) November 29, 2000

References
  1. Sutopu Tarihi - GALATASARAY.ORG
  2. Galatasaray Water Polo Champion!
  3. Sutopu Erkek Takımı - GALATASARAY.ORG
  4. "Mert Ali Yener - Sporcu - GALATASARAY.ORG". www.galatasaray.org. Retrieved 2022-05-24.


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