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Galatasaray S.K. Football Academy

Football club

Galatasaray Futbol Akademisi

Full name	Galatasaray Futbol Akademisi
Ground	Florya Metin Oktay Facilities
Capacity	2,500
Chairman	Dursun Özbek
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[edit]

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[edit]

U19 Squad[edit]

As of 30 September 2023^[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 Enes Emre Büyük — GK  TUR Haktan Şentürk (U17 player) — GK  TUR Hıdır Efe Şahin — GK  TUR Jankat Yılmaz (overage player) — GK  TUR Mehmet Akif Oruç — GK  TUR Mehmet Kaan Zogun — DF  TUR Ali Turap Bülbül — DF  TUR Ali Yeşilyurt — DF  TUR Arda Deniz Yavaş — DF  TUR Arda Hacısalihoğlu — DF  TUR Ahmet Kerem Karaaslan — DF  TUR Batın Özden Kemertaş — DF  TUR Berkan Aksoy — DF  TUR Çınar Hasanoğlu — DF  TUR Eren Paşahan — DF  TUR Kadir Subaşı — DF  TUR Mahmuthan Çalışkan — DF  TUR Umut Okol

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  TUR Vincent Bayındır — MF  TUR Batuhan Güner — MF  TUR Berat Yılmaz — MF  TUR Berk Kızıldemir — MF  TUR Efe Akman — MF  TUR Gökdeniz Gürpüz — MF  TUR Halim Ayaz Yükseloğlu — MF  TUR Hamza Yiğit Akman (overage player) — MF  TUR İsa Halidi — MF  TUR İsmail Yahşi — MF  TUR Mustafa Berke Çelik — MF  TUR Taha Recep Cebeci — MF  TUR Yasin Kasal — FW  TUR Baran Demiroğlu — FW  KGZ Beknaz Almazbekov — FW  TUR Burak Tolunay Sekin — FW  TUR Recep Yalın Dilek

Football Academy Administrative and Technical Staff[edit]

As of 14 October 2021^[2]

Name	Nat.	Job
Ali Yavaş		Football Academy Coordinator
Semih Egemen Ersoy		Football Academy Administrative Manager
Ceyhun Müderrisoğlu		Academy Coach Coordinator - U19 Technical Manager
Hakan Balta		U19 Coach
Ali Polat		U17 Technical Manager
Erkan Ferin		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

Notable players[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Galatasaray Official Website
• U-21 Süper Ligi statsatTFF
• U-19 Elite Ligi statsatTFF
• U-17 Elite Ligi statsatTFF