Galatasaray men's water polo team

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

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

History

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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

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  • Türkiye Sutopu Şampiyonası:
    • Winners (9): 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
  • Türkiye Sutopu 1. Ligi:
    • Winners (30): 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, 2023, 2024

International success

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Current squad

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As of 12 October 2021[3]
No. Nat. Player Birth Date Position L/R
  Osman Selim Gülenç (1992-07-07) July 7, 1992 (age 32) Point
  Oğuz Berke Senemoğlu (1995-07-03) July 3, 1995 (age 29)
  Atakan Destici (1997-03-09) March 9, 1997 (age 27)
  Hüseyin Kağan Kil (1999-07-23) July 23, 1999 (age 25) Goalkeeper
  Eray Turan (1998-02-23) February 23, 1998 (age 26) Wing
  Berke Can Yalçın
  Ulvi Burtay Akkaya (1998-05-02) May 2, 1998 (age 26)
  Kaan Oğuzcan (2001-09-19) September 19, 2001 (age 23)
  Kağan Ege Ferik (2001-01-28) January 28, 2001 (age 23)
  Marko Krstic (1986-07-02) July 2, 1986 (age 38)
  Arda İlkser Güçlü (1997-04-04) April 4, 1997 (age 27) Goalkeeper
  Yağız Mol (2002-07-17) July 17, 2002 (age 22)
  Mert Ali Yener (2004-02-09) February 9, 2004 (age 20)[4]
  Derin Kalkancı (2002-06-10) June 10, 2002 (age 22)
  Bartu Olcay (2002-09-29) September 29, 2002 (age 22)
  Özgür İzcan (2001-12-12) December 12, 2001 (age 23)
  Tulga Kağan Temel (2002-12-18) December 18, 2002 (age 22)
  Utku Karhan (1999-07-27) July 27, 1999 (age 25)
  Ekin Erkaplan
  Kaan Hamurculu (2000-11-29) November 29, 2000 (age 24)

References

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  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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