A wide range of football shirts from Galatasaray

Galatasaray is a football club from Istanbul, Turkey.

The club colors are yellow-red. Galatasaray stadium has been the Türk Telekom Stadyumu (formerly: Türk Telekom Arena) since early 2011 and is located in Istanbul's Seyrantepe district. After the arrival of Galatasaray, the location of the stadium was renamed 'Aslantepe', which literally means Lion Hill. Galatasaray has been record holder in Turkey since the introduction of professional football in 1959 with 22 championships. The club also won the national cup of Turkey 18 times. This also makes Galatasaray record holder in Turkey. The club's greatest achievement was winning the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup in the 1999-2000 season. The club made history by being the first - and so far only - Turkish club to win a European grand prize. Partly due to the successes in Europe, Galatasaray has the most supporters in Turkey. The club has many nicknames such as "Aslanlar" (The Lions), "Cim Bom Bom", "Avrupa Fatihi" (conquerors / conquerors of Europe) and "Sarı-Kırmızılılar" (Geel-Roden). The team is also sometimes referred to as "Gala" outside Turkey, mainly by English speakers.

Founded in 1905, Galatasaray is one of the three major top clubs from Turkey. The club is an omni sports association, in addition to football, the club also has departments for basketball, volleyball, swimming, rowing, water polo and athletics. The club is listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchanges.

Galatasaray also has several rivals, of which the townsman of Fenerbahçe is the largest. The matches between the two clubs are known as one of the greatest derbies in the world. The matches between the two city mates are also called "Intercontinental Derby". This is due to the fact that Galatasaray is located on the European side of Istanbul while Fenerbahçe is based on the Asian side of Istanbul.