2024–25 Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) season

Galatasaray
2024–25 season
President	Dursun Özbek
Head coach	Yakup Sekizkök
Arena	Sinan Erdem Dome
Basketbol Süper Ligi	Pre-season
Basketball Champions League	Pre-season
Turkish Basketball Cup	Pre-season
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is Galatasaray's 113th season in the existence of the club. The team plays in the Basketball Super League and in the Basketball Champions League.

Season overview[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

Players[edit]

Current roster[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Galatasaray roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
PF	3	Efeoğlu, Karahan Tuan	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)		20 – (2004-06-13)13 June 2004
PF	4	İsmailçebi, Berke	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)		20 – (2004-06-07)7 June 2004
PF	6	Kabaca, Sadık Emir	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	23 – (2000-12-03)3 December 2000
PF	9	Geyik, Samet	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	31 – (1993-01-12)12 January 1993
PF	14	Vatan, Efe	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)		20 – (2004-04-13)13 April 2004
SF	15	Yeboah, Akwasi	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	27 – (1997-06-15)15 June 1997
G	16	Oralkan, Rafi Ömer			19 – (2005-03-01)1 March 2005
G	17	Erdem, Kerem			18 – (2006-03-24)24 March 2006
G	19	Tuncer, Buğrahan	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	31 – (1993-03-23)23 March 1993
G/F	61	Köksal, Göksenin (C)	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	33 – (1991-01-08)8 January 1991
G		Efianayi, David	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	28 – (1995-12-19)19 December 1995
C		Izundu, Ebuka	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	27 – (1996-06-28)28 June 1996
SG		Palmer, James	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	27 – (1996-07-31)31 July 1996
PF		Blumbergs, Roberts	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	26 – (1998-04-29)29 April 1998

Head coach

Yakup Sekizkök

Assistant coach(es)

Gökhan Turan
Cem Güven

Athletic trainer(s)

Yasin Aydın

Physiotherapist(s)

Ali Can Kaşlı
Mümin Balcıoğulları

Team manager

Ömer Yalçınkaya
İbrahim Tilki

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: June 20, 2024

Depth chart[edit]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C
PF
SF
SG
PG

(colours: Turkish or homegrown players; foreign players)

Transactions[edit]

Players In[edit]

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Ends	Date	Source
–	G	David Efianayi	28	Petkim Spor	Transfer	June 2025	11 June 2024	^[1]
–	C	Ebuka Izundu	27	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	Transfer	June 2026	13 June 2024	^[2]
–	SG	James Palmer	27	Türk Telekom	Transfer	June 2025	15 June 2024	^[3]
–	PF	Roberts Blumbergs	26	Aris	Transfer	June 2025	20 June 2024	^[4]

Players Out[edit]

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Date	Source
5	G	İsmet Akpınar	29	Türk Telekom	Mutual agreement	3 June 2024	^[5]
7	F/C	Miralem Halilović	32	Dinamo Sassari	End of contract	3 June 2024	^[6]
8	PG	Dee Bost	34	Indios de Mayagüez	End of contract	3 June 2024	^[7]

Club[edit]

Staff[edit]

Staff changes[edit]

Uniform[edit]

Home

Away

Third

Sponsorship and kit manufacturers[edit]

Supplier: Umbro
Name sponsor: —
Main sponsor: —
Back sponsor: —

Sleeve sponsor: —
Lateral sponsor: —
Short sponsor: —
Socks sponsor: —

Sponsorship naming[edit]

Galatasaray Ekmas (until 11 June 2024)^[8]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Friendly match[edit]

		vs.

		vs.

		vs.

		vs.

Competitions[edit]

Overall[edit]

Overview[edit]

Basketbol Süper Ligi[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification or relegation
5	Darüşşafaka Lassa	Advance to playoffs
6	Fenerbahçe Beko
7	Galatasaray Ekmas
8	Manisa BB
9	Mersin MSK

First match(es) will be played: September 2024. Source: Basketbol Süper Ligi

Results summary[edit]

Results by round[edit]

Matches[edit]

Win Loss

Note: All times are TRT (UTC+3) as listed by Turkish Basketball Federation.

1		vs.

2		vs.

3		vs.

4		vs.

5		vs.

Basketball Champions League[edit]

Turkish Basketball Cup[edit]

References[edit]

^ "Galatasaray'a hoş geldin David Efianayi" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. June 11, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
^ "Galatasaray'a hoş geldin Ebuka Izundu" (in Turkish). Galatasaray. June 13, 2024. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
^ "Galatasaray'a hoş geldin James Palmer Jr" (in Turkish). Galatasaray. June 15, 2024. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
^ "Galatasaray'a hoş geldin Roberts Blumbergs" (in Turkish). Galatasaray. June 20, 2024. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
^ "Teşekkürler" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
^ "Teşekkürler" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
^ "Teşekkürler" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
^ "2023/24 sezonu boyunca ana sponsorumuz olarak takımımızın yanında yer alan Ekmas Group'a teşekkürlerimizi sunarız". Official X Account of Galatasaray SK Basketball Department. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

External links[edit]

Galatasaray Ekmas - GALATASARAY.ORG (in Turkish)

[1] "Galatasaray'a hoş geldin David Efianayi" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. June 11, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.

[2] "Galatasaray'a hoş geldin Ebuka Izundu" (in Turkish). Galatasaray. June 13, 2024. Retrieved June 13, 2024.

[3] "Galatasaray'a hoş geldin James Palmer Jr" (in Turkish). Galatasaray. June 15, 2024. Retrieved June 15, 2024.

[4] "Galatasaray'a hoş geldin Roberts Blumbergs" (in Turkish). Galatasaray. June 20, 2024. Retrieved June 20, 2024.

[5] "Teşekkürler" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.

[6] "Teşekkürler" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.

[7] "Teşekkürler" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.

[8] "2023/24 sezonu boyunca ana sponsorumuz olarak takımımızın yanında yer alan Ekmas Group'a teşekkürlerimizi sunarız". Official X Account of Galatasaray SK Basketball Department. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

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Players Coaches Current season
History	Past rosters Seasons 2007-08 ULEB Cup 3rd place 2015-16 EuroCup Champions
Arena	Sinan Erdem Dome
Old Arena	Abdi İpekçi Arena (2000–2005) Ahmet Cömert Sport Hall (2005–2006) Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall (2006–2009) Abdi İpekçi Arena (2009–2017) Sinan Erdem Dome (2017–present)
Notable Figures	Özhan Canaydın Aydan Siyavuş Yalçın Granit Paul Dawkins Levent Topsakal Lloyd Daniels Orhun Ene Kerem Tunçeri Murat Özyer Dee Brown Oktay Mahmuti Ergin Ataman Cenk Akyol Ender Arslan Jaka Lakovič Vladimir Micov Milan Mačvan Sinan Güler Göksenin Köksal
Rivalries	The Intercontinental Derby Beşiktaş rivalry
Related	Women's Basketball Wheelchair Basketball
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v t e Galatasaray Sports Club 2024–25 season
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