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**Galatasaray women's basketball team**
	Galatasaray women's basketball team
Leagues	Turkish Women's Basketball League, Euroleague Women
Founded	1986
Arena	Abdi Ipekçi Arena; (capacity 12,500)
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Team colors	Yellow and Red;
President	Adnan Polat
Head coach	Zafer Kalaycıoğlu
Championships	Turkish Legaue (4); Turkish Cup (6); President Cup (4); FIBA Eurocup (1)
Website	www.galatasaray.org
	Uniforms
Home	Away

For other uses of Galatasaray, see Galatasaray (disambiguation)

Galatasaray women's basketball team is the women basketball section of Galatasaray SK, a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey.

Galatasaray Women's Basketball Team play matches in Ayhan Şahenk Arena which has a seating capacity for 3,500 spectators. The team recently won EuroCup Women 2009 title after beating Cras Basket Taranto in the finals.

[edit] Honors

[edit] International

FIBA EuroCup

Winners (1): 2008-2009^[2]

Final Four (1): 2007-2008

EuroLeague Women

Final Four (1): 1998-1999

European SuperCup

Runner-up (1): 2009

[edit] Domestic

Turkish Women's Basketball League

Winners (11): 1987-1988, 1989-1990, 1990-1991, 1991-1992, 1992-1993, 1993-1994, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 1999-2000 ^[3]

Runners-up (1): 2007-2008

Turkish Cup

Winners (6): 1992-1993, 1993-1994, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1997-1998 ^[4]

Runners-up (4): 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2008-2009

Turkish President Cup

Winners (7): 1992-1993, 1993-1994, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 2007-2008 ^[5]

Second League

Winners (1): 2005-2006

[edit] Technical staff

Name	Job
Mihriban Oğuz	Director
Müge Erdem	Manager
Zafer Kalaycıoğlu	Head Coach
Hakan Acer	Assistant
Emre Vatansever	Assistant
Muratcan Üner	Fitness Coach
Zerrin Hatacıkoğlu	Masseuse
Hasan Bulat	Manciple

[edit] Current roster

Galatasaray Women's Basketball Team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
2.0 SG	4	Turkey	Palazoğlu, Tuğba	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	60 kg (132 lb)
5.0 C	5	Czech Republic	Večeřová, Ivana	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	80 kg (176 lb)
1.0 PG	7	Turkey	Yiğit, Nilay	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	55 kg (121 lb)
4.0 PF	8	Turkey	Kaya, Melis Dilara	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
4.5 F/C	9	Turkey	Çağlar, Bahar	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
1.0 PG	10	Turkey	Alben, Işıl	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	60 kg (132 lb)
5.0 C	11	Belarus	Leuchanka, Yelena	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
5.0 C	12	Turkey	Başaran, Gizem	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
5.0 C	13	Turkey	Horasan, Yasemin (C)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	87 kg (192 lb)
1.0 PG	14	Turkey	Saylar, Yasemen	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	62 kg (137 lb)
2.0 SG	15	USA	Perkins, Jia	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	70 kg (154 lb)
2.5 G/F	23	USA	Douglas, Katie	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	76 kg (168 lb)
4.0 PF	33	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Young, Sophia	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	75 kg (165 lb)
2.0 SG	55	Turkey	Şencebe, Esra	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	62 kg (137 lb)