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Galatasaray Futbol Akademisi

Full name	Galatasaray Futbol Akademisi
Ground	Florya Metin Oktay Facilities
Capacity	2,500
Chairman	Dursun Özbek
Manager	Ali Yavaş
Website	www.galatasaray.org/sl/futbol-akademisi-ana-sayfa/26
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.

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.

As of 14 August 2026

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  TUR Arda Koşutan — GK  TUR Arda Yılmaz — GK  TUR Atakan Arıcı — GK  TUR Cem Efe Eroğlu — DF  TUR Abdullah Satılmış — DF  TUR Abdulsamet Şimşek — DF  TUR Ali Emir Esen — DF  KAZ Can Hocaoğlu — DF  TUR Cihan Akgün — DF  TUR Eren Kaya — DF  TUR Hasan Turan — DF  TUR Kaan Bayri — DF  TUR Yusuf Dağhan Kahraman — MF  TUR Eyüp Can Karasu (overage player)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  TUR Ferhat Bulut — MF  TUR Furkan Koçak — MF  TUR Mustafa Duru — MF  TUR Mustafa Kaan Eryürek — MF  TUR Necati Oğulcan Yançel — MF  TUR Onur Kağan Yıldız — MF  TUR Zoğrap Ege İzgi — FW  TUR Abdullah Kolazlı — FW  USA Ada Metin Karatepe (overage player) — FW  TUR Ada Yüzgeç — FW  TUR Arda Tagay — FW  ARG Can Armando Güner — FW  TUR Efe Gündal (overage player) — FW  TUR Mehmet Can Albayrak — FW  TUR Mert Ali Güven

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  TUR Hamza Özalp

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  TUR Selahattin Efekan Çelik

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  TUR Atlas Birimen (U17 player) — DF  TUR Murat İsmail Dönmez (U17 player) — DF  TUR Rasih Ege Candan (U17 player) — DF  TUR Yusuf Sivaslıoğlu (U17 player) — MF  TUR Kartal Yiğithan Yılmaz (U17 player) — MF  TUR Kerem Arslan (U17 player)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  TUR Kuzey Yıldız (U17 player) — MF  TUR Muhammet Burak Görgin (U17 player) — MF  TUR Musab Ümeyir Apdal (U17 player) — FW  TUR Arda Akar (U17 player) — FW  TUR Nurullah Talha Yel (U17 player) — FW  TUR Ömer Faruk Gülpınar (U17 player) — FW  TUR Uras Ilgın (U17 player)

As of 7 September 2026

Name	Nat.	Job
Murat Dizdar		Academy Development Director
Emir Kıvırcık		Academy Club Relations Officer
Semih Egemen Ersoy		Football Academy Administrative Manager
Birkan Bozkurt		Development Leagues Coordinator
Sedat Debreli		Development Leagues Coordinator
Alparslan Erdem		U19 Head Coach
Nazmi Arslan		U19 Assistant Coach
Adem Adem		U19 Assistant Coach
Eren Derdiyok		U17 Head Coach
Alpcan Sülün		U17 Assistant Coach
Faruk Koç		U16 Head Coach
Hakan Gaş		U16 Assistant Coach
Cihan Can		U15 Head Coach
Uğurcan Bülbül		U15 Assistant Coach
Yiğit Demiral		U14 Head Coach
Selim Deniz Peker		U14 Assistant Coach
Emrah Taşar		U13 Head Coach
Emin Sunar		U13 Assistant Coach
Ahmet Öksüz		U12 Head Coach
Yesugay Çetrez		U11 Head Coach
Mithat Yavaş		U10 Head Coach
İrfan Mesut Köleoğlu		U8, and U9 Head Coach
Erdinç Mergen		U8, U9, and U10 Assistant Coach
Emirhan Ergün		Goalkeeping Coach
Anıl Özer		Goalkeeping Coach
Burak Kavas		Goalkeeping Coach
Emre Uyar		Goalkeeping Coach
Ramazan Evren Üstündağ		Goalkeeping Coach
Ahmet Yıldız		Administrative Affairs Officer
Anıl Adalı		Administrative Affairs Officer
Muammer Sertaç Özel		Athletic Performance Coach
Erdem Kıray		Athletic Performance Coach
Furkan Durmuş		Athletic Performance Coach
Doğuş Can İncedere		Athletic Performance Coach
Behçet Canberk Yelce		Athletic Performance Coach
Hümeyra Balcıoğlu		Fitness Coach
Mertcan Arda Tekin		Analysis Coach
Osman Arslan		Analysis Coach
Selçuk Çakmak		Analysis Coach
Ömer Faruk Cengiz		Analysis Coach
Mustafa Seyhan		Head Scout
Tayfun Hut		Scout
Ahmet Genç		Scout
Ozan Özyurt		Scout
Onur Çubukçu		Scout
Cihan Deniz Arslan		Doctor
Burak Subaşı		Physiotherapist
Mert Meral		Physiotherapist
Berk Gezer		Physiotherapist
Aleyna Bilirdönmez		Psychological Performance Consultant
Şefika Çim		Nutritionist
Abdulrahim Karahan		Masseur
Fatih İnal		Masseur
Kenan Yalçın		Masseur
Emre Gökçe		Masseur
Mutluay Özerman		School–Family Relations and Social Activities Officer
Hüseyin Genç		Kit Manager
Vahdettin Çelik		Kit Manager
Ramazan Demirel		Kit Manager

• Galatasaray Official Website
• U-21 Süper Ligi stats at TFF
• U-19 Elite Ligi stats at TFF
• U-17 Elite Ligi stats at TFF