History of Galatasaray S.K. flames shining on our team and dreaming that it would take us to victories. Indeed it did." Ali Sami Yen is the founder of the club, and the first president of club that served until the 1920s. Since the Turkish republic founded in 1923, Ali Sami Yen did a great job, both founding and developing the first Turkish football club and protecting it against the strict rules of the former state of command in Istanbul, the Ottoman Empire. Between 1905 and 1906 Galatasaray just played friendly matches. Since there were not any Turkish teams, Galatasaray joined the Istanbul Football League
2009–10 Turkish Cup 2009–10 Turkish Cup The 2009–10 Turkish Cup () was the forty-eighth season of Turkey's annual cup competition. It was also known as "Ziraat Türkiye Kupası" due to a sponsorship contract. The winners Trabzonspor, also qualified for the play-off round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. Beşiktaş were the defending champions. The competition began on 2 September 2009 with the first round and concluded on 5 May 2010 with the final, held at Şanlıurfa GAP Stadium. The final was contested by seven-time winners Trabzonspor and four-time winners Fenerbahçe, with Trabzonspor bested the Istanbul-based club 3–1. The draw for the First Round