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
2010–11 Trabzonspor season day of the 2010 Turkish Super Cup. The club started their domestic league season against Ankaragücü on 15 August 2010. Trabzonspor won 2–0, with both goals coming from Teófilo Gutiérrez. They also competed in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, beginning their campaign against three-time winners of the competition, Liverpool F.C. Trabzonspor were knocked out, losing 1–3 on aggregate. It was announced on 25 May 2010 that Trabzonspor would begin their pre-season preparations in Isparta on 27 June. They played their first friendly of the new season on 8 July against Gaziantepspor. The match ended with no goals scored by either