Galatasaray S.K. in European football the Turkish Cup. Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference. "Competitive matches only. Matches played (including as substitute) appear in brackets. "Players in bold are still active" Galatasaray S.K. in European football Galatasaray SK, a Turkish professional association football club, is Turkey's most successful team in Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) competitions. The 1999–2000 UEFA Cup competition was won by Galatasaray after they defeated Arsenal in the final. The victory marked the first time a Turkish side had won a European club football trophy, prompting wild celebrations on the streets of Istanbul. Galatasaray
Galatasaray S.K. were imagining brightness of yellow - red fire over our team and thinking that it would carry us from one victory to another." While the football in Turkey began to fully develop, Galatasaray won ten more "Istanbul League" titles, six "Sunday League" titles and three "Friday League" titles until 1952. Upon recognition of professional football in 1952, the first professional but non-national league of Turkey, "Istanbul Professional League" played between 1952 and 1959. Galatasaray won three of these seven titles. Turkcell Super League, the top-flight professional league in Turkish nationwide football, and the most popular sporting competition in the country,