Emin Bülent Serdaroğlu, the first Turkish manager of the club
Horace Armitage, the first manager to win a trophy

Galatasaray Spor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Istanbul, Turkey, who currently play in Süper Lig. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of head coach or technical director of the first team of Galatasaray SK since their foundation in 1905. Caretaker managers (interim) are included, as well as those who have been in permanent charge.

The first full-time manager for Galatasaray SK was Boris Nikolof, one of the founders of Galatasaray SK.

The most successful Galatasaray SK manager in terms of trophies won is Fatih Terim, who won eight Süper Lig titles, three Türkiye Kupası trophies, five Süper Kupa, three TSYD Cup and one UEFA Europa League Cup (20 trophies in total) in his 10-year reign as manager.

Statistics

Fatih Terim, winning manager of the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup
Mircea Lucescu, winning manager of the 2000 UEFA Super Cup

Information correct as of match played 4 June 2023. Only competitive matches are counted.[nb 1]


Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win%[1] Honours Notes
Boris Nikolof  Bulgaria 1905 1907 3 0 2 1 1 4 000.00
Emin Bülent Serdaroğlu  Turkey 1907 1908 (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
Horace Armitage  England 1908 1911 17 17 0 0 70 10 100.00 Istanbul Futbol Ligi (3)
Emin Bülent Serdaroğlu  Turkey 1911 1914 10 3 4 3 19 13 030.00
Sadi Bey  Turkey 1915 1916 10 7 2 1 31 12 070.00 Istanbul Futbol Ligi (2)
Ali Sami Yen  Turkey 1916 1917 9 3 0 6 16 26 033.33
Necip Şahin  Turkey 1919 1921 8 4 1 3 20 18 050.00
Adil Giray  Turkey 1922 1923 20 13 1 6 56 26 065.00 Istanbul Futbol Ligi
Billy Hunter  Scotland Jul 1924 Jun 1928 16 14 2 0 74 14 087.50 Istanbul Futbol Ligi (3) [2]
Nihat Bekdik  Turkey Dec 1928 Apr 1930 16 10 4 2 65 19 062.50 Istanbul Futbol Ligi [3]
Jules Limbeck  Hungary Apr 1930 Jun 1931 16 12 3 1 56 12 075.00 Istanbul Futbol Ligi [4]
Fred Pegnam  England Jul 1931 Dec 1932 4 1 0 3 6 8 025.00
Syd Puddefoot  England Jan 1933 Sep 1934 31 16 7 8 74 43 051.61 Istanbul Kupası [5]
Hans Baar  Austria Oct 1934 Sep 1936 36 28 2 6 129 38 077.78 [6]
Peter Szabo  Hungary Oct 1936 Sep 1938 48 29 7 12 148 87 060.42 [7]
Hans Tandler  Austria Oct 1938 Sep 1939 32 22 5 5 95 41 068.75 Milli Küme [8]
Hayman n/a  England Oct 1939 Dec 1939 10 7 0 3 42 8 070.00 [9]
Hans Baar  Austria Jan 1940 Feb 1940 6 5 1 0 31 1 083.33
Ceslav Zaharczuk  Poland Mar 1940 May 1941 30 18 6 6 93 38 060.00 [10]
John Begget  England Jun 1941 Sep 1945 117 82 16 19 352 105 070.09 Istanbul Kupası (2) [11]
Miço Dimitriyadis  Greece Oct 1945 Aug 1946 14 4 6 4 18 15 028.57 [12]
Josef Szweng  Hungary Sep 1946 Dec 1947 33 15 12 6 67 46 045.45 [13]
Pat Molloy  England Jan 1948 Apr 1949 23 16 2 5 57 26 069.57 Istanbul Futbol Ligi [14]
Duggie Lochhead  England Sep 1950 Oct 1952 31 18 9 4 56 27 058.06 [15]
Gündüz Kılıç  Turkey Oct 1952 Mar 1953 15 7 5 3 25 14 046.67 [16]
László Székely  Hungary Oct 1953 Jan 1954 10 5 3 2 26 11 050.00 [17]
Gündüz Kılıç  Turkey Feb 1954 Jun 1957 76 55 12 9 88 74 072.37 Istanbul Futbol Ligi (2)
Musa Sezer  Turkey Jul 1957 Nov 1957 10 8 2 0 33 5 080.00 [18]
George Dick  Scotland Dec 1957 Jun 1959 57 40 10 7 147 36 070.18 Istanbul Futbol Ligi [19]
Leandro Remondini  Italy Jul 1959 Jan 1960 19 10 7 2 32 10 052.63 [20]
Coşkun Özarı  Turkey Jan 1960 Apr 1960 19 14 3 2 42 13 073.68 [21]
Gündüz Kılıç  Turkey Jul 1960 Dec 1963 151 96 36 19 293 102 063.58 Süper Lig (2), Türkiye Kupası
Coşkun Özarı  Turkey Jan 1964 Sep 1964 29 15 8 6 50 23 051.72 Türkiye Kupası
Gündüz Kılıç  Turkey Oct 1964 Jun 1967 113 53 41 19 179 110 046.90 Türkiye Kupası (2), Süper Kupa
Eşfak Aykaç
Bülent Eken 		 Turkey Jul 1967 Jun 1968 40 18 11 11 60 42 045.00 [22][23]
Tomislav Kaloperović  Yugoslavia Jul 1968 Jun 1970 82 42 22 18 105 52 051.22 Süper Lig, Süper Kupa [24]
Coşkun Özarı  Turkey Jul 1970 Jun 1971 35 19 9 7 61 22 054.29 Süper Lig
Brian Birch  England Jul 1971 Jun 1974 118 59 38 21 147 70 050.00 Süper Lig (2), Türkiye Kupası, Süper Kupa [25]
Jack Mansell  England Jul 1974 Jun 1975 36 20 7 9 42 27 055.56 [26]
Don Howe  England Jul 1975 Jun 1976 44 19 14 11 59 39 043.18 Türkiye Kupası [27]
Malcolm Allison  England Jul 1976 Oct 1977 41 13 18 10 46 43 031.71 [28]
Fethi Demircan  Turkey Oct 1977 Jun 1978 31 15 11 5 42 23 048.39 [29]
Coşkun Özarı  Turkey Jul 1978 Sep 1979 39 18 9 12 53 33 046.15
Turgay Şeren  Turkey Sep 1979 May 1980 31 11 11 9 35 29 035.48 [30]
Tamer Kaptan (Interim)  Turkey May 1979 Jun 1980 6 2 2 2 8 4 033.33 [31]
Brian Birch  England Jun 1980 Nov 1981 46 19 12 15 42 35 041.30 [32]
Günay Kayalar (Interim)  Turkey Nov 1981 Dec 1981 2 1 1 0 1 0 050.00 [33]
Özkan Sümer  Turkey Dec 1981 Jun 1983 69 31 22 16 93 67 044.93 Türkiye Kupası [34]
Günay Kayalar (Interim)  Turkey Jun 1983 Jun 1983 2 1 0 1 3 2 050.00 [35]
Tomislav Ivić  Yugoslavia Jun 1983 Jun 1984 40 19 12 9 63 37 047.50 [36]
Jupp Derwall  Germany Jul 1984 Jun 1987 136 70 47 19 198 99 051.47 Süper Lig, Türkiye Kupası, Süper Kupa, Prime Minister's Cup [37]
Mustafa Denizli  Turkey Jun 1987 Jun 1989 94 57 21 16 202 96 060.64 Süper Lig, Süper Kupa [38]
Sigfried Held  Germany Jun 1989 May 1990 39 20 7 12 65 35 051.28 Prime Minister's Cup [39]
Mustafa Denizli  Turkey Jun 1990 Jun 1992 73 45 13 15 137 79 061.64 Türkiye Kupası, Süper Kupa [40]
Karl-Heinz Feldkamp  Germany Jul 1992 Jun 1993 42 27 9 6 94 33 064.29 Süper Lig, Türkiye Kupası [41]
Reiner Hollmann  Germany Jul 1993 May 1994 48 28 9 11 86 52 058.33 Süper Lig, Süper Kupa [42]
Reinhard Saftig  Germany Jun 1994 Mar 1995 38 21 7 10 78 44 055.26 [43]
Müfit Erkasap (Interim)  Turkey Mar 1995 May 1995 12 5 4 3 23 16 041.67 Prime Minister's Cup [44]
Graeme Souness  Scotland Jun 1995 May 1996 43 25 8 10 80 46 058.14 Türkiye Kupası [45]
Fatih Terim  Turkey Jun 1996 Jun 2000 204 131 46 27 465 204 064.22 Süper Lig (4), Türkiye Kupası (2), Süper Kupa (2), UEFA Cup [46]
Mircea Lucescu  Romania Jul 2000 Jun 2002 105 63 22 20 211 113 060.00 UEFA Super Cup, Süper Lig [47]
Fatih Terim  Turkey Jul 2002 Mar 2004 83 43 16 24 127 95 051.81
Gheorghe Hagi  Romania Mar 2004 Jun 2005 47 32 6 9 91 40 068.09 Türkiye Kupası [48]
Eric Gerets  Belgium Jul 2005 Jun 2007 89 49 21 19 176 100 055.06 Süper Lig [49]
Karl-Heinz Feldkamp  Germany Jul 2007 Mar 2008 45 25 11 9 78 44 055.56
Cevat Güler (Interim)  Turkey Apr 2008 Jun 2008 6 6 0 0 13 3 100.00 Süper Lig [50]
Michael Skibbe  Germany Jul 2008 Feb 2009 37 20 9 8 67 43 054.05 Süper Kupa [51]
Bülent Korkmaz  Turkey Feb 2009 Jun 2009 16 8 4 4 21 18 050.00 [52]
Frank Rijkaard  Netherlands Jul 2009 Oct 2010 67 37 15 15 132 70 055.22 [53]
Gheorghe Hagi  Romania Oct 2010 Mar 2011 24 8 6 10 26 28 033.33
Bülent Ünder (Interim)  Turkey Mar 2011 Jun 2011 8 4 1 3 12 12 050.00 [54]
Fatih Terim  Turkey Jul 2011 Sep 2013 95 56 24 15 176 95 058.95 Süper Lig (2), Süper Kupa (2)
Cláudio Taffarel (Interim)  Brazil Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 0 1 0 1 1 000.00 [55]
Roberto Mancini  Italy Sep 2013 Jun 2014 46 24 13 9 82 37 052.17 Türkiye Kupası [56]
Cesare Prandelli  Italy Jul 2014 Nov 2014 16 6 3 7 15 29 037.50 [57]
Cláudio Taffarel (Interim)  Brazil Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 1 0 0 1 0 100.00
Hamza Hamzaoğlu  Turkey Dec 2014 Nov 2015 52 33 9 10 116 60 063.46 Süper Lig, Türkiye Kupası, Süper Kupa [58]
Cláudio Taffarel (Interim)  Brazil Nov 2015 Nov 2015 2 0 1 1 3 5 000.00
Mustafa Denizli  Turkey Nov 2015 Mar 2016 22 11 6 5 41 29 050.00
Orhan Atik (Interim)  Turkey Mar 2016 Mar 2016 3 0 3 0 5 5 000.00 [59]
Jan Olde Riekerink  Netherlands Mar 2016 Feb 2017 42 22 10 10 50 39 052.38

Türkiye Kupası, Süper Kupa

[60]
Igor Tudor  Croatia Feb 2017 Dec 2017 34 19 4 11 67 47 055.88 [61]
Fatih Terim  Turkey Dec 2017 Jan 2022 176 97 35 44 340 209 055.11

Süper Lig (2), Türkiye Kupası, Süper Kupa

Domènec Torrent  Spain Jan 2022 Jun 2022 20 7 5 8 28 31 035.00
Okan Buruk  Turkey Jun 2022 41 32 4 5 97 32 078.05

Süper Lig

By number of games

Information correct as of match played 20 May 2022. Only competitive matches are counted.[nb 2]

Name Period Seasons P W D L GF GA Win%[62] Titles
Turkey Fatih Terim 1996–00, 2002–04, 2011–13, 2017–2022 14 558 327 121 110 1,108 603 058.60 17
Turkey Gündüz Kılıç 1952–53, 1954–57, 1960–63, 1964–67 11 355 211 94 50 585 300 059.44 8
Turkey Mustafa Denizli 1987–89, 1990–92, 2015–16 4 182 112 40 30 376 204 061.54 4
England Brian Birch 1971–74, 1980–81 4 164 78 50 36 189 105 047.56 4
Germany Jupp Derwall 1984–1987 3 148 70 55 23 206 117 047.30 3
Turkey Coşkun Özarı 1960, 1964, 1970–71, 1978–79 3 122 66 29 27 206 91 054.10 2
England John Begget 1941–1945 4 117 82 16 19 352 105 070.09 2
Romania Mircea Lucescu 2000–2002 3 105 63 22 20 211 113 060.00 2

Most successful managers

Rank Manager SL TC TSC UEL USC Total
1 Turkey Fatih Terim 8 3 5 1 – 17
2 Turkey Gündüz Kılıç 4 3 1 – – 8
3 Turkey Mustafa Denizli 1 1 2 – – 4
England Brian Birch 2 1 1 – – 4
5 England Horace Armitage 3 – – – – 3
Scotland Billy Hunter 3 – – – – 3
Germany Jupp Derwall 1 1 1 – – 3
Turkey Hamza Hamzaoğlu 1 1 1 – – 3
8 Turkey Sadi Bey 2 – – – – 2
Romania Mircea Lucescu 1 – – – 1 2
Germany Karl-Heinz Feldkamp 1 1 – – – 2
Germany Reiner Hollmann 1 – 1 – – 2
England John Begget – 2 – – – 2
Turkey Coşkun Özarı 1 1 – – – 2
Germany Jupp Derwall 1 1 – – – 2
Netherlands Jan Olde Riekerink – 1 1 – – 2
17 Turkey Okan Buruk 1 – – – – 1
Turkey Adil Giray 1 – – – – 1
Turkey Nihat Bekdik 1 – – – – 1
Hungary Jules Limbeck 1 – – – – 1
Austria Hans Tandler 1 – – – – 1
England Peter Molloy 1 – – – – 1
Scotland George Dick 1 – – – – 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Toma Kaleperovic 1 – – – – 1
Belgium Eric Gerets 1 – – – – 1
Turkey Cevat Güler 1 – – – – 1
England Syd Puddefoot – 1 – – – 1
England Don Howe – 1 – – – 1
Turkey Özkan Sümer – 1 – – – 1
Scotland Graeme Souness – 1 – – – 1
Romania Gheorghe Hagi – 1 – – – 1
Italy Roberto Mancini – 1 – – – 1
Germany Michael Skibbe – – 1 – – 1

Notes

  1. ^ Includes Istanbul Futbol Lig, Milli Küme, Amatör Futbol Şampiyonası, Istanbul Cup, Istanbul Shield, Süper Lig, Türkiye Kupası, Süper Kupa, UEFA matches
  2. ^ Includes Istanbul Futbol Lig, Milli Küme, Amatör Futbol Şampiyonası, Istanbul Cup, Istanbul Shield, Süper Lig, Türkiye Kupası, Süper Kupa, UEFA matches

References

  1. ^ Win% is rounded to two decimal places
  2. ^ "William Brown (Billy) Hunter".
  3. ^ "Nihat Bekdik".
  4. ^ "Jül Lamberg".
  5. ^ "Syd Puddefoot".
  6. ^ "Hans Baar".
  7. ^ "Peter Szabo".
  8. ^ "Peter Tandler".
  9. ^ "Hayman".
  10. ^ "Ceslav Zaharczuk".
  11. ^ "John Begget".
  12. ^ "Miço Dimitriyadis".
  13. ^ "Jozsef Schweng".
  14. ^ "Peter Molloy".
  15. ^ "Donald Lockhead".
  16. ^ "Gündüz Kılıç".
  17. ^ "Laszlo Szekelly".
  18. ^ "Musa Sezer".
  19. ^ "George Dick".
  20. ^ "Leandro Remondini".
  21. ^ "Coşkun Özarı". Archived from the original on 2018-11-02. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  22. ^ "Bülent Eken".
  23. ^ "Official Page".
  24. ^ "Toma Kaloperovic".
  25. ^ "Brian Birch". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  26. ^ "Jack Mansell".
  27. ^ "Don Howe".
  28. ^ "Malcolm Allison".
  29. ^ "Fethi Demircan".
  30. ^ "Turgay Şeren".
  31. ^ "Tamer Kaptan".
  32. ^ "Brian Birch". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  33. ^ "Günay Kayarlar".
  34. ^ "Günay Kayarlar".
  35. ^ "Günay Kayarlar".
  36. ^ "Tomislav Ivic".
  37. ^ "Jupp Derwall".
  38. ^ "Mustafa Denizli".
  39. ^ "Siegfried Held".
  40. ^ "Mustafa Denizli".
  41. ^ "Karl-Heinz Feldkamp".
  42. ^ "Reiner Hollmann".
  43. ^ "Reinhard Saftig".
  44. ^ "Müfit Erkasap".
  45. ^ "Graeme Souness".
  46. ^ "Fatih Terim".
  47. ^ "Mircea Lucescu".
  48. ^ "Gheorghe Hagi".
  49. ^ "Eric Gerets".
  50. ^ "Cevat Güler".
  51. ^ "Michael Skibbe".
  52. ^ "Bülent Korkmaz".
  53. ^ "Frank Rijkaard".
  54. ^ "Bülent Ünder".
  55. ^ "Claudio Taffarel".
  56. ^ "Roberto Mancini".
  57. ^ "Cesare Prandelli".
  58. ^ "Hamza Hamzaoğlu".
  59. ^ "Orhan Atik".
  60. ^ "Jan Olde Riekerink".
  61. ^ "Igor Tudor".
  62. ^ Win% is rounded to two decimal places

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