List of Galatasaray S.K. managers
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 26 May 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.[ nb 1]
(n/a) = Information not available
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
00 0.00
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
0 30.00
Sadi Bey
Turkey
1915
1916
10
7
2
1
31
12
0 70.00
Istanbul Futbol Ligi (2)
Ali Sami Yen
Turkey
1916
1917
9
3
0
6
16
26
0 33.33
Necip Şahin
Turkey
1919
1921
8
4
1
3
20
18
0 50.00
Adil Giray
Turkey
1922
1923
20
13
1
6
56
26
0 65.00
Istanbul Futbol Ligi
Billy Hunter
Scotland
Jul 1924
Jun 1928
16
14
2
0
74
14
0 87.50
Istanbul Futbol Ligi (3)
[ 2]
Nihat Bekdik
Turkey
Dec 1928
Apr 1930
16
10
4
2
65
19
0 62.50
Istanbul Futbol Ligi
[ 3]
Jules Limbeck
Hungary
Apr 1930
Jun 1931
16
12
3
1
56
12
0 75.00
Istanbul Futbol Ligi
[ 4]
Fred Pegnam
England
Jul 1931
Dec 1932
4
1
0
3
6
8
0 25.00
Syd Puddefoot
England
Jan 1933
Sep 1934
31
16
7
8
74
43
0 51.61
Istanbul Kupası
[ 5]
Hans Baar
Austria
Oct 1934
Sep 1936
36
28
2
6
129
38
0 77.78
[ 6]
Peter Szabo
Hungary
Oct 1936
Sep 1938
48
29
7
12
148
87
0 60.42
[ 7]
Hans Tandler
Austria
Oct 1938
Sep 1939
32
22
5
5
95
41
0 68.75
Milli Küme
[ 8]
Hayman n/a
England
Oct 1939
Dec 1939
10
7
0
3
42
8
0 70.00
[ 9]
Hans Baar
Austria
Jan 1940
Feb 1940
6
5
1
0
31
1
0 83.33
Ceslav Zaharczuk
Poland
Mar 1940
May 1941
30
18
6
6
93
38
0 60.00
[ 10]
John Begget
England
Jun 1941
Sep 1945
117
82
16
19
352
105
0 70.09
Istanbul Kupası (2)
[ 11]
Miço Dimitriyadis
Greece
Oct 1945
Aug 1946
14
4
6
4
18
15
0 28.57
[ 12]
Josef Szweng
Hungary
Sep 1946
Dec 1947
33
15
12
6
67
46
0 45.45
[ 13]
Pat Molloy
England
Jan 1948
Apr 1949
23
16
2
5
57
26
0 69.57
Istanbul Futbol Ligi
[ 14]
Duggie Lochhead
England
Sep 1950
Oct 1952
31
18
9
4
56
27
0 58.06
[ 15]
Gündüz Kılıç
Turkey
Oct 1952
Mar 1953
15
7
5
3
25
14
0 46.67
[ 16]
László Székely
Hungary
Oct 1953
Jan 1954
10
5
3
2
26
11
0 50.00
[ 17]
Gündüz Kılıç
Turkey
Feb 1954
Jun 1957
76
55
12
9
88
74
0 72.37
Istanbul Futbol Ligi (2)
Musa Sezer
Turkey
Jul 1957
Nov 1957
10
8
2
0
33
5
0 80.00
[ 18]
George Dick
Scotland
Dec 1957
Jun 1959
57
40
10
7
147
36
0 70.18
Istanbul Futbol Ligi
[ 19]
Leandro Remondini
Italy
Jul 1959
Jan 1960
19
10
7
2
32
10
0 52.63
[ 20]
Coşkun Özarı
Turkey
Jan 1960
Apr 1960
19
14
3
2
42
13
0 73.68
[ 21]
Gündüz Kılıç
Turkey
Jul 1960
Dec 1963
151
96
36
19
293
102
0 63.58
Süper Lig (2), Türkiye Kupası
Coşkun Özarı
Turkey
Jan 1964
Sep 1964
29
15
8
6
50
23
0 51.72
Türkiye Kupası
Gündüz Kılıç
Turkey
Oct 1964
Jun 1967
113
53
41
19
179
110
0 46.90
Türkiye Kupası (2), Süper Kupa
Eşfak Aykaç Bülent Eken
Turkey
Jul 1967
Jun 1968
40
18
11
11
60
42
0 45.00
[ 22] [ 23]
Tomislav Kaloperović
Yugoslavia
Jul 1968
Jun 1970
82
42
22
18
105
52
0 51.22
Süper Lig , Süper Kupa
[ 24]
Coşkun Özarı
Turkey
Jul 1970
Jun 1971
35
19
9
7
61
22
0 54.29
Süper Lig
Brian Birch
England
Jul 1971
Jun 1974
118
59
38
21
147
70
0 50.00
Süper Lig (2), Türkiye Kupası , Süper Kupa
[ 25]
Jack Mansell
England
Jul 1974
Jun 1975
36
20
7
9
42
27
0 55.56
[ 26]
Don Howe
England
Jul 1975
Jun 1976
44
19
14
11
59
39
0 43.18
Türkiye Kupası
[ 27]
Malcolm Allison
England
Jul 1976
Oct 1977
41
13
18
10
46
43
0 31.71
[ 28]
Fethi Demircan
Turkey
Oct 1977
Jun 1978
31
15
11
5
42
23
0 48.39
[ 29]
Coşkun Özarı
Turkey
Jul 1978
Sep 1979
39
18
9
12
53
33
0 46.15
Turgay Şeren
Turkey
Sep 1979
May 1980
31
11
11
9
35
29
0 35.48
[ 30]
Tamer Kaptan (Interim)
Turkey
May 1979
Jun 1980
6
2
2
2
8
4
0 33.33
[ 31]
Brian Birch
England
Jun 1980
Nov 1981
46
19
12
15
42
35
0 41.30
[ 32]
Günay Kayalar (Interim)
Turkey
Nov 1981
Dec 1981
2
1
1
0
1
0
0 50.00
[ 33]
Özkan Sümer
Turkey
Dec 1981
Jun 1983
69
31
22
16
93
67
0 44.93
Türkiye Kupası
[ 34]
Günay Kayalar (Interim)
Turkey
Jun 1983
Jun 1983
2
1
0
1
3
2
0 50.00
[ 35]
Tomislav Ivić
Yugoslavia
Jun 1983
Jun 1984
40
19
12
9
63
37
0 47.50
[ 36]
Jupp Derwall
Germany
Jul 1984
Jun 1987
136
70
47
19
198
99
0 51.47
Süper Lig , Türkiye Kupası , Süper Kupa , Prime Minister's Cup
[ 37]
Mustafa Denizli
Turkey
Jun 1987
Jun 1989
94
57
21
16
202
96
0 60.64
Süper Lig , Süper Kupa
[ 38]
Sigfried Held
Germany
Jun 1989
May 1990
39
20
7
12
65
35
0 51.28
Prime Minister's Cup
[ 39]
Mustafa Denizli
Turkey
Jun 1990
Jun 1992
73
45
13
15
137
79
0 61.64
Türkiye Kupası , Süper Kupa
[ 40]
Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
Germany
Jul 1992
Jun 1993
42
27
9
6
94
33
0 64.29
Süper Lig , Türkiye Kupası
[ 41]
Reiner Hollmann
Germany
Jul 1993
May 1994
48
28
9
11
86
52
0 58.33
Süper Lig , Süper Kupa
[ 42]
Reinhard Saftig
Germany
Jun 1994
Mar 1995
38
21
7
10
78
44
0 55.26
[ 43]
Müfit Erkasap (Interim)
Turkey
Mar 1995
May 1995
12
5
4
3
23
16
0 41.67
Prime Minister's Cup
[ 44]
Graeme Souness
Scotland
Jun 1995
May 1996
43
25
8
10
80
46
0 58.14
Türkiye Kupası
[ 45]
Fatih Terim
Turkey
Jun 1996
Jun 2000
204
131
46
27
465
204
0 64.22
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
0 60.00
UEFA Super Cup , Süper Lig
[ 47]
Fatih Terim
Turkey
Jul 2002
Mar 2004
83
43
16
24
127
95
0 51.81
Gheorghe Hagi
Romania
Mar 2004
Jun 2005
47
32
6
9
91
40
0 68.09
Türkiye Kupası
[ 48]
Eric Gerets
Belgium
Jul 2005
Jun 2007
89
49
21
19
176
100
0 55.06
Süper Lig
[ 49]
Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
Germany
Jul 2007
Mar 2008
45
25
11
9
78
44
0 55.56
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
0 54.05
Süper Kupa
[ 51]
Bülent Korkmaz
Turkey
Feb 2009
Jun 2009
16
8
4
4
21
18
0 50.00
[ 52]
Frank Rijkaard
Netherlands
Jul 2009
Oct 2010
67
37
15
15
132
70
0 55.22
[ 53]
Gheorghe Hagi
Romania
Oct 2010
Mar 2011
24
8
6
10
26
28
0 33.33
Bülent Ünder (Interim)
Turkey
Mar 2011
Jun 2011
8
4
1
3
12
12
0 50.00
[ 54]
Fatih Terim
Turkey
Jul 2011
Sep 2013
95
56
24
15
176
95
0 58.95
Süper Lig (2), Süper Kupa (2)
Cláudio Taffarel (Interim)
Brazil
Sep 2013
Sep 2013
1
0
1
0
1
1
00 0.00
[ 55]
Roberto Mancini
Italy
Sep 2013
Jun 2014
46
24
13
9
82
37
0 52.17
Türkiye Kupası
[ 56]
Cesare Prandelli
Italy
Jul 2014
Nov 2014
16
6
3
7
15
29
0 37.50
[ 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
0 63.46
Süper Lig , Türkiye Kupası , Süper Kupa
[ 58]
Cláudio Taffarel (Interim)
Brazil
Nov 2015
Nov 2015
2
0
1
1
3
5
00 0.00
Mustafa Denizli
Turkey
Nov 2015
Mar 2016
22
11
6
5
41
29
0 50.00
Orhan Atik (Interim)
Turkey
Mar 2016
Mar 2016
3
0
3
0
5
5
00 0.00
[ 59]
Jan Olde Riekerink
Netherlands
Mar 2016
Feb 2017
42
22
10
10
50
39
0 52.38
Türkiye Kupası , Süper Kupa
[ 60]
Igor Tudor
Croatia
Feb 2017
Dec 2017
34
19
4
11
67
47
0 55.88
[ 61]
Fatih Terim
Turkey
Dec 2017
Jan 2022
176
97
35
44
340
209
0 55.11
Süper Lig (2), Türkiye Kupası , Süper Kupa
Domènec Torrent
Spain
Jan 2022
Jun 2022
20
7
5
8
28
31
0 35.00
Okan Buruk
Turkey
Jun 2022
97
75
10
12
226
87
0 77.32
Süper Lig (2), Süper Kupa
By number of games
Information correct as of match played 20 May 2022. Only competitive matches are counted.[ nb 2]
(n/a) = Information not available
Name
Period
Seasons
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
Win%[ 62]
Titles
Fatih Terim
1996–00, 2002–04, 2011–13, 2017–2022
14
558
327
121
110
1,108
603
0 58.60
17
Gündüz Kılıç
1952–53, 1954–57, 1960–63, 1964–67
11
355
211
94
50
585
300
0 59.44
8
Mustafa Denizli
1987–89, 1990–92, 2015–16
4
182
112
40
30
376
204
0 61.54
4
Brian Birch
1971–74, 1980–81
4
164
78
50
36
189
105
0 47.56
4
Jupp Derwall
1984–1987
3
148
70
55
23
206
117
0 47.30
3
Coşkun Özarı
1960, 1964, 1970–71, 1978–79
3
122
66
29
27
206
91
0 54.10
2
John Begget
1941–1945
4
117
82
16
19
352
105
0 70.09
2
Mircea Lucescu
2000–2002
3
105
63
22
20
211
113
0 60.00
2
Most successful managers
Most seasons as coach: Fatih Terim , 14 years in four spells from 1996 to 2000, 2002 to 2004, 2011 to 2013 and from 2017 to 2022.
Most consecutive seasons as coach: Fatih Terim managed the club for five years (2017 - 2022).
Notes
^ Includes Istanbul Futbol Lig, Milli Küme, Amatör Futbol Şampiyonası, Istanbul Cup, Istanbul Shield, Süper Lig, Türkiye Kupası, Süper Kupa, UEFA matches
^ Includes Istanbul Futbol Lig, Milli Küme, Amatör Futbol Şampiyonası, Istanbul Cup, Istanbul Shield, Süper Lig, Türkiye Kupası, Süper Kupa, UEFA matches
References
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