Galatasaray S.K. (women's football)

Galatasaray Women's Football (Turkish: Galatasaray Kadın Futbol Takımı) is a defunct women's football section of Galatasaray S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. It was active four years between 2012 and 2016.

History

Galatasaray S.K. opened initially a football school for girls of age category 6-12 at its Florya Metin Oktay Facilities (Turkish: Florya Kız Futbol Okulu) in the beginning of 2011. The training of girls was conducted by women trainers on weekends.[1]

The women's football side of Galatasaray S.K. was founded in 2012. It consisted in age categories of little girls, cadets and junior girls. It was an important place in the infrastructure with the female players it has trained, The little girls became champion in the Istanbul Girls' U-13 League ("İstanbul Minik Kızlar Futbol Ligi"), the cadetss played in the finals of the Turkish Girls' U-15 Championship ("Türkiye Yıldız Kızlar Futbol Şampiyonası"), and the juniors advanced to the second round of the Turkish Girls' U-17 Championship ("Türkiye Genç Kızlar Futbol Şamğiyonası"). Some members of the Yellow*Reds were admitted to the Turkey girls' national U-17 team.[2]

The umbrella club's management announced the closure of the women's football department, which was active four years long, with effect of end September 2016 due to downsizing measures caused by financial issues.[2]

Notable former players

References
  1. "Galatasaray Florya Kız Futbol Okulu Açılıyor!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. Bucak, Efkan (6 October 2016). "Galatasaray, kadın futbol şubesini kapattı". Karar (in Turkish). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  3. Göktürk, Erdem (March 2015). "İstanbul Minik Kız Futbol Ligi" (PDF) (in Turkish). TFF Kadın Futbolu. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  4. Yıldız, Serkan (7 August 2016). "Berivan İçen istedi Cimbom gol yağdırdı". Amatör Lig (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  5. "Oyuncular - Futbolcular - Berivan İçen" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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