1908–09 Galatasaray S.K. season

Galatasaray

1908–09 season
President	Ali Sami Yen
Manager	Horace Armitage
Stadium	Papazın Çayırı
Istanbul Lig	1st
Home colours

The 1908–09 season was Galatasaray SK's 5th in existence and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the IFL. Galatasaray won the league for the first time.

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	IFL		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
-	GK	Ahmet Robenson	0	0	0	0
-	DF	Milo Bakic	0	0	0	0
-	DF	Adnan İbrahim Pirioğlu	0	0	0	0
-	DF	Ali Sami Yen	0	0	0	0
-	DF	Celal İbrahim	0	0	0	0
-	DF	Emin Bülent Serdaroğlu	0	0	0	0
-	MF	Sabri Mahir	0	0	0	0
-	MF	Bekir Sıtkı Bircan	0	0	0	0
-	MF	Hasan Basri Bütün	0	0	0	0
-	FW	Horace Armitage(C)	0	0	0	0
-	FW	Fuat Hüsnü Kayacan	0	0	0	0
-	FW	İdris	0	0	0	0
-	FW	Ali Müsait	0	0	0	0
-	FW	Abdurrahman Robenson	0	0	0	0
-	FW	Clerk Comber	0	0	0	0

Competitions

Istanbul Sunday League - Galatasaray SK 1908-09 Champion

Istanbul Football League

Main article: 1908–09 Istanbul Football League

Classification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Galatasaray	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	6
2	Fenerbahce	0	?	?	?	?	?	—	0
3	HMS Imogene FC	0	?	?	?	?	?	—	0
4	Cadi-Keuy FC	0	?	?	?	?	?	—	0

Source: ^[citation needed]

Matches

Kick-off listed in local time (EEST)

Istanbul Football League and Union Club Cup Match

31 January 1909

Galatasaray SK	4 – 0	Cadi-Keuy FC
	(Report)

Union Club Field, Istanbul

Referee: unknown

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Istanbul Football League

Galatasaray SK	11 – 0	HMS Imogene FC
	(Report)

Union Club Field, Istanbul

Referee: Unknown

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Istanbul Football League

Galatasaray vs Fenerbahçe 1909

17.01.1909

14:00

Galatasaray SK	2 – 0	Fenerbahce
Emin Bülent Serdaroğlu Emin Bülent Serdaroğlu	(Report)

Union Club Field, Istanbul

Referee: Unknown

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Friendly Matches

6 December 1908, Sunday

14:00

Galatasaray SK	1 – 3	HMS Barham AFC
First match with red-yellow home kit	(Report)	the British Royal Navy cruiser HMS Barham football team

Emirgan Çayırı, Istanbul

Referee: Unknown

Galatasaray SK:
GK	1	Ahmet Robenson
RB	2	Adnan İbrahim Piroğlu
CB	3	Milo Bakic
CB	4	Bekir Sıtkı Bircan
LB	5	Celal İbrahim
RM	6	Hasan Basri Bütün
CM	7	Ali Sami Yen
CM	8	Horace Armitage (c)
CM	9	Sabri Mahir
FW	10	Fuat Hüsnü Kayacan
FW	11	Emin Bülent Serdaroğlu
Substitutes:
Manager:
Horace Armitage

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11 December 1908

Smyrna FC	3 – 1	Galatasaray SK
	(Report)

Istanbul

Referee: unknown

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19 January 1909

Galatasaray SK	2 – 0	Fenerbahçe SK
Celal İbrahim Horace Armitage	(Report)

Union Club Field, Istanbul

Referee: James LaFontaine

References

• Tuncay, Bülent (2002). Galatasaray Tarihi. Yapı Kredi Yayınları ISBN 975-08-0454-6
• Yüce, Mehmet. [1]
• 1908-1909 İstanbul Futbol Ligi. Türk Futbol Tarihi vol.1. page(30). (June 1992) Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu Yayınları.

External links

• Galatasaray Sports Club Official Website (in Turkish, English, and French)
• Turkish Football Federation - Galatasaray A.Ş. (in Turkish and English)
• uefa.com - Galatasaray AŞ