Galatasaray, which will compete in 3 lanes in the new season, will share its trump card with Zalgiris Vilnius in the 2nd qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.
French referee Willy Delajod blows the whistle.
ZALGIRIS – G.SARAY MATCH 11S
Zalgiris: Gertmonas, Fofana, Pavelic, Gorobsov, Bopesu, Golubickas, Buff, Hnid, Vucur, Kendysh, Oyewusi
Galatasaray: Muslera, Boey, Nelsson, Abdulkerim, Angelino, Berkan, Oliveira, Yunus, Zaniolo, Kerem, Barış Alper
WHEN, WHAT TIME AND WHAT CHANNEL IS THE ZALGIRIS VILNIUS – GALATASARAY MATCH?
Zalgiris Vilnius – Galatasaray match on Tuesday, July 25 started at 19:00. Competition It is broadcast live on S Sport Plus.
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27TH APPOINTMENT IN THE “GIANTS LEAGUE” QUALIFICATIONS
Galatasaray competed 26 times in Europe’s number 1 cup qualifiers. The yellow-red team had 17 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats in the Champions League, which they participated in 26 times since the 1993-1994 season, in the qualifying matches. Galatasaray, who scored 61 goals in these matches, saw 29 goals in his castle. Competing in the Champions League groups 16 times in its history, 7 of which were direct, Galatasaray succeeded in passing the pre-qualification 9 times. In 1993-1994 and 2001-2002, 2 qualifying rounds, in 1994-1995, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2003-2004 and 2006-2007, the yellow-red team made it to the groups by passing through a single qualifying round. The performance of the yellow-red team in the European cup organizations is as follows:
THERE ARE 2 EUROPEAN CUPS IN ITS MUSEUM
Galatasaray, Turkey’s most successful and experienced football team in the European arena, has won trophies twice. The yellow-red team reached its first European trophy in the 1999-2000 season under the management of coach Fatih Terim. Galatasaray eliminated Arsenal in the final and took the UEFA Cup to its museum. In 2000, Galatasaray won the UEFA Super Cup by dominating Real Madrid under the management of Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu.
SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS IN EUROPE
Apart from the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup, Galatasaray achieved many important successes in Europe. Playing in the semi-finals once and in the quarter-finals twice in the Champion Clubs’ Cup, the yellow-red players found their place among the last 8 teams in the UEFA Champions League 3 times. Galatasaray, which reached the quarter-finals of the Champion Clubs Cup for the first time in the 1962-1963 season and was eliminated by the Italian team Milan, again bowed to the Legia Warsaw team of Poland in the quarter-finals in the 1969-1970 season. In the 1988-1989 season, when Galatasaray won the title of “Conqueror of Europe” with its successful results under the management of coach Mustafa Denizli, and achieved victories in Neuchatel Xamax and Monaco, it reached the semi-finals of the Champion Clubs Cup, but the Romanian team was eliminated by Steaua Bucharest and lost its final dreams to its rival.
After the organization started to be played under the name of UEFA Champions League, the yellow-red team managed to be among the last 8 teams in the 1993-1994 season, when Manchester United won the victory and was included in the Champions League groups for the first time in its history. At that time, in the Champions League status, in which 2 groups of 4 took place, this tour was called group matches and was not shown as the quarter-finals, but the yellow-red team became one of the best 8 teams in Europe.
Galatasaray reached the quarter-finals in the 2000-2001 season under the management of coach Mircea Lucescu. Galatasaray, which left the groups in two separate rounds and found its place among the last 8 teams, was eliminated by Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.
The yellow-red team showed a successful performance under the management of coach Fatih Terim in the 2012-2013 season and managed to play in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League. As in the 2000-2001 season, Galatasaray was eliminated by Real Madrid in the quarter-finals and said goodbye to the organization.
Galatasaray made its fans smile by winning victories against big clubs such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Juventus, Manchester United, Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal in European cups.
WAS ELIMINATED 1 TIME BY LOTS, JUMPED 1 TIME
Galatasaray experienced disappointment once before the quarter-finals of the “drawing lots” method used in the past in case of two teams failing to win in European cups, and became the lucky side once.
Matched with Swiss team Zurich in the second round of the 1963-64 season of the Champion Clubs Cup, Galatasaray lost the first match 2-0 away and won the home match 2-0. According to the practice at that time, when the result of the 3rd match played in Rome, the capital of Italy, as a neutral field, ended 2-2, as a result of the draw, Zurich passed the round and made its name in the quarter-finals.
The yellow-red team faced the Czechoslovak team Spartak Trnava in the second round of the Champion Clubs Cup in the 1969-70 season. After losing the first match 1-0 away, Galatasaray won the regular time of the return match with the same score. When the score did not change in the overtime section, the draw was made again and Galatasaray advanced to the quarter-finals.
THE MOST DIFFERENT WIN AND LOSE
Galatasaray experienced its most different victory in European cups against Israeli team Maccabi Netanya, and its most different defeats against German team Bayern Munich and Spain representative Real Madrid.
Hosting Israel’s Maccabi Netanya team in the third qualifying round rematch of the 2009-2010 season of the UEFA Europa League, the yellow-red team won the match played at Ali Sami Yen Stadium 6-0 and achieved the most distinctive victory in the history of European cups.
The yellow-red team lost 6-0 to the German team Bayern Munich in the 1st round of the Champion Clubs Cup in the 1972-1973 season, and to Real Madrid in the 2019-2020 season, with the most different defeats in its history.