# List of Galatasaray S.K. managers

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

Information correct as of match played 30 January 2025. Only competitive matches are counted.
* (n/a) = Information not available
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% | Honours |
| 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) |
| Nihat Bekdik | Turkey | Dec 1928 | Apr 1930 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 65 | 19 | 062.50 | Istanbul Futbol Ligi |
| Jules Limbeck | Hungary | Apr 1930 | Jun 1931 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 12 | 075.00 | Istanbul Futbol Ligi |
| 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 |
| Hans Baar | Austria | Oct 1934 | Sep 1936 | 36 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 129 | 38 | 077.78 | |
| Peter Szabo | Hungary | Oct 1936 | Sep 1938 | 48 | 29 | 7 | 12 | 148 | 87 | 060.42 | |
| Hans Tandler | Austria | Oct 1938 | Sep 1939 | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 95 | 41 | 068.75 | Milli Küme |
| Hayman n/a | England | Oct 1939 | Dec 1939 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 8 | 070.00 | |
| 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 | |
| John Begget | England | Jun 1941 | Sep 1945 | 117 | 82 | 16 | 19 | 352 | 105 | 070.09 | Istanbul Kupası (2) |
| Miço Dimitriyadis | Greece | Oct 1945 | Aug 1946 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 028.57 | |
| Josef Szweng | Hungary | Sep 1946 | Dec 1947 | 33 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 67 | 46 | 045.45 | |
| Pat Molloy | England | Jan 1948 | Apr 1949 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 57 | 26 | 069.57 | Istanbul Futbol Ligi |
| Duggie Lochhead | England | Sep 1950 | Oct 1952 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 56 | 27 | 058.06 | |
| Gündüz Kılıç | Turkey | Oct 1952 | Mar 1953 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 046.67 | |
| László Székely | Hungary | Oct 1953 | Jan 1954 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 050.00 | |
| 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 | |
| George Dick | Scotland | Dec 1957 | Jun 1959 | 57 | 40 | 10 | 7 | 147 | 36 | 070.18 | Istanbul Futbol Ligi |
| Leandro Remondini | Italy | Jul 1959 | Jan 1960 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 052.63 | |
| Coşkun Özarı | Turkey | Jan 1960 | Apr 1960 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 13 | 073.68 | |
| 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 | |
| Tomislav Kaloperović | Yugoslavia | Jul 1968 | Jun 1970 | 82 | 42 | 22 | 18 | 105 | 52 | 051.22 | Süper Lig, Süper Kupa |
| 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 |
| Jack Mansell | England | Jul 1974 | Jun 1975 | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 27 | 055.56 | |
| Don Howe | England | Jul 1975 | Jun 1976 | 44 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 59 | 39 | 043.18 | Türkiye Kupası |
| Malcolm Allison | England | Jul 1976 | Oct 1977 | 41 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 46 | 43 | 031.71 | |
| Fethi Demircan | Turkey | Oct 1977 | Jun 1978 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 42 | 23 | 048.39 | |
| 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 | |
| Tamer Kaptan (Interim) | Turkey | May 1979 | Jun 1980 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 033.33 | |
| Brian Birch | England | Jun 1980 | Nov 1981 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 35 | 041.30 | |
| Günay Kayalar (Interim) | Turkey | Nov 1981 | Dec 1981 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 050.00 | |
| Özkan Sümer | Turkey | Dec 1981 | Jun 1983 | 69 | 31 | 22 | 16 | 93 | 67 | 044.93 | Türkiye Kupası |
| Günay Kayalar (Interim) | Turkey | Jun 1983 | Jun 1983 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 050.00 | |
| Tomislav Ivić | Yugoslavia | Jun 1983 | Jun 1984 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 63 | 37 | 047.50 | |
| 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 |
| Mustafa Denizli | Turkey | Jun 1987 | Jun 1989 | 94 | 57 | 21 | 16 | 202 | 96 | 060.64 | Süper Lig, Süper Kupa |
| Sigfried Held | Germany | Jun 1989 | May 1990 | 39 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 65 | 35 | 051.28 | Prime Minister's Cup |
| Mustafa Denizli | Turkey | Jun 1990 | Jun 1992 | 73 | 45 | 13 | 15 | 137 | 79 | 061.64 | Türkiye Kupası, Süper Kupa |
| Karl-Heinz Feldkamp | Germany | Jul 1992 | Jun 1993 | 42 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 94 | 33 | 064.29 | Süper Lig, Türkiye Kupası |
| Reiner Hollmann | Germany | Jul 1993 | May 1994 | 48 | 28 | 9 | 11 | 86 | 52 | 058.33 | Süper Lig, Süper Kupa |
| Reinhard Saftig | Germany | Jun 1994 | Mar 1995 | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 78 | 44 | 055.26 | |
| Müfit Erkasap (Interim) | Turkey | Mar 1995 | May 1995 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 041.67 | Prime Minister's Cup |
| Graeme Souness | Scotland | Jun 1995 | May 1996 | 43 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 80 | 46 | 058.14 | Türkiye Kupası |
| 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 |
| Mircea Lucescu | Romania | Jul 2000 | Jun 2002 | 105 | 63 | 22 | 20 | 211 | 113 | 060.00 | UEFA Super Cup, Süper Lig |
| 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 |
| Eric Gerets | Belgium | Jul 2005 | Jun 2007 | 89 | 49 | 21 | 19 | 176 | 100 | 055.06 | Süper Lig |
| 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 |
| Michael Skibbe | Germany | Jul 2008 | Feb 2009 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 67 | 43 | 054.05 | Süper Kupa |
| Bülent Korkmaz | Turkey | Feb 2009 | Jun 2009 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 050.00 | |
| Frank Rijkaard | Netherlands | Jul 2009 | Oct 2010 | 67 | 37 | 15 | 15 | 132 | 70 | 055.22 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Roberto Mancini | Italy | Sep 2013 | Jun 2014 | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 82 | 37 | 052.17 | Türkiye Kupası |
| Cesare Prandelli | Italy | Jul 2014 | Nov 2014 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 037.50 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Jan Olde Riekerink | Netherlands | Mar 2016 | Feb 2017 | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 39 | 052.38 | Türkiye Kupası, Süper Kupa |
| Igor Tudor | Croatia | Feb 2017 | Dec 2017 | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 67 | 47 | 055.88 | |
| 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 | | 128 | 95 | 18 | 15 | 287 | 133 | 074.22 | Süper Lig (2), Süper Kupa |

## By number of games

Information correct as of match played 20 May 2022. Only competitive matches are counted.
* (n/a) = Information not available
| Name | Period | Seasons | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% | Titles |
| Fatih Terim | 1996–00, 2002–04, 2011–13, 2017–2022 | 14 | 558 | 327 | 121 | 110 | 1,108 | 603 | 058.60 | 17 |
| Gündüz Kılıç | 1952–53, 1954–57, 1960–63, 1964–67 | 11 | 355 | 211 | 94 | 50 | 585 | 300 | 059.44 | 8 |
| Mustafa Denizli | 1987–89, 1990–92, 2015–16 | 4 | 182 | 112 | 40 | 30 | 376 | 204 | 061.54 | 4 |
| Brian Birch | 1971–74, 1980–81 | 4 | 164 | 78 | 50 | 36 | 189 | 105 | 047.56 | 4 |
| Jupp Derwall | 1984–1987 | 3 | 148 | 70 | 55 | 23 | 206 | 117 | 047.30 | 3 |
| Coşkun Özarı | 1960, 1964, 1970–71, 1978–79 | 3 | 122 | 66 | 29 | 27 | 206 | 91 | 054.10 | 2 |
| John Begget | 1941–1945 | 4 | 117 | 82 | 16 | 19 | 352 | 105 | 070.09 | 2 |
| 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 | Fatih Terim | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | – | 17 |
| 2 | Gündüz Kılıç | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 8 |
| 3 | Mustafa Denizli | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 4 |
| 3 | Brian Birch | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| 5 | Okan Buruk | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| 5 | Horace Armitage | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 5 | Billy Hunter | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 5 | Jupp Derwall | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| 5 | Hamza Hamzaoğlu | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| 8 | Sadi Bey | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 8 | Mircea Lucescu | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Karl-Heinz Feldkamp | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 8 | Reiner Hollmann | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| 8 | John Begget | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 8 | Coşkun Özarı | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 8 | Jupp Derwall | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 8 | Jan Olde Riekerink | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| 17 |
| 17 | Adil Giray | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 17 | Nihat Bekdik | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 17 | Jules Limbeck | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 17 | Hans Tandler | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 17 | Peter Molloy | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 17 | George Dick | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 17 | Toma Kaleperovic | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 17 | Eric Gerets | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 17 | Cevat Güler | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 17 | Syd Puddefoot | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 17 | Don Howe | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 17 | Özkan Sümer | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 17 | Graeme Souness | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 17 | Gheorghe Hagi | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 17 | Roberto Mancini | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 17 | Michael Skibbe | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
* 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).