# 2024–25 Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) season

The 2024–25 season is Galatasaray's 70th season in the existence of the club. The team plays in the Women's Basketball Super League and in the EuroCup Women.

## Season overview
### Pre-season

On 22 March, Ekrem Memnun was appointed as the head coach. The official contract covering the 2024–25 and 2025–26 seasons was signed at the ceremony with the participation of President Dursun Özbek.
On 1 August, Galatasaray started preparations for the new season.
On 21 August, Turkish Women's Basketball Super League 2024–25 Season fixtures have been announced.
On 6 September, Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring camp program has been announced.

## Players
### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
| C | Li Yueru | Park Ji-su | Quanitra Hollingsworth | |
| PF | Anete Šteinberga | Meltem Yıldızhan | Selin Rachel Gül | Simge Tokmak |
| SF | Brianna Ashaki Fraser | Cecilia Zandalasini | Sude Yılmaz | Arifecan Vardar |
| SG | Gökşen Fitik | Ayşe Cora | | |
| PG | Julie Vanloo | Derin Erdoğan | Ayşegül Günay | Berna Şahin |
(colours: Turkish or homegrown players; foreign players)

### Transactions
#### Players In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 8 | SG | Ayşe Cora | 31 | İzmit Belediyespor | 1 years | June 2025 | Free | 24 May 2024 |
| 6 | PG | Gökşen Fitik | 22 | OGM Ormanspor | 2 years | June 2026 | Free | 24 May 2024 |
| 11 | PG | Derin Erdoğan | 21 | Northeastern Huskies | 1 years | June 2025 | Free | 24 May 2024 |
| 34 | F | Brianna Ashaki Fraser | 27 | KGHM BC Polkowice | 1 years | June 2025 | Free | 19 July 2024 |
| 9 | C | Park Ji-su | 25 | Cheongju KB Stars | 1 years | June 2025 | Free | 20 July 2024 |
| 13 | C | Quanitra Hollingsworth | 35 | ÇBK Mersin | 1 years | June 2025 | Free | 23 July 2024 |
| 24 | SF | Cecilia Zandalasini | 28 | Virtus Bologna | 1 years | June 2025 | Free | 24 July 2024 |
| 7 | PG | Ayşegül Günay | 31 | Kayseri Basketbol | 1 years | June 2025 | Free | 26 July 2024 |
| 1 | PF | Selin Rachel Gül | 20 | Fenerbahçe | 1 years | June 2025 | Free | 27 July 2024 |
| 28 | C | Li Yueru | 25 | Bodrum Basketbol Spor Kulübü | 6 months | June 2025 | Undisclosed | 21 November 2024 |
| 12 | C | Anete Šteinberga | 34 | Tango Bourges Basket | 6 months | June 2025 | Undisclosed | 2 December 2024 |

#### Players Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 1 | PF | NaLyssa Smith | 23 | Indiana Fever | | End of contract | Free | May 2024 |
| 15 | C | Teaira McCowan | 27 | Dallas Wings | | End of contract | Free | May 2024 |
| 21 | F | Mikiah Herbert Harrigan | 25 | Phoenix Mercury | | End of contract | Free | May 2024 |
| 24 | G | Hind Ben Abdelkader | 28 | | | End of contract | Free | May 2024 |
| 32 | SG | Bria Hartley | 31 | | | End of contract | Free | May 2024 |
| 3 | SG | Yağmur Kübra Taşar | 24 | Bodrum Basketbol Spor Kulübü | | End of contract | Free | 15 May 2024 |
| 4 | PG | Büşra Akbaş | 29 | Botaş | | End of contract | Free | 15 May 2024 |
| 11 | C | İnci Güçlü | 25 | Emlak Konut Spor Kulübü | | End of contract | Free | 15 May 2024 |
| 17 | PG | Gizem Yavuz | 36 | Retired | Retired | End of contract | Free | 15 May 2024 |
| 28 | SF | Harika Eldaş | 34 | | | End of contract | Free | 15 May 2024 |

#### Contract extension

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Cont. | Date |
| 23 | F | Meltem Yıldızhan | 24 | 1 | 24 May 2024 |
| 35 | PG | Julie Vanloo | 31 | 1 | 21 July 2024 |
| 8 | SF | Sude Yılmaz | 22 | 1 | 23 July 2024 |

## Club
### Technical Staff

    As of 9 August 2024
| Staff member | Position |
| Ekrem Memnun | Head Coach |
| Işıl Alben | General Coordinator |
| Melahat Aydın | Team Manager |
| Selim Aldağ | Assistant Coach |
| Ege Talay | Assistant Coach |
| Semih Eroğlu | Conditioner |
| Serkan Bodur | Conditioner |
| Zerrin Hatacıkoğlu | Masseuse |
| Osman Aşbay | Masseur |
| Altuğ Duramaz | Doctor |
| Pelin Yılmaz | Physiotherapist |
| Alaaddin Akkoyun | Material Manager |
| İpek Birol | Media Communications Manager |
| Özcan Kör | Transportation Manager |

### Uniform

| Home | Away | Third |

### Sponsorship and kit manufacturers
## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Women's Basketball Super League | Round 1 | 3rd | 28 September 2024 | 15 March 2025 |
| Women's Basketball Super League Playoffs | Quarterfinals | | 27 March 2025 | |
| EuroCup Women | Round 1 | Round of 16 | 9 October 2024 | 18 March 2025 |
| Turkish Women's Basketball Cup | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | 19 March 2025 | 19 March 2025 |
Updated to match played 19 March 2025 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| Women's Basketball Super League | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1,706 | 1,437 | +269 | 077.27 |
| Women's Basketball Super League Playoffs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| EuroCup Women | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 824 | 669 | +155 | 080.00 |
| Turkish Women's Basketball Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 81 | −14 | 000.00 |
| Total | 33 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 2,597 | 2,187 | +410 | 075.76 |
Last updated: 19 March 2025 Source: Competitions

### Women's Basketball Super League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 22 | 17 | 5 | 1706 | 1437 | +269 | 8 | 3 | 855 | 686 | +169 | 9 | 2 | 851 | 751 | +100 |
Last updated: 16 March 2025. Source: TBF.org.tr

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | B | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | B | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | B | W | W | W | W | W | C | L | W | W | L | W | W | B | L | W | L | W | W | C | W |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |

#### Playoffs
##### Quarterfinals

Win  Loss

### EuroCup Women
#### Regular season
##### Group J

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | GAL | FER | BRN | SPO |
| 1 | Galatasaray Cagdas Faktoring | 6 | 5 | 1 | 514 | 363 | +151 | 11 | Play-off Round 1 | — | 69–73 | 110–62 | 84–52 |
| 2 | Baxi Ferrol | 6 | 5 | 1 | 455 | 353 | +102 | 11 | Play-off Round 1 | 66–83 | — | 79–59 | 82–45 |
| 3 | KP TANY Brno | 6 | 2 | 4 | 375 | 466 | −91 | 8 | | 66–92 | 59–73 | — | 56–49 |
| 4 | Sportiva/AzorisHotels | 6 | 0 | 6 | 291 | 453 | −162 | 6 | | 44–76 | 38–82 | 63–73 | — |
* 1 2 Galatasaray Cagdas Faktoring 152–139 Baxi Ferrol

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 514 | 363 | +151 | 2 | 1 | 263 | 187 | +76 | 3 | 0 | 251 | 176 | +75 |
Last updated: November 27, 2024. Source: FIBA

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Play-Off Round 1

Win  Loss

#### Round of 16

Win  Loss

### Turkish Women's Basketball Cup
#### Quarterfinals

Win  Loss