# 2023–24 Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) season

The 2023–24 season is Galatasaray's 69th season in the existence of the club. The team plays in the Women's Basketball Super League and in the EuroCup Women.

## Overview
### July

On 17 July, a new 1+1 year contract was signed with Head Coach Alper Durur.
On 18 July, Işıl Alben was appointed as the General Coordinator.

### August

On 1 August, Galatasaray carried out the first training of the 2023–24 season with the participation of the local players.
On 22 August, Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring's pre-season preparation program has been announced.
On 23 August, The Fixture of the 2023–24 season in the Women's Basketball Super League has been announced.

### October

On 9 October, It has been announced that the head coach and Alper Durur have parted ways.
On 9 October, Miloš Pađen was appointed as head coach.

### December

The schedule of the matches to be played in the quarter-finals of the Turkish Women's Basketball Cup Cup 2023–24 season was announced on 20 December 2023.

### February

On 16 February 2024, Galatasaray announced that they had parted ways with Head Coach Miloš Pađen by mutual agreement.
In the statement made on 19 February 2024, it was reported that Tolga Esenci, who has been an assistant coach since the beginning of the season, will serve as head coach for the remainder of the season.

## Players
### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 | Inactive |
| C | Teaira McCowan | İnci Güçlü | | | |
| PF | NaLyssa Smith | Mikiah Herbert Harrigan | | | |
| SF | Meltem Yıldızhan | Sude Yılmaz | Harika Eldaş | Arifecan Vardar | |
| SG | Bria Hartley | Hind Ben Abdelkader | Yağmur Kübra Taşar | | |
| PG | Julie Vanloo | Büşra Akbaş | | Berna Şahin | Gizem Yavuz |
(colours: Turkish or homegrown players; foreign players)

### Transactions
#### Players In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 25 | SG | Tiffany Mitchell | 28 | Melbourne Boomers | 1 years | June 2024 | Free | 19 July 2023 |
| 24 | G | Hind Ben Abdelkader | 28 | ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq | 1 years | June 2024 | Free | 21 July 2023 |
| 21 | F | Mikiah Herbert Harrigan | 24 | London Lions | 1 years | June 2024 | Free | 23 July 2023 |
| 28 | SF | Harika Eldaş | 33 | Emlak Konut Spor Kulübü | 1 years | June 2024 | Free | 25 July 2023 |
| 3 | SG | Yağmur Kübra Taşar | 23 | Beşiktaş | 1 years | June 2024 | Free | 27 July 2023 |
| 17 | PG | Gizem Yavuz | 35 | Emlak Konut Spor Kulübü | 1 years | June 2024 | Free | 29 July 2023 |
| 11 | C | İnci Güçlü | 24 | Beşiktaş | 1 years | June 2024 | Free | 3 August 2023 |
| 1 | PF | NaLyssa Smith | 23 | Indiana Fever | 1 years | June 2024 | Free | 30 August 2023 |
| 35 | PG | Julie Vanloo | 30 | BLMA | 1 years | June 2024 | Free | 13 September 2023 |
| 2 | SF | Myisha Hines-Allen | 27 | Virtus Bologna | 1 years | June 2024 | Free | 25 September 2023 |
| 32 | SG | Bria Hartley | 31 | CB Avenida | 6 months | June 2024 | Free | 21 December 2023 |
| 15 | C | Teaira McCowan | 27 | Beijing Ducks | 5 months | June 2024 | Free | 8 January 2024 |

#### Players Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 10 | PG | Işıl Alben | 37 | Retired | Retired | End of contract | Free | 3 June 2023 |
| 9 | SG | Pelin Bilgiç | 28 | Nesibe Aydın GSK | | End of contract | Free | 13 June 2023 |
| 1 | G/F | Kamilė Nacickaitė | 33 | Tango Bourges Basket | | End of contract | Free | 13 June 2023 |
| 15 | C | Teaira McCowan | 26 | Dallas Wings | | End of contract | Free | 20 June 2023 |
| 5 | PG | Epiphanny Prince | 35 | | | End of contract | Free | 6 July 2023 |
| 6 | PF | Miray Balotu | 22 | Bursa Uludağ Basketbol | | End of contract | Free | 6 July 2023 |
| 7 | PG | Merve Uygül | 34 | İlkem Yapı Tarsus Spor | | End of contract | Free | 6 July 2023 |
| 11 | PF | Aija Jurjāne | 35 | Retired | Retired | End of contract | Free | 6 July 2023 |
| 12 | SG | Ieva Pulvere | 32 | TTT Riga | | End of contract | Free | 6 July 2023 |
| 13 | C | Devran Tanaçan | 36 | Espérance Sportive Pully | | End of contract | Free | 6 July 2023 |
| 30 | F/C | Azurá Stevens | 27 | Los Angeles Sparks | | End of contract | Free | 6 July 2023 |
| 72 | F | Tuğçe Canıtez | 32 | Retired | Retired | End of contract | Free | 6 July 2023 |
| 2 | PF | Simge Tokmak | 20 | Bodrum Basketbol | | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | September 2023 |
| 25 | SG | Tiffany Mitchell | 29 | REG | | Mutual agreement | Free | 30 November 2023 |
| 2 | SF | Myisha Hines-Allen | 28 | | | Contract termination | Free | 28 February 2024 |

#### Contract extension

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Cont. | Date | Source |
| 23 | F | | Meltem Yıldızhan | 23 | 1 | 20 July 2023 | |
| 4 | PG | | Büşra Akbaş | 28 | 1 | 22 July 2023 | |

## Club
### Technical Staff

    As of 19 February 2024
| Staff member | Position |
| Müge Erdem | General Manager |
| Işıl Alben | General Coordinator |
| Melahat Aydın | Team Manager |
| Tolga Esenci | Head Coach |
| Selim Aldağ | Assistant Coach |
| Batuhan Akkaya | Assistant Coach |
| Serkan Bodur | Conditioner |
| Altuğ Duramaz | Doctor |
| Pelin Yılmaz | Physiotherapist |
| Zerrin Hatacıkoğlu | Masseuse |
| Alaaddin Akkoyun | Material Manager |
| Özcan Kör | Transportation Manager |

### Staff changes

| Change | Date | Staff member | Staff position |
| Out | June 2023 | Batuhan Atiktürk | Assistant Coach |
| Out | July 2023 | Süleyman Görgülü | Conditioner |
| Out | July 2023 | Can Alyüz | Assistant Coach |
| Out | July 2023 | Emre Beşer | Assistant Coach |
| In | July 2023 | Serkan Bodur | Conditioner |
| In | August 2023 | Tolga Esenci | Assistant Coach |
| In | August 2023 | Batuhan Akkaya | Assistant Coach |
| In | August 2023 | Selim Aldağ | Assistant Coach |
| Out | 9 October 2023 | Alper Durur | Head Coach |
| In | 9 October 2023 | Miloš Pađen | Head Coach |
| Out | 16 February 2024 | Miloš Pađen | Head Coach |
| In | 19 February 2024 | Tolga Esenci | Head Coach |

### 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 | 5th | 13 September 2023 | 20 March 2024 |
| Women's Basketball Super League Playoffs | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | 23 March 2024 | 2 April 2024 |
| EuroCup Women | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | 11 October 2023 | 29 February 2024 |
| Turkish Women's Basketball Cup | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | 2 January 2024 | 2 January 2024 |
Updated to match played 3 April 2024 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 | 28 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 2,407 | 2,289 | +118 | 064.29 |
| Women's Basketball Super League Playoffs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 388 | 426 | −38 | 040.00 |
| EuroCup Women | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 998 | 887 | +111 | 066.67 |
| Turkish Women's Basketball Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 76 | −11 | 000.00 |
| Total | 46 | 28 | 1 | 17 | 3,858 | 3,678 | +180 | 060.87 |
Last updated: 3 April 2024 Source: Competitions

### Women's Basketball Super League
#### Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding | 28 | 28 | 0 | 2621 | 1856 | +765 | 56 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Beşiktaş | 28 | 20 | 8 | 2389 | 2096 | +293 | 48 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | OGM Ormanspor | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2250 | 2154 | +96 | 47 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Mehmet Kavan Yapı İzmit Belediyespor | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2326 | 2167 | +159 | 47 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring | 28 | 18 | 10 | 2407 | 2289 | +118 | 46 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | ÇBK Mersin | 28 | 17 | 11 | 2263 | 1998 | +265 | 45 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 7 | Nesibe Aydın | 28 | 15 | 13 | 2248 | 2116 | +132 | 43 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 8 | Botaş | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2122 | 2109 | +13 | 42 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 9 | Melikgazi Kayseri Basketbol | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2352 | 2314 | +38 | 40 | |
| 10 | Emlak Konut Spor Kulübü | 28 | 11 | 17 | 2091 | 2225 | −134 | 39 | |
| 11 | Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyespor Toroslar Basketbol | 28 | 10 | 18 | 2220 | 2435 | −215 | 38 | |
| 12 | İlkem Yapı Tarsus Spor | 28 | 9 | 19 | 2120 | 2248 | −128 | 37 | |
| 13 | Bursa Uludağ Basketbol | 28 | 10 | 18 | 2076 | 2252 | −176 | 38 | Relegation to TKBL |
| 14 | Çankaya Üniversitesi | 28 | 8 | 20 | 2315 | 2602 | −287 | 36 | Relegation to TKBL |
| 15 | Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyespor | 28 | 0 | 28 | 2023 | 2962 | −939 | 28 | Relegation to TKBL |
* ↑ ÇBK Mersin won the ÇBK Mersin – Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding match played on 13.09.2023, 76-74. However, by the Turkish Basketball Federation, ÇBK Mersin team was declared defeated by default on the grounds that the esame list violated the Basketball Competition Instructions and 1 point was deleted.
* ↑ In the İlkem Yapı Tarsus Spor match played in the 28th week, he was declared defeated by default and 1 point was deducted on the grounds that he violated the Basketball Competition Instructions.

#### 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 |
| 28 | 18 | 10 | 2407 | 2289 | +118 | 8 | 6 | 1167 | 1104 | +63 | 10 | 4 | 1240 | 1185 | +55 |
Last updated: 20 March 2024. 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | B | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | B | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | B | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | B | L | W |
| Position | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

    Note: All times are TRT (UTC+3) as listed by the Turkish Basketball Federation.

#### Playoffs
##### Quarterfinals

Win  Loss

##### Semifinals

Win  Loss

### EuroCup Women
#### Regular season
##### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | GAL | ANG | KIR | CON |
| 1 | Galatasaray Cagdas Factoring | 6 | 6 | 0 | 500 | 408 | +92 | 12 | Play-off round 1 | — | 74–62 | 102–66 | 83–77 |
| 2 | Union Féminine Angers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 481 | 356 | +125 | 10 | Play-off round 1 | 70–71 | — | 90–52 | 95–61 |
| 3 | Kibirkštis | 6 | 2 | 4 | 389 | 518 | −129 | 8 | Possible play-off round 1 | 57–87 | 50–96 | — | 87–78 |
| 4 | CMS Constanța | 6 | 0 | 6 | 405 | 493 | −88 | 6 | | 76–83 | 48–68 | 65–77 | — |

#### 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 | 6 | 0 | 500 | 408 | +92 | 3 | 0 | 259 | 205 | +54 | 3 | 0 | 241 | 203 | +38 |
Last updated: November 29, 2023. Source: FIBA

#### Results by round

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

#### Matches

    Note: All times, from 29 October 2023 to 31 March 2024, are CET (UTC+1); up to 29 October 2023 and from 31 March 2024, are CEST (UTC+2) as listed by EuroCup.

#### Play-Off Round 1

Win  Loss

#### Round of 16

Win  Loss

#### Quarterfinals

Win  Loss

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

Win  Loss
    Note: All times are TRT (UTC+3) as listed by the Turkish Basketball Federation.

## Statistics
### Head coaches records

| Head Coach | Competition | G | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| Alper Durur | Women's Basketball Super League | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 352 | 367 | –15 | .400 |
| Alper Durur | Total | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 352 | 367 | –15 | .400 |
| Miloš Pađen | Women's Basketball Super League | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1570 | 1482 | +88 | .722 |
| Miloš Pađen | EuroCup Women | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 853 | 727 | +126 | .800 |
| Miloš Pađen | Turkish Women's Basketball Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 76 | –11 | .000 |
| Miloš Pađen | Total | 29 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 2488 | 2285 | +203 | .724 |
| Tolga Esenci | Women's Basketball Super League | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 873 | 866 | +7 | .500 |
| Tolga Esenci | EuroCup Women | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 145 | 160 | –15 | .000 |
| Tolga Esenci | Total | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1018 | 1026 | –8 | .417 |
Updated: April 3, 2024