# 2022–23 Galatasaray S.K. (men's volleyball) season

It is the 2022–23 season of the Men's Volleyball team of Galatasaray Sports Club.

## Overview
### June

* On 21 June 2022, Galatasaray Men's Volleyball team manager Hüseyin Koç said goodbye to Galatasaray with a post he shared on his social media account.
* On 24 June 2022, the roads were separated by mutual agreement with Nedim Özbey, Head Coach of Galatasaray Men's Volleyball Team.
* On 25 June 2022, Umut Çakır, who has been working as an assistant coach at Galatasaray since 2015, has been appointed as the head coach of the Galatasaray Men's Volleyball Team.

### August

* On 5 August 2022, Mehmetcan Şamlı was appointed as the Men's Volleyball Team Manager.
* Osman Çakıray was appointed as the assistant coach of the Men's Volleyball Team on 9 August 2022.
* On 10 August 2022, Yalçın Ayhan became the physiotherapist of the Men's Volleyball Team.
* The fixtures of the AXA Sigorta Efeler League for the 2022–23 volleyball season were determined with the drawing of lots held at the Ankara Headquarters of the Turkish Volleyball Federation on August 12, 2022.

### October

* At the commemoration ceremony for Metin Görgün, the former national volleyball player who lost his life on 31 October 2022, Akif Üstündağ, the president of the Turkish Volleyball Federation; Announced that the name of AXA Sigorta Efeler League will be AXA Sigorta Efeler League 2022–23 Metin Görgün Season in the 2022–23 season.

## Technical Staff

    As of 13 August 2022
| Name | Job |
| Neslihan Turan | Volleyball Teams Administrative Manager |
| Mehmetcan Şamlı | Team Manager |
| Umut Çakır | Head Coach |
| Hüseyin Gültekin | Assistant Coach |
| Osman Çakıray | Assistant Coach |
| Yunus Ünver | Assistant Coach and Conditioning Coach |
| Yalçın Ayhan | Physiotherapist |
| Mertcan Kır | Statistics Coach |
| Aykut Yılmaz | Masseur |
| Serpil Amaç | Volleyball Branch Secretary |

## Team roster

    As of 11 March 2023
| Shirt No | Nationality | Player | Birth Date | Position |
| 1 | Turkey | Selçuk Keskin (c) | (1982-01-15) 15 January 1982 (age 42) | Setter |
| 3 | Turkey | Melih Sıratça | (1996-02-18) 18 February 1996 (age 28) | Outside Hitter |
| 4 | Turkey | Baturalp Burak Güngör | (1993-07-28) 28 July 1993 (age 31) | Outside Hitter |
| 5 | Turkey | Beytullah Hatipoğlu | (1992-02-24) 24 February 1992 (age 32) | Libero |
| 6 | Australia | Thomas Edgar | (1989-06-21) 21 June 1989 (age 35) | Opposite |
| 7 | Turkey | Orçun Ergün | (1992-05-24) 24 May 1992 (age 32) | Setter |
| 8 | Turkey | Onurcan Çakır | (1995-09-27) 27 September 1995 (age 29) | Libero |
| 9 | Turkey | Hakkı Çapkınoğlu | (1990-07-20) 20 July 1990 (age 34) | Middle-blocker |
| 10 | Turkey | Aykut Acar | (2000-02-14) 14 February 2000 (age 24) | Middle-blocker |
| 11 | Turkey | Hakan Uygunoğlu | (2002-01-08) 8 January 2002 (age 22) | Setter |
| 12 | Iran | Morteza Sharifi | (1999-05-27) 27 May 1999 (age 25) | Outside Hitter |
| 13 | Turkey | Oğuzhan Karasu | (1995-06-16) 16 June 1995 (age 29) | Middle-blocker |
| 14 | Turkey | Selim Kalaycı | (2000-02-12) 12 February 2000 (age 24) | Opposite |
| 15 | Turkey | Emir Kaan Öztürk | (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 (age 23) | Middle-blocker |
| 16 | Turkey | Onur Günaydı | (2002-09-28) 28 September 2002 (age 22) | Outside Hitter |
| 19 | Turkey | Yasin Aydın | (1995-07-11) 11 July 1995 (age 29) | Outside Hitter |
| 29 | Turkey | Fatih Eren Uğur | (1990-01-01) 1 January 1990 (age 34) | Middle-blocker |

## Transfers
### New contracts

| Date | Player | Contract length |
| 22 July 2022 | Yasin Aydın | 1-year + 1-year |
| 22 July 2022 | Melih Sıratça | 1-year + 1-year |
| 8 August 2022 | Selim Kalaycı | 1-year |
| 11 August 2022 | Onur Günaydı | 2-year |

### In

| Date | Player | From |
| 22 July 2022 | Aykut Acar | Bigadiç Belediyespor |
| 23 July 2022 | Selçuk Keskin | Halkbank |
| 25 July 2022 | Oğuzhan Karasu | Halkbank |
| 2 August 2022 | Orçun Ergün | Sorgun Belediyespor |
| 12 August 2022 | Thomas Edgar | JT Thunders |
| 26 August 2022 | Emir Kaan Öztürk | İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor |
| 26 August 2022 | Hakan Uygunoğlu | Bigadiç Belediyespor |
| 4 October 2022 | Baturalp Burak Güngör | Spor Toto |
| 11 March 2023 | Fatih Eren Uğur | Hatay Büyükşehir Belediye |

### Out

| Date | Player | From |
| 27 May 2022 | Murat Yenipazar | VC Barkom-Kazhany |
| 28 May 2022 | Cansın Hacıbekiroğlu | Hekimoğlu Global Connect Travel Bursa |
| 30 May 2022 | Muzaffer Yönet | Altekma Spor Kulübü |
| 1 June 2022 | Maurice Torres | Free agent |
| 1 June 2022 | Lukash Divish | Altekma Spor Kulübü |
| 2 June 2022 | Doğukan Ulu | Halkbank |
| 22 June 2022 | Vahit Emre Savaş | Fenerbahçe HDI Sigorta |
| 8 July 2022 | Marko Sedlaček | Top Volley Cisterna |

## Pre-season and friendlies

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 6 September 2022 | – | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 2–1 | Cizre Belediyespor | 29–27 | 26–28 | 25–18 | – | – | 80–73 | Report |
| 15 September 2022 | 16:30 | Altekma Spor Kulübü | 2–3 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 18–25 | 25–16 | 25–20 | 23–25 | 9–15 | 100–101 | Report |
| 16 September 2022 | 14:00 | Arkas Spor | 3–1 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 25–22 | 25–22 | 20–25 | 25–21 | – | 95–90 | Report |
| 17 September 2022 | 14:00 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 3–2 | Dinamo București | 25–17 | 18–25 | 25–23 | 19–25 | 19–17 | 106–107 | Report |
| 4 January 2023 | – | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 3–0 | Arkas Spor | 25–19 | 25–19 | 31–29 | – | – | 81–67 | Report |

## Competitions
### Turkish Men's Volleyball League (AXA Sigorta Efeler Ligi)
#### League table

* Qualified for the Play-off (1st-4th)
* Qualified for the Play-off (5th-8th)
* Qualified for the Turkish Men's Volleyball First League
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Halkbank | 25 | 24 | 1 | 69 | 73 | 15 | 4.867 | 2157 | 1755 | 1.229 | Play-off (1st-4th) |
| 2 | Ziraat Bankası | 25 | 22 | 3 | 63 | 67 | 22 | 3.045 | 2135 | 1846 | 1.157 | Play-off (1st-4th) |
| 3 | Fenerbahçe HDI Sigorta | 25 | 17 | 8 | 50 | 60 | 37 | 1.622 | 2227 | 2069 | 1.076 | Play-off (1st-4th) |
| 4 | Arkas Spor | 25 | 16 | 9 | 48 | 55 | 36 | 1.528 | 2149 | 1985 | 1.083 | Play-off (1st-4th) |
| 5 | Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi | 25 | 15 | 10 | 46 | 53 | 37 | 1.432 | 2079 | 1984 | 1.048 | Play-off (5th-8th) |
| 6 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 25 | 15 | 10 | 46 | 58 | 42 | 1.381 | 2293 | 2233 | 1.027 | Play-off (5th-8th) |
| 7 | TÜRŞAD | 25 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 47 | 49 | 0.959 | 2124 | 2178 | 0.975 | Play-off (5th-8th) |
| 8 | Cizre Belediyespor | 25 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 47 | 49 | 0.959 | 2117 | 2124 | 0.997 | Play-off (5th-8th) |
| 9 | Spor Toto | 25 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 40 | 53 | 0.755 | 2042 | 2118 | 0.964 | |
| 10 | Hekimoğlu Global Connect Travel Bvi | 25 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 33 | 60 | 0.550 | 1984 | 2167 | 0.916 | |
| 11 | Develi Belediye | 25 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 35 | 57 | 0.614 | 1960 | 2087 | 0.939 | |
| 12 | Altekma Spor Kulübü | 25 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 63 | 0.349 | 1772 | 2025 | 0.875 | Turkish Men's Volleyball First League |
| 13 | Hatay Büyükşehir Belediye | 13 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 28 | 0.786 | 1094 | 1145 | 0.955 | |
| 14 | Tokat Belediye Plevnespor | 25 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 74 | 0.135 | 1651 | 2068 | 0.798 | Turkish Men's Volleyball First League |
* ↑ Hatay Büyükşehir Belediye withdrew from the league, following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, and was not relegated at the end of the season.

#### Regular season (1st Half)

* All times are Europe Time (UTC+03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 October 2022 | 15:30 | Tokat Belediye Plevnespor | 0–3 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 23–25 | 20–25 | 27–29 | – | – | 70–79 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 5 October 2022 | 17:00 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 3–1 | Hekimoğlu Global Connect Travel Bvi | 25–21 | 29–27 | 20–25 | 25–15 | – | 99–88 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 8 October 2022 | 14:00 | Hatay Büyükşehir Belediye | 2–3 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 20–25 | 26–24 | 25–23 | 17–25 | 13–15 | 101–112 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 15 October 2022 | 14:30 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 2–3 | Halkbank | 27–25 | 20–25 | 21–25 | 25–23 | 12–15 | 105–113 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 22 October 2022 | 14:00 | Ziraat Bankası | 3–1 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 20–25 | 25–13 | 25–17 | 25–17 | – | 95–72 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 28 October 2022 | 14:30 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 3–1 | Fenerbahçe HDI Sigorta | 25–22 | 22–25 | 25–20 | 25–22 | – | 97–89 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 5 November 2022 | 13:00 | Cizre Belediyespor | 2–3 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 27–29 | 25–17 | 20–25 | 25–21 | 9–15 | 106–107 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 12 November 2022 | 16:00 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 3–1 | Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi | 33–31 | 21–25 | 25–20 | 25–16 | – | 104–92 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 19 November 2022 | 16:00 | Develi Belediye | 1–3 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 21–25 | 25–20 | 20–25 | 20–25 | – | 86–95 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 26 November 2022 | 15:00 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 2–3 | TÜRŞAD | 25–18 | 17–25 | 22–25 | 25–21 | 11–15 | 100–104 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 3 December 2022 | 13:00 | Spor Toto | 3–1 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 20–25 | 27–25 | 25–23 | 25–19 | – | 97–92 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 9 December 2022 | 15:00 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 3–0 | Altekma Spor Kulübü | 25–21 | 25–15 | 26–24 | – | – | 76–60 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 17 December 2022 | 15:00 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 1–3 | Arkas Spor | 25–22 | 8–25 | 22–25 | 23–25 | – | 78–97 | Report 1 Report 2 |

#### Regular season (2nd Half)

* All times are Europe Time (UTC+03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 January 2023 | 14:00 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 3–1 | Tokat Belediye Plevnespor | 25–23 | 19–25 | 25–14 | 25–16 | – | 94–78 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 15 January 2023 | 15:00 | Hekimoğlu Global Connect Travel Bvi | 1–3 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 21–25 | 19–25 | 26–24 | 24–26 | – | 90–100 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 22 January 2023 | 13:00 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 3–0 | Hatay Büyükşehir Belediye | 25–15 | 25–19 | 25–21 | – | – | 75–55 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 30 January 2023 | 15:00 | Halkbank | 3–1 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 25–17 | 26–28 | 25–19 | 25–20 | – | 101–84 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 3 February 2023 | 15:00 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 2–3 | Ziraat Bankası | 23–25 | 25–22 | 26–24 | 17–25 | 29–31 | 120–127 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 5 March 2023 | 16:00 | Fenerbahçe HDI Sigorta | 3–1 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 25–17 | 25–21 | 23–25 | 25–23 | – | 98–86 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 12 March 2023 | 14:00 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 3–0 | Cizre Belediyespor | 25–19 | 25–23 | 25–19 | – | – | 75–61 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 19 March 2023 | 16:00 | Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi | 1–3 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 25–19 | 17–25 | 20–25 | 22–25 | – | 84–94 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 22 March 2023 | 14:00 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 3–1 | Develi Belediye | 25–18 | 25–21 | 20–25 | 25–18 | – | 95–82 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 26 March 2023 | 13:00 | TÜRŞAD | 3–1 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 24–26 | 30–28 | 25–21 | 25–15 | – | 104–90 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 2 April 2023 | 15:00 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 3–0 | Spor Toto | 25–1825 | 15–25 | 21– | – | – | 61–1850 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 9 April 2023 | 16:00 | Altekma Spor Kulübü | 0–3 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 13–25 | 25–27 | 21–25 | – | – | 59–77 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 12 April 2023 | 17:00 | Arkas Spor | 3–1 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 25–22 | 25–19 | 22–25 | 25–21 | – | 97–87 | Report 1 Report 2 |

#### Playoffs
##### 5–8th place

* All times are Europe Time (UTC+03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 22 April 2023 | 15:00 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 3–0 | TÜRŞAD | 25–22 | 28–26 | 25–19 | – | – | 78–67 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 26 April 2023 | 18:00 | TÜRŞAD | 0–3 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 17–25 | 21–25 | 23–25 | – | – | 61–75 | Report 1 Report 2 |

##### 5–6th place

* All times are Europe Time (UTC+03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 4 May 2023 | 17:00 | Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi | 3–1 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 25–20 | 21–25 | 25–23 | 27–25 | – | 98–93 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 8 May 2023 | 15:00 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 3–0 | Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi | 25–22 | 25–20 | 25–19 | – | – | 75–61 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 11 May 2023 | 17:00 | Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi | 2–3 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 18–25 | 25–13 | 23–25 | 25–21 | 7–15 | 98–99 | Report 1 Report 2 |

### Turkish Men's Volleyball Cup (AXA Sigorta Kupa Voley)
#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 257 | 229 | 1.122 |
| 2 | Hekimoğlu Global Connect Travel Bvi | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1.600 | 283 | 274 | 1.033 |
| 3 | Cizre Belediyespor | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 239 | 242 | 0.988 |
| 4 | Develi Belediye | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 198 | 232 | 0.853 |

##### Results

* All times are Europe Time (UTC+03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 23 September 2022 | 19:00 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 3–0 | Develi Belediye | 25–22 | 25–23 | 25–21 | – | – | 75–66 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 24 September 2022 | 15:00 | Hekimoğlu Global Connect Travel Bvi | 3–2 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 17–25 | 25–27 | 26–24 | 25–19 | 15–12 | 108–107 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 25 September 2022 | 16:00 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 3–0 | Cizre Belediyespor | 25–23 | 25–14 | 25–18 | – | – | 75–55 | Report 1 Report 2 |

#### Quarter-finals

* All times are Europe Time (UTC+03:00).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 22 December 2022 | 18:00 | Ziraat Bankası | 3–2 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 22–25 | 31–29 | 25–16 | 22–25 | 15–10 | 115–105 | Report 1 Report 2 |

### CEV Cup
#### 16th Finals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 9 November 2022 | 19:30 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 3–0 | Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel | 25–19 | 25–17 | 25–23 | – | – | 75–59 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 15 November 2022 | 19:00 (21:00 TRT) | Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel | 0–3 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 26–28 | 22–25 | 21–25 | – | – | 69–78 | Report 1 Report 2 |

#### 8th Finals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 November 2022 | 20:00 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 2–3 | Chênois Genève | 22–25 | 26–24 | 25–23 | 19–25 | 13–15 | 105–112 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 14 December 2022 | 22:00 | Chênois Genève | 0–3 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 14–25 | 22–25 | 22–25 | – | – | 58–75 | Report 1 Report 2 |

#### Playoffs

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10 January 2023 | 20:00 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 1–3 | PGE Skra Bełchatów | 20–25 | 25–17 | 22–25 | 21–25 | – | 88–92 | Report 1 Report 2 |
| 26 January 2023 | 20:30 | PGE Skra Bełchatów | 3–2 | Galatasaray HDI Sigorta | 25–23 | 19–25 | 26–24 | 23–25 | 15–13 | 108–110 | Report 1 Report 2 |