# 2022–23 Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) season

The 2022–23 season is Galatasaray's 68th season in the existence of the club. The team plays in the Women's Basketball Super League and in the EuroCup Women.

## Overview
### April

* On 27 April 2022, it was announced that Efe Güven, who has been working as Galatasaray Women's Basketball coach since 2018, parted ways.

### July

* On 7 July 2022, it was announced that a one-year agreement was reached with Alper Durur for the position of coaching the Galatasaray Women's Basketball Team.
* In the announcement made on 14 July 2022, Galatasaray in the European cups will take part in the FIBA EuroCup Women in the 2022–23 season.
* It has been reported that the cruciate ligaments of Sude Yılmaz, who was injured in the first quarter of the U20 Europa League semi-final match played between Turkey and Slovenia on 16 July 2022, without being hit while defending, were more likely to rupture.
* Müge Erdem was appointed as the General Manager of Women's Basketball on 21 July 2022.
* In the information given on 22 July 2022, it was announced that Sude Yılmaz, who was injured in the national match and had ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee, had a successful operation and closed the season.

### August

* The fixture of the 2022–23 season of the Women's Basketball Super League was determined with the drawing of lots held on 31 August 2022 at Sinan Erdem Dome.

### September

* In the notification made on 19 September 2022, it was announced that Çağdaş Faktoring is the name sponsor of our Galatasaray Women's Basketball Team.
* At the press conference held at Ali Sami Yen Sports Complex on 21 September 2022, a naming sponsorship agreement was signed with Çağdaş Faktoring.

### February

* The Turkish Women's Basketball Super League has been named after the national basketball player Nilay Aydoğan, who died during the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes starting from the 19th week of the season.

### June

* On 3 June 2023, Galatasaray Women's Basketball Team captain Işıl Alben announced that she had ended her professional basketball career.

## Team
### Players
### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Inactive |
| C | Teaira McCowan | Aija Putniņa | Devran Tanaçan | |
| PF | Azurá Stevens | Tuğçe Canıtez | Miray Balotu | Simge Tokmak |
| SF | Kamilė Nacickaitė | Meltem Yıldızhan | | Sude Yılmaz |
| SG | Epiphanny Prince | Ieva Pulvere | | |
| PG | Işıl Alben | Pelin Bilgiç | Büşra Akbaş | Merve Uygül |

### Squad changes
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 10 | PG | Işıl Alben | 36 | Botaş | 1 years | June 2023 | Free | 8 July 2022 |
| 15 | C | Teaira McCowan | 25 | Ormanspor | 1 years | June 2023 | Free | 1 August 2022 |
| 30 | F/C | Azurá Stevens | 26 | Chicago Sky | 1 years | June 2023 | Free | 3 August 2022 |
| 23 | PF | Meltem Yıldızhan | 22 | Nesibe Aydın | 1 years | June 2023 | Loan return | 4 August 2022 |
| 11 | PF | Aija Putniņa | 34 | Botaş | 1 years | June 2023 | Free | 5 August 2022 |
| 7 | PG | Merve Uygül | 32 | Nesibe Aydın | 1 years | June 2023 | Free | 8 August 2022 |
| 13 | C | Devran Tanaçan | 35 | GISA Lions SV Halle | 1 years | June 2023 | Free | 8 August 2022 |
| 1 | G/F | Kamilė Nacickaitė | 32 | Nesibe Aydın | 1 years | June 2023 | Free | 11 August 2022 |
| 12 | SG | Ieva Pulvere | 32 | Nesibe Aydın | 1 years | June 2023 | Free | 12 August 2022 |
| 41 | C | Alaina Coates | 27 | Indiana Fever | 2 months | December 2022 | Free | 5 October 2022 |
| 72 | F | Tuğçe Canıtez | 32 | Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyespor | 6 months | June 2023 | Free | 28 November 2022 |
| 5 | PG | Epiphanny Prince | 34 | Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyespor | 6 months | June 2023 | Free | 31 December 2022 |
| 4 | PG | Büşra Akbaş | 27 | Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyespor | 3 months | June 2023 | Free | 28 February 2023 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 3 | SF | Kaela Davis | 27 | Chicago Sky | End of contract | Free | 6 May 2022 |
| 15 | PF | Tina Krajišnik | 31 | Chicago Sky | End of contract | Free | 6 May 2022 |
| 30 | PF | Shante Evans | 30 | Basket 25 Bydgoszcz | End of contract | Free | 1 June 2022 |
| 12 | C | Anete Šteinberga | 32 | Tango Bourges Basket | End of contract | Free | 16 June 2022 |
| 23 | PG | Merve Aydın | 28 | Fenerbahçe Safiport | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 1 | PG | Eda Şahin | 22 | Hatayspor | End of contract | Free | 10 July 2022 |
| 14 | C | Gizem Başaran | 29 | Hatayspor | End of contract | Free | 10 July 2022 |
| 17 | PG | Gizem Yavuz | 34 | Emlak Konut SK | End of contract | Free | 18 July 2022 |
| 7 | SG | Mısra Albayrak | 21 | Melikgazi Kayseri Basketbol | End of contract | Free | 28 July 2022 |
| 5 | SF | Melis Gülcan | 26 | Botaş | End of contract | Free | 30 August 2022 |
| 41 | C | Alaina Coates | 27 | Free agent | End of contract | Free | 1 December 2022 |

#### Out on loan

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving to | Moving to | Date | Source |
| 14 | SF | | Arifecan Vardar | 19 | Edremit Belediyesi Gürespor | | 9 December 2022 | |
| 21 | PG | | Berna Şahin | 19 | Edremit Belediyesi Gürespor | | 9 December 2022 | |

### Staff and management

    As of 10 August 2022
| Name | Job |
| Müge Erdem | Infrastructure Administrative Coordinator |
| Melahat Aydın | Administrative Manager |
| Alper Durur | Head Coach |
| Batuhan Atiktürk | Assistant Coach |
| Emre Beşer | Assistant Coach |
| Can Alyüz | Assistant Coach |
| Süleyman Görgülü | Conditioner |
| Pelin Yılmaz | Physiotherapist |
| Zerrin Hatacıkoğlu | Masseuse |
| Alaaddin Akkoyun | Material Manager |
| Özcan Kör | Transportation |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| Women's Basketball Super League | 8 October 2022 | 20 April 2023 | Regular season | Semifinals | 31 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 2,358 | 2,098 | +260 | 070.97 |
| EuroCup Women | 26 October 2022 | 12 April 2023 | Regular season | Runners-up | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1,161 | 1,063 | +98 | 068.75 |
| Turkish Women's Basketball Cup | 6–7 March 2023 | Suspended | Quarterfinals | Suspended | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 3,519 | 3,161 | +358 | 070.21 |
Last updated: 20 April 2023 Source: Competitions

### Women's Basketball Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Belediyesi | 26 | 24 | 2 | 2041 | 1662 | +379 | 50 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding | 26 | 23 | 3 | 2308 | 1629 | +679 | 49 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring | 26 | 20 | 6 | 1991 | 1712 | +279 | 46 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | BOTAŞ | 26 | 18 | 8 | 1915 | 1673 | +242 | 44 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Emlak Konut | 26 | 16 | 10 | 1870 | 1759 | +111 | 42 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | Nesibe Aydın | 26 | 15 | 11 | 1993 | 1816 | +177 | 41 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 7 | Beşiktaş | 26 | 12 | 14 | 1838 | 1887 | −49 | 38 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 8 | Çankaya Üniversitesi | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1852 | 2030 | −178 | 35 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 9 | Ormanspor | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1859 | 1999 | −140 | 35 | |
| 10 | Bursa Uludağ Basketbol | 26 | 8 | 18 | 1879 | 2175 | −296 | 34 | |
| 11 | Melikgazi Kayseri Basketbol | 26 | 7 | 19 | 1780 | 2089 | −309 | 33 | |
| 12 | Antalya Toroslar Basketbol | 26 | 7 | 19 | 1653 | 2015 | −362 | 33 | |
| 13 | Rize Belediyesi | 26 | 6 | 20 | 1645 | 1923 | −278 | 32 | Relegation to TKBL |
| 14 | Tufan Metalurji Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyespor | 26 | 8 | 18 | 1316 | 1573 | −257 | 34 | |
* ↑ Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyespor withdrew from the league, following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, and was not relegated at the end of the season.

#### 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 |
| 26 | 20 | 6 | 1991 | 1712 | +279 | 11 | 2 | 995 | 827 | +168 | 9 | 4 | 996 | 885 | +111 |
Last updated: 30 March 2023. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

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

#### Playoffs
##### Quarterfinals

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

##### Semifinals

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

### EuroCup Women
#### Regular season (Group C)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | GOR | GAL | PIE | BYS |
| 1 | InvestInTheWest Enea Gorzów | 6 | 5 | 1 | 474 | 374 | +100 | 11 | Play-off Round 1 | — | 78–71 | 71–56 | 103–59 |
| 2 | Galatasaray Cagdas Factoring | 6 | 4 | 2 | 456 | 392 | +64 | 10 | Play-off Round 1 | 68–66 | — | 79–55 | 94–52 |
| 3 | Piešťanské Čajky | 6 | 3 | 3 | 416 | 389 | +27 | 9 | Play-off Round 1 | 68–70 | 71–63 | — | 81–55 |
| 4 | Slavia Banská Bystrica | 6 | 0 | 6 | 339 | 530 | −191 | 6 | | 52–86 | 70–81 | 51–85 | — |

#### 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 | 4 | 2 | 456 | 392 | +64 | 3 | 0 | 241 | 173 | +68 | 1 | 2 | 215 | 219 | −4 |
Last updated: December 14, 2022. Source: FIBA

#### Results by round

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

#### Matches

Win  Loss
    Note: All times are CET (UTC+1) as listed by EuroCup.

#### Play-Off Round 1

Win  Loss
    Note: All times are CET (UTC+1) as listed by EuroCup.

#### Round of 16

Win  Loss
    Note: All times are CET (UTC+1) as listed by EuroCup.

#### Quarterfinals

Win  Loss
    Note: All times are CET (UTC+1) as listed by EuroCup.

#### Semifinals

Win  Loss
    Note: All times are CET (UTC+1) as listed by EuroCup.

#### Final

Win  Loss
    Note: All times are CET (UTC+1) as listed by EuroCup.

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

Win  Loss  Postponed