# 2021–22 Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) season

The 2021–22 season is Galatasaray's 67th season in the existence of the club. The team plays in the Women's Basketball Super League and in the EuroLeague Women.

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

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Inactive |
| C | Tina Krajišnik | Gizem Başaran | | Anete Šteinberga |
| PF | Shante Evans | Miray Balotu | Simge Tokmak | Arifecan Vardar |
| SF | Kaela Davis | Melis Gülcan | Sude Yılmaz | Berna Şahin |
| SG | Merve Aydın | Mısra Albayrak | | |
| PG | Pelin Bilgiç | Gizem Yavuz | Eda Şahin | |

### Squad changes
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 15 | C | Tina Krajišnik | 30 | Sopron Basket | 1 years | June 2022 | Free | 18 May 2021 |
| 5 | F | Melis Gülcan | 24 | Kayseri Basketbol | 1 years | June 2022 | Free | 19 May 2021 |
| 17 | G | Gizem Yavuz | 33 | Çankaya University | 1 years | June 2022 | Free | 20 May 2021 |
| 14 | C | Gizem Başaran | 28 | Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyespor | 1 years | June 2022 | Free | 20 May 2021 |
| 33 | SG | Chelsea Dungee | 24 | Dallas Wings | 1 years | June 2022 | Free | 20 May 2021 |
| 2 | G | Riquna Williams | 30 | Las Vegas Aces | 1 years | June 2022 | Free | 21 May 2021 |
| 23 | G | Merve Aydın | 27 | Alter Enersun Al-Qázeres Extremadura | 1 years | June 2022 | Free | 19 August 2021 |
| 3 | SF | Kaela Davis | 26 | CDB Clarinos Tenerife | 1 years | June 2022 | Free | 19 November 2021 |
| 10 | PG | Kelsey Plum | 27 | Las Vegas Aces | 6 months | June 2022 | Free | 15 January 2022 |
| 30 | PF | Shante Evans | 30 | Perfumerias Avenida | 4 months | June 2022 | Free | 7 February 2022 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 0 | PG | Asena Yalçın | 33 | Çukurova Basketbol | End of contract | Free | 17 May 2021 |
| 13 | C | Quanitra Hollingsworth | 32 | Çukurova Basketbol | End of contract | Free | 17 May 2021 |
| 11 | PG | Epiphanny Prince | 33 | Seattle Storm | End of contract | Free | June 2021 |
| 21 | C | Mercedes Russell | 25 | Seattle Storm | End of contract | Free | June 2021 |
| 7 | SF | Cansu Köksal | 27 | Beşiktaş HDI Sigorta | End of contract | Free | 16 July 2021 |
| 33 | G/F | Chelsea Dungee | 24 | Sydney Uni Flames | Contract termination | Free | 8 November 2021 |
| 2 | G | Riquna Williams | 31 | | Contract termination | Free | 12 January 2022 |
| 10 | PG | Kelsey Plum | 27 | Las Vegas Aces | End of contract | Free | 9 April 2022 |

### Coach

| Nat. | Name | Age. | Previous team | Previous team | Type | Ends | Date | Source |
| | Efe Güven | 39 | Galatasaray (assistant) | | 1 years | 2022 | 17 May 2021 | |

### On loan

| Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Moving from | Moving to | Moving to | Date | Contract | Ends | Source |
| PF | | Meltem Yıldızhan | 21 | Galatasaray | | Nesibe Aydın GSK | | 25 May 2021 | 1 years | June 2022 | |

### Staff and management

    As of 4 December 2021
| Name | Job |
| Zeynepgül Onay Ene | Managing Director |
| Müge Erdem | Infrastructure Administrative Coordinator |
| Efe Güven | Head Coach |
| Melahat Aydın | Administrative Manager |
| 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 | 16 October 2021 | 25 April 2022 | Regular season | Quarterfinals | 28 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 2,006 | 1,879 | +127 | 060.71 |
| EuroLeague Women | 6 October 2021 | 2 February 2022 | Regular season | 7th (Group B) | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 968 | 1,038 | −70 | 035.71 |
| EuroCup Women | 10 March 2022 | 7 April 2022 | Quarterfinals | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 306 | 265 | +41 | 075.00 |
| Turkish Women's Basketball Cup | 22 March 2022 | 22 March 2022 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 74 | −6 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 3,348 | 3,256 | +92 | 053.19 |
Last updated: April 25, 2022 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe (P, O) | 26 | 24 | 2 | 2321 | 1589 | +732 | 50 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Çukurova Basketbol (P, O) | 26 | 20 | 6 | 2066 | 1682 | +384 | 46 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Ormanspor (P, O) | 26 | 20 | 6 | 2069 | 1822 | +247 | 46 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Nesibe Aydın (P, O) | 26 | 18 | 8 | 1988 | 1845 | +143 | 44 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Galatasaray (P, O) | 26 | 17 | 9 | 1878 | 1732 | +146 | 43 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | BOTAŞ (P, O) | 26 | 15 | 11 | 1992 | 1848 | +144 | 41 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 7 | Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor (P, O) | 26 | 13 | 13 | 1846 | 1987 | −141 | 39 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 8 | Çankaya Üniversitesi (P, O) | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1982 | 2078 | −96 | 37 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 9 | Beşiktaş | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1881 | 1947 | −66 | 37 | |
| 10 | Hatayspor | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1976 | 2113 | −137 | 35 | |
| 11 | Antalya 07 Basketbol | 26 | 8 | 18 | 1668 | 1956 | −288 | 34 | |
| 12 | Kayseri Basketbol | 26 | 7 | 19 | 1801 | 2026 | −225 | 33 | |
| 13 | İzmit Belediyespor (R) | 26 | 7 | 19 | 1830 | 2078 | −248 | 33 | Relegation to TKBL |
| 14 | Elazığ İl Özel İdarespor (R) | 26 | 2 | 24 | 1643 | 2238 | −595 | 28 | Relegation to TKBL |

#### 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 | 17 | 9 | 1878 | 1732 | +146 | 8 | 5 | 876 | 782 | +94 | 9 | 4 | 1002 | 950 | +52 |
Last updated: April 19, 2022. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 |

#### 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.

### EuroLeague Women
#### Regular season (Group B)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | FEN | SOP | SCH | KUR | GIR | LAN | GAL | GDY |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1108 | 892 | +216 | 25 | Advance to quarterfinals | | 73–47 | 82–65 | 83–58 | 78–57 | 65–70 | 107–62 | 87–67 |
| 2 | Sopron Basket | 14 | 8 | 6 | 935 | 897 | +38 | 22 | Advance to quarterfinals | 59–82 | | 67–58 | 79–72 | 53–68 | 76–54 | 73–44 | 67–40 |
| 3 | Beretta Famila Schio | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1011 | 966 | +45 | 22 | Advance to quarterfinals | 64–60 | 71–70 | | 64–80 | 68–76 | 96–56 | 76–73 | 75–61 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kursk | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1038 | 1021 | +17 | 22 | Excluded | 57–63 | 73–77 | 74–93 | | 92–75 | 75–57 | 78–76 | 86–76 |
| 5 | Spar Girona | 14 | 7 | 7 | 972 | 977 | −5 | 21 | Advance to quarterfinals | 71–59 | 63–68 | 65–55 | 66–71 | | 70–78 | 55–69 | 80–70 |
| 6 | Basket Landes | 14 | 7 | 7 | 966 | 1050 | −84 | 21 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 76–93 | 61–52 | 64–79 | 78–75 | 71–80 | | 71–62 | 79–70 |
| 7 | Galatasaray | 14 | 5 | 9 | 968 | 1038 | −70 | 19 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 69–89 | 67–61 | 67–80 | 70–80 | 80–68 | 83–64 | | 71–60 |
| 8 | VBW Arka Gdynia | 14 | 2 | 12 | 935 | 1092 | −157 | 16 | | 70–87 | 71–86 | 71–67 | 64–67 | 65–78 | 74–87 | 76–75 | |

#### 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 |
| 14 | 5 | 9 | 968 | 1038 | −70 | 4 | 3 | 507 | 502 | +5 | 1 | 6 | 461 | 536 | −75 |
Last updated: February 5, 2022. Source: FIBA

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 |

#### Matches

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

### EuroCup Women
#### Quarterfinals

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

#### EuroCup Women Final Four
##### Semifinals

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

##### Third place game

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

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

Win  Loss