List of Galatasaray S.K. records and statistics
Transfers -- Highest transfer fees paid
Table:
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Name

Fee (M€)

From

Year

1

Mário Jardel

17.7

Porto

2000

2

Fernando Muslera

11.75

Lazio / Montevideo Wanderers

2011

3

Bruma

10.0[41]

Sporting CP

2013

3

Mbaye Diagne

10.0[42]

Kasımpaşa S.K.

2018

4

Nordin Amrabat

8.6[43]

Kayserispor

2012

5

Kader Keïta

8.5

Lyon

2009

6

Elano

8.0

Manchester City

2009

7

Serkan Aykut

7.75

Samsunspor

2000

8

Bülent Akın

7.75

Denizlispor

2000

9

Wesley Sneijder

7.5[44]

Internazionale

2013

9

Badou Ndiaye

7.5[45]

Osmanlıspor

2017

Drawing on the accompanying table along with the supplementary paragraphs listed at the end.

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Mário Jardel de Almeida Ribeiro ( Brazilian Portuguese : [ ˈmaɾiu ʒaʁˈdɛw ] ; born 18 September 1973 ) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a forward . He was most noted for his positioning on the field and his heading ability . He was a legend for Grêmio , playing a major part in the squad that won the 1995 Copa Libertadores . With his exceptional positioning ability , he was able to become one of Europe 's most prolific strikers during his time at Porto , Galatasaray , and Sporting CP , scoring 266 goals in 274 matches for those clubs . After leaving Sporting CP in 2003 at age 29 , Jardel had a succession of brief and unsuccessful stints at clubs in England , Italy , Spain , Cyprus , Bulgaria , Argentina and Australia . He then played for several smaller clubs in Brazil before retiring in 2011 . Jardel made his debut for the Brazil national football team in 1996 , making a total of 10 appearances and being selected for the 2001 Copa América .
Futebol Clube do Porto , MHIH , OM ( Portuguese pronunciation : [ futɨˈβɔl ˈkluβ ( ɨ ) ðu ˈpoɾtu ] ) , commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto . It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga , the top flight of Portuguese football , Founded on 28 September 1893 , Porto is one of the Big Three ( Portuguese : Os Três Grandes ) teams in Portugal - together with Lisbon-based rivals Benfica and Sporting CP - that have appeared in every season of the Primeira Liga since its establishment in 1934 . They are nicknamed Dragões ( Dragons ) , for the mythical creature atop the club 's crest , and Azuis e brancos ( Blue-and-whites ) , for the shirt colours . The club supporters are called Portistas . Since 2003 , Porto have played their home matches at the Estádio do Dragão , which replaced the previous 103-year-old ground , the Estádio das Antas . Porto is the second most decorated team in Portugal , with 76 major trophies , of which 69 were achieved in domestic competitions . These comprise 28 Primeira Liga titles ( five of which were won consecutively between 1994-95 and 1998-99 , a Portuguese football record ) , 16 Taça de Portugal , 4 Campeonato de Portugal , and a record 21 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira . Porto is the second team in Portuguese league history to have won two titles without any defeat , namely in the 2010-11 and 2012-13 seasons . In the former , Porto achieved the largest-ever difference of points between champion and runner-up in a three-points-per-win system ( 21 points ) , on their way to a second quadruple . In international competitions , Porto is the most decorated Portuguese team , with seven trophies . They won the European Cup/UEFA Champions League in 1987 and 2004 , the UEFA Cup/Europa League in 2003 and 2011 , the UEFA Super Cup in 1987 , and the Intercontinental Cup in 1987 and 2004 . In addition , they were runners-up in the 1983-84 European Cup Winners ' Cup and in the 2003 , 2004 and 2011 editions of the UEFA Super Cup .
Néstor Fernando Muslera Micol ( Spanish : [ feɾˈnando muzˈleɾa ] ; born 16 June 1986 ) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish club Galatasaray and the Uruguay national team . He is considered one of the finest goalkeepers of his generation and was ranked as high as sixth-best in the world by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics in 2011 . Muslera began his career at Montevideo Wanderers and Nacional , moving to Lazio in 2007 where he won the 2009 Coppa Italia Final . In 2011 , he was signed by Galatasaray for a fee of around €12 million , where he has since won honours which include 5 Süper Lig titles , 4 Turkish Cups and 4 Turkish Super Cups . A full international since 2009 , Muslera has earned over 100 caps for Uruguay . He has played in four Copa América tournaments , winning the title in 2011 , and played every minute in goal for Uruguay as the country 's undisputed number one in the 2010 , 2014 , and 2018 FIFA World Cups helping his nation to fourth place in the 2010 edition .
Società Sportiva Lazio ( BIT : SSL ; Lazio Sport Club ) , commonly referred to as Lazio ( Italian pronunciation : [ ˈlattsjo ] ) , is an Italian professional sports club based in Rome , most known for its football activity . The society , founded in 1900 , plays in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football . Lazio have been Italian champions twice ( 1974 , 2000 ) , and have won the Coppa Italia seven times , the Supercoppa Italiana five times , and both the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup and UEFA Super Cup on one occasion . The club had their first major success in 1958 , winning the domestic cup . In 1974 , they won their first Serie A title . The 1990s have been the most successful period in Lazio 's history , seeing them win the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 1999 , the Serie A title in 2000 , and reaching their first UEFA Cup final in 1998 . Due to a severe economic crisis in 2002 that forced president Sergio Cragnotti out of the club along with several star players being sold , Lazio 's success in the league declined . In spite of the lower funds , the club has won four Coppa Italia titles since then ; in 2004 , 2009 , 2013 and 2019 . Current president Claudio Lotito took charge of the club in 2004 after two years of a vacuum after Cragnotti 's departure . Lazio 's traditional kit colours are sky blue shirts and white shorts with white socks ; the colours are reminiscent of Rome 's ancient Hellenic legacy . Sky blue socks have also been interchangeably used as home colours . Their home is the 70,634 capacity Stadio Olimpico in Rome , which they share with A.S. Roma .
Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club , usually known simply as Wanderers is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo . The club are currently members of the Primera División and play at the Estadio Viera . As well as football , the club also has teams playing basketball , volleyball , athletics , futsal , pool and pelota .
Armindo Tué Na Bangna ( born 24 October 1994 ) , known as Bruma , is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Dutch club PSV Eindhoven as a winger , with skill and speed being his main assets .
Sporting Clube de Portugal ComC MHIH OM ( Portuguese pronunciation : [ ˈspɔɾtĩɡ ( ɨ ) ˈkluβ ( ɨ ) ðɨ puɾtuˈɣaɫ ] ) ( Euronext : SCP ) , otherwise known as Sporting , Sporting CP , and referred to colloquially as Sporting Lisbon , is a football club based in Lisbon , Portugal . Founded on 1 July 1906 , Sporting is one of the Três Grandes ( Big Three ) clubs in Portugal , along with rivals S.L . Benfica and FC Porto , that have never been relegated from the top flight of Portuguese football , Primeira Liga , since 1934 . Sporting are nicknamed Leões ( Lions ) and Verde e Brancos ( Green and Whites ) . The club 's anthem , A Marcha do Sporting ( Sporting 's March ) , was written in 1955 . In March 2019 , Sporting reported having more than 80,500 paying members , with the rest of them , 98,400 , without their fees paid in full . Sporting are the third most decorated Portuguese football team , with a total of 50 trophies , including one international title , the 1963-64 European Cup Winners ' Cup . Domestically , they have won 18 Primeira Liga titles , 17 Portuguese Cups ( Taça de Portugal ) , 4 Championship of Portugal ( a record tied with Porto ) , 2 Taça da Liga and 8 Portuguese Super Cup trophies . Internationally , Sporting are currently ranked 31st in UEFA club rankings .
Mbaye Diagne ( born 28 October 1991 ) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Club Brugge on loan from Galatasaray and the Senegal national team .
Kasımpaşa S.K . ( Turkish pronunciation : [ ˈkasɯmpaʃa ] , Kasımpaşa Sports Club ) , also known as Kasımpaşa SK or simply Kasımpaşa , is a Turkish professional football club located in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul . They play their home games in the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium in Kasımpaşa , a neighbourhood of the district of Beyoğlu . The club is one of five Süper Lig clubs representing Istanbul , along with Fenerbahçe , Galatasaray , Beşiktaş and İstanbul Başakşehir . The 2018-19 season is Kasımpaşa 's fifteenth ( non-consecutive ) season in the Süper Lig in their 98th year in existence .
Noureddine Nordin Amrabat ( Arabic : نورالدين أمرابط ; born 31 March 1987 ) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr and the Morocco national team . Amrabat played for Dutch national youth teams and once was called up for the senior national side . On 1 October 2009 , Amrabat announced his decision to play for Morocco , which he represented at two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and the 2012 Olympics .
Kayseri Spor Kulübü , commonly known as Kayserispor , is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri . They play their home matches at the Kadir Has Stadium in red and yellow kits . The team has won one Turkish Cup in 2008 and also finished as Turkish Super Cup runners-up in the same year . They finished fifth in the Turkish Super League four times , in 2005-06 , 2006-07 , 2007-08 , and 2012-13 . Internationally , Kayserispor was one of the co-winners of the 2006 Intertoto Cup .
Abdul Kader Keïta ( born 6 August 1981 ) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a winger . He represented the Ivory Coast national football team from 2000 to 2012 .
Olympique Lyonnais ( French pronunciation : ​ [ ɔlɛ̃pik ljɔnɛ ] ) , commonly referred to as simply Lyon ( French pronunciation : ​ [ ljɔ̃ ] ) or OL , ( Euronext : OLG ) is a French professional football club based in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes , It plays in France 's highest football division , Ligue 1 . The club was formed as Lyon Olympique Universitaire in 1899 , according to many supporters and sport historians , but was nationally established as a club in 1950 . The club 's most successful period has been the 21st century . The club won its first Ligue 1 championship in 2002 , starting a national record-setting streak of seven successive titles . Lyon has also won eight Trophées des Champions , five Coupes de France and three Ligue 2 titles . Lyon has participated in the UEFA Champions League 12 times , and during the 2009-10 season , reached the semi-finals of the competition for the first time after three previous quarter-final appearances . Olympique Lyonnais plays its home matches at the 59,186-seat Parc Olympique Lyonnais , commercially known as Groupama Stadium , in Décines-Charpieu , a suburb of Lyon . The club 's home colors are white , red and blue . Lyon was a member of the G14 group of leading European football clubs and are founder members of its successor , the European Club Association . Olympique Lyonnais is one of the most popular clubs in France . A 2009 survey found that about 11% of the country 's football fans support the club , a proportion Lyon shared with Paris Saint-Germain , behind only Olympique de Marseille . The club 's nickname , Les Gones , means The Kids in Lyon 's regional dialect of Arpitan .
Elano Blumer ( born 14 June 1981 ) , simply known as Elano , is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder , and is the manager of Inter de Limeira . Known for his accurate passing and precise set pieces , Elano started his career at Santos , and spent six years in Europe in the service of Shakhtar Donetsk , Manchester City and Galatasaray . He returned to Santos in 2011 , and later joined fellow league teams Grêmio and Flamengo , before signing for Chennaiyin of the Indian Super League as their marquee player . In 2015 , after finishing the season as league top scorer , Elano rejoined Santos for a third spell . Elano earned 50 caps for the Brazil national team between 2004 and 2011 , scoring nine goals . He represented the nation at their triumphs in the 2007 Copa América and the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup , and also played at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2011 Copa América .
Manchester City Football Club is an English football club based in Manchester that competes in the Premier League , the top flight of English football . Founded in 1880 as St. Mark 's ( West Gorton ) , it became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894 . The club 's home ground is the City of Manchester Stadium in east Manchester , to which it moved in 2003 , having played at Maine Road since 1923 . Manchester City entered the Football League in 1899 , and won their first major honour with the FA Cup in 1904 . It had its first major period of success in the late 1960s , winning the League , FA Cup and League Cup under the management of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison . After losing the 1981 FA Cup Final , the club went through a period of decline , which eventually saw them relegated as far down as third tier of English football by the end of the 1997-98 season . They since regained promotion to the top tier in 2001-02 and have remained a fixture in the Premier League since 2002-03 . In 2008 , Manchester City was purchased by Abu Dhabi United Group for £210 million and received considerable financial investment . The club have won six domestic league titles . Under the management of Pep Guardiola they won the Premier League in 2018 becoming the only Premier League team to attain 100 points in a single season . In 2019 , they won four trophies , completing an unprecedented sweep of all domestic trophies in England and becoming the first English men 's team to win the domestic treble . Manchester City 's revenue was the fifth highest of a football club in the world in the 2018-19 season at €568.4 million .
Serkan Aykut ( born 24 February 1975 ) is a retired Turkish footballer . He played in the striker position . Aykut started to play at Samsunspor . After becoming top scorer with 30 goals in the season 1999-2000 , he transferred to Galatasaray SK for $ 5.9 million . He played two seasons for Galatasaray SK successfully and won the UEFA Super Cup in 2000 . Aykut signed a contract with his former club Samsunspor in July 2002 for four years and one additional year as option . He is recently captain of the team at Samsunspor .
Samsunspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Samsun . The club was formed through a merger of five clubs : 19 Mayıs , Akınspor , Fener Gençlik , Samsunspor , and Samsunspor Galatasaray . The club colours are red and white , and they play their home matches at Samsun Stadium . The club finished runners-up for the 2 . Lig crown in 1968-69 , but then yo-yoed between the top two divisions until 1993 . The club competed in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1997 and 1998 , and won the Balkans Cup in 1994 .
Bülent Akın ( born 28 August 1978 ) is a Belgian-born Turkish former footballer .
Denizlispor , due to current sponsorship Yukatel Denizlispor , is a Turkish sports club based in Denizli . It is known by its distinct green and black colors . The club 's branches include football , volleyball , basketball , table tennis , and gymnastics . The Denizlispor football squad , which was founded in 1966 , is the largest and most popular of the clubs teams . The team plays its home matches at the Denizli Atatürk Stadium , which has a seating capacity of up to 19,500 fans . [ citation needed ] Denizlispor finished fifth in the 2001-02 Süper Lig , which qualified them for the UEFA Cup . In the 2002-03 UEFA Cup , the team defeated FC Lorient , Sparta Prague , and Olympique Lyonnais , before losing in the fourth round to FC Porto , who won the tournament .
Wesley Sneijder ( Dutch pronunciation : [ ˈʋɛsli ˈsnɛidər ] ( listen ) ; born 9 June 1984 ) is a former Dutch professional footballer . He was named UEFA midfielder of the season and one of the three best midfielders in the world for 2010 by FIFA . A product of the Ajax Youth Academy , he started his professional career playing for Ajax , with whom he won four trophies and was awarded the Johan Cruyff Trophy in 2004 . He was sold to Real Madrid for €27 million in 2007 , winning La Liga in his first season with the club , and transferred to Inter Milan for €15 million in 2009 . At Inter , he won Serie A , the UEFA Champions League , the FIFA Club World Cup , and two Coppa Italia . After being sold to Galatasaray for €7.5 million in 2013 , he helped the club win the Süper Lig in his first season , following with the capture of the Turkish Super Cup , after a 1-0 win against rivals Fenerbahçe . After an unsuccessful stint with Nice , he concluded his footballing career at Qatar Stars League team Al Gharafa . Sneijder previously represented various youth squads for the Netherlands . He was a regular player for the Dutch national team , making his debut in April 2003 at the age of 18 , and representing his country at the 2006 , 2010 ( where the Netherlands were defeated 1-0 in the final ) and 2014 FIFA World Cups , as well as the 2004 , 2008 and 2012 UEFA European Football Championships . Individually , he was awarded the 2010 Bronze Boot , the 2010 Silver Ball , and included in the team of the tournament for Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup , as well as named man of the match for six out of eleven games played by the Oranje at these two tournaments . With 134 caps , he is the most capped Dutch player of all time . He announced his international retirement in March 2018 .
Football Club Internazionale Milano , commonly referred to as Internazionale ( pronounced [ ˌinternattsjoˈnaːle ] ) or simply Inter , and known as Inter Milan outside Italy , is an Italian professional football club based in Milan , Lombardy . Inter is the only Italian club to have never been relegated from the top flight . Founded in 1908 following a schism within the Milan Cricket and Football Club ( now A.C. Milan ) , Inter won its first championship in 1910 . Since its formation , the club has won 30 domestic trophies , including 18 league titles , 7 Coppa Italia and 5 Supercoppa Italiana . From 2006 to 2010 , the club won five successive league titles , equalling the all-time record at that time . They have won the Champions League three times : two back-to-back in 1964 and 1965 and then another in 2010 . Their latest win completed an unprecedented Italian seasonal treble , with Inter winning the Coppa Italia and the Scudetto the same year . The club has also won three UEFA Cups , two Intercontinental Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup . Inter 's home games are played at the San Siro stadium , which they share with local rivals A.C. Milan . The stadium is the largest in Italian football with a capacity of 80,018 . Matches between A.C. Milan and Inter , known as the Derby della Madonnina , are one of the most followed derbies in football . As of 2019 [ update ] , Inter has the highest home game attendance in Italy and the sixth hightest attendance in Europe .
Papa Alioune Ndiaye ( IPA : [ ⁿdʒaj ] ; born 27 October 1990 ) , known as Badou Ndiaye , is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Trabzonspor , on loan from Stoke City . Badou began his career with Diambars in his native Senegal before moving to Norwegian side Bodø/Glimt in 2012 . After impressing in Norway he joined Turkish Süper Lig side Osmanlıspor in 2015 . He spent two years with Osmanlıspor before joining Galatasaray in August 2017 for a fee of €7.5 million . In January 2018 Badou signed for English Premier League club Stoke City for a fee of £14 million . Following Stoke 's relegation in 2017-18 , Badou re-joined Galatasaray on loan for the 2018-19 season .
Osmanlıspor Futbol Kulübü ( Turkish pronunciation : [ ˈosmanɫɯspoɾ ] ) , commonly known as Osmanlıspor , is a Turkish professional football club based in the country 's capital Ankara . It currently plays in the TFF First League .