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Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (Galatasaray Sports Club) is a Turkish sports club based in İstanbul which is most famous for its football section. Founded in 1905, Galatasaray currently has 15 Turkish league championships, and also won the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 2000. Galatasaray is the only team that won the UEFA Cup without being beaten in a single match, and were also notable for being the first team to win the competition after having been knocked out of the Champions League. In winning the UEFA Cup during season 1999/00 beating Arsenal of England on penalties, Galatasaray became the first Turkish club to win a European trophy. This honour was not achieved without controversy, however, as two supporters of Leeds United of England were murdered by Galatasaray fans before the two clubs met in the Istanbul leg of the competition semifinal.

The club is the most internationally recognised Turkish club as a result of its domination of its domestic league and frequent appearances in international club competitions over the past decade. The club is also one of the "Big Three" clubs in Turkey - the others are the arch-rivals Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş.

Galatasaray is famous for its rabid home support, especially for its supporters' habit of displaying enormous banners throughout its ground telling visiting teams "Welcome to hell!" The club's ground, Ali Sami Yen Stadyumu, reopened for the 2004-05 season after being completely rebuilt into a modern facility.

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