The 2008-2009 Galatasaray uniforms

The new uniforms for the 08/09 season have been officially unveiled. This year we will have four uniforms that you can see in the photo on the bottom. They come in four types (from left to right); The “Metin Oktay” , The “White”, the “Striped”, and the “Orange”.

Metin Oktay

The classic Galatasaray uniform. Half red, half yellow. Ever since the league began in 1957, the players have been wearing this uniform. The jersey has been dedicated to the legendary Galatasaray forward Metin Oktay who played for the team around the same time as the league started. My pick for the best uniform.

White

This year the white jersey has gone through a bit of a transformation with the addition of a yellow-red stripe to go along the right hand side. Not my type though. If they just left the stripe out it would be a clean uniform that I would love to have as my second uniform. But the stripe, while it adds the CimBom factor, isn’t someting that I personally like.

Striped

This is something new by the manufacturers. Galatasaray always had a uniform which had yellow-red stripes comeing down, but this is the first time that a uniform only has three stripes with two yellows sandwiching a red. According to the club website, the team will use this uniform primarily in the European theater. A good uniform in my opinion.

Orange

A week before the end of the season, club president Adnan Polat revealed that he would like to see an Oranje uniform next season. His reason? He always loved watching the Holland national team and wished to see his team one day wear an orange jersey. And well the pres always gets what he wants. Galatasaray have worn several colors before, red, yellow, yellow-red, black, gray, white, but this is the first time that Orange will be used. I assume that the orange uniform was chosen in the place of a black one.

Category: 2008-2009 Preseason, Uncategorized

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