Competing with the current president Dursun Özbek in the extraordinary election general assembly, where the 100th term management was determined on January 20, 2018 in the yellow-red club, Cengiz became the 37th president of Galatasaray by getting 1,703 votes against 1,623.
Mustafa Cengiz management, who struggled with financial fair-play problems and had frequent meetings with UEFA, won the Super League championship at the end of the season. The yellow-red club also won the FIBA European Cup in women’s basketball.
Mustafa Cengiz, who promised to go to the ordinary general assembly in the normal time before the elections in January, once again fought for the presidency at the ordinary general assembly in May 2018. Cengiz, who made many changes in the list of the board, was elected as the 101st term chairman, leaving Dursun Özbek, Ozan Korkut and Ali Fatinoğlu with 2 thousand 525.
Galatasaray, under the chairmanship of Cengiz, who received the vote of confidence in the second election he entered, reached the championship for the second time in a row in the 2018-2019 season. The yellow-red team, which won the Ziraat Turkish Cup and the TFF Super Cup in the same season, achieved an important success.
During Cengiz’s term, Galatasaray Women’s Volleyball Team placed fourth in the CEV Champions League in the 2017-2018 season and second in the CEV Cup this season.
Despite the trophies won in football, Mustafa Cengiz’s management was subjected to great criticism due to the fact that they were unsuccessful in non-football branches, especially in men’s basketball this season, because they avoided relegation in the last few weeks.
The only coach in football
Mustafa Cengiz only worked with Fatih Terim in football during his 1246-day presidency.
The president of the yellow-red club continued to work with Fatih Terim, who was appointed for the 4th time in December 2017 during the Dursun Özbek term. Galatasaray won 4 trophies in football during this period.
Cengiz decided not to continue on the road in the last part of his term with Terim, whom he had many problems with during his presidency and polemicized in front of the public. Mustafa Cengiz did not agree with a new coach due to the end of the season and the election.
Discharge and court processes
Mustafa Cengiz had to deal with lawsuits for a long time because he was not released from an administrative point of view at the financial general assembly in 2019.
Mustafa Cengiz, who drew the reaction of some members due to many events such as his statements and the events experienced during the member recruitment processes, was not released from an administrative point of view at the controversial financial general assembly held in 2019. Mustafa Cengiz, who had to go to the elections and could not be a candidate again, and some administrators, took the matter to court. Cengiz’s administration, which postponed the election by making a stay of execution decision, canceled the expulsion as a result of subsequent lawsuits.
Although the board of directors won the lawsuits, they could not get rid of the criticism within the club.
Riva and Florya projects, Kemerburgaz land
The projects that started during the Dursun Özbek period to evaluate the lands of Galatasaray Club in Riva and Florya continued in the period of Mustafa Cengiz.
While the construction process started for the evaluation of the Riva land, the construction of the new facility in Kemerburgaz, which was required for the evaluation of Florya, was delayed. For this reason, the state of the Florya land was restructured.
A separate court process started because the person holding the mining license on the land allocated to the club in Kemerburgaz did not evacuate. As the lawsuits filed after long struggles are won, the construction process will be able to start in the new administration period.
Mustafa Cengiz’s administration has also come to an end in court proceedings regarding Galatasaray Island.
About 20 million euros profit on the transfer
Galatasaray Club made a profit of approximately 20 million euros in football player trading under the management of Mustafa Cengiz.
Galatasaray, which signed a financial fair play agreement with UEFA, could not spend more than the transfer fee.
While the yellow-red people transferred nearly 40 players during the Cengiz period, they parted ways with nearly 30 players. Galatasaray earned about 60 million euros from the aforementioned players. The yellow-red people spent 40 million euros as a testimonial fee.
During the Genghis era, Galatasaray got 16 million from Badou Ndiaye, 11 million from Ozan Kabak, 9 million from Garry Rodrigues, 6 million from Bafetimbi Gomis, 4.5 million from Fernando Reges, 2.4 million from Luis Pedro Cavanda. earned 1.7 million euros from Maicon and 750 thousand euros from Lionel Carole.
Galatasaray earned about 5 million euros from the loan of Mbaye Diagne to different teams, 1.5 million from the loan of Ryan Babel and 1.25 million euros from Kostas Mitroglou.
During the Genghis era, 13 million Euros for Mbaye Diagne, 8 million Euros for Christian Luyindama, 4 million Euros for Emre Akbaba and Marcao, 2.5 million Euros for Yuto Nagatomo and 300 thousand Euros for Valentine Ozornwafor were paid.
Galatasaray gave a rental fee of 7 million Euros for the rental of Mustafa Muhammed, Henry Onyekuru, Jean-Michael Seri, Florin Andone, Mario Lemina, Emre Mor, Steven N’Zonzi, Marcelo Saracchi.
Men’s basketball crisis
Galatasaray Men’s Basketball Team had a difficult time in the 2020-2021 season.
The yellow-red team, which could not display a successful graphic during Mustafa Cengiz’s term, struggled to stay in the cluster in the ING Basketball Super League this season.
Galatasaray, which entered the season under the management of Ertuğrul Erdoğan, was entrusted to Ömer Uğurata after an early farewell to Europe and a bad course. Although many foreign players were transferred, Ekrem Memnun was appointed to Galatasaray, which was on the relegation line throughout the season.
Under the management of Ekrem Memnun, the yellow-red players, who had a breakout, guaranteed to stay in the league with 1 game before the end of the regular season.
had serious health problems
Mustafa Cengiz struggled with serious health problems in the last 1 year of his presidency.
Mustafa Cengiz, who became ill in the first months of 2020, underwent a series of operations on his brain and stomach. Cengiz was treated for a long time during this period.
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