Okan Buruk chasing a new record
Okan Buruk, the coach of Galatasaray, who will host Atakaş Hatayspor on Tuesday, 2 April in the 31st week of the Trendyol Super Lig, wants to break the record of consecutive home wins at the head of the yellow-red team.
Okan Buruk, who won the Super League championship in his first year with the yellow-red team, which he started to coach at the beginning of last season, also broke many records in the remaining period.
The experienced coach has won the last three home matches of last season and 15 home matches this season in the Super League to record an 18-match winning streak. Buruk shared Gündüz Kılıç's record for the most consecutive home wins by a Turkish coach at the helm of Galatasaray with his 14th win in the home series.
Afterwards, Buruk improved this record and this time he shared Mircea Lucescu's record of 18 home wins.
Lucescu set a record with an 18-match winning streak at home between May 2001 and May 2002 at the helm of Galatasaray. Okan Buruk will leave the Romanian coach behind if he wins the Hatayspor game.
At the end of 30 weeks, he holds the points record
Okan Buruk is having the most successful season in Super League history.
Buruk, who had 26 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat in the remaining 30 matches in the league, collected 81 points. Galatasaray became the team with the most points this week in the history of the league.
The experienced coach played a leading role in this success of the yellow-reds.
Broke records, made history
Galatasaray recorded the longest winning streak in Super League history under Okan Buruk.
The yellow-red team, which won 14 matches (one by forfeit) between the 12th and 25th weeks of last season, became the new owner of the record of consecutive wins, which belongs to Beşiktaş and has not been beaten for 63 years.
Okan Buruk also wrote his name in history as the coach with the most consecutive victories at Galatasaray with 17 in official matches.
Fastest manager to 50 wins
Okan Buruk became the fastest manager to reach 50 wins in the Super League.
Buruk led Galatasaray to 28 wins, four draws and four defeats in 36 matches last season. This season, the experienced coach saw 26 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat in the league, which is in its 30th week.
Okan Buruk reached 50 wins in the league after 62 matches and took the title of the coach who achieved this in the shortest time.
Türkiye's most championship-winning player
Okan Buruk made history by winning the most championships in his career as a footballer and coach in the Super League.
Buruk, who lifted the cup 7 times as a footballer, experienced this joy 2 times in his coaching career.
Okan Buruk, who experienced the joy of his first championship as a manager at the head of Başakşehir, made history as the first Turkish coach to lead two different teams to this success after Mustafa Denizli, who made three different teams champions in the Super League.
Buruk became the second person after Hamza Hamzaoğlu to win a championship at Galatasaray as both a player and a coach.
