Okan Buruk Makes History in the Champions League

Galatasaray, who beat Stuttgart 2-0 in the Champions League at home, saw head coach Okan Buruk achieve a notable success in the European competition. Buruk has coached the yellow-and-red side in 22 Champions League matches and won 8 of them. With this result, he reached a win rate of 36 percent.

With this rate, Buruk moved ahead of Mircea Lucescu and Fatih Terim. He has been recorded as the Galatasaray coach with the highest Champions League win percentage in the club's history.

Lucescu played 26 Champions League matches as Galatasaray's coach and won 9 of them. The Romanian coach, who passed away in April, had his win rate recorded as 34 percent. Fatih Terim played 53 Champions League matches and won 14 of them. Terim's win percentage during this period was calculated as 26 percent.