Ünal Aysal

Ünal Aysal (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈynaɫ ajˈsaɫ], born 2 June 1941) is a Turkish businessman. He was the chairman of Galatasaray S.K.

Ünal Aysal
34th President of Galatasaray SK
In office 18 May 2011 – 25 October 2014
Preceded by	Adnan Polat
Succeeded by	Duygun Yarsuvat
Personal details
Born	(1941-06-02) 2 June 1941 Istanbul, Turkey
Spouses	Ahu Kerimoğlu ​ ​ (m. 1970; div. 2008)​ Fani Aysal ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	3 daughters
Residence(s)	Brussels, Belgium
Alma mater	Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Occupation	Energy Businessman
Profession	CEO

Business career

He graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1961. He then studied law at Istanbul University and later at University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

Aysal worked with Koç Holding in 1970-72 as the coordinator of the Ram Foreign Trade company and established the Unit International firm in 1974 in Brussels, Belgium. Aysal has been involved in the oil business and electric power industry, since 1984. He is currently the head of the Unit Group, which comprises 23 companies. He was honored in 1999 by the President of Turkey as the best representative of Turkish businesses abroad. As of 2011, his net worth is around $1 billion.

Galatasaray S.K.

On 14 May 2011, Aysal replaced Adnan Polat to become the 34th president of Galatasaray, with a record of highest majority of votes in the 106-year-history of Galatasaray, winning 2998 of the 4019 votes cast. The previous record was set by outgoing Adnan Polat, who won 2944 of the 5234 votes during the chairmanship election in March 2008. Aysal's main target was to turn the fortunes of the club's Football team around, as well as changing the club's financial fortunes around. He brought in Former Coach Fatih Terim with which the club has achieved previous Domestic and European success to lead the shake up of the squad to help compete at the highest level again.

Trophies won by club during presidency

Football

• Süper Lig (2): 2011–12, 2012–13
• Süper Kupa (2): 2012, 2013
• Türkiye Kupası (1): 2013–14

Men's Basketball

• Turkish Basketball League (1): 2012–2013

Women's Basketball

• EuroLeague Women (1): 2013-14
• Turkish Women's Basketball League (1): 2013-2014
• Turkish Women's Cup Basketball (3): 2011–2012, 2012–2013, 2013–2014
• Turkish President Cup (1): 2011-12

See also

• List of Galatasaray S.K. presidents