Why Wasn’t Galatasaray In FIFA 2000?

FIFA 2000, developed by EA Sports in 1999; It was released simultaneously on PC, PlayStation, Game Boy Color and Nintendo 64 platforms. The game at that time with advanced graphics was noticeable.

FIFA 2000 was the first FIFA game to include Major League Soccer in the USA and Europe League Soccer (J. League) in Japan. EA Sports, which includes football leagues from all over the world, is playing the game to appeal to football fans in Turkey. Turkish League also added.

He added, but there was something strange in the game. Galatasaray was not present in the game in which all Turkish League teams took part.

Galatasaray was the most successful club in the Turkish League in 2000. The yellow and red teams are in full swing starting from the 96-97 season. League championship 4 seasons in a row had lived. Despite being so successful, Galatasaray was not included in the game.

Instead of Cimbomun, Sakaryaspor, who competed in the 2nd league that season, was in the game. So why?

As almost everyone knows, EA Sports is the one in the FIFA series. license rights of clubs is buying. Thanks to these rights, the company can add many details such as the names, logos, jerseys, players of the clubs it wants to add to the game.

However, not every club wants to sell their license or can sell the license right to the game developer who pays more. This being the case, Galatasaray, one of the most successful Turkish teams of recent years, is now from EA Sports. more money demanded.

However, EA Sports turned down Galatasaray’s request.

What was discussed between the game maker and the club, what the details are is unknown, but the situation turned out to be such that EA Sports finally took Galatasaray. never added to the game.

Normally, EA Sports or other game developers will replace the team or player that they cannot license. to fake version gives place. For example, in FIFA 2000 Ronaldo Nazario’s FIFA, who could not get the license, added the player to the game as no.9.

Things must have happened between EA and Galatasaray that the producer did not even include a fake version of Galatasaray in FIFA 2000.

It is quite normal to experience such things due to financial problems in football games or any game. Things get even more interesting in FIFA 2001, which meets the players a year later. Galatasaray won both the Turkish Super League and the 1999-2000 season. UEFA Cup won.

After a very successful season, EA Sports featured Galatasaray in FIFA 2001, but this time too. Turkish League did not take part in the game. In fact, as you can see in the photo, when the game was put on sale in Turkey, the legend of the yellow and red people, Gheorghe Hagi, was on its cover.