2023–24 İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. season

The 2023–24 season was Başakşehir's 34th season in existence and 10th consecutive in the Süper Lig. They also competed in the Turkish Cup.

Başakşehir

2023–24 season
President	Göksel Gümüşdağ
Head coach	Emre Belözoğlu (until 3 September) Çağdaş Atan (from 11 September)
Stadium	Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium
Süper Lig	4th
Turkish Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Krzysztof Piątek (17) All: Krzysztof Piątek (17)
Home colours Away colours
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Players

First-team squad

As of 18 February 2024^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  TUR Volkan Babacan 3 DF  GHA Jerome Opoku (on loan from Arouca) 4 MF  TUR Onur Ergün 5 DF  BRA Léo Duarte 6 DF  BRA Lucas Lima 7 FW  TUR Serdar Gürler 8 MF  SRB Danijel Aleksić 9 FW  POL Krzysztof Piątek 10 MF  TUR Berkay Özcan 11 FW  BRA Davidson 14 MF  GRE Dimitrios Pelkas 15 DF  FRA Léo Dubois (on loan from Galatasaray) 16 GK  TUR Muhammed Şengezer 17 FW  SEN Philippe Kény 19 MF  ALG Mehdi Abeid

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  CMR Olivier Kemen 21 MF  TUR Mahmut Tekdemir (captain) 23 MF  TUR Deniz Türüç 24 DF  TUR Eren Karaağaç 25 FW  BRA João Figueiredo 26 MF  TUR Emirhan İlkhan (on loan from Torino) 27 DF  SEN Ousseynou Ba (on loan from Olympiacos) 34 DF  TUR Yağız Dilek 42 MF  TUR Ömer Ali Şahiner 70 DF  TUR Burak Sefa Kavraz 80 MF  TUR Berkay Aydoğmuş 85 MF  CIV Mohamed Hassan Fofana 89 MF  BRA Josef de Souza 91 FW  TUR Batuhan Çelik 98 GK  TUR Deniz Dilmen

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  TUR Efe Arda Koyuncu

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  POL Patryk Szysz

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  TUR Muhammet Arslantaş (at Kastamonuspor 1966 until 30 June 2024) — DF  AZE Mert Çelik (at Bandırmaspor until 30 June 2024) — DF  AZE Emre Kaplan (at Bandırmaspor until 30 June 2024) — DF  TUR Ayberk Kaygısız (at Isparta 32 Spor until 30 June 2024) — DF  CGO Francis Nzaba (at Gençlerbirliği until 30 June 2024) — DF  TUR Bedirhan Özyurt (at Kırklarelispor until 30 June 2024) — DF  TUR Muhammed Emin Sarıkaya (at GMG Kastamonuspor until 30 June 2024) — DF  TUR Cemali Sertel (at Hatayspor until 30 June 2024) — DF  TUR Ravil Tagir (at Westerlo until 30 June 2024) — DF  ALG Ahmed Touba (at Lecce until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  TUR Doğukan Tuzcu (at Kırıkkalegücü until 30 June 2024) — DF  CHN Wu Shaocong (at Gençlerbirliği until 30 June 2024) — MF  GUI Sékou Tidiany Bangoura (at Tuzlaspor until 30 June 2024) — MF  TUR Metin Emre Karaal (at Anadolu Üniversitesi SK until 30 June 2024) — MF  ISR Eden Kartsev (at Maccabi Tel Aviv until 30 June 2024) — MF  TUR Alican Özfesli (at Erzurumspor until 30 June 2024) — FW  TUR Enes Karakuş (at 1461 Trabzon until 30 June 2024) — FW  TUR Eray Sürül (at Karaman FK until 30 June 2024) — FW  TUR Efecan Barlık (at Kırklarelispor until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Mehdi Abeid	Khor Fakkan	Free	10 July 2023	[2]
FW	Krzysztof Piątek	Hertha Berlin	Free	18 July 2023	[3]
FW	Dimitrios Pelkas	Fenerbahçe	Free	21 July 2023	[4]
DF	Ousseynou Ba	Olympiacos	Loan	29 August 2023	[5]
MF	Emirhan İlkhan	Torino	Loan	30 August 2023	[6]
DF	Jerome Opoku	Arouca	Loan	14 September 2023	[7]
DF	Léo Dubois	Galatasaray	Loan	15 September 2023	[8]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Nacer Chadli	Westerlo	Free	1 July 2023	[9]
DF	Caner Erkin	Eyüpspor	Free	1 July 2023	[10]
MF	Lucas Biglia	Released		1 July 2023	[11]
DF	Muhammed Emin Sarıkaya	Ümraniyespor	Loan	4 July 2023	[12]
FW	Ahmed Kutucu	Eyüpspor	Undisclosed	12 July 2023	[13]
DF	Wu Shaocong	Gençlerbirliği	Loan	18 July 2023	[14]
MF	Mounir Chouiar	Released	Free	11 August 2023	[15]
FW	Stefano Okaka	Released	Free	18 August 2023	[16]
DF	Ahmed Touba	Lecce	Loan	27 August 2023	[17]

New contracts

Position	Player	Until	Ref.
DF	Şener Özbayraklı	June 2024	[18]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Antalyaspor v İstanbul Başakşehir

14 July 2023 Friendly	Antalyaspor	2–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Burdur, Turkey
17:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Makü İstiklal Stadı

İstanbul Başakşehir v Al-Markhiya

23 July 2023 Friendly	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–1	Al-Markhiya	Burdur, Turkey
18:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Makü İstiklal Stadı

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Süper Lig	14 August 2023	26 May 2024	Matchday 1		36	17	7	12	51	40	+11	047.22
Turkish Cup	7 December 2023	28 February 2024	Fourth round	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	050.00
Total					40	19	8	13	55	42	+13	047.50

Last updated: 12 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

Süper Lig

Main article: 2023–24 Süper Lig

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Fenerbahçe	38	31	6	1	99	31	+68	99	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Trabzonspor	38	21	4	13	69	50	+19	67	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Başakşehir	38	18	7	13	57	43	+14	61	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	Kasımpaşa	38	16	8	14	62	65	−3	56[a]
6	Beşiktaş	38	16	8	14	52	47	+5	56[a]	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[b]

Source: Süper Lig
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[19]
Notes:

1. Kasımpaşa are ahead of Beşiktaş on head-to-head points: Kasımpaşa 2–1 Beşiktaş, Beşiktaş 1–3 Kasımpaşa.
2. The 2023–24 Turkish Cup winners (Beşiktaş) qualify for the Europa League play-off round.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	17	7	12	51	40	+11	58	10	3	5	30	18	+12	7	4	7	21	22	−1

Last updated: 12 May 2024.
Source: Trendyol Süper Lig

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L
Position	19	20	20	20	18	19	19	15	17	17	18	18	17	17	14	14	10	10	11	8	9	10	9	8	8	9	7	6	6	6	7	6	5	4	4	4	4

Source: Trendyol Süper Lig
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 18 July 2023.^[20]

Alanyaspor v İstanbul Başakşehir

14 August 2023 1	Alanyaspor	2–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Alanya
21:00 UTC+3	Aliti  8' Richard  15' Karaca  35' Bayır  35' Novais 45+4' Özdemir  56' Carlos Eduardo 90+6'	Report	Pelkas  5' Figueiredo  45+6'  77' Aleksić  90+2'	Stadium: Kırbıyık Holding Stadium Attendance: 3,030 Referee: Tugay Kaan Numanoğlu

İstanbul Başakşehir v Fatih Karagümrük

20 August 2023 2	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–2	Fatih Karagümrük	Istanbul
19:15 UTC+3	Kartsev  28' Gürler  32' Pelkas  85'	Report	Mendes 6',  38' Şengezer 30' (o.g.) Rohdén  61' Shukurov  90' Dursun  90+4'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Referee: Burak Şeker

Fenerbahçe v İstanbul Başakşehir

28 September 2023 3	Fenerbahçe	4–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
20:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Note: The match scheduled for 27 August 2023 was postponed due to the UEFA Conference League play-offs.[21]

İstanbul Başakşehir v Konyaspor

2 September 2023 4	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–1	Konyaspor	Istanbul
19:15 UTC+3		Report	Cikalleshi 53'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan

İstanbulspor v İstanbul Başakşehir

17 September 2023 5	İstanbulspor	0–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
17:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Esenyurt Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium

İstanbul Başakşehir v Galatasaray

23 September 2023 6	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–2	Galatasaray	Istanbul
20:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

Kayserispor v İstanbul Başakşehir

2 October 2023 7	Kayserispor	0–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Kayseri
20:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Kadir Has Stadium

İstanbul Başakşehir v Gaziantep F.K.

7 October 2023 8	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–0	Gaziantep F.K.	Istanbul
19:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

Samsunspor v İstanbul Başakşehir

22 October 2023 9	Samsunspor	0–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Samsun
19:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium

Antalyaspor v İstanbul Başakşehir

29 October 2023 10	Antalyaspor	1–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Antalya
19:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Antalya Stadium

İstanbul Başakşehir v Ankaragücü

5 November 2023 11	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–3	Ankaragücü	Istanbul
16:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

Beşiktaş v İstanbul Başakşehir

12 November 2023 12	Beşiktaş	1–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
16:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Beşiktaş Stadium

İstanbul Başakşehir v Pendikspor

27 November 2023 13	İstanbul Başakşehir	4–1	Pendikspor	Istanbul
20:00				Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

Çaykur Rizespor v İstanbul Başakşehir

2 December 2023 14	Çaykur Rizespor	3–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Rize
16:00				Stadium: Rize City Stadium

İstanbul Başakşehir v Hatayspor

10 December 2023 15	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–0	Hatayspor	Istanbul
16:00				Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

İstanbul Başakşehir v Sivasspor

19 December 2023 17	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–1	Sivasspor	Istanbul
17:00				Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Referee: Mete Kalkavan

Trabzonspor v İstanbul Başakşehir

23 December 2023 18	Trabzonspor	1–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Trabzon
19:00				Stadium: Papara Park

İstanbul Başakşehir v Adana Demirspor

6 January 2024 19	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–0	Adana Demirspor	Istanbul
16:00				Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Referee: Turgut Doman

Kasımpaşa v İstanbul Başakşehir

9 January 2024 16	Kasımpaşa	0–3	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
20:00				Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium

İstanbul Başakşehir v Alanyaspor

13 January 2024 20	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–2	Alanyaspor	Istanbul
				Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

Fatih Karagümrük v İstanbul Başakşehir

20 January 2024 21	Fatih Karagümrük	1–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
16:00				Stadium: Esenyurt Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium Referee: Ümit Öztürk

İstanbul Başakşehir v Fenerbahçe

24 January 2024 22	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–1	Fenerbahçe	Istanbul
				Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

Konyaspor v İstanbul Başakşehir

28 January 2024 23	Konyaspor	2–3	İstanbul Başakşehir	Konya
13:30				Stadium: Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium

İstanbul Başakşehir v İstanbulspor

3 February 2024 24	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–0	İstanbulspor	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Piątek 36', 71' Ba  90+1'		Rroca  41'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Referee: Emre Kargın

Galatasaray v İstanbul Başakşehir

10 February 2024 25	Galatasaray	2–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Yılmaz 25' Mertens 31'			Stadium: Rams Park Referee: Cihan Aydın

İstanbul Başakşehir v Kayserispor

19 February 2024 26	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–3	Kayserispor	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Türüç 58' Kemen  79' Güreler 89' Piątek  65', 90+12'		Nazon 9' Karimi 15' Boa Morte 84' Kaldırım  90+4' Sazdağı  90+11'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Referee: Oğuzhan Çakır

Gaziantep v İstanbul Başakşehir

24 February 2024 27	Gaziantep	0–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Gaziantep
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Monteiro  45'		Figueiredo  40' Piątek 60' Abeid  57', 90+8' Türüç  84'	Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Referee: Ali Şansalan

İstanbul Başakşehir v Samsunspor

3 March 2024 28	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–0	Samsunspor	Istanbul
13:30				Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

İstanbul Başakşehir v Antalyaspor

9 March 2024 29	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–0	Antalyaspor	Istanbul
19:00				Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

Ankaragücü v İstanbul Başakşehir

16 March 2024 30	Ankaragücü	2–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Ankara
				Stadium: Eryaman Stadium

İstanbul Başakşehir v Beşiktaş

4 April 2024 31	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–1	Beşiktaş	Istanbul
20:30				Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

Pendikspor v İstanbul Başakşehir

14 April 2024 32	Pendikspor	2–3	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
				Stadium: Pendik Stadium

İstanbul Başakşehir v Çaykur Rizespor

21 April 2024 33	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–0	Çaykur Rizespor	Istanbul
13:30				Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

Hatayspor v İstanbul Başakşehir

27 April 2024 34

Hatayspor

1–2

İstanbul Başakşehir

Mersin

İstanbul Başakşehir v Kasımpaşa

5 May 2024 35	İstanbul Başakşehir	4–1	Kasımpaşa	Istanbul
16:00				Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

Sivasspor v İstanbul Başakşehir

12 May 2024 36

Sivasspor

0–1

İstanbul Başakşehir

Sivas

İstanbul Başakşehir v Trabzonspor

18 May 2024 37	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–1	Trabzonspor	Istanbul
19:00				Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

Adana Demirspor v İstanbul Başakşehir

26 May 2024 38	Adana Demirspor	v	İstanbul Başakşehir	Adana
19:00				Stadium: New Adana Stadium

Turkish Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Turkish Cup

İstanbul Başakşehir v Şanlıurfaspor

7 December 2023 Fourth round	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–0	Şanlıurfaspor	Istanbul
21:00	Pelkas 63' İlkhan 72'			Stadium: İstanbul Başakşehir Fatih Terim Referee: Yasin Kol

İstanbul Başakşehir v Boluspor

17 January 2024 Fifth round	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–0	Boluspor	Istanbul
13:00	Kény 19'			Stadium: İstanbul Başakşehir Fatih Terim Referee: Burak Olcar

İstanbul Başakşehir v Hatayspor

7 February 2024 Round of 16	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Hatayspor	Istanbul
17:30	Kény 23'		Massanga 58'	Stadium: İstanbul Başakşehir Fatih Terim Referee: Bahattin Şimşek
	Penalties
	Szysz Ba Türüç Özcan Opoku		Rivas Sağlam Massanga Sinik Strandberg

Trabzonspor v İstanbul Başakşehir

28 February 2024 Quarter-finals	Trabzonspor	1–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Trabzon
17:30	Višća 57'	Report		Stadium: Papara Park Referee: Kadir Sağlam