2022–23 İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. season

Başakşehir
2022–23 season
President	Göksel Gümüşdağ
Head coach	Emre Belözoğlu
Stadium	Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium
Süper Lig	5th
Turkish Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa Conference League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Danijel Aleksić (8); All: ; Danijel Aleksić (14)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 33rd in the history of İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. and their ninth consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Süper Lig, Turkish Cup, and UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 22 March 2023^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	TUR	Volkan Babacan
2	MF	TUR	Şener Özbayraklı
4	DF	CHN	Wu Shaocong
5	DF	BRA	Léo Duarte
7	FW	TUR	Serdar Gürler
8	MF	SRB	Danijel Aleksić
11	MF	BEL	Adnan Januzaj (on loan from Sevilla)
15	FW	TUR	Batuhan Çelik
16	GK	TUR	Muhammed Şengezer
17	FW	SEN	Philippe Kény
18	FW	POL	Patryk Szysz
19	MF	TUR	Berkay Özcan
20	MF	ARG	Lucas Biglia
21	MF	TUR	Mahmut Tekdemir (captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	TUR	Deniz Türüç
25	FW	BRA	João Figueiredo
34	FW	TUR	Muhammet Arslantaş
41	DF	TUR	Efe Arda Koyuncu
42	MF	TUR	Ömer Ali Şahiner
51	DF	GNB	Edgar Ié
59	DF	ALG	Ahmed Touba
60	DF	BRA	Lucas Lima
72	MF	ISR	Eden Kartsev
77	FW	ITA	Stefano Okaka
78	GK	TUR	Yağız Efe Erataman
88	DF	TUR	Caner Erkin
98	GK	TUR	Deniz Dilmen
—	DF	TUR	Ayberk Kaygısız

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	AZE	Emre Kaplan (at Adanaspor until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	CGO	Francis Nzaba (at Dinamo Tbilisi until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	TUR	Muharrem Öner (at Esenler Erokspor until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	TUR	Bedirhan Özyurt (at Pazarspor until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	TUR	Muhammed Emin Sarıkaya (at Ankara Keçiörengücü until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	TUR	Cemali Sertel (at Antalyaspor until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	TUR	Ravil Tagir (at Westerlo until 30 June 2024)
—	DF	TUR	Can Yazıcı (at Serik Belediyespor until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	TUR	Barkın Yiğit (at Uşakspor until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	GUI	Sekoua Tidiany Bangoura (at Gençlerbirliği until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BEL	Nacer Chadli (at Westerlo until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	TUR	Metin Emre Karaal (at Büyükçekmece Tepecikspor until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	TUR	Alper Karaman (at Esenler Erokspor until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	TUR	Alican Özfesli (at Erzurumspor until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	GUI	Alya Toure (at Sumgayit until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	TUR	Efecan Barlık (at Ergene Velimeşe until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	FRA	Mounir Chouiar (at Kasımpaşa until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	TUR	Atabey Çiçek (at Bandırmaspor until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	TUR	Enes Karakuş (at 1461 Trabzon until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	TUR	Ahmed Kutucu (at SV Sandhausen until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Source
30 June 2022	—	FW	Enzo Crivelli	Saint-Étienne	End of loan
	—	MF	Peter Žulj	Fehérvár	End of loan
	—	MF	Azubuike Okechukwu	Yeni Malatyaspor	End of loan
	—	DF	Cemali Sertel	Çaykur Rizespor	End of loan
	—	DF	Carlos Ponck	Çaykur Rizespor	End of loan
	—	DF	Mert Çelik	Neftçi PFK	End of loan
	—	DF	Emre Kaplan	Hatayspor	End of loan
	—	MF	Mete Kaan Demir	Eyüpspor	End of loan
	—	DF	Muhammed Sarıkaya	Yeni Malatyaspor	End of loan
	—	MF	Emir Şenocak	Menemen	End of loan
	—	FW	Muhammet Arslantaş	Belediye Kütahyaspor	End of loan
	—	MF	Salim Farsak	Alanya Kestelspor	End of loan
	—	FW	Muzaffer Kahrıman	52 Orduspor	End of loan
	—	DF	Mustafa Kutay Pekşen	Bayrampaşa	End of loan
9 May 2022	32	DF	Francis Nzaba	Diables Noirs	Free	^[2]
6 June 2022	—	MF	Alper Karaman	Esenler Erokspor	Free	^[3]
10 June 2022	20	MF	Lucas Biglia	Fatih Karagümrük	Free	^[4]
30 June 2022	59	DF	Ahmed Touba	RKC Waalwijk	€2,000,000	^[5]
8 July 2022	5	DF	Léo Duarte	AC Milan	€2,000,000	^[6]
8 July 2022	11	FW	Mounir Chouiar	Dijon	€1,500,000	^[7]
14 July 2022	10	MF	Mesut Özil	Fenerbahçe	Free	^[8]
22 August 2022	9	FW	Bertrand Traoré	Aston Villa	Loan	^[9]
29 August 2022	17	FW	Philippe Kény	Bandırmaspor	€1,200,000	^[10]
10 January 2023	4	DF	Wu Shaocong	Guangzhou	Free	^[11]
23 January 2023	51	DF	Edgar Ié	Free agent		^[12]
28 January 2023	88	DF	Caner Erkin	Fatih Karagümrük	Free	^[13]
31 January 2023	72	MF	Eden Kartsev	Maccabi Netanya	€2,300,000	^[14]
3 February 2023	11	MF	Adnan Januzaj	Sevilla	Loan	^[15]
17 February 2023	25	FW	João Figueiredo	Gaziantep	€650,000	^[16]
18 February 2023	22	DF	Ayberk Kaygısız	Balıkesirspor	Undisclosed	^[17]
2 March 2023	80	MF	Berkay Aydoğmuş	Nazilli Belediyespor	Undisclosed	^[18]

Out

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Source
30 June 2022	27	FW	Trézéguet	Aston Villa	End of loan
	20	MF	Pizzi	Benfica	End of loan
	48	MF	Salih Uçan	Beşiktaş	End of loan
	5	DF	Léo Duarte	AC Milan	End of loan
1 July 2022	—	MF	Soner Aydoğdu	Antalyaspor	Free
1 July 2022	4	DF	Ravil Tagir	Westerlo	Loan
5 July 2022	—	DF	Emre Kaplan	Adanaspor	Loan
16 July 2022	—	MF	Emir Şenocak	Bandırmaspor	Free
20 July 2022	—	FW	Abdulkadir Çelik	Kırşehir Futbol SK	Free
27 July 2022	—	DF	Cemali Sertel	Antalyaspor	Loan	^[19]
28 July 2022	—	FW	Atabey Çiçek	Bandırmaspor	Loan	^[20]
1 August 2022	52	MF	Emre Çolak	Göztepe	Free	^[21]
6 August 2022	—	MF	Salim Farsak	1461 Trabzon	Free
7 August 2022	—	MF	Alper Karaman	Esenler Erokspor	Loan
11 August 2022	—	FW	Muzaffer Kahrıman	Uşakspor	Free
30 August 2022	27	FW	Enzo Crivelli	Servette	Free	^[22]
31 August 2022	32	MF	Peter Žulj	Changchun Yatai	Free
31 August 2022	28	MF	Tolga Ciğerci	MKE Ankaragücü	Free	^[23]
1 September 2022	—	DF	Carlos Ponck	Chaves	Free	^[24]
6 September 2022	22	FW	Nacer Chadli	Westerlo	Loan
8 September 2022	22	FW	Fredrik Gulbrandsen	Adana Demirspor	Free	^[25]
8 September 2022	—	MF	Mete Demir	Eyüpspor	Free	^[26]
8 September 2022	—	DF	Mustafa Kutay Pekşen	Bayrampaşa	Free
8 September 2022	—	DF	Muhammed Sarıkaya	Ankara Keçiörengücü	Loan	^[27]
6 January 2023	14	MF	Azubuike Okechukwu	Çaykur Rizespor	Free	^[28]
16 January 2023	2	DF	Hasan Ali Kaldırım	MKE Ankaragücü	Free	^[29]
19 January 2023	6	DF	Alexandru Epureanu	Ümraniyespor	Free	^[30]
24 January 2023	32	DF	Francis Nzaba	Dinamo Tbilisi	Loan	^[31]
25 January 2023	55	DF	Youssouf Ndayishimiye	Nice	€11,500,000	^[32]
28 January 2023	11	FW	Mounir Chouiar	Kasımpaşa	Loan	^[33]
31 January 2023	9	FW	Bertrand Traoré	Aston Villa	End of loan	^[34]
16 February 2023	—	DF	Emre Kaplan	Bandırmaspor	Loan
17 February 2023	99	FW	Atabey Çiçek	Bandırmaspor	Loan
6 March 2023	80	DF	Júnior Caiçara		Contract termination	^[35]
22 March 2023	10	MF	Mesut Özil	Retired		^[36]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

1 July 2022 Friendly	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–0	Metalist Kharkiv	Burdur
17:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Çolak 6' Chadli 59', 72'			Stadium: Makü İstiklal Stadı

8 July 2022 Friendly	İstanbul Başakşehir	4–0	Altay	Burdur
18:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Bangoura 15' Gürler 32' Chadli 40' Çiçek 60'			Stadium: Makü İstiklal Stadı

10 July 2022 Friendly	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–0	Antalyaspor	Burdur
18:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Makü İstiklal Stadı

15 July 2022 Friendly	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–0	Konyaspor	Istanbul
18:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Crivelli 62'			Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium

25 September 2022 Friendly	İstanbul Başakşehir	5–2	Eyüpspor	Istanbul
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Arslantaş 35' Okaka 55' Kény 60' Aleksić 75' Chouiar 80'		Yumurtacı 82' Babel 87'	Stadium: Başakşehir 3 Nolu Saha

30 November 2022 Friendly	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–1	Hull City	Belek
15:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Aleksić 13' (pen.)		Smith 74'	Stadium: Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort - Field 1

10 December 2022 Friendly	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–1	Westerlo	Antalya
15:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Özcan 38' Chouiar 40'		Nene 9'	Stadium: Mardan 2. Stadı

13 December 2022 Friendly	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–2	Toulouse	Antalya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Kény 28' Türüç 78' (pen.)	Report	Chaïbi 30' (pen.) Dallinga 38'

25 February 2023 Friendly	Göztepe	0–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	İzmir
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Gürsel Aksel Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Süper Lig	8 August 2022	6 June 2023	Matchday 1	5th	36	18	8	10	54	37	+17	050.00
Turkish Cup	21 December 2022	11 June 2023	Fifth round	Runners-up	6	3	2	1	11	9	+2	050.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	21 July 2022	15 March 2023	Second qualifying round	Round of 16	14	8	4	2	27	12	+15	057.14
Total					56	29	14	13	92	58	+34	051.79

Source: Soccerway

Süper Lig

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Beşiktaş	36	23	9	4	78	36	+42	78	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4	Adana Demirspor	36	20	9	7	76	45	+31	69
5	İstanbul Başakşehir	36	18	8	10	54	37	+17	62
6	Trabzonspor	36	17	6	13	64	54	+10	57
7	Fatih Karagümrük	36	13	12	11	75	63	+12	51

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.^[37]

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	18	8	10	54	37	+17	62	12	2	4	31	17	+14	6	6	6	23	20	+3

Source: Spor Toto 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	H	A	H		H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A		A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	B	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	B	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W
Position	1	4	2	6	4	2	3	1	5	3	4	2	2	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Source: Spor Toto Süper Lig
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league schedule was released on 4 July.^[38]

8 August 2022 1	İstanbul Başakşehir	4–0	Kasımpaşa	Istanbul
19:15 TRT (UTC+3)	Tekdemir 13' Aleksić 22' Ndayishimiye 23' Szysz 38' Chouiar 74' Türüç 77' (pen.)	Report	Hajradinović 15' Özcan 51' Petretta 76'	Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 1,849 Referee: Ali Palabıyık

15 August 2022 2	Konyaspor	0–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Eskişehir
19:15 TRT (UTC+3)	Calvo 58'	Report	Tekdemir 62' Şahiner 73' Biglia 73'	Stadium: New Eskişehir Stadium Attendance: 2,666 Referee: Sarper Barış Saka

21 August 2022 3	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–0	Kayserispor	Istanbul
19:15 TRT (UTC+3)	Chadli 22' Özcan 49'	Report		Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

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Bye

3 September 2022 5	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–0	Alanyaspor	Istanbul
19:15 TRT (UTC+3)	Gürler 23' Okaka 72' Kény 85'	Report	Güneş 45+1' Fer 65' Pereira 90+3'	Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 2,073 Referee: Ali Şansalan

12 September 2022 6	Beşiktaş	0–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Uçan 58' Saïss 86' Sanuç 90+4'	Report	Caiçara 63' Traoré 71' Duarte 76' Ndayishimiye 82' Türüç 90' Okaka 90+4'	Stadium: Vodafone Park Attendance: 35,288 Referee: Halil Umut Meler

18 September 2022 7	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–0	Fatih Karagümrük	Istanbul
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Tekdemir 90+3'	Report	Ozdoyev 56' Shukurov 66' 90+5'	Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 2,350 Referee: Bahattin Şimşek

1 October 2022 8	Ankaragücü	1–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Ankara
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Ciğerci 55' (pen.) 57'	Report	Okaka 3' Şahiner 28' Kény 78' Türüç 81'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 10,400 Referee: Arda Kardeşler

10 October 2022 9	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–2	Sivasspor	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Ndayishimiye 69' Traoré 90+3'	Report	Saba 45+2' (pen.), 85'	Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 2,329 Referee: Kadir Sağlam

16 October 2022 10	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–0	İstanbulspor	Istanbul
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Ndayishimiye 26', 78' 82' Biglia 44' Türüç 74' Caiçara 90+1'	Report	Yeşil 35'	Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 1,302 Referee: Erkan Özdamar

22 October 2022 11	Fenerbahçe	1–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Kahveci 62' Rossi 84'	Report	Türüç 61' Tekdemir 69'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 42,079 Referee: Zorbay Küçük

31 October 2022 12	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–1	Giresunspor	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Ndayishimiye 38' 44' Kény 65' Şahiner 76'	Report	Piçinciol 50' Sainz 57' Serginho 80'	Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 2,353 Referee: Mert Güzenge

7 November 2022 13	Hatayspor	3–3	İstanbul Başakşehir	Hatay
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Yıldırım 12' Vranješ 74' El Kaabi 75' Adekugbe 80' Zé Luís 81' Boudjemaa 90+1'	Report	Youssouf Ndayishimiye 42' Aleksić 45+5' 65' Chouiar 56' Traoré 60' Gürler 90+1'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 6,261 Referee: Suat Arslanboğa

12 November 2022 14	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–7	Galatasaray	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Ndayishimiye 44' Aleksić 83'	Report	Aktürkoğlu 14', 59', 85' Icardi 45' (pen.) Ndayishimiye 45+3' (o.g.) Mertens 65' Rashica 74' Muslera 76' Bardakcı 88'	Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 7,771 Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan

23 December 2022 15	Ümraniyespor	1–3	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Nayir 17' 40' Atasayar 28' Ayık 80'	Report	Aleksić 2' Gürler 45+5' 57' Ndayishimiye 90+3'	Stadium: Ümraniye Municipality City Stadium Attendance: 1,185 Referee: Arda Kardeşler

27 December 2022 16	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–0	Antalyaspor	Istanbul
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Tekdemir 33' Türüç 57' Aleksić 66' Duarte 82'	Report	Balcı 66' Kudryashov 88'	Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 833 Referee: Halil Umut Meler

5 January 2023 17	Gaziantep	1–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Gaziantep
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Maxim 45+4' 90+7' Marković 73'	Report	Özcan 44'	Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Attendance: 2,471 Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

9 January 2023 18	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–1	Adana Demirspor	Istanbul
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Tekdemir 19' Touba 28' Türüç 52' (pen.) Gürler 62' Okaka MS'	Report	Rodrigues 51' Belhanda 52' Akaydin 58' 90'	Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 1,899 Referee: Arda Kardeşler

14 January 2023 19	Trabzonspor	1–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Trabzon
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Bakasetas 21' Peres 77'	Report	Gürler 64' Okaka 85' 90+6' Ndayishimiye 90+5'	Stadium: Şenol Güneş Sports Complex Attendance: 29,767 Referee: Ali Şansalan

21 January 2023 20	Kasımpaşa	1–3	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Özcan 16' Hajradinović 36' Ouanes 47' 90+8' Kalkan 85' Kara 90+7' Eysseric 90+11'	Report	Aleksić 48' Tekdemir 72' Türüç 90+9' (pen.) Szysz 90+11'	Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Attendance: 1,910 Referee: Turgut Doman

29 January 2023 21	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–0	Konyaspor	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Özcan 43' Türüç 64' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 1,833 Referee: Suat Arslanboğa

2 February 2023 22	Kayserispor	1–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Kayseri
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Kemen 27' Carole 45+5' Karimi 49'	Report	Karzev 79'	Stadium: Kadir Has Stadium Referee: Kadir Sağlam

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