İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.

Not to be confused with İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K..

İstanbul Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [isˈtɑnbuɫ bɑʃɑkʃeˈhiɾ futˈboɫ kulyˈby]), or due to sponsorship reasons Rams Başakşehir is a Turkish professional football club based in the Başakşehir district of Istanbul. The club is better known simply as Başakşehir (Turkish pronunciation: [bɑʃɑkʃeˈhiɾ]). The club was founded in 1990 as İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club). They first reached the highest level in Turkish Football in 2007–08. They play their home games at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium in Istanbul.

İstanbul Başakşehir

Full name	İstanbul Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Boz Baykuşlar (The Grey Owls) Turuncu Lacivertliler (The Orange-Navy Blues)
Short name	İBFK
Founded	15 June 1990; 33 years ago (1990-06-15), as İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü 4 June 2014; 9 years ago (2014-06-04), as İstanbul Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü
Ground	Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium
Capacity	17,319
President	Göksel Gümüşdağ
Head coach	Çağdaş Atan
League	Süper Lig
2022–23	Süper Lig, 5th of 19
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

The club is one of eight Süper Lig teams based in Istanbul, along with Beşiktaş, Fatih Karagümrük, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, İstanbulspor, Kasımpaşa and Pendikspor. In the 2016–17 season, they participated in the Süper Lig, Turkish Cup and UEFA Europa League. In the 2017–18 season they reached the play-off round of the UEFA Champions League qualifying round. They won their first top flight title in the 2019–20 season.

History

 

Starting line-up before play-off round 2nd leg encounter against Shakhtar Donetsk on 25 August 2016

The club is comparatively new relative to many of the other professional Turkish teams, having been established in 1990. The club's former name was ISKI Spor Kulübü and they were owned by the municipality's water distribution company. ISKI Spor Kulübü competed in the Regional Amateur Football League in the 1990–91 season and were promoted to the TFF Second League. After promotion, the club's name changed to İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü (Turkish for Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club). The club played in the TFF Second League until 1996, but after the 2006–07 season they were promoted to the Süper Lig. Finishing 12th in the 2007–08 season enabled them to remain in the Süper Lig for the 2007–08 season. In the 2009–10 season, the club finished the season in 6th place. In the 2012–13 season, the club finished 16th and relegated to the TFF First League. But it finished in the TFF First League as champions and made an immediate return to the top level in the 2013–14 season.

In 2014, the club was bought by new owners with ties to the ruling Justice and Development Party.^[3][4] Its name was changed in June 2014 to İstanbul Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü.^[5] During the following 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons, the club finished in 4th place.

On 25 May 2015, İstanbul Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü signed a sponsorship agreement with "Medipol Eğitim ve Sağlık Grubu" (Medipol Education and Health Group) for four years and the team's name changed to Medipol Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü.^[6]

On 19 July 2020, Başakşehir were crowned champions of the Turkish Süper Lig for the first time in the club's history.^[7] They also became only the sixth club in the competition's history to win the league title and the fourth club from Istanbul to do so.^[8][9][10]

They won their first Champions League fixture on 4 November 2020 in a 2–1 home win over English side Manchester United in 2024 There are joining City Football Group

Stadium

 

Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium pictured in 2017

See also: Atatürk Olympic Stadium and Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

Before the name change İstanbul Başakşehir were playing their games at Atatürk Olympic Stadium but starting from the 2014–15 season they began to play their games at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium which on 26 July 2014 opened officially to public. The venue has a capacity of 17,800 spectators. It is the new home of İstanbul Başakşehir playing in the Süper Lig.

Honours

Leagues

• Süper Lig
  • Winners (1): 2019–20
• 1. Lig
  • Winners (1): 2013–14
• 2. Lig
  • Winners (2): 1992–93, 1996–97

Past seasons

Main article: List of İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. seasons

Domestic results

Season	League	Place	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Turkish Cup
1990–91	This season İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor played in Amateur Level^[nb 1]
1991–92	TFF Second League (III)	9	34	10	13	11	35	37	43	–
1992–93	TFF Second League (III)	1	30	19	8	3	51	20	65	–
1993–94	TFF First League (II)	6	32	9	12	11	35	37	39	Second round
1994–95	TFF First League (II)	9	32	8	10	14	35	46	34	Third round
1995–96	TFF Second League (III)	3	26	14	8	4	49	22	50	–
1996–97	TFF Second League (III)	1	32	22	8	2	82	27	74	Second round
1997–98	TFF First League (II)	3	35	18	8	9	62	45	62	Fifth round
1998–99	TFF First League (II)	7	36	16	7	13	65	52	55	Fourth round
1999–2000	TFF First League (II)	4	32	15	9	8	47	32	54	Second round
2000–01	TFF First League (II)	5	37	19	7	11	80	57	64	Third round
2001–02	TFF First League (II)	12	38	13	11	14	46	45	50	Round of 32
2002–03	TFF First League (II)	14	34	11	7	13	35	48	40	First round
2003–04	TFF First League (II)	13	34	10	7	14	42	50	37	Second round
2004–05	TFF First League (II)	9	34	12	10	12	34	35	46	First round
2005–06	TFF First League (II)	7	34	13	13	8	43	31	52	Second round
2006–07	TFF First League (II)	2	34	19	8	7	56	27	65	Group stage
2007–08	Süper Lig (I)	12	34	10	8	16	44	47	38	Second round
2008–09	Süper Lig (I)	9	34	12	6	16	37	46	42	Second round
2009–10	Süper Lig (I)	6	34	16	8	10	47	11	56	Quarter-finals
2010–11	Süper Lig (I)	12	34	12	6	16	40	45	42	Runners-up
2011–12	Süper Lig (I)	6	34	14	8	12	48	49	50	Round of 16
2012–13	Süper Lig (I)	16	34	9	9	16	43	50	36	Second round
2013–14	TFF First League (II)	1	36	24	6	6	76	38	78	Round of 32
From 2014 to 2015 season as İstanbul Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü
2014–15	Süper Lig (I)	4	34	15	14	5	49	30	59	Round of 16
2015–16	Süper Lig (I)	4	34	16	11	7	54	36	59	Quarter-finals
2016–17	Süper Lig (I)	2	34	21	10	3	63	28	73	Runners-up
2017–18	Süper Lig (I)	3	34	22	6	6	62	34	72	Round of 16
2018–19	Süper Lig (I)	2	34	19	10	5	49	22	67	Round of 16
2019–20	Süper Lig (I)	1	34	20	9	5	65	34	69	Round of 16
2020–21	Süper Lig (I)	12	40	12	12	16	43	55	48	Semi-finals
2021–22	Süper Lig (I)	4	38	19	8	11	56	36	65	Fourth round
2022–23	Süper Lig (I)	5	36	18	8	10	54	37	62	Runners-up

League affiliation

• Süper Lig: 2007–13, 2014–
• TFF First League: 1993–95, 1997–07, 2013–14
• TFF Second League: 1992–93, 1995–97

European history

Accurate as of 15 March 2023

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
UEFA Champions League	12	2	2	8	15	28	−13	016.67
UEFA Europa League	24	7	6	11	24	35	−11	029.17
UEFA Europa Conference League	14	8	4	2	28	12	+16	057.14
Total	50	17	12	21	67	75	−8	034.00

Source: UEFA.com
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal Difference.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	3QR	AZ	1–2	0–2	1–4
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	3QR	Rijeka	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
		PO	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–2	0–2	1–4
2017–18	UEFA Champions League	3QR	Club Brugge	2–0	3–3	5–3
		PO	Sevilla	1–2	2–2	3–4
	UEFA Europa League	Group C	Braga	2–1	1–2	3rd
			Ludogorets Razgrad	0–0	2–1
			1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	1–3
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	3QR	Burnley	0–0	0–1	0–1
2019–20	UEFA Champions League	3QR	Olympiacos	0–1	0–2	0–3
	UEFA Europa League	Group J	Roma	0–3	0–4	1st
			Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	2–1
			Wolfsberger AC	1–0	3–0
		R32	Sporting CP	4–1	1–3	5–4
		R16	Copenhagen	1–0	0–3	1–3
2020–21	UEFA Champions League	Group H	Paris Saint-Germain	0–2	1–5	4th
			RB Leipzig	3–4	0–2
			Manchester United	2–1	1–4
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	2QR	Maccabi Netanya	1–1	1–0	2–1
		3QR	Breiðablik	3–0	3–1	6–1
		PO	Antwerp	1–1	3–1	4–2
		Group A	Fiorentina	3–0	1–2	1st
			Heart of Midlothian	3–1	4–0
			RFS	3–0	0–0
		R16	Gent	1–4	1–1	2–5

UEFA ranking

See also: UEFA coefficient

As of 21 June 2023

Season	Rank	Points	Ref.
2016	194	7.920	^[11]
2017	158	10.340	^[12]
2018	140	8.500	^[13]
2019	118	10.500	^[14]
2020	71	21.500	^[15]
2021	60	26.500	^[16]
2022	63	25.000	^[17]
2023	56	31.000	^[18]

Players

Current squad

As of 18 February 2024^[19]

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 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. 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. 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)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   ALG Ahmed Touba (at Lecce until 30 June 2024) — DF   TUR Doğukan Tuzcu (at Kırıkkalegücü 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)

Club officials

Board of directors Role Name President   Göksel Gümüşdağ Vice-president   Çağatay Kalkancı Deputy Chairmen   Mesut Altan   Ömer Faruk Ayvacı   Mustafa Saral   Ahmet Ketenci Board Members   Volkan Sarıhan   Zafer Topaloğlu   Kağan Şahin   Fatih Karaca CEO   Mustafa Eröğüt Team Manager   Uğur Şener Financial Director   Özay Aymak Stadium and Facilities responsible   Ali Fuat Şen Administrative Manager   Murat Yaman Marketing Director   Elif Aslı Koç License and Accreditation Officer   Tugay Kurtgöz Marketing and Ticketing Officer   Onur Hot Academy Director   Nedim Yiğit Academy Administrative Manager   Ali Bartu Türker Store Manager   Erhan Saydam Accounting Specialists   Sertaç Dağli   Hacı Ibrahim Aslan   Erdinç Çömez Media and Communication Officer   Coşkun Gülbahar Social Media Coordinator   Gökhan Yılmaz Photographer   Okan Karadağ Team Operation responsible   Tamer Güngör Public Relations Officer   Ilker Dönmez Responsible for Information Processing   Berat Turan Transportation   Hayrretin Yılmaz Last updated: 6 November 2020 Source:^[20]

Technical Staff Role Name Head Coach   Çağdaş Atan Assistant Coach   Mustafa Keçeli Assistant Coach   Hasan Fırat Assistant Coach   Murat Özkütükçü Goalkeeping Coach   Murat Aslan Goalkeeping Coach   Mesut Keke Athletic Performance Coach   Emre Demirci Athletic Performance Coach   Hakan Özgür Match and Performance Analyst   Serhan Erturhan Match and Performance Analyst   Murat Özdemir Last updated: 12 October 2023 Source:^[21] Medical Staff Role Name Head of Medical Department   Dr. Anıl Işık Doctor   Dr. Armağan Aslan Physiotherapist   Mehmet Akman Physiotherapist   Dr. Rıdvan Seyhan Physiotherapist   Erdem Eray Aydın Masseur   Yusuf Gümüş Masseur   Mehmet Ali Polat Masseur   Emrah Albay Nutritionist   Duygu Gencel Mental Performance Consultant   Dr. Ertan Görgü Last updated: 24 March 2023 Source:^[22]

Managers

Managers	Nationality	From	Until	Notes
No Information From 1990 to 1994^[nb 2]
Recai Çaloğlu	Turkey	1994	1995
Cihat Erbil	Turkey	1995	1995
Turhan Özyazanlar	Turkey	1995	1996
Fahrettin Genç	Turkey	1996	2000	1 TFF Second League champions
Ali Osman Renklibay	Turkey	2000	2002
Kadir Özcan	Turkey	2002	2002
Ekrem Al	Turkey	2002	2003
Ali Osman Renklibay	Turkey	2003	2004
Uğur Tütüneker	Turkey	2004	2005
Hüsnü Özkara	Turkey	2005	2006
Abdullah Avcı	Turkey	2006	2011	1 Turkish Cup Final
Arif Erdem	Turkey	2011	2012
Carlos Carvalhal	Portugal	2012	2012	First non-Turkish manager
Bülent Korkmaz	Turkey	2012	2013
Cihat Arslan	Turkey	2013	2014	1 TFF First League champions
From 1990–91 to 2013–14 season as İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor
Abdullah Avcı	Turkey	2014	2019	2 Süper Lig Runners-up 1 Turkish Cup Final
Okan Buruk	Turkey	2019	2021	1 Süper Lig champions 1 Turkish Super Cup Final
Aykut Kocaman	Turkey	2021	2021
Emre Belözoğlu	Turkey	2021	2023	1 Turkish Cup Final
Çağdaş Atan	Turkey	2023	Present

Presidents

İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.

• Nurettin Sözen (1990–1994)
• Vural Akarçay (1994)
• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1994–2000)
• Ali Müfit Gürtuna (2000–2002)
• Nuri Albayrak (2002–2005)
• Osman Aşkın Bak (2006)
• Göksel Gümüşdağ (2006–2011)
• Çağatay Kalkancı (2011–2014)

İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.

• Göksel Gümüşdağ (2014–present)

Player records

Most appearances

Competitive, professional matches only. Up to date as of 7 April 2024

Rank	Player	Years	League	Cup	Europe	Other	Total
1	Mahmut Tekdemir	2006–present	426	38	36	0	500
2	Edin Višća	2011–2022	344	21	33	0	398
3	Volkan Babacan	2014–present	231	20	19	0	270
4	Alexandru Epureanu	2014–2023	214	22	26	0	262
5	Júnior Caiçara	2017–2023	158	9	33	0	200
6	Berkay Özcan	2019–present	150	17	25	0	192
7	Doka Madureira	2011–2017	161	19	5	6	191
8	Ekrem Eksioglu	2006–2013	159	22	0	5	186
9	Efe Inanc	2004–2013	166	15	0	0	181
10	Danijel Aleksić	2019–present	135	18	24	0	177

Top goalscorers

Competitive, professional matches only. Up to date as of 7 April 2024

Rank	Player	Years	League	Cup	Europe	Matches	Total
1	Edin Višća	2011–2022	94	1	14	397	109
2	Doka Madureira	2011–2017	37	2	1	191	45
3	Mehmet Batdal	2013–2018	31	8	0	126	39
4	Danijel Aleksić	2019–present	27	4	6	177	37
5	Emmanuel Adebayor	2017–2019	24	3	1	76	28
6	Ibrahim Akin	2008–2011	24	3	0	104	27
7	Samuel Holmén	2010–2013 2016–2017	22	4	0	139	27
8	Demba Ba	2018–2019	20	4	1	83	26
9	Pierre Webó	2011–2013	22	0	0	56	24
10	Deniz Türüç	2020-Present	16	2	3	154	22

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2006–2007	Adidas	İstaç
2007–2008	Lescon	Sunny
2008–2009		Kalpen
2009–2010	Nike	Turkcell
2010–2011		Medical Park
2011–2013		Fakir
2013–2014	Lescon
2014–2015	Adidas	Makro
2015–2018	Nike
2018–2019	Macron	Decovita
2019–2020		Mall of Istanbul
2020–2022	Bilcee	Decovita
2022–2024	Joma	Balkar
2024–0000		Todini

Club records

• Biggest win: İstanbul Başakşehir 7–0 Turgutluspor (2020–21)
• Biggest defeat: İstanbul Başakşehir 0–7 Galatasaray (2022–23)

Notes

1. No information about results
2. No Domestic Results

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