2020–21 İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. season

İstanbul Başakşehir
2020–21 season
Chairman	Göksel Gümüşdağ
Manager	Okan Buruk (until 29 January 2021); Aykut Kocaman (from 1 February 2021)
Stadium	Fatih Terim Stadium
Süper Lig	15th
Turkish Cup	Quarter-finals
Turkish Super Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 27 January 2021.

The 2020–21 season is the 31st season in existence of İstanbul Başakşehir and the seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Turkish football, the Süper Lig. In addition to the domestic league, Başakşehir participated in this season's editions of the Turkish Cup, the Turkish Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League. The season covers the period from August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 29 January 2021^[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	DF	BRA	Léo Duarte (on loan from Milan)
3	DF	TUR	Hasan Ali Kaldırım
4	DF	BRA	Rafael
5	MF	TUR	Mehmet Topal
6	DF	MDA	Alexandru Epureanu
7	MF	BIH	Edin Višća (Vice-captain)
8	MF	SRB	Danijel Aleksić
10	MF	TUR	Berkay Özcan
11	MF	BEL	Nacer Chadli
13	GK	TUR	Ahmet Kıvanç
16	GK	TUR	Muhammed Şengezer
17	MF	TUR	İrfan Kahveci
19	FW	SEN	Demba Ba
20	MF	BRA	Giuliano
21	MF	TUR	Mahmut Tekdemir (Captain)
22	FW	NOR	Fredrik Gulbrandsen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	TUR	Deniz Türüç (on loan from Fenerbahçe)
24	DF	TUR	Ravil Tagir
25	DF	TUR	Muhammed Sarıkaya
26	DF	CPV	Carlos Ponck
27	FW	FRA	Enzo Crivelli
29	MF	TUR	Kerim Frei
33	DF	TUR	Uğur Uçar
34	GK	TUR	Mert Günok
42	MF	TUR	Ömer Ali Şahiner
44	MF	NGA	Azubuike Okechukwu
63	DF	BEL	Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo (on loan from Celtic)
70	FW	TUR	Mete Kaan Demir
77	DF	AZE	Emre Kaplan
80	DF	BRA	Júnior Caiçara
88	DF	TUR	Cemali Sertel
89	FW	TUR	Enes Karakuş

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
4	DF	GHA	Joseph Attamah (at Kayserispor)
14	FW	TUR	Muhammet Demir (at Gaziantep)
18	FW	TUR	Muhammet Arslantaş (at Boluspor)
20	MF	TUR	Soner Aydoğdu (at Göztepe)
23	DF	AUS	Aziz Behich (at Kayserispor)
24	DF	POR	Miguel Vieira (at Waasland-Beveren)
97	MF	TUR	Alican Özfesli (at Boluspor)
—	DF	TUR	Yusuf Avcılar (at Orduspor)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	TUR	Muharrem Öner (at Esenler Erokspor)
—	DF	TUR	Mustafa Kutay Pekşen (at Bayrampaşa)
—	MF	TUR	Abdulkadir Çelik (at Somaspor)
—	DF	AZE	Mert Çelik (at Neftçi Baku)
—	MF	BEL	Ange Belibi (at Boluspor)
—	MF	TUR	Salim Farsak (at KF Shkupi)
—	FW	TUR	Atabey Çiçek (at KVC Westerlo)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

3 September 2020 Friendly	Kasımpaşa	2–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Erdoğan 21' Pavelka 50'	Report	Ba 43', 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium

6 September 2020 Friendly	Fatih Karagümrük	1–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul, Turkey
21:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Camara 60'	Report	Ba 81' Karakuş 90'	Stadium: Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü Altyapı Tesisleri

11 October 2020 Friendly	Kasımpaşa	0–5	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul, Turkey
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report	Ba 10' Crivelli 40' Topal 57' Gulbrandsen 65' Kahveci 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Kasimpaşaspor Kemerburgaz Tesisleri

15 November 2020 Friendly	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–3	İstanbulspor	Istanbul, Turkey
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Giuliano 34' (pen.)	Report	Yılmaz 17' Cumur 47' Ergün 53' (pen.)	Stadium: Başakşehir 3 Nolu Saha Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

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	14 September 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1		22	6	6	10	27	40	−13	027.27
Turkish Cup	17 December 2020		Fifth round		2	2	0	0	12	1	+11	100.00
Turkish Super Cup	27 January 2021		Final	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Champions League	20 October 2020	9 December 2020	Group stage	Group stage	6	1	0	5	7	18	−11	016.67
Total					31	9	6	16	47	61	−14	029.03

Last updated: 2 February 2021
Source: Soccerway

Süper Lig

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Göztepe	40	13	12	15	59	59	0	51
11	Konyaspor	40	12	14	14	49	48	+1	50
12	İstanbul Başakşehir	40	12	12	16	43	55	−12	48
13	Çaykur Rizespor	40	12	12	16	53	69	−16	48
14	Kasımpaşa	40	12	10	18	47	57	−10	46

Source: Süper Lig, Soccerway
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.^[2]

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
22	6	6	10	27	40	−13	24	3	5	3	17	18	−1	3	1	7	10	22	−12

Last updated: 2 February 2021.
Source: 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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	B	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	B	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L
Position	18	21	21	21	20	11	9	5	8	10	9	12	14	16	16	16	15	12	12	14	15	15	16

Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2021. Source: Süper Lig
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

14 September 2020 1	Hatayspor	2–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Antakya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Ilgaz 36' Ribeiro 89' Barbosa 90+1'	Report	Caiçara 29' Škrtel 54'	Stadium: Antakya Atatürk Stadyumu Attendance: 0 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

20 September 2020 2	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–2	Galatasaray	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Epureanu 39' Tekdemir 45' Ba 66'	Report	Falcao 14' (pen.) Belhanda 76' Antalyalı 86'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan

25 September 2020 3	Fatih Karagümrük	2–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Biglia 14' Roco 47' Sabo 90' Altınay 90+4'	Report	Frei 29' Kahveci 68' 82'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Şansalan

3 October 2020 4	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–0	Göztepe	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Özgür Yankaya

17 October 2020 5	Trabzonspor	0–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Trabzon
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Kınalı 52'	Report	Kahveci 32' Višća 54' Bolingoli-Mbombo 55'	Stadium: Şenol Güneş Stadium Attendance: 299 Referee: Bahattin Şimşek

24 October 2020 6	İstanbul Başakşehir	5–1	Antalyaspor	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Višća 11' (pen.), 23' Kahveci 27' Crivelli 35' De Paula 83'	Report	Podolski 14'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Palabıyık

1 November 2020 7	Konyaspor	1–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Konya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Kravets 69'	Report	Jevtović 45' (o.g.) Aleksić 58'	Stadium: Konya Büyükşehir Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Halil Umut Meler

8 November 2020 8	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–1	Gençlerbirliği	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Gulbrandsen 80' Topal 90+4'	Report	Yılmaz 1'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mustafa Öğretmenoğlu

21 November 2020 9	Beşiktaş	3–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Hutchinson 44' Larin 45', 45+1' Bernard 58' Toköz 67' Aboubakar 72' (pen.)	Report	Bolingoli 42' Topal 55' 70' Rafael 77' Gulbrandsen 81', 90+4' Škrtel 90+6'	Stadium: Vodafone Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Ümit Öztürk

28 November 2020 10	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–3	Denizlispor	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Gulbrandsen 11', 21' Ba 59' Chadli 90' Škrtel 90+6'	Report	Lopes 20' Özdemir 62' Rodallega 90+2' Murawski 90+7' (pen.)	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Arda Kardeşler

5 December 2020 11	Yeni Malatyaspor	1–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Malatya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Ponck 50' (o.g.) Büyük 57' Tetteh 82' Topalli 87'	Report	Gulbrandsen 26' Kahveci 38' Giuliano 45+1'	Stadium: Malatya Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

13 December 2020 12	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–2	Gaziantep	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

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BYE

23 December 2020 14	Fenerbahçe	4–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium

27 December 2020 15	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–2	Kasımpaşa	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

2 January 2021 16	Alanyaspor	3–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Alanya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium

6 January 2021 17	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–0	BB Erzurumspor	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

10 January 2021 18	Ankaragücü	1–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Eryaman Stadium

16 January 2021 19	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–1	Sivasspor	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Epureanu 20' Aleksić 38' Tekdemir 90+6'	Report	Yalçın 34' Arslan 42' Appindangoyé 90+5'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Alper Ulusoy

19 January 2021 20	Kayserispor	2–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Kayseri
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Alibec 42', 77' Săpunaru 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Kadir Has Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Serkan Tokat

23 January 2021 21	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–1	Çaykur Rizespor	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Topal 64'	Report	Samudio 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ümit Öztürk

30 January 2021 22	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–5	Hatayspor	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Türüç 37' Aleksić 67' Kamara 80' (o.g.) Fernandes 90'	Report	Diouf 11', 57' David 21' (pen.), 33' Boupendza 43' (pen.), 68'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

2 February 2021 23	Galatasaray	3–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Marcão 21' Onyekuru 45' Donk 64' Mohamed 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Giuliano 22' Crivelli 41' Türüç 43'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Arda Kardeşler

6 February 2021 24	İstanbul Başakşehir	v	Fatih Karagümrük	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

Turkish Cup

17 December 2020 Fifth round	İstanbul Başakşehir	7–0	Turgutluspor	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Aleksić 5' Ba 58' Frei 65' Chadli 70' Gulbrandsen 79', 83', 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Turgut Doman

13 January 2021 Round of 16	Tuzlaspor	1–5	İstanbul Başakşehir	Tuzla
18:45 TRT (UTC+3)	Bora 34' Asatekin 53'	Report	Ba 8' Konuk 42' (o.g.) Duarte 53' Aleksic 73' Tagir 79' Kahveci 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Tuzla Belediye Stadı Attendance: 0 Referee: Turgut Doman

9 February 2021 Quarter-finals	Fenerbahçe	v	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
20:45 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium

Turkish Super Cup

27 January 2021 Final	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–2	Trabzonspor	Istanbul
20:45 TRT (UTC+3)	Epureanu 28' 73' Ba 58' (pen.), 90+3' Türüç 88' Crivelli 89'	Report	Djaniny 47' Edgar Ié 56' Ekuban 85' Marlon 90+12' Özdemir 90+13'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.^[3] Template:2020–21 UEFA Champions League group tables

20 October 2020 1	RB Leipzig	2–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Leipzig, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Angeliño 16', 20' Nkunku 40' Upamecano 41' Konaté 73' Henrichs 89'	Report	Bolingoli 18' Rafael 43' Özcan 86'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 999 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

28 October 2020 2	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Istanbul, Turkey
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Crivelli 3' Epureanu 49' Topal 54'	Report	Kean 64', 79' Kehrer 83'	Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

4 November 2020 3	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–1	Manchester United	Istanbul, Turkey
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Ba 13' Višća 40' Škrtel 89'	Report	Tuanzebe 20' Martial 43'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

24 November 2020 4	Manchester United	4–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Manchester, England
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fernandes 7', 19' Rashford 35' (pen.) Tuanzebe 55' Maguire 86' James 90+2'	Report	Türüç 75', 89' Škrtel 78' Tekdemir 85'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 545 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

2 December 2020 5	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–4	RB Leipzig	Istanbul, Turkey
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Škrtel 38' Kahveci 45+3', 72', 85' Türüç 58' Tekdemir 79' Rafael 89'	Report	Poulsen 26' Mukiele 43' Upamecano 53' Olmo 66', 67' Sørloth 90+2'	Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

9 December 2020 6	Paris Saint-Germain	5–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Paris, France
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Neymar 21', 38', 50' Mbappé 42' (pen.), 62' Pembélé 90+2'	Report	Tekdemir 10' Rafael 12' Günok 42' Topal 57' Crivelli 63'	Stadium: Parc de Princes Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) and Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Note: The Paris Saint-Germain v İstanbul Başakşehir match was suspended after 14 minutes, with the score 0–0 at the time, as both teams left the pitch in protest after an alleged racist incident by a match official directed at the assistant manager of İstanbul Başakşehir.^[4] The match was resumed on 9 December 2020, 18:55 CET, with a new team of match officials.

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Süper Lig	Turkish Cup	Champions League	Total
1	0	FW		[[]]	0	0	0	0
Totals					0	0	0	0

Notes

^ ^a ^b Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

References

^ "A TAKIM". Retrieved July 27, 2019.
^ "TÜRKİYE FUTBOL FEDERASYONU FUTBOL MÜSABAKA TALİMATI : MADDE 9 – PUAN USULÜ VE AVERAJ" [Turkish Football Federation Football Competition Instruction : Article 9 - Score Procedure and Average] (PDF) (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
^ "Champions League group stage draw made in Geneva". UEFA.com. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
^ "PSG v Istanbul Basaksehir: Both teams walk off pitch as match temporarily suspended". BBC Sport. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.

External links

Official website

[Behind_closed_doors-4] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

[Current_squad-1] "A TAKIM". Retrieved July 27, 2019.

[2] "TÜRKİYE FUTBOL FEDERASYONU FUTBOL MÜSABAKA TALİMATI : MADDE 9 – PUAN USULÜ VE AVERAJ" [Turkish Football Federation Football Competition Instruction : Article 9 - Score Procedure and Average] (PDF) (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

[3] "Champions League group stage draw made in Geneva". UEFA.com. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.

[5] "PSG v Istanbul Basaksehir: Both teams walk off pitch as match temporarily suspended". BBC Sport. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.

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