# 2018–19 İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. season

The 2018–19 season was İstanbul Başakşehir's fifth consecutive season in the Süper Lig and their 29th year in existence.

## Season summary

Başakşehir sat at the top of the Süper Lig table for most of the season and the club looked to be on their way to clinching their first major trophy before losing out to city rivals Galatasaray following defeat to the same club in May 2020. Playmaker Edin Višća was named the Süper Lig player of the season at the end of season awards ceremony.

## Squad

    As of 31 January 2019
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 | FRA | Gaël Clichy |
| 4 | DF | GHA | Joseph Attamah |
| 5 | MF | TUR | Emre Belözoğlu (Captain) |
| 6 | DF | MDA | Alexandru Epureanu |
| 7 | MF | BIH | Edin Višća |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Marcio Mossoró |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Riad Bajić (on loan from Udinese) |
| 10 | FW | TOG | Emmanuel Adebayor |
| 11 | MF | NED | Eljero Elia |
| 13 | DF | RUS | Fyodor Kudryashov |
| 14 | MF | TUR | Arda Turan (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 17 | MF | TUR | İrfan Can Kahveci |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Stefano Napoleoni |
| 19 | FW | SEN | Demba Ba |
| 20 | MF | TUR | Soner Aydogdu |
| 21 | MF | TUR | Mahmut Tekdemir |
| 28 | MF | SRB | Miloš Jojić |
| 33 | DF | TUR | Uğur Uçar |
| 34 | GK | TUR | Mert Günok |
| 35 | DF | GER | Serdar Tasci |
| 39 | DF | TUR | Alparslan Erdem |
| 55 | GK | TUR | Faruk Çakır |
| 70 | FW | BRA | Robinho |
| 80 | DF | BRA | Júnior Caiçara |
| 88 | MF | SUI | Gökhan Inler |

### U21 players

Only professional players and/or players with first team numbers are listed.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | TUR | Said Kıvanç |
| 25 | DF | TUR | Emre Keskin |
| 65 | DF | TUR | Yusuf Avcılar |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | TUR | Kerem Aktürkoğlu |
| — | FW | TUR | Serhat Akyün |

### 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 |
| 9 | FW | TUR | Mehmet Batdal (at Fatih Karagümrük) |
| 57 | MF | GER | Cihan Yıldız (at Erokspor) |
| 59 | MF | TUR | Okan Saraçoğlu (at Ankara Adliyespor) |
| 61 | FW | TUR | Oktay Bala (at Darıca Gençlerbirliği) |
| 96 | MF | TUR | Altuğ Taş (at Bandırmaspor) |
| 97 | DF | TUR | Enes Subaşı (at Darıca Gençlerbirliği) |
| 98 | DF | TUR | Alper Karaman (at Erokspor) |
| — | DF | TUR | Berk Nebioğlu (at Erokspor) |
| — | DF | TUR | Mert Vurak (at Darıca Gençlerbirliği) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | TUR | Muharrem Öner (at Erokspor) |
| 25 | MF | SEN | Cheikhou Dieng (at Spartak Subotica) |
| — | MF | TUR | Recep Kuşçu (at Arsinspor) |
| — | MF | TUR | Cerem Dinçer (at Erokspor) |
| — | FW | TUR | Barış Güral (at Erokspor) |
| — | FW | TUR | Ertuğrul Köktürk (at Kozan Belediyespor) |
| — | FW | TUR | Atabey Çiçek (at Adana Demirspor) |
| — | MF | TUR | Tunay Torun (at Bursaspor) |

### 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 |
| 95 | MF | TUR | Mustafa Toprak |

## Competitions
### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Galatasaray (C) | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 72 | 36 | +36 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 72 | 46 | +26 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |

#### Positions by round

The following table represents Başakşehir's positions after each round in the competition.
| Team ╲ 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 |
| İstanbul Başakşehir | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
* Leader and 2019–20 Champions League group stage
* 2019–20 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round
* 2019–20 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
* 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round

#### Matches
### Turkish Cup
#### Fourth round

Başakşehir won 3–1 on aggregate.

#### Round of 16

Hatayspor won 4–2 on aggregate.

### Europa League
#### Third qualifying round

Burnley won 1–0 on aggregate.