# 2023–24 Samsunspor season

The 2023–24 season was Samsunspor's 59th season in existence and first one back in the Süper Lig, the top division of association football in Turkey. They also competed in the Turkish Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 6 September 2023
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 | Okan Kocuk |
| 4 | DF | NED | Rick van Drongelen |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Alim Öztürk |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Youssef Aït Bennasser |
| 7 | FW | CIV | Moryké Fofana |
| 8 | MF | TUR | Soner Aydoğdu |
| 9 | FW | CHA | Marius Mouandilmadji |
| 10 | MF | CMR | Olivier Ntcham |
| 11 | MF | TUR | Emre Kılınç |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Marc Bola |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Kingsley Schindler |
| 18 | DF | TUR | Zeki Yavru |
| 19 | DF | GNB | Nanu |
| 20 | MF | TUR | Muhammet Ali Özbaskıcı |
| 22 | DF | TUR | Yunus Emre Çift |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | FW | COD | Gaëtan Laura |
| 28 | DF | TUR | Soner Gönül |
| 29 | GK | POL | Jakub Szumski |
| 37 | DF | SVK | Ľubomír Šatka |
| 45 | GK | TUR | Halil Yeral |
| 48 | MF | TUR | Taylan Antalyalı (On loan from Galatasaray) |
| 64 | GK | TUR | Taha Tosun |
| 77 | DF | TUR | Enes Albak |
| 88 | MF | TUR | Osman Çelik |
| 96 | DF | TUR | Bedirhan Çetin |
| — | FW | BEL | Landry Dimata |
| — | FW | AUT | Ercan Kara |
| — | MF | DEN | Carlo Holse |
| — | MF | FRA | Flavien Tait |

#### 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 |
| — | MF | TUR | Celil Yüksel (at Göztepe until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | TUR | Barış Alıcı (at Kocaelispor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | CIV | Moussa Guel (at USL Dunkerque until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Berk Taşkın (at Ümraniyespor until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | TUR | Şener Kaya (at Amed S.F.K. until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | GUI | Elhadj Bah (at USL Dunkerque until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Elano Yegen (at 1461 Trabzon until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | TUR | Ali Kılıç (at Gümüşhanespor until 30 June 2024) |

#### 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 |
| — | FW | GER | Ahmet Sağat |
| — | MF | ENG | Kadeem Harris |
| — | DF | TUR | Melih Altıkulaç |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Landry Dimata | Espanyol | Undisclosed | 1 September 2023 |
| FW | Ercan Kara | Orlando City | Undisclosed | 2 September 2023 |
| MF | Flavien Tait | Rennes | Free | 6 September 2023 |
| DF | Mickaël Tirpan | Kasımpaşa | Free | 15 September 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Cihan Kahraman | Académico de Viseu | €500,000 | 1 September 2023 |
| MF | Kadeem Harris | Bandırmaspor | Free | 12 September 2023 |
| DF | Mickaël Tirpan | Lierse Kempenzonen | Free | 24 January 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Süper Lig | 12 August 2023 | 25 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 028.95 |
| Turkish Cup | 5 December 2023 | 6 February 2024 | Fourth round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 031.71 |
Source: Soccerway

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Gaziantep | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 44 |
| 12 | Adana Demirspor | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 44 |
| 13 | Samsunspor | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 43 |
| 14 | Kayserispor | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 42 |
| 15 | Hatayspor | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 41 |
* 1 2 Gaziantep are ahead of Adana Demirspor on head-to-head points: Gaziantep 2–2 Adana Demirspor, Adana Demirspor 1–6 Gaziantep.
* ↑ 3 points deducted
* ↑ Hatayspor are ahead of Konyaspor on overall goal difference.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 11 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 19 July 2023.