# 2023–24 Beşiktaş J.K. season

The 2023–24 season was Beşiktaş J.K.'s 121st season in existence and 66th consecutive in the Süper Lig. They also competed in the Turkish Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.
Beşiktaş concluded a tumultuous season in the domestic league, finishing in sixth place following a period marked by managerial instability, with four different head coaches assuming the role throughout the campaign. Despite these challenges, the club achieved success by securing the Turkish Cup, thereby earning qualification for the UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 19 February 2024
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 | Ersin Destanoğlu |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Jonas Svensson |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Onur Bulut |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Tayyip Talha Sanuç |
| 6 | DF | GAM | Omar Colley |
| 7 | FW | CRO | Ante Rebić |
| 8 | MF | TUR | Salih Uçan |
| 9 | FW | TUR | Cenk Tosun |
| 10 | FW | CMR | Vincent Aboubakar |
| 11 | FW | KOS | Milot Rashica |
| 12 | DF | GHA | Daniel Amartey |
| 14 | DF | TUR | Emrecan Uzunhan |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Joe Worrall (on loan from Nottingham Forest) |
| 18 | FW | ALG | Rachid Ghezzal |
| 19 | MF | BIH | Amir Hadžiahmetović |
| 20 | MF | TUR | Necip Uysal (captain) |
| 21 | MF | TUR | Demir Ege Tıknaz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | KAZ | Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov |
| 23 | MF | ALB | Ernest Muçi |
| 26 | DF | COD | Arthur Masuaku |
| 28 | MF | LBY | Al-Musrati |
| 34 | GK | TUR | Mert Günok |
| 40 | FW | COD | Jackson Muleka |
| 64 | FW | TUR | Mustafa Erhan Hekimoğlu |
| 65 | MF | TUR | Yakup Arda Kılıç |
| 75 | DF | TUR | Tayfur Bingöl |
| 77 | DF | TUR | Umut Meraş |
| 79 | DF | TUR | Emrecan Terzi |
| 83 | MF | POR | Gedson Fernandes |
| 88 | MF | SUI | Gökhan Inler |
| 90 | FW | TUR | Semih Kılıçsoy |
| 94 | GK | TUR | Göktuğ Baytekin |
| 97 | GK | TUR | Utku Yuvakuran |
| — | MF | TUR | Berkay Vardar |

### 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 |
| — | GK | TUR | Emre Bilgin (at Fatih Karagümrük until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Bilal Ceylan (at Karşıyaka until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | CIV | Badra Cissé (at CSU Alba Iulia until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Ahmet Gülay (at Alanya Kestelspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Erdoğan Kaya (at Beyoğlu Yeni Çarşı until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ESP | Javi Montero (at Arouca until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Burak Selver Yıldız (at 52 Orduspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | TUR | Oğuzhan Akgün (at Sarıyer until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | TUR | Abdullah Aydın (at Esenler Erokspor until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | TUR | Necati Bilgiç (at Adana 1954 FK until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | TUR | Halil Çiçek (at Silivrispor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | BIH | Ajdin Hasić (at Sarajevo until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | TUR | Kartal Yılmaz (at Kayserispor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | CMR | Jean Onana (at Marseille until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | FRA | Valentin Rosier (at Nice until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | TUR | Kerem Atakan Kesgin (at Sivasspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | TUR | Emrecan Bulut (at Ümraniyespor until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Jean Onana | Lens | €4,000,000 | 21 July 2023 |
| DF | Daniel Amartey | Unattached | Free | 21 July 2023 |
| FW | Ante Rebić | Milan | €500,000 | 31 July 2023 |
| MF | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | Unattached | Free | 14 August 2023 |
| MF | Milot Rashica | Norwich City | Undisclosed | 16 August 2023 |
| DF | Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov | CSKA Moscow | €4,500,000 | 18 August 2023 |
| DF | Jonas Svensson | Unattached | Free | 10 January 2024 |
| DF | Joe Worrall | Nottingham Forest | Loan | 5 February 2024 |
| MF | Al-Musrati | Braga | Loan | 9 February 2024 |
| FW | Ernest Muçi | Legia Warsaw | Undisclosed | 9 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Atiba Hutchinson | Retired | Retired | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Romain Saïss | Al-Sadd | €2,500,000 | 24 July 2023 |
| DF | Javi Montero | Arouca | Loan | 28 August 2023 |
| MF | Jean Onana | Marseille | Loan | 8 January 2024 |
| DF | Valentin Rosier | Nice | Loan | 18 January 2024 |
| MF | Kerem Atakan Kesgin | Sivasspor | Loan | 20 January 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 14 August 2023 | 26 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 042.11 |
| Turkish Cup | 16 January 2024 | 23 May 2024 | Fifth round | Winners | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 083.33 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 27 July 2023 | 14 December 2023 | Second qualifying round | Group stage | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 058.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 56 | 28 | 10 | 18 | 85 | 69 | +16 | 050.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Başakşehir | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 61 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Kasımpaşa | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 62 | 65 | −3 | 56 | |
| 6 | Beşiktaş | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 7 | Sivasspor | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 54 | |
| 8 | Alanyaspor | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 52 | |
* 1 2 Kasımpaşa are ahead of Beşiktaş on head-to-head points: Kasımpaşa 2–1 Beşiktaş, Beşiktaş 1–3 Kasımpaşa.
* ↑ The 2023–24 Turkish Cup winners (Beşiktaş) qualify for the Europa League play-off round.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 19 July 2023.

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 21 June 2023.

#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.

#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRU | BOD | BEŞ | LUG |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 16 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Bodø/Glimt | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 4 | | 0–5 | 1–2 | — | 2–3 |
| 4 | Lugano | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 4 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Beşiktaş +1, Lugano –1.

## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | TUR | Ersin Destanoğlu | 14 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | TUR | Mert Günok | 45 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 94 | GK | TUR | Göktuğ Baytekin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | GK | TUR | Utku Yuvakuran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | NOR | Jonas Svensson | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Onur Bulut | 42 | 1 | 23+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8+4 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Tayyip Talha Sanuç | 9 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GAM | Omar Colley | 33 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | GHA | Daniel Amartey | 27 | 1 | 12+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | TUR | Emrecan Uzunhan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Joe Worrall | 9 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | COD | Arthur Masuaku | 29 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 60 | DF | TUR | Aytuğ Batur Kömeç | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 75 | DF | TUR | Tayfur Bingöl | 17 | 1 | 5+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 77 | DF | TUR | Umut Meraş | 14 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 79 | DF | TUR | Emrecan Terzi | 12 | 1 | 5+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | TUR | Salih Uçan | 38 | 5 | 18+5 | 1 | 4+1 | 3 | 8+2 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | 30 | 4 | 11+9 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BIH | Amir Hadžiahmetović | 30 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | TUR | Necip Uysal | 43 | 0 | 25+5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | TUR | Demir Ege Tıknaz | 35 | 0 | 21+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | KAZ | Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov | 37 | 1 | 20+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+4 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | ALB | Ernest Muçi | 17 | 4 | 12+1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | LBY | Al-Musrati | 13 | 1 | 7+2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | TUR | Fahri Ay | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | MF | POR | Gedson Fernandes | 45 | 3 | 28+1 | 3 | 5+1 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | SUI | Gökhan Inler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | MF | TUR | Berkay Vardar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | CRO | Ante Rebić | 23 | 1 | 3+12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | TUR | Cenk Tosun | 47 | 11 | 22+12 | 6 | 2+3 | 3 | 4+4 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | CMR | Vincent Aboubakar | 34 | 12 | 10+12 | 5 | 0+2 | 0 | 9+1 | 7 |
| 11 | FW | KOS | Milot Rashica | 41 | 5 | 25+4 | 5 | 4+2 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ALG | Rachid Ghezzal | 34 | 2 | 11+16 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | COD | Jackson Muleka | 47 | 9 | 18+12 | 4 | 2+3 | 2 | 9+3 | 3 |
| 62 | FW | TUR | Cemal Azad Demir | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | FW | TUR | Mustafa Erhan Hekimoğlu | 8 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 65 | FW | TUR | Yakup Arda Kılıç | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | TUR | Semih Kılıçsoy | 35 | 12 | 20+3 | 11 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+6 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 26 | DF | FRA | Valentin Rosier | 21 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | CIV | Eric Bailly | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | TUR | Emirhan Delibaş | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | CMR | Jean Onana | 10 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | TUR | Emrecan Bulut | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 26 May 2024 Source: Competitions