# 2023–24 Trabzonspor season

The 2023–24 season was Trabzonspor's 57th season in existence and 50th consecutive in the Süper Lig. They also competed in the Turkish Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 7 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 | Uğurcan Çakır (captain) |
| 2 | DF | TUR | Rayyan Baniya |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Joaquín Fernández |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Hüseyin Türkmen |
| 5 | MF | TUR | Berat Özdemir (on loan from Ettifaq) |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Batista Mendy |
| 7 | MF | BIH | Edin Višća |
| 8 | MF | MKD | Enis Bardhi |
| 9 | FW | TUR | Umut Bozok |
| 12 | DF | BEL | Thomas Meunier |
| 14 | FW | GRE | Taxiarchis Fountas |
| 16 | MF | TUR | Kerem Şen |
| 18 | DF | TUR | Eren Elmalı |
| 20 | MF | MNE | Ognjen Bakić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | TUR | Umut Güneş |
| 24 | DF | SUR | Stefano Denswil |
| 25 | GK | TUR | Onuralp Çevikkan |
| 27 | FW | EGY | Mahmoud Trézéguet |
| 29 | FW | CIV | Nicolas Pépé |
| 30 | FW | NGA | Paul Onuachu (on loan from Southampton) |
| 32 | DF | CRO | Filip Benković (on loan from Udinese) |
| 33 | MF | TUR | Göktan Gürpüz |
| 50 | MF | TUR | Mehmet-Can Aydın (on loan from Schalke 04) |
| 54 | GK | TUR | Muhammet Taha Tepe |
| 73 | DF | TUR | Arif Boşluk |
| 94 | FW | TUR | Enis Destan |
| 98 | GK | TUR | Kağan Moradaoğlu |
| 99 | FW | CRO | Mislav Oršić |

### 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 | Arda Akbulut (at 1461 Trabzon FK until 30 June 2024) |
| — | GK | TUR | Hakan Aydın (at Sebat Gençlikspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Serkan Asan (at Pendikspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Yunus Emre Köse (at 52 Orduspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Caner Uzun (at Sebat Gençlikspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | AZE | Murat Akpınar (at Sakaryaspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | TUR | Kadir Bakırtaş (at Çankaya until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | TUR | Kerem Baykuş (at 1461 Trabzon FK until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | TUR | Süleyman Cebeci (at 68 Aksaray Belediyespor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | TUR | Ali Alperen Çelik (at Sebat Gençlikspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | GRE | Dimitrios Kourbelis (at Karagümrük until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | TUR | Gökdeniz Kazaz (at Sebat Gençlikspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | TUR | Muhammed Pınarcı (at Sebat Gençlikspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | TUR | Veysel Sönmezsoy (at Sebat Gençlikspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | TUR | Hakan Yeşil (at 1461 Trabzon FK until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | TUR | Emirhan Zaman (at 1461 Trabzon FK until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | URU | Maxi Gómez (at Cádiz until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | TUR | Batuhan Kör (at 1461 Trabzon FK until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | MAR | Montasser Lahtimi (at Wydad AC until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | TUR | Emir Uzun (at Sebat Gençlikspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | CRO | Tonio Teklić (at Karagümrük until 30 June 2024) |

## Kits

* Supplier: Joma
* Sponsors: Vestel (front) / QNB Finansbank (left sleeve) / Safiport (right sleeve) / WhiteBIT (back) / Rentgo (short front) / Papara (short back)/ Miller Holding (sock)
| Home | Away | Third | Fourth |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Dimitrios Kourbelis | Panathinaikos | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Mislav Oršić | Göztepe | €2,400,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Filip Benković | Udinese | Loan + €500,000 | 10 July 2023 |
| MF | Ognjen Bakić | Osijek | Free | 9 September 2023 |
| FW | Paul Onuachu | Southampton | Loan | 11 September 2023 |
| MF | Umut Güneş | Alanyaspor | €2,300,000 | 15 September 2023 |
| MF | Behlül Aydın | 1461 Trabzon | Loan return | 29 January 2024 |
| DF | Thomas Meunier | Borussia Dortmund | Free | 7 February 2024 |
| GK | Arda Akbulut | Adanaspor | Loan return | 8 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Marek Hamšík | Retired | Retired | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Taha Altıkardeş | Göztepe | Free | 4 July 2023 |
| MF | Flávio | Al-Taawoun | Loan + €182,000 | 9 July 2023 |
| DF | Marc Bartra | Contract termination | Contract termination | 11 July 2023 |
| FW | Maxi Gómez | Cádiz | Loan | 22 August 2023 |
| DF | Jens Stryger | Released | Released | 18 January 2024 |
| MF | Behlül Aydın | GMG Kastamonu | Undisclosed | 2 February 2024 |
| GK | Arda Akbulut | 1461 Trabzon | Loan return | 9 February 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 | 11 August 2023 | 26 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 38 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 055.26 |
| Turkish Cup | 6 December 2023 | 23 May 2024 | Fourth round | Runners-up | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 085.71 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 27 | 4 | 14 | 87 | 58 | +29 | 060.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Galatasaray (C) | 38 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 92 | 26 | +66 | 102 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 38 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 99 | 31 | +68 | 99 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Trabzonspor | 38 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 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 | |
* ↑ Kasımpaşa are ahead of Beşiktaş on head-to-head points: Kasımpaşa 2–1 Beşiktaş, Beşiktaş 1–3 Kasımpaşa.

#### 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 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 18 July 2023.