# 2022–23 İstanbulspor season

The 2022–23 season was the 110th season in the existence of İstanbulspor and the club's first season back in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, İstanbulspor participated in this season's edition of the Turkish Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 5 March 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 | DEN | David Jensen |
| 2 | DF | BIH | Denis Kovačević |
| 3 | DF | TUR | Duhan Aksu |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Mehmet Yeşil |
| 5 | MF | TUR | Eslem Öztürk |
| 10 | MF | ALB | Eduard Rroca |
| 12 | MF | MLI | Mahamadou Ba (on loan from Adana Demirspor) |
| 13 | DF | TUR | Oğuzhan Berber |
| 14 | FW | GHA | Raymond Owusu |
| 18 | MF | TUR | Vefa Temel |
| 19 | FW | TUR | Emir Kaan Gültekin |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Demeaco Duhaney (on loan from Stoke City) |
| 23 | DF | GER | Okan Erdoğan |
| 24 | MF | TUR | Muammer Sarıkaya |
| 26 | GK | TUR | Mücahit Serbest |
| 27 | MF | MKD | Valon Ethemi |
| 34 | MF | KOS | Florian Loshaj |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 44 | FW | TUR | Yusuf Özer |
| 50 | DF | NGA | Michael Ologo |
| 59 | GK | TUR | Alp Arda |
| 61 | FW | ALB | Sindrit Guri |
| 66 | DF | BEL | Ali Yaşar |
| 70 | FW | COD | Jason Lokilo (on loan from Sparta Rotterdam) |
| 88 | DF | BIH | Adi Mehremić |
| 90 | FW | NGA | Emeka Friday Eze (on loan from Eyüpspor) |
| 98 | FW | KOS | Jetmir Topalli |
| — | GK | TUR | Ahmet Kivanç (on loan from Adanaspor) |
| — | DF | CIV | Simon Deli (on loan from Adana Demirspor) |
| — | DF | TUR | Ertuğrul Ersoy (on loan from Gaziantep) |
| — | MF | TUR | Onur Ergün (on loan from Hatayspor) |
| — | MF | TUR | Kerem Şen (on loan from Trabzonspor) |
| — | FW | TUR | Mirza Cihan (on loan from Gaziantep) |
| — | FW | KOS | Valmir Veliu (on loan from Gaziantep) |

### 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 | Yiğit Yitmez (at Ankara Demirspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | TUR | Arda Belen (at Sivas Belediyespor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | TUR | Alperen Çaylak (at Karaköprü Belediyespor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | TUR | Abdurrahman Emek (at Yeni Mersin İdmanyurdu until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | TUR | Fatih Tultak (at Ergene Velimeşe until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | TUR | Abdullah Dıjlan Aydın (at Karacabey Belediyespor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | TUR | Berkay Görmez (at Sarıyer until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | TUR | Ahmet Can Özer (at Büyükçekmece Tepecikspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | TUR | Erdem Seçgin (at Isparta 32 SK until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | TUR | Cafer Tosun (at Elazığspor until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | TUR | Kağan Bağış (at Yeni Mersin İdmanyurdu until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Muhammed Enes Durmuş (at Kastamonuspor 1966 until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Görkem Güven (at Bulvarspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Berk Ali Nizam (at Beyoğlu Yeni Çarşı until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Tolga Şahin (at Arnavutköy Belediyespor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Mustafa Sol (at Çatalcaspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Yusuf Tunç (at 52 Orduspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Esen Yılanlı (at Büyükçekmece Tepecikspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | İbrahim Yılmaz (at Eyüpspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Hakan Yılmaz (at Vanspor until 30 June 2023) |

## 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 | 5 August 2022 | 7 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 033.33 |
| Turkish Cup | 10 November 2022 | 20 December 2022 | Fourth round | Fifth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 51 | 68 | −17 | 034.21 |
Source: Soccerway

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Kasımpaşa | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 43 |
| 11 | Ankaragücü | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 42 |
| 12 | İstanbulspor | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 41 |
| 13 | Antalyaspor | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 41 |
| 14 | Sivasspor | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 41 |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: İstanbulspor 11, Antalyaspor 10, Sivasspor 8, Alanyaspor 4.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Spor Toto 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 | | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | W | B | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | B | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 18 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 |

#### Matches

The league schedule was released on 4 July.