# 2023–24 İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. season

The 2023–24 season was Başakşehir's 34th season in existence and 10th consecutive in the Süper Lig. They also competed in the Turkish Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 18 February 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | TUR | Volkan Babacan |
| 3 | DF | GHA | Jerome Opoku (on loan from Arouca) |
| 4 | MF | TUR | Onur Ergün |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Léo Duarte |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Lucas Lima |
| 7 | FW | TUR | Serdar Gürler |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Danijel Aleksić |
| 9 | FW | POL | Krzysztof Piątek |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Berkay Özcan |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Davidson |
| 14 | MF | GRE | Dimitrios Pelkas |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Léo Dubois (on loan from Galatasaray) |
| 16 | GK | TUR | Muhammed Şengezer |
| 17 | FW | SEN | Philippe Kény |
| 19 | MF | ALG | Mehdi Abeid |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | CMR | Olivier Kemen |
| 21 | MF | TUR | Mahmut Tekdemir (captain) |
| 23 | MF | TUR | Deniz Türüç |
| 24 | DF | TUR | Eren Karaağaç |
| 25 | FW | BRA | João Figueiredo |
| 26 | MF | TUR | Emirhan İlkhan (on loan from Torino) |
| 27 | DF | SEN | Ousseynou Ba (on loan from Olympiacos) |
| 34 | DF | TUR | Yağız Dilek |
| 42 | MF | TUR | Ömer Ali Şahiner |
| 70 | DF | TUR | Burak Sefa Kavraz |
| 80 | MF | TUR | Berkay Aydoğmuş |
| 85 | MF | CIV | Mohamed Hassan Fofana |
| 89 | MF | BRA | Josef de Souza |
| 91 | FW | TUR | Batuhan Çelik |
| 98 | GK | TUR | Deniz Dilmen |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | TUR | Efe Arda Koyuncu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | POL | Patryk Szysz |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | TUR | Muhammet Arslantaş (at Kastamonuspor 1966 until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | AZE | Mert Çelik (at Bandırmaspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | AZE | Emre Kaplan (at Bandırmaspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Ayberk Kaygısız (at Isparta 32 Spor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | CGO | Francis Nzaba (at Gençlerbirliği until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Bedirhan Özyurt (at Kırklarelispor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Muhammed Emin Sarıkaya (at GMG Kastamonuspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Cemali Sertel (at Hatayspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Ravil Tagir (at Westerlo until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ALG | Ahmed Touba (at Lecce until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | TUR | Doğukan Tuzcu (at Kırıkkalegücü until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | CHN | Wu Shaocong (at Gençlerbirliği until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | GUI | Sékou Tidiany Bangoura (at Tuzlaspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | TUR | Metin Emre Karaal (at Anadolu Üniversitesi SK until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ISR | Eden Kartsev (at Maccabi Tel Aviv until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | TUR | Alican Özfesli (at Erzurumspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | TUR | Enes Karakuş (at 1461 Trabzon until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | TUR | Eray Sürül (at Karaman FK until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | TUR | Efecan Barlık (at Kırklarelispor until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Mehdi Abeid | Khor Fakkan | Free | 10 July 2023 |
| FW | Krzysztof Piątek | Hertha Berlin | Free | 18 July 2023 |
| FW | Dimitrios Pelkas | Fenerbahçe | Free | 21 July 2023 |
| DF | Ousseynou Ba | Olympiacos | Loan | 29 August 2023 |
| MF | Emirhan İlkhan | Torino | Loan | 30 August 2023 |
| DF | Jerome Opoku | Arouca | Loan | 14 September 2023 |
| DF | Léo Dubois | Galatasaray | Loan | 15 September 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Nacer Chadli | Westerlo | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Caner Erkin | Eyüpspor | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Lucas Biglia | Released | Released | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Muhammed Emin Sarıkaya | Ümraniyespor | Loan | 4 July 2023 |
| FW | Ahmed Kutucu | Eyüpspor | Undisclosed | 12 July 2023 |
| DF | Wu Shaocong | Gençlerbirliği | Loan | 18 July 2023 |
| MF | Mounir Chouiar | Released | Free | 11 August 2023 |
| FW | Stefano Okaka | Released | Free | 18 August 2023 |
| DF | Ahmed Touba | Lecce | Loan | 27 August 2023 |

### New contracts

| Position | Player | Until | Ref. |
| DF | Şener Özbayraklı | June 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 | | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 047.22 |
| Turkish Cup | 7 December 2023 | 28 February 2024 | Fourth round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 047.50 |
Last updated: 12 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 6 | Beşiktaş | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
* 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 |
Last updated: 12 May 2024. 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 | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | |
| Position | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 18 July 2023.