# 2023–24 Çaykur Rizespor season

The 2023–24 season is Çaykur Rizespor's 71st season in existence and first one back in the Süper Lig. They are also competing in the Turkish Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | Tarık Çetin |
| 2 | DF | UZB | Husniddin Aliqulov |
| 3 | DF | TUR | Halil İbrahim Pehlivan |
| 7 | FW | TUR | Benhur Keser |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Dal Varešanović |
| 10 | FW | NGA | Ibrahim Olawoyin |
| 12 | FW | CMR | John Mary |
| 13 | MF | TUR | Eren Emre Aydın |
| 14 | MF | NGA | Azubuike Okechukwu |
| 16 | DF | TUR | Seyfettin Anıl Yaşar |
| 19 | FW | SEN | Oumar Diouf |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Óscar Pinchi |
| 23 | GK | TUR | Gökhan Akkan (captain) |
| 27 | DF | TUR | Eray Korkmaz |
| 30 | GK | TUR | Zafer Görgen |
| 33 | DF | TUR | Sinan Osmanoğlu |
| 35 | DF | TUR | Alberk Koç |
| 37 | DF | TUR | Muhammet Taha Şahin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 53 | DF | TUR | Emirhan Topçu |
| 54 | MF | TUR | Mithat Pala |
| 66 | FW | TUR | Güvenç Usta |
| 77 | FW | KOS | Altin Zeqiri |
| — | DF | TUR | Aziz Aksoy |
| — | DF | TUR | Mustafa Şengül |
| — | DF | TUR | Selim Ay |
| — | MF | BIH | Srđan Grahovac |
| — | MF | RSA | Lebogang Phiri |
| — | MF | ALB | Enriko Papa |
| — | MF | UGA | Farouk Miya |
| — | MF | TUR | Efe Tecimer |
| — | FW | TUR | Uğur Can Semizoğlu |
| — | FW | SEN | Mame Mor Faye |
| — | FW | CUW | Anthony van den Hurk |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Husniddin Aliqulov | Nasaf | €400,000 | 5 August 2023 |
| FW | Altin Zeqiri | Lahti | Undisclosed | 10 August 2023 |
| FW | Pinchi | Las Palmas | Undisclosed | 10 August 2023 |
| MF | Dal Varešanović | Sarajevo | Undisclosed | 10 August 2023 |
| MF | Gustavo Sauer | Botafogo | Free | 18 August 2023 |
| MF | Jonjo Shelvey | Nottingham Forest | Loan | 14 September 2023 |
| FW | Adolfo Gaich | CSKA Moscow | Loan | 14 September 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Oğuz Ceylan | Kocaelispor | Undisclosed | 11 August 2023 |
| MF | Sefa Yılmaz | Bucaspor 1928 | Free | 11 August 2023 |
| MF | Koray Altınay | Bucaspor 1928 | Undisclosed | 11 August 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 | 13 August 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 042.86 |
| Turkish Cup | 7 December 2023 | 16 January 2023 | Fourth round | Fifth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 043.48 |
Last updated: 19 August 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Sivasspor | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 54 |
| 8 | Alanyaspor | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 52 |
| 9 | Rizespor | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 50 |
| 10 | Antalyaspor | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 49 |
| 11 | Gaziantep | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 44 |
* ↑ Gaziantep are ahead of Adana Demirspor on head-to-head points: Gaziantep 2–2 Adana Demirspor, Adana Demirspor 1–6 Gaziantep.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 January 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | | |
| Position | 15 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | | |