# 2022–23 Gençlerbirliği S.K. season

The 2022–23 season was the 100th season in the existence of Gençlerbirliği S.K. and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, Gençlerbirliği S.K. participated in this season's edition of the Turkish Cup. The season covered 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | TUR | Nurullah Aslan (on loan from Samsunspor) |
| 3 | DF | TUR | Musa Şahindere |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Mert Kula |
| 8 | FW | MAR | Moha Rharsalla |
| 9 | FW | TUR | İlker Karakaş |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Serdarcan Eralp |
| 11 | FW | TUR | Gökhan Altıparmak |
| 17 | DF | TUR | Yasin Güreler |
| 20 | DF | TUR | Abdullah Şahindere |
| 23 | GK | AUT | Philipp Alexander Angeler (on loan from Tuzlaspor) |
| 24 | DF | TUR | Alperen Babacan |
| 25 | MF | TUR | Eralp Aydın |
| 26 | GK | TUR | Ebrar Yiğit Aydın |
| 28 | FW | TUR | Baran Başyiğit |
| 29 | FW | CRO | Ivan Ikić (on loan from Sarajevo) |
| 30 | MF | TUR | Erkan Eyibil (on loan from Antalyaspor) |
| 38 | FW | TUR | Hayrullah Erkip (on loan from Kayserispor) |
| 39 | FW | MTN | Souleymane Doukara |
| 41 | GK | TUR | Onur Alp Sarman |
| 42 | MF | POR | Tiago Rodrigues |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 44 | MF | GUI | Sekoua Tidiany Bangoura (on loan from İstanbul Başakşehir) |
| 50 | FW | ECU | Jaime Ayoví |
| 57 | MF | TUR | Enes Keskin (on loan from Pendikspor) |
| 60 | DF | TUR | Özgür Çek |
| 62 | MF | TUR | Özkan Yiğiter (on loan from Sivasspor) |
| 70 | FW | TUR | Mete Kaan Demir (on loan from Eyüpspor) |
| 72 | FW | TUR | Muhammed Himmet Ertürk |
| 77 | DF | TUR | Uğur Akdemir |
| 87 | MF | TUR | Abdullah Durak |
| 89 | FW | ROU | Gabriel Torje (captain) |
| 97 | DF | MAD | Thomas Fontaine |
| 99 | GK | TUR | Atalay Gökçe |
| — | GK | TUR | Ahmet Cevat Varol |
| — | DF | TUR | Ahmet Buğra Güven |
| — | DF | TUR | Muhammet Baha Yetim |
| — | MF | TUR | Adar Aygür |
| — | MF | NGA | Chukwuma Akabueze |
| — | MF | TUR | Harun Batuhan Ceyhan |
| — | MF | TUR | Rahman Buğra Çağıran (on loan from Yeni Malatyaspor) |

### 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 |
| — | GK | TUR | Emin Emir Kavaşoğlu (at Hacettepe 1945 until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | TUR | Batuhan Uçan (at 1954 Kelkit Belediyespor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | TUR | Abdussamet Yılmaz (at Hacettepe 1945 until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | TUR | Ataberk Gök (at Edirnespor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | TUR | Batuhan Özdemir (at Erbaaspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | TUR | Mustafa Yorulmaz (at 1954 Kelkit Belediyespor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Byelyayev (at Lviv until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | TUR | Seyit Ali Kahya (at Hacettepe 1945 until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Ahmet Arda Tuzcu (at Hacettepe 1945 until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Kağan Özkan (at Hacettepe 1945 until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Osman Emirkan Demir (at Hacettepe 1945 until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Zafer Göktuğ Erdem (at Hacettepe 1945 until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | TUR | Ulusoy Mert Kabasakal (at Hacettepe 1945 until 30 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 % |
| TFF First League | 13 August 2022 | 21 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 027.78 |
| Turkish Cup | 20 October 2022 | 22 December 2022 | Third round | Fifth round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 030.77 |
Last updated: August 2022 Source: Competitions

### TFF First League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Erzurumspor | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 39 | |
| 14 | Tuzlaspor | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 38 | |
| 15 | Gençlerbirliği | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 38 | |
| 16 | Altınordu (R) | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 35 | Relegation to the TFF Second League |
| 17 | Adanaspor | 36 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 32 | 76 | −44 | 25 | Withdrew |
* ↑ Erzurumspor have been deducted 3 points by the Club Licensing Board for failing to meet the licensing requirements.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Gençlerbirliği 1–2 Tuzlaspor, Tuzlaspor 1–0 Gençlerbirliği
* ↑ Adanaspor withdrew from the league following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake and were not relegated at the end of the season.

#### 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 1. 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 | | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | D | L | D | B | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | B | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D |
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#### Matches

The league schedule was released on 5 July.