# Beşiktaş J.K. Football Academy

Beşiktaş J.K. Youth System (Turkish: Beşiktaş J.K. Özkaynak Düzeni) is the youth system of football department of Turkish sports club Beşiktaş J.K. As of 2020, Beşiktaş Youth System is operated between age groups of 8 and 19.
The senior (oldest) section of Beşiktaş J.K. Youth System competed up to age group of 21 until the end of 2018–19, when Turkish Football Federation announced the termination of U21 Ligi.
The senior section were formerly known as "Beşiktaş J.K. Genç Takımı", "Beşiktaş J.K. Amatör" or "Beşiktaş J.K. B Takımı" until 1996, "Beşiktaş J.K. PAF Takımı" between 1996 and 2009, "Beşiktaş J.K. A2" between 2009 and 2014 and, "Beşiktaş J.K. U-21" between 2014 and 2019. Since 2019–20 season, the senior section is the age group of 19 (U-19).

## History

Football department of Beşiktaş was established in 1911, where shortly after the department merged with "Basiret" and "Valideçeşme", two other football teams located in Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, there were 3 different reserve teams formed.
In 1943, Süleyman Seba (1926–2014) was recruited for Beşiktaş Genç Takımı, while playing at high school level football at Kabataş Erkek Lisesi. In 1946, Seba got promoted onto senior squad. Süleyman Seba later became the president of Beşiktaş between 1984 and 2000.
During 1963–64 Balkans Cup, Beşiktaş were requested to play two back-to-back away games within 2 days. Due to logistic challenges Beşiktaş B Team represented the club at senior level football played in Tirana, Albania, facing KS Dinamo Tirana on 17 October 1963. The match ended 2–0 in favour of Albanian side.
Under Management of Serpil Hamdi Tüzün and financial support of club official Atıf Keçeli, Beşiktaş J.K. formed a youth investment program, named "Beşiktaş Özkaynak Düzeni", aiming to promote youngsters for professional level, was established in 1975. In 1978, Ziya Doğan, Süleyman Oktay and Fuat Yaman were the first ever graduates those promoted onto senior team. In following four seasons, Fikret Demirer, Burhan Ertürk were promoted.
Following a 3 wins and 1 draw performance in total of 4 games, beating Orduspor Amatör with 2–1 score at final held in Aydın, Beşiktaş Amatör won 1985 Turkish Amateur Football Championship. This success qualified Beşiktaş Amatör to participate at 1985–86 Turkish Cup, in which they were eliminated by PTT at Round 1 by a 1–0 final score.
On 6 March 1988, beating Denizli Belediyespor with 2–0 final score, Beşiktaş Amatör won 1988 Turkish Amateur Football Championship.
In Round 3 of 1988–89 Turkish Cup, Beşiktaş J.K. senior team drew Beşiktaş Amatör, in order to play a 2-legged-round by games to be played respectively 25 January and 1 February 1989. Beşiktaş J.K. seniors beat Beşiktaş Amatör 4–0 at first encounter. Goals of senior team were scored by Metin Tekin, Mehmet Özdilek and Halim Okta (two goals). Held at Fenerbahçe Stadium on 1 February 1989, following a 5–1 win in front of 923 recorded spectators, Beşiktaş J.K. seniors eliminated Beşikaş Amatör with 9–1 aggregate score.
On 7 May 1995, Beşiktaş PAF drew Fenerbahçe PAF with 1–1 final score and secured the PAF Ligi title at penultimate round of 1994–95 season.
PAF team won the title after 2002–03 season, colloquially known as the club's centenary year.
On 14 May 2006, at last game of 2005–06 season, Beşiktaş PAF were beaten by Trabzonspor PAF with a 3–0 final score as team completed the game 2 men down following 2 red cards shown, and finished the season on 3rd place.
In the second half of the 2008–09 season, Beşiktaş J.K. U-21 alumnus Sergen Yalçın managed the team on a 6-month spell, with an undefeated tally.
In 2013, youth ladies section was established.
In 2014, there were 19 players trained by Beşiktaş J.K. U-21, in which 2 players played senior level for club and 17 were hired by other clubs.
On 2 December 2016, during a U-21 derby encounter held at Fenerbahçe Lefter Küçükandonyadis Facilities, hosting side Fenerbahçe U-21 ran out of their three substitution quota and they had to play down to 10-man due to the injury of Alparslan Demir picked up in second half, Beşiktaş U-21 coach Yasin Sülün substititued Sedat Şahintürk out on 74th minute and did not replace him with another player, letting the teams playing remaining 16 minutes 10 to 10 players. The game ended 3–1 in favour of Beşiktaş U-21.
On 23 May 2018, Beşiktaş U-21 beat Balıkesirspor U-21 and won the U-21 Super Cup. Following the 2–2 score at normal period, the game prolonged and winning goal was scored by Burak Yamaç at 118th minute that sealed 3–2 final score.
Following abrogation of U-21 League by TFF in July 2019, U-21 level of Beşiktaş youth sector was dissolved.
In July 2020, club announced that their cooperation with former German international olayer Fabian Ernst, who also played at Beşiktaş between 2009 and 2012, to establish youth academies across continental Europe, focusing Germany, Austria and, the Netherlands.
On 16 September 2020, club confirmed 7 players and 5 personnel were tested positive for COVID-19 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the diagnosis, club management cancelled the training sessions for indefinite period.

## Results
### Beşiktaş Amatör results
#### Turkish Cup

| Season | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1985–86 | 5th | PTT | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| 1988–89 | 1st | Bayrampaşa | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 1988–89 | 2nd | Zeytinburnuspor | 8–6 (a.e.t.) | 8–6 (a.e.t.) | 8–6 |
| 1988–89 | 3rd | Beşiktaş | 1–5 | 0–4 | 1–9 |

### U-21 results
#### League (1996–2019)

| Season | League | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Manager |
| 1996–97 | PAF Ligi | 6 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 63 | 34 | 58 | Davut Şahin |
| 1997–98 | PAF Ligi | 2 | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 78 | 33 | 74 | |
| 1998–99 | PAF Ligi | 8 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 42 | 54 | |
| 1999–2000 | PAF Ligi | 1 | 34 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 63 | 21 | 85 | |
| 2000–01 | PAF Ligi | 4 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 65 | 27 | 59 | |
| 2001–02 | PAF Ligi | 4 | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 68 | 39 | 65 | |
| 2002–03 | PAF Ligi | 1 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 78 | 40 | 70 | Fikret Demirer |
| 2003–04 | PAF Ligi | 6 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 28 | 60 | |
| 2004–05 | PAF Ligi | 5 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 83 | 50 | 62 | |
| 2005–06 | PAF Ligi | 3 | 34 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 71 | 30 | 73 | Recep Çetin |
| 2006–07 | PAF Ligi | 2 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 74 | 34 | 70 | Fikret Demirer |
| 2007–08 | PAF Ligi | 7 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 59 | 35 | 54 | Fikret Demirer |
| 2008–09 | PAF Ligi | 8 | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 53 | 35 | 49 | |
| 2009–10 | A2 Ligi | 3 | 32+3 | 23+1 | 4+1 | 5+1 | 65+7 | 25+5 | 73+4 | Sergen Yalçın |
| 2010–11 | A2 Ligi | 4 | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 58 | 44 | 71 | Ömer Gülen |
| 2011–12 | A2 Ligi | 5 | 16+14 | 10+5 | 4+4 | 2+5 | 37+22 | 17+18 | 34+19 | Talat Tuncel |
| 2012–13 | A2 Ligi | 1/4 Finals | 20+14+1 | 11+8+0 | 7+4+0 | 2+2+1 | 45+26+0 | 23+15+2 | 40+28 | Erkan Avseren |
| 2013–14 | A2 Ligi | 1/8 Finals | 14+12 | 10+9 | 1+1 | 3+2 | 38+23 | 16+10 | 31+28 | Erkan Avseren |
| 2014–15 | U-21 Süper Ligi | 9 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 56 | 50 | 47 | |
| 2015–16 | U-21 Süper Ligi | 3 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 76 | 29 | 73 | Yasin Sülün |
| 2016–17 | U-21 Süper Ligi | 2 | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 63 | 24 | 76 | Yasin Sülün |
| 2017–18 | U-21 Süper Ligi | 1 | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 64 | 29 | 76 | Yasin Sülün |
| 2018–19 | U-21 Süper Ligi | 3 | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 64 | 29 | 72 | Yasin Sülün |
Background colours: Gold=winners; Silver=runners-up; Bronze=third

### U-19 results
#### League (2013–)

| Season | League | Div | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Manager |
| 2013–14 | Academy League | U-19 Elite | 3 | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 78 | 46 | 69 | |
| 2014–15 | Academy League | U-19 Elite | 1 | 34 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 98 | 31 | 88 | |
| 2015–16 | Academy League | U-19 Elite | 5 | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 72 | 40 | 63 | |
| 2016–17 | Academy League | U-19 | 5 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 61 | 35 | 50 | |
| 2017–18 | Development League | U-19 Elite | 11 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 41 | 39 | 43 | |
| 2018–19 | Development League | U-19 Elite | 2 | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 74 | 46 | 81 | |
| 2019–20 | Development League | U-19 Elite - Group A | 3 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 58 | 27 | 47 | Yunus Murat Ceylan |
| 2020–21 | Development League | U-19 Elite | 8 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 30 | 33 | |
| 2021–22 | Development League | U-19 Elite | 2 | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 88 | 39 | 83 | |
| 2022–23 | Development League | U-19 Elite - Group 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 27 | 46 | |
Background colours: Gold=winners; Silver=runners-up; Bronze=third

#### UEFA Youth League (2013–)

| Season | Round | Opposing team | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2015–16 | First Round | Aktobe | 4–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 |
| 2015–16 | Second Round | Salzburg | 1–0 | 1–5 | 2–5 |
| 2016–17 | Group B | Benfica | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4th |
| 2016–17 | Group B | Dynamo Kyiv | 3–3 | 1–3 | 4th |
| 2016–17 | Group B | Napoli | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4th |
| 2017–18 | Group B | Porto | 0–1 | 1–5 | 4th |
| 2017–18 | Group B | Monaco | 3–2 | 0–3 | 4th |
| 2017–18 | Group B | RB Leipzig | 1–1 | 0–4 | 4th |
| 2021–22 | Group C | Borussia Dortmund | 2–3 | 2–6 | 4th |
| 2021–22 | Group C | Ajax | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4th |
| 2021–22 | Group C | Sporting CP | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4th |

## Honours
### U-21

* Turkish Amateur Football Championship
** Winners (2): 1985, 1988
* Istanbul Amateur Football Istanbul League
** Winners (1): 1994–85
* PAF Ligi
** Winners (5): 1990–91, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1999–2000, 2002–03
* U-21 Süper Ligi
** Winners (1): 2017–18
* U-21 Super Cup
** Winners (1): 2018

### U-19

* U-19 Elite League
** Winners (1): 2014–15
* U-19 Super Cup
** Winners (1): 2014–15

### Individual

* U21 Ligi Top Scorer (2): 2004–05 (Adem Büyük, 26 goals), 2015–16 (Hamza Küçükköylü, 26 goals)

## Squads
### U-19 Squad

    As of 6 December 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 |
| — | GK | TUR | Efe Murat Güler |
| — | GK | TUR | Emir Yaşar |
| — | GK | TUR | Yusuf İslam Atay |
| — | | TUR | Abdülmecid Dönmez |
| — | | TUR | Arda Berk Özüarap |
| — | | TUR | Aytuğ Batur Kömeç |
| — | | TUR | Baran Kalkavan |
| — | | TUR | Berkay Kençtemur |
| — | | TUR | Cemal Azad Demir |
| — | | TUR | Emre Kaya |
| — | | TUR | Fahri Kerem Ay |
| — | | TUR | Muhammed Eren |
| — | | TUR | Şahin Kalınsazlıoğlu |
| — | | TUR | Sercan Kaya |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | | TUR | Emrecan Terzi |
| — | | TUR | Turgut Arda Görmüş |
| — | MF | TUR | Yakup Arda Kılıç |
| — | | TUR | Yağız Mengi |
| — | | MKD | Besar Gudfuji |
| — | | TUR | Baran Can |
| — | | TUR | Berhan Kutlay Şatlı |
| — | | TUR | Doruk Tuğrul |
| — | | TUR | Güney Diyar Kılıççeken |
| — | | TUR | İslam Aydın |
| — | | TUR | Mustafa Erhan Hekimoğlu |
| — | | TUR | Poyraz Gelen |
| — | | TUR | Soner Salih Yavuz |
| — | | TUR | Yusufcan Calayır |

### U-17 Squad

    As of 6 December 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 |
| — | GK | TUR | Miraç Durdu |
| — | GK | TUR | Tuğra Yeşilyurt |
| — | GK | TUR | Bilal Buğra Genç |
| — | | TUR | Asım Efe Işık |
| — | | TUR | Aziz Mert Aydınoğlu |
| — | | TUR | Batuhan Güner |
| — | | TUR | Berk Metin Erdoğan |
| — | | TUR | Cumali Gürsel |
| — | | TUR | Çınar Fırat |
| No. | Nation | Player |
| — | TUR | Devrim Şahin |
| — | TUR | Enes Cinemre |
| — | TUR | Furkan Çiftçi |
| — | TUR | Kartal Cengizer |
| — | TUR | Kerem Katranlı |
| — | TUR | Kerem Nurhan |
| — | TUR | Mustafa Azem Yortaç |
| — | TUR | Oğuz Çakıroğlu |
| — | TUR | Yiğit Yasin Yüksel |

## Staff

As of 1 October 2020.
| Name | Job |
| Mehmet Ekşi | Academy and Youth Development Director |
| İbrahim Nuri Şahbaz | Managing Director |
| Suat Taştan | Executive Manager |
| Yunus Murat Ceylan | U-19 Coach |
| Hikmet Çapanoğlu | U-17 Coach |
| Aydın Tuna | U-16 Coach |
| Cem Özden | U-15 Coach |
| Gökalp Şahin | U-14 Coach |
| Faruk Hakan Şahin | U-13 Coach |
| Mesut Kır | U-12 Coach |
| Caner Kaya | U-11 Coach |
| Cengiz Aydın | U-10 Coach |
| Recep Ömer Gülen | U-8 and U-9 Coach |

## Established graduates

Following players achieved to play at youth divisions of Beşiktaş at least 3 seasons, made their professional debut at Beşiktaş senior squad and, represented their country at youth (at least U-19) or full international levels:
| Player | Youth Period | International Caps | Senior Debut | Manager |
| Süleyman Seba | 1943–1946 | Turkey fullcaps (1 time) | 1946–47 Istanbul Football League | Refik Osman Top |
| Yusuf Tunaoğlu | 1958–1962 | Turkey fullcaps (6 times) | 1961–62 Turkish National League | |
| Sanlı Sarıalioğlu | 1959–1962 | Turkey fullcaps (21 times) | 1961–62 Turkish National League | |
| Süleyman Oktay | −1977 | Turkey fullcaps (1 time) | 1977–78 1.Lig | |
| Ziya Doğan | 1971–1978 | Turkey fullcaps (1 time) | 1978–79 1.Lig | |
| Rıza Çalımbay | 1970–1980 | Turkey fullcaps (38 times) | 1980–81 1.Lig | Đorđe Milić |
| Sinan Engin | 1974–1981 | Turkey U21 (2 times) | 1982–83 1.Lig | Đorđe Milić |
| Sergen Yalçın | 1982–1991 | Turkey fullcaps (37 times) | Age 18 v Gençlerbirliği, 1 September 1991 | Gordon Milne |
| Yasin Sülün | 1989–1996 | Turkey U-21 (10 times) | Age 19 v Kocaelispor, 11 April 1998 | John Toshack |
| Nihat Kahveci | 1996–1997 | Turkey fullcaps (69 times) | Age 18 v. Bursaspor, 9 November 1997 | John Toshack |
| Tunç Kip | 1996–1999 | Turkey U-21 (13 times) | Age 18 v. Çanakkale Dardanelspor, 18 March 1999 | Karl-Heinz Feldkamp |
| Ali Cansun Begeçarslan | 1998–2001 | Turkey U-21 (1 time) | Age 18 v. Siirtspor, 19 May 2001 | Christoph Daum |
| Serdar Özkan | 1999–2003 | Turkey fullcaps (3 times) | Age 17 v. Kocaelispor, 17 December 2003 | Mircea Lucescu |
| Sezer Sezgin | 1999–2005 | Turkey U-20 (9 times) | Age 19 v. İstanbulspor, 15 May 2005 | Rıza Çalımbay |
| Mehmet Sedef | 2000–2005 | Turkey U-20 (1 time) | Age 17 v. Akçaabat Sebatspor, 28 May 2005 | Rıza Çalımbay |
| İbrahim Kaş | 2000–2005 | Turkey fullcaps (7 times) | Age 19 v. Akçaabat Sebatspor, 28 May 2005 | Rıza Çalımbay |
| Nail Tilbaç | 2001–2006 | Turkey U-19 (1 time) | Age 17 v. Gaziantepspor, 20 November 2005 | Jean Tigana |
| Emre Özkan | 2002–2006 | Turkey U-21 (6 times) | Age 18 v. Sarıyer S.K., 21 February 2006 | Jean Tigana |
| Batuhan Karadeniz | 2003–2007 | Turkey fullcaps (2 times) | Age 16 v Kasımpaşa S.K., 11 October 2007 | Ertuğrul Sağlam |
| Bülent Uzun | 2003–2007 | Turkey U-19 (2 times) | Age 18 v. Kasımpaşa S.K., 19 January 2008 | Ertuğrul Sağlam |
| Ali Kuçik | 2004–2009 | Turkey U-21 (2 times) | Age 17 v. Diskispor, 5 January 2008 | Ertuğrul Sağlam |
| Necip Uysal | 2004–2009 | Turkey fullcaps (1 time) | Age 18 v. Eskişehirspor, 24 November 2009 | Mustafa Denizli |
| Atınç Nukan | 2006–2010 | Turkey fullcaps (1 time) | Age 16 v. Manisaspor, 7 May 2010 | Mustafa Denizli |
| Muhammed Demirci | 2006–2010 | Turkey U-21 (5 times) | Age 16 v. Gaziantep B.B., 3 March 2011 | Bernd Schuster |
| Hasan Türk | 2006–2012 | Turkey U-20 (6 times) | Age 19 v İstanbul B.B., 19 August 2012 | Carlos Carvalhal |
| Cumali Bişi | 2007–2010 | Turkey U-20 (7 times) | Age 17 v. Bursaspor, 16 May 2010 | Mustafa Denizli |
| Kadir Arı | 2008–2012 | Turkey U-20 (3 times) | Age 18 v. Niğde Belediyespor, 25 September 2012 | Samet Aybaba |
| Fatih Aksoy | 2013–2017 | Turkey U-20 (3 times) | Age 20 v. Kayserispor, 25 November 2017 | Şenol Güneş |
| Erdem Seçgin | 2013–2018 | Turkey U-20 (1 time) | Age 18 v. Sarpsborg 08 FF, 29 November 2018 | Şenol Güneş |
| Kerem Kalafat | 2013–2019 | Turkey U-19 (4 times) | Age 18 v. Wolverhampton Wanderers, 12 December 2019 | Abdullah Avcı |
| Rıdvan Yılmaz | 2009–2019 | Turkey fullcaps (4 times) | Age 18 v. Çaykur Rizespor, 8 April 2019 | Abdullah Avcı |
| Kartal Yılmaz | 2012–2019 | Turkey U-21 (2 times) | Age 18 v. S.C. Braga, 24 October 2019 | Abdullah Avcı |
| Erdoğan Kaya | 2016–2019 | Turkey U-19 (9 times) | Age 18 v. Wolverhampton Wanderers, 12 December 2019 | Abdullah Avcı |
| Ersin Destanoğlu | 2013–2017 | Turkey U-21 (5 times) | Age 19 v. Antalyaspor, 13 June 2020 | Sergen Yalçın |
| Serdar Saatçı | 2014–2020 | Turkey U-21 (4 times) | Age 17 v. Tarsus İdman Yurdu, 17 December 2020 | Sergen Yalçın |
| Berkay Vardar | 2016–2021 | Azerbaijan U-19 (3 times) | Age 18 v. Ajax, 28 September 2021 | Sergen Yalçın |
| Emirhan İlkhan | 2014–2021 | Turkey U-21 (2 times) | Age 18 v. Antalyaspor, 5 January 2022 | Önder Karaveli |
| Emre Bilgin | 2014–2020 | Turkey U-19 (1 time) | Age 18 v. Hatayspor, 19 March 2022 | Önder Karaveli |