# 2023–24 Kocaelispor season

The 2023–24 season is Kocaelispor's 58th season in existence and first one back in the TFF First League, the second division of Turkish football. They will also compete in the Turkish Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 15 September 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 | TUR | Harun Tekin |
| 2 | DF | TUR | Alihan Kubalas |
| 3 | DF | TUR | Onur Atasayar |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Emir Ortakaya (on loan from Fenerbahçe) |
| 7 | FW | GER | Cem Ekinci |
| 8 | MF | NED | Cihat Çelik |
| 9 | FW | TUR | Atabey Çiçek |
| 10 | FW | POR | Daniel Candeias (vice-captain) |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Christian Kouakou |
| 14 | FW | GEO | Giorgi Beridze |
| 19 | DF | TUR | Atila Turan |
| 20 | MF | TUR | Mert Çölgeçen |
| 21 | FW | TUR | Bedirhan Yıldız |
| 24 | MF | GUI | Ibrahima Fofana (on loan from Hammarby) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | DF | TUR | Emre Nefiz |
| 32 | DF | TUR | Mehmet Yılmaz |
| 33 | FW | TUR | Ömer Tuğ |
| 35 | GK | TUR | Gökhan Değirmenci (captain) |
| 40 | MF | TUR | Yusuf Emre Gültekin |
| 41 | MF | POR | João Amaral |
| 45 | MF | TUR | Mesut Can Tunalı |
| 53 | DF | TUR | Burak Öksüz |
| 55 | DF | TUR | Yusuf Abdioğlu |
| 67 | GK | TUR | Mehmet Enes Sarı |
| 70 | FW | TUR | Barış Alıcı (on loan from Samsunspor) |
| 77 | DF | TUR | Oğuz Ceylan |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Douglas Tanque |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | TUR | Olcan Gökdemir |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | TUR | Yağız Yolcu |

### 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 | Eren Bilen (at Darıca Gençlerbirliği until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Onur Öztonga (at Karacabey Belediyespor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | TUR | Berat Kartal (at Belediye Kütahyaspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | AZE | Serhat Tasdemir (at Zonguldak Kömürspor until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | TUR | Yağız Gül (at Darıca Gençlerbirliği until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | TUR | Fatih Bektaş (at Zonguldak Kömürspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | TUR | Hakan Özturk (at Gümüşhanespor until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| FW | Douglas Tanque | Samsunspor | Unisclosed | 17 August 2023 | |
| MF | Giorgi Beridze | Ankaragücü | Free | 12 September 2023 | |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |

## 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 2023 | 12 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 058.82 |
| Turkish Cup | 5 December 2023 | 5 December 2023 | Fourth round | Fourth round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 055.56 |
Last updated: December 2023 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Bodrum (O, P) | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 22 | +21 | 57 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoff Quarter Finals |
| 5 | Çorum | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 56 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoff Quarter Finals |
| 6 | Kocaelispor | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 55 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoff Quarter Finals |
| 7 | Boluspor | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 53 | Qualification for the Süper Lig Playoff Quarter Finals |
| 8 | Gençlerbirliği | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 51 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: August 2023. Source:

#### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 19 July 2023.