# 2018–19 Beşiktaş J.K. season

The 2018–19 Beşiktaş J.K. season was the club's 115th year since its foundation, 97th season of competitive football and the club's 60th season contesting the Süper Lig, the top division of Turkish football. The 2018–19 season lasted from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
On 19 April 2018, Beşiktaş' Turkish Cup match against Fenerbahçe was abandoned after manager Beşiktaş Şenol Güneş was struck on the head with an object. As a result, the Turkish Football Federation ordered the remaining 32 minutes to be played behind closed doors. However, Beşiktaş refused to travel to the match after an appeal failed. As a result, Beşiktaş was banned from competing in the 2018–19 Turkish Cup.

## Squad

    As of match played 24 May 2019
| No. | Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed From | Signed In | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Loris Karius | GK | (1993-06-22)22 June 1993 (aged 25) | loan from Liverpool | 2018 | 35 | 0 |
| 29 | Tolga Zengin (captain) | GK | (1983-10-10)10 October 1983 (aged 35) | Trabzonspor | 2013 | 128 | 0 |
| 30 | Ersin Destanoğlu | GK | (2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 18) | Academy | 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Utku Yuvakuran | GK | (1997-11-02)2 November 1997 (aged 21) | Beylerbeyi | 2016 | 5 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 3 | Adriano | DF | (1984-10-26)26 October 1984 (aged 34) | Barcelona | 2016 | 109 | 4 |
| 6 | Gary Medel | DF | (1987-08-03)3 August 1987 (aged 31) | Internazionale | 2017 | 72 | 1 |
| 12 | Enzo Roco | DF | (1992-08-16)16 August 1992 (aged 26) | Cruz Azul | 2018 | 10 | 1 |
| 15 | Nicolas Isimat-Mirin | DF | (1991-11-15)15 November 1991 (aged 27) | PSV | 2019 | 14 | 0 |
| 24 | Domagoj Vida | DF | (1989-04-29)29 April 1989 (aged 30) | Dynamo Kyiv | 2018 | 54 | 4 |
| 41 | Alpay Çelebi | DF | (1999-04-04)4 April 1999 (aged 20) | Academy | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | Rıdvan Yılmaz | DF | (2001-05-21)21 May 2001 (aged 18) | Academy | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Gökhan Gönül | DF | (1985-01-04)4 January 1985 (aged 34) | Fenerbahçe | 2016 | 108 | 5 |
| 88 | Caner Erkin | DF | (1988-10-04)4 October 1988 (aged 30) | Internazionale | 2017 | 83 | 2 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 7 | Ricardo Quaresma | MF | (1983-09-26)26 September 1983 (aged 35) | Porto | 2015 | 223 | 38 |
| 10 | Oğuzhan Özyakup | MF | (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (aged 26) | Arsenal | 2012 | 244 | 30 |
| 13 | Atiba Hutchinson | MF | (1983-02-08)8 February 1983 (aged 36) | PSV | 2013 | 217 | 13 |
| 17 | Jeremain Lens | MF | (1987-11-24)24 November 1987 (aged 31) | Sunderland | 2018 | 67 | 9 |
| 20 | Necip Uysal | MF | (1991-01-24)24 January 1991 (aged 28) | Academy | 2009 | 303 | 5 |
| 21 | Muhayer Oktay | MF | (1999-04-28)28 April 1999 (aged 20) | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Shinji Kagawa | MF | (1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 30) | loan from Borussia Dortmund | 2019 | 14 | 4 |
| 26 | Dorukhan Toköz | MF | (1996-05-21)21 May 1996 (aged 23) | Eskişehirspor | 2018 | 25 | 3 |
| 44 | Erdem Seçgin | MF | (2000-01-05)5 January 2000 (aged 19) | Academy | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Gökhan Töre | MF | (1992-01-20)20 January 1992 (aged 27) | Rubin Kazan | 2014 | 120 | 19 |
| | Oğuzhan Aydoğan | MF | (1997-02-04)4 February 1997 (aged 22) | Borussia Dortmund | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| Strikers |||||||||
| 11 | Mustafa Pektemek | FW | (1988-08-11)11 August 1988 (aged 30) | Gençlerbirliği | 2011 | 150 | 30 |
| 19 | Güven Yalçın | FW | (1999-01-18)18 January 1999 (aged 20) | Bayer Leverkusen | 2018 | 23 | 8 |
| 22 | Adem Ljajić | FW | (1991-09-29)29 September 1991 (aged 27) | loan from Torino | 2018 | 32 | 9 |
| 71 | Burak Yılmaz | FW | (1985-07-15)15 July 1985 (aged 33) | Trabzonspor | 2019 | 70 | 18 |
| 95 | Cyle Larin | FW | (1995-04-17)17 April 1995 (aged 24) | Orlando City | 2018 | 26 | 8 |
| Out on loan |||||||||
| 14 | Fatih Aksoy | DF | (1997-11-06)6 November 1997 (aged 21) | Academy | 2016 | 18 | 0 |
| 15 | Orkan Çınar | MF | (1996-01-29)29 January 1996 (aged 23) | Gaziantepspor | 2017 | 5 | 1 |
| 28 | Umut Nayir | FW | (1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 25) | Osmanlıspor | 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| | Aras Özbiliz | MF | (1990-03-09)9 March 1990 (aged 29) | Spartak Moscow | 2016 | 5 | 1 |
| Players who left during the season |||||||||
| 5 | Pepe | DF | (1983-02-26)26 February 1983 (aged 36) | Real Madrid | 2017 | 50 | 7 |
| 8 | Ryan Babel | MF | (1986-12-19)19 December 1986 (aged 32) | Deportivo La Coruña | 2017 | 86 | 29 |
| 9 | Álvaro Negredo | FW | (1985-08-20)20 August 1985 (aged 33) | Valencia | 2017 | 46 | 17 |
| 18 | Tolgay Arslan | MF | (1990-08-16)16 August 1990 (aged 28) | Hamburger SV | 2015 | 130 | 3 |
| 99 | Vágner Love | FW | (1984-06-11)11 June 1984 (aged 34) | Alanyaspor | 2018 | 29 | 11 |

### 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 |
| 22 | MF | ARM | Aras Özbiliz (on loan at Willem II until 30 June 2019) |
| — | DF | TUR | Fatih Aksoy (on loan at Sivasspor until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | TUR | Sedat Şahintürk (on loan at Balıkesirspor until 30 June 2019) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | TUR | Orkan Çınar (on loan at Adana Demirspor until 30 June 2019) |
| — | FW | TUR | Umut Nayir (on loan at Bursaspor until 30 June 2019) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 June 2018 | MF | Jeremain Lens | Sunderland | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2018 | MF | Dorukhan Toköz | Eskişehirspor | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2018 | FW | Güven Yalçın | Bayer Leverkusen | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2018 | DF | Enzo Roco | Cruz Azul | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2018 | FW | Umut Nayir | Osmanlıspor | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2019 | MF | Muhayer Oktay | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | Undisclosed |
| 4 January 2019 | FW | Burak Yılmaz | Trabzonspor | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2019 | DF | Nicolas Isimat-Mirin | PSV | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 18 May 2018 | DF | Duško Tošić | Guangzhou R&F | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2018 | DF | Matej Mitrović | Club Brugge | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2018 | GK | Fabri | Fulham | Undisclosed |
| 18 September 2018 | FW | Álvaro Negredo | Al-Nasr | Undisclosed |
| | GK | Denys Boyko | Dynamo Kyiv | |
| | DF | Pedro Franco | América de Cali | |
| 15 January 2019 | FW | Ryan Babel | Fulham | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2019 | MF | Tolgay Arslan | Fenerbahçe | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 25 August 2018 | GK | Loris Karius | Liverpool | End of 2019–20 season |
| 31 August 2018 | FW | Adem Ljajić | Torino | 30 June 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | MF | Shinji Kagawa | Borussia Dortmund | End of season |

### Loans out

| Position | Name | To | Date to |
| MF | Orkan Çınar | Adana Demirspor | 30 June 2019 |
| MF | Umut Nayir | Bursaspor | 30 June 2019 |
| DF | Fatih Aksoy | Sivasspor | 30 June 2019 |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| | MF | Veli Kavlak | | |
| 17 December 2018 | DF | Pepe | Porto | 8 January 2019 |
| 25 January 2019 | FW | Vágner Love | Corinthians | 25 January 2019 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 12 August 2018 | 24 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 72 | 46 | +26 | 055.88 |
| Europa League | 26 July 2018 | 13 December 2018 | Second qualifying round | Group stage | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 95 | 60 | +35 | 054.35 |
Last updated: 24 May 2019 (2019-05-24). Source: Competitions

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Galatasaray (C) | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 72 | 36 | +36 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 72 | 46 | +26 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying 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: 24 May 2019. Source: See Results

#### Results by matchday

| 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Results
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Genk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 7 | |
| 4 | Sarpsborg 08 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 5 | |

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 22 May 2019

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Loris Karius | 35 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Adriano | 29 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CHI | Gary Medel | 35 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | POR | Ricardo Quaresma | 34 | 4 | 21+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5+3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Oğuzhan Özyakup | 29 | 3 | 10+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7+3 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | TUR | Mustafa Pektemek | 18 | 5 | 6+7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | CHI | Enzo Roco | 10 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | CAN | Atiba Hutchinson | 27 | 4 | 25+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | TUR | Fatih Aksoy | 6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Isimat-Mirin | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NED | Jeremain Lens | 37 | 5 | 19+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| 19 | FW | TUR | Güven Yalçın | 24 | 8 | 14+8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | TUR | Necip Uysal | 28 | 0 | 11+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SRB | Adem Ljajić | 32 | 9 | 25+2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Shinji Kagawa | 14 | 4 | 4+10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Domagoj Vida | 38 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | TUR | Dorukhan Toköz | 25 | 3 | 19+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | TUR | Tolga Zengin | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | TUR | Erdem Seçgin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | TUR | Gökhan Töre | 8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 61 | DF | TUR | Rıdvan Yılmaz | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | FW | TUR | Burak Yılmaz | 15 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | TUR | Gökhan Gönül | 38 | 4 | 27+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 | 1 |
| 88 | DF | TUR | Caner Erkin | 39 | 2 | 20+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 95 | FW | CAN | Cyle Larin | 22 | 4 | 2+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9+1 | 3 |
| 97 | GK | TUR | Utku Yuvakuran | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Beşiktaş during the season: ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | POR | Pepe | 17 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Ryan Babel | 19 | 6 | 10+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Negredo | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Tolgay Arslan | 16 | 1 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Vágner Love | 16 | 7 | 5+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2+6 | 4 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 71 | Burak Yılmaz | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 22 | Adem Ljajić | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | 19 | Güven Yalçın | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | FW | 99 | Vágner Love | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Ryan Babel | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | FW | 11 | Mustafa Pektemek | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | DF | 5 | Pepe | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 17 | Jeremain Lens | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | MF | 13 | Atiba Hutchinson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | MF | 23 | Shinji Kagawa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | DF | 77 | Gökhan Gönül | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | MF | 7 | Ricardo Quaresma | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | 95 | Cyle Larin | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | MF | 26 | Dorukhan Toköz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | DF | 24 | Domagoj Vida | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | FW | 9 | Álvaro Negredo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | 10 | Oğuzhan Özyakup | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | DF | 88 | Caner Erkin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | 18 | Tolgay Arslan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | 12 | Enzo Roco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 72 | 0 | 23 | 95 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Loris Karius | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Adriano | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Gary Medel | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Ricardo Quaresma | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | Oğuzhan Özyakup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Mustafa Pektemek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Enzo Roco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Fatih Aksoy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Nicolas Isimat-Mirin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Jeremain Lens | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Tolgay Arslan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Güven Yalçın | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Necip Uysal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Adem Ljajić | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Shinji Kagawa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Domagoj Vida | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | Dorukhan Toköz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 71 | FW | Burak Yılmaz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Gökhan Gönül | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | Caner Erkin | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 95 | FW | Cyle Larin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Beşiktaş during the season: ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | Pepe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ryan Babel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Álvaro Negredo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 90 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 114 | 7 |