# 2019–20 Beşiktaş J.K. season

The 2019–20 Beşiktaş J.K. season was the club's 116th year since its foundation, 98th season of competitive football and the club's 61st season contesting the Süper Lig, the top division of Turkish football. The season consisted of the period between 1 July 2019 and 25 July 2020.

## Season events

On 1 June 2019, Şenol Güneş became manager of the Turkey national team, with Abdullah Avcı taking over in his place.
On 19 March, the Turkish Football Federation suspended all football due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 4 May, Loris Karius announced that he had terminated his loan deal with Beşiktaş.
On 13 May, the Turkish Football Federation announced that the Süper Lig would resume on 12 June.

## Squad

    As of match played 25 July 2020
| No. | Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed From | Signed In | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 30 | Ersin Destanoğlu | GK | (2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 19) | Academy | 2018 | | 8 | 0 |
| 97 | Utku Yuvakuran | GK | (1997-11-02)2 November 1997 (aged 22) | Beylerbeyi | 2016 | | 9 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Enzo Roco | DF | (1992-08-16)16 August 1992 (aged 27) | Cruz Azul | 2018 | | 27 | 2 |
| 4 | Víctor Ruiz | DF | (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 31) | Villarreal | 2019 | 2022 | 26 | 0 |
| 5 | Douglas | DF | (1990-08-06)6 August 1990 (aged 29) | Barcelona | 2019 | 2022 | 7 | 0 |
| 12 | Erdoğan Kaya | DF | (2001-03-27)27 March 2001 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2019 | | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | Domagoj Vida | DF | (1989-04-29)29 April 1989 (aged 31) | Dynamo Kyiv | 2018 | | 92 | 9 |
| 33 | Rıdvan Yılmaz | DF | (2001-05-21)21 May 2001 (aged 19) | Academy | 2019 | | 8 | 0 |
| 34 | Kerem Kalafat | DF | (2001-03-09)9 March 2001 (aged 19) | Academy | 2019 | | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | Gökhan Gönül | DF | (1985-01-04)4 January 1985 (aged 35) | Fenerbahçe | 2016 | | 140 | 9 |
| 88 | Caner Erkin | DF | (1988-10-04)4 October 1988 (aged 31) | Internazionale | 2017 | | 120 | 6 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 13 | Atiba Hutchinson | MF | (1983-02-08)8 February 1983 (aged 37) | PSV Eindhoven | 2013 | | 249 | 19 |
| 15 | Mohamed Elneny | MF | (1992-07-11)11 July 1992 (aged 28) | loan from Arsenal | 2019 | 2020 | 36 | 1 |
| 19 | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | MF | (1995-02-13)13 February 1995 (aged 25) | Tottenham Hotspur | 2019 | 2023 | 31 | 4 |
| 20 | Necip Uysal | MF | (1991-01-24)24 January 1991 (aged 29) | Academy | 2009 | | 326 | 5 |
| 22 | Adem Ljajić | MF | (1991-09-29)29 September 1991 (aged 28) | Torino | 2019 | | 60 | 16 |
| 26 | Dorukhan Toköz | MF | (1996-05-21)21 May 1996 (aged 24) | Eskişehirspor | 2018 | | 34 | 3 |
| 27 | Jeremain Lens | MF | (1987-11-24)24 November 1987 (aged 32) | Sunderland | 2018 | | 96 | 11 |
| 41 | Kartal Yılmaz | MF | (2000-11-04)4 November 2000 (aged 19) | Academy | 2019 | | 7 | 0 |
| | Oğuzhan Aydoğan | MF | (1997-02-04)4 February 1997 (aged 23) | Borussia Dortmund | 2016 | | 1 | 0 |
| Strikers ||||||||||
| 8 | Umut Nayir | FW | (1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 27) | Osmanlıspor | 2018 | | 27 | 6 |
| 9 | Güven Yalçın | FW | (1999-01-18)18 January 1999 (aged 21) | Bayer Leverkusen | 2018 | | 52 | 11 |
| 11 | Tyler Boyd | FW | (1994-12-30)30 December 1994 (aged 25) | Vitória de Guimarães | 2019 | 2023 | 28 | 3 |
| 17 | Burak Yılmaz | FW | (1985-07-15)15 July 1985 (aged 35) | Trabzonspor | 2019 | | 96 | 32 |
| 40 | Almos Kalafat | FW | (2001-09-04)4 September 2001 (aged 18) | Academy | 2020 | | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Abdoulay Diaby | FW | (1991-05-21)21 May 1991 (aged 29) | loan from Sporting CP | 2019 | 2020 | 37 | 6 |
| 99 | Kevin-Prince Boateng | FW | (1987-03-06)6 March 1987 (aged 33) | loan from Fiorentina | 2020 | 2020 | 11 | 3 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 10 | Oğuzhan Özyakup | MF | (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (aged 27) | Arsenal | 2012 | | 264 | 31 |
| 14 | Fatih Aksoy | DF | (1997-11-06)6 November 1997 (aged 22) | Academy | 2016 | | 18 | 0 |
| 15 | Nicolas Isimat-Mirin | DF | (1991-11-15)15 November 1991 (aged 28) | PSV Eindhoven | 2019 | | 14 | 0 |
| 21 | Muhayer Oktay | MF | (1999-04-28)28 April 1999 (aged 21) | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 2019 | | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | Alpay Çelebi | DF | (1999-04-04)4 April 1999 (aged 21) | Academy | 2017 | | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | Erdem Seçgin | MF | (2000-01-05)5 January 2000 (aged 20) | Academy | 2018 | | 6 | 0 |
| 95 | Cyle Larin | FW | (1995-04-17)17 April 1995 (aged 25) | Orlando City | 2018 | | 26 | 8 |
| | Sedat Şahintürk | MF | (1996-02-07)7 February 1996 (aged 24) | Academy | 2016 | 2022 | 2 | 1 |
| | Oğuzhan Akgün | FW | (2001-07-13)13 July 2001 (aged 19) | Academy | 2019 | | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 1 | Loris Karius | GK | (1993-06-22)22 June 1993 (aged 27) | loan from Liverpool | 2018 | 2020 | 67 | 0 |
| 6 | Gary Medel | DF | (1987-08-03)3 August 1987 (aged 32) | Internazionale | 2017 | | 74 | 1 |
| 7 | Ricardo Quaresma | MF | (1983-09-26)26 September 1983 (aged 36) | Porto | 2015 | | 224 | 38 |
| 14 | Orkan Çınar | MF | (1996-01-29)29 January 1996 (aged 24) | Gaziantepspor | 2017 | | 9 | 1 |
| 23 | Pedro Rebocho | DF | (1995-01-23)23 January 1995 (aged 25) | loan from Guingamp | 2019 | | 17 | 0 |
| | Aras Özbiliz | MF | (1990-03-09)9 March 1990 (aged 30) | Spartak Moscow | 2016 | | 5 | 1 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Adem Ljajić | Torino | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2019 | FW | Tyler Boyd | Vitória de Guimarães | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2019 | DF | Douglas | Barcelona | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2019 | DF | Víctor Ruiz | Villarreal | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2019 | MF | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 25 August 2018 | GK | Loris Karius | Liverpool | 4 May 2020 |
| 8 August 2019 | DF | Pedro Rebocho | Guingamp | End of Season |
| 31 August 2019 | MF | Mohamed Elneny | Arsenal | End of Season |
| 2 September 2019 | FW | Abdoulay Diaby | Sporting CP | End of Season |
| 31 January 2020 | FW | Kevin-Prince Boateng | Fiorentina | End of Season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 29 August 2019 | DF | | Gary Medel | Bologna | Undisclosed | |
| 29 August 2019 | MF | | Ricardo Quaresma | Kasımpaşa | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 5 July 2019 | FW | Cyle Larin | Zulte Waregem | End of Season |
| 6 August 2019 | DF | Alpay Çelebi | Kayserispor | End of Season |
| 21 August 2019 | DF | Nicolas Isimat-Mirin | Toulouse | End of Season |
| 21 August 2019 | FW | Oguzhan Akgün | İstanbulspor | End of Season |
| 17 January 2020 | MF | Muhayer Oktay | Giresunspor | End of Season |
| 29 January 2020 | MF | Oğuzhan Özyakup | Feyenoord | End of Season |
| 1 March 2020 | MF | Erdem Seçgin | Ümraniyespor | End of Season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 30 June 2019 | GK | Tolga Zengin | | |
| 30 June 2019 | DF | Adriano | Athletico Paranaense | 23 July 2019 |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | Aras Özbiliz | Pyunik | 31 August 2019 |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | Gökhan Töre | Yeni Malatyaspor | |
| 30 June 2019 | FW | Mustafa Pektemek | Kasımpaşa | |
| 31 January 2020 | MF | Orkan Çınar | MKE Ankaragücü | |
| 15 July 2020 | DF | Víctor Ruiz | | |

## Competitions
### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | İstanbul Başakşehir (C) | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 65 | |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Sivasspor | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Alanyaspor | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
* ↑ Trabzonspor were banned for 1 season from all UEFA club competitions for either the 2020–21 or 2021–22 seasons by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body on 3 June 2020 due to breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 July 2020. 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 16 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Braga | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Slovan Bratislava | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 | |

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 25 July 2020

### 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 |
| 3 | DF | CHI | Enzo Roco | 17 | 1 | 10+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Víctor Ruiz | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Douglas | 7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | TUR | Umut Nayir | 26 | 6 | 3+13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | TUR | Güven Yalçın | 30 | 3 | 7+14 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | USA | Tyler Boyd | 27 | 3 | 13+7 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | TUR | Erdoğan Kaya | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | CAN | Atiba Hutchinson | 32 | 6 | 29+1 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Elneny | 36 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Burak Yılmaz | 27 | 14 | 25+1 | 13 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | 30 | 4 | 18+7 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | TUR | Necip Uysal | 23 | 0 | 6+9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Adem Ljajić | 29 | 7 | 17+7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Domagoj Vida | 38 | 5 | 31 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | TUR | Dorukhan Toköz | 9 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | NED | Jeremain Lens | 29 | 2 | 17+6 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | TUR | Ersin Destanoğlu | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | TUR | Rıdvan Yılmaz | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | TUR | Kerem Kalafat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | TUR | Kartal Yılmaz | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | TUR | Gökhan Gönül | 32 | 4 | 29+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | TUR | Caner Erkin | 37 | 4 | 27+3 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 92 | FW | MLI | Abdoulay Diaby | 37 | 6 | 22+9 | 5 | 2+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 97 | GK | TUR | Utku Yuvakuran | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | GHA | Kevin-Prince Boateng | 11 | 3 | 6+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: ||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | TUR | Oğuzhan Özyakup | 21 | 1 | 4+9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | TUR | Muhayer Oktay | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | TUR | Erdem Seçgin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| Players who left Beşiktaş during the season: ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Loris Karius | 32 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CHI | Gary Medel | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | POR | Ricardo Quaresma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | TUR | Orkan Çınar | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | POR | Pedro Rebocho | 17 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 17 | Burak Yılmaz | 13 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | MF | 22 | Adem Ljajić | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 13 | Atiba Hutchinson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 92 | Abdoulay Diaby | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 8 | Umut Nayir | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | DF | 24 | Domagoj Vida | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | DF | 77 | Gökhan Gönül | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 19 | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | 88 | Caner Erkin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | 9 | Güven Yalçın | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | 99 | Kevin-Prince Boateng | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | 11 | Tyler Boyd | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | MF | 27 | Jeremain Lens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | 10 | Oğuzhan Özyakup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 15 | Mohamed Elneny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 12 | Erdoğan Kaya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 3 | Enzo Roco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | | | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 59 | 7 | 6 | 72 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Loris Karius | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | GK | 30 | Ersin Destanoğlu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | GK | 97 | Utku Yuvakuran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Enzo Roco | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Víctor Ruiz | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Douglas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Umut Nayir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Güven Yalçın | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Tyler Boyd | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Atiba Hutchinson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Mohamed Elneny | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Burak Yılmaz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Necip Uysal | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Adem Ljajić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Domagoj Vida | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | Dorukhan Toköz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Jeremain Lens | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | Ersin Destanoğlu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Rıdvan Yılmaz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Gökhan Gönül | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | Caner Erkin | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 92 | FW | Abdoulay Diaby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Kevin-Prince Boateng | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | Oğuzhan Özyakup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Beşiktaş during the season: ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Loris Karius | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Orkan Çınar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Pedro Rebocho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 89 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 112 | 4 |