# 2020–21 Çaykur Rizespor season

The 2020–21 season was Çaykur Rizespor's 68th season in existence and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, Çaykur Rizespor participated in this season's editions of the Turkish Cup. The season covers the period from July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 5 October 2020
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 | Tarık Çetin |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Chatziisaias |
| 4 | DF | TUN | Montassar Talbi |
| 5 | MF | TUR | Abdullah Durak (captain) |
| 6 | MF | AUT | Yasin Pehlivan |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Loïc Rémy |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Fabricio Baiano |
| 9 | FW | TUR | Kemal Rüzgar |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Fernando Boldrin |
| 11 | FW | TUR | Tunay Torun |
| 13 | DF | TUR | İsmail Köybaşı |
| 15 | DF | TUR | Selim Ay |
| 17 | FW | POL | Konrad Michalak (on loan from Akhmat Grozny) |
| 18 | FW | PAR | Braian Samudio |
| 19 | MF | SRB | Dušan Jovančić |
| 21 | FW | CZE | Milan Škoda |
| 22 | DF | TUR | Emir Han Topçu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | GHA | Godfred Donsah (on loan from Bologna) |
| 24 | DF | AUT | Emir Dilaver |
| 25 | GK | TUR | Gökhan Akkan |
| 26 | MF | TUR | Onur Bulut (on loan from Alanyaspor) |
| 27 | DF | TUR | Murat Sağlam (on loan from Fenerbahçe) |
| 28 | MF | CIV | Ismaël Diomandé |
| 30 | GK | TUR | Zafer Görgen |
| 35 | DF | TUR | Alberk Koç |
| 37 | FW | BRA | Fernando Andrade (on loan from Porto) |
| 50 | FW | NGA | Aminu Umar |
| 53 | DF | CRO | Dario Melnjak |
| 54 | MF | TUR | Mithat Pala |
| 55 | DF | UKR | Mykola Morozyuk |
| 66 | MF | TUR | Doğan Erdoğan |
| 80 | DF | TUN | Yassine Meriah (on loan from Olympiacos) |
| 95 | GK | TUR | Boğaçhan Kazmaz |

### 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 |
| 14 | DF | TUR | Yusuf Acer (at BB Erzurumspor) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 99 | FW | TUR | Eren Karadağ (at Esenler Erokspor) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 24 | FW | Konrad Michalak | Akhmat Grozny | Loan | 24 August 2020 |
| 7 | FW | Loïc Rémy | Lille | Free | 28 August 2020 |
| 37 | FW | Fernando Andrade | Porto | Loan | 2 October 2020 |
| 26 | GK | Onur Bulut | Alanyaspor | Loan | 4 October 2020 |
| 80 | DF | Yassine Meriah | Olympiacos | Loan | 12 September 2020 |
| 27 | MF | Murat Sağlam | Fenerbahçe | Loan | 4 October 2020 |
| 23 | MF | Godfred Donsah | Bologna | Loan | 5 October 2020 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| 15 | | | TBD | | 1 July 2020 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 11 September 2020 | 15 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 40 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 53 | 69 | −16 | 030.00 |
| Turkish Cup | 25 November 2020 | 13 January 2021 | Fourth round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 62 | 70 | −8 | 032.56 |
Last updated: 15 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Konyaspor | 40 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 50 |
| 12 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 40 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 48 |
| 13 | Çaykur Rizespor | 40 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 53 | 69 | −16 | 48 |
| 14 | Kasımpaşa | 40 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 46 |
| 15 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 40 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 45 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 May 2021. Source: FBref

#### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | B | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | B | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | B | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | B | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 12 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
Note: Since the league has been expanded to 21 teams each team will earn a bye twice this season.

#### Matches
### Turkish Cup
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Total |
| 1 | 18 | FW | | Braian Samudio | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 1 | 21 | FW | | Milan Škoda | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | Loïc Rémy | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 27 | MF | | Fernando Boldrin | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Kemal Rüzgar | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 11 | FW | | Tunay Torun | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 13 | DF | | İsmail Köybaşı | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | | Damjan Đoković | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 17 | FW | | Konrad Michalak | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 37 | FW | | Fernando | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 52 | MF | | Erik Sabo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 4 | DF | | Montassar Talbi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | MF | | Yasin Pehlivan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 8 | MF | | Fabrício Baiano | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 14 | FW | | Alexander Søderlund | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 23 | MF | | Godfred Donsah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 66 | MF | | Doğan Erdoğan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 80 | DF | | Yassine Meriah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 53 | 9 | 62 |
Last updated: 15 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Total |
| 1 | 25 | GK | | Gökhan Akkan | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Tarık Çetin | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 30 | GK | | Zafer Görgen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 9 | 2 | 11 |
Last updated: 15 May 2021