# 2023–24 Gençlerbirliği S.K. season

The 2023–24 season is Gençlerbirliği S.K.'s 101st season in existence and third consecutive 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 18 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 | Ertuğrul Çetin (on loan from Fenerbahçe) |
| 5 | DF | CHN | Wu Shaocong (on loan from İstanbul Başakşehir) |
| 6 | MF | TUR | Rahman Buğra Çağıran |
| 7 | MF | TUR | Enes Keskin (on loan from Pendikspor) |
| 8 | MF | GER | Erdal Öztürk |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Mustapha Yatabaré |
| 10 | FW | NGA | Olarenwaju Kayode |
| 13 | GK | TUR | Orkun Özdemir |
| 15 | DF | CGO | Francis Nzaba (on loan from İstanbul Başakşehir) |
| 17 | DF | TUR | Yasin Güreler |
| 20 | MF | TUR | Ensar Kemaloğlu |
| 22 | MF | MLI | Sambou Yatabaré |
| 23 | DF | TUR | Yiğit Efe Demir (on loan from Fenerbahçe) |
| 24 | DF | TUR | Alperen Babacan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | TUR | Eralp Aydın |
| 29 | FW | TUR | Fırat Tulgayoğlu |
| 35 | MF | TUR | Musa Çağıran |
| 42 | MF | POR | Tiago Rodrigues |
| 45 | MF | TUR | Arda Çağan Çelik |
| 53 | DF | TUR | Umut İslamoğlu |
| 60 | DF | TUR | Özgür Çek |
| 61 | FW | TUR | Oltan Karakullukçu |
| 72 | FW | TUR | Muhammed Ertürk |
| 77 | DF | TUR | Uğur Akdemir (captain) |
| 87 | MF | TUR | Abdullah Durak |
| 88 | MF | NGA | Chukwuma Akabueze |
| 89 | FW | BRA | Amilton |
| 99 | GK | TUR | Atalay Gökçe |

### 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 |
| — | GK | TUR | Ebrar Aydın |
| — | FW | TUR | Miraç Asıltekin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | TUR | Melih Bostan |

### 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 |
| — | DF | TUR | Ahmet Enes Akkan (at Nevşehir Belediyespor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Ahmet Buğra Güven (at İnegölspor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Baran Kayikci (at Hacettepe 1945 SK until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Abdullah Şahindere (at Hacettepe 1945 SK until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Musa Şahindere (at Hacettepe 1945 SK until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Berat Can Sebat (at Karabük İdman Yurdu until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | TUR | Ataberk Gök (at Hacettepe 1945 SK until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | TUR | Seyit Ali Kahya (at Nevşehir Belediyespor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | TUR | Abdussamet Yılmaz (at Edirnespor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | TUR | Gökhan Altıparmak (at Hacettepe 1945 SK until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | TUR | Baran Başyiğit (at Orduspor 1967 until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | TUR | Emirkan Demir (at Hacettepe 1945 SK until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | TUR | Kağan Özkan (at Nevşehir Belediyespor until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | TUR | Arda Tuzcu (at Arnavutköy Belediyespor until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

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

### 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 | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| TFF First League | 13 August 2023 | 10 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 19 | +0 | 041.18 |
| Turkish Cup | 31 October 2023 | | Third round | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 047.37 |
Last updated: December 2023 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 9 | Bandırmaspor | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 50 | |
| 10 | Erzurumspor | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 44 | |
* ↑ Erzurumspor have been deducted 3 points.

#### 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 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | |
| Position | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 19 July 2023.