# 2011–12 Beşiktaş J.K. season

The 2011–12 Beşiktaş J.K. season was the club's 108th year of existence and their 54th consecutive year in the Süper Lig. Beşiktaş were the defending champions of the Turkish Cup and participated in the group stage. The team also competed in the UEFA Europa League for a second consecutive year after being eliminated by Dynamo Kyiv in the round of 32 the previous year.

## Match results
### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Süper Lig
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 61 | 34 | +27 | 68 | Qualification to Süper Final, Championship group |
| 3 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 60 | 39 | +21 | 56 | Qualification to Süper Final, Championship group |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 55 | Qualification to Süper Final, Championship group |
| 5 | Eskişehirspor | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 50 | Qualification to Süper Final, Europa League group |
| 6 | İstanbul B.B. | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 50 | Qualification to Süper Final, Europa League group |
* 1 2 Eskişehirspor were ahead of İstanbul B.B. and Sivasspor on head-to-head points: Eskişehirspor: 8 pts, İstanbul B.B.: 5 pts, Sivasspor: 2 pts.

#### European play-offs
##### Championship group

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GAL | FEN | TRA | BEŞ |
| 1 | Galatasaray (C) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 48 | Qualification to Champions League group stage | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 47 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Trabzonspor | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 33 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round | 2–4 | 1–3 | | 1–0 |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 33 | Banned from 2012–13 European competitions | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
* ↑ Trabzonspor entered the play-off round as Fenerbahçe, the winners of the 2011–12 Turkish Cup, already qualified for the Champions League. Moreover, as Beşiktaş is banned 1 year from European football, Europa League spots shifted down, so Bursaspor start from the third qualifying round, as well as Eskişehirspor start from the second qualifying round.
* ↑ See 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualification play-off match. Moreover, as Beşiktaş is banned 1 year from European football, Europa League spots shifted down.

### UEFA Europa League

By winning the Turkish Cup last year, Beşiktaş qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, entering in the play-off round. After defeating Alania Vladikavkaz on aggregate, Beşiktaş was seeded in Group E, along with Stoke City, Dynamo Kyiv and Maccabi Tel Aviv

#### Play-off Round

Beşiktaş won 3–2 on aggregate

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Stoke City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 2 | |

#### Round of 32

Beşiktaş won 2–1 on aggregate

#### Round of 16

Beşiktaş lost 6–1 on aggregate

## Squad statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Rüştü Reçber | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | İsmail Köybaşı | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9(1) | 0 | 35(1) | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Manuel Fernandes | 25(1) | 5 | 1(1) | 1 | 10 | 1 | 36(2) | 7 |
| 5 | DF | İbrahim Toraman | 14(3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 32(3) | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Tomáš Sivok | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 38 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | Ricardo Quaresma | 16(2) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 25(2) | 7 |
| 8 | MF | Veli Kavlak | 26(2) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7(4) | 0 | 34(6) | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Hugo Almeida | 19(3) | 9 | 0(1) | 0 | 7(2) | 3 | 26(6) | 12 |
| 10 | FW | Bébé | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Mustafa Pektemek | 14(16) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2(5) | 1 | 19(19) | 8 |
| 13 | MF | Roberto Hilbert | 17(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 23(2) | 2 |
| 14 | MF | Guti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Mehmet Aurélio | 7(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4(2) | 0 | 12(5) | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Ekrem Dağ | 17(5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3(3) | 0 | 22(8) | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Necip Uysal | 19(9) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7(1) | 0 | 28(10) | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Mehmet Akyüz | 0(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(6) | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Simão | 21(4) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 32(4) | 5 |
| 21 | MF | Burak Kaplan | 2(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(4) | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Ersan Gülüm | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Filip Hološko | 7(11) | 3 | 1(1) | 0 | 3(6) | 0 | 11(18) | 3 |
| 24 | MF | Júlio Alves | 0(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0(6) | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Sidnei | 8(2) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 9(3) | 2 |
| 28 | MF | Fabian Ernst | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 2 |
| 33 | FW | Edu | 9(12) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3(4) | 2 | 12(16) | 5 |
| 55 | DF | Egemen Korkmaz | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 45 | 3 |
| 66 | MF | Tanju Kayhan | 4(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6(6) | 0 |
| 80 | MF | Muhammed Demirci | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 90 | GK | Umut Kaya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | DF | Atınç Nukan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | Cenk Gönen | 25(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 33(1) | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 55 | DF | Egemen Korkmaz | 29 | Trabzonspor | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | bjk.com |
| 66 | DF | Tanju Kayhan | 21 | Rapid Wien | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | €1,050,000 | bjk.com |
| 21 | MF | Burak Kaplan | 21 | Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | €650,000 | bjk.com |
| 8 | MF | Veli Kavlak | 22 | Rapid Wien | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | €750,000 | bjk.com |
| 11 | FW | Mustafa Pektemek | 22 | Gençlerbirliği | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | €4,000,000 | bjk.com |
| 27 | DF | Sidnei | 21 | Benfica | Loan | Summer | 2012 | €200,000 | bjk.com |
| 22 | DF | Ersan Gülüm | 24 | Adanaspor | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | €2,000,000 | bjk.com |
| 19 | FW | Mehmet Akyüz | 25 | TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | €900,000 | bjk.com |
| 10 | FW | Bébé | 20 | Manchester United | Loan | Summer | 2012 | €1,000,000 | bjk.com |
| 4 | MF | Manuel Fernandes | 25 | Valencia | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | €2,000,000 | bjk.com |
| 33 | FW | Edu | 29 | Schalke 04 | Loan | Summer | 2012 | €500,000 | cnnturk.com |
| 25 | MF | Júlio Alves | 20 | Atlético Madrid | %50 | Summer | 2016 | €3,100,000 | internetspor.com |
Total spending: €16,150,000

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 8 | FW | Nihat Kahveci | 31 | | Released | Summer | Free | bjk.com |
| | DF | Ethem Yılmaz | 22 | | Released | Summer | Free | |
| 44 | DF | Erhan Güven | 29 | Mersin İdman Yurdu | Released | Summer | Free | mersinidmanyurdu.com |
| 84 | GK | Hakan Arıkan | 28 | Mersin İdman Yurdu | Transfer | Summer | Free | mersinidmanyurdu.com |
| 11 | FW | Mert Nobre | 30 | Mersin İdman Yurdu | Transfer | Summer | Free | mersinidmanyurdu.com |
| 15 | MF | Rodrigo Tabata | 30 | Al Rayyan | Transfer | Summer | €1,150,000 | bjk.com |
| | GK | Rasim Mutlu | 21 | Erzurum B.B. | Released | Summer | Free | sondakika.com |
| | DF | Menderes Korkmaz | 21 | Manavgat Evrensekispor | Transfer | Summer | Free | nehir.net |
| 13 | FW | Bobô | 26 | Cruzeiro | Released | Summer | Free | goal.com |
| 27 | DF | Matteo Ferrari | 31 | | Released | Summer | Free | sporaktif.com |
| | DF | Erdem Özkurt | 23 | Beylerbeyi | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| | MF | Kemal Akbaba | 23 | Bursa Nilüferspor | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | baskf.org |
| | FW | Gökhan Aydaş | 22 | Kahramanmaraşspor A.Ş. | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| | MF | Kerim Alıcı | 20 | Kastamonuspor | Transfer | Summer | Free | kastamonupostasi.com |
| | DF | Gökhan Çalışır | 23 | Gaziantep BB | Transfer | Summer | Free | sporx.com |
| 5 | MF | Michael Fink | 29 | Samsunspor | Transfer | Summer | Free | sporx.com |
| | MF | Soner Ergençay | 23 | Adana Demirspor | Transfer | Summer | Free | adanademirsporlular.com |
| | MF | Abdullah Eryılmaz | 22 | TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | sportaktik.com |
| 14 | MF | Guti | 35 | | Released | Mid-season | Free | bjk.com |
| 26 | MF | Onur Bayramoğlu | 21 | Gençlerbirliği | Transfer | Winter | Part Exchange | sabah.com.tr |
| | FW | Ali Kuçik | 20 | Göztepe A.Ş. | Transfer | Winter | 275K TL | spor.haberler.com |
| | FW | Volkan Ekici | 20 | Göztepe A.Ş. | Transfer | Winter | Free | ajansspor.com |
| | DF | Güven Gürsoy | 19 | Van BB | Transfer | Winter | Free | vanspor.org |
Total income: €1,150,000