# 2017–18 Beşiktaş J.K. season

The 2017–18 Beşiktaş J.K. season was the club's 114th year since its foundation, 96th season of competitive football and the club's 59th season contesting the Süper Lig, the top division of Turkish football. Beşiktaş were the defending champions of the Süper Lig, having finished first in 2016–17. The 2017–18 season lasted from 1 August 2017 to 30 June 2018;

## Squad

    As of match played 19 May 2018
| No. | Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed From | Signed In | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Fabri | GK | (1987-12-31)31 December 1987 (aged 30) | Deportivo La Coruña | 2016 | 84 | 0 |
| 29 | Tolga Zengin (captain) | GK | (1983-10-10)10 October 1983 (aged 34) | Trabzonspor | 2013 | 119 | 0 |
| 97 | Utku Yuvakuran | GK | (1997-11-02)2 November 1997 (aged 20) | Beylerbeyi | 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 3 | Adriano | DF | (1984-10-26)26 October 1984 (aged 33) | Barcelona | 2016 | 80 | 4 |
| 5 | Pepe | DF | (1983-02-26)26 February 1983 (aged 35) | Real Madrid | 2017 | 33 | 2 |
| 6 | Duško Tošić | DF | (1985-01-19)19 January 1985 (aged 33) | Gençlerbirliği | 2015 | 97 | 7 |
| 12 | Gary Medel | DF | (1987-08-03)3 August 1987 (aged 30) | Internazionale | 2017 | 37 | 1 |
| 14 | Fatih Aksoy | DF | (1997-11-06)6 November 1997 (aged 20) | Academy | 2016 | 12 | 0 |
| 24 | Domagoj Vida | DF | (1989-04-29)29 April 1989 (aged 29) | Dynamo Kyiv | 2018 | 16 | 1 |
| 33 | Atınç Nukan | DF | (1993-07-20)20 July 1993 (aged 24) | loan from RB Leipzig | 2016 | 37 | 2 |
| 41 | Alpay Çelebi | DF | (1999-04-04)4 April 1999 (aged 19) | Academy | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | Abdullah Çelik | DF | (1997-07-19)19 July 1997 (aged 20) | Academy | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Gökhan Gönül | DF | (1985-01-04)4 January 1985 (aged 33) | Fenerbahçe | 2016 | 70 | 1 |
| 88 | Caner Erkin | DF | (1988-10-04)4 October 1988 (aged 29) | Internazionale | 2017 | 44 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 7 | Ricardo Quaresma | MF | (1983-09-26)26 September 1983 (aged 34) | Porto | 2015 | 189 | 34 |
| 8 | Ryan Babel | MF | (1986-12-19)19 December 1986 (aged 31) | Deportivo La Coruña | 2017 | 67 | 23 |
| 10 | Oğuzhan Özyakup | MF | (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (aged 25) | Arsenal | 2012 | 215 | 27 |
| 13 | Atiba Hutchinson | MF | (1983-02-08)8 February 1983 (aged 35) | PSV | 2013 | 190 | 9 |
| 17 | Jeremain Lens | MF | (1987-11-24)24 November 1987 (aged 30) | loan from Sunderland | 2017 | 30 | 4 |
| 18 | Tolgay Arslan | MF | (1990-08-16)16 August 1990 (aged 27) | Hamburger SV | 2015 | 114 | 2 |
| 20 | Necip Uysal | MF | (1991-01-24)24 January 1991 (aged 27) | Academy | 2009 | 274 | 5 |
| 55 | Gökhan Töre | MF | (1992-01-20)20 January 1992 (aged 26) | Rubin Kazan | 2014 | 112 | 19 |
| 94 | Talisca | MF | (1994-02-01)1 February 1994 (aged 24) | loan from Benfica | 2016 | 77 | 35 |
| — | Veli Kavlak | MF | (1988-11-03)3 November 1988 (aged 29) | Rapid Wien | 2011 | 152 | 8 |
| Strikers |||||||||
| 9 | Álvaro Negredo | FW | (1985-08-20)20 August 1985 (aged 32) | Valencia | 2017 | 40 | 14 |
| 11 | Mustafa Pektemek | FW | (1988-08-11)11 August 1988 (aged 29) | Gençlerbirliği | 2011 | 132 | 25 |
| 28 | Mustafa Apardı | FW | (1998-09-14)14 September 1998 (aged 19) | Academy | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Vágner Love | FW | (1984-06-11)11 June 1984 (aged 33) | Alanyaspor | 2018 | 13 | 4 |
| 95 | Cyle Larin | FW | (1995-04-17)17 April 1995 (aged 23) | Orlando City | 2018 | 4 | 4 |
| Out on loan |||||||||
| 2 | Matej Mitrović | DF | (1993-11-10)10 November 1993 (aged 24) | Rijeka | 2017 | 22 | 0 |
| 15 | Orkan Çınar | MF | (1996-01-29)29 January 1996 (aged 22) | Gaziantepspor | 2017 | 5 | 1 |
| 22 | Aras Özbiliz | MF | (1990-03-09)9 March 1990 (aged 28) | Spartak Moscow | 2016 | 5 | 1 |
| 71 | Denys Boyko | GK | (1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 30) | Dnipro | 2016 | 5 | 0 |
| Players who left during the season |||||||||
| 23 | Cenk Tosun | FW | (1991-06-07)7 June 1991 (aged 26) | Gaziantepspor | 2014 | 141 | 64 |
| 32 | Andreas Beck | DF | (1987-03-13)13 March 1987 (aged 31) | 1899 Hoffenheim | 2015 | 80 | 1 |
| — | Alexander Milošević | DF | (1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (aged 26) | AIK | 2015 | 7 | 0 |

### 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 |
| — | GK | UKR | Denys Boyko (at Dynamo Kyiv until 30 June 2018) |
| — | DF | COL | Pedro Franco (at Boluspor until 30 June 2018) |
| — | DF | CRO | Matej Mitrović (at Club Brugge until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | ARM | Aras Özbiliz (at Sheriff Tiraspol until 30 June 2018) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | TUR | Oğuzhan Aydoğan (at Karlsruher SC until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | TUR | Orkan Çınar (at Atiker Konyaspor until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | TUR | Sedat Şahintürk (at Balıkesirspor until 30 June 2018) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Caner Erkin | Internazionale |
| 23 July 2017 | DF | Pepe | Real Madrid |
| 25 July 2017 | MF | Orkan Çınar | Gaziantepspor |
| 4 August 2017 | FW | Álvaro Negredo | Valencia |
| 12 August 2017 | DF | Gary Medel | Internazionale |
| 3 January 2018 | DF | Domagoj Vida | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 31 January 2018 | FW | Vágner Love | Alanyaspor |
| 31 January 2018 | FW | Cyle Larin | Orlando City |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 12 June 2017 | DF | Rhodolfo | Flamengo | |
| 13 July 2017 | DF | Marcelo | Lyon | |
| 13 July 2017 | MF | Gökhan Inler | İstanbul Başakşehir | |
| 7 August 2017 | FW | Ömer Şişmanoğlu | Göztepe | |
| 31 August 2017 | DF | Andreas Beck | VfB Stuttgart | |
| 8 September 2017 | GK | Hüseyin Yılmaz | Ümraniyespor | |
| 8 September 2017 | MF | Eslem Öztürk | İstanbulspor | |
| 5 January 2018 | FW | Cenk Tosun | Everton | £27,000,000 |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 8 July 2017 | DF | | Atınç Nukan | RB Leipzig | End of season | |
| 8 July 2017 | MF | | Jeremain Lens | Sunderland | End of season | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 21 August 2017 | MF | Oğuzhan Aydoğan | Karlsruher SC | End of season |
| 7 September 2017 | DF | Pedro Franco | Boluspor | End of season |
| 7 September 2017 | MF | Sedat Şahintürk | Balıkesirspor | End of season |
| 8 September 2017 | DF | Alexander Milošević | Çaykur Rizespor | 18 December 2017 |
| 19 January 2018 | MF | Orkan Çınar | Konyaspor | End of season |
| 29 January 2018 | DF | Matej Mitrović | Club Brugge | End of season |
| 7 February 2018 | MF | Aras Özbiliz | Sheriff Tiraspol | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date |
| 18 December 2017 | DF | | Alexander Milošević | AIK | 28 February 2018 |

## Competitions
### Turkish Super Cup
### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 78 | 36 | +42 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 62 | 34 | +28 | 72 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 69 | 30 | +39 | 71 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 63 | 51 | +12 | 55 | |
| 6 | Göztepe | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 49 | |
* 1 2 Fenerbahçe ahead of Başakşehir on head-to-head goal difference: Fenerbahçe 2–3 Başakşehir, Başakşehir 0–2 Fenerbahçe.
* ↑ Göztepe ahead of Sivasspor on head-to-head points: Göztepe 6 pts, Sivasspor 0 pts.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 May 2018. 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Results
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BES | POR | RBL | MON |
| 1 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Porto | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–3 | — | 3–1 | 5–2 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Monaco | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 2 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 19 May 2018

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Fabri | 41 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Adriano | 36 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | POR | Pepe | 33 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Duško Tošić | 34 | 5 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | POR | Ricardo Quaresma | 36 | 5 | 23+3 | 4 | 0+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Ryan Babel | 43 | 15 | 30+2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Álvaro Negredo | 41 | 14 | 17+14 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Oğuzhan Özyakup | 35 | 0 | 17+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | TUR | Mustafa Pektemek | 15 | 5 | 0+8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | CHI | Gary Medel | 38 | 1 | 22+3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | CAN | Atiba Hutchinson | 34 | 2 | 24+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | TUR | Fatih Aksoy | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NED | Jeremain Lens | 30 | 4 | 13+11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Tolgay Arslan | 42 | 0 | 20+9 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | TUR | Necip Uysal | 20 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Domagoj Vida | 16 | 1 | 7+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | TUR | Mustafa Apardı | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | TUR | Tolga Zengin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Vágner Love | 13 | 4 | 4+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 41 | DF | TUR | Alpay Çelebi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | TUR | Gökhan Töre | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | DF | AUT | Abdullah Çelik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | TUR | Gökhan Gönül | 33 | 0 | 21+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | TUR | Caner Erkin | 33 | 0 | 15+6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | BRA | Talisca | 45 | 18 | 31+2 | 14 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+2 | 3 |
| 95 | FW | CAN | Cyle Larin | 4 | 4 | 2+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | GK | TUR | Utku Yuvakuran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | CRO | Matej Mitrović | 8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | TUR | Orkan Çınar | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ARM | Aras Özbiliz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Beşiktaş during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 23 | FW | TUR | Cenk Tosun | 24 | 14 | 12+4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5+1 | 4 |
| 32 | DF | GER | Andreas Beck | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Super Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 94 | Talisca | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | MF | 8 | Ryan Babel | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | FW | 23 | Cenk Tosun | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Álvaro Negredo | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | DF | 6 | Duško Tošić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Ricardo Quaresma | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | 11 | Mustafa Pektemek | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | FW | 95 | Cyle Larin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | 30 | Vágner Love | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 17 | Jeremain Lens | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | DF | 5 | Pepe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 13 | Atiba Hutchinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 3 | Adriano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | | Own goal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | 24 | Domagoj Vida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 12 | Gary Medel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 15 | Orkan Çınar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 22 | Aras Özbiliz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 69 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 101 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Fabri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Adriano | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Pepe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Duško Tošić | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | Ricardo Quaresma | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Ryan Babel | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Álvaro Negredo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Oğuzhan Özyakup | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Mustafa Pektemek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Gary Medel | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Atiba Hutchinson | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Jeremain Lens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Tolgay Arslan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Necip Uysal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Domagoj Vida | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | Mustafa Apardı | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Vágner Love | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Andreas Beck | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | Alpay Çelebi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Gökhan Gönül | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | Caner Erkin | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | Talisca | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | Cyle Larin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Matej Mitrović | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Orkan Çınar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Beşiktaş during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 23 | FW | Cenk Tosun | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 87 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 122 | 9 |