# 2021–22 İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. season

The 2021–22 season was the 32nd season in the existence of İstanbul Başakşehir and the club's eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, İstanbul Başakşehir participated in this season's edition of the Turkish Cup.

## Kits

İstanbul Başakşehir's 2021–22 home and away kits, manufactured by Bilcee, released on 11 August 2021 and were up for sale on the same day. The third jersey was introduced separately on 3 September 2021, in a special screening.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 8 February 2022
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 | Volkan Babacan (Third captain) |
| 3 | DF | TUR | Hasan Ali Kaldırım |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Ravil Tagir |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Léo Duarte (on loan from Milan) |
| 6 | DF | MDA | Alexandru Epureanu (Vice-captain) |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Danijel Aleksić |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Berkay Özcan |
| 11 | MF | BEL | Nacer Chadli |
| 13 | GK | TUR | Ahmet Kıvanç |
| 14 | FW | TUR | Serdar Gürler |
| 16 | GK | TUR | Muhammed Şengezer |
| 19 | DF | TUR | Şener Özbayraklı |
| 20 | MF | POR | Pizzi (on loan from Benfica) |
| 21 | MF | TUR | Mahmut Tekdemir (Captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | NOR | Fredrik Gulbrandsen |
| 23 | MF | TUR | Deniz Türüç |
| 27 | MF | EGY | Trézéguet (on loan from Aston Villa) |
| 28 | MF | TUR | Tolga Ciğerci |
| 42 | MF | TUR | Ömer Ali Şahiner |
| 48 | MF | TUR | Salih Uçan (on loan from Beşiktaş) |
| 50 | MF | TUR | Metin Emre Karaal |
| 52 | MF | TUR | Emre Çolak |
| 55 | MF | BDI | Youssouf Ndayishimiye |
| 60 | DF | BRA | Lucas Lima |
| 77 | FW | ITA | Stefano Okaka |
| 80 | DF | BRA | Júnior Caiçara |
| 98 | GK | TUR | Deniz Dilmen |
| 99 | FW | TUR | Atabey Çiçek |

### 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 | AZE | Mert Çelik (at Neftçi Baku) |
| — | DF | TUR | Mustafa Kutay Pekşen (at Bayrampaşa) |
| — | DF | TUR | Muhammed Sarikaya (at Yeni Malatyaspor) |
| — | DF | TUR | Cemali Sertel (at Çaykur Rizespor) |
| — | MF | NGA | Azubuike Okechukwu (at Sivasspor) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | TUR | Salim Farsak (at Alanya Kestelspor) |
| — | MF | TUR | Soner Aydoğdu (at Göztepe) |
| — | FW | TUR | Muhammet Arslantaş (at Belediye Kütahyaspor) |
| — | FW | FRA | Enzo Crivelli (at Saint-Étienne) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 15 August 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 050.00 |
| Turkish Cup | 30 November 2021 | 30 November 2021 | Fourth round | Fourth round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 048.72 |
Source: Soccerway

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 73 | 38 | +35 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Konyaspor | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 66 | 45 | +21 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Alanyaspor | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 67 | 58 | +9 | 64 | |
| 6 | Beşiktaş | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 59 | |
* ↑ Beşiktaş finished ahead of Antalyaspor on head-to-head points: Antalyaspor 2–3 Beşiktaş, Beşiktaş 0–0 Antalyaspor.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 24 April 2022. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | | | | |
| Position | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | | | |

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

    As of 24 April 2022
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Total |
| 1 | 77 | FW | | Stefano Okaka | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 8 | MF | | Danijel Aleksić | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 23 | MF | | Deniz Türüç | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 27 | FW | | Trézéguet | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | | Edin Višća | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 22 | FW | | Fredrik Gulbrandsen | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 10 | MF | | Berkay Özcan | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 21 | MF | | Mahmut Tekdemir | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 80 | DF | | Júnior Caiçara | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 11 | MF | | Nacer Chadli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 17 | FW | | Ahmed Kutucu | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 20 | MF | | Pizzi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 28 | MF | | Tolga Ciğerci | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 55 | MF | | Youssouf Ndayishimiye | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 48 | 1 | 49 |