# 2020–21 İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. season

The 2020–21 season was the 31st season in existence of İstanbul Başakşehir and the seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Turkish football, the Süper Lig. In addition to the domestic league, Başakşehir participated in this season's editions of the Turkish Cup, the Turkish Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 5 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2021
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 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Léo Duarte (on loan from Milan) |
| 3 | DF | TUR | Hasan Ali Kaldırım |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Rafael |
| 5 | MF | TUR | Mehmet Topal |
| 6 | DF | MDA | Alexandru Epureanu |
| 7 | MF | BIH | Edin Višća (Vice-captain) |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Danijel Aleksić |
| 9 | FW | CHI | Junior Fernandes |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Berkay Özcan |
| 11 | MF | BEL | Nacer Chadli |
| 13 | GK | TUR | Ahmet Kıvanç |
| 14 | MF | NGA | Azubuike Okechukwu |
| 19 | FW | SEN | Demba Ba |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Giuliano |
| 21 | MF | TUR | Mahmut Tekdemir (Captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | NOR | Fredrik Gulbrandsen |
| 23 | MF | TUR | Deniz Türüç (on loan from Fenerbahçe) |
| 24 | DF | TUR | Ravil Tagir |
| 25 | DF | TUR | Muhammed Sarıkaya |
| 26 | DF | CPV | Ponck |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Enzo Crivelli |
| 28 | MF | TUR | Tolga Ciğerci |
| 33 | DF | TUR | Uğur Uçar |
| 34 | GK | TUR | Mert Günok |
| 42 | MF | TUR | Ömer Ali Şahiner |
| 55 | MF | BDI | Youssouf Ndayishimiye |
| 63 | DF | BEL | Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo (on loan from Celtic) |
| 70 | FW | TUR | Mete Kaan Demir |
| 80 | DF | BRA | Júnior Caiçara |
| 88 | DF | TUR | Cemali Sertel |

### 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 |
| 4 | DF | GHA | Joseph Attamah (at Kayserispor) |
| 14 | FW | TUR | Muhammet Demir (at Gaziantep) |
| 18 | FW | TUR | Muhammet Arslantaş (at Boluspor) |
| 20 | MF | TUR | Soner Aydoğdu (at Göztepe) |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Aziz Behich (at Kayserispor) |
| 24 | DF | POR | Miguel Vieira (at Waasland-Beveren) |
| 97 | MF | TUR | Alican Özfesli (at Boluspor) |
| — | DF | TUR | Yusuf Avcılar (at Orduspor) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | TUR | Muharrem Öner (at Esenler Erokspor) |
| — | DF | TUR | Mustafa Kutay Pekşen (at Bayrampaşa) |
| — | MF | TUR | Abdulkadir Çelik (at Somaspor) |
| — | DF | AZE | Mert Çelik (at Neftçi Baku) |
| — | MF | BEL | Ange Belibi (at Boluspor) |
| — | MF | TUR | Salim Farsak (at KF Shkupi) |
| — | FW | TUR | Atabey Çiçek (at KVC Westerlo) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| 11 | MF | Nacer Chadli | Monaco | Undisclosed | 10 September 2020 | |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| 3 | DF | Gaël Clichy | Servette | Free | 2 December 2020 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 14 September 2020 | 15 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 40 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 030.00 |
| Turkish Cup | 17 December 2020 | 16 March 2021 | Fifth round | Semi-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 075.00 |
| Turkish Super Cup | 27 January 2021 | 27 January 2021 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Champions League | 20 October 2020 | 9 December 2020 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 16 | 12 | 23 | 67 | 80 | −13 | 031.37 |
Last updated: 15 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Göztepe | 40 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 51 |
| 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 |

#### 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: Süper Lig

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | B | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | B | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | B | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | L | B | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 12 |
Note: Since the league was expanded to 21 teams each team earned a bye twice this season.

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | RBL | MUN | IBS |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–3 | 5–0 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 3 | | 0–2 | 3–4 | 2–1 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head away goals: Paris Saint-Germain 1, RB Leipzig 0.

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 14 February 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Turkish Super Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 22 | FW | | Fredrik Gulbrandsen | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Edin Višća | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 17 | MF | | İrfan Kahveci | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 19 | FW | | Demba Ba | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Danijel Aleksić | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 5 | MF | | Mehmet Topal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 11 | MF | | Nacer Chadli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 20 | MF | | Giuliano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 23 | MF | | Deniz Türüç | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 27 | FW | | Enzo Crivelli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 9 | FW | | Junior Fernandes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 21 | MF | | Mahmut Tekdemir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 24 | DF | | Ravil Tagir | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 29 | MF | | Kerim Frei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 28 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 50 |