# 2022–23 İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. season

The 2022–23 season was the 33rd in the history of İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. and their ninth consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Süper Lig, Turkish Cup, and UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 22 March 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 | Volkan Babacan |
| 2 | MF | TUR | Şener Özbayraklı |
| 4 | DF | CHN | Wu Shaocong |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Léo Duarte |
| 7 | FW | TUR | Serdar Gürler |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Danijel Aleksić |
| 11 | MF | BEL | Adnan Januzaj (on loan from Sevilla) |
| 15 | FW | TUR | Batuhan Çelik |
| 16 | GK | TUR | Muhammed Şengezer |
| 17 | FW | SEN | Philippe Kény |
| 18 | FW | POL | Patryk Szysz |
| 19 | MF | TUR | Berkay Özcan |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Lucas Biglia |
| 21 | MF | TUR | Mahmut Tekdemir (captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | TUR | Deniz Türüç |
| 25 | FW | BRA | João Figueiredo |
| 34 | FW | TUR | Muhammet Arslantaş |
| 41 | DF | TUR | Efe Arda Koyuncu |
| 42 | MF | TUR | Ömer Ali Şahiner |
| 51 | DF | GNB | Edgar Ié |
| 59 | DF | ALG | Ahmed Touba |
| 60 | DF | BRA | Lucas Lima |
| 72 | MF | ISR | Eden Kartsev |
| 77 | FW | ITA | Stefano Okaka |
| 78 | GK | TUR | Yağız Efe Erataman |
| 88 | DF | TUR | Caner Erkin |
| 98 | GK | TUR | Deniz Dilmen |
| — | DF | TUR | Ayberk Kaygısız |

### 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 | Emre Kaplan (at Adanaspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | CGO | Francis Nzaba (at Dinamo Tbilisi until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | TUR | Muharrem Öner (at Esenler Erokspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | TUR | Bedirhan Özyurt (at Pazarspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | TUR | Muhammed Emin Sarıkaya (at Ankara Keçiörengücü until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | TUR | Cemali Sertel (at Antalyaspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | TUR | Ravil Tagir (at Westerlo until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | TUR | Can Yazıcı (at Serik Belediyespor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | TUR | Barkın Yiğit (at Uşakspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | GUI | Sekoua Tidiany Bangoura (at Gençlerbirliği until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BEL | Nacer Chadli (at Westerlo until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | TUR | Metin Emre Karaal (at Büyükçekmece Tepecikspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | TUR | Alper Karaman (at Esenler Erokspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | TUR | Alican Özfesli (at Erzurumspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | GUI | Alya Toure (at Sumgayit until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Efecan Barlık (at Ergene Velimeşe until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | FRA | Mounir Chouiar (at Kasımpaşa until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Atabey Çiçek (at Bandırmaspor until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Enes Karakuş (at 1461 Trabzon until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | TUR | Ahmed Kutucu (at SV Sandhausen until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | — | FW | Enzo Crivelli | Saint-Étienne | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | — | MF | Peter Žulj | Fehérvár | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | — | MF | Azubuike Okechukwu | Yeni Malatyaspor | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | — | DF | Cemali Sertel | Çaykur Rizespor | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | — | DF | Carlos Ponck | Çaykur Rizespor | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | — | DF | Mert Çelik | Neftçi PFK | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | — | DF | Emre Kaplan | Hatayspor | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | — | MF | Mete Kaan Demir | Eyüpspor | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | — | DF | Muhammed Sarıkaya | Yeni Malatyaspor | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | — | MF | Emir Şenocak | Menemen | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | — | FW | Muhammet Arslantaş | Belediye Kütahyaspor | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | — | MF | Salim Farsak | Alanya Kestelspor | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | — | FW | Muzaffer Kahrıman | 52 Orduspor | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | — | DF | Mustafa Kutay Pekşen | Bayrampaşa | End of loan |
| 9 May 2022 | 32 | DF | Francis Nzaba | Diables Noirs | Free |
| 6 June 2022 | — | MF | Alper Karaman | Esenler Erokspor | Free |
| 10 June 2022 | 20 | MF | Lucas Biglia | Fatih Karagümrük | Free |
| 30 June 2022 | 59 | DF | Ahmed Touba | RKC Waalwijk | €2,000,000 |
| 8 July 2022 | 5 | DF | Léo Duarte | AC Milan | €2,000,000 |
| 8 July 2022 | 11 | FW | Mounir Chouiar | Dijon | €1,500,000 |
| 14 July 2022 | 10 | MF | Mesut Özil | Fenerbahçe | Free |
| 22 August 2022 | 9 | FW | Bertrand Traoré | Aston Villa | Loan |
| 29 August 2022 | 17 | FW | Philippe Kény | Bandırmaspor | €1,200,000 |
| 10 January 2023 | 4 | DF | Wu Shaocong | Guangzhou | Free |
| 23 January 2023 | 51 | DF | Edgar Ié | Free agent | Free agent |
| 28 January 2023 | 88 | DF | Caner Erkin | Fatih Karagümrük | Free |
| 31 January 2023 | 72 | MF | Eden Kartsev | Maccabi Netanya | €2,300,000 |
| 3 February 2023 | 11 | MF | Adnan Januzaj | Sevilla | Loan |
| 17 February 2023 | 25 | FW | João Figueiredo | Gaziantep | €650,000 |
| 18 February 2023 | 22 | DF | Ayberk Kaygısız | Balıkesirspor | Undisclosed |
| 2 March 2023 | 80 | MF | Berkay Aydoğmuş | Nazilli Belediyespor | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | 27 | FW | Trézéguet | Aston Villa | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | 20 | MF | Pizzi | Benfica | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | 48 | MF | Salih Uçan | Beşiktaş | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | 5 | DF | Léo Duarte | AC Milan | End of loan |
| 1 July 2022 | — | MF | Soner Aydoğdu | Antalyaspor | Free |
| 1 July 2022 | 4 | DF | Ravil Tagir | Westerlo | Loan |
| 5 July 2022 | — | DF | Emre Kaplan | Adanaspor | Loan |
| 16 July 2022 | — | MF | Emir Şenocak | Bandırmaspor | Free |
| 20 July 2022 | — | FW | Abdulkadir Çelik | Kırşehir Futbol SK | Free |
| 27 July 2022 | — | DF | Cemali Sertel | Antalyaspor | Loan |
| 28 July 2022 | — | FW | Atabey Çiçek | Bandırmaspor | Loan |
| 1 August 2022 | 52 | MF | Emre Çolak | Göztepe | Free |
| 6 August 2022 | — | MF | Salim Farsak | 1461 Trabzon | Free |
| 7 August 2022 | — | MF | Alper Karaman | Esenler Erokspor | Loan |
| 11 August 2022 | — | FW | Muzaffer Kahrıman | Uşakspor | Free |
| 30 August 2022 | 27 | FW | Enzo Crivelli | Servette | Free |
| 31 August 2022 | 32 | MF | Peter Žulj | Changchun Yatai | Free |
| 31 August 2022 | 28 | MF | Tolga Ciğerci | MKE Ankaragücü | Free |
| 1 September 2022 | — | DF | Carlos Ponck | Chaves | Free |
| 6 September 2022 | 22 | FW | Nacer Chadli | Westerlo | Loan |
| 8 September 2022 | 22 | FW | Fredrik Gulbrandsen | Adana Demirspor | Free |
| 8 September 2022 | — | MF | Mete Demir | Eyüpspor | Free |
| 8 September 2022 | — | DF | Mustafa Kutay Pekşen | Bayrampaşa | Free |
| 8 September 2022 | — | DF | Muhammed Sarıkaya | Ankara Keçiörengücü | Loan |
| 6 January 2023 | 14 | MF | Azubuike Okechukwu | Çaykur Rizespor | Free |
| 16 January 2023 | 2 | DF | Hasan Ali Kaldırım | MKE Ankaragücü | Free |
| 19 January 2023 | 6 | DF | Alexandru Epureanu | Ümraniyespor | Free |
| 24 January 2023 | 32 | DF | Francis Nzaba | Dinamo Tbilisi | Loan |
| 25 January 2023 | 55 | DF | Youssouf Ndayishimiye | Nice | €11,500,000 |
| 28 January 2023 | 11 | FW | Mounir Chouiar | Kasımpaşa | Loan |
| 31 January 2023 | 9 | FW | Bertrand Traoré | Aston Villa | End of loan |
| 16 February 2023 | — | DF | Emre Kaplan | Bandırmaspor | Loan |
| 17 February 2023 | 99 | FW | Atabey Çiçek | Bandırmaspor | Loan |
| 6 March 2023 | 80 | DF | Júnior Caiçara | | Contract termination |
| 22 March 2023 | 10 | MF | Mesut Özil | Retired | Retired |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 8 August 2022 | 6 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 050.00 |
| Turkish Cup | 21 December 2022 | 11 June 2023 | Fifth round | Runners-up | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 21 July 2022 | 15 March 2023 | Second qualifying round | Round of 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 12 | +15 | 057.14 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 56 | 29 | 14 | 13 | 92 | 58 | +34 | 051.79 |
Source: Soccerway

### Süper Lig
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 78 | 36 | +42 | 78 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Adana Demirspor | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 76 | 45 | +31 | 69 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 62 | |
| 6 | Trabzonspor | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 64 | 54 | +10 | 57 | |
| 7 | Fatih Karagümrük | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 75 | 63 | +12 | 51 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Spor Toto 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | B | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | B | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

The league schedule was released on 4 July.

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 15 June 2022.

#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | IBS | FIO | HEA | RFS |
| 1 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Fiorentina | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–1 | — | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Heart of Midlothian | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 6 | | 0–4 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | RFS | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 2 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: İstanbul Başakşehir +2, Fiorentina −2.