2021–22 İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. season

İstanbul Başakşehir
2021–22 season
President	Göksel Gümüşdağ
Head coach	Aykut Kocaman; (until 2 October); Emre Belözoğlu; (from 3 October)
Stadium	Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium
Süper Lig	4th
Turkish Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Stefano Okaka (12); All: ; Stefano Okaka (12)
Highest home attendance	2,609 ; (vs. Beşiktaş, 15 October 2021, Süper Lig)
Lowest home attendance	221 ; (vs. Kayserispor, 28 August 2021, Süper Lig)
Average home league attendance	779
Biggest win	3–0 (vs. Çaykur Rizespor (H), 26 September 2021, Süper Lig ; vs. Hatayspor (A), 5 December 2021, Süper Lig)
Biggest defeat	1–3 (vs. Fatih Karagümrük (A), 1 October 2021, Süper Lig)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

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.

Supplier: Bilcee
Main sponsor: Decovita

Back sponsor: Aksa
Sleeve sponsor: Jakamen, HDI Sigorta

Short sponsor: YKT Filo Kiralama
Socks sponsor: HDI Sigorta

Players

First-team squad

As of 8 February 2022^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

24 July 2021 Friendly	Trabzonspor	0–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Hasan Doğan National Team's Camp and Training Facilities

27 July 2021 Friendly	Beşiktaş	1–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Yalçın 48'	Report		Stadium: BJK Nevzat Demir Facilities

31 July 2021 Friendly	Kasımpaşa	1–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Kasımpaşa Kemerburgaz Facilities

3 August 2021 Friendly	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–2	Hatayspor	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

6 August 2021 Friendly	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–0	Yeni Malatyaspor	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

29 January 2022 Friendly	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–0	Partizan	Antalya, Turkey
15:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Epureanu 44'	Report		Stadium: Maxx Royal Hotel - Field A

27 March 2022 Friendly	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–2	Metalist Kharkiv	Antalya, Turkey
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Pizzi 49'	Report	Fomin 54', 77'	Stadium: Maxx Royal Hotel - Field A

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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		Fourth round	Fourth round	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total					39	19	9	11	57	37	+20	048.72

Source: Soccerway

Süper Lig

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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
5	Alanyaspor	38	19	7	12	67	58	+9	64
6	Beşiktaş	38	15	14	9	56	48	+8	59^[a]

Source: Süper Lig
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[2]
Notes:

^ Beşiktaş finished ahead of Antalyaspor on head-to-head points: Antalyaspor 2–3 Beşiktaş, Beşiktaş 0–0 Antalyaspor.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	17	6	11	49	32	+17	57	11	1	5	27	14	+13	6	5	6	22	18	+4

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

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2022. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

15 August 2021 1	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–1	Alanyaspor	Istanbul
19:15 TRT (UTC+3)		Report	Borja 12' Davidson 30' Siopis 64'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 290 Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

22 August 2021 2	Konyaspor	2–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Konya
19:15 TRT (UTC+3)	Çekiçi 51' Cikalleshi 87', 88'	Report	Ndayishimiye 45+1'	Stadium: Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium Attendance: 1,548 Referee: Halis Özkahya

28 August 2021 3	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–1	Kayserispor	Istanbul
19:15 TRT (UTC+3)	Lucas Lima 37' Gulbrandsen 45+1' Şahiner 65'	Report	Thiam 4' Demirok 53'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 221 Referee: Mustafa Öğretmenoğlu

12 September 2021 4	Göztepe	2–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	İzmir
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Emir 24' Ndiaye 64' Nwobodo 75' Tijanić 83' Akbunar 90+3' Eğribayat 90+4'	Report	Türüç 7', 90+3' Ciğerci 11' Şahiner 24'	Stadium: Gürsel Aksel Stadium Attendance: 4,003 Referee: Tugay Kaan Numanoğlu

19 September 2021 5	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–0	Fenerbahçe	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Okaka 16' Gulbrandsen 90'	Report	Luiz Gustavo 83'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 1,813 Referee: Fırat Aydınus

22 September 2021 6	Gaziantep	1–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Gaziantep
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Demir 1' Merkel 7' Niyaz 30'	Report	Ponck 90+1'	Stadium: New Gaziantep Stadium Attendance: 1,488 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

26 September 2021 7	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–0	Çaykur Rizespor	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Okaka 25', 55', 75'	Report		Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 361 Referee: Arda Kardeşler

1 October 2021 8	Fatih Karagümrük	3–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Bertolacci 19', 30' Balkovec 37'	Report	Lucas Lima 35' Ponck 64' Tekdemir 83' Aleksić 84'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 233 Referee: Erkan Özdamar

15 October 2021 9	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–2	Beşiktaş	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Okaka 40', 83' Tekdemir 55' Babacan 76' Gulbrandsen 85'	Report	Rosier 45+1' Teixeira 59' Uysal 70' Batshuayi 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 2,609 Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan

24 October 2021 10	Antalyaspor	1–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Antalya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Ghacha 90+5'	Report	Özcan 32', 56' Caiçara 79'	Stadium: Antalya Stadium Attendance: 4,072 Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

1 November 2021 11	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–1	Adana Demirspor	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Kaldırım 41' Chadli 71' Višća 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Assombalonga 60' Inler 90+7'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 927 Referee: Arda Kardeşler

6 November 2021 12	Yeni Malatyaspor	1–3	İstanbul Başakşehir	Malatya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Ndong 45+2' Büyük 45+2' Tetteh 67' Kanatsızkuş 90+2'	Report	Ciğerci 39' Višća 59', 63' Okaka 61'	Stadium: New Malatya Stadium Attendance: 2,432 Referee: Zorbay Küçük

20 November 2021 13	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–1	Sivasspor	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Gulbrandsen 17' Tekdemir 24' Şahiner 43' Ciğerci 74' Chadli 78' Duarte 90+2' Okaka 90+6'	Report	Pedro Henrique 21' (pen.) Goutas 71' Kesgin 89'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 827 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

26 November 2021 14	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–0	Altay	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Aleksić 49' Ndayishimiye 90+8'	Report	Thiam 71' Yıldırım 81'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 689 Referee: Ümit Öztürk

5 December 2021 15	Hatayspor	0–3	İstanbul Başakşehir	Hatay
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Falette 26' Traoré 29'	Report	Aleksić 8' (pen.), 27' (pen.) Okaka 45+4'	Stadium: New Hatay Stadium Attendance: 6,004 Referee: Erkan Özdamar

11 December 2021 16	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–1	Kasımpaşa	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Duarte 45' Višća 53' Tekdemir 85', 90+2'	Report	Trávník 76' Hajradinović 78', 84' Haspolat 90+7'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 672 Referee: Fırat Aydınus

18 December 2021 17	Galatasaray	1–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Aktürkoğlu 21' Marcão 23' Yedlin 30' Mohamed 90+1' Cicâldău 90+6'	Report	Okaka 7', 90+5' Chadli 35' Ndayishimiye 87' Gulbrandsen 90+1' Duarte 90+4' 90+5' Şengezer 90+7'	Stadium: Nef Stadium Attendance: 15,204 Referee: Zorbay Küçük

21 December 2021 18	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–1	Giresunspor	Istanbul
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Türüç 17' Caiçara 69' Şahiner 74' Višća 78'	Report	Diarra 28' Traoré 45+1'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 631 Referee: Alper Ulusoy

25 December 2021 19	Trabzonspor	0–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Trabzon
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Türkmen 32'	Report	Ndayishimiye 45' Okaka 89'	Stadium: Şenol Güneş Sports Complex Attendance: 36,148 Referee: Halil Umut Meler

8 January 2022 20	Alanyaspor	1–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Antalya
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Babacar 13' Güneş 55' Akbaba 66' Bekiroğlu 72'	Report	Kaldırım 37' Şahiner 38' 41' Caiçara 45' Gulbrandsen 89'	Stadium: Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium Attendance: 1,252 Referee: Mustafa Kürşad Filiz

22 February 2022 21	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–1	Konyaspor	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Ciğerci 18' Kaldırım 45+1' Gulbrandsen 49' Çağıran 62' (o.g.)	Report	Hadžiahmetović 10' Bytyqi 37'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: No data Referee: Sarper Barış Saka

19 January 2022 22	Kayserispor	1–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Kayseri
18:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Akdağ 62' Demirok 73' Parmak 87'	Report	Türüç 61' Ciğerci 72' Epureanu 81'	Stadium: Kadir Has Stadium Attendance: 2,484 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

22 January 2022 23	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–2	Göztepe	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Duarte 45' Aleksić 90+5'	Report	Ndiaye 38' Ángel 41' Akbunar 87'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 401 Referee: Arda Kardeşler

5 February 2022 24	Fenerbahçe	0–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Crespo 24' Özer 38' Berisha 72'	Report	Türüç 39' Ciğerci 51' Özcan 61', 75' Duarte 70'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 18,560 Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

12 February 2022 25	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–0	Gaziantep	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Pizzi 34' Caiçara 40' Gürler 87'	Report	Mendyl 61'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 535 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

18 February 2022 26	Çaykur Rizespor	0–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Rize
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Fernandes 38' Baiano 56'	Report	Trézéguet 33', 52' Okaka 45+1' Duarte 45+3' Uçan 83' Türüç 90+3'	Stadium: Çaykur Didi Stadium Attendance: 3,729 Referee: Suat Arslanboğa

26 February 2022 27	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–2	Fatih Karagümrük	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Trézéguet 25' Uçan 72' Okaka 80'	Report	Borini 39' Musa 41' Erkin 54' Mercan 88'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 772 Referee: Yasin Kol

7 March 2022 28	Beşiktaş	2–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Yalçın 41', 70' Karaman 54' Saatçı 79' Rosier 82'	Report	Trézéguet 35', 79' Okaka 45+4' Gürler 51' Caiçara 63'	Stadium: Vodafone Park Attendance: 20,161 Referee: Erkan Özdamar

14 March 2022 29	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–1	Antalyaspor	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Caiçara 37' Şahiner 53' Okaka 60'	Report	Wright 20'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 383 Referee: Zorbay Küçük

19 March 2022 30	Adana Demirspor	2–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Adana
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Sanuç 38' Akgün 45+3' Balotelli 74' Bjarnason 80'	Report	Ndayishimiye 28' Aleksić 48' Ciğerci 86'	Stadium: New Adana Stadium Attendance: 14,670 Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

4 April 2022 31	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–0	Yeni Malatyaspor	Istanbul
20:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Aleksić 26'	Report	Tetteh 65'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 557 Referee: Sarper Barış Saka

10 April 2022 32	Sivasspor	0–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Sivas
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Çiftçi 38' Oğuz 66'	Report	Goutas 3' (o.g.) Tekdemir 28' Caiçara 54' Türüç 60' Epureanu 90+2'	Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 3,909 Referee: Halil Umut Meler

16 April 2022 33	Altay	1–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	İzmir
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Yıldırım 21' Gülselam 89' Karataş 90+3'	Report	Trézéguet 40' Türüç 56'	Stadium: Alsancak Mustafa Denizli Stadium Attendance: 4,814 Referee: Sarper Barış Saka

24 April 2022 34	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–0	Hatayspor	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Epureanu 36' Türüç 65', 88' Tekdemir 77'	Report	Sackey 87'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Referee: Arda Kardeşler

30 April 2022 35	Kasımpaşa	2–3	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium

7 May 2022 36	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–0	Galatasaray	Istanbul
--:-- TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

15 May 2022 37	Giresunspor	1–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Giresun
--:-- TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Çotanak Sports Complex

22 May 2022 38	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–1	Trabzonspor	Istanbul
--:-- TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

Turkish Cup

30 November 2021 Fourth round	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Bodrumspor	Istanbul
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Kutucu 24' Ndayishimiye 78' 97' Karaal 96' Şengezer 97'	Report	Bingöl 44' Çayir 97' Tarım 104' Doğan 105+1'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Referee: Abdullah Buğra Taşkınsoy
	Penalties
	Višća Aleksić Lucas Lima Epureanu		Yatağan Güneş Çayir Imeri

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 24 April 2022

Rank	No.	Pos	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
	17	FW	Ahmed Kutucu	0	1	1
	20	MF	Pizzi	1	0	1
	28	MF	Tolga Ciğerci	1	0	1
	55	MF	Youssouf Ndayishimiye	1	0	1
Own goals				2	0	2
Totals				48	1	49

References

^ "A TAKIM". Retrieved July 27, 2019.
^ "TÜRKİYE FUTBOL FEDERASYONU FUTBOL MÜSABAKA TALİMATI : MADDE 9 – PUAN USULÜ VE AVERAJ" [Turkish Football Federation Football Competition Instruction : Article 9 - Score Procedure and Average] (PDF) (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

[table_hth_BEŞ0.25022800231829-2] Beşiktaş finished ahead of Antalyaspor on head-to-head points: Antalyaspor 2–3 Beşiktaş, Beşiktaş 0–0 Antalyaspor.

[Current_squad-1] "A TAKIM". Retrieved July 27, 2019.

[3] "TÜRKİYE FUTBOL FEDERASYONU FUTBOL MÜSABAKA TALİMATI : MADDE 9 – PUAN USULÜ VE AVERAJ" [Turkish Football Federation Football Competition Instruction : Article 9 - Score Procedure and Average] (PDF) (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

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