2020–21 İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. season

İstanbul Başakşehir

2020–21 season
President	Göksel Gümüşdağ
Head coach	Okan Buruk (until 29 January) Aykut Kocaman (from 1 February)
Stadium	Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium
Süper Lig	12th
Turkish Cup	Semi-finals
Turkish Super Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Fredrik Gulbrandsen (7) All: Fredrik Gulbrandsen (11)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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^[1]

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	[2]

Out

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

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Kasımpaşa v İstanbul Başakşehir

3 September 2020 Friendly	Kasımpaşa	2–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Erdoğan 21' Pavelka 50'	Report	Ba 43', 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium

Fatih Karagümrük v İstanbul Başakşehir

6 September 2020 Friendly	Fatih Karagümrük	1–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul, Turkey
21:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Camara 60'	Report	Ba 81' Karakuş 90'	Stadium: Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü Altyapı Tesisleri

Kasımpaşa v İstanbul Başakşehir

11 October 2020 Friendly	Kasımpaşa	0–5	İstanbul Başakşehir	Istanbul, Turkey
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report	Ba 10' Crivelli 40' Topal 57' Gulbrandsen 65' Kahveci 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Kasimpaşaspor Kemerburgaz Tesisleri

İstanbul Başakşehir v İstanbulspor

15 November 2020 Friendly	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–3	İstanbulspor	Istanbul, Turkey
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Giuliano 34' (pen.)	Report	Yılmaz 17' Cumur 47' Ergün 53' (pen.)	Stadium: Başakşehir 3 Nolu Saha Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Süper Lig

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Note: Since the league was expanded to 21 teams each team earned a bye twice this season.

Matches

Turkish Cup

Turkish Super Cup

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.^[5]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAR	RBL	MUN	IBFK
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	0	2	13	6	+7	12[a]	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	1–2	5–1
2	RB Leipzig	6	4	0	2	11	12	−1	12[a]			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	—

RB Leipzig v İstanbul Başakşehir

20 October 2020 1	RB Leipzig	2–0	İstanbul Başakşehir	Leipzig, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Angeliño 16', 20' Nkunku  40' Upamecano  41' Konaté  73' Henrichs  89'	Report	Bolingoli  18' Rafael  43' Özcan  86'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 999 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

İstanbul Başakşehir v Paris Saint-Germain

28 October 2020 2	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Istanbul, Turkey
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Crivelli  3' Epureanu  49' Topal  54'	Report	Kean 64', 79' Kehrer  83'	Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

İstanbul Başakşehir v Manchester United

4 November 2020 3	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–1	Manchester United	Istanbul, Turkey
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Ba 13' Višća 40' Škrtel  89'	Report	Tuanzebe  20' Martial 43'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Manchester United v İstanbul Başakşehir

24 November 2020 4	Manchester United	4–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Manchester, England
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fernandes 7', 19' Rashford 35' (pen.) Tuanzebe  55' Maguire  86' James 90+2'	Report	Türüç 75',  89' Škrtel  78' Tekdemir  85'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 545 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

İstanbul Başakşehir v RB Leipzig

2 December 2020 5	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–4	RB Leipzig	Istanbul, Turkey
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Škrtel  38' Kahveci 45+3', 72', 85' Türüç  58' Tekdemir  79' Rafael  89'	Report	Poulsen 26' Mukiele 43' Upamecano  53' Olmo 66',  67' Sørloth 90+2'	Stadium: Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Paris Saint-Germain v İstanbul Başakşehir

9 December 2020 6	Paris Saint-Germain	5–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Paris, France
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Neymar 21', 38', 50' Mbappé 42' (pen.), 62' Pembélé  90+2'	Report	Tekdemir  10' Rafael  12' Günok  42' Topal 57' Crivelli  63'	Stadium: Parc de Princes Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) and Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Note: The Paris Saint-Germain v İstanbul Başakşehir match was suspended after 14 minutes, with the score 0–0 at the time, as both teams left the pitch in protest after an alleged racist incident by a match official directed at the assistant manager of İstanbul Başakşehir.[6] The match was resumed on 9 December 2020, 18:55 CET, with a new team of match officials.

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
	17	MF		İrfan Kahveci	2	1	0	3	6
	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
	20	MF		Giuliano	2	0	0	0	2
	23	MF		Deniz Türüç	1	0	0	1	2
	27	FW		Enzo Crivelli	2	0	0	0	2
11	9	FW		Junior Fernandes	0	1	0	0	1
	21	MF		Mahmut Tekdemir	1	0	0	0	1
	24	DF		Ravil Tagir	0	1	0	0	1
	29	MF		Kerim Frei	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals					2	1	0	0	3
Totals					28	14	1	7	50

Notes

References

External links

• Official website