2016–17 İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. season

İstanbul Başakşehir

2016–17 season
President	Göksel Gümüşdağ
Manager	Abdullah Avcı
Stadium	Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium
Süper Lig	2nd
Turkish Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Edin Višća (8) All: Edin Višća (10)

The 2016–17 season was İstanbul Başakşehir's eighth consecutive season in the Süper Lig and their 27th year in existence. This season, İstanbul Başakşehir participated in the Süper Lig, Turkish Cup and UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 28 July 2016 to 4 June 2017.

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
18 May 2016	MF		Cengiz Ünder	Altınordu	€700,000	[1]
26 May 2016	DF		Eren Albayrak	Çaykur Rizespor	Undisclosed	[2]
1 June 2016	MF		Cheikhou Dieng	St. Pölten	€500,000	[3]
1 June 2016	MF		Joseph Attamah	Adana Demirspor	Undisclosed	[3]
12 June 2016	MF		Samuel Holmén	Fenerbahçe	Undisclosed	[4]
20 August 2016	FW		Mustafa Pektemek	Beşiktaş	Loan	[5]
1 January 2016	MF		İrfan Kahveci	Gençlerbirliği	₺6M	[6]
4 January 2017	DF		Egemen Korkmaz	FC Wil	Undisclosed	[7]
16 January 2017	DF		Júnior Caiçara	FC Schalke 04	€3M	[8]
31 January 2017	FW		Emmanuel Adebayor	Crystal Palace	Undisclosed	[9]

Out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
29 June 2016	FW		Jérémy Perbet	Gent	€1M
26 July 2016	MF		Cenk Şahin	FC St. Pauli	Loan
3 August 2016	FW		Semih Şentürk	Eskişehirspor	Free
9 January 2017	MF		Cheikhou Dieng	St. Pölten	Loan
14 January 2017	MF		Rajko Rotman	Kayserispor	Loan
17 January 2017	MF		Cenk Ahmet Alkılıç	Alanyaspor	Loan
31 January 2017	FW		Sokol Cikalleshi	Akhisarspor	Loan

First team squad

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Volkan Babacan		GK	(1988-08-11) 11 August 1988 (age 36)
55	Faruk Çakır		GK	(1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 (age 29)
86	Ufuk Ceylan		GK	(1986-06-23) 23 June 1986 (age 38)
Defenders
2	Yalçın Ayhan		DF	(1982-05-01) 1 May 1982 (age 42)
3	Ferhat Öztorun		DF	(1987-05-08) 8 May 1987 (age 37)
6	Alexandru Epureanu		DF	(1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 (age 38)
11	Eren Albayrak		DF	(1991-04-23) 23 April 1991 (age 33)
14	Bekir İrtegün		DF	(1984-04-20) 20 April 1984 (age 40)
15	Joseph Attamah		DF	(1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 30)
33	Uğur Uçar		DF	(1987-04-05) 5 April 1987 (age 37)
39	Alparslan Erdem		DF	(1988-12-11) 11 December 1988 (age 36)
44	Egemen Korkmaz		DF	(1982-11-03) 3 November 1982 (age 42)
80	Júnior Caiçara		DF	(1989-04-27) 27 April 1989 (age 35)
Midfielders
5	Emre Belözoğlu		MF	(1980-09-07) 7 September 1980 (age 44)
7	Edin Višća		MF	(1990-04-17) 17 April 1990 (age 34)
8	Mossoró		MF	(1983-07-04) 4 July 1983 (age 41)
10	Doka		MF	(1984-04-11) 11 April 1984 (age 40)
17	Cengiz Ünder		MF	(1997-07-14) 14 July 1997 (age 27)
20	Hakan Özmert		MF	(1985-06-03) 3 June 1985 (age 39)
21	Mahmut Tekdemir		MF	(1988-01-20) 20 January 1988 (age 36)
23	Samuel Holmén		MF	(1984-06-28) 28 June 1984 (age 40)
77	İrfan Kahveci		MF	(1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 (age 29)
Forwards
9	Mehmet Batdal		FW	(1986-04-24) 24 April 1986 (age 38)
18	Stefano Napoleoni		FW	(1986-06-26) 26 June 1986 (age 38)
19	Mustafa Pektemek		FW	(1988-08-11) 11 August 1988 (age 36)
26	Emmanuel Adebayor		FW	(1984-04-26) 26 April 1984 (age 40)

Statistics

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Süper Lig	20 August 2016	21 May 2017	Matchday 1		31	19	9	3	60	27	+33	061.29
Turkish Cup	30 November 2016	27 May 2017	Group Stage		11	6	5	0	20	9	+11	054.55
Europa League	13 September 2016	19 April 2017	Third qualifying round	Play-off round	4	0	2	2	3	7	−4	000.00
Total					46	25	16	5	83	43	+40	054.35

Source: Competitions

Pre-season, mid-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Report
15 July 2016	Viktoria Plzeň	N	0–1		Report
16 July 2016	Jihlava	N	0–2		Report
19 July 2016	Karlsruher SC	N	0–1		Report
22 July 2016	1. FC Heidenheim	N	1–0	Višća	Report
3 September 2016	Ümraniyespor	H	0–0		Report
9 October 2016	Beşiktaş	A	2–1	Pektemek	Report
12 November 2016	Altınordu	H	1–0	Pektemek	Report
8 January 2017	FK Kukësi	N	3–1	Kahveci, Holmén, Mossoró	Report

Süper Lig

Main article: 2016–17 Süper Lig

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Beşiktaş (C)	34	23	8	3	73	30	+43	77	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	İstanbul Başakşehir	34	21	10	3	63	28	+35	73	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Fenerbahçe	34	18	10	6	60	32	+28	64[a]	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Galatasaray	34	20	4	10	65	40	+25	64[a]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Antalyaspor	34	17	7	10	47	40	+7	58

Source: Süper Lig, Soccerway
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.^[10]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Fenerbahçe ahead of Galatasaray on head-to-head points: Fenerbahçe 6 pts, Galatasaray 0 pts.

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
33	20	10	3	62	28	+34	70	12	5	0	39	15	+24	8	5	3	23	13	+10

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W
Position	7	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Report
1	21 August 2016	Fenerbahçe	H	1–0	Mossoró	Report
2	28 August 2016	Bursaspor	A	0–2	Mossoró, Pektemek	Report
3	10 September 2016	Kasımpaşa	H	3–1	Višća, Mossoró, Özmert	Report
4	18 September 2016	Gaziantepspor	A	0–1	van Hintum (o.g.)	Report
5	24 September 2016	Osmanlıspor	H	2–2	Napoleoni (2)	Report
6	2 October 2016	Alanyaspor	A	0–5	Višća, Batdal, Epureanu, Ünder, Pektemek	Report
7	16 October 2016	Konyaspor	H	1–1	Batdal	Report
8	23 October 2016	Karabükspor	A	0–2	Belözoğlu (pen.), Batdal	Report
9	30 October 2016	Akhisar Belediyespor	H	5–1	Ünder, Višća (2), Tekdemir, Mossoró	Report
11	4 November 2016	Galatasaray	A	1–2	Batdal, Ayhan	Report
12	21 November 2016	Rizespor	H	2–1	Belözoğlu, Saâdane (o.g.)	Report
13	26 November 2016	Beşiktaş	A	1–1	Ünder	Report
14	3 December 2016	Antalyaspor	H	2–2	Tekdemir, Mossoró	Report
15	10 December 2016	Gençlerbirliği	A	0–0		Report
16	17 December 2016	Trabzonspor	H	1–0	Višća	Report
17	24 December 2016	Adanaspor	A	1–1	Attamah	Report
18	14 January 2017	Kayserispor	H	5–0	Batdal, Belözoğlu (pen.), Višća, Stevanović (o.g.), Ünder	Report
19	22 January 2017	Fenerbahçe	A	1–0	Mossoró	Report
20	29 January 2017	Bursaspor	H	1–0	Kahveci	Report
21	12 February 2017	Kasımpaşa	A	4–0		Report
22	18 February 2017	Gaziantepspor	H	0–0		Report
23	26 February 2017	Osmanlıspor	A	0–1	Pektemek	Report
24	5 March 2017	Alanyaspor	H	2–1	Višća, Pektemek	Report
25	12 March 2017	Konyaspor	A	0–3	Ayhan, Adebayor, Ünder	Report
26	19 March 2017	Karabükspor	H	3–3	Doka, Višća, Adebayor	Report
27	1 April 2017	Akhisar Belediyespor	A	2–1	Ayhan	Report
28	10 April 2017	Galatasaray	H	4–0	Adebayor (3), Pektemek	Report
12	22 April 2017	Rizespor	A	3–3	Erdem, Pektemek, Belözoğlu (pen.)	Report
29	30 April 2017	Beşiktaş	H	3–1	Ünder (2), Adebayor	Report
30	5 May 2017	Antalyaspor	A	0–1	Napoleoni	Report
31	13 May 2017	Gençlerbirliği	H	2–1	Mossoró, Pektemek	Report
32	21 May 2017	Trabzonspor	A	0–0		Report
33	27 May 2017	Adanaspor	H	2–1	Doka, Napoleoni	Report
34	3 June 2017	Kayserispor	A	0–1	İrtegün	Report

Turkish Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Turkish Cup

Group stage

Group F

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	İstanbul Başakşehir	6	4	2	0	11	2	+9	14
2	Sivasspor	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10
3	Göztepe	6	2	0	4	7	13	-6	6
4	Yeni Amasyaspor	3	1	1	4	6	11	-5	4

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Report
1	29 November 2016	Yeni Amasyaspor	A	0–1	Cikalleshi	Report
2	13 December 2016	Sivasspor	H	2–0	Koçak (o.g.), Napoleoni	Report
3	20 December 2016	Göztepe	H	6–2	Cikalleshi (2), Napoleoni (2), Holmén, Dieng	Report
4	28 December 2016	Göztepe	A	0–2	Erdem, Uçar	Report
5	19 January 2017	Yeni Amasyaspor	H	0–0		Report
6	25 January 2017	Sivasspor	A	0–0		Report

Knockout phase

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Round	Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Report
Round of 16		4 February 2017	Galatasaray	H	2–1	Pektemek (2)	Report
Quarter-finals	First leg	1 March 2017	Akhisar Belediyespor	H	1–1	Napoleoni	Report
Quarter-finals	Second leg	4 April 2017	Akhisar Belediyespor	A	0–2	Adebayor, Batdal	Report
Semi-finals	First leg	26 April 2017	Fenerbahçe	H	2–2	Ünder (2)	Report
Semi-finals	Second leg	17 May 2017	Fenerbahçe	A	2–2 ^(9 – 10 p)	Belözoğlu, Holmén	Report
Final		31 May 2017	Konyaspor	N	0–0 ^(1 – 4 p)	Belözoğlu	Report

UEFA Europa League

Main articles: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League and 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Third qualifying round

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Report
First leg	28 July 2016	HNK Rijeka	H	0–0		Report
Second leg	4 August 2016	HNK Rijeka	A	2–2	Višća (2)	Report

2–2 on aggregate. İstanbul Başakşehir won on away goals.

Play-off round

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Report
First leg	18 August 2016	Shakhtar Donetsk	H	1–2	Belözoğlu (pen.)	Report
Second leg	25 August 2016	Shakhtar Donetsk	A[nb 1]	2–0		Report

İstanbul Başakşehir lose 1–4 on aggregate.

Notes

1. Shakhtar Donetsk played their home match at Arena Lviv, Lviv, instead of their regular stadium Donbass Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.

References

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