İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.


İstanbul Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in the Başakşehir district of Istanbul. The club is better known as İstanbul Başakşehir or, due to sponsorship, Medipol Başakşehir. The club was founded in 1990 as İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor. They first reached the highest level in Turkish Football in 2007–08. They play their home games at the Fatih Terim Stadium in Istanbul and are owned by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
The club is one of five Süper Lig teams based in Istanbul, along with Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Beşiktaş and Kasımpaşa. In the 2016–17 season, they participated in the Süper Lig, Turkish Cup and UEFA Europa League. In the 2017–18 season they reached the play-off round of the UEFA Champions League qualifying round. They won their first top flight title in the 2019–20 season.

History

The club was founded in 1990. The club's former name was "ISKI SK" and they were owned by the municipality's water distribution company. ISKI SK competed in the Regional Amateur Football League in the 1990–91 season and were promoted to the TFF Second League. After promotion, the club's name changed to İstanbul Büyüksehir Belediyesi. The club played in the TFF Second League until 1996, but after the 2006–07 season they were promoted to the Süper Lig. Finishing 12th in the 2007–08 season enabled them to remain in the Süper Lig for the 2007–08 season. In the 2009–10 season, the club finished the season in 6th place. In the 2012–13 season, the club finished 16th and relegated to the TFF First League. But it finished in the TFF First League as champions and made an immediate return to the top level in the 2013–14 season. In June 2014, the club's name changed to "İstanbul Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü". On following seasons 2014–15 and 2015–16 the club finished in 4th place.
On 25 May 2015, İstanbul Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü signed a sponsorship agreement with "Medipol Eğitim ve Sağlık Grubu" for four years and the team's name changed to "Medipol Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü".
On 19 July 2020, Başakşehir were crowned champions of the Turkish Süper Lig for the first time in the club's history. They also became only the sixth club in the competition's history to win the league title and the fourth club from Istanbul to do so.

Stadium

Before the name change İstanbul Başakşehir were playing their games at Atatürk Olympic Stadium but starting from the 2014–15 season they began to play their games at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium. 26 July 2014 opened officially to public. The venue has a capacity of 17,800 spectators. It is the new home of İstanbul Başakşehir playing in the Süper Lig. The construction of the stadium was completed in about 16 months, and it cost ₺178 million.

Honours

Leagues

Domestic results

League affiliation

CompetitionPldWDLGFGAGDWin%

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Source:
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal Difference.
SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2015–16UEFA Europa League3QR AZ Alkmaar1–20–21–4
2016–17UEFA Europa League3QR Rijeka0–02–22–2
2016–17UEFA Europa LeaguePO Shakhtar Donetsk1–20–21–4
UEFA Champions League3QR Club Brugge2–03–35–3
UEFA Champions LeaguePO Sevilla1–22–23–4
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup C Braga2–11–23rd
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup C Hoffenheim1–11–33rd
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup C Ludogorets Razgrad0–02–13rd
2018–19UEFA Europa League3QR Burnley0–00–10–1
UEFA Champions League3QR Olympiacos0–10–20–3
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup J Roma0–30–41st
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup J Borussia Mönchengladbach1–12–11st
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup J Wolfsberger AC1–03–01st
UEFA Europa LeagueR32 Sporting CP4–11–35–4
UEFA Europa LeagueR16 Copenhagen1–0
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup

UEFA ranking

RankTeamPoints
69 Rapid Wien22.000
70 Leicester City22.000
71 İstanbul Başakşehir21.500
72 Qarabağ21.000
73 PAOK21.000

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Club officials

Board members

Technical staff

PositionName
Manager Okan Buruk
Assistant Manager İrfan Saraloğlu
Goalkeeper Coach Can Okuyuku
Fitness Coach Dursun Genç
Fitness Coach Kaan Arisoy
Video Analyst Yılmaz Yüksel
Scout Gökhan İpek
Scout Mehmet Ali Keçeci
Club Doctor Armağan Arslan
Nutritionist Duygu Gencel
Physiotherapist Mehmet Akman
Physiotherapist İoakim İpseftel
Physiotherapist Rıdvan Seyhan
Masseur Koray Akyüz
Masseur Yusuf Gümüş
Masseur Mehmet Ali Polat

Managers