2020–21 Beşiktaş J.K. season explained

Club:	Beşiktaş J.K.
Season:	2020–21
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Ahmet Nur Çebi
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Sergen Yalçın
Stadium:	Vodafone Park
League:	Süper Lig
League Result:	1st
Cup1:	Turkish Cup
Cup1 Result:	Winners
Cup2:	UEFA Champions League
Cup2 Result:	Second qualifying round
Cup3:	UEFA Europa League
Cup3 Result:	Third qualifying round
League Topscorer:
Season Topscorer:
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Prevseason:	2019–20
Nextseason:	2021–22

The 2020–21 Beşiktaş J.K. season was the club's 117th season in existence and the club's 61st consecutive season in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, Beşiktaş participated in this season's editions of the Turkish Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League. This season covered the period from 1 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Season events

On 1 August, Lille announced the signing of Burak Yılmaz.^[1]

On 12 August, Beşiktaş announced the signing of Fabrice N'Sakala to a one-year contract, from Alanyaspor.^[2]

On 17 August, Beşiktaş announced the signing of Bernard Mensah on a one-year loan deal from Kayserispor.^[3]

On 20 August, Beşiktaş announced the signing of Welinton to a one-year contract, from Alanyaspor.^[4]

On 28 August, Beşiktaş announced the signing of Atakan Üner from Altınordu.^[5]

On 2 September, Javi Montero joined Beşiktaş on a season-long loan deal from Atlético Madrid.^[6]

On 3 September, the Turkish Football Federation announced that all games during the first half of the Süper Lig season, would be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.^[7]

On 7 September, Enzo Roco moved to Fatih Karagümrük.^[8]

On 14 September, Beşiktaş announced the signing of Josef de Souza from Al-Ahli.^[9]

On 18 September, Beşiktaş announced the return of Gökhan Töre from Yeni Malatyaspor.^[10]

On 26 September, Beşiktaş announced the return of Vincent Aboubakar from Porto.^[11]

On 2 October, Beşiktaş announced the signing of Valentin Rosier on a season-long loan deal from Sporting CP.^[12]

On 5 October, Beşiktaş announced the signing of Rachid Ghezzal on a season-long loan deal from Leicester City.^[13]

On 1 February, Beşiktaş announced the return of Cenk Tosun on loan for the remainder of the season, and the permanent signing of Bilal Ceylan.^{[14] [15]} Also on the same day Jeremain Lens, Tyler Boyd, Erdoğan Kaya and Güven Yalçın all the left the club on loan, whilst Nicolas Isimat-Mirin's contract was terminated by mutual consent.^{[16] [17] [18] [19] [20]}

Squad

^[21]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From	Signed In	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
30	Ersin Destanoğlu		GK	2021 5, df=yes	Academy	2018		45	0
61	Emre Bilgin		GK	2021 5, df=yes	Academy	2020		0	0
97	Utku Yuvakuran		GK	2021 5, df=yes	Beylerbeyi	2016		20	0
Defenders
2	Valentin Rosier		DF	2021 5, df=yes	loan from Sporting CP	2020	2021	37	3
4	Javi Montero		DF	2021 5, df=yes	loan from Atlético Madrid	2020	2021	17	0
21	Fabrice N'Sakala		DF	2021 5, df=yes	Alanyaspor	2020	2021	35	1
23	Welinton		DF	2021 5, df=yes	Alanyaspor	2020		41	1
24	Domagoj Vida		DF	2021 5, df=yes	Dynamo Kyiv	2018		131	15
33	Rıdvan Yılmaz		DF	2021 5, df=yes	Academy	2019		29	1
46	Serdar Saatçı		DF	2021 5, df=yes	Youth Team	2020		1	0
Midfielders
5	Josef de Souza		MF	2021 5, df=yes	Al-Ahli	2020		38	3
7	Georges-Kévin Nkoudou		MF	2021 5, df=yes	Tottenham Hotspur	2019^[22]	2023	69	12
10	Oğuzhan Özyakup		MF	2021 5, df=yes	Arsenal	2012		289	35
13	Atiba Hutchinson		MF	2021 5, df=yes	PSV Eindhoven	2013		289	23
19	Ajdin Hasić		MF	2021 5, df=yes	Dinamo Zagreb	2020		13	2
20	Necip Uysal		MF	2021 5, df=yes	Academy	2009		362	6
22	Adem Ljajić		MF	2021 5, df=yes	Torino	2019		84	18
26	Dorukhan Toköz		MF	2021 5, df=yes	Eskişehirspor	2018		71	3
27	Atakan Üner		MF	2021 5, df=yes	Altınordu	2020		4	0
28	Bilal Ceylan		MF	2021 5, df=yes	Eskişehirspor	2021		0	0
41	Kartal Yılmaz		MF	2021 5, df=yes	Academy	2019		9	0
43	Bernard Mensah		MF	2021 5, df=yes	loan from Kayserispor	2020	2021	36	4
70	Gökhan Töre		MF	2021 5, df=yes	Yeni Malatyaspor	2020		142	22
Strikers
14	Vincent Aboubakar		FW	2021 5, df=yes	Porto	2020	2021	67	35
17	Cyle Larin		FW	2021 5, df=yes	Orlando City	2018		71	31
18	Rachid Ghezzal		FW	2021 5, df=yes	loan from Leicester City	2020	2021	35	7
29	Cenk Tosun		FW	2021 5, df=yes	loan from Everton	2021	2021	146	67
40	Almos Kalafat		FW	2021 5, df=yes	Academy	2020		0	0
Unregistered
	Douglas		DF	2021 5, df=yes	Barcelona	2019^[23]	2022	7	0
	Muhayer Oktay		MF	2021 5, df=yes	Fortuna Düsseldorf II	2019		3	0
Out on loan
8	Umut Nayir		FW	2021 5, df=yes	Osmanlıspor	2018		30	6
9	Güven Yalçın		FW	2021 5, df=yes	Bayer Leverkusen	2018		68	16
11	Tyler Boyd		MF	2021 5, df=yes	Vitória de Guimarães	2019^[24]	2023	34	4
12	Erdoğan Kaya		DF	2021 5, df=yes	Youth Team	2019		5	1
77	Jeremain Lens		MF	2021 5, df=yes	Sunderland	2018		100	12
	Alpay Çelebi		DF	2021 5, df=yes	Academy	2017		2	0
	Ahmet Gülay		DF	2021 5, df=yes	Academy	2020		0	0
	Kerem Kalafat		DF	2021 5, df=yes	Academy	2019		2	0
	Erdem Seçgin		MF	2021 5, df=yes	Academy	2018		6	0
	Oguzhan Akgün		FW	2021 5, df=yes	Academy	2019		0	0
Players who left during the season
2	Nicolas Isimat-Mirin		DF	2021 5, df=yes	PSV Eindhoven	2019		14	0

Out on loan

Transfers

See main article: List of Turkish football transfers winter 2020–21.

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
12 August 2020	DF		Fabrice N'Sakala	Alanyaspor	Undisclosed
20 August 2020	DF		Welinton	Alanyaspor	Undisclosed
28 August 2020	MF		Atakan Üner	Altınordu	Undisclosed
14 September 2020	MF		Josef de Souza	Al-Ahli	Undisclosed
18 September 2020	MF		Gökhan Töre	Yeni Malatyaspor	Undisclosed
26 September 2020	FW		Vincent Aboubakar	Porto	Free
1 February 2021	MF		Bilal Ceylan	Eskişehirspor	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
17 August 2020	MF		Bernard Mensah	Kayserispor	End of season
2 September 2020	DF		Javi Montero	Atlético Madrid	End of season
2 October 2020	DF		Valentin Rosier	Sporting CP	End of season
5 October 2020	DF		Rachid Ghezzal	Leicester City	End of season
1 February 2021	FW		Cenk Tosun	Everton	End of season

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 August 2020	FW		Burak Yılmaz	Lille	Undisclosed
6 August 2020	DF		Gökhan Gönül	Fenerbahçe	Free	^[25]
6 August 2020	DF		Caner Erkin	Fenerbahçe	Free	^[26]
13 August 2020	DF		Fatih Aksoy	Alanyaspor	Undisclosed
14 August 2020	MF		Sedat Şahintürk	Adana Demirspor	Undisclosed
7 September 2020	DF		Enzo Roco	Fatih Karagümrük	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
1 February 2021	DF		Erdoğan Kaya	Turgutluspor	End of season
1 February 2021	MF		Jeremain Lens	Fatih Karagümrük	End of season
1 February 2021	FW		Güven Yalçın	Lecce	End of season
1 February 2021	FW		Tyler Boyd	Sivasspor	End of season

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
4 August 2020	MF		Oğuzhan Aydoğan	Alemannia Aachen	12 November 2020	^[27]
1 February 2021	DF		Nicolas Isimat-Mirin	Sporting Kansas City	3 February 2021	^[28]
30 May 2021	FW		Vincent Aboubakar	Al Nassr	8 June 2021	^[29]

Competitions

Süper Lig

See main article: 2020–21 Süper Lig.

Matches

Turkish Cup

See main article: 2020–21 Turkish Cup.

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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1	FW		17	Cyle Larin	19	3	1	0	23
2	FW		14	Vincent Aboubakar	15	1	0	0	16
3	MF		7	Georges-Kévin Nkoudou	8	0	0	0	8
4	FW		18	Rachid Ghezzal	8	0	0	0	8
5	DF		24	Domagoj Vida	5	1	0	0	6
6	MF		43	Bernard Mensah	4	0	0	0	4
	MF		13	Atiba Hutchinson	4	0	0	0	4
	MF		10	Oğuzhan Özyakup	3	1	0	0	4
9	FW		29	Cenk Tosun	3	0	0	0	3
	MF		70	Gökhan Töre	3	0	0	0	3
	MF		5	Josef de Souza	2	1	0	0	3
	DF		2	Valentin Rosier	1	2	0	0	3
	FW		9	Güven Yalçın	1	1	0	1	3
14	MF		19	Ajdin Hasić	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		22	Adem Ljajić	2	0	0	0	2
				Own goal	3	0	0	0	3
17	MF		11	Tyler Boyd	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		77	Jeremain Lens	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		20	Necip Uysal	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		33	Ridvan Yilmaz	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		21	Fabrice N'Sakala	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		23	Welinton	1	0	0	0	1
				TOTALS	89	10	1	1	101

Clean sheets

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1	GK		30	Ersin Destanoğlu	13	0	0	0	13
2	GK		97	Utku Yuvakuran	2	2	0	0	4
				TOTALS	15	2	0	0	17

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Süper Lig		Turkish Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
2		DF	Valentin Rosier	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
4		DF	Javi Montero	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
5		MF	Josef de Souza	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
7		MF	Georges-Kévin Nkoudou	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Oğuzhan Özyakup	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
13		MF	Atiba Hutchinson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
17		FW	Cyle Larin	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
18		FW	Rachid Ghezzal	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
20		MF	Necip Uysal	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
21		DF	Fabrice N'Sakala	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	1
22		MF	Adem Ljajić	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
23		DF	Welinton	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
24		DF	Domagoj Vida	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
26		MF	Dorukhan Toköz	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
30		GK	Ersin Destanoğlu	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
33		DF	Rıdvan Yılmaz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
43		MF	Bernard Mensah	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
46		DF	Serdar Saatçı	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
70		MF	Gökhan Töre	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
97		GK	Utku Yuvakuran	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players away on loan:
9		FW	Güven Yalçın	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		MF	Tyler Boyd	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77		MF	Jeremain Lens	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Beşiktaş during the season:
			TOTALS	76	5	6	0	1	0	5	0	88	5

Notes and References

1. News: Burak Yılmaz est un Dogue. Lille OSC. France. 1 August 2020. 1 August 2020. Fr. https://archive.today/20200801104937/https://www.losc.fr/actualites-foot-lille/%E2%80%8Bburak-yilmaz-est-un-dogue. 1 August 2020. live.
2. Web site: Fabrice N'Sakala Beşiktaş'ta . bjk.com . Beşiktaş J.K. . 20 August 2020 . tr . 12 August 2020.
3. Web site: Bernard Mensah Beşiktaş'ta . bjk.com . Beşiktaş J.K. . 20 August 2020 . tr . 17 August 2020.
4. Web site: Welinton Souza Silva Beşiktaş'ta . bjk.com . Beşiktaş J.K. . 28 August 2020 . tr . 20 August 2020.
5. Web site: Hüseyin Atakan Üner Beşiktaş'ta . bjk.com . Beşiktaş J.K. . 29 August 2020 . tr . 28 August 2020.
6. Web site: Francisco Montero, Beşiktaş'ta . bjk.com. . Beşiktaş J.K. . 3 September 2020 . tr . 2 September 2020.
7. News: TFF. 3 September 2020. TFF'den Açıklama. tr . 2 October 2020.
8. News: Enzo Roco, Fatih Karagümrük'te!. Fanatik. 7 September 2020. 8 September 2020. Tr. https://archive.today/20200908111515/https://www.fanatik.com.tr/enzo-roco-fatih-karagumrukte-2169090. 8 September 2020. live.
9. Web site: Josef de Souza, Beşiktaş'ta . bjk.com . Beşiktaş J.K. . 17 September 2020 . tr . 14 September 2020.
10. Web site: Yuvana Hoş Geldin Gökhan Töre . bjk.com . Beşiktaş J.K. . 22 September 2020 . tr . 18 September 2020.
11. Web site: Vincent Aboubakar Yeniden Beşiktaş'ta . bjk.com . Beşiktaş J.K. . 28 September 2020 . tr . 26 September 2020.
12. Web site: Valentin Rosier, Beşiktaş'ta . bjk.com . Beşiktaş J.K. . 7 October 2020 . tr . 2 October 2020.
13. Web site: Rachid Ghezzal, Beşiktaş'ta . bjk.com . Beşiktaş J.K. . 7 October 2020 . tr . 5 October 2020.
14. Web site: Bilal Ceylan Beşiktaş'ta! . bjk.com.tr/ . Beşiktaş J.K. . 1 February 2021 . Turkish . 1 February 2021.
15. Web site: Yuvana Hoş Geldin Cenk Tosun! . bjk.com.tr/ . Beşiktaş J.K. . 1 February 2021 . Turkish . 1 February 2021.
16. Web site: Jeremain Lens, Fatih Karagümrük'e Geçici Transfer Oldu . bjk.com.tr/ . Beşiktaş J.K. . 1 February 2021 . Turkish . 1 February 2021.
17. Web site: Tyler Boyd, Demir Grup Sivasspor'a Geçici Transfer Oldu . bjk.com.tr/ . Beşiktaş J.K. . 1 February 2021 . Turkish . 1 February 2021.
18. Web site: Erdoğan Kaya, Turgutluspor'a Geçici Transfer Oldu . bjk.com.tr/ . Beşiktaş J.K. . 1 February 2021 . Turkish . 1 February 2021.
19. Web site: Güven Yalçın, Lecce Kulübüne Geçici Transfer Oldu . bjk.com.tr/ . Beşiktaş J.K. . 1 February 2021 . Turkish . 1 February 2021.
20. Web site: Nicolas Isimat Mirin'e Teşekkür Ederiz . bjk.com.tr/ . Beşiktaş J.K. . 1 February 2021 . Turkish . 1 February 2021.
21. Web site: First Team . Beşiktaş J.K. . 20 August 2020.
22. Web site: Georges-Kevin N'Koudou Beşiktaş'ta . bjk.com.tr/ . Beşiktaş J.K. . 22 August 2019 . tr . 22 August 2019.
23. Web site: Douglas Pereira dos Santos Beşiktaş'ta . bjk.com.tr/ . Beşiktaş J.K. . 30 July 2019 . tr . 27 July 2019.
24. Web site: Tyler Boyd Beşiktaş'ta . bjk.com.tr/ . Beşiktaş J.K. . 16 July 2019 . tr . 15 July 2019.
25. News: Yuvana hoş geldin Gökhan Gönül . 6 August 2020 . fenerbahce.org . 6 August 2020 . tr . Welcome back home Gökhan Gönül .
26. News: Yuvana hoş geldin Caner Erkin . 6 August 2020 . fenerbahce.org . 6 August 2020 . tr . Welcome back home Caner Erkin .
27. Web site: ALEMANNIA VERPFLICHTET AYDOGAN . alemannia-aachen.de/ . Alemannia Aachen . 4 December 2020 . de . 12 December 2020.
28. News: Sporting KC signs 29-year-old French center back Nicolas Isimat-Mirin . 3 February 2021 . Sporting Kansas City . 3 February 2021.
29. Web site: June 8, 2021. رسمياً.. النصر يحسم صفقة الكاميروني فينسنت أبوبكر.