Beşiktaş J.K. (women's football) explained

Clubname:Beşiktaş J.K.
Fullname:Beşiktaş United Payment Kadın Futbol Takımı
Nickname:Dişi Kartallar
Ground:İBB GOP Halit Kıvanç City Stadium
Capacity:5,000
Chairman:Hasan Arat (Fırat Fidan)
Manager:Burak Sidar
League:Turkcell Women's Football League
Season:2022–23
Position:7th
Current:2022–23 Turkish Women's Football Super League
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Beşiktaş Women's Football (Turkish: Beşiktaş United Payment Kadın Futbol Takımı) is the women football section of Beşiktaş JK, a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. From 2023 on, the team has been sponsored by United Payment.

History

In the 2014–15 season, Beşiktaş women's team was allocated to the bottom league, the Turkish Women's Third Football League. They finished the league as the division leader, and were promoted to the Women's Second League after play-offs.

In the 2015–16 season, the team played in the Women's Second League, and secured promotion to the First League already four matches before the season's finish. They became league champion two matches prior to the end of the league. The team completed the 2015–16 season undefeated, and were promoted to the Turkish Women's First Football League.

The team finished the regular season of 2017–18 even on points with Konak Belediyespor behind the champion Ataşehir Belediyespor. The regular time of the play-off match between the two teams ended with 1–1 draw. In the extension time, Beşiktaş J.K. scored three penalty goals, finished the match by 4–1, and became runners-up.

Beşiktaş J.K. finished the 2018–19 Women's First League season as leader equal on points with ALG Spor with goal average that happened only in the last round. ALG Spor was leading with goal average in the previous two rounds. ALG Spor won their last match with 5-1, Beşiktaş J.K. defeated their opponent by 9-0, which enabled them a goal average of four in the final. The Turkish Football Federation set a play-off round between the two teams to be played on 12 May 2019 at a neutral venue, in Manavgat, Antalya. The team became for the first tine Women's First League champion after defeating ALG Spor in the play-off match with 1-0.

By the end of July 2019, the club transferred Kader Hançar, Sevgi Çınar, Sevgi Salmanlı and Yağmur Uraz, the four most experienced forwarders of the Women's football in Turkey,, three of them are former top scorers, for the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League - Group 9 matches. The team finished the qualifying round's group matches undefeated with two draws and one win ranking second behind the Dutch Twente, who progressed to the round of 32 as the only team of the group.

In 2021, the mobile phone company Vodafone Turkey started sponsoring the women's team. Beşiktaş J.K. won in the 2020-21 Turkcell Women's Football League season their second champion title defeating Fatih Vatan Spor in the play-off final game.

In 2022, the team finished the league in 4th place and qualified for the playoffs. The team eliminated 1207 Antalyaspor in the first round. In the quarter finals, the team was eliminated by ALG and said goodbye to the playoffs.

In 2023, United Payment started sponsoring the women's team.

Stadium

Beşiktaş JK women's team play their home matches at Fulya Hakkı Yeten Stadium of the Beşiktaş J.K. in Şişli district of Istanbul. The team played their home matches until the end of the 2018-19 Women's First League season at İsmet İnönü Stadium, formerly Çilekli Stadium, of Beşiktaş Municipality, in Beşiktaş district.

In the 2023-24 Super League season, the team played their home matches at the İBB GOP Halit Kıvanç City Stadium in Gaziosmanpaşa district of Istanbul.

Statistics

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Season League Rank Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2014–15 align=left Third League Group 1 bgcolor=gold 1 18 14 2 2 89 18 +71 44
2015–16 align=left bgcolor=gold 1 22 19 3 0 88 20 +68 60
align=left First League bgcolor=silver 2 26 19 1 6 67 22 +45 58
align=left First League bgcolor=silver 2 19 14 3 2 47 23 +24 45
align=left First League bgcolor=gold 1 19 14 3 2 62 13 +49 45
align=left First League bgcolor= 2 (1) 15 14 0 1 64 12 +52 42
align=left bgcolor=gold 1 6 60 0 23 3 +20 18
align=left Super League Gr. A 4 (2) 26 21 0 5 110 24 +86 63
align=left Super League Gr. A 4 (3) 16 6 6 4 33 18 +15 24
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

Players

Current squad

.[1] Head coach: - (Mesut Kır)

Former players

Former Turkish international and foreign players:

Derya Arhan, Ayşe Şevval Ay, Çiğdem Belci, Dilek Enli, Emine Ecem Esen, Fatma Kara, Elif Keskin, Safa Merve Nalçacı, Ceren Nurlu, Melike Öztürk, Sevgi Salman, Gamze Nur Yaman, Berna Yeniçeri

Bilge Su Koyun

Jacquette Ada

Ioanna Chamalidou

Maryam Yektaei

Ines Nrehy

Eli Jakovska

Aissata Traoré

Imane Abdelahad, Chirine Knaidil

Ekaterina Ulasevich

Staff

Technical staff

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International results

Event Stage Date Venue Opponent Result Scorers
2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions LeagueQR
Group 9
2nd
Aug 7, 2019 bgcolor=#ffc D 1–1 Hançar
Aug 10, 2019 bgcolor=#ffc D 2–2 Uraz, Keskin
Aug 13, 2019 bgcolor=#cfc W 3–0 Hançar, Sakhinova (o.g.), Çınar
2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions LeagueQ1
Group 8
3rd
Aug 18, 2021 bgcolor=#fcc L 0–7
Aug 21, 2021bgcolor=#cfc W 4–0 Uraz, A. Karabulut, İçen, Hançar

Ranking history

Season Rank Points Ref.
2019–2079 4.475[3]
2020–2185 3.500[4]
2021–2283 5.100[5]
2022–2390 5.000[6]
2023–24TBA[7]

Honours

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A KADIN TAKIM. tr. August 26, 2023.
  2. Web site: Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü. bjk.com.tr.
  3. Web site: UEFA . UEFA Team Ranking 2020 . uefa.com . 2023-09-04.
  4. Web site: UEFA . UEFA Team Ranking 2021 . uefa.com . 2023-09-04.
  5. Web site: UEFA . UEFA Team Ranking 2022 . uefa.com . 2023-09-04.
  6. Web site: UEFA . UEFA Team Ranking 2023 . uefa.com . 2023-09-04.
  7. Web site: UEFA . UEFA Team Ranking 2024 . uefa.com . 2023-09-04.