Beşiktaş J.K. (women's football)

Beşiktaş Women's Football (Turkish: beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü Vodafone Kadın Futbol Takımı) is the women football section of Beşiktaş JK, a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. From 2021 on, the team has been sponsored by the mobile phone company Vodafone Turkey.

Beşiktaş J.K.
Full nameBeşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü Vodafone Kdın Futbol Takımı
Founded2014 (2014)
Ground
ChairmanAhmet Nur Çebi[1]
ManagerMesut Kır
LeagueTurkcell Women's Football League
2020–21Champion
Active departments of
Beşiktaş J.K.
AthleticsBasketball
(Men's)
(Women's)		Boxing
BridgeChesse-Sports
Football
(Men's)
(Women's)		GymnasticsHandball
(Men's)
RowingTable tennisVolleyball
(Men's)
(Women's)
Wheelchair
basketball		Wrestling

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 after play-offs, they were promoted to the Women's Second League.[2][3]

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.[4] They became league champion two matches prior to the end of the league.[5] The team completed the 2015–16 season undefeated, and were promoted to the Turkish Women's First Football League.[2][3]

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.[6]

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.[7][8] The team became for the first tine Women's First League champion after defeating ALG Spor in the play-off match with 1-0.[9][10]

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.[11] 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.[12]

In 2021, the mobile phone company Vodafone Turkey started sponsoring the women's team.[13] 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.[14]

Stadium
İsmet İnönü Stadium, home ground of Beşiktaş J.K. women's tea until the end of the 2018-19 Women's First League season.
Fulya Hakkı Yeten Stadium, home grounf from the 2019-20 Women's First League season on.

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.[15][16]

Team bus of Beşiktaş J.K.

Statistics

As of 18 December 2022.[7]

SeasonLeagueRankPldWDLGFGAGDPts
2014–15Third League Group 111814228918+7144
2015–16Second League12219308820+6860
2016–17First League22619166722+4558
2017–18First League21914324723+2445
2018–19First League11914326213+4945
2019–20First League2 (1)1514016412+5242
2020-21First League16600233+2018
2021-22Super League Gr. A4 (2)26210511024+8663
2022-23Super League Gr. A4 (3)83411910+913
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.
  • (1): Season discontinue due to COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
  • (2): Finish Gr. A as second, placed 4th after play-offs
  • (3): Season in progress

Players

Current squad
As of 18 December 2022.[17]

Head coach: Turkey Suat Okyar

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 Turkey TUR Fatma Şahin
99 GK Turkey TUR Tuğçe Bayındır
3 DF Turkey TUR Didem Karagenç
4 DF Turkey TUR Dilan Yeşim Taşkın
13 DF Turkey TUR Sibel Duman
17 DF Turkey TUR Ferda İpek Çevik
23 DF Turkey TUR Esra Erol
— DF Mexico MEX Sofía Álvarez
6 MF Turkey TUR Meryem Mas
7 MF Turkey TUR Berivan İçen
8 MF Turkey TUR Seda Nur İncik
11 MF Turkey TUR Mesude Alyont
No. Pos. Nation Player
61 MF Turkey TUR Kevser Kartal
77 MF Turkey TUR Sevgi Çınar
9 FW Turkey TUR Zeynep Koçer
10 FW Turkey TUR Gizem Gönültaş
12 FW Canada CAN Christabel Oduro
14 FW Turkey TUR Tülin Kuyucak
15 FW Turkey TUR Başak Gündoğdu (C)
19 FW Turkey TUR Esra Manya
29 FW Denmark DEN Natasha Shirazi
70 FW Turkey TUR Beyza Kara

Former players

 
Former Turkish international and foreign players:

International results
EventStageDateVenueOpponentResultScorers
2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League Group 9 Aug 7, 2019Enschede,  Netherlands Poland Górnik ŁęcznaD 1–1Hançar[18]
Aug 10, 2019Netherlands TwenteD 2–2Uraz, Keskin[19]
Aug 13, 2019Armenia FC AlashkertW 3–0Hançar, Sakhinova (o.g.), Çınar[20]
2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League Group 8 Aug 18, 2021Turin,  Italy Austria St. PöltenL 0–7
Aug 21, 2021 North Macedonia Kamenica SasaW 4–0Uraz, A. Karabulut, İçen, Hançar[21]

Honours

Kit history

Squad history

References
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  18. "Beşiktaş (TUR) 1-1 Górnik Leczna (POL)". UEFA. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  19. "Twente (NED) 2-2 Beşiktaş (TUR)". UEFA. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  20. "Alashkert (ARM) 0-3 Beşiktaş (TUR)". UEFA. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  21. "Beşiktaş (TUR) 4-0 Kamenica Sasa (MKD)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
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