2023–24 Gaziantep F.K. season

The 2023–24 season was Gaziantep F.K.'s 36th season in existence and fifth consecutive in the Süper Lig. They also competed in the Turkish Cup.

Gaziantep F.K.

2023–24 season
Manager	Erdal Günes (until 4 September) Marius Șumudică (from 6 September)
Stadium	Gaziantep Stadium
Süper Lig	11th
Turkish Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Denis Drăguș (14) All: Denis Drăguș (15)
Average home league attendance	8,207[1]
Biggest defeat	Gaziantep 0–3 Galatasaray
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 26 May 2024.

Players

First-team squad

As of 5 September 2023^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  TUR Mustafa Burak Bozan 2 DF  GER Berkan Küpelikılınç 3 DF  SEN Papy Djilobodji 4 DF  TUR Arda Kızıldağ 5 MF  TUR Furkan Soyalp 7 FW  KOS Valmir Veliu 8 MF  SRB Marko Jevtović 10 MF  CIV Max Gradel 11 FW  TUR Mustafa Eskihellaç 12 MF  GNB Janio Bikel 15 DF  TUR Ertuğrul Ersoy 17 GK  TUR Ekrem Kılıçarslan 19 GK  TUR Batuhan Şen (on loan from Galatasaray) 22 DF  FRA Salem M'Bakata 23 FW  GER Abdulkerim Çakar

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  ALG Naoufel Khacef 26 FW  TUR Mirza Cihan 27 DF  TUR Ömürcan Artan 30 MF  AUT Onurhan Babuscu 35 DF  TUR Ulaş Zengin 44 MF  ROU Alexandru Maxim 50 MF  SRB Lazar Marković 54 GK  TUR Erten Ersu 80 MF  MKD Luka Stankovski 90 MF  TUR Berke Gürbüz 91 MF  TUR Bahadır Gölgeli 94 FW  COL Brayan Riascos (on loan from Metalist Kharkiv) — FW  TUR İlker Karakaş — MF  SUI Albian Ajeti

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Naoufel Khacef	Tondela	Free	20 July 2023	[3]
MF	Max Gradel	Sivasspor	Free	25 July 2023	[4]
GK	Batuhan Şen	Galatasaray	Loan	1 August 2023
DF	Salem M'Bakata	Aris Thessaloniki	€250,000	8 August 2023	[5]
MF	Janio Bikel	Khimki	Free	15 August 2023	[6]
FW	Albian Ajeti	Celtic	€585,000	4 September 2023	[7]
DF	Júnior Morais	Rapid București	Free	9 September 2023	[8]
GK	Florin Niță	Sparta Prague	Free	9 September 2023	[9]
FW	Denis Drăguș	Standard Liège	Loan	13 September 2023	[10]
FW	Oğulcan Çağlayan	Galatasaray		14 September 2023	[11]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Günay Güvenç	Galatasaray	€250,000	1 August 2023	[12]
MF	Ángelo Sagal	Apollon Limassol	Free	4 August 2023	[13]
MF	Hasan Yurtseven	Kırklarelispor	Free	16 August 2023	[14]
FW	Yusuf Türk	Kastamonuspor	Undisclosed	19 August 2023	[15]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

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Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Süper Lig	13 August 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1		27	7	7	13	31	40	−9	025.93
Turkish Cup	2 November 2023	7 February 2024	Third round	Round of 16	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	075.00
Total					31	10	7	14	38	43	−5	032.26

Last updated: 24 February 2024
Source: Soccerway

Süper Lig

Main article: 2023–24 Süper Lig

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Rizespor	38	14	8	16	48	58	−10	50
10	Antalyaspor	38	12	13	13	44	49	−5	49
11	Gaziantep	38	12	8	18	50	57	−7	44[a]
12	Adana Demirspor	38	10	14	14	54	61	−7	44[a]
13	Samsunspor	38	11	10	17	42	52	−10	43

Source: Süper Lig
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.^[16]
Notes:

1. Gaziantep are ahead of Adana Demirspor on head-to-head points: Gaziantep 2–2 Adana Demirspor, Adana Demirspor 1–6 Gaziantep.

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
27	7	7	13	31	40	−9	28	3	5	6	14	20	−6	4	2	7	17	20	−3

Last updated: 24 February 2024.
Source: Trendyol Süper Lig

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	L
Position	16	19	20	20	20	18	16	17	16	16	13	11	13	14	15	15	16	16	14	16	14	15	17	18	17	17

Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2024. Source: Trendyol Süper Lig
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 19 July 2023.^[17]

Fenerbahçe v Gaziantep

13 August 2023 1	Fenerbahçe	2–1	Gaziantep	Istanbul
21:45 TRT (UTC+3)	Džeko 3', 18' Tadić 54'	Report	Maxim  19'  Marković  20' Gradel  42' Kızıldağ 45+5' Soyalp  59' Eskihellaç  77'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 38,753 Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

Gaziantep v Sivasspor

20 August 2023 2	Gaziantep	1–3	Sivasspor	Gaziantep
21:45 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Referee: Arda Kardeşler

Konyaspor v Gaziantep

25 August 2023 3	Konyaspor	2–0	Gaziantep	Konya
21:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Calvo  45' Guilherme 68' Murić 90+5'	Report	Ersoy  4' Riascos  31'	Stadium: Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium Referee: Mete Kalkavan

Gaziantep v Galatasaray

2 September 2023 4	Gaziantep	0–3	Galatasaray	Gaziantep
21:45 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Referee: Ali Şansalan

Kayserispor v Gaziantep

16 September 2023 5	Kayserispor	2–0	Gaziantep	Kayseri
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Thiam 6' (pen.), 89'	Report		Stadium: Kadir Has Stadium Referee: Ümit Öztürk

Gaziantep v Pendikspor

5 January 2024 19	Gaziantep	2–2	Pendikspor	Gaziantep
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium

Gaziantep v Fenerbahçe

14 January 2024 20	Gaziantep	0–1	Fenerbahçe	Gaziantep
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium

Gaziantep v Konyaspor

24 January 2024 22	Gaziantep	1–1	Konyaspor	Gaziantep
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium

Gaziantep v Kayserispor

3 February 2024 24	Gaziantep	1–1	Kayserispor	Gaziantep
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Sazdağı 68' (o.g.) Maxim  68' M'Bakata  83'		Özbek 11' Cardoso  25' Kocaman  67' Bayazit  68' Yılmaz  85'	Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Referee: Murat Erdoğan

İstanbulspor v Gaziantep

11 February 2024 25	İstanbulspor	1–3	Gaziantep	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Loshaj 6',  30'  70' Yeşil  45+1' Erdoğan  59'		Drăguș 15', 60' (pen.),  75' M'Bakata  82' Sorescu 90+5'	Stadium: Esenyurt Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

Gaziantep v Samsunspor

18 February 2024 26	Gaziantep	1–1	Samsunspor	Gaziantep
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Özçiçek 83' Djilobodji  90+8'		Šatka 90+2'	Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Referee: Zorbay Küçük

Gaziantep v İstanbul Başakşehir

24 February 2024 27	Gaziantep	0–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Gaziantep
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Monteiro  45'		Figueiredo  40' Piątek 60' Abeid  57', 90+8' Türüç  84'	Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium Referee: Ali Şansalan

Turkish Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Turkish Cup