Beşiktaş J.K. (women's football)

Beşiktaş Women's Football (Turkish: Beşiktaş JK Kadın Futbol Takımı) is the women football section of Beşiktaş JK, a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey.

Beşiktaş J.K.

Beşiktaş J.K. Moka United
Full name	Beşiktaş J.K. Moka United Kadın Futbol Takımı
Nickname(s)	Dişi Kartallar
Founded	2014; 11 years ago (2014)
Ground	İBB GOP Halit Kıvanç City Stadium
Capacity	5,000
Coordinates	41.08760°N 28.91658°E / 41.08760; 28.91658
Chairman	Serdal Adalı
Manager	-
League	Turkcell Women's Football League
2023–24	4th
Home colours
Current season

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.^[1][2]

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.^[3] They became league champion two matches prior to the end of the league.^[4] The team completed the 2015–16 season undefeated, and were promoted to the Turkish Women's First Football League.^[1][2]

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.^[5]

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.^[6][7] The team became for the first tine Women's First League champion after defeating ALG Spor in the play-off match with 1-0.^[8][9]

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.^[10] 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.^[11]

In the 2021-22 season, the mobile phone company Vodafone Turkey started sponsoring the women's team.^[12] 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.^[13]

In the 2022-23 season, 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 2023-24 season, United Payment started sponsoring the women's team.^[14] The team, which started the season with Suat Okyar, collected 20 points in 12 matches and remained below the 2 point average. After the Hakkarigücüspor match, Suat Okyar resigned and his assistant-coach Burak Sidar was brought in temporarily. Burak Sidar collected a total of 39 points with an average of 2.2 points. A sudden decision was made not to continue with Burak Sidar and the technical staff whose term of office had expired.

In the 2024-25 season, The team started the season badly and got 1 point from theirs first 3 matches. And than they won all 3 derbies they played in the first half (Trabzonspor, Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe). The match against Galatasaray was played at Beşiktaş JK Stadium and nearly 12,000 people watched the match at the stadium. ^[15] In 2024, Losing points in derbies and critical matches in the second half of the season in 6 matches caused them to fall out of the championship race. They finished the league in 3rd place. At the end of the season, before the end of the contract period, Mesut Kır and her staff parted ways.

Stadium

İsmet İnönü Stadium, old 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 played 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.^[16][17]

The team has played its home matches at the İBB GOP Halit Kıvanç City Stadium in the Gaziosmanpaşa district of Istanbul since the 2023-24 Super League season.

Statistics

As of 22 December 2024^[update].^[6]

Season	League	Rank	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2014–15	Third League Group 1	1	18	14	2	2	89	18	+71	44
2015–16	Second League	1	22	19	3	0	88	20	+68	60
2016–17	First League	2	26	19	1	6	67	22	+45	58
2017–18	First League	2	19	14	3	2	47	23	+24	45
2018–19	First League	1	19	14	3	2	62	13	+49	45
2019–20	First League	2 (1)	15	14	0	1	64	12	+52	42
2020-21	First League	1	6	6	0	0	23	3	+20	18
2021-22	Super League Gr. A	4 (2)	26	21	0	5	110	24	+86	63
2022-23	Super League Gr. A	4	16	6	6	4	33	18	+15	24
	Play-offs	QF	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	7
2023-24	Super League	4	30	19	2	9	71	29	+42	59
2024-25	Super League	3	26	17	2	7	48	27	+21	53
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 22 December 2024.^[18]

Head coach: - (Mesut Kır)

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 Ezgi Çağlar 12 GK  TUR Büşra Kenet 33 GK  TUR Elife Karabulut 35 GK  COL Vanessa Córdoba 3 DF  TUR Didem Karagenç 4 DF  NGA Glory Ogbonna 13 DF  TUR Ece Tekmen 17 DF  TUR İlayda Civelek 75 DF  TUR Kezban Tağ 5 MF  CMR Fatima Kome 6 MF  POR Ines Maia 8 MF  TUR Seda İncik

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 MF  KOS Donjeta Halilaj 10 MF  TUR Gizem Gönültaş 21 MF  POR Ana Teles 27 MF  TUR Meryem Çal 55 MF  TUR Elif Keskin 7 FW  CPV Evy Pereira 11 FW  BIH Minela Gačanica 15 FW  TUR Başak Gündoğdu (C) 25 FW  CAN Elis Nemtsov 77 FW  POR Lara Pintassilgo 99 FW  KEN Cynthia Shilwatso

Former players

Former Turkish international and foreign players

•  Turkey: Derya Arhan, Ayşe Şevval Ay, Çiğdem Belci, Dilek Enli, Emine Ecem Esen, Seda Nur İncik, Fatma Kara, Safa Merve Nalçacı, Ceren Nurlu, Melike Öztürk, Esra Erol, Sevgi Salman, Gamze Nur Yaman, Berna Yeniçeri, Şevval Dursun, Sema Polat, Münevver Rençber, Zeynep Gamze Koçer, Birsen Bozbal, Beyza Kara, Berivan İçen, Fatma Şahin, Tuğçe Bayındır, Sibel Duman, Ferda Çevik, Sevgi Çınar, Kevser Kartal, Mesude Alayont, Tülin Kuyucak
•  Azerbaijan: Bilge Su Koyun, Esra Manya
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Marija Aleksić
•  Brazil: Gi Santos
•  Cameroon: Jacquette Ada
•  Canada: Christabel Oduro
•  Colombia: Jessica Rodriguez
•  England: Shameeka Fishley
•  Ghana: Vivian Adjei
•  Greece: Ioanna Chamalidou
•  Hungary: Sara Pusztai
•  Iran: Maryam Yektaei
•  Ivory Coast: Ines Nrehy
•  Macedonia: Eli Jakovska
•  Mali: Aissata Traoré
•  Mexico: Sofia Alvarez
•  Morocco: Imane Abdelahad, Chirine Knaidil
•  Nigeria: Vivian Ikechukwu
•  Russia: Ekaterina Ulasevich
•  Tanzania: Opah Clement
•  Ukraine: Khrystyna Pereviznyk, Tetyana Kozyrenko
•  United States: Jessica Lynne Çarmıklı

Staff

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 — Team Director  TUR Fırat Fidan — Operation Director  TUR Hasan Sarigul — Sports Director  TUR Olgay Kizilkaplan — Team Manager  TUR Nergiz Bulut — Sports Manager & Chief Scout  TUR Mehmet Baran Danış

Technical staff

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 — Head Coach  TUR Mesut Kir — 1st Team Tactical 1st Coach  TUR Oguz Sargin — 1st Team Tactical 2nd Coach  TUR Gizem Baskaya — Performance Coach  TUR Emre Sinan Dag — Goalkeeper Coach  TUR Baris Urun — Physiotherapist  TUR Emre Yildizhan — Massage Therapist  TUR Sertan Aytac — Scout  TUR Mehmet Baran Danis — Analyst  TUR Gorkem Temel — Media Officer  TUR Metin Kaya — Kit Manager  TUR Omer Cakir — Academy Director  TUR Serkan Guzeler — Academy Manager  TUR Serkan Guzeler — Academy Coach  TUR Omer Faruk Celebi — Academy GK Coach  TUR Cagri Carpar — Psychologist  TUR Ceylin Ikizoglu — Nutritionist  TUR Selin Cetinsoz [19]

International results

Event	Stage	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Scorers
2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League	QR Group 9 2nd	Aug 7, 2019	Enschede, Netherlands	Górnik Łęczna	D 1–1	Hançar[20]
		Aug 10, 2019		Twente	D 2–2	Uraz, Keskin[21]
		Aug 13, 2019		FC Alashkert	W 3–0	Hançar, Sakhinova (o.g.), Çınar[22]
2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League	Q1 Group 8 3rd	Aug 18, 2021	Turin, Italy	St. Pölten	L 0–7
		Aug 21, 2021		Kamenica Sasa	W 4–0	Uraz, A. Karabulut, İçen, Hançar[23]

Ranking history

Season	Rank	Points	Ref.
2019–20	79	4.475	[24]
2020–21	85	3.500	[25]
2021–22	83	5.100	[26]
2022–23	90	5.000	[27]
2023–24	88	5.000	[28]
2024–25	104	3.400	[29]

Honours

• Turkish Women's First Football League
  • Champions (2): 2018–19, 2020–21
  • Runners-up (2): 2016–17, 2017–18
• Turkish Women's Second Football League
  • Champions (1): 2015–16
• Turkish Women's Third Football League
  • Champions (1): 2014–15

Kit history

2015–16 home	2015–16 away	2016–17 home	2016–17 away	2017–18 home	2017–18 away
2018–19 home	2018–19 away	2018–19 alt	2019–20 home	2019–20 away	2019–20 alt
2020–21 home	2020–21 away	2021–22 home	2022–23 home	2022–23 away	2022–23 alt

Squad history

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  Beşiktaş J.K. team in the play-off home match against 1207 Antalya Spor in the 2016–17 season.
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  Beşiktaş J.K. squad in the 2017–18 Women's First League season's home match against Amed S.K.
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  Beşiktaş J.K. women's team in the 2018–19 First League season's away match against Ataşehir Belediyespor.
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  Beşiktaş J.K. women's team in the 2019–20 First League season's home match against Kocaeli Bayan FK.
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  Beşiktaş J.K. women's team in the 2019–20 First League season's home match against Ataşehir Belediyespor.