Beşiktaş J.K. (women's football)

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

Beşiktaş J.K.
Beşiktaş J.K. women's team and staff in the 2019–20 First League season's away match against Ataşehir Belediyespor.
Full nameBeşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü Kdın Futbol Takımı
Founded2014 (2014)
Ground
ChairmanAhmet Nur Çebi[1]
ManagerMutlucan Zavotçu
LeagueTurkish Women's First Football League
2018–19champion
Active departments of
Beşiktaş J.K.
Athletics Basketball
(Men's)
(Women's)		 Boxing
Bridge Chess e-Sports
Football
(Men's)
(Women's)		 Gymnastics Handball
(Men's)
Rowing Table tennis Volleyball
(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]

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.[13][14]

Team bus of Beşiktaş J.K.

Statistics

As of 8 March 2020.[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
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

Players

Current squad
As of 1 March 2020.

Head coach: Mutlucan Zavotçu

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  TUR Fatma Şahin
18 GK  TUR Senem Pınar Özer
3 DF  TUR Didem Karagenç
5 DF  TUR Çiğdem Belci
6 DF  TUR Jessica O'Rourke
23 DF  TUR Esra Erol (Captain)
52 DF  TUR Demet Bozkurt
4 MF  TUR Ayşe Şevval Ay
7 MF  TUR Arzu Karabulut
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF  TUR Berdan Bozkurt
10 MF  TUR Gizem Gönültaş
21 MF  TUR Berivan İçen
55 MF  TUR Elif Keskin
77 MF  TUR Sevgi Çınar
96 MF  GRE Ioanna Chamalidou
9 FW  TUR Zeynep Koçer
11 FW  TUR Yağmur Uraz
15 FW  TUR Başak Gündoğdu
99 FW  TUR Sevgi Salmanlı

Former players

Former Turkish international and foreign players:

International results
EventStageDateVenueOpponentResultScorers
2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League - Group 9 Qualifying round - Group 9 Aug 7, 2019 Netherlands, Enschede Górnik ŁęcznaD 1–1Hançar[15]
Aug 10, 2019 TwenteD 2–2Uraz, Keskin[16]
Aug 13, 2019 FC AlashkertW 3–0Hançar, Sakhinova (o.g.), Çınar[17]

Honours

Kit history

References
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  2. "Kadınlar 2.Ligi şampiyonu Beşiktaş kupasını aldı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2016-04-30. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
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  8. "Konak Belediyespor 3'üncü oldu". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 29 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  9. "ALG Spor 0-1 Beşiktaş A.Ş." (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  10. "Kadın futbolunda şampiyon Beşiktaş". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 12 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  11. Kenan, Recep (29 July 2019). "Beşiktaş Kadın Futbol Takımında Transfer Atağı". ITV Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  12. "Beşiktaş, UEFA Kadınlar Şampiyonlar Ligi'ni namağlup bitirdi". Fanatik (in Turkish). 14 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  13. "Beşiktaş Kadın Futbol Takımı, evinde farklı galip" (in Turkish). Haber 1903. 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
  14. "Kadın Futbol Takımı – Hakkarigücü Spor" (in Turkish). Beşiktaş JK. 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
  15. "Beşiktaş (TUR) 1-1 Górnik Leczna (POL)". UEFA. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  16. "Twente (NED) 2-2 Beşiktaş (TUR)". UEFA. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  17. "Alashkert (ARM) 0-3 Beşiktaş (TUR)". UEFA. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
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