2022–23 Fenerbahçe S.K. season

Fenerbahçe
2022–23 season
Fenerbahçe players and staff celebrating their Turkish Cup victory
PresidentAli Koç
Head coachJorge Jesus
StadiumŞükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Süper Lig2nd
Turkish CupWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueSecond qualifying round
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Enner Valencia (29)

All:
Enner Valencia (33)
Highest home attendance45,798
(vs. Galatasaray, 8 January 2023, Süper Lig)
Lowest home attendance29,564
(vs. Antalyaspor, 30 May 2023, Süper Lig)
Average home league attendance38,321
Biggest win6–0
(vs. Kasımpaşa (A), 15 August 2022, Süper Lig)
Biggest defeat0–3
(vs. Galatasaray (H), 8 January 2023, Süper Lig
vs. Galatasaray (A), 4 June 2023, Süper Lig)

The 2022–23 season was the 116th season in the existence of Fenerbahçe S.K. and the club's 65th consecutive season in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, Fenerbahçe participated in this season's edition of the Turkish Cup, UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

Club

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Kits

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Fenerbahçe's 2022–23 kits, manufactured by Puma, released on 19 July 2022 and were up for sale on the same day.[1]

Training

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Players
Staff

Players

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First-team squad

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No. Pos. Nat. Name Age EU Since App Goals Ends Transfer fee Notes
1 GK Turkey Altay Bayındır (Captain) 25 Non-EU 2019 141 0 2027 €1.50M
2 DF Brazil Gustavo Henrique 30 Non-EU 2022 23 3 2023 Loan
3 DF Turkey Samet Akaydin 29 Non-EU 2023 (Winter) 23 0 2026 €3.70M
4 DF Turkey Serdar Aziz 32 Non-EU 2019 (Winter) 115 10 2025 Free
5 MF Brazil Willian Arão 31 Non-EU 2022 45 1 2026 €3.00M
6 DF North Macedonia Ezgjan Alioski 31 Non-EU 2022 26 1 2023 Loan
7 MF Turkey Ferdi Kadıoğlu 23 EU 2018 148 14 2026 €1.40M Other nationalities: Dutch, Canadian
8 MF Turkey Mert Hakan Yandaş 28 Non-EU 2020 95 7 2024 Free
9 FW Uruguay Diego Rossi 25 EU 2021 90 10 2025 €5.50M Second nationality: Italian
10 MF Turkey Arda Güler 18 Non-EU 2021 51 9 2025 €2.50M[2]
13 FW Ecuador Enner Valencia (Vice-Captain) 33 Non-EU 2020 116 59 2023 Free
15 FW Norway Joshua King 31 EU 2022 27 7 2024 Free Second nationality: Gambian
17 MF Turkey İrfan Kahveci 27 Non-EU 2021 (Winter) 83 11 2025 €7.00M
18 MF Brazil Lincoln 24 Non-EU 2022 35 2 2026 €3.50M
19 FW Turkey Serdar Dursun 31 EU 2021 63 19 2024 Free Second nationality: German
20 MF Italy João Pedro 31 EU 2022 28 5 2025 €4.68M Second nationality: Brazilian
21 MF Nigeria Bright Osayi-Samuel 25 Non-EU 2021 (Winter) 100 3 2025 Undisclosed Second nationality: English
23 FW Belgium Michy Batshuayi 29 EU 2022 32 20 2025 €3.50M Second nationality: Congolese
24 DF Netherlands Jayden Oosterwolde 22 EU 2023 (Winter) 5 0 2027 €6.00M Second nationality: Surinamese
26 MF Slovenia Miha Zajc 28 EU 2019 (Winter) 102 18 2023 €3.50M
27 MF Portugal Miguel Crespo 27 EU 2021 62 4 2024 Undisclosed Second nationality: French
28 DF Brazil Luan Peres 28 Non-EU 2022 20 1 2025 €5.23M
30 DF Turkey Nazım Sangaré 29 EU 2020 50 2 2024 €1.75M Other nationalities: German, Guinean
41 DF Hungary Attila Szalai 25 EU 2021 (Winter) 117 7 2025 €2.00M
54 GK Turkey Ertuğrul Çetin 20 Non-EU 2021 3 0 2024 Youth system
70 GK Turkey İrfan Can Eğribayat 24 Non-EU 2022 13 0 2023 Loan
80 MF Turkey İsmail Yüksek 24 Non-EU 2020 33 1 2027 Free
99 FW Turkey Emre Mor 25 EU 2022 41 6 2025 €2.00M Second nationality: Danish
  • Last updated: 11 June 2023
  • Source: Fenerbahce.org
  • Ordered by squad number.

Transfers

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In

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No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
9 FW Uruguay Diego Rossi United States Los Angeles €5.50M 3 May 2022 [3]
18 MF Brazil Lincoln Portugal Santa Clara €3.50M 14 June 2022 [4]
22 FW Portugal Bruma Netherlands PSV Free transfer 17 June 2022 [5]
24 FW Tanzania Mbwana Samatta Belgium Royal Antwerp Loan return 30 June 2022
FW Iran Allahyar Sayyadmanesh England Hull City Loan return 30 June 2022
MF Turkey Barış Sungur Turkey Kuşadasıspor Loan return 30 June 2022
23 MF Turkey Muhammed Gümüşkaya Turkey Giresunspor Loan return 30 June 2022
6 MF Germany Max Meyer Denmark Midtjylland Loan return 30 June 2022
44 DF Sierra Leone Steven Caulker Turkey Gaziantep Loan return 30 June 2022
29 DF Uruguay Mauricio Lemos Belgium Beerschot Loan return 30 June 2022
80 MF Turkey İsmail Yüksek Turkey Bursaspor Loan return 30 June 2022
99 FW Turkey Emre Mor Turkey Fatih Karagümrük €2.00M 1 July 2022 [6]
58 FW Turkey Tiago Cukur England Watford €0.25M 13 July 2022 [7]
15 FW Norway Joshua King England Watford Free transfer 13 July 2022 [8]
5 MF Brazil Willian Arão Brazil Flamengo €3.00M 14 July 2022 [9]
20 MF Italy João Pedro Italy Cagliari €4.68M 21 July 2022 [10]
28 DF Brazil Luan Peres France Marseille €5.23M 29 July 2022 [11]
2 DF Brazil Gustavo Henrique Brazil Flamengo Free transfer 30 July 2022 [12]
6 DF North Macedonia Ezgjan Alioski Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Free transfer 2 August 2022 [13]
70 GK Turkey İrfan Can Eğribayat Turkey Göztepe Free transfer 3 August 2022 [14]
23 FW Belgium Michy Batshuayi England Chelsea €3.50M 2 September 2022 [15]
3 DF Turkey Samet Akaydin Turkey Adana Demirspor €3.70M 11 January 2023 [16]
22 FW Portugal Bruma Netherlands PSV €4.25M 29 January 2023 [17]
24 DF Netherlands Jayden Oosterwolde Italy Parma €6.00M 29 January 2023 [18]
14 FW Turkey Emre Demir Spain Barcelona B Free transfer 1 February 2023 [19]

Out

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No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
35 GK Turkey Berke Özer Portugal Portimonense Free transfer 30 June 2022
5 MF Argentina José Sosa Argentina Estudiantes (LP) Free transfer 30 June 2022
DF Turkey Murat Sağlam Germany SSG Halvestorf-Herkendorf Free transfer 30 June 2022
7 MF Turkey Ozan Tufan England Hull City €3.00M 1 July 2022 [20]
FW Iran Allahyar Sayyadmanesh England Hull City €4.50M 9 July 2022 [21]
10 MF Germany Mesut Özil Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir Contract termination 13 July 2022 [22]
99 FW Albania Arda Okan Kurtulan Turkey Adana Demirspor €0.20M 14 July 2022 [23]
3 DF South Korea Kim Min-jae Italy Napoli €18.05M 27 July 2022 [24]
20 MF Brazil Luiz Gustavo Saudi Arabia Al Nassr Free transfer 27 July 2022 [25]
24 FW Tanzania Mbwana Samatta Belgium Genk Free transfer 16 August 2022 [26]
32 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo Marcel Tisserand Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq €3.00M 21 August 2022 [27]
23 MF Turkey Muhammed Gümüşkaya Belgium Westerlo €0.50M 23 August 2022 [28]
6 MF Germany Max Meyer Switzerland Luzern Free transfer 24 August 2022 [29]
44 DF Sierra Leone Steven Caulker Turkey Fatih Karagümrük Free transfer 26 August 2022 [30]
58 FW Turkey Tiago Cukur Belgium Dender EH Loan 30 August 2022 [31]
11 FW Germany Mërgim Berisha Germany FC Augsburg Loan 31 August 2022 [32]
14 MF Greece Dimitrios Pelkas England Hull City Loan 2 September 2022 [33]
77 FW Turkey Burak Kapacak Turkey Fatih Karagümrük Loan 7 September 2022 [34]
37 FW Czech Republic Filip Novák United Arab Emirates Al Jazira Mutual agreement 28 September 2022 [35]
33 DF Turkey Çağtay Kurukalıp Turkey Iğdır Loan 12 January 2023
22 FW Portugal Bruma Portugal Braga Loan 29 January 2023 [36]
14 FW Turkey Emre Demir Turkey Samsunspor Loan 3 February 2023 [37]
29 DF Uruguay Mauricio Lemos Brazil Atlético Mineiro Free transfer 16 February 2023 [38]

Total spending: Decrease €41.61M
Total income: Increase €29.25M
Expenditure: Decrease €12.36M

Contract renewals

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No. Pos. Nat. Player Age Status Contract length Contract ends Source
80 MF Turkey İsmail Yüksek 24 Extended Four-and-a-half-year 30 June 2027 [39]
22 FW Portugal Bruma 28 Buy-out Two-and-a-half-year 30 June 2025 [17]
1 GK Turkey Altay Bayındır 25 Extended Four-year 30 June 2027 [40]

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Pre-season

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22 June 2022 Friendly Fenerbahçe Turkey 2–2 North Macedonia Shkupi Istanbul, Turkey
18:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Fenerbahçe Can Bartu Facilities
Referee: Burak Taşkınsoy
25 June 2022 Friendly Fenerbahçe Turkey 4–0 Albania Tirana Istanbul, Turkey
18:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Fenerbahçe Can Bartu Facilities
Referee: İlker Yasin Avcı
29 June 2022 Friendly Fenerbahçe Turkey 4–2 Qatar Al-Shamal Istanbul, Turkey
18:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Fenerbahçe Can Bartu Facilities
Referee: Can Cengiz
2 July 2022 Friendly Fenerbahçe Turkey 1–0 Serbia Partizan Graz, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca
5 July 2022 Friendly Fenerbahçe Turkey 3–0 Hungary Fehérvár Graz, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium
Referee: Jakob Semler
10 July 2022 Friendly Fenerbahçe Turkey 2–0 England Hull City Sakarya, Turkey
20:30 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: New Sakarya Stadium
Referee: Onur Özütoprak

Mid-season

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30 November 2022 Friendly Fenerbahçe Turkey 3–1 Spain Rayo Vallecano Istanbul, Turkey
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan
3 December 2022 Friendly Fenerbahçe Turkey 2–1 Spain Villarreal Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Referee: Erkan Özdamar
7 December 2022 Friendly Alanyaspor Turkey 2–4 Turkey Fenerbahçe Antalya, Turkey
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Kırbıyık Holding Stadium
Referee: Burak Şeker
10 December 2022 Friendly Fenerbahçe Turkey 3–0 Italy Salernitana Antalya, Turkey
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Kırbıyık Holding Stadium
Referee: Murat Erdoğan
18 February 2023 Friendly Fenerbahçe Turkey 4–2 Turkey Fatih Karagümrük Istanbul, Turkey
17:00 TRT (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Fenerbahçe Can Bartu Facilities
23 March 2023 Friendly Fenerbahçe Turkey 2–2 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 TRT (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Referee: Cihan Aydın

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Süper Lig 8 August 2022 4 June 2023 Matchday 1 2nd 36 25 5 6 87 42 +45 069.44
Turkish Cup 20 December 2022 11 June 2023 Fifth round Winners 6 5 1 0 14 3 +11 083.33
UEFA Champions League 20 July 2022 27 July 2022 Second qualifying round Second qualifying round 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 000.00
UEFA Europa League 4 August 2022 16 March 2023 Third qualifying round Round of 16 12 8 3 1 24 11 +13 066.67
Total 56 38 10 8 126 58 +68 067.86

Source: Soccerway

Süper Lig

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Galatasaray (C) 36 28 4 4 83 27 +56 88 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Fenerbahçe 36 25 5 6 87 42 +45 80 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Beşiktaş 36 23 9 4 78 36 +42 78
4 Adana Demirspor 36 20 9 7 76 45 +31 69
5 İstanbul Başakşehir 36 18 8 10 54 37 +17 62
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.[41]
(C) Champions

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
36 25 5 6 87 42  +45 80 13 2 3 50 24  +26 12 3 3 37 18  +19

Source: TFF.org

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHBHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHABAHAHAHAAHAHAH
ResultDWWLWBWDWWWWWLLWWLWWWDWWBWLWWWDWDWWWLW
Position73153767421111222222222222222222222222
Source: TFF.org
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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8 August 2022 1 Fenerbahçe 3–3 Ümraniyespor Istanbul
21:45 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 37,456
Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu
15 August 2022 2 Kasımpaşa 0–6 Fenerbahçe Istanbul
21:45 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium
Attendance: 4,811
Referee: Mete Kalkavan
22 August 2022 3 Fenerbahçe 4–2 Adana Demirspor Istanbul
21:45 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 41,686
Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen
29 August 2022 4 Konyaspor 1–0 Fenerbahçe Eskişehir[note 1]
19:15 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: New Eskişehir Stadium
Attendance: 14,172
Referee: Arda Kardeşler
3 September 2022 5 Fenerbahçe 2–0 Kayserispor Istanbul
21:45 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 38,827
Referee: Ali Palabıyık
6 Bye
18 September 2022 7 Fenerbahçe 5–0 Alanyaspor Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 39,595
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek
2 October 2022 8 Beşiktaş 0–0 Fenerbahçe Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Vodafone Park
Attendance: 39,317
Referee: Volkan Bayarslan
9 October 2022 9 Fenerbahçe 5–4 Fatih Karagümrük Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 39,537
Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan
17 October 2022 10 Ankaragücü 0–3 Fenerbahçe Ankara
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Eryaman Stadium
Attendance: 17,450
Referee: Halil Umut Meler
22 October 2022 11 Fenerbahçe 1–0 İstanbul Başakşehir Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 42,079
Referee: Zorbay Küçük
30 October 2022 12 İstanbulspor 2–5 Fenerbahçe Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 15,871
Referee: Mustafa Kürşad Filiz
7 November 2022 13 Fenerbahçe 1–0 Sivasspor Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 40,349
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek
12 November 2022 14 Fenerbahçe 1–2 Giresunspor Istanbul
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 41,203
Referee: Arda Kardeşler
24 December 2022 15 Trabzonspor 2–0 Fenerbahçe Trabzon
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Şenol Güneş Sports Complex
Attendance: 35,705
Referee: Halil Umut Meler
27 December 2022 16 Fenerbahçe 4–0 Hatayspor Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 32,961
Referee: Sarper Barış Saka
3 January 2023 17 Antalyaspor 1–2 Fenerbahçe Antalya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Antalya Stadium
Attendance: 24,002
Referee: Kadir Sağlam
8 January 2023 18 Fenerbahçe 0–3 Galatasaray Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 45,798
Referee: Halil Umut Meler
15 January 2023 19 Gaziantep 1–2 Fenerbahçe Gaziantep
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Gaziantep Stadium
Attendance: 13,426
Referee: Mustafa Kürşad Filiz
23 January 2023 20 Ümraniyespor 1–2 Fenerbahçe Istanbul
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Ümraniye Municipality City Stadium
Attendance: 2,606
Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen