2023–24 Gaziantep F.K. season

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
Biggest defeat	Gaziantep 0–3 Galatasaray
	All statistics correct as of 26 May 2024.

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.

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

August 2023 Friendly		v
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Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

League table

Pos	Team	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:

^ ^a ^b 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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

References

^ https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/tur-sueperlig-2023-2024/1/
^ "Profesyonel A Futbol Takımı - Futbol". www.gaziantepfk.org.
^ "TRANSFER | NAOUFEL KHACEF GAZİANTEP'TE! — Gaziantep FK". www.gaziantepfk.org.
^ "TRANSFER | MAX GRADEL GAZİANTEP'TE! — Gaziantep FK". www.gaziantepfk.org.
^ "Salem M'Bakata Gaziantep FK'da İhlas Haber Ajansı". IHA.
^ "TRANSFER | JANIO BIKEL GAZİANTEP'TE! — Gaziantep FK". www.gaziantepfk.org.
^ "TRANSFER | ALBIAN AJETI GAZİANTEP'TE! — Gaziantep FK". www.gaziantepfk.org.
^ "TRANSFER | JUNIOR MORAIS GAZİANTEP'TE! — Gaziantep FK".
^ "TRANSFER | FLORIN NITA GAZİANTEP'TE! — Gaziantep FK".
^ "TRANSFER | DENIS DRAGUS GAZİANTEP'TE! — Gaziantep FK".
^ "TRANSFER | OĞULCAN ÇAĞLAYAN GAZİANTEP'TE! — Gaziantep FK".
^ [1]
^ "Agreement in principle with Angelo Sagal". 4 August 2023.
^ "Kırklarelispor'da transfer çalışmaları sürüyor - Kırklareli Haberleri".
^ "Gaziantep FK'dan Kastamonuspor'a transfer oldu".
^ "Türkıye Futbol Federasyonu Futbol Müsabaka Talımati: Madde 9 – Puan Usulü Ve Averaj" [Turkish Football Federation Football Competition Instruction : Article 9 - Score Procedure and Average] (PDF) (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
^ "SÜPER LİG FİKSTÜRÜ 2023-2024; Trenyol Süper Lig derbi maç tarihleri & 1. hafta maçları! İşte Süper Lig'de ilk maçların oynanacağı tarihler..." Milliyet. July 19, 2023.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_GFK0.60226350957633-16] Gaziantep are ahead of Adana Demirspor on head-to-head points: Gaziantep 2–2 Adana Demirspor, Adana Demirspor 1–6 Gaziantep.

[1] ttps://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/tur-sueperlig-2023-2024/1/

[2] "Profesyonel A Futbol Takımı - Futbol". www.gaziantepfk.org.

[3] "TRANSFER | NAOUFEL KHACEF GAZİANTEP'TE! — Gaziantep FK". www.gaziantepfk.org.

[4] "TRANSFER | MAX GRADEL GAZİANTEP'TE! — Gaziantep FK". www.gaziantepfk.org.

[5] "Salem M'Bakata Gaziantep FK'da İhlas Haber Ajansı". IHA.

[6] "TRANSFER | JANIO BIKEL GAZİANTEP'TE! — Gaziantep FK". www.gaziantepfk.org.

[7] "TRANSFER | ALBIAN AJETI GAZİANTEP'TE! — Gaziantep FK". www.gaziantepfk.org.

[8] "TRANSFER | JUNIOR MORAIS GAZİANTEP'TE! — Gaziantep FK".

[9] "TRANSFER | FLORIN NITA GAZİANTEP'TE! — Gaziantep FK".

[10] "TRANSFER | DENIS DRAGUS GAZİANTEP'TE! — Gaziantep FK".

[11] "TRANSFER | OĞULCAN ÇAĞLAYAN GAZİANTEP'TE! — Gaziantep FK".

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[13] "Agreement in principle with Angelo Sagal". 4 August 2023.

[14] "Kırklarelispor'da transfer çalışmaları sürüyor - Kırklareli Haberleri".

[15] "Gaziantep FK'dan Kastamonuspor'a transfer oldu".

[17] "Türkıye Futbol Federasyonu Futbol Müsabaka Talımati: Madde 9 – Puan Usulü Ve Averaj" [Turkish Football Federation Football Competition Instruction : Article 9 - Score Procedure and Average] (PDF) (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

[18] "SÜPER LİG FİKSTÜRÜ 2023-2024; Trenyol Süper Lig derbi maç tarihleri & 1. hafta maçları! İşte Süper Lig'de ilk maçların oynanacağı tarihler..." Milliyet. July 19, 2023.

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