Beşiktaş J.K. Youth System () is the youth system of football department of Turkish sports club Beşiktaş J.K. As of 2020, Beşiktaş Youth System is operated between age groups of 8 and 19.

The senior (oldest) section of Beşiktaş J.K. Youth System competed up to age group of 21 until the end of 2018–19, when Turkish Football Federation announced the termination of U21 Ligi.

The senior section were formerly known as "Beşiktaş J.K. Genç Takımı", "Beşiktaş J.K. Amatör" or "Beşiktaş J.K. B Takımı" until 1996, "Beşiktaş J.K. PAF Takımı" between 1996 and 2009, "Beşiktaş J.K. A2" between 2009 and 2014 and, "Beşiktaş J.K. U-21" between 2014 and 2019. Since 2019–20 season, the senior section is the age group of 19 (U-19).

History

Football department of Beşiktaş was established in 1911, where shortly after the department merged with "Basiret" and "Valideçeşme", two other football teams located in Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, there were 3 different reserve teams formed.

In 1943, Süleyman Seba (1926–2014) was recruited for Beşiktaş Genç Takımı, while playing at high school level football at Kabataş Erkek Lisesi. In 1946, Seba got promoted onto senior squad. Süleyman Seba later became the president of Beşiktaş between 1984 and 2000.

During 1963–64 Balkans Cup, Beşiktaş were requested to play two back-to-back away games within 2 days. Due to logistic challenges Beşiktaş B Team represented the club at senior level football played in Tirana, Albania, facing KS Dinamo Tirana on 17 October 1963. The match ended 2–0 in favour of Albanian side.

Under Management of Serpil Hamdi Tüzün and financial support of club official Atıf Keçeli, Beşiktaş J.K. formed a youth investment program, named "Beşiktaş Özkaynak Düzeni", aiming to promote youngsters for professional level, was established in 1975. In 1978, Ziya Doğan, Süleyman Oktay and Fuat Yaman were the first ever graduates those promoted onto senior team. In following four seasons, Fikret Demirer, Burhan Ertürk were promoted.

Following a 3 wins and 1 draw performance in total of 4 games, beating Orduspor Amatör with 2–1 score at final held in Aydın, Beşiktaş Amatör won 1985 Turkish Amateur Football Championship. This success qualified Beşiktaş Amatör to participate at 1985–86 Turkish Cup, in which they were eliminated by PTT at Round 1 by a 1–0 final score.

On 6 March 1988, beating Denizli Belediyespor with 2–0 final score, Beşiktaş Amatör won 1988 Turkish Amateur Football Championship.

In Round 3 of 1988–89 Turkish Cup, Beşiktaş J.K. senior team drew Beşiktaş Amatör, in order to play a 2-legged-round by games to be played respectively 25 January and 1 February 1989. Beşiktaş J.K. seniors beat Beşiktaş Amatör 4–0 at first encounter. Goals of senior team were scored by Metin Tekin, Mehmet Özdilek and Halim Okta (two goals). Held at Fenerbahçe Stadium on 1 February 1989, following a 5–1 win in front of 923 recorded spectators, Beşiktaş J.K. seniors eliminated Beşikaş Amatör with 9–1 aggregate score.

On 7 May 1995, Beşiktaş PAF drew Fenerbahçe PAF with 1–1 final score and secured the PAF Ligi title at penultimate round of 1994–95 season.

PAF team won the title after 2002–03 season, colloquially known as the club's centenary year.

On 14 May 2006, at last game of 2005–06 season, Beşiktaş PAF were beaten by Trabzonspor PAF with a 3–0 final score as team completed the game 2 men down following 2 red cards shown, and finished the season on 3rd place.

In the second half of the 2008–09 season, Beşiktaş J.K. U-21 alumnus Sergen Yalçın managed the team on a 6-month spell, with an undefeated tally.

In 2013, youth ladies section was established.

In 2014, there were 19 players trained by Beşiktaş J.K. U-21, in which 2 players played senior level for club and 17 were hired by other clubs.

On 2 December 2016, during a U-21 derby encounter held at Fenerbahçe Lefter Küçükandonyadis Facilities, hosting side Fenerbahçe U-21 ran out of their three substitution quota and they had to play down to 10-man due to the injury of Alparslan Demir picked up in second half, Beşiktaş U-21 coach Yasin Sülün substititued Sedat Şahintürk out on 74th minute and did not replace him with another player, letting the teams playing remaining 16 minutes 10 to 10 players. The game ended 3–1 in favour of Beşiktaş U-21.

On 23 May 2018, Beşiktaş U-21 beat Balıkesirspor U-21 and won the U-21 Super Cup. Following the 2–2 score at normal period, the game prolonged and winning goal was scored by Burak Yamaç at 118th minute that sealed 3–2 final score.

Following abrogation of U-21 League by TFF in July 2019, U-21 level of Beşiktaş youth sector was dissolved.

In July 2020, club announced that their cooperation with former German international olayer Fabian Ernst, who also played at Beşiktaş between 2009 and 2012, to establish youth academies across continental Europe, focusing Germany, Austria and, the Netherlands.

On 16 September 2020, club confirmed 7 players and 5 personnel were tested positive for COVID-19 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the diagnosis, club management cancelled the training sessions for indefinite period.

Timeline

Results Beşiktaş Amatör results Turkish Cup Season Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate Reference1985–865thPTT0–10–1Single legged round.1988–891stBayrampaşa3–03–02ndZeytinburnuspor8–6 (a.e.t.)8–63rdBeşiktaş1–50–41–9

U-21 results League (1996–2019) SeasonLeagueManagerNotes1996–97PAF Ligi63418412633458Davut Şahin1997–9823423567833741998–99834159105142541999–200013426716321852000–0143416 11 7 65 27 592001–0243419 8 7 68 39 652002–0313420 10 4 78 40 70Fikret Demirer2003–0463417 9 8 48 28 602004–0553417 11 6 83 50 622005–0633424 1 9 71 30 73Recep Çetin2006–0723421 7 6 74 34 70Fikret Demirer2007–0873415 9 10 59 35 54Fikret Demirer2008–0983412 13 9 53 35 492009–10A2 Ligi332+323+1 4+1 5+1 65+7 25+5 73+4Sergen YalçınIn 2009–10 season, BJK A2 completed Marmara Group in 1st place at regular fixture (along with other three groups). They 3rd third place in Play-off Group A and failed to advance to Finale.2010–1143821 8 9 58 44 71Ömer GülenIn 2010–11 season, BJK A2 completed Group 1 1st in regular fixture (along with other three groups) and failed to advance to Finale.2011–12516+1410+5 4+4 2+5 37+22 17+18 34+19Talat TuncelIn 2011–12 season, BJK A2 completed Group 1 1st in regular phase of Kademe Grupları (along with other three groups). They finished Final Grubu phase as 5th and failed to advance the Quarter Finals.2012–131/4 Finals 20+14+111+8+0 7+4+0 2+2+1 45+26+0 23+15+2 40+28Erkan Avseren2013–141/8 Finals 14+1210+9 1+1 3+2 38+23 16+10 31+282014–15U-21 Süper Ligi934 14 5 15 56 50 472015–16334 21 10 3 76 29 73Yasin Sülün2016–17234 23 7 4 63 24 762017–18134 23 7 4 64 29 762018–19334 22 6 6 64 29 72 Background colours: Gold=winners; Silver=runners-up; Bronze=third

U-19 results League (2013–) SeasonLeagueManagerNotes2013–14Academy LeagueU-19 Elite 3 34 21 6 7 78 46 692014–151 34 29 1 4 98 31 882015–165 34 19 6 9 72 40 632016–17U-19 5 30 14 8 8 61 35 502017–18Development LeagueU-19 Elite 11 34 12 7 15 41 39 432018–192 34 25 6 3 74 46 812019–20U-19 Elite - Group A3 25 13 8 3 58 27 47Yunus Murat Ceylan2020–21U-19 Elite8 20 10 3 5 41 30 332021–222 38 25 8 5 88 39 83 2022–23U-19 Elite - Group 24 22 14 4 4 48 27 46 Finished the regular round at 1st place after 22 games at "Group 2", the team was eliminated in play-off semi-finals stage against Altınordu F.K. by 7–6 a.e.t. Background colours: Gold=winners; Silver=runners-up; Bronze=third

UEFA Youth League (2013–) Season RoundOpposing team Home Away Aggregate Reference2015–16First Round Aktobe4–02–06–0Second Round Salzburg1–0 1–52–52016–17Group B Benfica 0–30–0 4th Dynamo Kyiv3–3 1–3 Napoli 0–12–22017–18 Porto 0–1 1–5 Monaco 3–2 0–3 RB Leipzig1–1 0–42021–22Group C Borussia Dortmund 2–3 2–6 Ajax 0–1 3–1 Sporting CP 1–3 2–1

Honours

U-21 Turkish Amateur Football Championship Winners (2): 1985, 1988 Istanbul Amateur Football Istanbul League Winners (1): 1994–85 PAF Ligi Winners (5): 1990–91, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1999–2000, 2002–03 U-21 Süper Ligi Winners (1): 2017–18 U-21 Super Cup Winners (1): 2018

U-19 U-19 Elite League Winners (1): 2014–15 U-19 Super Cup Winners (1): 2014–15

Individual U21 Ligi Top Scorer (2): 2004–05 (Adem Büyük, 26 goals), 2015–16 (Hamza Küçükköylü, 26 goals)

Squads U-19 Squad

U-17 Squad

Staff As of 1 October 2020. NameNat.JobMehmet EkşiAcademy and Youth Development Directorİbrahim Nuri ŞahbazManaging DirectorSuat TaştanExecutive ManagerYunus Murat CeylanU-19 CoachHikmet ÇapanoğluU-17 CoachAydın TunaU-16 CoachCem ÖzdenU-15 CoachGökalp ŞahinU-14 CoachFaruk Hakan ŞahinU-13 CoachMesut KırU-12 CoachCaner KayaU-11 CoachCengiz AydınU-10 CoachRecep Ömer GülenU-8 and U-9 Coach

Established graduates

Following players achieved to play at youth divisions of Beşiktaş at least 3 seasons, made their professional debut at Beşiktaş senior squad and, represented their country at youth (at least U-19) or full international levels: