The 2025–26 season was the 123rd season in the history of Beşiktaş, and the club's 68th consecutive season in the Süper Lig. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the Turkish Cup, having been eliminated in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by Shakhtar Donetsk and losing out in the play-off round of the UEFA Conference League.
Season summary On 28 August 2025, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær was sacked following the sides' defeat at home to Swiss side Lausanne-Sport in the UEFA Conference League play-off round, leaving the club with no European football for the season.
On 30 August 2025, former player and manager Sergen Yalçın was announced as the club's new head coach. While Yalçın stabilized the team against the rest of the league, Beşiktaş struggled with the high-intensity finishing of the top two. In two of those four derbies, Beşiktaş failed to score a single goal, picking up only 1 point out of a possible 12 in league derbies, one of the club's lowest returns in recent memory, ending the 2025–26 Süper Lig season without securing a derby victory for the first time in 41 years, since the 1984–85 season.
In the first half of the Süper Lig season, Beşiktaş earned a 1–1 draw away at Galatasaray on 4 October 2025, but suffered a 3–2 home defeat to Fenerbahçe on 2 November 2025, a match in which Orkun Kökçü was sent off in the 26th minute. The struggles against title rivals continued into the second half of the campaign, as Beşiktaş fell 1–0 at home to Galatasaray on 7 March 2026, followed by a 1–0 away loss to Fenerbahçe on 5 April 2026, decided by a 90th-minute penalty converted by Kerem Aktürkoğlu.
The club's fixtures against rivals Trabzonspor also proved difficult. On 14 December 2025, Beşiktaş played out a 3–3 draw at Papara Park despite being ten men in the first half. In the return fixture on 9 May 2026, Beşiktaş suffered a 2–1 home defeat, with former Beşiktaş player Ernest Muçi scoring the winning goal for the visitors.
Beşiktaş found more consistent success in the Turkish Cup. In the group stage, they secured a notable 2–1 away victory which was their only derby win of the season against Fenerbahçe on 23 December 2025, alongside wins over Ankara Keçiörengücü and Çaykur Rizespor and a draw with Kocaelispor. They advanced to the quarter-finals, where they defeated Alanyaspor 3–0 on 23 April 2026. However, on 5 May 2026, Beşiktaş was eliminated from the Turkish Cup by Konyaspor. Despite the match remaining level for most of the extra time, a late penalty awarded to Konyaspor following a VAR review for a foul in the box decided the result. The loss sent Konyaspor to the final and ended Beşiktaş's tournament campaign.
Following a meeting with Serdal Adalı on 18 May 2026, Yalçın's contract at Beşiktaş was terminated under mutual consent alongside Football A Team General Coordinator Serkan Reçber.
Players
NameDate of birth (Age)Previous clubGoalkeepers1Mert GünokGKİstanbul Başakşehir30Ersin DestanoğluGKAcademy33Emre BilginGKAcademy96Emir YaşarGKAcademyDefenders2Jonas SvenssonRBAdana Demirspor3Gabriel PaulistaCBAtlético Madrid14Felix UduokhaiCBFC Augsburg22Taylan BulutRBSchalke24Tayyip Talha SanuçCBAdana Demirspor39David JurásekLBBenfica40Emrecan UzunhanDFİstanbulspor53Emirhan TopçuCBÇaykur Rizespor75Tayfur BingölRBAlanyaspor79Emrecan TerziLBAcademyMidfielders4Wilfred NdidiDMLeicester City5Demir Ege TıknazMFAcademy7Milot RashicaAMNorwich City8Salih UçanMFAlanyaspor10Orkun KökçüMFBenfica17Kartal YılmazDMAcademy20Necip UysalMFAcademy27Rafa SilvaAMBenfica28Al-MusratiDMBraga77Elan RicardoMFLa EquidadForwards9Tammy AbrahamFWRoma91Mustafa Erhan HekimoğluFWAcademyJota SilvaFWNottingham Forest
Transfers
In Date Player From Fee Notes Ref. Benfica€2,000,000Loan move made permanent FC Augsburg€5,000,000Loan move made permanent Leicester City€9,500,000 Schalke€6,000,000 Rangers€2,900,000 VfL Wolfsburg€6,000,000 Roma€13,000,000 Göztepe€5,000,000 Genk€14,000,000 Marseille€5,000,000 Wolverhampton Wanderers€18,000,000
Loans in Date Player From Fee Notes Ref. BenficaIncludes obligation to buy Roma€2,000,000With €13,000,000 obligation to buy BenficaIncludes obligation to buy Atalanta€3,000,000Includes obligation to buy Cengiz Ünder FenerbahçeIncludes a €6,000,000 option to buy Nottingham Forest€17,000,000Includes obligation to buy Aston VillaIncludes obligation to buy Inter MilanIncludes option to buy RomaIncludes option to buy
Out Date Player To Fee Notes Ref. İstanbul Başakşehir€325,000 BolognaFree transfer KocaelisporUndisclosedUnattachedContract terminationClub paid a severance fee of €1.75 million FenerbahçeFree transferFenerbahçe agreed to give Beşiktaş a discount on Ünder's option to buy RosenborgFree transfer CorinthiansFree transferContract terminated by mutual consent Braga€7,000,000 Benfica€5,000,000 Aston Villa€21,000,000
Loans out Date Player To Notes Ref. CagliariIncludes option to buy Novi Pazar Kocaelispor İstanbulspor Hellas VeronaIncludes option to buy GenoaIncludes conditional obligation to buy TrabzonsporIncludes option to buy AEK Athens Istanbulspor
Competitions Overall record
Süper Lig
League table
Results summary
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
Matches
Turkish Cup
Group stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
UEFA Conference League
Third qualifying round
Play-off round
Statistics Goal scorers
RankNo.Pos.PlayerSüper LigTurkish CupEuropa LeagueConference LeagueTotal19FW Tammy Abraham711413211MF Orkun Kökçü82001039FW Oh Hyeon-gyu62008418MF Václav Černý5200719FW El Bilal Touré52007511FW Cengiz Ünder5000527MF Rafa Silva50005626FW Jota Silva40004718MF João Mário0012384MF Kristjan Asllani2000223MF Wilfred Ndidi2000235DF Tiago Djaló200027MF Milot Rashica1001215MF Junior Olaitan2000217MF Kartal Yılmaz0200262DF Michael Amir Murillo1100295MF Demir Ege Tıknaz000118MF Salih Uçan0100112DF Emmanuel Agbadou1000153DF Emirhan Topçu1000191FW Mustafa Erhan Hekimoğlu10001Own goals10001Totals58142882
Clean sheets
RankNo.Pos.PlayerSüper LigTurkish CupEuropa LeagueConference LeagueTotal130GK Ersin Destanoğlu256013221GK Mert Günok802313332GK Devis Vásquez10001Totals3462446
Notes
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