List of Beşiktaş J.K. seasons

1923–24 Istanbul League winners[1]
Goalkeeper: Sadri Usuoğlu, Defenders: Tevfik Martı, Refik Osman Top, Midfielders: Bahattin, Cavit Altındal, Şahap, Forwards: Nafi, Abdi Aksoyman, Edip, Hasan, Saadet
Picture of the 2002–03 Süper Lig champions' trophy, won by Beşiktaş during the club's centenary year

Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü is a multi-purposed Turkish sports club, founded in 1903, in Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. As of 2013, club is active in 13 different branches.[2] Football branch of the team was formed as the club individuals gathered and begun to train together, led by Şeref Bey in 1910.[3][4][5][6] Beşiktaş did not take a part of Istanbul Friday League (1904-1915) and Istanbul Sunday League (1915-1923) campaigns and started to play at competitive level of football in Istanbul League in 1923-1924 season where they topped the season-end table.[7] The club later joined Milli Küme Şampiyonası (1937-1950) and Istanbul Professional Football League (1950-1959) until the Milli Lig was formed in 1959 as the nation wide professional association football campaign.

Since 1959, Beşiktaş competed in each and every season of Milli Lig (1959-1962), Türkiye 1. Futbol Ligi (1962-2000) and Süper Lig (2000-present). Team has got 13 Süper Lig, 9 Turkish Cup, 8 Turkish Super Cup, 8 Chancellor Cup, 12 TSYD Cup, 3 Milli Küme, 3 Turkish Federation Cup, 1 Atatürk Cup as their major achievements in domestic level. In European competitions, Beşiktaş reached quarter-finals twice at European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1986-87 and UEFA Cup in 2002-03 seasons.[8]

Below are the year-by-year final performances of Beşiktaş in domestic and international competitions.

Seasons

Year Süper Lig[nb 1] Turkish Cup Turkish Super Cup UEFA Champions League[9] UEFA Cup[9][nb 2]
1958–59 3rd No Competition No Competition Second Round
1959–60 1st No Competition No Competition
1960–61 3rd No Competition No Competition
1961–62 3rd No Competition No Competition
1962–63 2nd Round of 16 No Competition
1963–64 2nd Semi-finals No Competition
1964–65 2nd Round of 16 No Competition
1965–66 1st Runners-up Runners-up
1966–67 1st Quarter-finals Winners First Round
1967–68 2nd Round of 16 First Round
1968–69 3rd Round of 16
1969–70 9th Round of 16
1970–71 6th Quarter-finals
1971–72 4th Quarter-finals
1972–73 6th Quarter-finals
1973–74 2nd Semi-finals Winners
1974–75 5th Winners Runners-up First Round
1975–76 11th Quarter-finals
1976–77 4th Runners-up Runners-up
1977–78 5th Round of 16
1978–79 9th Quarter-finals
1979–80 11th Round of 32
1980–81 5th Quarter-finals
1981–82 1st Round of 16 Runners-up
1982–83 5th Quarter-finals First Round
1983–84 4th Runners-up
1984–85 2nd Semi-finals
1985–86 1st Round of 16 Winners First Round
1986–87 2nd Round of 32 Quarter-finals
1987–88 2nd Quarter-finals First Round
1988–89 2nd Winners Winners First Round
1989–90 1st Winners Runners-up
1990–91 1st Quarter-finals Runners-up First Round
1991–92 1st Semi-finals Winners First Round
1992–93 2nd Runners-up Runners-up First Round
1993–94 4th Winners Winners
1994–95 1st Round of 16 Runners-up
1995–96 3rd Quarter-finals
1996–97 2nd Semi-finals Third Round
1997–98 6th Winners Winners Group Stage
1998–99 2nd Runners-up No Competition
1999–00 2nd Round of 16 No Competition Second Qualifying Round
2000–01 4th Semi-finals No Competition Group Stage
2001–02 3rd Runners-up No Competition
2002–03 1st Quarter-finals No Competition Quarter-finals
2003–04 3rd Round of 16 No Competition Group Stage Third Round
2004–05 4th Round of 16 No Competition Group Stage
2005–06 3rd Winners Winners Group Stage
2006–07 2nd Winners Runners-up Group Stage
2007–08 3rd Quarter-finals Group Stage
2008–09 1st Winners Runners-up First Round
2009–10 4th Group Stage Group Stage
2010–11 5th Winners No Competition Round of 32
2011–12 4th Round of 16 Round of 16
2012–13 3rd Round of 16

Timeline

Notes

Footnotes

  1. Named as Milli Lig between 1959-1962 and Türkiye 1. Futbol Ligi between 1962-2000
  2. UEFA Europa League since 2009

Citations

  1. "İstanbul Ligi 1923-1924" (in Turkish). turkfutbolu.net. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  2. "Kulüp Hakkında" (in Turkish). Beşiktaş official website. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  3. "Beşiktaş ve Futbol" (in Turkish). Beşiktaş official website. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  4. "Beşiktaş'ta Şeref Bey anıldı" (in Turkish). ntvmsnbc. 2009-06-16. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  5. "Şeref Bey anıldı" (in Turkish). Milliyet. 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  6. "Şeref Bey anıldı!" (in Turkish). Habertürk. 2012-06-13. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  7. "Eski İstanbul Ligleri" (in Turkish). turkfutbolu.net. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  8. "Futbolda Türk takımlarının Avrupa başarıları" (in Turkish). Habertürk. 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "Beşiktaş - UEFA.com". UEFA. Retrieved 2013-09-29.

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