İstanbul Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü (Turkish pronunciation: [isˈtɑnbuɫ bɑʃɑkʃeˈhiɾ futˈboɫ kulyˈby]), or due to sponsorship reasons Rams Başakşehir is a Turkish professional football club based in the Başakşehir district of Istanbul. The club is better known simply as Başakşehir (Turkish pronunciation: [bɑʃɑkʃeˈhiɾ]). The club was founded in 1990 as İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club). They first reached the highest level in Turkish Football in 2007–08. They play their home games at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium in Istanbul.

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İstanbul Başakşehir

Full name	İstanbul Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü
Nickname(s)	Boz Baykuşlar (The Grey Owls) Turuncu Lacivertliler (The Orange-Navy Blues)
Short name	İBFK
Founded	15 June 1990; 33 years ago (1990-06-15), as İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü 4 June 2014; 9 years ago (2014-06-04), as İstanbul Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü
Ground	Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium
Capacity	17,319
President	Göksel Gümüşdağ
Head coach	Çağdaş Atan
League	Süper Lig
2022–23	Süper Lig, 5th of 19
Website	Club website
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The club is one of eight Süper Lig teams based in Istanbul, along with Beşiktaş, Fatih Karagümrük, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, İstanbulspor, Kasımpaşa and Pendikspor. In the 2016–17 season, they participated in the Süper Lig, Turkish Cup and UEFA Europa League. In the 2017–18 season they reached the play-off round of the UEFA Champions League qualifying round. They won their first top flight title in the 2019–20 season.

The club is comparatively new relative to many of the other professional Turkish teams, having been established in 1990. The club's former name was ISKI Spor Kulübü and they were owned by the municipality's water distribution company. ISKI Spor Kulübü competed in the Regional Amateur Football League in the 1990–91 season and were promoted to the TFF Second League. After promotion, the club's name changed to İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü (Turkish for Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club). The club played in the TFF Second League until 1996, but after the 2006–07 season they were promoted to the Süper Lig. Finishing 12th in the 2007–08 season enabled them to remain in the Süper Lig for the 2007–08 season. In the 2009–10 season, the club finished the season in 6th place. In the 2012–13 season, the club finished 16th and relegated to the TFF First League. But it finished in the TFF First League as champions and made an immediate return to the top level in the 2013–14 season.

In 2014, the club was bought by new owners with ties to the ruling Justice and Development Party.^[1][2] Its name was changed in June 2014 to İstanbul Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü.^[3] During the following 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons, the club finished in 4th place.

On 25 May 2015, İstanbul Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü signed a sponsorship agreement with "Medipol Eğitim ve Sağlık Grubu" (Medipol Education and Health Group) for four years and the team's name changed to Medipol Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü.^[4]

On 19 July 2020, Başakşehir were crowned champions of the Turkish Süper Lig for the first time in the club's history.^[5] They also became only the sixth club in the competition's history to win the league title and the fourth club from Istanbul to do so.^[6][7][8]

They won their first Champions League fixture on 4 November 2020 in a 2–1 home win over English side Manchester United in 2024 There are joining City Football Group

Before the name change İstanbul Başakşehir were playing their games at Atatürk Olympic Stadium but starting from the 2014–15 season they began to play their games at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium which on 26 July 2014 opened officially to public. The venue has a capacity of 17,800 spectators. It is the new home of İstanbul Başakşehir playing in the Süper Lig.

Accurate as of 15 March 2023

Source: UEFA.com
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal Difference.

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Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	3QR	AZ	1–2	0–2	1–4
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	3QR	Rijeka	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
		PO	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–2	0–2	1–4
2017–18	UEFA Champions League	3QR	Club Brugge	2–0	3–3	5–3
		PO	Sevilla	1–2	2–2	3–4
	UEFA Europa League	Group C	Braga	2–1	1–2	3rd
			Ludogorets Razgrad	0–0	2–1
			1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	1–3
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	3QR	Burnley	0–0	0–1	0–1
2019–20	UEFA Champions League	3QR	Olympiacos	0–1	0–2	0–3
	UEFA Europa League	Group J	Roma	0–3	0–4	1st
			Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	2–1
			Wolfsberger AC	1–0	3–0
		R32	Sporting CP	4–1	1–3	5–4
		R16	Copenhagen	1–0	0–3	1–3
2020–21	UEFA Champions League	Group H	Paris Saint-Germain	0–2	1–5	4th
			RB Leipzig	3–4	0–2
			Manchester United	2–1	1–4
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	2QR	Maccabi Netanya	1–1	1–0	2–1
		3QR	Breiðablik	3–0	3–1	6–1
		PO	Antwerp	1–1	3–1	4–2
		Group A	Fiorentina	3–0	1–2	1st
			Heart of Midlothian	3–1	4–0
			RFS	3–0	0–0
		R16	Gent	1–4	1–1	2–5

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UEFA ranking

See also: UEFA coefficient

As of 21 June 2023

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Season	Rank	Points	Ref.
2016	194	7.920	[9]
2017	158	10.340	[10]
2018	140	8.500	[11]
2019	118	10.500	[12]
2020	71	21.500	[13]
2021	60	26.500	[14]
2022	63	25.000	[15]
2023	56	31.000	[16]

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İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.

• Nurettin Sözen (1990–1994)
• Vural Akarçay (1994)
• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1994–2000)
• Ali Müfit Gürtuna (2000–2002)
• Nuri Albayrak (2002–2005)
• Osman Aşkın Bak (2006)
• Göksel Gümüşdağ (2006–2011)
• Çağatay Kalkancı (2011–2014)

İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.

• Göksel Gümüşdağ (2014–present)

• Biggest win: İstanbul Başakşehir 7–0 Turgutluspor (2020–21)
• Biggest defeat: İstanbul Başakşehir 0–7 Galatasaray (2022–23)