Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü is a multi-purpose Turkish sports club, founded in 1903, in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. As of 2013, the club is active in 13 different branches. The football branch of the team was formed as the club individuals gathered and begun to train together, led by Şeref Bey in 1910. 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 1923–24 season where they topped the season-end table. 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 nationwide professional association football campaign.
Since 1959, Beşiktaş has competed in each and every season of the Milli Lig (1959–1962), Türkiye 1. Futbol Ligi (1962–2000) and Süper Lig (2000–present). The team has thirteen Süper Ligs, nine Turkish Cups, eight Turkish Super Cups, eight Chancellor Cups, twelve TSYD Cups, three Milli Kümes, three Turkish Federation Cups, and one Atatürk Cup as their major achievements in domestic level. In European competitions, Beşiktaş reached the quarter-finals twice, in the European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1986–87, and the UEFA Cup in 2002–03.
Below are the year-by-year final performances of Beşiktaş in domestic and international competitions.
Seasons
SeasonLeagueDomesticContinental Top scorer(s)Division Pos TC SC UCL UEL UECL Player(s) Goals 1959 2nd 14 8 2 4 22 16 +6 18 – –– Nazmi Bilge 16 1959–60 1st 38 29 7 2 68 15 +53 65 – –– Arif Özataç 16 1960–61 3rd 38 22 11 5 61 26 +35 55 – – R1 – – Özacar, Birol 16 1961–62 3rd 38 16 16 6 48 24 +24 48 – –– Özacar, Birol 12 1962–63 2nd 42 29 10 3 92 27 +65 68 QF –– Şenol Birol 38 1963–64 2nd 34 22 8 4 57 19 +38 52 SF –– Güven Önüt 24 1964–65 2nd 30 16 9 5 47 17 +30 41 R6 –– Rahmi Orbay 10 1965–66 1st 30 20 8 2 52 16 +36 48RU RU– Ahmet Özacar 18 1966–67 1st 32 16 13 3 44 15 +29 45 QF W R1 – – Joe Erwin Kuzman 9 1967–68 2nd 32 15 12 5 42 24 +18 42 2R – R1 – – Sanlı Sarıalioğlu 16 1968–69 3rd 30 14 10 6 30 20 +10 38 1R –– Faruk Karadoğan 11 1969–70 9th 30 10 10 10 26 26 0 30 1R –– Nihat Yayöz 13 1970–71 6th 30 10 13 7 31 20 +11 33 QF –– Faruk Karadoğan, Nihat Yayöz 8 1971–72 4th 30 12 10 8 28 23 +5 34 QF –– Ergün Acuner 6 1972–73 6th 30 9 13 8 14 18 -4 31 2R –– Ergün Acuner, Sanlı Sarıalioğlu 4 1973–74 2nd 30 13 14 3 34 19 +15 40 RU W– Ahmet Yılmaz 9 1974–75 5th 30 11 11 8 29 24 +5 33W RU – 1R – Tezcan Ozan 19 1975–76 11th 30 5 17 8 25 32 -7 27 QF – – – 1R Tezcan Ozan 11 1976–77 4th 30 13 7 10 35 24 +11 33 – RU– Reşit Kaynak 22 1977–78 5th 30 12 8 10 33 29 +4 32 4R – – – 1R Sava Paunović 11 1978–79 9th 30 10 9 11 33 32 +1 29 QF –– Sava Paunović 18 1979–80 11th 30 9 10 11 25 27 -2 29 R6 –– Necdet Ergün 9 1980–81 5th 30 12 7 11 27 23 +4 31 QF –– Özer Umdu 7 1981–82 1st 30 14 16 2 38 17 +21 44 R6 RU– Bora Öztürk, Ziya Doğan 7 1982–83 5th 34 16 7 11 49 30 +19 39 QF – 1R – – Necdet Ergün 18 1983–84 4th 34 17 10 7 40 21 +19 44RU –– Dževad Šećerbegović, Ziya Doğan 11 1984–85 2nd 34 19 12 3 49 19 +30 50 SF – – – 1R Mersad Kovačević 20 1985–86 1st 36 22 12 2 65 21 +44 56 R6 W – 1R – Mersad Kovačević 17 1986–87 2nd 36 23 7 6 67 26 +41 53 R5 – QF – – Feyyaz Uçar 26 1987–88 2nd 38 22 12 4 68 29 +39 78 QF – – 1R – Ali Gültiken 30 1988–89 2nd 36 25 8 3 81 21 +60 83W W – 1R – Feyyaz Uçar 26 1989–90 1st 34 23 6 5 77 20 +57 75W RU – – 1R Feyyaz Uçar 32 1990–91 1st 30 20 9 1 63 24 +39 69 QF RU 1R – – Feyyaz Uçar 19 1991–92 1st 30 23 7 0 58 20 +38 76RU W 1R – – Feyyaz Uçar 26 1992–93 2nd 30 19 9 2 68 23 +45 66RU RU 1R – – Feyyaz Uçar 26 1993–94 4th 30 16 6 8 58 30 +28 54W W – – 2R Feyyaz Uçar 18 1994–95 1st 34 24 7 3 80 26 +54 79 R6 RU – – 2R Ertuğrul Sağlam 25 1995–96 3rd 34 22 3 9 74 46 +28 69 QF – Q – – Ertuğrul Sağlam 20 1996–97 2nd 34 22 8 4 88 26 +62 74 QF – – 3R – Oktay Derelioğlu 30 1997–98 6th 34 13 9 12 56 40 +16 48W W GS – – Oktay Derelioğlu 20 1998–99 2nd 34 23 8 3 58 27 +31 77RU – – – 2R Oktay Derelioğlu 18 1999–00 2nd 34 23 6 5 74 27 +47 75 3R – Q2 – – Ahmet Dursun 21 2000–01 4th 34 19 7 8 68 49 +19 64RU W GS – – Pascal Nouma 22 2001–02 3rd 34 18 8 8 69 39 +30 62RU –– İlhan Mansız 24 2002–03 1st 34 26 7 1 63 21 +42 85 QF – – QF – İlhan Mansız 14 2003–04 3rd 34 18 8 8 65 45 +20 62 3R – GS 3R – Ahmed Hassan 14 2004–05 4th 34 20 9 5 70 39 +31 69 3R – – GS – John Carew 14 2005–06 3rd 34 15 9 10 52 39 +13 54W – – GS – Gökhan Güleç 11 2006–07 2nd 34 18 7 9 43 32 +11 61W W – GS – Bobô 20 2007–08 3rd 34 23 4 7 58 32 +26 73 QF RU GS – – Bobô 16 2008–09 1st 34 21 8 5 60 30 +30 71W – – 1R – Bobô 19 2009–10 4th 34 18 10 6 47 25 +22 64 GS RU GS – – Bobô 14 2010–11 5th 34 15 9 10 53 36 +17 54W – – R32 – Bobô 16 2011–12 4th 34 15 10 9 50 39 +11 55 R4 RU – R16 – Hugo Almeida 14 2012–13 3rd 34 16 10 8 66 35 +31 58 R5 – Filip Hološko 12 2013–14 3rd 34 17 11 6 63 49 +14 62 R4 – Hugo Almeida 15 2014–15 3rd 34 21 6 7 59 32 +27 69 R16 – – R16 – Demba Ba 27 2015–16 1st 34 25 4 5 75 35 +40 79 QF – – GS – Mario Gómez 28 2016–17 1st 34 23 8 3 73 30 +43 77 R16 RU GS QF – Cenk Tosun 24 2017–18 4th 34 21 8 5 69 30 +39 71 SF RU R16 – – Talisca 20 2018–19 3rd 34 19 8 7 72 46 +26 65 B – – GS – Burak Yılmaz 11 2019–20 3rd 34 19 5 10 59 40 +19 62 R16 – – GS – Burak Yılmaz 14 2020–21 1st 40 26 6 8 89 44 +45 84W – Q2 Q3 – Cyle Larin 23 2021–22 6th 38 15 14 9 56 48 +8 59 QF W GS – – Michy Batshuayi 14 2022–23 3rd 35 23 8 4 75 33 +42 77 R6 –– Cenk Tosun 18 2023–24 6th 38 16 8 14 52 47 +5 56W –– GS Vincent Aboubakar 12 2024–25 4th 36 17 11 8 59 36 +23 62 QF W – LP – Ciro Immobile 19 2025–26 4th 34 17 9 8 59 40 +19 60 SF – – Q2 PO Tammy Abraham 13
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External links Official website Turkish Football Leagues archive on TFF European Cup Records on UEFA