2020–21 Gençlerbirliği S.K. season

Gençlerbirliği
2020–21 season
President	Murat Cavcav
Manager	Mert Nobre; (until 10 November 2020); Mustafa Kaplan; (until 1 February 2021); Mehmet Altıparmak; (until 8 March 2021); Özcan Bizati; (from 12 March 2021)
Stadium	Eryaman Stadium
Süper Lig	20th (relegated)
Turkish Cup	Fifth round
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was the 98th season of Gençlerbirliği S.K. in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of Turkish football. In addition to the domestic league, Gençlerbirliği participated in the season's edition of the Turkish Cup. The season covers the period from July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SWE	Kristoffer Nordfeldt
2	DF	SWE	Mattias Johansson
3	DF	TUR	Halil Pehlivan
4	DF	TUR	Arda Kızıldağ
6	DF	BRA	Diego Ângelo
7	MF	POL	Dominik Furman
8	MF	TUR	Soner Dikmen
9	FW	ROU	Bogdan Stancu
10	MF	TUR	Sefa Yılmaz
11	MF	AUT	Srđan Spiridonović (on loan from Red Star Belgrade)
12	DF	TUR	Mustafa Akbaş
13	FW	CIV	Giovanni Sio
14	DF	TUR	Metehan Mert
15	MF	SEN	Zargo Touré
17	FW	TUR	İlker Karakaş
19	MF	TUR	Rahmetullah Berişbek


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	POR	Daniel Candeias
23	MF	PAR	Robert Piris Da Motta (on loan from Flamengo)
24	DF	TUR	Salih Dursun
26	FW	TUR	Gökhan Altıparmak
27	DF	TUR	Ömürcan Artan
28	MF	GUI	Sadio Diallo
30	MF	ARG	Lucas Mugni
33	FW	TOG	Floyd Ayité
39	DF	FRA	Pierre-Yves Polomat
44	GK	TUR	Übeyd Adıyaman
55	DF	TUR	Abdullah Şahindere
63	MF	TUR	Mustafa Hüseyin Seyhan
66	MF	TUR	Mert Kabasakal
88	MF	NED	Murat Yıldırım
91	FW	BRA	Sandro Lima
93	GK	TUR	Atalay Gökçe

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	TUR	Ömer Alper Tatlısu (at Hacettepe)
—	MF	TUR	Emre Gündoğdu (at Ankara Keçiörengücü)
—	GK	TUR	Batuhan Uçan (at Gümüşhanespor)
—	DF	TUR	Kadir Kıra (at Hacettepe)
—	FW	TUR	Baran Başyiğit (at Hacettepe)
—	MF	TUR	Mustafa Çeçenoğlu (at Boluspor)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Süper Lig	13 September 2020	15 May 2021	Matchday 1	20th	40	10	8	22	44	76	−32	025.00
Turkish Cup	24 November 2020	17 December 2020	Fourth round	Fifth round	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	050.00
Total					42	11	8	23	45	78	−33	026.19

Source: Soccerway

Süper Lig

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
17	Kayserispor	40	9	14	17	35	52	−17	41
18	BB Erzurumspor (R)	40	10	10	20	44	68	−24	40	Relegation to TFF First League
19	Ankaragücü (R)	40	10	8	22	46	65	−19	38
20	Gençlerbirliği (R)	40	10	8	22	44	76	−32	38
21	Denizlispor (R)	40	6	10	24	38	77	−39	28

Source: Süper Lig, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[2]
(R) Relegated

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
40	10	8	22	44	76	−32	38	6	5	9	27	35	−8	4	3	13	17	41	−24

Source: Süper Lig

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	B	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	B	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	B	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	B	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L
Position	17	16	17	14	19	21	18	20	20	21	19	17	17	18	17	17	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	21	20	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

Source: TFF.org
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Note: Since the league has been expanded to 21 teams each team will earn a bye twice this season.

Matches

13 September 2020 1	Antalyaspor	2–0	Gençlerbirliği	Antalya
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Amilton 39' Balcı 41' Özmert 77'	Report	Ângelo 53'	Stadium: New Antalya Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Yasin Kol

19 September 2020 2	Gençlerbirliği	0–0	Konyaspor	Ankara
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mustafa Öğretmenoğlu

3

BYE

4 October 2020 4	Beşiktaş	0–1	Gençlerbirliği	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report	Stancu 8'	Stadium: Vodafone Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

19 October 2020 5	Gençlerbirliği	1–2	Denizlispor	Ankara
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Da Motta 45' Candeias 90'	Report	Subotić 22' Rodallega 45'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mert Güzenge

25 October 2020 6	Yeni Malatyaspor	2–1	Gençlerbirliği	Malatya
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Kaya 24' Kanatsızkuş 53'	Report	Yıldırım 10'	Stadium: Malatya Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Halis Özkahya

31 October 2020 7	Gençlerbirliği	1–1	Gaziantep	Ankara
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Yıldırım 45' Candeias 56' 71' Dikmen 84'	Report	Maxim 17' (pen.) André Sousa 50' Mirallas 73' Morais 85'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Turgut Doman

8 November 2020 8	İstanbul Başakşehir	2–1	Gençlerbirliği	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Gulbrandsen 80' Topal 90+4'	Report	Yılmaz 1'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mustafa Öğretmenoğlu

21 November 2020 9	Gençlerbirliği	1–5	Fenerbahçe	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Ângelo 31' Polomat 52' Sio 54' Da Motta 79'	Report	Yandaş 14' Perotti 38' (pen.), 69' Sosa 47' Pelkas 56' Tufan 72'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Halil Umut Meler

29 November 2020 10	Kasımpaşa	2–0	Gençlerbirliği	Istanbul
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Hodžić 16', 25'	Report		Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mete Kalkavan

5 December 2020 11	Gençlerbirliği	2–1	Alanyaspor	Ankara
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Özdemir 41' Polomat 72' Candeias 75' Sio 77' Touré 81' Kızıldağ 90+4'	Report	Bakasetas 81', 83' (pen.) Kutlu 85'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Fırat Aydınus

13 December 2020 12	BB Erzurum	0–1	Gençlerbirliği	Erzurum
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)		Report	Yılmaz 81'	Stadium: Kazım Karabekir Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Alper Ulusoy

20 December 2020 13	Gençlerbirliği	1–1	Ankaragücü	Ankara
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Özdemir 58' Altıparmak 90+6'	Report	Lobzhanidze 74'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

24 December 2020 14	Sivasspor	3–1	Gençlerbirliği	Sivas
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Gradel 45+2' Arslan 71' Yatabaré 86'	Report	Kızıldağ 90+2'	Stadium: Sivas Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tugay Kaan Numanoğlu

28 December 2020 15	Gençlerbirliği	3–2	Kayserispor	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Candeias 39' Da Motta 44' Kızıldağ 56' Özdemir 69' Özdemir 70'	Report	Ackah 29' Kanga 31' Eraltay 69' Çapar 89'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Cüneyt Çakιr

3 January 2021 16	Çaykur Rizespor	1–1	Gençlerbirliği	Rize
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Škoda 8'	Report	Dikmen 64'	Stadium: Yeni Rize Şehir Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Suat Arslanboga

6 January 2021 17	Gençlerbirliği	3–1	Hatayspor	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Da Motta 45+3' (pen.), 54' (pen.) Sio 84'	Report	Boupendza 25' Munir 43'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Yasin Kol

9 January 2021 18	Galatasaray	6–0	Gençlerbirliği	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Diagne 1' Belhanda 30', 44', 45+1' Çağlayan 64' Babel 67' (pen.)	Report	Ayité 25' Polomat 29' Da Motta 69'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Halis Özkahya

15 January 2021 19	Gençlerbirliği	1–3	Fatih Karagümrük	Ankara
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Da Motta 74' (pen.)	Report	Biglia 22' (pen.) Ndao 36' Sobiech 88'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Şansalan

19 January 2021 20	Göztepe	4–0	Gençlerbirliği	İzmir
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Titi 14' Zulj 25' Ndiaye 45' Akbunar 45+1' Akbunar 71'	Report	Yıldırım 21' Da Motta 22'	Stadium: Gürsel Aksel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Burak Şeker

23 January 2021 21	Gençlerbirliği	1–2	Trabzonspor	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Dikmen 28' Furman 43' Da Motta 86' (pen.)	Report	Djaniny 36' Ekuban 54' Ié 85' Çörekçi 90+4'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mustafa Öğretmenoğlu

31 January 2021 22	Gençlerbirliği	0–1	Antalyaspor	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Dikmen 80' Berişbek 90+1'	Report	Orgill 68' Sam 87'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bahattin Şimşek

3 February 2021 23	Konyaspor	0–0	Gençlerbirliği	Konya
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Konya Büyükşehir Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Özgür Yankaya

24

BYE

15 February 2021 25	Gençlerbirliği	0–3	Beşiktaş	Ankara
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Ayité 28' Furman 36' Candeias 78'	Report	Ghezzal 4' De Souza 87' Tosun 89', 90+3' Toköz 90+7'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu

20 February 2021 26	Denizlispor	1–0	Gençlerbirliği	Denizli
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Mešanović 19'	Report		Stadium: Atatürk Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tugay Kaan Numanoğlu

26 February 2021 27	Gençlerbirliği	1–1	Yeni Malatyaspor	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Özbir 60' (o.g.) Ayité 36' 71'	Report	Kaya 21' Tetteh 34'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Alper Ulusoy

2 March 2021 28	Gaziantep	2–1	Gençlerbirliği	Gaziantep
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Mirallas 58' Özer 59' Jefferson 79'	Report	Lima 18' Yılmaz 30' Artan 90'	Stadium: Gaziantep Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bahattin Şimşek

7 March 2021 29	Gençlerbirliği	0–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Polomat 57' 88'	Report	Aleksić 16' Kaldırım 58' Ba 90'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Özgür Yankaya

14 March 2021 30	Fenerbahçe	1–2	Gençlerbirliği	Istanbul
19:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Novák 35' Aziz 62'	Report	Candeias 30' Aziz 39' (o.g.) Ayité 63' Yıldırım 65' Nordfeldt 82' Lima 89' Artan 90+1'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

20 March 2021 31	Gençlerbirliği	2–1	Kasımpaşa	Ankara
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Ayité 21' Yılmaz 60' Dikmen 73' Yılmaz 76' Diego Ângelo 84'	Report	Erdoğan 66' Hadergjonaj 84'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Arda Kardeşler

4 April 2021 32	Alanyaspor	1–2	Gençlerbirliği	Alanya
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Kutlu 37' Siopis 63'	Report	Johansson 8' Pehlivan 16' Dikmen 35' Kızıldağ 49' Lima 61' Stancu 82'	Stadium: Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Şansalan

7 April 2021 33	Gençlerbirliği	1–1	BB Erzurum	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Lima 29' Johansson 43' Da Motta 76'	Report	Bergdich 45+1' Uçar 90+1' Karakullukçu 90+3' da Costa 90+4'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Suat Arslanboğa

11 April 2021 34	Ankaragücü	2–1	Gençlerbirliği	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Çekiçi 29' Güral 66' Šarlija 82' Geraldo 86' Paintsil 90+3'	Report	Da Motta 64' Kızıldağ 70' Stancu 75' Johansson 75' Yılmaz 82' Kızıldağ 90+4'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Serkan Tokat

16 April 2021 35	Gençlerbirliği	2-3	Sivasspor	Ankara
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Diego Ângelo 25' Johansson 37' Lima 75' Yılmaz 86' Candeias 86'	Report	Yalçın 34' Gradel 44' Yeşilyurt 51' Félix 78' Kayode 83' Polomat 90+4' (o.g.)	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ümit Öztürk

20 April 2021 36	Kayserispor	2-2	Gençlerbirliği	Kayseri
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Çelik 17' Demirok 27' Pedro Henrique 40' Avramovski 53' Pedro Henrique 75' Parlak 80' Kolovetsios	Report	Da Motta 46' Stancu 51' Adıyaman 63' Lima 90+3'	Stadium: Kadir Has Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Alper Ulusoy

23 April 2021 37	Gençlerbirliği	2-1	Çaykur Rizespor	Ankara
20:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Johansson 45+1' Pehlivan 61' Sio 62'	Report	Samudio 74'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bahattin Şimşek

27 April 2021 38	Hatayspor	3-1	Gençlerbirliği	Hatay
20:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Aabid 9' Boupendza 11' Sackey 44' Diouf 51' Diouf 84' Kamara 90'	Report	Da Motta 72' Da Motta 78' (pen.) Dikmen 9'	Stadium: Antakya Atatürk Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Arda Kardeşler

2 May 2021 39	Gençlerbirliği	0-2	Galatasaray	Ankara
20:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Lima 52'	Report	Fernandes 38' Dervişoğlu 44' Akbaba 53'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Halis Özkahya

8 May 2021 40	Fatih Karagümrük	5-1	Gençlerbirliği	Istanbul
20:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Zukanović 8' Borini 16' Lens 52' Ndao 60' Ndao 75' Lens 88' (pen.) Roco 90+1'	Report	Stancu 28' Artan 87' Karakaş 90+2'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Özgür Yankaya

11 May 2021 41	Gençlerbirliği	5-3	Göztepe	Ankara
20:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Furman 14' Ângelo 44' Da Motta 45+1' Ayité 49' Stancu 56' Stancu 70' Stancu 82'	Report	Ideye 12' Kayan 30' Bureković 48' Şimşek 50' Efe Binici 90'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Suat Arslanboğa

15 May 2021 42	Trabzonspor	2-1	Gençlerbirliği	Trabzon
20:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Ekuban 44' Vitor Hugo 78' Afobe 87'	Report	Ayité 34' Ayité 52' Yılmaz 72'	Stadium: Şenol Güneş Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tugay Kaan Numanoğlu

Turkish Cup

24 November 2020 Fourth round	Gençlerbirliği	1–0	Kırşehir Belediyespor	Ankara
13:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Dikmen 61'			Stadium: Eryaman Stadium

17 December 2020 Fifth round	Gençlerbirliği	0–2	Tuzlaspor	Ankara
13:00 TRT (UTC+3)			Bora 32' Sarr 43'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

^[3] Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Süper Lig		Turkish Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Kristoffer Nordfeldt	36	0	0	0	36	0
2	DF		Mattias Johansson	29	3	0	--	29	3
3	DF		Halil Pehlivan	23	2	2	0	25	2
4	DF		Arda Kızıldağ	31	1	1	0	32	1
6	DF		Diego Ângelo	25	3	0	0	25	3
7	MF		Dominik Furman	21	0	2	0	23	0
8	MF		Soner Dikmen	34	1	1	1	35	2
9	FW		Bogdan Stancu	24	7	0	0	24	7
10	MF		Sefa Yılmaz	35	4	1	0	36	4
11	MF		Srđan Spiridonović	6	0	0	0	6	0
12	DF		Mustafa Akbaş	6	0	0	0	6	0
13	FW		Giovanni Sio	22	2	0	0	22	2
14	DF		Metehan Mert	5	0	0	0	5	0
15	DF		Zargo Touré	23	0	0	0	23	0
17	FW		İlker Karakaş	20	1	1	0	21	1
19	MF		Rahmetullah Berişbek	16	0	1	0	17	0
21	MF		Daniel Candeias	35	4	0	0	35	4
23	MF		Robert Piris Da Motta	36	6	0	0	36	6
26	FW		Gökhan Altıparmak	15	0	2	0	17	0
27	DF		Ömürcan Artan	12	0	0	0	12	0
30	MF		Lucas Mugni	10	0	0	0	10	0
33	FW		Floyd Ayité	30	3	0	0	30	3
39	DF		Pierre-Yves Polomat	33	0	0	0	33	0
44	GK		Übeyd Adıyaman	4	0	1	0	5	0
55	DF		Abdullah Şahindere	1	0	1	0	2	0
63	MF		Mustafa Hüseyin Seyhan	9	0	1	0	10	0
66	MF		Mert Kabasakal	0	0	1	0	1	0
88	MF		Murat Yıldırım	30	1	1	0	31	1
91	FW		Sandro Lima	16	2	0	0	16	2
93	GK		Atalay Gökçe	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players on loan who featured during season
16	GK		Batuhan Uçan	0	0	1	0	1	0
22	DF		Kadir Kıra	0	0	2	0	2	0
28	FW		Baran Başyiğit	0	0	2	0	2	0
77	MF		Mustafa Çeçenoğlu	6	0	1	0	6	0
Players who left but featured during season
5	MF		Berat Özdemir	13	3	0	0	13	3

References

^ "A Takimi". Gençlerbirliği S.K. Archived from the original on 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
^ "TÜRKİYE FUTBOL FEDERASYONU FUTBOL MÜSABAKA TALİMATI : MADDE 9 – PUAN USULÜ VE AVERAJ" [Turkish Football Federation Football Competition Instruction : Article 9 - Score Procedure and Average] (PDF) (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
^ "Gençlerbirliği 2020/2021 Kadrosu". Maçkolik.

External links

Official website

[1] "A Takimi". Gençlerbirliği S.K. Archived from the original on 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2020-07-20.

[2] "TÜRKİYE FUTBOL FEDERASYONU FUTBOL MÜSABAKA TALİMATI : MADDE 9 – PUAN USULÜ VE AVERAJ" [Turkish Football Federation Football Competition Instruction : Article 9 - Score Procedure and Average] (PDF) (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

[3] "Gençlerbirliği 2020/2021 Kadrosu". Maçkolik.

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