The black-and-white football team, which passed its Danish and Czech rivals in the UEFA Europa League qualifiers and advanced to the play-off round, started the 2026-2027 season in the league with a 3-point victory against Eyüpspor at home.
Following the appointment of Önder Özen as the football director, Vincenzo Italiano took the position of coach, and the atmosphere of the team in the Beşiktaş community changed in the new season. The black-whites, who strengthened their squad with accurate names in the transfer efforts carried out personally by President Serdal Adalı, delighted their fans with the results they achieved in official matches.
ITALIANO STARTED THE SUPER LEAGUE WITH A WINNER
Beşiktaş's Italian coach Vincenzo Italiano entered the Super League with a 1-0 victory against Eyüpspor.
Italiano, who won all 4 matches with his students in the European cups, beat the Istanbul team 1-0, made 5 out of 5 with his team and made an assertive start to the season.
The Italian coach, who attracted attention with his energy on the field, has already managed to win the love of the black and white fans.
MADE 5 out of 5
The black-and-white football team started the season with 5 wins in 5 matches in the UEFA Europa League and Super League.
Beşiktaş beat Midtjylland 1-0 and 2-0 in the second round under the management of the 48-year-old coach; In the third round, he eliminated Hradec Kralove by beating him 1-0 in two matches and made it to the play-off round.
The black-whites, who beat Eyüpspor in the league with a single goal, won 4 of the matches in question 1-0 and one 2-0.
HE STOPPED A GOAL IN 5 MATCHES
Beşiktaş managed to keep a clean sheet in 5 matches this season.
The black-and-whites, who emphasized the team's defense more strongly this season under coach Vincenzo Italiano, did not allow a goal to their opponents in 4 matches in the European cups and 1 match in the league.
Won again as hosts in the opening matches
Beating Eyüpspor 1-0, which it hosted in the first week of the Super League, Beşiktaş won 31 of the 35 first-week matches it played as a host in the history of the league.
The black-whites drew 3 times in the matches in question and lost 1 match.
AFTER 5 SEASONS, HE KEPT A GOAL IN 5 CONSECUTIVE MATCHES.
The black-whites, who entered the season with a good defensive performance, kept their goal in all 5 matches they played and repeated this statistic 5 seasons later.
Beşiktaş, which defended its goal in a total of 5 matches in European cups and the Super League, managed not to concede a goal in 5 consecutive matches in the 2020-2021 season, when it won the last league championship.
While the black-white team beat Büyükşehir Belediye Erzurumspor 4-0, MKE Ankaragücü 1-0, Sivasspor 3-0, Kayserispor 2-0 and Çaykur Rizespor 6-0 in the league at that time, they did not concede any goals.
Beşiktaş, which started this season with Midtjylland and Hradec Kralove qualifying matches in Europe and Eyüpspor match in the league, has not conceded a goal for 450 minutes.
NUBEL HAS NOT CONCED A GOAL FOR 450 MINUTES
In addition to the Beşiktaş defense, German goalkeeper Alexander Nübel also made a good start to this season.
The 29-year-old goalkeeper has not conceded a goal in 450 minutes while playing in 5 matches.
Nübel, who attracts attention with the saves he makes at critical moments, also becomes an important passing option for the black-white defense when leaving the defense.
GOAL CONTRIBUTION FROM 4 DIFFERENT PLAYERS
4 different players were responsible for the 6 goals scored by the black-white team in 5 matches this season.
For Beşiktaş, captain Orkun Kökçü and Vaclav Cerny scored 2 goals each, and Milot Rashica and Semih Kılıçsoy scored 1 goal each.
ENTERED THE 69TH SEASON WITH A WINNER
Beşiktaş started its 69th season in the Super League with the match against Eyüpspor.
The black-whites, who have been competing in the league for the past 68 seasons, have played a total of 2265 matches with yesterday's 1-0 victory, and experienced 1221 wins, 615 draws and 429 defeats.
Beşiktaş, which scored 3729 times in these matches, conceded 1989 goals.
