Beşiktaş is preparing for its first match against Marseille in the UEFA Europa League

Beşiktaş will face Marseille in the first week of the UEFA Europa League league stage.

The match, which will be played at Tüpraş Stadium, will start at 22.00.

Italian referee Andrea Colombo will referee the match. The fight will be broadcast live and unencrypted on TRT 1.

Beşiktaş, under the management of Vincenzo Italiano, aims to start the league phase of the Europa League with a victory in front of its own fans. The black-whites passed three qualifying rounds to reach the league stage in the organization.

Beşiktaş advanced to the league stage by beating Midtjylland, Hradec Kralove and Kauno Zalgiris respectively in the Europa League. The black-white team had 5 wins and 1 defeat in 6 matches played in European cups this season.

Beşiktaş also won all 6 official matches it played at home this season.

Marseille directly participated in the Europa League league stage. The French representative aims to return with points from Beşiktaş away game.

POSSIBLE 11'S

Beşiktaş: Nübel, Murillo, Agbadou, Djalo, Ouattara, Salih Özcan, Cerny, Olaitan, Orkun Kökçü, İlhan Fakılı, Dusan Vlahovic

Marseille: Jeffrey de Lange, Timothy Weah, Conrad Riley, Naif Aguerd, Emerson, Pierre Emile Hojbjerg, Himad Abdelli, Amine Harit, Angel Gomes, Igor Paixao, Amine Gouiri

NO TROSSARD IN BEŞİKTAŞ

Beşiktaş's Leandro Trossard is not expected to play in the Marseille match due to the pain he is experiencing. Black-whites also show Rıdvan Yılmaz's situation as suspicious.

Dusan Vlahovic will play again after his suspension ends. The Serbian striker scored 4 goals in 5 matches for Beşiktaş this season.

BEŞİKTAŞ WILL PLAY THEIR 140TH MATCH IN THE EUROPEAN LEAGUE

Beşiktaş will play its 140th match in the second club-level organization of European football with the Marseille match.

The black-white team had 62 wins, 25 draws and 52 defeats in 139 matches played under the name of UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League. Beşiktaş scored 217 goals in these matches and conceded 181 goals.

BEŞİKTAŞ'S 265TH MATCH IN EUROPEAN CUP

The black-white team will play their 265th match in European cups against Marseille.

Beşiktaş had 102 wins, 50 draws and 112 losses in the 264 European cup matches it played previously. The black-whites scored 356 goals in these matches and conceded 396 goals.

THIRD APPOINTMENT WITH MARSEILLE

Beşiktaş and Marseille will face each other for the third time in European cups.

The two teams previously met in the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2007-2008 season. While Marseille won the match in France 2-0, Beşiktaş won the match in Istanbul 2-1.

The two teams will face each other again after 18 seasons.

BEŞİKTAŞ'S 12TH MATCH WITH THE FRENCH TEAMS

Beşiktaş will play against a French team in European cups for the 12th time with the Marseille match.

The black-whites had 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in the 11 matches they previously played with French teams. In these matches, Beşiktaş scored 15 goals and conceded 15 goals.

Beşiktaş has previously met Lyon 3 times, Monaco, Marseille, PSG and Auxerre 2 times each.

2 QUARTER FINALS FROM BEŞİKTAŞ IN EUROPE

Beşiktaş has played in the quarter-finals twice before in the UEFA Europa League.

The black-white team was among the last 8 teams in the UEFA Cup in the 2002-2003 season. Beşiktaş said goodbye to the organization by losing both matches to Lazio in the quarter-finals.

Beşiktaş, which reached the quarter-finals of the Europa League in the 2016-2017 season, was matched with Lyon. Having lost the first match 2-1, the black-whites won the rematch with the same score. When the tie remained unbroken in extra time, a penalty shootout was held and Beşiktaş lost 7-6 to its opponent.

NO LOSS ON FIELD

Beşiktaş won all 6 official matches it played at home this season.

The black-whites defeated Midtjylland 1-0, Hradec Kralove 1-0 and Kauno Zalgiris 3-0 in the European cups. In the Super League, they beat Eyüpspor 1-0, Çorum FK 6-2 and Erzurumspor FK 3-0.

While Beşiktaş scored 15 goals in these matches, it conceded only 2 goals.

ITALIANO HAS TWO FINALS IN EUROPE

Beşiktaş Coach Vincenzo Italiano has played two finals in European cups before.

The Italian coach reached the finals of the UEFA Conference League in the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 seasons as the head of Fiorentina. Fiorentina was defeated by West Ham United in the first final and by Olympiacos in the second final.

BEŞİKTAŞ'S EUROPEAN GOATTERS

Beşiktaş's top scorer in European cups is Oktay Derelioğlu with 14 goals.

Oktay Derelioğlu is followed by Vincent Aboubakar and Cenk Tosun with 13 goals each. Ricardo Quaresma and Bobo have 12 goals each in European cups.

In the current squad, Milot Rashica has 4 European goals, Orkun Kökçü has 3, Semih Kılıçsoy has 2, and Hyeon-gyu Oh and Amir Murillo have 1 European goal each.