İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.
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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.
Full name | İstanbul Başakşehir Futbol Kulübü | ||
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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.