2023–24 Çaykur Rizespor season

Çaykur Rizespor

2023–24 season
Chairman	İbrahim Turgut
Manager	İlhan Palut
Stadium	City of Rize Stadium
Süper Lig	5th
Turkish Cup	Fifth round
Average home league attendance	5,103[1]

The 2023–24 season is Çaykur Rizespor's 71st season in existence and first one back in the Süper Lig. They are also competing in the Turkish Cup.

Players

First-team squad

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  TUR Tarık Çetin 2 DF  UZB Husniddin Aliqulov 3 DF  TUR Halil İbrahim Pehlivan 7 FW  TUR Benhur Keser 8 MF  BIH Dal Varešanović 10 FW  NGA Ibrahim Olawoyin 12 FW  CMR John Mary 13 MF  TUR Eren Emre Aydın 14 MF  NGA Azubuike Okechukwu 16 DF  TUR Seyfettin Anıl Yaşar 19 FW  SEN Oumar Diouf 21 FW  ESP Óscar Pinchi 23 GK  TUR Gökhan Akkan (captain) 27 DF  TUR Eray Korkmaz 30 GK  TUR Zafer Görgen 33 DF  TUR Sinan Osmanoğlu 35 DF  TUR Alberk Koç 37 DF  TUR Muhammet Taha Şahin

No. Pos. Nation Player 53 DF  TUR Emirhan Topçu 54 MF  TUR Mithat Pala 66 FW  TUR Güvenç Usta 77 FW  KOS Altin Zeqiri — DF  TUR Aziz Aksoy — DF  TUR Mustafa Şengül — DF  TUR Selim Ay — MF  BIH Srđan Grahovac — MF  RSA Lebogang Phiri — MF  ALB Enriko Papa — MF  UGA Farouk Miya — MF  TUR Efe Tecimer — FW  TUR Uğur Can Semizoğlu — FW  SEN Mame Mor Faye — FW  CUW Anthony van den Hurk

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Husniddin Aliqulov	Nasaf	€400,000	5 August 2023	[2]
FW	Altin Zeqiri	Lahti	Undisclosed	10 August 2023	[3]
FW	Pinchi	Las Palmas	Undisclosed	10 August 2023	[4]
MF	Dal Varešanović	Sarajevo	Undisclosed	10 August 2023	[5]
MF	Gustavo Sauer	Botafogo	Free	18 August 2023	[6]
MF	Jonjo Shelvey	Nottingham Forest	Loan	14 September 2023	[7]
FW	Adolfo Gaich	CSKA Moscow	Loan	14 September 2023	[8]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Oğuz Ceylan	Kocaelispor	Undisclosed	11 August 2023	[9]
MF	Sefa Yılmaz	Bucaspor 1928	Free	11 August 2023	[10]
MF	Koray Altınay	Bucaspor 1928	Undisclosed	11 August 2023	[10]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Antalyaspor v Çaykur Rizespor

24 July 2023 Friendly	Antalyaspor	0–0	Çaykur Rizespor	Erzurum
16:30 UTC+3				Stadium: Yüksek İrtifa Kamp Merkezi

Çaykur Rizespor v Ümraniyespor

28 July 2023 Friendly	Çaykur Rizespor	0–0	Ümraniyespor	Erzurum
16:15 UTC+3				Stadium: Yüksek İrtifa Kamp Merkezi

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Süper Lig	13 August 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1		21	9	5	7	26	29	−3	042.86
Turkish Cup	7 December 2023	16 January 2023	Fourth round	Fifth round	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	050.00
Total					23	10	5	8	31	32	−1	043.48

Last updated: 19 August 2023
Source: Soccerway

Süper Lig

Main article: 2023–24 Süper Lig

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Sivasspor	38	14	12	12	47	54	−7	54
8	Alanyaspor	38	12	16	10	53	50	+3	52
9	Rizespor	38	14	8	16	48	58	−10	50
10	Antalyaspor	38	12	13	13	44	49	−5	49
11	Gaziantep	38	12	8	18	50	57	−7	44[a]

Source: Süper Lig
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.[11]
Notes:

1. Gaziantep are ahead of Adana Demirspor on head-to-head points: Gaziantep 2–2 Adana Demirspor, Adana Demirspor 1–6 Gaziantep.

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
21	9	5	7	26	29	−3	32	7	2	2	15	9	+6	2	3	5	11	20	−9

Last updated: 20 January 2024.
Source: Trendyol 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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	L
Position	15	16	11	6	4	4	8	6	8	9	11	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2024. Source: Trendyol Süper Lig
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Adana Demirspor v Çaykur Rizespor

13 August 2023 1	Adana Demirspor	2–1	Çaykur Rizespor	Adana
21:45 UTC+3	Belhanda 27',  43' Akbaba  30' Niang  80' Erdoğan 90+1' Rodrigues  90+5' Svensson  90+15' Güler  90+16'	Report	Zeqiri  4' Pinchi  58' Pala  78' Koç  81' Mary 87' Şahin  90+1' Topçu  90+16'	Stadium: New Adana Stadium Referee: Ümit Öztürk

Çaykur Rizespor v Alanyaspor

19 August 2023 2	Çaykur Rizespor	0–0	Alanyaspor	Rize
19:15 UTC+3	Olawoyin  69' Korkmaz  74' Yaşar  87'	Report	Özdemir  40' Richard  45+2' Augusto  64' Aydın  67'	Stadium: City of Rize Stadium Referee: Yiğit Arslan

Trabzonspor v Çaykur Rizespor

26 August 2023 3	Trabzonspor	2–3	Çaykur Rizespor	Trabzon
19:15 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Şenol Güneş Sports Complex

Çaykur Rizespor v Fatih Karagümrük

1 September 2023 4	Çaykur Rizespor	1–0	Fatih Karagümrük	Rize
22:00 EEST	Varešanović 45+1' Pehlivan  66' Topçu  74' Akkan  77'	Report	Drešević  33' Shukurov  90+7'	Stadium: City of Rize Stadium Attendance: 5,084 Referee: Murat Erdogan

Konyaspor v Çaykur Rizespor

16 September 2023 5	Konyaspor	1–2	Çaykur Rizespor	Konya
18:00 EEST	Yazğılı 34' Moreno  49' Karayel  90+4'	Report	Şahin  33' Gustavo Sauer 89' (pen.) Gaich 90+2'	Stadium: Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium Attendance: 5,649 Referee: Bahattin Şimşek

Çaykur Rizespor v Sivasspor

23 September 2023 6	Çaykur Rizespor	1–1	Sivasspor	Rize
18:00 EEST	Varešanović  13' 35' Mocsi  44' Pala  61' Şahin  64' Topçu  75' Keser  88'	Report	Samuel Sáiz 7' Manaj  66' Charisis  86' Osmanpaşa  90+2'	Stadium: City of Rize Stadium Attendance: 5,932 Referee: Burak Pakkan

Fenerbahçe v Çaykur Rizespor

1 October 2023 7	Fenerbahçe	5–0	Çaykur Rizespor	Istanbul
17:00 EEST	Szymański 3' Kahveci 47' Džeko 62' Tadić 75' King 90+3'  90+3'	Report	Şahin  45+3' Shelvey  80' Gaich  90+2'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 40,481 Referee: Cihan Aydın

Çaykur Rizespor v Samsunspor

8 October 2023 8	Çaykur Rizespor	1–0	Samsunspor	Rize
14:30 EEST	Pala  13' Görgen  74' Keser 80'  81' Varešanović  90'	Report	Tırpan  33' Dimata  45+3' Kılınç  78'	Stadium: City of Rize Stadium Attendance: 5,917 Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

Kayserispor v Çaykur Rizespor

21 October 2023 9	Kayserispor	3–1	Çaykur Rizespor	Kayseri
14:30 EEST	Thiam 31' 66' (pen.) 89' (pen.)  90+1' Aylton Boa Morte  40' Carole  57' Yılmaz  68' Jeanvier  90+4'	Report	Varešanović  56' Zeqiri 70' Minchev  87'	Stadium: RHG Enertürk Enerji Stadium Attendance: 4,049 Referee: Burak Şeker

Çaykur Rizespor v Galatasaray

28 October 2023 10	Çaykur Rizespor	0–1	Galatasaray	Rize
20:00 EEST	Zeqiri  62' Gustavo Sauer  87' Şahin  90+7'	Report	Güvenç  25' Sérgio Oliveira 68' Sánchez  89' Ziyech  90+5'	Stadium: City of Rize Stadium Attendance: 11,092 Referee: Kadir Sağlam

Gaziantep v Çaykur Rizespor

6 November 2023 11	Gaziantep	2–0	Çaykur Rizespor	Gaziantep
20:00 EEST	Maxim 20' (pen.) Djilobodji  41' Drăguș  46' 50' Niță  75'	Report	Højer  76'	Stadium: Kalyon Stadyumu Attendance: 6,570 Referee: Ali Şansalan

Çaykur Rizespor v İstanbulspor

12 November 2023 12	Çaykur Rizespor	1–0	İstanbulspor	Rize
16:00 EEST	Shelvey 5'  62'	Report		Stadium: City of Rize Stadium Attendance: 3,882 Referee: Sarper Saka

Antalyaspor v Çaykur Rizespor

26 November 2023 13	Antalyaspor	0–0	Çaykur Rizespor	Antalya
16:00 EEST	Kałuziński  75'	Report	Olawoyin  24' Shelvey  30' Mocsi  76' Topçu  85' Pala  86'	Stadium: Corendon Airlines Park Attendance: 6,882 Referee: Turgut Doman

Çaykur Rizespor v İstanbul Başakşehir

2 December 2023 14	Çaykur Rizespor	3–2	İstanbul Başakşehir	Rize
16:00 EEST	Olawoyin 12' 90+2'  90+7' Varešanović 17' Mocsi  90+4'	Report	Piątek 6'  90+8' Opoku 45+2' Abeid  82' Dubois  90+5'	Stadium: City of Rize Stadium Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Mert Güzenge

MKE Ankaragücü v Çaykur Rizespor

11 December 2023 15	MKE Ankaragücü	1–1	Çaykur Rizespor	Ankara
20:00 EEST	Cephas  7' Moruțan 14' Sowe  40'  50' Güngördü  83'	Report	Topçu  33'  90+5' Zeqiri  39' Minchev  66' Gaich  83' 90+7' Højer  90+3'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Referee: Halil Umut Meler

Çaykur Rizespor v Pendikspor

21 December 2023 17	Çaykur Rizespor	5–1	Pendikspor	Rize
17:00 EEST	Gaich 16' 54' Keser 41'  64' Varešanović 45+1' 58' Olawoyin  77'	Report	Akbunar 9' Welinton  23'  62' Vuković  45+1'	Stadium: City of Rize Stadium Attendance: 2,840 Referee: Direnç Tonusluoğlu

Kasımpaşa v Çaykur Rizespor

25 December 2023 18	Kasımpaşa	2–2	Çaykur Rizespor	Istanbul
17:00 EEST	Hajradinović 30' Nuno da Costa 60'	Report	Gaich 45+2' 73' Højer  45+6'	Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Attendance: 1,627 Referee: Turgut Doman

Çaykur Rizespor v Hatayspor

6 January 2024 19	Çaykur Rizespor	2–0	Hatayspor	Rize
13:30 EET	Varešanović 19' Olawoyin 82'	Report	Ghoulam  56' Hodžić  63'	Stadium: City of Rize Stadium Attendance: 3,665 Referee: Cihan Aydın

Çaykur Rizespor v Beşiktaş

9 January 2024 16	Çaykur Rizespor	0–4	Beşiktaş	Rize
20:00 EET	Olawoyin  60' Minchev  82' Topçu  90+4'	Report	Rashica 4' Kılıçsoy 45' 46'  66' Tosun 79'	Stadium: City of Rize Stadium Attendance: 7,221 Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen

Çaykur Rizespor v Adana Demirspor

13 January 2024 20	Çaykur Rizespor	1–0	Adana Demirspor	Rize
19:00 EET	Mocsi 54' Pala  73'	Report		Stadium: City of Rize Stadium Attendance: 2,676 Referee: Volkan Bayarslan

Alanyaspor v Çaykur Rizespor

20 January 2024 21	Alanyaspor	2–1	Çaykur Rizespor	Alanya
16:00 EET	João Novais  14' Karaca 70' Aliti  80' Fer  89' Sisto 90+1' Balkovec  90+2'	Report	Varešanović 51'	Stadium: Alanya Oba Stadium Referee: Ali Şansalan

Çaykur Rizespor v Trabzonspor

25 January 2024 22	Çaykur Rizespor	–	Trabzonspor	Rize
20:00 EET				Stadium: City of Rize Stadium

Çaykur Rizespor v Konyaspor

3 February 2024 24	Çaykur Rizespor	0–0	Konyaspor	Rize
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Şahin  45+1'		Moreno  90+2'	Stadium: City of Rize Stadium Referee: Cihan Aydın

Sivasspor v Çaykur Rizespor

11 February 2024 25	Sivasspor	1–0	Çaykur Rizespor	Sivas
13:30 TRT (UTC+3)	Manaj 30' Akdağ  58'		Topçu  67'	Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium Referee: Emre Kargın

Turkish Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Turkish Cup

Çaykur Rizespor v Bucaspor 1928

7 December 2023 Round 4	Çaykur Rizespor	4–0	Bucaspor 1928	Rize
19:00 EET	Gaich 41' 47' 88' Varešanović 70' Eray Korkmaz  89'	Report		Stadium: City of Rize Stadium Referee: Mehmet Türkmen

MKE Ankaragücü v Çaykur Rizespor

16 January 2024 Round of 32	MKE Ankaragücü	3–1	Çaykur Rizespor	Ankara
19:00 EET	Güneren 57' Ciğerci 90+7' (pen.) Moruțan 90+11' (pen.)	Report	Pala 83'  90+6' Şahin  90+10'	Stadium: Eryaman Stadium Attendance: 639 Referee: Sarper Saka

References

1. https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/tur-sueperlig-2023-2024/1/
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3. "Çaykur Rizespor, Altin Zeqiri transferini açıkladı - Futbol Haberleri - Spor". Fanatik. August 11, 2023.
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External links

• Official website