The Basaksehir Chronicle
Match10 Feb 2027
The small margins put Basaksehir out
Out, 0‑1 to Rizespor, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Berat Özdemir says Basaksehir went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Basaksehir
Eldor Shomurodov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Loan watch15 Feb 2027
Ekrem Stancic has seen enough of Serikspor
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Basaksehir, and 0 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
No hiding place for Muhammed Şengezer
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Muhammed Şengezer, and the manager let it.
Match13 Feb 2027
Andreas Skov Olsen sends Basaksehir past Goztepe
It finished 1‑0, and it was Andreas Skov Olsen’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Basaksehir.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Andreas Skov Olsen was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.03. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Loan watch15 Feb 2027
Nobody is scoring past Deniz Dilmen at Pendikspor
10 shut-outs in 25 games. A goalkeeper’s loan is judged on the afternoons when nothing happened at all, and Deniz Dilmen has been having a lot of them.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Serdar Celik stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Serdar Celik and Basaksehir agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout Bertuğ Yıldırım asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Bookings catch up with Eldor Shomurodov