As the half-time break entered the Trendyol Super League after the 17th week, the black-white team found itself in the 6th place, 18 points behind the leader Galatasaray.
Beşiktaş had 7 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats in 16 league matches and earned 26 points. “Black Eagle”, who hit the opponent’s net 25 times, made 18 goals in their net.
HE HAD A QUICK START TO THE SEASON
The happy days were short-lived for the black-and-white team, which started the season with star names such as Rafa Silva and Ciro Immobile, as well as Dutch coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
Beşiktaş, which did not lose in the first 8 weeks of the league, could only win the Fenerbahçe derby in the next 8 weeks.
Beşiktaş, which started the season with a 2-0 away win against Samsunspor, also won the matches against Antalyaspor and Sivasspor and passed the first 3 weeks without a loss.
“Black Eagle”, which lost its first point with a 1-1 draw in Trabzon away, continued its assertive performance by defeating Eyüpspor and Kayserispor.
The last victory of the good days for the black-whites, who left 2 points away at Gaziantep FK at the last moment, came at Konyaspor away.
Unbeaten in this effective eight-week start, Beşiktaş ranked second with 20 points, after the leader Galatasaray with 25 points. The black-whites scored 17 goals and conceded 5 goals.
THINGS TURNED REVERSE IN THE LAST 8 MATCHES
After a successful 8-week period, Beşiktaş entered an 8-week period of unsuccessful performance.
The black and white team, which made its fans happy by winning only the Fenerbahçe derby at home in the last 8 league matches, suffered 4 defeats and 3 draws.
The black-whites, who played a total of 4 matches in Istanbul, including Galatasaray, Kasımpaşa, RAMS Başakşehir and the home match against Göztepe, fell behind the championship race with the poor results.
While Beşiktaş was progressing towards its championship goal, he played against Galatasaray after the victory against Konyaspor. Beşiktaş, which faced Galatasaray in the derby where two undefeated teams faced each other with the aim of reducing the point difference to 2, suffered its first defeat of the season by losing 2-1.
After this defeat, everything started to go downhill in Beşiktaş. Beşiktaş, which wanted to compensate for its derby defeat by beating Kasımpaşa and tried to call the Galatasaray defeat a ‘road accident’, was the side that was defeated 3-1 by scoring consecutive goals in the match where it was ahead 1-0. Beşiktaş suffered its second defeat in a row after 8 weeks undefeated.
Beşiktaş, trying to join the championship race again with a good result away from RAMS Başakşehir, continued to lose points by drawing goalless with its opponent.
The match that revealed the insufficient on-field performance of the black-white team was the Göztepe match. When Beşiktaş lost the match 4-2, in which it took a 2-0 lead with the support of its fans, it fell further away from its championship goal.
The black-white team, which was seriously injured in the 4-week period when they played their away game in Istanbul, lost 11 points after 3 defeats and 1 draw during this period without boarding a plane and fell to the 6th place with 21 points.
In the ongoing process, the black-whites drew 1-1 away with Atakaş Hatayspor and beat Fenerbahçe 1-0 in the derby match. After losing 2-1 to Adana Demirspor in the rival field, they finally played Corendon Alanyaspor 1-1 in front of their fans. finished with equality.
THE INVOICE WAS GIVEN TO VAN BRONCKHORST
The contract of Giovanni van Bronckhorst, who started to establish a strong bond with the fans due to the good results in the first weeks of the season, was terminated after the bad results.
Beşiktaş fans who were not satisfied with the game played by Van Bronckhorst; He started to voice loudly that the loss of points in the Trabzonspor and Gaziantep FK matches, as well as the Ajax match in the UEFA Europa League, was due to the Dutch coach’s system.
He made a statement at the press conference to defend goalkeeper Ersin Destanoğlu, who was whistled during the Eintracht Frankfurt match: “If anyone thinks that we did not give the best performance, do not come to the stadium again. I cannot understand why we whistled our own players.” The Dutch coach, who attracted the reaction of black and white fans with his statements, prepared his end with unsuccessful results in Europe.
After Beşiktaş failed to maintain its 2-0 lead in the Göztepe match and lost 4-2, and lost the UEFA Europa League match against Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-1, the management soon parted ways with the experienced coach.
THERE WAS NO SOLUTION IN TOPRAKTEPE
In Van Bronckhorst’s absence, the position of coach was given to assistant coach Serdar Topraktepe.
Topraktepe, who managed the team in the Turkish Cup they won last season, could not prevent the bad progress in Beşiktaş. The black-whites, who played their first match under Topraktepe management, away to Hatayspor, drew 1-1 with their opponent.
During this period, the fans only smiled at the Fenerbahçe derby. Beşiktaş, which hosted the yellow-dark blue team in Dolmabahçe after the draw against Hatayspor, gained morale by beating its opponent 1-0, but the next week, it could not beat Adana Demirspor, which is in the last place of the league.
Beşiktaş, which faced Adana Demirspor, which has not yet won in the league, on the rival field, was defeated 2-1, while the last point loss of the 4-week period with Topraktepe was in the Alanyaspor match (1-1).
While Beşiktaş had 1 win and 1 loss in the 4 weeks it spent with Serdar Topraktepe, it could not beat its rivals in 2 matches.
HE COULD NOT MAINTAIN THE SCORE IN THE 3 MATCHES IN WHICH HE BOUGHT THE LEAD
Although Beşiktaş was the leading side in the league in 3 matches, it could not maintain its superiority and suffered serious points losses.
Despite taking a 1-0 lead in the Gaziantep FK match, the black-white team could not prevent their opponent’s goal at the last minute, leaving 2 points in the away game, and despite being ahead in the Kasımpaşa and Göztepe matches, they were the side that left the field defeated.
The black-whites lost 3-1 to Kasımpaşa despite leading 1-0, and 4-2 to Göztepe despite leading 2-0, losing a total of 7 points in these 3 matches.
MAYOR ARAT RESIGNED
The bad situation at Beşiktaş Club continued off the field as well.
While Beşiktaş, which was below expectations in the league and Europe, parted ways with coach Van Bronckhorst during this bad period, the reactions gradually started to extend from the field to the management.
In the process that started with the dismissal of Samet Aybaba and Brad Friedel one night, president Hasan Arat announced that he resigned first from his position as president of Beşiktaş Football Inc., and a few days later from the presidency of the black-and-white club.