VS
Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe bring an Istanbul derby identity to a matchup often shaped by narrow margins and genuine reversals. Beşiktaş won 2–1 on 5 September 2026, while Fenerbahçe’s 1–0 victory on 5 April 2026 shows how readily the balance can turn. Beşiktaş’s 4–2 away win on 2 April 2023 adds another sharp change of direction. With neither side able to make the fixture predictable, control and response remain central whenever they meet.
Past matches, Besiktas vs Fenerbahce
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Fenerbahçe
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21D
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5M
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7F
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14D
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28M
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34G
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9F
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22D
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18D
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45F
Beşiktaş Substitutes
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G
80
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D
22
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D
35
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F
29
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M
8
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F
90
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F
9
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D
11
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F
17
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M
4
Match events
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26'⚽Milan Škriniar Normal Goal
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38'⚽Ridvan Yilmaz Normal Goal (Asst: Leandro Trossard)
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45'Emirhan Topçu Yellow Card
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45' +1Mason Greenwood Yellow Card
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45'Kassoum Ouattara Ridvan Yilmaz
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45'Kerem Aktürkoğlu İrfan Can Kahveci
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52'Milan Škriniar Yellow Card
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52'Ederson Santana de Moraes Yellow Card
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53'Dušan Vlahović Yellow Card
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59'Václav Černý Yellow Card
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64'Ilhan Fakili Václav Černý
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68'Nene Dorgeles Oğuz Aydın
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68'Romelu Lukaku Vedat Muriqi
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73'⚽Dušan Vlahović Normal Goal (Asst: Orkun Kökçü)
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76'Mattéo Guendouzi Yellow Card
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76'Wilfred Ndidi Junior Olaitan
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77'Tiago Djaló Emirhan Topçu
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84'Ismail Yüksek Mattéo Guendouzi
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85'Oh Hyeon-gyu Dušan Vlahović
Stats for this game
Matchup Beşiktaş VS Fenerbahçe
An Istanbul derby without a settled script
The balance between these rivals is better understood through reversals than through a fixed hierarchy. Fenerbahçe won 3–2 away on 2 November 2025, before Beşiktaş answered with a 2–1 Türkiye Kupası victory on 23 December 2025. Fenerbahçe then won 1–0 on 5 April 2026, while Beşiktaş took a 2–1 away victory on 5 September 2026. The shifts resist a simple reading based on badge or venue.
Narrow advantages carry extra weight
The derby’s lasting interest lies in its uncertainty, not in a claim that one result predicts the next. A single-goal lead can matter greatly when the balance has moved in both directions, and neither club can treat home ground as an automatic answer. Later encounters will continue to test which side can protect a slender advantage, absorb the opponent’s response and keep the contest from slipping away. That question gives the Istanbul derby enduring sporting significance while leaving room for either team to alter the balance.