Gençlerbirliği 2016/17 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2016/17 · top earner Selçuk Sahin on £8,000 per week · see the current Gençlerbirliği wage bill
We hold a wage for all 29 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 26 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Gençlerbirliği pay £103,939 a week in 2026/27 — 8% higher than the £96,580 of 2016/17.
Where the money went in 2016/17
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 1 player covers two groups and are counted half in each
2016/17 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selçuk Sahin | £8,000 | £416,000 | 35 | DM | Türkiye | ||
| Serdar Gürler | £8,000 | £416,000 | 24 | AM RL | Türkiye | ||
| Tokelo Rantie | £7,600 | £395,200 | 25 | ST | South Africa | ||
| Bady | £7,500 | £390,000 | 27 | AM RC | Brazil | ||
| Etien Velikonja | £7,300 | £379,600 | 27 | AM/F C | Slovenia | ||
| Luccas Claro | £7,000 | £364,000 | 24 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Aydın Karabulut | £5,500 | £286,000 | 28 | AM L | Türkiye | ||
| Agon Mehmeti | £5,500 | £286,000 | 26 | ST | Albania | ||
| Abdul Khalili | £4,500 | £234,000 | 24 | AM C | Sweden | ||
| Jonathan Ring | £4,100 | £213,200 | 24 | AM RL | Sweden | ||
| Sergey Politevich | £3,600 | £187,200 | 26 | D C, DM | Belarus | ||
| Johannes Hopf | £3,100 | £161,200 | 29 | GK | Sweden | ||
| Anıl Karaer | £2,500 | £130,000 | 27 | D LC | Türkiye | ||
| Vedat Muriqi | £2,500 | £130,000 | 22 | ST | Kosovo | ||
| Cosmin Matei | £2,400 | £124,800 | 24 | AM RLC | Romania | ||
| Ferhat Görgülü | £2,300 | £119,600 | 24 | D LC | Holland | ||
| Nihat Sahin | £1,900 | £98,800 | 26 | GK | Türkiye | ||
| Marko Milinkovic | £1,900 | £98,800 | 28 | AM RL | Serbia | ||
| Orhan Sam | £1,800 | £93,600 | 30 | D RC | Türkiye | ||
| Uğur Çiftçi | £1,500 | £78,000 | 24 | D/WB L | Türkiye | ||
| Umut Sözen | £1,500 | £78,000 | 26 | AM LC | Türkiye | ||
| Aleksandar Šćekić | £1,500 | £78,000 | 24 | DM | Montenegro | ||
| Ahmet Oğuz | £1,070 | £55,640 | 23 | D R | Türkiye | ||
| Kamal Issah | £1,000 | £52,000 | 23 | DM | Ghana | ||
| Murat Duruer | £900 | £46,800 | 28 | M LC | Türkiye | ||
| Cengizhan Akgün | £640 | £33,280 | 17 | AM C | Türkiye | ||
| Barış Bozdilki | £530 | £27,560 | 19 | AM RL | Türkiye | ||
| Taha Cengiz Demirtaş | £510 | £26,520 | 22 | GK | Türkiye | ||
| Alper Tatlısu | £430 | £22,360 | 19 | D C | Türkiye | ||
Wage vs age, 2016/17
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2016/17 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 40% of the squad wage bill, across the 29 players we hold a 2016/17 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2016/17 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Gençlerbirliği wages, 2016/17
What was Gençlerbirliği's wage bill in 2016/17?
Gençlerbirliği paid £96,580 a week in 2016/17 - £5,022,160 across the year - spread over a squad of 29. We hold a wage for all 29 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Gençlerbirliği player in 2016/17?
Selçuk Sahin was the highest earner in the 2016/17 squad on £8,000 a week, 2.2x the 22+ squad average of £3,653.
What was the average Gençlerbirliği salary in 2016/17?
The average Gençlerbirliği player aged 22 or over earned £3,653 a week in 2016/17, across the 26 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 29. The top five earners took 40% of the bill between them.
How do Gençlerbirliği's 2016/17 wages compare with now?
Gençlerbirliği pay £103,939 a week in 2026/27, 8% higher than the £96,580 of 2016/17. The current squad is 30 players against 29 then.