Berna Yeniçeri

Berna Yeniçeri
Berna Yeniçeri for Kdz. Ereğlispor in the 2013–14 season
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-26) January 26, 1996
Place of birth Karadeniz Ereğli, Zonguldak, Turkey
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
Trabzonspor
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2014 Kdz. Ereğli 105 (9)
2014–2017 Konak 50 (3)
2017–2018 Ataşehir 16 (2)
2018–2021 Konak 29 (4)
2021–2022 Beşiktaş 28 (5)
2022–2025 Galatasaray 63 (6)
2025– Trabzon 3 (0)
International career‡
2012–2013 Turkey U-17 7 (0)
2012–2015 Turkey U-19 36 (1)
2014 Turkey U-21 1 (0)
2014– Turkey 40 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 July 2023

Berna Yeniçeri (born January 26, 1996) is a Turkish women's football defender, who plays in the Super League for Trabzon. She has been a member of the Turkish national team since 2011.[1][2][3]

Club career

Kdz. Ereğli

Berna Yeniçeri (left) playing for Konak against Kireçburnu in the 2015–16 season's away match

Yeniçeri made her professional debut on November 9, 2006, for her hometown club, Kdz. Ereğlispor. She helped them gain promotion to the Women's First League at the end of 2010–11 season.

Konak

After playing six seasons for Kdz. Ereğlispor, she transferred to the İzmir-based league-champions Konak on July 25, 2014.[4] With her new team, she took part at the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round matches.[5][6][7] She played in three matches of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, and scored one goal.[8][9][10]

At the end of the 2015–16 season, Konak won the Turkish Women's Football Super League.[1] Yeniçeri played in three matches of the Group 9 of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.[11][12][13]

Ataşehir

By mid-August 2017, she had transferred to the Istanbul-based rival Ataşehir after three seasons with Konak Belediyespor.[14]

Konak (return)

In the 2018–19 First League season, she returned to her former club Konak.[1]

Beşiktaş

By mid April, right before the 2020-21 Turkcell Women's Football League season started, she joined Beşiktaş J.K. in Istanbul, and helped them to win the league in that season.[1]

Galatasaray

On August 9, 2022, she was transferred to the Galatasaray club.[15] In the statement made by Galatasaray club on 20 July 2025, the management wished her farewell.[16]

Trabzon

In September 2025, she transferred to Trabzon.[17]

International career

Berna Yeniçeri of Turkey national team (October 2019)

Yeniçeri made her first Turkey girls' U-17 national team appearance in the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification – Group 10 match against Wales on August 28, 2012.[18] She played also against Norway[19] and Latvia[20] at the same competition. Yeniçeri was capped seven times for the Turkish U-17 national team.[3]

At the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 10 match against Belgium on September 21, 2013, she made her entrance into the Turkey women's U-19 national team.[3][21]

Her debut in the Turkey women's national team took place in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 match against Wales on June 14, 2014.[22]

Career statistics

As of 11 October 2025.[1][11][12][13]
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kdz. Ereğli 2008–09Second League 80––--80
2009–10Second League 181––-0 -181
2010–11Second League 235––--235
2011–12First League 222––--222
2012–13First League 171––160331
2013–14First League 170––131301
Total 1059––29113410
Konak 2014–15First League 16130140331
2015–16First League 1423170243
2016–17First League 2003040270
Total 50391250844
Ataşehir 2017–18First League 1620020182
Total 1620020182
Konak 2018–19First League 1610050211
2019–20First League 1330060193
2020–21First League ----5050
Total 29400160454
Beşiktaş 2020–21Women's League 61000061
2021–22Super League 2240090314
Total 2850090375
Galatasaray 2022–23Super League 2140020234
2023–24Super League 2820010292
2024–25Super League 1406000200
Total 6366030726
Trabzon 2025–26Super League 30000030
Career total 2942915184139331
International goals
DateVenueOpponentCompetitionResultScored
Konak Beledyespor
August 13, 2015Stadion Otoka, Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaAlbania KF Vllaznia Shkodër2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying roundW 5–11[9]

Honours

Turkish Women's First Football League
Kdz. Ereğlispor
Third places (2): 2011–12, 2012–13
Konak Belediyespor
Winners (3): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
Third places (1): 2018–19
Ataşehir Belediyespor
Winners (3): 2017–18
Beşiktaş J.K.
Winners (1): 2020-21
Galatasaray
Winners (1): 2023–24

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Berna Yeniçeri". Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  2. ↑ "Berna Yeniçeri". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  3. 1 2 3 "Berna Yeniçeri". SoccerPunter. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  4. ↑ "Konak Belediyespor, Karadeniz Ereğlispor'dan Ebru Topçu ve Berna Yeniçeri'yi transfer etti". 46 Medya (in Turkish). 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-09-29.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Matches Qualifying round – Konak-Rīgas Lineups". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-09-29.
  6. ↑ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Matches Qualifying round – Minsk-Konak Lineups". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-09-29.
  7. ↑ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Konak-Zurich Lineups". UEFA. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-29.
  8. ↑ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Minsk-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  9. 1 2 "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015–16 Qualifying round Konak-Vllaznia". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  10. ↑ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015–16 Qualifying round Sarajevo-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  11. 1 2 "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Hibernians". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  12. 1 2 "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Ferencváros-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  13. 1 2 "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Twente". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  14. ↑ "Ereğlili Milliler, Ataşehir'e Transfer Oldu". Şafak Gazete (in Turkish). 2017-08-14. Archived from the original on 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  15. ↑ "Galatasaray Kadın Futbol Takımımızda 4 imza birden!". Galatasaray.org. Galatasaray Official Website. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  16. ↑ @kadinfutbolGS (20 July 2025). "Galatasaray formasıyla verdiğiniz emeklerden dolayı teşekkür eder, bundan sonraki kariyerlerinizde başarılar dileriz" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 July 2025 – via X (formerly Twitter).
  17. ↑ "Berna Yeniçeri" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  18. ↑ "European Championship Qualifying Group 2013 (Women's U-17 Team) Wales 0–2 Turkey". Turkish Football Federation. 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  19. ↑ "European Championship Qualifying Group 2013 (Women's U-17 Team) Norway 5–1 Turkey". Turkish Football Federation. 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  20. ↑ "European Championship Qualifying Group 2013 (Women's U-17 Team) Turkey 1–0 Latvia". Turkish Football Federation. 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  21. ↑ "U19 Women's lose to Belgium: 4–0". Turkish Football Federation. 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  22. ↑ "2015 FIFA Dünya Kadınlar Kupası Elemeleri Galler 1–0 Türkiye". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-06-29.