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Turkey
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)[Ay Yıldızlılar] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (The Crescent-Stars)
[Milli Takım] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (National Team)
[Kırmızı Beyazlılar] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (The Red and Whites)
The Comeback Kings
Association[[[Turkish Football Federation|Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (TFF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachFatih Terim
CaptainArda Turan[1]
Most capsRüştü Reçber (120)
Top scorerHakan Şükür (51)
FIFA codeTUR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current48 Increase 1 (8 January,2015)
Highest5 (June 2004)
Lowest67 (October 1993)
First international
 Turkey 2–2 Romania 
(Istanbul, Turkey; October 26, 1923)[2]
Biggest win
 South Korea 0–7 Turkey 
(Geneva, Switzerland; June 20, 1954)
Biggest defeat
 England 8–0 Turkey 
(London, England; 14 October 1987)
World Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1954)
Best resultThird place, 2002
European Championship
Appearances3 (first in 1996)
Best resultSemi-finals, 2008
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2003)
Best resultThird place, 2003

The Turkey national football team (Turkish: Türkiye Millî Futbol Takımı) represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. They are affiliated with UEFA.

Turkey has qualified three times for the World Cup finals, in 1950, 1954, and 2002, although they withdrew from the 1950 event. Turkey has also qualified three times for the UEFA European Championship, in 1996, 2000 and 2008. They have reached the semi-finals of three major tournaments: the 2002 World Cup, the 2003 Confederations Cup, and Euro 2008.

History

Further information: History of Turkish football
Turkey against Romania in 1923.
Turkish team during the UEFA Euro 2012 qualification.

The Turkish national team played their first ever match against Romania in 1923 drawing 2–2.[3] Turkey played their first ever official match at the 1924 Summer Olympics losing 5-2 to Czechoslovakia. Although Turkey qualified for the 1950 World Cup, beating Syria 7–0, they had to withdraw due to financial problems. Turkey then qualified for the 1954 World Cup after a play-off with Spain. The Turkish team first lost 4–1 to Spain, but a 1–0 win a few days later initiated a replay. On that occasion, they tied 2–2 after, booking their place after a coin toss. Turkey was put in a group along with Hungary and West Germany. The Turks, however, never played Hungary due to the tournament format, and a 4–1 defeat by the Germans was followed by Turkey carrying out a 7–0 win over South Korea. Turkey lost the play-off to West Germany 7–2. In 1956 Turkey did however play Hungary, in a friendly match in Istanbul, beating what was one of the strongest teams of the era 3–1.[4]

Despite the introduction of a national league, and showings by Turkish clubs in European competition, the 1960s would be a barren time for the national team. The 1970s saw Turkey holding back in the World Cup and European Championship qualifiers, but the team was a point too short to qualify for Euro 1972 and Euro 1976. The Turkish team also suffered their worst defeats with 8–0 scorelines against Poland and twice against England. Yet the 1990 World Cup qualifiers would mark a turning point for Turkish football, with Turkey only missing out on qualification in the final game.

Turkey qualified for Euro 1996, beating both Switzerland and Sweden 2–1 along the way. At Euro 1996, they lost all their matches without scoring a single goal. They did, however, go home with an award: the fair-play award, given to Alpay Özalan. Turkey qualified for Euro 2000 after winning a play-off against Ireland. Turkey lost their first match 2–1 to Italy, they drew their second match against Sweden 0–0, and beat host nation Belgium 2–0, making it the first time in the history of the European Championship that a host nation had been eliminated in the first round, brought Turkey into the last eight of the tournament where they were beaten 2–0 by Portugal.

For the 2002 FIFA World Cup Turkey finished second in their qualifying group, despite starting well and being the favourites to top the group. They lost 2–1 to Sweden in the crucial match that would decide the top spot. The Turks were forced to play the play-offs against Austria. They defeated the Austrians 6–0 on aggregate and booked their place at the finals. The Turkish team started the 2002 World Cup with a 2–1 defeat against eventual winners Brazil.[5] Turkey qualified from the group stage with a 3–0 win against China, after drawing 1–1 with Costa Rica.[6][7]

Turkey then faced home team Japan in the second round, beating them 1–0.[8] The Turkish team continued their run, as they beat Senegal 1–0 on a golden goal to book their place in the semi-finals where a 1–0 defeat against eventual tournament winners Brazil forced them to play the third place match, and a bronze medal was won after a 3–2 victory over the South Korean team.[9][10][11] Hakan Şükür scored Turkey's first goal in 10.8 seconds, even when the South Koreans kicked off first. It was the fastest goal in World Cup history.[12] Tens of thousands of flag-waving Turkish fans greeted the World Cup squad on their return to Istanbul, were they joined a massive street party at Taksim Square.[13]

In the summer of 2003, Turkey reached third place at the 2003 Confederations Cup. In the group stages, they drew 2–2 against Brazil, eliminating them from the tournament. Turkey lost to eventual tournament winners France 3–2 in the semi-final match. Turkey then defeated Colombia 2–1 to win the bronze medal. The Turkish team failed to qualify for Euro 2004 on play-offs due to a loss to Latvia after finishing second in their group.

The Turkish team once again narrowly missed out on the World Cup finals after failing to win a play-off, this time on away goals against Switzerland, again after finishing second in their group. There were scenes of violence after the game on and off the pitch where the Turkish team brawled with Swiss players down the tunnel.

Turkey qualified for their first international tournament in six years by finishing second behind Greece in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group C to reach the European Championships. They were placed alongside Switzerland, Portugal, and the Czech Republic in Group A. In their first match, they played Portugal and were beaten 2–0, but wins over Switzerland (2–1) and Czech Republic (3–2) – both secured by late goals – brought qualification for the knockout stages.[14][15][16] Again, Turkey knocked out a host nation – Switzerland – in the group stages for the second time.[17]

The quarter-final against Croatia was goalless after 90 minutes, and Croatia led 1–0 in the final minute of extra time, but another late Turkish goal by forward Semih Şentürk brought the game to penalties. The goal raised some controversy with Croatia fans and Croatia's coach, Slaven Bilić, who claimed that the goal had been scored after extra time had elapsed. This complaint, however, was overruled, and the game went into penalties. Turkey beat out Croatia in penalties 3–1.[18]

They went into the semi-final against Germany with just 14 outfield players available as a result of injuries and suspensions, but scored first and were drawing 2–2 in the last minute of the match, until Germany scored a third goal in the last few seconds and Turkey was thus eliminated.[19] Both Russia and Turkey were given bronze medals in the dressing rooms after the semi-finals.

For the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers Turkey had a mixed qualifying campaign, finishing with 15 points and missing out on a play-off place to Bosnia and Herzegovina with 19 points. Spain won Group 5 to qualify, winning every game in the process. Coach Fatih Terim announced he would be resigning his post following their failure to qualify.[20]

Turkey were drawn in Group A in qualification for UEFA Euro 2012, together with Kazakhstan, Austria, Belgium, Germany, and Azerbaijan.

On 14 November 2012, Turkey national team celebrated their 500th match of the 89 year history in a friendly game played against Denmark at the Türk Telekom Arena in Istanbul that ended by a 1:1 draw. Before the match, footballers and coaches, who contributed to the national team's success in the past, were honored. Turkish pop singer Hadise, who wore a national team jersey with the number 500, gave a mini concert.[21][22]

Fixtures

Main article: Turkey national football team results

2014

March 5 Friendly Turkey  2–1  Sweden Ankara, Turkey
20:30 (UTC+2) Erdinç 2'
Adın 57'		 Report Toivonen 54' Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium
Attendance: 19,200
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
May 21 Friendly Kosovo  1 – 6  Turkey Mitrovica, Kosovo
16:00 GMT Bunjaku 35' Özek 2'
Kısa 34'
Şahan 49'
Pektemek 54', 71'
Potuk 86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium Adem Jashari
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj (Albania)
May 25 Friendly Republic of Ireland  1 – 2  Turkey Dublin, Ireland
Walters 78' Özek 17'
Çamdal 75'		 Stadium: Aviva Stadium
May 29 Friendly Honduras  0 – 2  Turkey Washington, United States
Erdinç 70'
Erkin 82'		 Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 20,123
Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico)
June 1 Friendly United States  2 – 1  Turkey Harrison, United States
14:00 ET Johnson 26'
Dempsey 52'		 Report
Report		 İnan 90' (pen.) Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 26,762
Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)
September 3 Friendly Denmark  1 – 2  Turkey Odense, Denmark
September 9 UEFA Euro 2016 Q Iceland  3 – 0  Turkey Reykjavík, Iceland
18:45 (UTC±0) Böðvarsson 18'
Sigurðsson 76'
Sigþórsson 77'		 Report Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur
Attendance: 8,811
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
October 10 UEFA Euro 2016 Q Turkey  1 – 2  Czech Republic Istanbul, Turkey
21:45 (UTC+3) Bulut 8' Report Sivok 15'
Dočkal 58'		 Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
October 13 UEFA Euro 2016 Q Latvia  1 – 1  Turkey Riga, Latvia
20:45 (UTC+3) Šabala 54' (pen.) Report Kısa 47' Stadium: Skonto stadions
Attendance: 6,432
Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)
November 12 Friendly Turkey  0–4  Brazil Istanbul, Turkey
16:30 (UTC–2) Neymar 20', 60'
Kaya 24' (o.g.)
Willian 44'		 Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 50,509
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
November 16 UEFA Euro 2016 Q Turkey  3 – 1  Kazakhstan Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 (UTC+2) Yılmaz 26' (pen.), 29'
Aziz 83'		 Report Smakov 87' (pen.) Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Attendance: 27,547
Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia)

2015

March 28 UEFA Euro 2016 Q Netherlands  v  Turkey Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
March 31 Friendly Luxembourg  v  Turkey
20:45 (UTC+1) Report

Coaching staff

Head Coach Turkey Fatih Terim
Assistant Coach Turkey Oğuz Çetin
Fitness Coach Spain Julen Masach
Goalkeeping Coach Turkey Alper Boğuşlu
National Team Manager Turkey Mustafa Eröğüt
Team Doctor Turkey Sarper Çetinkaya

Squad

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Kazakhstan on 16 November 2014.[23]
Caps and goals updated as 16 November 2014 after the match against Kazakhstan.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
12 1GK Harun Tekin (1989-06-17) 17 June 1989 (age 35) 0 0 Turkey Bursaspor
23 1GK Volkan Babacan (1988-08-11) 11 August 1988 (age 35) 3 0 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir
2 2DF Semih Kaya (1991-02-24) 24 February 1991 (age 33) 21 0 Turkey Galatasaray
3 2DF İsmail Köybaşı (1989-07-10) 10 July 1989 (age 35) 13 0 Turkey Beşiktaş
4 2DF Serdar Aziz (1990-10-23) 23 October 1990 (age 33) 1 1 Turkey Bursaspor
5 2DF Kaan Ayhan (1994-11-10) 10 November 1994 (age 29) 0 0 Germany Schalke 04
7 2DF Gökhan Gönül (1985-01-04) 4 January 1985 (age 39) 48 1 Turkey Fenerbahçe
18 2DF Caner Erkin (1988-10-04) 4 October 1988 (age 35) 36 2 Turkey Fenerbahçe
19 2DF Tarık Çamdal (1991-03-24) 24 March 1991 (age 33) 5 1 Turkey Galatasaray
6 3MF Alper Potuk (1991-04-08) 8 April 1991 (age 33) 11 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
8 3MF Selçuk İnan (1985-02-10) 10 February 1985 (age 39) 40 5 Turkey Galatasaray
10 3MF Arda Turan (Captain) (1987-01-30) 30 January 1987 (age 37) 78 14 Spain Atlético Madrid
11 3MF Gökhan Töre (1992-01-20) 20 January 1992 (age 32) 22 0 Turkey Beşiktaş
13 3MF Adem Büyük (1987-08-30) 30 August 1987 (age 36) 4 0 Turkey Kasımpaşa
14 3MF Oğuzhan Özyakup (1992-09-23) 23 September 1992 (age 31) 10 0 Turkey Beşiktaş
15 3MF Mehmet Topal (1986-03-03) 3 March 1986 (age 38) 46 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
16 3MF Ozan Tufan (1995-03-23) 23 March 1995 (age 29) 9 1 Turkey Bursaspor
20 3MF Volkan Şen (1987-07-07) 7 July 1987 (age 37) 4 0 Turkey Bursaspor
21 3MF Olcay Şahan (1987-05-26) 26 May 1987 (age 37) 16 2 Turkey Beşiktaş
22 3MF Mehmet Ekici (1990-03-25) 25 March 1990 (age 34) 10 0 Turkey Trabzonspor
9 4FW Umut Bulut (1983-03-15) 15 March 1983 (age 41) 34 10 Turkey Galatasaray
17 4FW Burak Yılmaz (1985-07-15) 15 July 1985 (age 38) 37 15 Turkey Galatasaray

Recent callups

The following players have also been called up to the Turkey squad within the last twelve months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Volkan Demirel (1981-10-27) 27 October 1981 (age 42) 63 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe v.  Brazil, 12 November 2014
GK Tolga Zengin (1983-10-10) 10 October 1983 (age 40) 9 0 Turkey Beşiktaş v.  Latvia, 13 October 2014
GK Mert Günok (1989-03-01) 1 March 1989 (age 35) 5 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe v.  Latvia, 13 October 2014
GK Onur Kıvrak (1988-01-01) 1 January 1988 (age 36) 12 0 Turkey Trabzonspor v.  Iceland, 9 September 2014
DF Bekir İrtegün (1984-04-20) 20 April 1984 (age 40) 11 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe v.  Brazil, 12 November 2014
DF Ersan Gülüm (1987-05-17) 17 May 1987 (age 37) 6 0 Turkey Beşiktaş v.  Latvia, 13 October 2014
DF Ümit Kurt (1991-05-02) 2 May 1991 (age 33) 0 0 Turkey Sivasspor v.  Latvia, 13 October 2014
DF Ömer Toprak (1989-07-21) 21 July 1989 (age 34) 23 2 Germany Bayer Leverkusen v.  Czech Republic, 10 October 2014 (preliminary)
DF Hakan Balta (1983-03-23) 23 March 1983 (age 41) 37 2 Turkey Galatasaray v.  Iceland, 9 September 2014
DF İshak Doğan (1990-08-09) 9 August 1990 (age 33) 4 0 Turkey Trabzonspor v.  United States, 1 June 2014
DF Uğur Demirok (1988-07-08) 8 July 1988 (age 36) 2 0 Turkey Akhisar Belediyespor v.  United States, 1 June 2014
DF Birol Parlak (1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 (age 34) 0 0 Turkey Eskişehirspor v.  Sweden, 5 March 2014
MF Hamit Altıntop (1982-12-08) 8 December 1982 (age 41) 82 8 Turkey Galatasaray v.  Brazil, 12 November 2014
MF Bilal Kısa (1983-06-22) 22 June 1983 (age 41) 7 1 Turkey Akhisar Belediyespor v.  Brazil, 12 November 2014
MF Olcan Adın (1985-09-30) 30 September 1985 (age 38) 10 1 Turkey Galatasaray v.  Latvia, 13 October 2014
MF Güray Vural (1988-06-11) 11 June 1988 (age 36) 0 0 Turkey Akhisar Belediyespor v.  Latvia, 13 October 2014
MF Hakan Çalhanoğlu (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 (age 30) 5 0 Germany Bayer Leverkusen v.  Czech Republic, 10 October 2014 (preliminary)
MF Emre Belözoğlu (1980-09-07) 7 September 1980 (age 43) 93 9 Turkey Fenerbahçe v.  Iceland, 9 September 2014
MF Ahmet İlhan Özek (1988-01-01) 1 January 1988 (age 36) 5 1 Turkey Kardemir Karabükspor v.  Iceland, 9 September 2014
MF Nuri Şahin (1988-09-05) 5 September 1988 (age 35) 46 2 Germany Borussia Dortmund v.  United States, 1 June 2014
MF Aydın Karabulut (1988-01-25) 25 January 1988 (age 36) 0 0 Turkey Bursaspor v.  United States, 1 June 2014
MF Turgut Doğan Şahin (1988-02-02) 2 February 1988 (age 36) 0 0 Turkey Kayserispor v.  United States, 1 June 2014
MF Murat Duruer (1988-01-15) 15 January 1988 (age 36) 1 0 Turkey Çaykur Rizespor v.  Sweden, 5 March 2014
MF Tolga Ciğerci (1992-03-23) 23 March 1992 (age 32) 0 0 Germany Hertha Berlin v.  Sweden, 5 March 2014
FW Mevlüt Erdinç (1987-02-25) 25 February 1987 (age 37) 31 7 France Saint-Étienne v.  Brazil, 12 November 2014
FW Mustafa Pektemek (1988-08-11) 11 August 1988 (age 35) 12 1 Turkey Beşiktaş v.  Brazil, 12 November 2014
FW Muhammet Demir (1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 32) 1 0 Turkey Gaziantepspor v.  Czech Republic, 10 October 2014

Previous squads

Competitive record

Turkey at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Turkey at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

Summer Olympics

Olympic Games Record
Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA
France 1924 Round 1 13th 1 0 0 1 2 5
Netherlands 1928 Round 1 14th 1 0 0 1 1 7
Nazi Germany 1936 Round 1 15th 1 0 0 1 0 1
United Kingdom 1948 Quarter-final 6th 2 1 0 1 5 3
Finland 1952 Quarter-final 8th 2 1 0 1 3 8
Australia 1956 Withdrew
Italy 1960 Round 1 14th 3 0 1 2 3 10
Japan 1964 Did Not Qualify
Mexico 1968
West Germany 1972
Canada 1976
Soviet Union 1980
United States 1984 Withdrew
South Korea 1988 Did Not Qualify
Spain 1992
United States 1996
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Total Quarter-final 6/23 10 2 1 7 14 34

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA Squad
Saudi Arabia 1992 Did Not Qualify
Saudi Arabia 1995
Saudi Arabia 1997
Mexico 1999
South Korea Japan 2001
France 2003 Third Place 3rd 5 2 1 2 8 8 Squad
Germany 2005 Did Not Qualify
South Africa 2009
Brazil 2013
Total Third Place 1/9 5 2 1 2 8 8 -

Honours

Turkey national football team on an Azerbaijani stamp for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place (1): 2002

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place (1): 2003

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finals (1): 2008

Player history

Main article: List of Turkey international footballers

Most capped players

Players in bold are still active.[24]

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Rüştü Reçber 1994–2012 120 0
2 Hakan Şükür 1992–2008 112 51
3 Bülent Korkmaz 1990–2005 102 2
4 Tugay Kerimoğlu 1990–2007 94 2
5 Emre Belözoğlu 2000- 93 9
6 Alpay Özalan 1995–2005 87 4
7 Hamit Altıntop 2004- 82 8
8 Tuncay Şanlı 2002–2010 80 22
9 Arda Turan 2006- 78 14
10 Ogün Temizkanoğlu 1990–2002 76 5

Top goalscorers

Main article: List of Turkey international footballers

Goalscorers with an equal number of goals are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone. Bold indicates still active players.[24]

# Name Career Goals Caps Rate
1 Hakan Şükür 1992–2008
51
112
0.46
2 Tuncay Şanlı 2002–2010
22
80
0.28
3 Lefter Küçükandonyadis 1948–1963
21
46
0.46
4 Metin Oktay 1956–1965
19
36
0.53
Cemil Turan 1969–1979
19
44
0.43
Nihat Kahveci 2000–2010
19
69
0.28
7 Zeki Rıza Sporel 1923–1932
15
16
0.94
Burak Yılmaz 2006-
15
37
0.41
8 Arda Turan 2006–
14
78
0.19
10 Ertuğrul Sağlam 1993–1997
11
26
0.42
Arif Erdem 1994–2003
11
60
0.18

Past managers

Main article: List of Turkey national football team managers
As of 3 September 2014
Manager Career Start Career End Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Win %
Germany Sepp Piontek 27/5/1990 28/4/1993 27 4 8 15 22 50 14.8
Turkey Fatih Terim 27/10/1993 19/6/1996 33 17 8 8 47 36 51.5
Turkey Mustafa Denizli 14/8/1996 24/6/2000 31 11 9 11 45 38 35.5
Turkey Şenol Güneş 16/8/2000 18/2/2004 50 23 13 14 72 50 46.0
Turkey Ünal Karaman 31/3/2004 31/3/2004 1 0 1 0 2 2 00.0
Turkey Ersun Yanal 28/4/2004 8/6/2005 15 8 4 3 29 14 53.3
Turkey Fatih Terim 17/8/2005 14/10/2009 58 26 18 14 86 71 39.7
Turkey Oğuz Çetin 3/3/2010 29/5/2010 4 3 0 1 7 3 75.0
Netherlands Guus Hiddink 1/8/2010 15/11/2011 16 7 4 5 18 15 43.7
Turkey Abdullah Avcı 17/11/2011 20/08/2013 18 6 4 8 26 26 33.3
Turkey Fatih Terim 22/08/2013 12 10 0 2 24 9 88.8

Decoration

In 2002, the national team was honored with the Turkish "State Medal of Distinguished Service" for its third place achievement at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. All the team members, coaches and officials were bestowed by a medal.[25]

Kit History

The Turkey's official kit suppiler is currently produced by Nike, Inc since 2003. It is all-red with white details to reflect the colours of the Turkish national flag. Before that briefly the former kit suppiler were German company Adidas (1925-2003).

Classical home kit
1996-1997 Home
1996-1997 Away
1998-2000 Home
1998-2000 Away
2000-2001 Home
2000-2001 Away
2002-2003 Home
2002-2003 Away
2003 Home
2003 Away
2004-2005 Home
2004-2005 Away
2006-2007 Home
2006-2007 Away
2008-2009 Home
2008 Away
2009 Away
2010-2011 Home
2010-2011 Away

Gallery

References

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  12. ^ Fastest Goals in WC History
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