Turkey National Football Team: Men's national association football team representing Turkey
The Turkish national football team is the national football team of the Republic of Turkey and is worked by the Turkish Football Federation.
They are in association with UEFA.
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| Nickname(s) | Ay-Yıldızlılar (The Crescent-Stars) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu (TFF) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Stefan Kuntz | ||
| Captain | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | ||
| Most caps | Rüştü Reçber (120) | ||
| Top scorer | Hakan Şükür (51) | ||
| FIFA code | TUR | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 44  1 (22 December 2022) | ||
| Highest | 5 (June 2004) | ||
| Lowest | 67 (October 1993) | ||
| First international | |||
 Turkey 2–2 Romania  (Istanbul, Turkey; 26 October 1923) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Turkey 7–0 Syria  (Ankara, Turkey; 20 November 1949) Turkey 7–0 South Korea  (Geneva, Switzerland; 20 June 1954) Turkey 7–0 San Marino  (Istanbul, Turkey; 10 November 1996) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Poland 8–0 Turkey (Chorzów, Poland; 24 April 1968) Turkey 0–8 England  (Istanbul, Turkey; 14 November 1984) England 8–0 Turkey (London, England; 14 October 1987) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1954) | ||
| Best result | Third place (2002) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1996) | ||
| Best result | Semi-finals (2008) | ||
| Confederations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2003) | ||
| Best result | Third place (2003) | ||
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Turkey has a footballing tradition that has been bad. In World Cup competition Turkey has qualified three times for the 1950, 1954, and 2002 editions. Turkey failed to make an appearance for the 1950 World Cup because they withdrew.
Turkey made it to the semi-finals during the UEFA Euro 2008, but then lost to Germany.
Squad
2011
- Goalkeepers:
- Volkan Demirel, Sinan Bolat, Tolga Zengin
- Defenders:
- Servet Çetin, Hakan Balta, Gökhan Zan, İsmail Köybaşı, Egemen Korkmaz, Serkan Balcı, Giray Kaçar, Ömer Toprak, Gökhan Gönül
- Midfielders:
- Emre Belözoğlu
, Hamit Altıntop, Selçuk İnan, Mehmet Ekici, Arda Turan, Mehmet Topal, Ozan Tufan, Selçuk Şahin, Gökhan Töre, Sabri Sarıoğlu, Yekta Kurtuluş, Mehmet Aurélio
- Emre Belözoğlu
- Forwards:
- Umut Bulut, Tunay Torun, Burak Yılmaz, Kazım Kazım, Mevlüt Erdinç
2021
- Goalkeepers:
- Mert Günok, Altay Bayındır, Uğurcan Çakır
- Defenders:
- Zeki Çelik, Merih Demiral, Çağlar Söyüncü, Umut Meraş, Ozan Kabak, Rıdvan Yılmaz, Kaan Ayhan, Mert Müldür, Caner Erkin, Hasan Ali Kaldırım, Ömer Bayram
- Midfielders:
- Okay Yokuşlu, Ozan Tufan, Dorukhan Toköz, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Yusuf Yazıcı, Taylan Antalyalı, Orkun Kökçü, Abdülkadir Ömür, İrfan Kahveci, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Mahmut Tekdemir, Deniz Türüç
- Forwards:
- Cengiz Ünder, Kenan Karaman, Enes Ünal, Burak Yılmaz , Halil Dervişoğlu, Cenk Tosun
- Cengiz Ünder, Kenan Karaman, Enes Ünal, Burak Yılmaz
Most appearances
Updated on 16 June 2021
| # | Name | Caps | Goals | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rüştü Reçber | 120 | 0 | 1994–2012 |
| 2 | Hakan Şükür | 112 | 51 | 1992–2007 |
| 3 | Bülent Korkmaz | 102 | 3 | 1990–2005 |
| 4 | Emre Belözoğlu | 101 | 9 | 2000–2019 |
| 5 | Arda Turan | 100 | 17 | 2006–2017 |
| 6 | Tugay Kerimoğlu | 94 | 2 | 1990–2007 |
| 7 | Alpay Özalan | 90 | 4 | 1995–2005 |
| 8 | Hamit Altıntop | 82 | 7 | 2004–2014 |
| 9 | Mehmet Topal | 81 | 2 | 2008–2018 |
| 10 | Tuncay Şanlı | 80 | 22 | 2002–2010 |
* Players in bold are still active.
Top scorers
Updated on 16 June 2021
| # | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hakan Şükür | 51 | 112 | 0.46 | 1992–2007 |
| 2 | Burak Yılmaz | 29 | 69 | 0.42 | 2006– |
| 3 | Tuncay Şanlı | 22 | 80 | 0.28 | 2003–2010 |
| 4 | Lefter Küçükandonyadis | 21 | 46 | 0.46 | 1948–1963 |
| 5 | Metin Oktay | 19 | 36 | 0.53 | 1956–1968 |
| Cemil Turan | 19 | 44 | 0.43 | 1969–1979 | |
| Nihat Kahveci | 19 | 68 | 0.28 | 2000–2011 | |
| 8 | Cenk Tosun | 18 | 45 | 0.4 | 2013– |
| 9 | Arda Turan | 17 | 100 | 0.17 | 2006–2017 |
| 10 | Zeki Rıza Sporel | 15 | 16 | 0.94 | 1923–1932 |
- Players in bold are still active.
Recent Games
| Type of Game | Date | Home Team | Result | Away Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 FIFA World Cup qual. | 27 March 2021 | Norway  | 0–3 | Turkey |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup qual. | 30 March 2021 | Turkey | 3–3 |  Latvia |
| Friendly | 27 May 2021 | Turkey | 2–1 |  Azerbaijan |
| Friendly | 31 May 2021 | Turkey | 0–0 |  Guinea |
| Friendly | 3 June 2021 | Turkey | 2–0 |  Moldova |
| UEFA Euro 2020 | 11 June 2021 | Turkey | 0–3 |  Italy |
| UEFA Euro 2020 | 16 June 2021 | Turkey | 0–2 |  Wales |
| UEFA Euro 2020 | 20 June 2021 | Switzerland  | 3–1 | Turkey |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup qual. | 1 September 2021 | Turkey | 2–2 |  Montenegro |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup qual. | 4 September 2021 | Gibraltar  | 0–3 | Turkey |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup qual. | 7 September 2021 | Netherlands  | 6–1 | Turkey |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup qual. | 8 October 2021 | Turkey | 1–1 | Norway |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup qual. | 11 October 2021 | Latvia | 0–1 | Turkey |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup qual. | 13 November 2021 | Turkey | v. | Gibraltar |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup qual. | 16 November 2021 | Montenegro | v. | Turkey |
- Green means that the team won.
- Yellow means the team had a draw.
- Red means the team lost.
Related pages
References
Other websites
- Turkish soccer (football) latest news
- (in Turkish) Official Site of Turkish Football Federation
- (in Turkish) Turkish Football Statistics Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
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