Turkey national football team

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Turkey
Nickname(s)	Türko, Ay-Yıldızlılar
Association	Turkish Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Fatih Terim, (2005-)
Asst coach	Müfit Erkasap
Captain	Nihat Kahveci
Most caps	Rüştü Reçber (116)
Top scorer	Hakan Şükür (51)
FIFA code	TUR
FIFA ranking	20
Highest FIFA ranking	5 (June 2004)
Lowest FIFA ranking	67 (October 1993)
Elo ranking	21
Highest Elo ranking	9 (November 2002)
Lowest Elo ranking	82 (November 1985)
First kit 　 Second kit
First international
Turkey 2 - 2 Romania (Istanbul, Turkey; October 26, 1923)
Biggest win
Turkey 7 - 0 Syria (Ankara, Turkey; November 20, 1949) Turkey 7 - 0 South Korea (Geneva, Switzerland; June 20, 1954) Turkey 7 - 0 San Marino (Istanbul, Turkey; November 10, 1996)
Biggest defeat
Poland 8 - 0 Turkey (Chorzow, Poland; April 24, 1968) Turkey 0 - 8 England (Istanbul, Turkey; November 14, 1984) England 8 - 0 Turkey (London, England; October 14, 1987)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1954)
Best result	third place, 2002
European Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 1996)
Best result	Quarterfinals, 2000
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2003)
Best result	3rd, 2003

The Turkish national football team is the national football team of Republic of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. They are affiliated with UEFA.

Turkey has a footballing tradition that features both highs and lows. 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 due to a withdrawal.

The team's highest achievement was reaching 3rd place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Turkey also reached the quarter-finals at Euro 2000 and reached 3rd place at the 2003 Confederations Cup.

Currently, Turkey are competing in Euro 2008 and have eliminated Switzerland co-hosts of the tournament.^[1] This is the second time that Turkey have done this since eliminating co-hosts Belgium in Euro 2000.^[2]

Contents 1 History 1.1 World Cups 1950 and 1954 1.2 '60s to '90s 1.3 Euro 1996 and 2000 1.4 World Cup 2002 1.5 Confederations Cup 2003 and Euro 2004 1.6 World Cup 2006 1.7 Euro 2008 2 World Cup record 3 European Championship record 4 Confederations Cup record 4.1 RCD Cup/ECO Cup record 4.2 Euro 2008 4.2.1 Final round 5 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 6 Players 6.1 Goalkeepers 6.2 Defenders 6.3 Midfielders 6.4 Strikers 6.5 Recent Call-ups 6.6 Famous former players 6.7 Most capped players 6.8 Top Turkish Goal Scorers 6.9 Coaching staff 7 Past managers 8 National stadiums 9 Memorable Matches 10 Trivia 11 Cups squads 12 External links 13 References

[edit] History

[edit] World Cups 1950 and 1954

Turkey qualified for the 1950 World Cup beating Syria 7-0 but they withdrew 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. However the Turks 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.

[edit] '60s to '90s

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 1980s saw Turkey two 8-0 defeats to 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.

[edit] Euro 1996 and 2000

Turkey qualified for the Euro 96, beating both Switzerland and Sweden 2-1, but then they lost all their matches without scoring a single goal. However, they did go home with an award: the fair-play award, given to Alpay Özalan.

Turkey qualified for Euro 2000 after winning a play-off against the Republic of 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 Portugal won the quarter-final match 2-0.

[edit] World Cup 2002

The Turkish team started the 2002 World Cup with a 2-1 defeat against Brazil. Turkey passed the group stage with a 3-0 win against China.

Turkey then faced home team Japan, beating them 1-0. 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 Brazil forced them to play the third place match, and a bronze medal was the prize after a 3-2 victory over South Korea. 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.^[3]

[edit] Confederations Cup 2003 and Euro 2004

In the summer of 2003, Turkey reached third place at the 2003 Confederations Cup in which they drew 2-2 against Brazil. Turkey lost to eventual tournament winners France 3-2 in the semi-final match. Turkey defeated Colombia 2-1 to win third place.

The Turkish team failed to qualify for Euro 2004 on play-offs due to a loss to Latvia after finishing second in their group.

[edit] World Cup 2006

The Turkish team once again narrowly missed out on the 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.

[edit] Euro 2008

Turkey qualified for their first international tournament in 6 years by finishing second behind Greece in Group C. They were placed alongside Switzerland, Portugal and the Czech Republic in Group A. In their first match they played Portugal and were level until the hour mark when Pepe scored to give Portugal the lead. They doubled the lead in stoppage time through Raul Meireles and therefore Turkey suffered a 2-0 defeat.

Turkey defeated Switzerland 2-1 in their second match in a rainy encounter with goals from Semih Şentürk (header into the top right corner) and Arda Turan (deflected from defender and went into the middle of the Swiss goal). This mathematically eliminated all chances of the host nation Switzerland's qualifying for the second round. This was the second time in the history of the European cup that a host nation did not qualify for the second round. The first such nation was Belgium 8 years earlier which also was eliminated after losing to the Turkish team.

[edit] World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1930	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Withdrew during qualifying	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Qualified but withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Round 1	9	3	1	0	2	10	11
1958	Withdrew during qualifying	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Dit Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Third place	3	7	4	1	2	10	6
2006	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2/18		10	5	1	4	20	17

[edit] European Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1960	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Did Not Quality	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Round 1	3	0	0	3	0	5
2000	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	3	4
2004	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	In Progress	2	1	0	1	2	3
2012		-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	3/13	9	2	1	6	5	12

[edit] Confederations Cup record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1992	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Third place	5	2	1	2	8	7
2005	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/7	5	2	1	2	8	7

[edit] RCD Cup/ECO Cup record

Year	Round
1965	Runners-Up
1967	Champions
1969	Champions
1970	Runners-Up
1974	Champions
1993	Did not enter

[edit] Euro 2008

[edit] Final round

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008 Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Czech Republic	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
Turkey	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
Switzerland	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0

2008-06-07 18:00 CET	Switzerland	0 - 1	Czech Republic	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

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2008-06-07 20:45 CET	Portugal	2 - 0	Turkey	Stade de Genève, Geneva

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2008-06-11 18:00 CET	Czech Republic	1 - 3	Portugal	Stade de Genève, Geneva

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2008-06-11 20:45 CET	Switzerland	1 - 2	Turkey	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

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2008-06-15 20:45 CET	Switzerland	v	Portugal	St. Jakob-Park, Basel

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2008-06-15 20:45 CET	Turkey	v	Czech Republic	Stade de Genève, Geneva

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

– 9 Sep '09 5 Sep '09 28 Mar '09 10 Oct '09 6 Sep '08 11 Oct '08 – 28 Mar '09 6 Sep '08 15 Oct '08 10 Oct '09 15 Oct '08 1 Apr '09 – 10 Sep '08 14 Oct '09 9 Sep '09 1 Apr '09 14 Oct '09 10 Oct '09 – 11 Oct '08 15 Oct '08 10 Sep '08 5 Sep '09 6 Sep '08 9 Sep '09 – 28 Mar '09 14 Oct '09 10 Sep '08 11 Oct '08 5 Sep '09 1 Apr '09 –

[edit] Players

EURO 2008 squad (23 player)
Date announced	28 May 2008

[edit] Goalkeepers

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 23 GK Volkan Demirel October 27, 1981 23 0 Fenerbahçe S.K. 1 GK Rüştü Reçber May 10, 1973 116 0 Beşiktaş JK 12 GK Tolga Zengin October 10, 1983 2 0 Trabzonspor

[edit] Defenders

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 13 DF Emre Güngör 1 August 1984 1 0 Galatasaray S.K. 3 DF Hakan Balta 23 March 1983 10 1 Galatasaray S.K. 20 DF Sabri Sarıoğlu 26 July 1984 16 1 Galatasaray S.K. 2 DF Servet Çetin 17 March 1981 31 1 Galatasaray S.K. 16 DF Uğur Boral 14 April 1982 8 0 Fenerbahçe S.K. 4 DF Gökhan Zan 7 September 1981 21 0 Beşiktaş J.K. 15 DF Emre Aşık 13 December 1973 29 2 Galatasaray S.K.

[edit] Midfielders

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 5 MF Emre Belözoğlu (captain) 7 September 1980 57 4 Newcastle United 22 MF Hamit Altıntop 8 December 1982 44 2 FC Bayern Munich 18 MF Kâzım Kâzım (Colin Kazim-Richards) 26 August 1986 6 0 Fenerbahçe S.K. 19 MF Ayhan Akman 23 February 1977 11 0 Galatasaray S.K. 17 MF Tuncay Şanlı 16 January 1982 56 15 Middlesbrough F.C. 14 MF Arda Turan 30 January 1987 20 2 Galatasaray S.K. 6 MF Mehmet Topal 3 March 1986 6 0 Galatasaray S.K. 7 MF Mehmet Aurelio 15 December 1977 21 1 Fenerbahçe S.K. 11 MF Tümer Metin 14 October 1974 25 7 Fenerbahçe S.K. 10 MF Gökdeniz Karadeniz 11 January 1980 48 6 Rubin Kazan

[edit] Strikers

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 8 FW Nihat Kahveci 23 November 1979 57 15 Villarreal CF 9 FW Semih Şentürk 29 April 1983 6 2 Fenerbahçe S.K. 21 FW Mevlüt Erdinç 25 February 1987 5 0 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

[edit] Recent Call-ups

Pos. Player Date of Birth Caps Goals Club GK Aykut Erçetin 1982-09-14 1 0 Galatasaray S.K. GK Hakan Arıkan 1982-08-17 4 0 Beşiktaş J.K. GK Özden Öngün 1981-10-27 1 0 Çaykur Rizespor GK Orkun Uşak 1980-11-05 1 0 Galatasaray S.K. DF Yasin Çakmak 1985-01-06 1 0 Fenerbahçe S.K. DF Can Arat 1984-01-21 8 0 Fenerbahçe S.K. DF Ümit Özat 1976-10-30 41 1 1.FC Köln DF Tolga Seyhan 1977-01-17 18 2 Trabzonspor DF Bekir İrtegün 1984-04-20 0 0 Gaziantepspor DF Volkan Yaman 1982-08-27 4 0 Galatasaray S.K. MF Hüseyin Çimşir 1979-05-26 33 0 Trabzonspor MF Yusuf Şimşek 1975-07-20 1 0 Bursaspor MF Serdar Kurtuluş 1987-07-23 1 0 Beşiktaş J.K. MF Selçuk Şahin 1981-01-31 15 0 Fenerbahçe S.K. MF Zafer Yelen 1986-08-30 0 0 Hansa Rostock FW Umut Bulut 1983-03-15 1 0 Trabzonspor FW Ümit Karan 1976-10-01 10 3 Galatasaray SK FW Fatih Tekke 1980-04-22 20 8 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg FW Hasan Kabze 1982-05-26 7 2 Rubin Kazan

[edit] Famous former players

Pos. Player Date of Birth Caps Goals Club GK Turgay Şeren 1932-05-15 46 0 Retired GK Şenol Güneş 1952-06-01 31 0 Retired DF Bülent Korkmaz 1968-11-24 102 2 Retired DF Alpay Özalan 1973-05-29 90 4 1.FC Köln DF Ogün Temizkanoglu 1969-10-06 76 5 Retired DF Fatih Terim 1953-09-04 51 2 Retired DF Hakan Ünsal 1973-05-14 33 0 Retired DF İbrahim Üzülmez 1974-03-10 33 0 Beşiktaş JK MF Abdullah Ercan 1971-12-08 71 0 Retired MF Oğuz Çetin 1963-02-15 70 3 Retired MF Recep Çetin 1965-10-01 56 1 Retired MF Okan Buruk 1973-10-19 55 8 Galatasaray SK MF Ergün Penbe 1972-05-17 47 0 Gaziantepspor MF Tayfur Havutçu 1970-04-23 45 6 Retired MF Tayfun Korkut 1974-04-02 42 1 Retired MF Tugay Kerimoğlu 1970-08-24 94 2 Blackburn Rovers MF Erol Bulut 1975-01-30 2 0 Metalurh Donetsk MF Ümit Davala 1973-07-30 41 4 Retired MF Rıdvan Dilmen 1962-08-15 24 5 Retired MF Sergen Yalçın 1972-10-05 37 5 Retired MF Mehmet Özdilek 1966-04-01 31 0 Retired MF Ertuğrul Sağlam 1969-11-19 26 11 Retired MF Can Bartu 1936-01-30 26 6 Retired MF Kaya Köstepen 1934-12-12 7 1 Retired MF Sabri Dino 1945-01-30 26 0 Retired MF Muzzy Izzet 1974-10-31 9 0 Retired MF Hasan Şaş 1976-08-01 40 2 Galatasaray SK FW Arif Erdem 1972-01-02 60 11 Retired FW Hami Mandıralı 1968-07-20 49 8 Retired FW Lefter Küçükandonyadis 1925-01-01 46 20 Retired FW Cemil Turan 1947 44 19 Retired FW Metin Oktay 1936-02-02 36 19 Retired FW Tanju Çolak 1963-11-10 31 9 Retired FW İlhan Mansız 1975-08-10 21 7 Retired FW Oktay Derelioğlu 1975-12-17 18 9 Retired FW Zeki Rıza Sporel 1898-02-28 16 15 Retired

[edit] Most capped players

As of May 29, 2008, the ten players with the most caps for Turkey are:

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1.	Rüştü Reçber (*)	1993 - present	116	0
2.	Hakan Şükür (*)	1992 - present	112	51
3.	Bülent Korkmaz	1990 - 2005	102	2
4.	Tugay Kerimoğlu	1990 - 2007	94	2
5.	Alpay Özalan (*)	1995 - 2005	90	4
6.	Ogün Temizkanoglu	1990 - 2002	76	5
7.	Abdullah Ercan	1992 - 2003	71	0
8.	Oğuz Çetin	1988 - 1998	70	3
9.	Fatih Akyel (*)	1997 - present	64	0
10.	Arif Erdem	1994 - 2003	60	11

• (*) - still active

[edit] Top Turkish Goal Scorers

#	Player	Period	Goals (Caps)
1	Hakan Şükür (*)	1992-2007	51 (112)
2	Lefter Küçükandonyadis	1948-1963	20 (46)
3	Cemil Turan	1969-1979	19 (44)
4	Metin Oktay	1969-1979	19 (36)
5	Zeki Rıza Sporel	1923-1934	15 (15)
6	Nihat Kahveci (*)	2000-	15 (56)
7	Tuncay Şanlı (*)	2002-	15 (54)
8	Arif Erdem	1993-2004	11 (60)
9	Ertuğrul Sağlam	1993-1998	11 (26)

[edit] Coaching staff

Head Coach	Fatih Terim
Assistant Coaches	Müfit Erkasap
	Oğuz Çetin
	Metin Tekin
Team Doctor	Mehmet Candan
Masseurs	Yusuf Calik
	Metin Kalemci
	Muammer Balik
Goalkeepers Coach	Eser Özaltındere
Administrative Responsible	Şükrü Hanedar

[edit] Past managers

Ali Sami Yen 1923 Billy Hunter 1924-1926 Bela Tóth 1927-1932 Fred Pegnam 1932 James Elliot 1936-1937 Ignác Molnár 1948 Ulvi Yenal 1948 Peter Molloy 1948-1949 Cihat Arman 1949 Peter Molloy 1950 Jimmy McCormick 1950-1951 Rebii Erkal 1951 Sadri Usuoğlu 1952 Sandro Puppo 1952-1954 Gündüz Kılıç 1954 Žarko Mihajlović 1955

Giovanni Varglien 1955-1956 Cihat Arman 1956 László Székely 1957 Leandro Remondini 1958-1959 Ignác Molnár 1960 Sandro Puppo 1960-1962 Şeref Görkey 1962 Ljubiša Spajić 1962 Bülent Eken 1963 Cihat Arman 1964 Sandro Puppo 1965 Doğan Andaç 1965 Sandro Puppo 1965-1966 Adnan Suvari 1966-1969 Abdullah Gegić 1969 Cihat Arman 1970-1971

Nicolae Petrescu 1971 Coşkun Özari 1972-1976 Doğan Andaç 1976 Metin Türel 1977-1978 Sabri Kiraz 1978-1980 Özkan Sümer 1981 Fethi Demircan 1981 Coşkun Özari 1982-1984 Candan Tarhan 1984 Yılmaz Gökdel 1984-1985 Kálmán Mézsöly 1985 Coşkun Özari 1985-1986 Mustafa Denizli 1987 Tınaz Tırpan 1988-1989 Fatih Terim 1990 Sepp Piontek 1990-1993

Fatih Terim 1993-1996 Mustafa Denizli 1996-2000 Şenol Güneş 2000-2004 Ünal Karaman 2004 Ersun Yanal 2004-2005 Fatih Terim 2005-present

[edit] National stadiums

• In Istanbul;
  • Atatürk Olympic Stadium (capacity: 81,283) - last match against Germany on 8 October 2005 with 2-1 result
  • Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium (capacity: 52,509 - last match against Switzerland on 16 December 2005 with 4-2 result
  • Inönü Stadium (capacity: 32,145) - last match against Sweden on 6 February 2008 with 0-0 result
  • Ali Sami Yen Stadium (capacity: 22,500) - last match against Bosnia and Herzegovina on 21 December 2007 with 1-0 result
• In Ankara;
  • 19 Mayıs Stadium (capacity: 21,250) - last match against Moldova on 20 August 2003 with 2-0 result
• In Izmir;
  • Izmir Atatürk Stadium (capacity: 58,008) - last match against Czech Republic on 1 March 2006 with 2-2 result
• In Bursa;
  • Bursa Atatürk Stadium (capacity: 19,700) - last match against Macedonia on 6 June 2001 with 3-3 result
• In Trabzon;
  • Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium (capacity: 29,500) - last match against Georgia on 4 September 2004 with 1-1 result
• In Gaziantep;
  • Kamil Ocak Stadium (capacity: 14,325) - last match against Denmark on 18 February 2004 with 0-1 result
• In Denizli;
  • Denizli Atatürk Stadium (capacity: 15,000) - last match against Belarus on 18 August 2004 with 1-2 result

[edit] Memorable Matches

• 1951 West Germany - Turkey 1-2 Coach: Rebii Erkal
• 1954 Turkey- Spain 1-0 Coach: Sandro Puppo
• 1954 Spain - Turkey 2-2 Coach: Sandro Puppo
• 1956 Turkey- Hungary 3-1 Coach: Eşfak Aykaç
• 1970 West Germany - Turkey 1-1 Coach: Cihat Arman
• 1995 Turkey- Sweden 2-1 Coach: Fatih Terim
• 1995 Switzerland - Turkey 1-2 Coach: Fatih Terim
• 1997 Turkey- Netherlands 1-0 Coach: Mustafa Denizli
• 1998 Turkey- Germany 1-0 Coach: Mustafa Denizli
• 2000 Belgium - Turkey 0-2 Coach: Mustafa Denizli
• 2001 Turkey- Austria 5-0 Coach: Şenol Güneş
• 2002 Brazil - Turkey 2-1 Coach: Şenol Güneş
• 2002 China - Turkey 0-3 Coach: Şenol Güneş
• 2002 Senegal - Turkey 0-1 Coach: Şenol Güneş
• 2002 Brazil - Turkey 1-0 Coach: Şenol Güneş
• 2002 South Korea - Turkey 2-3 Coach: Şenol Güneş
• 2003 Brazil - Turkey 2-2 Coach: Şenol Güneş
• 2003 France - Turkey 3-2 Coach: Şenol Güneş
• 2003 Colombia - Turkey 1-2 Coach: Şenol Güneş
• 2005 Turkey- Switzerland 4-2 Coach: Fatih Terim
• 2006 Italy - Turkey 1-1 Coach: Fatih Terim
• 2007 Greece - Turkey 1-4 Coach: Fatih Terim
• 2007 Norway - Turkey 1-2 Coach: Fatih Terim
• 2008 Switzerland - Turkey 1-2 Coach: Fatih Terim

[edit] Trivia

• Hakan Şükür scored the fastest goal ever in (10.8 seconds after kickoff) a World Cup finals match during the third-place game of the 2002 World Cup against South Korea.
• Turkey's highest FIFA World Ranking was 5th place. (June 2004)
• Nuri Şahin is the youngest player ever to have played and scored for the Turkish national team, ironically scoring against Germany, as he has both Turkish and German citizenships.
• Turkey has now won four consecutive matches against host nations in major tournaments, after beating Belgium in UEFA Euro 2000, both Japan and South Korea in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and Switzerland in UEFA Euro 2008.

[edit] Cups squads

World Cups squads

• 2002 FIFA World Cup
• 1954 FIFA World Cup

Euro Cups squads

• 1996 UEFA Euro Cup
• 2000 UEFA Euro Cup
• 2008 UEFA Euro Cup

Confederations Cup squads

• 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup

v • d • e Turkey squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Rüştü • 2 Emre Aşık • 3 Bülent • 4 Fatih • 5 Alpay • 6 Arif • 7 Okan • 8 Tugay • 9 Hakan Şükür • 10 Baştürk • 11 Hasan • 12 Ömer • 13 İzzet • 14 Tayfur • 15 Nihat • 16 Ümit Özat • 17 İlhan • 18 Ergün • 19 Abdullah • 20 Hakan Ünsal • 21 Emre Belözoğlu • 22 Ümit Davala • 23 Zafer • Coach: Güneş

v • d • e Turkey squad - 1954 FIFA World Cup 1 Turgay • 2 Rıdvan • 3 Basri • 4 Mustafa • 5 Çetin • 6 Rober • 7 Erol • 8 Suat • 9 Feridun • 10 Burhan • 11 Lefter • 12 Şükrü • 13 Bülent • 14 Ali • 15 Mehmet • 16 Nedim • 17 Naci • 18 Kaçmaz • 19 Ahmet • 20 Necmi • 21 Kadri • 22 Coşkun • Coach: Puppo

[edit] External links

• Turkish soccer(Football) latest news
• (Turkish) Official Site of Turkish Football Federation
• (Turkish) Turkish Football Statistics
• Unofficial site with extensive national team information
• RSSSF.com - Caps and goals leaders for Turkey
• RSSSF.com - Turkey national team coaches

[edit] References

• Fifa.com Rankings - Turkey
• Turkish Football Federation (Turkish)

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