Turkey national football team
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)[1] | ||
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| Association | Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu (TFF) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Stefan Kuntz[2] | ||
| Captain | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | ||
| Most caps | Rüştü Reçber (120) | ||
| Top scorer | Hakan Şükür (51) | ||
| FIFA code | TUR[3] | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
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| Highest | 5 (June 2004) | ||
| Lowest | 67 (October 1993) | ||
| First international | |||
| 22x20px Turkey 2–2 Romania 22x20px (Istanbul, Turkey; 26 October 1923)[4] | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| 22x20px Turkey 7–0 Syria 22x20px (Ankara, Turkey; 20 November 1949) 22x20px Turkey 7–0 Korea Republic 22x20px (Geneva, Switzerland; 20 June 1954) 22x20px Turkey 7–0 San Marino 22x20px (Istanbul, Turkey; 10 November 1996) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| 22x20px Poland 8–0 Turkey 22x20px (Chorzów, Poland; 24 April 1968) 22x20px Turkey 0–8 England 22x20px (Istanbul, Turkey; 14 November 1984) 22x20px England 8–0 Turkey 22x20px (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:
- Defenders:
- Midfielders:
- Forwards:
2021
- Goalkeepers:
- Defenders:
- Midfielders:
- Forwards:
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
- Green means that the team won.
- Yellow means the team had a draw.
- Red means the team lost.
Turkey National Football Team Media
- Militakim1922.jpg
One of the early formations in 1922.
- Ilkmac1923.jpg
Turkey against Romania in 1923.
- Voetbal Nederland tegen Turkije in het Olympisch stadion Elftallen, Bestanddeelnr 909-5589.jpg
Turkey against Netherlands in 1958
- Stamp of Azerbaijan 425.jpg
Turkey national football team on an Azerbaijan stamp for Euro 1996.
- Turkey national football team stamp.jpg
Turkey national football team on an Azerbaijan stamp for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
- 5 juin 2009, stade Gerland à Lyon. France - Turquie (1-0).jpg
Turkey against France on 5 June 2009.
- Tuerkische Fußballnationalmannschaft 2011-09-06 (02).jpg
The Turkish team during the UEFA Euro 2012 qualification.
- Rustu Recber 2010.jpg
Rüştü Reçber is Turkey's most capped player with 120 caps and Turkey's record holder in clean sheets.
- Hakan.jpg
Hakan Şükür is Turkey's all-time record goalscorer with 51 goals.
Related pages
References
- ↑ Turkey sneak through as best third-placed team. UEFA. 14 October 2015. Archived on 12 March 2015. Error: If you specify
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- ↑ Since the Republic was not formally declared by the time of the event, the game was played between Romania and TFF. The city also was not consistently known as Istanbul in the English speaking world until 1930
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
