Turkey national football team

Turkey
Nickname(s)	Ay-Yıldızlılar; (The Crescent-Stars);
Association	Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu (TFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Şenol Güneş
Captain	Emre Belözoğlu
Most caps	Rüştü Reçber (120)
Top scorer	Hakan Şükür (51)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	TUR
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	41 2 (7 February 2019)
Highest	5 (June 2004)
Lowest	67 (October 1993)
Elo ranking
Current	44 5 (3 March 2019)
Highest	10 (16 October 2002, November 2002)
Lowest	72 (13 November 1985, 29 October 1986)
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)
Olympic Games
Appearances	6 (first in 1924)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1948, 1952)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2003)
Best result	Third place (2003)

The Turkish national football team (2016)

Turkish team during the UEFA Euro 2012 qualification.

Nuri Şahin is the youngest player to have made a goal.

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.

Turkey has a footballing tradition that has been good and 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.

Current Squad[change | change source]

2011[change | change source]

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
Forwards:
- Umut Bulut, Tunay Torun, Burak Yılmaz, Kazım Kazım, Mevlüt Erdinç

Most appearances[change | change source]

Updated on October 1, 2011

#	Name	Caps	Goals
1	Rüştü Reçber	120	0
2	Hakan Şükür	112	51
3	Bülent Korkmaz	102	2
4	Tugay Kerimoğlu	94	2
5	Alpay Özalan	90	4
6	Tuncay Şanlı	80	22
7	Emre Belözoğlu	78	8
8	Ogün Temizkanoglu	76	5
9	Abdullah Ercan	71	0
10	Oğuz Çetin	70	3

Players in bold are still active.

Top scorers[change | change source]

Updated on October 1, 2011

#	Name	Goals	Caps
1	Hakan Şükür	51	112
2	Tuncay Şanlı	22	80
3	Lefter Küçükandonyadis	21	46
4	Metin Oktay	19	36
5	Cemil Turan	19	44
6	Nihat Kahveci	19	69
7	Zeki Rıza Sporel	15	16
8	Arda Turan	12	46
9	Ertuğrul Sağlam	11	26
10	Arif Erdem	11	60

Players in bold are still active.

Recent Games[change | change source]

Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team
November 15, 2012	Croatia	0 – 0	Turkey
February 29, 2012	Turkey	1 – 2	Slovakia
May 24, 2012	Georgia	1 – 3	Turkey
May 29, 2012	Bulgaria	0 – 2	Turkey
June 2, 2012	Portugal	1 – 3	Turkey
June 5, 2012	Turkey	2 – 0	Ukraine
August 15, 2012	Austria	2 – 0	Turkey

Green means that the team won.
Yellow means the team had a draw.
Red means the team lost.

References[change | change source]

↑ "Turkey sneak through as best third-placed team". UEFA. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
↑ Beşiktaş boss Şenol Güneş appointed Turkey national team coach
↑ Jeffree, Iain (6 August 2015). "FIFA Country Codes". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
↑ 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[change | change source]

Turkish soccer (football) latest news
(in Turkish) Official Site of Turkish Football Federation
(in Turkish) Turkish Football Statistics

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[1] "Turkey sneak through as best third-placed team". UEFA. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

[2] Beşiktaş boss Şenol Güneş appointed Turkey national team coach

[FIFACode-3] Jeffree, Iain (6 August 2015). "FIFA Country Codes". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

[FIFA_World_Rankings-4] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-5] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

[6] 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

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