Turkey national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Ay-Yıldızlılar (The Crescent-Stars)[1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Current | 37  (23 December 2021)[4] | ||
| Highest | 5 (June 2004) | ||
| Lowest | 67 (October 1993) | ||
| First international | |||
 Turkey 2–2 Romania  (Istanbul, Turkey; 26 October 1923)[5] | |||
| 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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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 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[change | change source]
2011[change | change source]
- Goalkeepers:
- Defenders:
- Midfielders:
- Forwards:
2021[change | change source]
- Goalkeepers:
- Defenders:
- Midfielders:
- Forwards:
Most appearances[change | change source]
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[change | change source]
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[change | change source]
| Type of Game | Date | Home Team | Result | Away Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 FIFA World Cup qual. | 27 March 2021 | Norway 
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0–3 | Turkey
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| 2022 FIFA World Cup qual. | 30 March 2021 | Turkey
|
3–3 |  Latvia
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| Friendly | 27 May 2021 | Turkey
|
2–1 |  Azerbaijan
|
| Friendly | 31 May 2021 | Turkey
|
0–0 |  Guinea
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| Friendly | 3 June 2021 | Turkey
|
2–0 |  Moldova
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| UEFA Euro 2020 | 11 June 2021 | Turkey
|
0–3 |  Italy
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| UEFA Euro 2020 | 16 June 2021 | Turkey
|
0–2 |  Wales
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| UEFA Euro 2020 | 20 June 2021 | Switzerland 
|
3–1 | Turkey
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| 2022 FIFA World Cup qual. | 1 September 2021 | Turkey
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2–2 |  Montenegro
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| 2022 FIFA World Cup qual. | 4 September 2021 | Gibraltar 
|
0–3 | Turkey
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| 2022 FIFA World Cup qual. | 7 September 2021 | Netherlands 
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6–1 | Turkey
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| 2022 FIFA World Cup qual. | 8 October 2021 | Turkey
|
1–1 | Norway
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| 2022 FIFA World Cup qual. | 11 October 2021 | Latvia
|
0–1 | Turkey
|
| 2022 FIFA World Cup qual. | 13 November 2021 | Turkey
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v. | Gibraltar
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| 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[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Turkey sneak through as best third-placed team". UEFA. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Stefan Kuntz named new Turkey head coach". tff.org. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ↑ Jeffree, Iain (6 August 2015). "FIFA Country Codes". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
Other websites[change | change source]
- 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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