Turkey national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Ay-Yıldızlılar (Crescent Stars), Comeback Kings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Turkish Football Federation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Fatih Terim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asst coach |  Müfit Erkasap |
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| Captain | Nihat Kahveci | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Rüştü Reçber (118) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest Elo ranking | 9 (November 2002) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 82 (November 1985) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turkey 2 - 2 Romania  (Istanbul, Turkey; October 26, 1923) |
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| 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) |
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 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) |
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| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 1954) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Third place, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 3 (First in 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Semifinals, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 knockout round at Euro 2000, the semi-finals of Euro 2008 and finished 3rd in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Currently, Turkey competed in Euro 2008 and eliminated tournament co-hosts Switzerland [1] and Czech Republic after great comebacks in the last minutes, they went on to defeat Croatia on penalties after equalising with seconds to go in their quarter-final tie in Vienna, Austria. They lost to Germany in the semi-finals.
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[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 lose 8-0 to England on two separate occasions. 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, after drawing 1-1 with Costa Rica.
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.[2]
[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 qualification 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.
Turkey made a great comeback defeating Czech Republic 3-2, qualifying them as the runners-up in Group A. After being down 2-0 by Czech goals from Jan Koller at the 34th minute and Jaroslav Plašil at the 62 minute, things seemed pretty desperate for Turkish side, however Arda Turan scored for the Turks at 75th minute on a cross that found its way to his feet at the edge of the box to slip it by Petr Cech. Incredibly just 3 minutes before 90, the Turks equalised when a ball slipped between Cech's hands right onto Nihat Kahveci who placed it softly into the net. When the group stage match was thought to be going towards penalty kicks for the first time in Euro history, Nihat broke away from a Czech defender to receive another Hamit Altintop pass and curled a right foot shot onto the bottom edge of the woodwork which deflected the ball into the goal, eliminating the Czechs from the tournament and giving the Turkish team a place in the quarterfinals against Croatia. [3]
The Turks were down 1-0 in the final minute of extra time against Croatia. Out of desperation, Rustu Recber kicked a hail mary via a free kick into Croatia's penalty area and Semih Senturk was able to find the ball within all the traffic just inside the Croatian box and scored a goal with the last kick of the game, sending it into penalties. After Croatia failed to get two penalties on target and had one shot blocked by Rustu Recber, Croatia were eliminated from the tournament, leaving Turkey to face Germany in the semifinals.
In their first four matches, including the group stage and quarter-finals, Turkey managed to win three and lose one, despite holding the lead for a total of just nine minutes.[4] They went into the semi-finals with just 14 outfield players available as a result of injuries and suspensions. It is the general opinion that Turkey had the better of their semi-final game against Germany, however they still lost 3-2 as Philipp Lahm scored a last minute winner, the Turks were again held back from reaching a tournament final.
[edit] World Cup record
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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 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 |
Did 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 |
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| 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 |
Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
 2004 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2008 |
Semi-finals | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 |
 2012 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 3/13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 |
- *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
[edit] Confederations Cup record
| Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2009 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 1/8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
[edit] RCD Cup/ECO Cup record
| Year | Round |
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 1965 |
Runners-Up |
| 1967 |
Champions |
| 1969 |
Champions |
| 1970 |
Runners-Up |
| 1974 |
Champions |
 1993 |
Did not enter |
[edit] Euro 2008
[edit] Final round
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Portugal |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
| Turkey |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
 Czech Republic |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
| Switzerland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008-06-07 18:00 CET |
Switzerland |
0 - 1 | Czech Republic |
St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 2008-06-07 20:45 CET |
Portugal |
2 - 0 | Turkey |
Stade de Genève, Geneva |
| 2008-06-11 18:00 CET |
Czech Republic |
1 - 3 | Portugal |
Stade de Genève, Geneva |
| 2008-06-11 20:45 CET |
Switzerland |
1 - 2 | Turkey |
St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 2008-06-15 20:45 CET |
Switzerland |
2 - 0 | Portugal |
St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 2008-06-15 20:45 CET |
Turkey |
3 - 2 | Czech Republic |
Stade de Genève, Geneva |
Euro 2008 Quarter-final
| 2008-06-20 20:45 CET |
Croatia  |
1 - 1 (a.e.t) 1 - 3 (pens.) |
Turkey |
Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna |
Euro 2008 Semi-final
| 2008-06-25 20:45 CET |
Germany |
3 – 2 | Turkey |
St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
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[edit] Players
| EURO 2008 squad (23 player) | ||
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| Date announced | 28 May 2008 | |
[edit] Recent Call-ups
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[edit] Famous former players
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[edit] Most capped players
As of June 25, 2008, the ten players with the most caps for Turkey are:
| # | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
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| 1. | Rüştü Reçber (*) | 1993 - present | 118 | 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) |
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| 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 | Nihat Kahveci (*) | 2000- | 17 (59) |
| 6 | Zeki Rıza Sporel | 1923-1934 | 15 (15) |
| 7 | Tuncay Şanlı (*) | 2002- | 15 (58) |
| 8 | Arif Erdem | 1993-2004 | 11 (60) |
| 9 | Ertuğrul Sağlam | 1993-1998 | 11 (26) |
[edit] Coaching staff
| Head Coach | Vacant |
| Assistant Coaches | Müfit Erkasap |
| Oğuz Çetin |
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| Metin Tekin |
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| Team Doctor | Mehmet Candan |
| Masseurs | Yusuf Calik |
| Metin Kalemci |
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| Muammer Balik |
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| Goalkeepers Coach | Eser Özaltındere |
| Administrative Responsible | Şükrü Hanedar |
[edit] Past managers
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[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
- 2008 Turkey - Czech Republic 3-2 Coach: Fatih Terim
- 2008 Croatia- Turkey 1-1 (1-3) 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
Euro Cups squads
Confederations Cup squads
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[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
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2004/history/3083683.stm
- ^ Fastest Goals in WC History
- ^ http://www.fifa.com/confederationcup/news/newsid=804461.html#turkey+edge+czechs+thriller
- ^ {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/euro_2008/7363524.stm |title=Semi-final 1: Germany v Turkey |publisher=BBC Sport |date=[[2008-06-23] |accessdate=2008-06-24 }}
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