European Football Championship 2016 / Turkey

This article covers the Turkish national team at the 2016 European Football Championship in France . For Turkey it was the fourth European Championship participation, with which the Turks were able to qualify for a major tournament for the first time after participating in the European Championship in 2008 .

qualification

Burak Yılmaz , top Turkish scorer in qualifying (4 goals)

Turkey completed the qualification for the European Championship in Group A . The Turks, who were drawn from the third-best pot in the group draw, started qualifying with a 3-0 defeat in Iceland. After the unexpected defeat against the Icelanders, the second defeat in the qualification against the Czech Republic followed at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in Istanbul . The first point followed against Latvia. In the fourth qualifying game, the first win against Kazakhstan was 3-1. In the game against the Netherlands, Turkey led through a goal from Burak Yılmaz until stoppage time. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored the 1-1 draw. In the first two return matches, Turkey won against Kazakhstan and drew against Latvia in Konya .

On September 6, 2015, the game against the Netherlands was about 3rd place. With a 3-0 win, the Turkish team was able to overtake the Dutch. In the penultimate game against the Czech Republic, the team won in the Czech Republic and was able to qualify as the best third for the European Championship. To do this, Turkey had to win against Iceland and Kazakhstan against Latvia. The Kazakhs defeated Latvia 1-0, Turkey won with a free-kick from Selçuk İnan in the 89th minute of the game and redeemed their ticket to the European Championship finals. However, Gökhan Töre received the red card 16 minutes after his substitution , which means that he is banned at least for the first group game at the finals. In the course of the qualification, Turkey improved from 32nd to 18th in the FIFA World Ranking .

Games

All results from a Turkish perspective.

date	Venue	opponent	Result	Goal scorers
09/09/2014	Laugardalsvöllur in Reykjavík	Iceland	0: 3 (0: 1)	0: 1 Jón Daði Böðvarsson (18th), 0: 2 Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson (76.), 0: 3 Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (77.)
10/10/2014	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in Istanbul	Czech Republic	1: 2 (1: 1)	1-0 Umut Bulut (8th), 1: 1 Tomáš Sivok (16th), 1: 2 Bořek Dočkal (58th)
October 13, 2014	Skonto Stadium in Riga	Latvia	1: 1 (0: 0)	1-0 Bilal Kısa (47th), 1: 1 Valērijs Šabala (54th)
11/16/2014	Türk Telekom Arena in Istanbul	Kazakhstan	3: 1 (2: 0)	1-0 Burak Yılmaz (26th penalty kick), 2-0 Burak Yılmaz (29th), 3-0 Serdar Aziz (82nd), 3-1 Samat Smakov (87th)
03/28/2015	Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam	Netherlands	1: 1 (1: 0)	1: 0 Burak Yılmaz (37th), 1: 1 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (90th + 2 ′)
06/12/2015	Almaty Central Stadium in Almaty	Kazakhstan	1: 0 (0: 0)	1-0 Arda Turan (83rd)
09/03/2015	Konya Büyükşehir Stadı in Konya	Latvia	1: 1 (0: 0)	1: 0 Selçuk İnan (77th), 1: 1 Valērijs Šabala (90th + 1 ′)
09/06/2015	Konya Büyükşehir Stadı in Konya	Netherlands	3: 0 (2: 0)	1-0 Oğuzhan Özyakup (8th), 2-0 Arda Turan (26th), 3-0 Burak Yılmaz (86th)
10/10/2015	Generali Arena in Prague	Czech Republic	2: 0 (0: 0)	1-0 Selçuk İnan (62nd), 2-0 Hakan Çalhanoğlu (80th)
13/10/2015	Konya Büyükşehir Stadı in Konya	Iceland	1: 0 (0: 0)	1-0 Selçuk Inan (89.)

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Czech Republic	10	7th	1	2	019:140	+5	22nd
2.	Iceland	10	6th	2	2	017: 600	+11	20th
3.	Turkey	10	5	3	2	014: 900	+5	18th
4th	Netherlands	10	4th	1	5	017:140	+3	13
5.	Kazakhstan	10	1	2	7th	007:180	−11	05
6th	Latvia	10	0	4th	6th	006:190	−13	04th
As of October 13, 2015

preparation

After the end of the qualification, the Turks won a test match in Doha against Qatar 2-1 on November 13th , with Atınç Nukan , who plays for RB Leipzig and Yunus Malli, who plays for 1. FSV Mainz 05 , two newcomers to their first A. - International matches came. Malli had previously played for the German U-17 to U-21 national teams. Four days later a 0-0 win against Greece followed in Istanbul , in which Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık and Okay Yokuşlu made their international debut. On March 24, 2016, the Turks won 2-1 against Sweden in the Antalya Arena , with Çağlar Söyüncü coming on as a newcomer in the fourth minute of stoppage time. Five days later they also won 2-1 in Vienna against European champions Austria . In the immediate preparation, the Turks lost to England on May 22nd in Manchester , but were able to score a goal against England for the first time. On May 29, they won against Montenegro in Antalya with a goal in the 4th minute of added time 1-0. On June 5, they also won 1-0 against Slovenia in Ljubljana , this time with the goal falling in the fifth minute.

Squad

In the run-up, the national coach Fatih Terim invited 31 players to his provisional squad on May 18, 2016. Of which he fourth goalkeeper Ali Şaşal Vural ( Eskişehirspor ), the young 20 year old inexperienced defender Çağlar Söyüncü ( Altınordu Izmir ), midfielders Yasin Öztekin ( Galatasaray ), Mahmut Tekdemir ( Istanbul Başakşehir ), due to strong competition Alper Potuk ( Fenerbahçe Istanbul ) as well as striker Mevlüt Erdinç ( EA Guingamp ) and the two Süper Lig players Gökhan Töre ( Beşiktaş Istanbul - match suspension) and Serdar Aziz ( Bursaspor - groin injury) who were not immediately available from the squad on May 31, 2016.

Most of the players (6) were nominated for the final squad by runner-up and cup finalists Fenerbahçe Istanbul , followed by four players from champions Beşiktaş Istanbul .

No.	position	Surname	society	birth date	International matches	Länderspiel- gates	debut
1	goalkeeper	Volkan Babacan	Istanbul Basakşehir	Aug 12, 1988	18th	0	2014	3
12	goalkeeper	Onur Kıvrak	Trabzonspor	0Jan. 1, 1988	12	0	2010
23	goalkeeper	Harun Tekin	Bursaspor	June 17, 1989	0	0
3	Defense	Hakan Balta	Galatasaray Istanbul	23 Mar 1983	47	2	2006	3		2
4th	Defense	Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık	Gençlerbirliği Ankara	June 22, 1994	4th	0	2015
18th	Defense	Caner Erkin	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	0Oct. 4, 1988	48	2	2006	2
7th	Defense	Gökhan Gönül	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	0Jan. 4, 1985	58	1	2007	3
2	Defense	Semih Kaya	Galatasaray Istanbul	Feb. 24, 1991	23	0	2012
13	Defense	İsmail Köybaşı	Beşiktaş Istanbul	July 10, 1989	19th	0	2009	1
22nd	Defense	Şener Özbayraklı	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Jan. 23, 1990	8th	0	2015
15th	Defense	Mehmet Topal	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	03rd Mar 1986	60	1	2004	3
6th	midfield	Hakan Çalhanoğlu	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	0Feb 8, 1994	20th	6th	2013	2
8th	midfield	Selçuk İnan	Galatasaray Istanbul	Feb 10, 1985	53	8th	2007	3
21st	midfield	Emre Mor	FC Nordsjælland	July 24, 1997	3	0	2016	2
14th	midfield	Oğuzhan Özyakup	Beşiktaş Istanbul	23 Sep 1992	21st	1	2013	3
11	midfield	Olcay Şahan	Beşiktaş Istanbul	May 26, 1987	24	2	2013	2
5	midfield	Nuri Sahin	Borussia Dortmund	05th Sep 1988	49	2	2005	1
20th	midfield	Volkan Şen	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	0July 7, 1987	18th	0	2010	2		1
16	midfield	Ozan Tufan	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	23 Mar 1995	25th	1	2014	3	1	1
10	midfield	Arda Turan	FC Barcelona	Jan. 30, 1987	92	17th	2006	3
19th	attack	Yunus Malli	1. FSV Mainz 05	Feb. 24, 1992	6th	0	2015	1
9	attack	Cenk Tosun	Beşiktaş Istanbul	0June 7, 1991	10	3	2013	1		1
17th	attack	Burak Yılmaz	Beijing Guoan	July 15, 1985	45	20th	2006	3	1	1

Trainer: Fatih Terim

Players who were only in the preliminary roster

position	Surname	society	birth date	International matches	Länderspiel- gates	debut	EM games
goal	Ali Şaşal Vural	Eskişehirspor	July 10, 1990	0	0
Defense	Serdar Aziz	Bursaspor	Oct 23, 1990	9	1	2014
Defense	Çağlar Söyüncü	Altınordu Izmir	May 23, 1996	1	0	2016
midfield	Yasin Öztekin	Galatasaray Istanbul	19 Mar 1987	5	0	2015
midfield	Alper Potuk	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	0Apr 8, 1991	15th	0	2012
midfield	Mahmut Tekdemir	Istanbul Basakşehir	Jan. 20, 1988	2	0	2015
midfield	Gökhan fools	Beşiktaş Istanbul	Jan. 20, 1992	26th	0	2011
attack	Mevlüt Erdinç	EA Guingamp	Feb 25, 1987	34	8th	2008	2 (2008)

1. ↑ ^{a b} Status: June 12, 2016
2. ↑ League status 2015/16 in brackets, M = champions, P = cup winners
3. ↑ ^{a b} Status: May 29, 2016
4. ↑ Status: Before the EM

Group stage

Nice Paris Lens Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer

Venues (green = victory, red = defeat), quarters (blue)

At the draw for the six final groups on December 12, 2015, Turkey was placed in Pot 4. Turkey was drawn into group D with defending champions Spain, Croatia and the Czech Republic. Against Spain there was only one win in previous 10 games with five defeats and four draws, in qualifying for the 1954 World Cup , which resulted in a playoff that ended 2-2 and Turkey got their first World Cup participation by drawing lots . In a major tournament, the two did not previously meet. Against Croatia, the record is also negative: In six games before, there were four draws and two defeats. A draw could be used in the quarter-finals of the EM 2008 to reach the semi-finals by winning on penalties . The Czech Republic had previously opposed the Turks nine times and achieved five wins and one draw in three Turkish victories. At the European Championship preliminary round in 2008, both teams met in the last group game. Turkey turned a 2-0 deficit in the closing minutes to a 3-2 win and qualified for the quarter-finals. Both were already group opponents in the qualification, whereby the Turks won the last comparison and thus for the first time in the Czech Republic and thus paved the way to the final round.

In the first game against the Croatians, the Turks had to admit defeat 0: 1 and then also lost against the highly superior Spaniards with 0: 3. So they had to win in the last game against the Czech Republic in order to have a chance to reach the round of 16 and score as many goals as possible, as the goal difference should also be decisive. The former succeeded but the 2-0 win was not enough, as the Turks are only the fifth best group third. To get into the knockout round, they should have won 4-0.

Turkey lost only four points in the FIFA world rankings through the European Championship games and a preparatory game , but lost one place as other teams gained points.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Croatia	3	2	1	0	005: 300	+2	07th
2.	Spain	3	2	0	1	005: 200	+3	06th
3.	Turkey	3	1	0	2	002: 400	−2	03
4th	Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01

Sun., June 12, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. in Paris
Turkey	-	Croatia	0: 1 (0: 1)
Friday, June 17, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. in Nice
Spain	-	Turkey	3: 0 (2: 0)
Tue., June 21, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. in Lens
Czech Republic	-	Turkey	0: 2 (0: 1)

See also

• Turkish national soccer team / European championships

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIFA World Ranking (August 14, 2014)
2. ↑ FIFA World Ranking (5th November 2015)
3. ↑ Qatar - Turkey 1: 2
4. ↑ Turkey - Greece 0: 0
5. ↑ thefa.com: "Kane and Vardy on target to help England defeat Turkey"
6. ↑ Turkey - Montenegro 1-0
7. ↑ Slovenia - Turkey 0: 1
8. ↑ ^{a b} Turkey with Çalhanoğu, Şahin and Malli. In: UEFA .com - The official website for European football. UEFA - Union of European Football Associations, May 18, 2016, accessed July 4, 2016 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} Gökhan gates deleted from the Turkish squad. In: UEFA .com - The official website for European football. UEFA - Union of European Football Associations, May 31, 2016, accessed July 4, 2016 . 
10. ↑ “UEFA EURO 2016 final draw” , uefa.com