European Football Championship 2021 / Turkey

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This article covers the Turkish national team and their career at and during the pan-European football championship 2021 . For Turkey it is the fifth European Championship final round since Turkey qualified for a European Championship for the first time in 1996 . The Turks missed the finals twice (2004, 2012).

qualification

The Turkish senior team completed the qualification for the European Championship qualifying Group H. After the UEFA Nations League 2018/19 , in Turkey out of the League B sporty in the league C descent ( before the rule change ) and thus the term of Mircea Lucescu as national coach neared the end, they met in the first qualifying game in March 2019 under the old and newly appointed national coach Şenol Güneş in Albania and won 0-2 away. The national coach Güneş also looked after Beşiktaş Istanbul until the end of the 2018/19 club league season . The Turks also won the next two games against Moldova and group favorites / reigning world champions France (2018) . On the fourth matchday, the team of Şenol Güneş suffered their first defeat against Iceland, in the further course of the qualification it remained with this only defeat. They secured four wins and two draws in the next and last six qualifying games. With the last draw against Iceland on the penultimate match day, the Turks secured the direct qualification for the finals ahead of time. The Turkish national team finished the qualification with only three goals conceded in ten group games and thus they had with Belgium , which also conceded three goals, the best defense of the qualification with the fewest goals.

Games

  • All goalscorer information only from a Turkish perspective
22 Mar 2019 Shkodra Albania - Turkey 0: 2 (0: 1) 0: 1 Burak Yılmaz (21st); 0: 2 Hakan Çalhanoğlu (55.)
25th Mar 2019 Eskişehir Turkey - Republic of Moldova 4: 0 (2: 0) 1-0 Hasan Ali Kaldırım (24th); 2-0, 3-0 Cenk Tosun (27th, 53rd); 4: 0 Kaan Ayhan (70th)
0June 8, 2019 Konya Turkey - France 2: 0 (2: 0) 1-0 Kaan Ayhan (30th); 2-0 Cengiz Ünder (40.)
June 11, 2019 Reykjavík Iceland - Turkey 2: 1 (2: 1) 2: 1 Dorukhan Toköz
0Sep 7 2019 Istanbul-Beşiktaş Turkey - Andorra 1: 0 (0: 0) 1-0 Ozan Tufan (89th)
Sep 10 2019 Chișinău Republic of Moldova - Turkey 0: 4 (0: 1) 0: 1 Cenk Tosun (37th); 0: 2 Deniz Türüç (57th); 0: 3 Cenk Tosun (79th); 0: 4 Yusuf Yazıcı (88.)
Oct 11, 2019 Istanbul-Kadıköy Turkey - Albania 1: 0 (0: 0) 1-0 Cenk Tosun (90th)
Oct 14, 2019 Saint-Denis France - Turkey 1: 1 (0: 0) 1: 1 Kaan Ayhan (82nd)
Nov 14, 2019 Istanbul-Sariyer Turkey - Iceland 0-0
17th Nov 2019 Andorra la Vella Andorra - Turkey 0: 2 (0: 2) 0: 1, 0: 2 Enes Ünal (17th, 21st)

table

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. FranceFrance France  10  8th  1  1 025: 600 +19 25th
 2. TurkeyTurkey Turkey  10  7th  2  1 018: 300 +15 23
 3. IcelandIceland Iceland  10  6th  1  3 014:110  +3 19th
 4th AlbaniaAlbania Albania  10  4th  1  5 016:140  +2 13
 5. AndorraAndorra Andorra  10  1  1  8th 003:200 −17 04th
 6th Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Republic of Moldova  10  1  0  9 004:260 −22 03

Top and key players

The following football players of the Turkish national team were top and key players for qualifying for the final round.

  • Kaan Ayhan

The native of Gelsenkirchen and defender Ayhan played nine out of ten games in qualifying. He shone in the build-up of the game with a passing accuracy of over 90% and scored three goals as a defender, including important ones. For example, the 1-0 lead in the first leg against reigning world champions France, which ended in a 2-0 win. Furthermore, in the second leg against France, he made it 1: 1 equalizer and final score. So his team remained undefeated against the group favorites and reigning world champions. With his football performance data, Ayhan was one of the 50 best football players in the qualification.

The 1.92 m tall and early 20-year-old defender Demiral played all games in the qualification. At the age of 21, he is currently considered the team's greatest talent and is under contract with the Italian record champions Juventus Turin . Like Ayhan, he shone in the structure of the game with a high pass accuracy of 90%. He headed the defense of his team as head of defense and they remained in eight qualifying games without conceding. With his football performance data, Demiral was among the 100 best football players in the qualification, and based on his football playing position, he was also appointed to the “ team of the tournament for qualifying for UEFA EURO 2020 ”.

The goalkeeper Günok played nine of ten games in qualifying and conceded three goals, in seven games he remained without a goal. This made the Turk one of the goalkeepers with the fewest goals. With his football performance data, Günok, like Demiral, was among the 100 best football players in the qualification.

  • Hakan Çalhanoğlu

Born in Mannheim and offensive player Çalhanoğlu played nine out of ten games in qualifying. He shone with a pass accuracy of 86% and with 18 crosses . Furthermore, Çalhanoğlu scored the 0-2 away win against Albania in March 2019, in addition, he prepared the goal in October 2019 to equalize and finish 1-1 against France, so his team remained undefeated against the group favorites. With his football performance data, Çalhanoğlu was one of the 200 best football players in the qualification.

  • Cenk Tosun

Born in Wetzlar , the strong striker Tosun was the top goalscorer for the Turks with five goals in six qualifying matches. He scored important goals, for example the 1-0 winner in the final minutes against Albania in October 2019.

  • Key player

  • Kaan Ayhan (2013)

  • Mert Günok (2019)

  • Hakan Çalhanoğlu (2016)

  • Cenk Tosun (2016)

Tests and preparations

After the end of the 2019/20 season, the team will attend a training camp in Antalya. During the European Championship is their national quarters in the Hotel-Residence Klosterpforte in Marienfeld ( Gütersloh - Ostwestfalen reside).

Games

All test and preparation matches during qualifying for or before UEFA Euro 2020.

  • All goalscorer information only from a Turkish perspective
May 30, 2019 Antalya Turkey - Greece 2: 1 (2: 0) 1-0 Cengiz Under (11th); 2-0 Kenan Karaman (17th)
02nd June 2019 Alanya Turkey - Uzbekistan 2: 0 (1: 0) 1: 0, 2: 0 Zeki Çelik (17th, 57th)
27 Mar 2020 Ljubljana Slovenia - Turkey called off
30th Mar 2020 Vienna Austria - Turkey called off
May 26, 2020 Antalya Turkey - Azerbaijan called off
May 29, 2020 vacant Turkey - vacant called off
0June 1, 2020 Osijek Croatia - Turkey called off
04th June 2020 vacant Turkey - Republic of Ireland called off

Turkish contingent

No. Surname society Date of birth Calls Gates debut Last use EM games Number of games goal Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
goal
1 -vacant TurkeyTurkey vacant (?)   0000 Error in expression: Unexpected operator / error in expression: Missing operand for -- Error in expression: Unexpected operator / error in expression: Missing operand for -- -   0000 - - - - -
defense
? -vacant TurkeyTurkey vacant (?)   0000 Error in expression: Unexpected operator / error in expression: Missing operand for -- Error in expression: Unexpected operator / error in expression: Missing operand for -- -   0000 - - - - -
midfield
? -vacant TurkeyTurkey vacant (?)   0000 Error in expression: Unexpected operator / error in expression: Missing operand for -- Error in expression: Unexpected operator / error in expression: Missing operand for -- -   0000 - - - - -
Storm
? -vacant TurkeyTurkey vacant (?)   0000 Error in expression: Unexpected operator / error in expression: Missing operand for -- Error in expression: Unexpected operator / error in expression: Missing operand for -- -   0000 - - - - -
Trainer
TurkeyTurkey Senol Güneş 0June 1, 1952
  1. ↑ League status 2019/20 in brackets
  2. ↑ a b c d Status: Before the start of the UEFA Euro 2021 finals ( June 11, 2020)

Finals

Group games

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. TurkeyTurkey Turkey  0  0  0  0 000-000  ± 0 00
 2. ItalyItaly Italy  0  0  0  0 000-000  ± 0 00
 3. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales  0  0  0  0 000-000  ± 0 00
 4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland  0  0  0  0 000-000  ± 0 00
June 11, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. in Rome
Turkey - Italy -: - (- :–)
June 16, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. in Baku
Turkey - Wales -: - (- :–)
June 20, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. in Baku
Switzerland - Turkey -: - (- :–)

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d UEFA EURO 2020 Group A: Turkey, Italy, Wales, Switzerland. In: uefa.com. UEFA , November 30, 2019, accessed December 4, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Four more EURO participants have been determined. In: uefa.com. UEFA , November 15, 2019, accessed December 4, 2019 .
  3. ↑ UEFA-FedEx Performance Zone (European Qualifiers) - Kaan Ayhan (defender). In: uefa.com. UEFA , accessed December 4, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c d UEFA FedEx Performance Zone - Turkey: Top Players. In: uefa.com. UEFA , accessed December 29, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b c EURO 2020: Merih Demiral elected to the top eleven of the European Championship qualification. In: GazeteFutbol.de. November 30, 2019, accessed December 4, 2019 .
  6. ↑ UEFA .com: UEFA looks ahead: 50 top talents for the future (January 1, 2019) . Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  7. ↑ UEFA-FedEx Performance Zone (European Qualifiers) - Merih Demiral (defender). In: uefa.com. UEFA , accessed December 4, 2019 .
  8. ↑ The team of the tournament qualifying for UEFA EURO 2020. In: uefa.com. UEFA , November 29, 2019, accessed December 3, 2019 .
  9. ↑ UEFA-FedEx Performance Zone (European Qualifiers) - Hakan Çalhanoğlu (midfielder). In: uefa.com. UEFA , accessed December 29, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Match report: Arnavutluk 0-2 Türkiye, March 22, 2019 in the database of mackolik.com (Turkish). Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  11. ↑ Match report: Fransa 1-1 Türkiye, October 14, 2019 in the database of mackolik.com (Turkish). Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  12. ↑ a b Şenol Güneş: Bu takım daha başarısızlık görmedi. In: fotomac.com.tr. fotoMaç, December 24, 2019, accessed December 28, 2019 (Turkish).
  13. ↑ Wolfgang Wotke: Turkish national team resides in Marienfeld during the final round. EM quarters in East Westphalia. In: www.westfalen-blatt.de. Westfalen-Blatt , February 7, 2020, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Test matches during the European Qualifiers. In: uefa.com. UEFA , November 19, 2019, accessed December 4, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Editor: A Milli Takım, Slovenya ve Avusturya ile hazırlık maçı oynayacak. In: NTVSpor.net. NTV Spor , December 4, 2019, accessed December 4, 2019 (Turkish).
  16. ↑ UEFA .com: Test matches before EURO 2021 on February 18, 2020. Accessed on February 23, 2020
  17. ↑ European Football Championship 2021 / Turkey in the database of EU-Football.info (English). Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  18. ↑ Turkey - squad. In: uefa.com. UEFA , accessed December 4, 2019 .