Football World Cup 1954 / Turkey

This article covers the Turkish national soccer team at the 1954 World Cup .

qualification

Spain	-	Turkey	4: 1
Turkey	-	Spain	1-0

With a win for each team, a playoff was scheduled.

Decision game in Rome :

Turkey

-

Spain

2: 2

The Turkey qualified via the lottery .

Turkish contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Turgay Şeren	Galatasaray Istanbul	May 15, 1932	11
12	Şükrü Ersoy	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	0Dec. 1, 1931	3
Defense
2	Rıdvan Bolatlı	MKE Ankaragücü	0Dec. 2, 1928	2
3	Basri Dirimlili	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	0June 7, 1929	3
4th	Mustafa Ertan	MKE Ankaragücü	Apr 21, 1926	4th
13	Bülent Eken	Galatasaray Istanbul	Jan. 26, 1923	11
14th	Ali Beratlıgil	Galatasaray Istanbul	0Jan. 1, 1931	2
16	Nedim Günar	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	0Jan. 1, 1932	0
17th	Naci Erdem	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Jan. 28, 1931	0
19th	Ahmet Berman	Beşiktaş Istanbul	0Jan. 1, 1932	0
midfield
5	Çetin Zeybek	Kasımpaşa Istanbul	Sep 12 1932	2
6th	Rober Eryol	Galatasaray Istanbul	Dec 21, 1930	5
8th	Suat Mamat	Galatasaray Istanbul	0Nov 8, 1930	2
15th	Mehmet Dinçer	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	0Jan. 1, 1924	0
18th	Akgün Kaçmaz	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	0Jan. 4, 1935	1
21st	Kadri Aytaç	Galatasaray Istanbul	0Aug 6, 1931	0
attack
7th	Erol Keskin	Adalet Istanbul	02nd Mar 1927	1
9	Feridun Buğeker	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	0Apr 5, 1933	3
10	Burhan Sargın	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Feb 11, 1929	5
11	Lefter Küçükandonyadis	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Jan. 29, 1926	3
20th	Necmi Onarıcı	Adalet Istanbul	0Nov 2, 1925	0
22nd	Coşkun Taş	MKE Ankaragücü	Apr 23, 1935	2
Trainer
	Sandro Puppo		Jan. 28, 1918

Games of the Turkish team

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Hungary	17: 3	4th
2	Germany	7: 9	2
3	Turkey	8: 4	2
4th	South Korea	0:16	0

• Germany - Turkey 4: 1 (1: 1)

Stadium: Wankdorfstadion ( Bern )

Spectators: 39,000

Referee: Vieira ( Portugal )

Goals: 0: 1 Mamat (2nd), 1: 1 Schäfer (14th), 2: 1 Klodt (52nd), 3: 1 O. Walter (60th), 4: 1 Morlock (84th)

• Turkey - South Korea 7: 0 (4: 0)

Stadium: Stade des Charmilles ( Geneva )

Spectators: 3,000

Referee: Marino ( Uruguay )

Goals: 1-0 Mamat (10th), 2-0 Küçükandonyadis (24th), 3-0 Mamat (30th), 4-0 Sargun (37th), 5-0 Sargun (64th), 6-0 Sargun (70th), 7-0 Keskin (76th)

In Group II, the favored Hungarians started with a 9-0 victory over the alleged point supplier South Korea. Germany had the seeded Turks as opponents in their first game. Although the Herberger-Elf fell behind after three minutes, the players around playmaker Fritz Walter could not be dissuaded from their path. Schäfer equalized after just under a quarter of an hour. Despite clear superiority, it took until the 50th minute before Klodt got the 2-1. After that, Ottmar Walter and Max Morlock produced the appropriate final result of 4: 1. Against the Hungarians in the following game, Sepp Herberger put up a better reserve team and surprised friends, foes and experts. There was a legendary 3: 8 against the furiously magical Magyars. Since Turkey had knocked over South Korea 7-0, the Germans had to face the men from the Bosporus a second time. Again starting with the supposedly best line-up, the second clash between the two opponents was also a triumphant advance for the Germans. 7: 2 was the clear final result, with Max Morlock particularly noticeable with three hits.