Turkish national soccer team

Turkey
Türkiye

Nickname (s)	Ay-Yıldızlılar (the moon stars)
Association	TFF
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	Nike
Head coach	Şenol Güneş (since 2019)
Record scorer	Hakan Şükür (51)
Record player	Rüştü Reçber (120)
Home stadium	Changing stages
FIFA code	DOOR
FIFA rank	29. (1494 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
578 games 221 wins 135 draws 222 losses
statistics
First international match Turkey 2-2 Romania ( Istanbul , Turkey ; October 26, 1923 )
Biggest wins 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 )
Biggest losses Poland 8-0 Turkey ( Chorzów , Poland ; April 24, 1968 ) Turkey 8-0 England (Istanbul, Turkey; November 14, 1984 ) England 8-0 Turkey ( London , England ; October 14, 1987 )
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	2 ( first : 1954 )
Best results	Third place in 2002
European Championship
Participation in the finals	4 ( first : 1996 )
Best results	Semi-finals 2008
Confederations Cup
Participation in the finals	1 ( first : 2003 )
Best results	Third place in 2003
(As of November 17, 2019)

The Turkish national football team is a national selection of Turkish football players who represent the Turkish Football Association (TFF) on an international level, e.g. B. at friendly matches, the European championship or the world championship .

Her greatest success is third place at the 2002 World Cup under coach Şenol Güneş . Her best result so far in a European football championship was the semi-finals in 2008 .

history

Beginnings

The Turkish Football Association Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu , or TFF for short, was founded on April 23, 1923. He has been a member of FIFA since 1923 and UEFA since 1962 . Turkey's first international match took place on October 26, 1923 at the Taksim Stadium in Istanbul . The opponent was Romania . Romania first took a 1-0 lead through Austrian guest player Isidor Gansl in the 25th minute, but with two goals from Zeki Rıza Sporel in the 32nd and 50th minute, Turkey surprisingly managed to take the lead for a short time go. But in the 67th minute Romania managed to equalize with another goal from Gansl and so the score of the first friendly match for Turkey remained until the final whistle. With his two goals , Zeki Rıza Sporel was the first goalscorer for the Turkish national team. He scored a total of 15 goals for Turkey and was the top scorer for a long time until he was overtaken by Lefter Küçükandonyadis . The Turkish national team celebrated their first victory with a 4-2 on June 17, 1924 against Finland . In Helsingi's Helsingfors Stadium, Zeki Rıza Sporel scored four times, scoring all of the Turks' goals.

Line-up of Turkey in the first international match:

The Turkish team at Taksim Stadium before their first game against Romania on October 26, 1923 .

position	Surname	society
goal	Nedim Kaleci	Altınordu İdman Yurdu
Defense	Hasan Kâmil Sporel	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
	İsmet Uluğ	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
	Fevzi Baron	Altınordu İdman Yurdu
	Cafer Çağatay	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
midfield	Nihat Bekdik	Galatasaray Istanbul
	Sabih Arca	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
	Emin Bey	Altınordu İdman Yurdu
Storm	Alaaddin Baydar	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
	Zeki Rıza Sporel	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
	Bedri Gursoy	Fenerbahçe Istanbul

Participation of Turkey in the Football World Cup (twice)

→ Main article : Turkish national soccer team / World Cups

Football World Cup 1954 in Switzerland

Turkey took part in a World Cup finals for the first time at the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland . The Turkish team was in Group 2 with Hungary , Germany and South Korea in a group where they were considered underdogs. Turkey lost their first game against Germany 1: 4. Three days later, the World Cup newcomer South Korea was clearly defeated 7-0. On April 23, 1954, there was a decisive game between Turks and Germans. Turkey was defeated by the eventual world champions 2: 7 and then eliminated from the tournament.

Football World Cup 2002 in Japan and South Korea

The Turkish national soccer team on an Azerbaijani postage stamp for the 2002 soccer World Cup

It was not until 48 years later that Turkey was able to qualify again for a soccer World Cup. Turkey prevailed in the relegation against Austria with a 1-0 away win and a 5-0 home win and won the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea . In Group C, the Turks faced record world champions Brazil , Costa Rica and China . They were considered the favorites behind Brazil for qualifying for the round of 16. In their first group game against Brazil, the Turks played well and took the lead thanks to a goal from Hasan Şaş . After Ronaldo had equalized the game, the Korean referee assessed a contentious situation as an emergency brake, sent the Turks Alpay off the field and awarded the Brazilians a penalty, which Rivaldo converted into the winning goal. In stoppage time, Rivaldo caused an inglorious scene when he was shot by Hakan Ünsal , faking a head injury and thus causing the Turkish player to be sent off.

In the second game against Costa Rica, Turkey could not lose the game, otherwise they would have been eliminated again after the preliminary round, as in the first participation. At the end of the game it was 1-1 - a draw. Turkey had to hope for the support of the Brazilians and win the game against China itself. They confidently defeated the Chinese 3-0 and then received the information that Brazil had won the game 5-2. So Turkey was in the round of 16. In the round of 16, the Turks beat hosts Japan 1-0 with an early header from Ümit Davala . In the quarter-finals, they faced Senegal's surprise team , which had defeated defending champions France in the opening game. With a golden goal from İlhan Mansız in the 95th minute, Turkey reached the semifinals of the 2002 World Cup. In the semifinals, the Turks met Brazil again and just like in the previous encounter, the Turks lost to the team from South America , this time with 0: 1 . The Ay-Yıldızlılar reached 3rd place in the "small final" when they defeated South Korea 3-2. The 1st goal of Hakan Şükür's game in the 11th second was the fastest goal in World Cup history. After the 2002 World Cup, Turkey could not qualify for the following tournaments.

No participation in the final round or eliminated after relegation (twice)

Football World Cup in Brazil in 1950

Turkey survived qualifying for the 1950 World Cup in Brazil , but did not participate in the finals. The Turkish team would be in group 4 with Uruguay , Bolivia and Scotland . The Scottish team also decided not to participate in the finals. The later world champions Uruguay and Bolivia played the only game in Group 4, which the Uruguayans won 8-0. In addition, France and Portugal, who were offered the vacancies, waived.

Football World Cup 2006 in Germany

Despite the 4-2 home win over Switzerland, Turkey could not qualify for the 2006 World Cup, as Switzerland reached the finals in Germany due to the away goals rule after the 2-0 home win by Bern. Before the decisive game began on November 16, 2005, Switzerland's national anthem was drowned out by whistles from the Turks. After the end of the game, the players of both teams fisted and argued. Stephane Grichting was kicked in the abdomen and had to be hospitalized with suspected internal injuries. Goalkeeping coach Erich Burgener experienced a black eye. The Turkish assistant coach, Mehmet Özdilek, tripped a Swiss player and was then kicked by the Swiss Benjamin Huggel himself. Media representatives were massively prevented from reporting and were also physically attacked.

On February 7, 2006, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee sentenced the Turkish association to a fine and payment of the procedural costs totaling 220,000 Swiss francs (over 130,000 euros), and he was also sentenced to play the next six home games outside Turkey in a stadium, which is at least 500 km from the Turkish national territory, and to contest without spectators. In addition, Alpay Özalan and Emre Belözoğlu received six internationals each - Benjamin Huggel was also suspended for six internationals. Serkan Balcı was suspended for two games and Mehmet Özdilek (one of Turkey's assistant coaches) for twelve months, while Swiss physiotherapist Stephan Meyer was suspended for two national team games.

After the publication of these sanctions by FIFA, the Turkish Football Association went into revision without any particular success, as FIFA was not prepared to mitigate the penalties. The Turkish Association then sought its right by going to the Sports Court (CAS), which ultimately mitigated the sentence and issued the final sanctions. The Turkish Football Association now had to play its next three official home games without an audience and in a third country. The players Huggel and Emre were only blocked for four competitive games (previously six) of their association teams. The imposed fines, however, were confirmed. The Turkish association preferred to play all three games in Frankfurt's Commerzbank-Arena . The penalty against the association ended with the European Championship qualifier against Norway.

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1930	Uruguay	not participated
1934	Italy	withdrawn
1938	France	not participated
1950	Brazil	waived participation in the final round
1954	Switzerland	Preliminary round	Hungary , FR Germany , South Korea	9.	Sandro Puppo	Out in the playoff against BR Germany
1958	Sweden	withdrawn				Withdrawn in qualifying as Turkey refused to play against Israel .
1962	Chile	not qualified				In the qualification of the USSR failed
1966	England	not qualified				In the qualification of Portugal failed
1970	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualification of the USSR failed
1974	Germany	not qualified				In the qualification of Italy failed
1978	Argentina	not qualified				In the qualification of Austria failed
1982	Spain	not qualified				Failed in the qualification at the USSR and Czechoslovakia
1986	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualification of England and Northern Ireland failed
1990	Italy	not qualified				In the qualification of the USSR and Austria failed
1994	United States	not qualified				In the qualification of Norway and the Netherlands failed
1998	France	not qualified				In the qualification to the Netherlands and Belgium failed
2002	Japan and South Korea	3rd place match	South Korea	3.	Senol Güneş	With a golden goal from İlhan Mansız in the 95th minute, Turkey reached the semi-finals. Failed in the semi-finals at eventual world champions Brazil. Hakan Şükür's goal to make it 1-0 in the game for third place after eleven seconds is the fastest goal in World Cup history.
2006	Germany	not qualified				In the qualification in the relegation at the Switzerland failed
2010	South Africa	not qualified				In the qualification of Spain and Bosnia-Herzegovina failed
2014	Brazil	not qualified				In the qualification to the Netherlands and Romania failed
2018	Russia	not qualified				In the qualification of Iceland and Croatia failed.

Participation of Turkey in the European Football Championship (four times)

→ Main article : Turkish national soccer team / European championships

European Football Championship 1996 in England

The Turkish national team first took part in a European Football Championship in England in 1996 . Under the leadership of Fatih Terim , Turkey lost 1-0 to Croatia , 1-0 to Portugal and 3-0 to Denmark in the preliminary round . The tournament ended Turkey in the preliminary round as the group bottom point and goalless.

European Football Championship 2000 in Belgium and the Netherlands

Four years after the debacle in England, Turkey qualified for the tournament in Belgium and the Netherlands . This time it went better for the team. With Mustafa Denizli as coach, the Turks scored their first goal against Italy in the European Football Championship through Okan Buruk . They lost the game 1: 2. In the second game it stayed 0-0 against Sweden . In the last group game against hosts Belgium , Turkey won 2-0 with two goals from Hakan Şükür. As a group runner-up, you qualified for the quarter-finals, the best result to date. However, they lost to Portugal 2-0 and had to say goodbye to the competition.

European Football Championship 2008 in Austria and Switzerland

In 2008 the Turks were again involved in a European championship. In the first game against Portugal, the red-whites lost 2-0. In the second game against hosts Switzerland they were 0-1 down for a while and it looked like the Turks would have to leave the tournament. A goal from Semih Şentürk made it 1: 1. In the last minute of stoppage time, Arda Turan scored the winning goal and Switzerland out of the tournament at the same time. In the last group game against the Czechs there was a special starting situation for the first time: A draw would not have resulted in a decision on the placement of both teams, as both teams had the same goal difference and number of points. There would have been a penalty shoot-out after 90 minutes to determine who would go into the quarter-finals second behind the Portuguese. After the 60th minute this was no longer considered necessary. The Czech Republic was leading 2-0 at that time. Arda Turan scored the connecting goal, however, and a mistake by Petr Čech enabled Nihat Kahveci to make it 2-2 in the 87th minute. Everything looked like a penalty shoot-out again. However, Nihat turned the game around completely, because shortly before the end of regular time he scored the winning goal to make it 3-2. Turkey was back in the quarter-finals after 2000. The quarter-finals were Croatia - Turkey. After the regular playing time had ended goalless, the game went into overtime, which also remained goalless for a long time. A mistake by Rüştü Reçber led the Croatians in the 119th minute. Croatia felt like the sure winners, but Semih Şentürk equalized in the 120th minute and saved his side from penalties. The Turks won the penalty shoot-out and were thus in the semi-finals, the opponent was Germany . Despite a good performance against the Germans, the Turks were eliminated from the tournament 2: 3. Reaching the semi-finals is Turkey's best result at a European Championship.

European Football Championship 2016 in France

The Turkish national team qualified for a European football championship after eight years . The team of coach Fatih Terim met in Group D against Spain , Croatia and the Czech Republic . In the first group game, Turkey lost 1-0 with a goal from Luka Modrić . The Turks also lost the second game against Spain 3-0. In the last game against the Czech Republic, the Turkish team had the opportunity to qualify for the round of 16 as third party due to the new rules. They won the game 2-0. The goal scorers were Burak Yılmaz (10th) and Ozan Tufan (65th). Due to the worse goal difference, it is still not enough for the next round.

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1960	France	not participated
1964	Spain	not qualified				Failed in the preliminary round to Italy , which could not qualify for the final round.
1968	Italy	not qualified				In the qualification to defending champion Spain failed, which also failed to qualify for the final round.
1972	Belgium	not qualified				In qualifying at the eventual winners Germany failed
1976	Yugoslavia	not qualified				Failed in the qualification to Vice European Champion USSR , who could not qualify either.
1980	Italy	not qualified				In qualifying at the eventual winners Germany failed.
1984	France	not qualified				In the qualification again defending champion Germany failed.
1988	Germany	not qualified				In the qualification of England failed.
1992	Sweden	not qualified				In the qualification again England failed.
1996	England	Preliminary round	Croatia , Portugal , Denmark	-	Fatih Terim	Eliminated as last group.
2000	Belgium and the Netherlands	Quarter finals	Portugal	-	Mustafa Denizli	Eliminated against Portugal in the quarterfinals
2004	Portugal	not qualified				Latvia failed in the playoffs of the group runners-up.
2008	Austria and Switzerland	Semifinals	Germany	-	Fatih Terim
2012	Poland and Ukraine	not qualified				In the playoffs of the group runners-up to Croatia failed.
2016	France	Preliminary round	Croatia , Spain , Czech Republic		Fatih Terim	Retired as third party.
2021	Europe	qualified			Senol Güneş	Opponents in the qualification are Albania , Andorra , world champions France , Iceland and Moldova

Participation of Turkey in the Confederations Cup (once)

Turkey took part in a Confederations Cup in France for the first and so far last time in 2003 . The Turks were nominated for third place in the World Cup due to Germany's rejection . In Group B, the red and whites played against Brazil , Cameroon and the USA . In the first game against the USA they won 2-1. The goals came from Okan Yılmaz and Tuncay Şanlı . This was followed by the game against Cameroon. The game ended in a 1-0 defeat. In the last group game, the Turks in the duel against the Brazilians one point was enough to reach the semi-finals. The Turks played a good game and the result was 2-2. Shortly before the final whistle, Alex scored the equalizer. In the semifinals they met the simultaneous European champion, defending champion and host France . Despite a good performance, the Turkish team had to admit defeat in the end. They lost 2: 3. In the game for 3rd place against Colombia , a late goal from Okan Yılmaz managed to secure 3rd place. Before this hit the game was 1: 1.

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1997	Saudi Arabia	not qualified	-	-
1999	Mexico	not qualified	-	-
2001	South Korea and Japan	not qualified	-	-
2003	France	3rd place match	Colombia	3.	Senol Güneş	Due to a cancellation by the DFB for scheduling reasons, Turkey took part in the competition as third at the World Cup.
2005	Germany	not qualified	-	-
2009	South Africa	not qualified	-	-
2013	Brazil	not qualified	-	-
2017	Russia	not qualified

Participation of Turkey in the Summer Olympic Games (seven times)

The Turkish team before the game against Egypt at the 1928 Summer Olympics

1924 in Paris	Preliminary round
1928 in Amsterdam	Round of 16
1936 in Berlin	Round of 16
1948 in London	Quarter finals
1952 in Helsinki	Quarterfinals (amateur selection)
1956 in Melbourne	Participation canceled
1960 in Rome	Group stage (amateur selection)
1964 in Tokyo	not participated
1968 in Mexico City	not participated
1972 in Munich	not participated
1976 in Montréal	not participated
1980 in Moscow	not participated
1984 in Los Angeles	not participated
1988 in Seoul	not participated
1992 in Barcelona	not participated
1996 in Atlanta	not participated
2000 in Sydney	not participated
2004 in Athens	not participated
2008 in Beijing	not participated
2012 in London	not participated

Playing clothes and jerseys

In the first games, the national team played in white shirts with a red chest ring and white shorts. The Turkish flag was sewn onto the red chest ring .

The Turkish national team plays its home games in red and white jerseys and red shorts. Until the beginning of 2009, Turkish players wore white jerseys and turquoise pants in away games. This color combination has been criticized by many people in Turkey, but the Turkish Football Association stuck to it.

At the 1996 European Championship , the first Turkey took part, the supplier was Adidas . At the soccer World Cup in 2002 , the German sporting goods manufacturer also wore jerseys, but since 2003 Nike jerseys have been used . The contract runs until 2017. From 2010 to 2015, the Turkish national team played again with white home jerseys and a red chest ring. The away shirt was red with a dark red chest ring. The Turkish flag was on these rings.

Classic

1925-1995

Home shirt

1996-1997

1998-2000

2000-2001

2002-2003

2003

2004-2005

2006-2007

2008-2009

2010-2011

2012-2015

2016-2017

2018–

Away shirt

1996-1997

1998-2000

2000-2001

2002-2003

2003

2004-2005

2006-2007

2008-2009

2010-2011

2012-2015

2016-2017

2018–

Venues

The Turkish national team does not have a national stadium like, for example, the English national soccer team with the Wembley Stadium . Home games have always been held in changing stadiums, the selection depending on the importance of the game and the opponent.

Current

Overview

International matches

→ Main article : List of the international matches of the Turkish national football team

The games of the last twelve months as well as all scheduled matches are listed. The results are presented from a Turkish perspective (as of March 5, 2020).

date	Venue	opponent	Result	Type of game	Goal scorers
22 Mar 2019	Shkodra	Albania	2: 0 (1: 0)	Euro 2020 qualification	Yılmaz (21st), Çalhanoğlu (55th)
25th Mar 2019	Eskişehir	Moldova	4: 0 (2: 0)	Euro 2020 qualification	Kaldırım (24th), Tosun (26th, 53rd), Ayhan (70th)
May 30, 2019	Antalya	Greece	2: 1 (2: 0)	Friendly match	Ünder (11th), Karaman (17th), Kourbelis (90th +3)
02nd June 2019	Alanya	Uzbekistan	2: 0 (1: 0)	Friendly match	Çelik (17th, 57th)
0June 8, 2019	Konya	France	2: 0 (2: 0)	Euro 2020 qualification	Ayhan (30.), Ünder (40.)
June 11, 2019	Reykjavík	Iceland	1: 2 (1: 2)	Euro 2020 qualification	Sigurðsson (21st, 32nd), Toköz (40th)
0Sep 7 2019	Istanbul	Andorra	1: 0 (0: 0)	Euro 2020 qualification	Tufan (89.)
Sep 10 2019	Chișinău	Moldova	4: 0 (1: 0)	Euro 2020 qualification	Tosun (37th, 79th), Türüç (57th), Yazıcı (88.)
Oct 11, 2019	Istanbul	Albania	1: 0 (0: 0)	Euro 2020 qualification	Tosun (90.)
Oct 14, 2019	Saint-Denis	France	1: 1 (0: 0)	Euro 2020 qualification	Giroud (76.), Ayhan (81.)
Nov 14, 2019	Istanbul	Iceland	0-0	Euro 2020 qualification
17th Nov 2019	Andorra la Vella	Andorra	2: 0 (2: 0)	Euro 2020 qualification	Ünal (17th, 21st foul penalty)
03rd Sep 2020		Hungary	-: - (- :-)	Nations League 2020/21
06 Sep 2020		Serbia	-: - (- :-)	Nations League 2020/21
0Oct 9, 2020		Russia	-: - (- :-)	Nations League 2020/21
Oct 12, 2020		Serbia	-: - (- :-)	Nations League 2020/21
Nov 14, 2020		Russia	-: - (- :-)	Nations League 2020/21
Nov 17, 2020		Hungary	-: - (- :-)	Nations League 2020/21
Green: Turkish team wins • Yellow: Tie • Red: Turkish team lost

Current squad

The specified squad includes the national players who will be in the squad for the games against Iceland (November 14, 2019) and Andorra (November 17, 2019).

position	Surname	Date of birth	society	Games	Gates	debut	Last use
goal	Altay Bayındır	Apr 14, 1998	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	00	00
goal	Sinan Bolat	03rd Sep 1988	Royal Antwerp	12	00	10 Aug 2011, against Estonia	0June 2, 2019, against Uzbekistan
goal	Uğurcan Çakır	0Apr 5, 1996	Trabzonspor	02	00	May 30, 2019, against Greece	17 Nov 2019, against Andorra
Defense	Kaan Ayhan	Nov 10, 1994	Fortuna Dusseldorf	28	03	31 Aug 2016, against Russia	17 Nov 2019, against Andorra
Defense	Mehmet Zeki Çelik	Feb. 17, 1997	Lille OSC	14th	02	0June 5, 2018, against Russia	14 Nov 2019, against Iceland
Defense	Mert Çetin	0Jan. 1, 1997	AS Roma	01	00	17 Nov 2019, against Andorra	17 Nov 2019, against Andorra
Defense	Merih Demiral	05th Mar 1998	Juventus Turin	12	00	20 Nov 2018, against Ukraine	17 Nov 2019, against Andorra
Defense	Ozan Kabak	25th Mar 2000	FC Schalke 04	01	00	17 Nov 2019, against Andorra	17 Nov 2019, against Andorra
Defense	Hasan Ali Kaldırım	0Dec 9, 1989	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	32	01	Feb. 29, 2012, against Slovakia	June 11, 2019, against Iceland
Defense	Umut Meraş	Dec 20, 1995	Le Havre AC	06th	00	May 30, 2019, against Greece	14 Nov 2019, against Iceland
Defense	Mert Müldür	0Apr 3, 1999	SK Rapid Vienna	02	00	11 Oct 2018, against Bosnia and Herzegovina	20 Nov 2018, against Ukraine
Defense	Nazim Sangaré	May 30, 1994	Antalyaspor	02	00	May 30, 2019, against Greece	17 Nov 2019, against Andorra
midfield	Ömer Bayram	July 27, 1991	Galatasaray Istanbul	09	00	27 Mar 2018, against Montenegro	17 Nov 2019, against Andorra
midfield	Hakan Çalhanoğlu	0Feb 8, 1994	AC Milan	47	10	06 Sep 2013, against Andorra	17 Nov 2019, against Andorra
midfield	Emre Kılınç	23 Aug 1994	Sivasspor	02	00	0Sep 7 2019, against Andorra	17 Nov 2019, against Andorra
midfield	Berkay Ozcan	Feb 15, 1998	Istanbul Başakşehir FK	04th	00	0June 1, 2018, against Tunisia	17 Nov 2019, against Andorra
midfield	Ozan Tufan	23 Mar 1995	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	49	05	25 May 2014, against Ireland	17 Nov 2019, against Andorra
midfield	Deniz Türüç	Jan. 29, 1993	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	06th	01	27 Mar 2017, against Moldova	Sep 10 2019, against Moldova
midfield	Yusuf Yazıcı	Jan. 29, 1997	Lille OSC	19th	01	June 11, 2017, against Kosovo	17 Nov 2019, against Andorra
midfield	Okay Yokuşlu	09 Mar 1994	Celta Vigo	24	01	17 Nov 2015, against Greece	14 Nov 2019, against Iceland
Storm	Ahmed Kutucu	01st Mar 2000	FC Schalke 04	01	00	17 Nov 2019, against Andorra	17 Nov 2019, against Andorra
Storm	Enes Ünal	May 10, 1997	Real Valladolid	13	02	31 Mar 2015, against Luxembourg	17 Nov 2019, against Andorra
Storm	Güven Yalçın	Jan. 18, 1999	Beşiktaş Istanbul	03	00	May 30, 2019, against Greece	0Sep 7 2019, against Andorra

(As of November 17, 2019)

Extended squad

The extended squad includes all players who have been appointed to the national team within the last twelve months. (As of November 18, 2019)

position	Surname	Date of birth	society	Games	Gates	debut	Last use	Last nomination
goal	Gokhan Akkan	0Jan. 1, 1995	Çaykur Rizespor	000	00			14 Nov 2019, against Iceland
goal	Mert Günok	01st Mar 1989	Istanbul Başakşehir FK	015th	00	May 24, 2012, against Georgia	14 Nov 2019, against Iceland	14 Nov 2019, against Iceland
goal	Serkan Kırıntılı	Feb. 15, 1985	Konyaspor	004th	00	May 28, 2018, against Iran	0Sep 7 2018, against Russia	20 Nov 2018, against Ukraine
goal	Okan Kocuk	July 27, 1995	Galatasaray Istanbul	000	00			20 Nov 2018, against Ukraine
goal	Muhammed Şengezer	0Jan. 5, 1997	Bursaspor	000	00			25th Mar 2019, against Moldova
Defense	Serdar Aziz	Oct 23, 1990	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	017th	02	Nov. 16, 2014, against Kazakhstan	14 Oct 2018, against Russia	20 Nov 2018, against Ukraine
Defense	Ertuğrul Ersoy	Feb 13, 1997	Le Havre AC	002	00	11 Oct 2018, against Bosnia and Herzegovina	20 Nov 2018, against Ukraine	20 Nov 2018, against Ukraine
Defense	Gökhan Gönül	0Jan. 4, 1985	Beşiktaş Istanbul	065	01	17 Nov 2007, against Norway	22 Mar 2019, against Albania	25th Mar 2019, against Moldova
Defense	Çağlar Söyüncü	May 23, 1996	Leicester City	028	01	24 Mar 2016, against Sweden	14 Nov 2019, against Iceland	14 Nov 2019, against Iceland
Defense	Emre Taşdemir	0Aug 8, 1995	Galatasaray Istanbul	005	00	0June 8, 2015, against Bulgaria		June 11, 2019, against Iceland
midfield	Emre Belözoğlu	0Sep 7 1980	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	101	09	Feb. 23, 2000, against Norway	11 Oct 2019, against Albania	14 Nov 2019, against Iceland
midfield	Serdar Gürler	Sep 14 1991	SD Huesca	007th	00	27 Mar 2017, against Moldova	20 Nov 2018, against Ukraine	20 Nov 2018, against Ukraine
midfield	İrfan Can Kahveci	July 15, 1995	Istanbul Başakşehir FK	014th	00	23 Mar 2018, against Ireland	14 Oct 2019, against France	14 Nov 2019, against Iceland
midfield	Aytaç Kara	23 Mar 1993	Kasımpaşa Istanbul	002	00	19 Nov 2013, against Belarus	20 Nov 2018, against Ukraine	20 Nov 2018, against Ukraine
midfield	Efecan Karaca	Nov 16, 1989	Alanyaspor	002	00	25th Mar 2019, against Moldova	0June 2, 2019, against Uzbekistan	14 Nov 2019, against Iceland
midfield	Yunus Mallı	Feb. 24, 1992	VfL Wolfsburg	024	01	13 Nov 2015, against Qatar	0June 2, 2019, against Uzbekistan	Sep 10 2019, against Moldova
midfield	Abdülkadir Ömür	June 25, 1999	Trabzonspor	004th	00	May 30, 2019, against Greece	June 11, 2019, against Iceland	June 11, 2019, against Iceland
midfield	Oğuzhan Özyakup	23 Sep 1992	Beşiktaş Istanbul	043	01	May 28, 2013, against Latvia	0June 2, 2019, against Uzbekistan	Sep 10 2019, against Moldova
midfield	Abdülkadir Parmak	Dec 28, 1994	Trabzonspor	001	00	Sep 10 2019, against Moldova	Sep 10 2019, against Moldova	Sep 10 2019, against Moldova
midfield	Ömer Ali Şahiner	0Jan. 2, 1992	Konyaspor	001	00	0June 2, 2019, against Uzbekistan	0June 2, 2019, against Uzbekistan	June 11, 2019, against Iceland
midfield	Tarkan Serbest	0May 2, 1994	Kasımpaşa Istanbul	001	00	May 28, 2018, against Iran	May 28, 2018, against Iran	20 Nov 2018, against Ukraine
midfield	Mahmut Tekdemir	Jan. 20, 1988	Istanbul Başakşehir FK	015th	00	31 Mar 2015, against Luxembourg	14 Nov 2019, against Iceland	14 Nov 2019, against Iceland
midfield	Dorukhan Toköz	May 21, 1996	Beşiktaş Istanbul	006th	01	22 Mar 2019, against Albania	Sep 10 2019, against Moldova	Sep 10 2019, against Moldova
midfield	Mehmet Topal	03rd Mar 1986	Istanbul Başakşehir FK	081	02	06 Feb 2008, against Sweden	20 Nov 2018, against Ukraine	20 Nov 2018, against Ukraine
midfield	Cengiz Ünder	July 14, 1997	AS Roma	020th	06th	12 Nov 2016, against Kosovo	14 Nov 2019, against Iceland	14 Nov 2019, against Iceland
Storm	Kenan Karaman	05th Mar 1994	Fortuna Dusseldorf	010	01	09 Nov 2017, against Romania	14 Oct 2019, against France	14 Oct 2019, against France
Storm	Cenk Tosun	0June 7, 1991	Everton FC	042	16	October 15, 2013, against the Netherlands	14 Oct 2019, against France	14 Nov 2019, against Iceland
Storm	Burak Yılmaz	July 15, 1985	Beşiktaş Istanbul	059	24	April 12, 2006, against Azerbaijan	14 Nov 2019, against Iceland	14 Nov 2019, against Iceland

Coaching staff

position	Surname	Taking office
Chief trainer	Senol Güneş	March 22, 2019
Assistant coach	Şeref Çiçek	2019
Assistant coach	Eren Şafak	2019
Goalkeeping coach	Emrah Karakovan	2019

National coach

The data shows the coach's first and last game.

Ali Sami Yen (10/26/1923)  Billy Hunter (May 25, 1924 - September 12, 1926)  Bela Tóth (07/17/1927 - 04/17/1932)  Fred Pegnam (April 22nd, 1932 - November 4th, 1932)  James Elliot Donnelly (07/12/1936 - 08/01/1937)  Ignác Molnár (April 23, 1948 - May 30, 1948)  Ulvi Yenal (08/02/1948 - 08/05/1948)  Peter Molloy (November 28, 1948 - May 20, 1949)  Cihat Arman (November 20, 1949)  Peter Molloy (May 28, 1950 - October 28, 1950)  Jimmy McCormick (December 3rd, 1950 - June 10th, 1951)  Rebii Erkal (June 17, 1951 - November 21, 1951)  Sandro Puppo (June 1, 1952 - June 23, 1954)  Gündüz Kılıç (October 17, 1954 - April 3, 1955)  Žarko Mihajlović (April 3, 1955 - June 26, 1955)  Giovanni Varglien (December 18, 1955 - May 1, 1956)  Cihat Arman (11/16/1956 - 11/25/1956)  László Székely (April 5th, 1957 - December 8th, 1957)  Leandro Remondini (May 4, 1958 - May 10, 1959)  Ignác Molnár (June 8th, 1960)  Sandro Puppo (November 27, 1960 - May 16, 1962)  Şeref Görkey (10.10.1962)  Ljubiša Spajić (November 25, 1962 - December 16, 1962)  Bülent Eken (March 27, 1963 - October 9, 1963)  Cihat Arman (September 27, 1964 - December 20, 1964)  Sandro Puppo (January 24, 1965 - May 9, 1965)  Doğan Andaç (07/21/1965 - 07/25/1965)  Sandro Puppo (October 9, 1965 - May 30, 1966)

Adnan Süvari (October 12, 1966 - January 17, 1969)  Abdullah Gegiç (April 30, 1969 - November 16, 1969)  Cihat Arman (10/17/1970 - 11/14/1971)  Nicolae Petrescu (December 5, 1971)  Coşkun Özarı (April 12, 1972 - October 31, 1976)  Doğan Andaç (November 17, 1976)  Metin Türel (February 16, 1977 - October 5, 1978)  Sabri Kiraz (November 29, 1978 - October 15, 1980)  Özkan Sümer (December 3rd, 1980 - March 25th, 1981)  Fethi Demircan (April 15, 1981 - October 7, 1981)  Coşkun Özarı (09/22/1982 - 04/04/1984)  Candan Tarhan (9/6/1984 - 11/14/1984)  Yılmaz Gökdel (December 22, 1984 - April 3, 1985)  Kálmán Mészöly (May 1, 1985 - August 28, 1985)  Coşkun Özarı (September 11, 1985 - November 12, 1986)  Mustafa Denizli (03/04/1987 - 12/16/1987)  Tinaz Tirpan ( March 16, 1988 - November 15, 1989 )  Fatih Terim (April 11, 1990)  Sepp Piontek (May 27, 1990 - April 28, 1993)  Fatih Terim (October 27, 1993 - June 19, 1996)  Mustafa Denizli (08/14/1996 - 06/24/2000)  Şenol Güneş (08/16/2000 - 02/18/2004)  Ersun Yanal (April 28, 2004 - June 8, 2005)  Fatih Terim (08/17/2005 - 10/14/2009)  Guus Hiddink (08/01/2010 - 11/15/2011)  Abdullah Avcı (November 17, 2011 - August 20, 2013)  Fatih Terim (08/22/2013 - 07/26/2017)  Mircea Lucescu (08/04/2017 - 11/20/2018)

Şenol Güneş (March 22, 2019 -)

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  Coach Fatih Terim with the longest tenure

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  The most successful coach Şenol Güneş

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  Sepp Piontek

Record player

Record player
Rüştü Reçber

Record
goalscorer Hakan Şükür

→ Main article : List of Turkish national soccer players

Players in bold are still active in the national team.

Calls rank Surname Calls Period 1. Rüştü Reçber 120 1994-2012 2. Hakan Şükür 112 1992-2008 3. Bülent Korkmaz 102 1990-2005 4th Emre Belözoğlu 101 2000–0000 5. Arda Turan 100 2006–0000 6th Tugay Kerimoğlu 94 1990-2007 7th Alpay Özalan 90 1995-2005 8th. Hamit Altıntop 82 2004-2014 9. Mehmet Topal 81 2008–0000 10. Tuncay Sanli 80 2002-2010 As of November 17, 2019

Gates rank Surname Gates Period Calls 1. Hakan Şükür 51 1992-2008 112 2. Burak Yılmaz 24 2006–0000 59 3. Tuncay Sanli 22nd 2002-2010 80 4th Lefter Küçükandonyadis † 21st 1948-1961 46 5. Cemil Turan 19th 1969-1979 44 Metin Oktay † 19th 1956-1965 36 Nihat Kahveci 19th 2000-2010 68 8th. Arda Turan 17th 2006– 100 9. Cenk Tosun 16 2013– 42 10. Zeki Rıza Sporel † 15th 1923-1934 16 As of November 17, 2019

International match records

→ Main article : List of the international matches of the Turkish national football team

country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Important encounters
Egypt	5	3	0	2	9:10	−1	Olympia 1928, Mediterranean Cup 1949, 1957
Albania	12	6th	2	4th	13:14	−1	European Championship qualification 1972, 1984, 2020 World Cup qualification 2006
Algeria	3	1	0	2	4: 2	+2
Andorra	4th	4th	0	0	10-0	+10	World Cup qualification 2014, European Championship qualification 2020
Angola	1	1	0	0	3: 2	+1
Armenia	2	2	0	0	4-0	+4	World Cup qualification 2010
Azerbaijan	7th	5	1	1	9: 2	+7	World Cup qualification 2002, European Championship qualification 2012
Ethiopia	2	1	1	0	3-0	+3
Australia	2	2	0	0	4: 1	+3
Belgium	11	3	5	3	17:18	−1	World Cup qualification 1998, 2010, EURO 2000 preliminary round, EURO 2010 qualification, EURO 2012 qualification
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6th	2	2	2	6: 7	−1	European Championship qualification 2008, World Cup qualification 2010
Brazil	6th	0	2	4th	3:10	−7	World Cup preliminary round & semi-finals 2002, Confederations Cup 2003
Bulgaria	23	7th	6th	10	36:44	−8	Balkan Cup 1931, 1973, 1974, 1977
Chile	3	2	1	0	3-0	+3
Rep. China	1	1	0	0	4-0	+4	Olympia 1948
People's Republic of China	1	1	0	0	3-0	+3	World Cup preliminary round 2002
Costa Rica	1	0	1	0	1: 1	± 0	World Cup preliminary round 2002
Denmark	10	2	5	3	9:12	−3	European Championship preliminary round 1996, World Cup qualification 2006
Germany	20th	3	3	14th	13:49	−36	World Cup preliminary round 1954, European Championship qualification 1972, 1980, 1984, 2000, 2012; European Championship semi-finals 2008
Ecuador	1	0	0	1	0: 1	−1
Ivory Coast	1	0	1	0	1: 1	± 0
England	11	0	2	9	1:33	−32	World Cup qualification 1986, 1994, European Championship qualification 1988, 1992, 2004
Estonia	8th	5	3	0	17: 4	+13	World Cup qualification 2010, 2014
Faroe Islands	1	0	1	0	1: 1	± 0
Finland	15th	5	4th	6th	24:22	+2	World Cup qualification 1986, 2018, European Championship qualification 2000
France	8th	1	2	5	6:16	−10	Mediterranean Cup 1955, Confederations Cup 2003, European Championship qualification 2020
Georgia	5	3	1	1	12: 5	+7	World Cup qualification 2006
Ghana	2	0	2	0	3: 3	± 0
Greece	11	8th	2	1	20: 7	+13	World Cup qualification 2006, European Championship qualification 2008
Honduras	3	3	0	0	5-0	+5
Iraq	1	0	1	0	0-0	± 0
Iran	7th	5	2	0	14: 2	+12	ECO-Cup 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1974
Ireland	14th	3	6th	5	16:27	−11	European Championship qualification 1968, 1976, 1992, 2000
Iceland	13	2	3	8th	11:23	-12	World Cup qualification 1982, 1990, 2018; European Championship qualification 1996, 2016, 2020
Israel	6th	4th	0	2	9:12	−3
Italy	13	0	4th	9	8:23	−15	Mediterranean Cup 1949, 1953, 1955, European Championship qualification 1964, World Cup qualification 1974, European Championship preliminary round 2000
Japan	2	1	0	1	1: 1	± 0	World Cup round of 16 2002
Cameroon	1	0	0	1	0: 1	−1	Confederations Cup 2003
Canada	2	2	0	0	6: 1	+5
Kazakhstan	6th	6th	0	0	19: 2	+17	World Cup qualification 2006, European Championship qualification 2012, 2016
Qatar	1	1	0	0	2: 1	+1
Colombia	1	1	0	0	2: 1	+1	Confederations Cup 2003
Kosovo	2	2	0	0	6: 1	+5	World Cup qualification 2018
Croatia	9	1	5	3	6:10	−4	EM preliminary round 1996, EM quarter-finals 2008, EM relegation 2012, World Cup qualification 2018
Latvia	6th	1	4th	1	10: 9	+1	European Championship qualification 2004, 2014, 2016
Libya	1	0	0	1	1: 2	−1
Liechtenstein	2	2	0	0	8-0	+8	2004 European Championship qualification
Luxembourg	7th	6th	0	1	13: 6	+7	World Cup qualification 1974
Malaya	1	1	0	0	3-0	+3
Malta	6th	5	1	0	15: 4	+11	World Cup qualification 1974, European Championship qualification 1980, 2008
Moldova	11	9	2	0	29: 3	+26	European Championship qualification 2000, 2008, 2020 World Cup qualification 2002
Montenegro	2	1	1	0	3: 2	+1
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	2: 1	+1
Netherlands	12	3	4th	5	9:13	−4	World Cup qualification 1994, 1998, 2014, European Championship qualification 2016
Northern Ireland	12	5	2	5	12:12	± 0	World Cup qualification 1970, 1986, European Championship qualification 1984, 1988, 2000
North Macedonia	8th	5	2	1	14: 9	+5	World Cup qualification 2002, European Championship qualification 2004
Norway	9	4th	2	3	11:15	−4	World Cup qualification 1962, 1994, European Championship qualification 2008
Austria	16	7th	1	8th	22:18	+4	World Cup qualification 1978, 1990, 2002, European Championship qualification 1984, 2012
Pakistan	4th	3	1	0	16: 9	+7	ECO-Cup 1965, 1967, 1969, 1974
Paraguay	1	0	1	0	0-0	± 0
Poland	17th	3	3	11	12:39	−27	European Championship qualification 1972, 1992, World Cup qualification 1994
Portugal	8th	2	0	6th	8:16	−8	World Cup qualification 1966, European Championship preliminary round 1996, 2000, 2008
Romania	26th	5	7th	14th	24:49	−25	European Championship qualification 1960, World Cup qualification 1966, 1986, 2014
Russia	6th	0	2	4th	2: 7	−5	Nations League 2018/19
San Marino	4th	3	1	0	16: 1	+15	World Cup qualification 1994, 1998
Saudi Arabia	3	3	0	0	6: 1	+5
Scotland	1	1	0	0	4: 2	+2
Sweden	12	5	4th	3	15:14	+1	European Championship qualification 1996, European Championship preliminary round 2000, World Cup qualification 2002, Nations League 2018/19
Switzerland	15th	8th	3	4th	21:20	+1	World Cup qualification 1974, 2006, European Championship qualification 1976, 1996, European Championship preliminary round 2008
Senegal	1	1	0	0	1-0	+1	World Cup quarter-finals 2002
Slovakia	6th	4th	1	1	8: 3	+6	World Cup qualification 2002, European Championship qualification 2004
Slovenia	2	1	0	1	1: 2	−1
Spain	11	1	4th	6th	5:17	−12	World Cup qualification 1954, 2010, Euro qualification 1968, Euro preliminary round 2016
South Africa	1	0	0	1	0: 2	−2
South Korea	7th	4th	2	1	13: 4	+9	World Cup preliminary round 1954, World Cup game for 3rd place in 2002
Syria	1	1	0	0	7-0	+7	World Cup qualification 1950
Czech Republic	10	4th	1	5	13:20	−7	European Championship preliminary round 2008, 2016, European Championship qualification 2016
Tunisia	5	1	4th	0	6: 3	+3
Ukraine	9	4th	3	2	11: 9	+2	World Cup qualification 2006, 2016, 2018
Hungary	14th	4th	2	8th	17:31	−14	European Championship qualification 1996, 2008, World Cup qualification 2014
Uruguay	1	0	0	1	2: 3	−1
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	2-0	+2
United States	4th	1	1	2	5: 6	−1	Confederations Cup 2003
Wales	6th	2	1	3	7:10	−3	European Championship qualification 1980, World Cup qualification 1982, 1998
Belarus	4th	2	1	1	8: 7	+1
Former national teams as UEFA or FIFA members:
GDR	5	3	1	1	10: 5	+5	World Cup qualification 1978, 1990
Yugoslavia	10	1	3	6th	14:26	−12	Balkan Cup 1931, Olympia 1948, European Championship qualification 1988
Soviet Union	15th	3	0	12	8:30	−22	World Cup qualification 1962, 1970, 1982, 1990, European Championship qualification 1976
Czechoslovakia	10	1	2	7th	5:24	−19	Olympia 1924, World Cup qualification 1966, 1982, European Championship qualification 1968
total	578	221	135	222	763: 823	−61

Color legend:

• positive balance (more wins than losses)
• balanced balance sheet
• negative balance (more defeats than wins)

As of November 17, 2019

The Turkish national team in the FIFA world rankings

When the FIFA world rankings were first introduced in August 1993, Turkey ranked 66th. Two months later they were in 67th place, which is still the worst result for the Turkish team. In November 1993 they improved to 51st place. In June 1995, Turkey was in 25th place. This was the best ranking since its inception. Turkey could not keep its position constant and fell to 62nd place in September 1998. After participating in the European Football Championship 2000 , they reached 29th place in July 2000. Due to their 3rd place at the 2002 World Cup , the Turks were seventh in the world rankings in September 2002. This was the first time that they were among the ten best football teams in the world. The Turkish national team managed to stay in the top ten for two years. In September 2004 she was in 13th place. After that, Turkey changed its position continuously to places between 15 and 30. A low point was reached when the red and whites could not qualify for the 2010 World Cup . In February 2010 they fell to 42nd place.

Awards

• 2 × Sedat-Simavi Prize
  • 1995 (19th edition) in the category: Sport
    • for the successful first qualification for the European Football Championship ; European Championship qualification (1994–1995) .
  • 2002 (26th edition) in the category: Sport
    • for the success at the soccer world championship 2002 by reaching the third place.
• FIFA World Ranking : Newcomer of the Year 2015

literature

• Tarık Dede: 111 reasons to love the Milli Takım . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-86265-652-3 , pp. 328 .

See also

• Soccer in Turkey
• Turkish National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)
• Turkish National Football Team (U-19 Juniors)
• Turkish national soccer team (U-20 men)
• Turkish national soccer team (U-21 men)
• List of national football teams (men)

Web links

Commons : Turkish National Soccer Team  - Collection of Images

• Turkish national soccer team in the database of weltfussball.de
• Turkish national soccer team in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Turkey national football team in the database of the Turkish Football Federation (English)
• Turkish national soccer team in the database of EU-Football.info (English)
• Turkish national soccer team in the database of mackolik.com (Turkish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Match report of the match between Turkey and Romania on October 26, 1923 , tff.org, April 25, 2014
3. ^ Scandal in Istanbul: Turks chasing Swiss World Cup players , spiegel.de
4. ↑ Turkey-Switzerland: Duel of particular importance ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , fussball.com 
5. ↑ At least one black eye , sueddeutsche.de
6. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930–2010 (PDF file; 195 kB)
7. ↑ TFF ile Nike arasındaki ortaklık 2017'ye kadar uzatıldı , tff.org
8. ↑ tff.org: A Milli Takım'ın İzlanda ve Andorra maçları aday kadrosu açıklandı , accessed on November 9, 2019.
9. ↑ 19. Sedat Simavi Ödülleri - 1995. … "Avrupa Şampiyonası Finallerine Kalması" nedeniyle… Türkiye Gazeteciler Cemiyeti , 1995, accessed on May 2, 2019 (Turkish). 
10. ↑ 26. Sedat Simavi Ödülleri - 2002. … "Dünya Kupası Üçüncüsü" olması nedeniyle… Türkiye Gazeteciler Cemiyeti, 2002, accessed on May 2, 2019 (Turkish). 
11. ↑ Belgium and Turkey win titles - Hungary makes history. … Turkey secured the title of Climber of the Year 2015… In: FIFA.com. FIFA , December 3, 2015, accessed May 1, 2019 .