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Turkey
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Ay-Yıldızlar (Crescent-Stars)
AssociationTurkish Football Federation
Head coachTurkey Fatih Terim, (2005-)
CaptainHakan Şükür
Most capsRüştü Reçber (112)
Top scorerHakan Şükür (50)
FIFA codeTUR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current28
Highest5 (June 2004)
Lowest67 (October 1993)
First international
Turkey Turkey 2 - 2 Romania
(Istanbul, Turkey; October 26, 1923)
Biggest win
Turkey Turkey 7 - 0 Syria
(Ankara, Turkey; November 20, 1949)
Turkey Turkey 7 - 0 South Korea South Korea
(Geneva, Switzerland; June 20, 1954)
Turkey Turkey 7 - 0 San Marino San Marino
(Istanbul, Turkey; November 10, 1996)
Biggest defeat
Poland Poland 8 - 0 Turkey Turkey
(Chorzow, Poland; April 24 1968)
Turkey Turkey 0 - 8 England England
(Istanbul, Turkey; November 14, 1984)
England England 8 - 0 Turkey Turkey
(London, England; October 14, 1987)
World Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1954)
Best resultThird place, 2002
European Championship
Appearances2 (first in 1996)
Best resultQuarterfinals, 2000

The Turkey national football team is the national football team of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. They are affiliated with UEFA.

The team's highest achievement was reaching 3rd place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Turkey also reached 3rd place at the 2003 Confederations Cup.

History

World Cup 1950

Turkey qualified for the 1950 World Cup beating Syria 7-0 but they withdrew due to financial problems.

World Cup 1954

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 an exciting and tough match, and finally Turkey would book their place after a coin toss. Turkey was put in a tough group along with a high rated Hungary side and West Germany however the Turks were never going to play Hungary according to the tournament format, and a 4-1 defeat by the Germans was followed by Turkey carrying out a 7-0 trashing of South Korea. Finally Turkey lost the play-off to West Germany 7-2.

'60s to '90s

Despite the introduction of a national league which would flourish, and respectable showings by Turkish clubs in European competition, the 1960s would be a barren time for the national team. The 1970s saw Turkey miss out on both Euro 1972 and Euro 1976 on both occasions Turkey fell a point short to qualify.

The 1980s saw Turkey plunge to new depths with two 8-0 defeats to England. 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.

Euro 1996

Turkey qualified in a impressive style for Euro 96 beating both Switzerland and Sweden 2-1, but Turkey enjoyed rather a poor tournament as they lost all their matches and even didn't managed to score a single goal.

Euro 2000

Turkey qualified for Euro 2000 after a play-off with the Republic of Ireland. Turkey lost their first match 2-1 to Italy, they drew their second match against Sweden 0-0, finally a 2-0 win over Belgium brought Turkey into the last 8 of the tournament where Portugal proved to strong after a 2-0 win.

World Cup 2002

The rising fortunes of Turkish football over the next decade would be confirmed by third place at the 2002 World Cup. The Turkish team 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, a bronze medal was the prize after a 3-2 victory over South-Korea.

Confederations Cup 2003

In the summer of 2003, Turkey reached third place at the 2003 Confederations Cup in which they drew 2-2 against a very strong Brazil squad with a young, experimental Turkey squad, knocking Brazil out of the tournament. Turkey lost to eventual tournament winners France 3-2 in an exciting semi-final after failing to equalize from a last-minute penalty kick. Turkey defeated Colombia 2-1 to win third place.

Euro 2004

The Turkish team failed to qualify for Template:Ec2 on play-offs due to an upset by Latvia after finishing second in their group.

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. Missing out on

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was seen as a major loss due to the massive amount of Turkish fans in Germany.

Present to Future

With former coach Fatih Terim and new young blood from the team that won the U-17 European Championship, Turkey are looking for a place at the Euro 2008 finals.

Euro 2008
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
6 September, 2006 Frankfurt, Germany Template:MLTf 2-0 Win UEFA Euro 2008 Qual.
7 October, 2006 Budapest, Hungary Template:HUNf 1-0 Win UEFA Euro 2008 Qual.
11 October, 2006 Frankfurt, Germany Template:MDAf 5-0 Win UEFA Euro 2008 Qual.

World Cup record

European Championship record

Confederations Cup record

Rivalry with Greece

Despite that Turkey and Greece have never met in a competition, the two sides have met in a tall of qualifying and friendly games. The last two meetings were during the 2006 World Cup qualification, and it ended 0-0 on both occasions. They will meet again in their Euro 2008 campaign and are the highly rated favourites to reach the finals.

TURKEY vs. GREECE (All-Time Results)

Date Home Score Away Type of Match Turkey's Manager Greece's Manager
04/06/2005 Turkey Turkey 0 - 0 Greece Greece *** FIFA World Cup 2006 Prel. Comp. European Zone *** Turkey Ersun Yanal Germany Otto Rehhagel
08/09/2004 Greece Greece 0 - 0 Turkey Turkey *** FIFA World Cup 2006 Prel. Comp. European Zone *** Turkey Ersun Yanal Germany Otto Rehhagel
29/03/1989 Greece Greece 0 - 1 Turkey Turkey *** Friendly *** Turkey Tinaz Tirpan Greece Alekos Sofianidis
21/09/1988 Turkey Turkey 3 - 1 Greece Greece *** Friendly *** Turkey Tinaz Tirpan Greece Miltos Papapostolou
16/05/1952 Turkey Turkey 0 - 1 Greece Greece *** Friendly *** Italy Sandro Puppo Greece Antonis Migiakis
29/02/1952 Greece Greece 3 - 1 Turkey Turkey *** Friendly *** Italy Sandro Puppo Greece Antonis Migiakis
15/05/1949 Greece Greece 1 - 2 Turkey Turkey *** Friendly *** England Peter Molloy Greece Kostas Negrepontis
28/11/1948 Turkey Turkey 2 - 1 Greece Greece *** Friendly *** England Peter Molloy Greece Kostas Negrepontis
23/04/1948 Greece Greece 1 - 3 Turkey Turkey *** Friendly *** Hungary Ignác Molnár Greece Kostas Negrepontis


Players

Current squad

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Notable former players

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Most capped

Player Caps
Rüştü Reçber 112
Hakan Şükür 106
Bülent Korkmaz 102

Turkey managers

Most capped coaches

Manager Games
Coşkun Özari 54
Fatih Terim 53
Şenol Güneş 50
Mustafa Denizli 37

Memorable Matches

Top Turkish Goal Scorers

# Player Period Goals (Caps)
1 Hakan Şükür 1992-2005 50 (106)
2 Lefter Küçükandonyadis 1948-1963 20 (46)
3 Cemil Turan 1969-1979 19 (44)
4 Metin Oktay 1956-1969 19 (36)

Notes

Hakan 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)

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