Turkey national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Turkey women's national football team.
Turkey
Nickname(s) Ay-Yıldızlılar (The Crescent-Stars)[1]
Association Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu (TFF)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Fatih Terim
Captain Arda Turan[2]
Most caps Rüştü Reçber (120)
Top scorer Hakan Şükür (51)
Home stadium Konya Büyükşehir Stadium
Antalya Arena
FIFA code TUR[3]
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 24 Increase 1 (24 November 2016)
Highest 5 (June 2004)
Lowest 67 (October 1993)
Elo ranking
Current 23 Decrease 5 (14 October 2016)
Highest 9 (November 2002)
Lowest 82 (November 1985)
First international
 Turkey 2–2 Romania 
(Istanbul, Turkey; 26 October 1923)[4]
Biggest win
 Turkey 7–0 Syria
(Ankara, Turkey; 20 November 1949)
 Turkey 7–0 South Korea
(Geneva, Switzerland; 20 June 1954)
 Turkey 7–0 San Marino
(Istanbul, Turkey; 10 November 1996)
Biggest defeat
 England 8–0 Turkey 
(London, England; 14 October 1987)
World Cup
Appearances 2 (first in 1954)
Best result Third place, 2002
European Championship
Appearances 4 (first in 1996)
Best result Semi-finals, 2008
Confederations Cup
Appearances 1 (first in 2003)
Best result Third place, 2003

The Turkey national football team (Turkish: Türkiye Millî Futbol Takımı) represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. They are affiliated with UEFA.

Turkey has qualified three times for the World Cup, in 1950, 1954, and 2002, although they withdrew from the 1950 event. Turkey has also qualified four times for the UEFA European Championship, in 1996, 2000, 2008, and 2016. They have reached the semi-finals of three major tournaments: the 2002 World Cup, the 2003 Confederations Cup, and Euro 2008. After their third-place finish at the 2002 World Cup, which marked a high point in Turkish football history, Turkey occupied a spot in the top ten of the FIFA World Rankings for the first time since the rankings were introduced in December 1992.[5]

History

Further information: History of Turkish football
Turkey against Romania in 1923.

Early years

The Turkish national team played their first ever match against Romania in 1923 drawing 2–2.[6] Zeki Rıza Sporel is considered as the first big star of Turkish football as he scored the first two goals against Romania. Turkey played their first ever official match at the 1924 Summer Olympics losing 5–2 to Czechoslovakia.

1950 FIFA World Cup

Although Turkey qualified for the 1950 World Cup, beating Syria 7–0, they had to withdraw due to financial problems.

1954 FIFA World Cup

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, booking their place after a coin toss. Turkey was put in a group along with Hungary and West Germany. The Turks, however, never played Hungary due to the tournament format, and a 4–1 defeat by the Germans was followed by Turkey carrying out a 7–0 win over South Korea. Turkey lost the play-off to West Germany 7–2. In 1956 Turkey did however play Hungary, in a friendly match in Istanbul, beating what was one of the strongest teams of the era 3–1.[7] Lefter Küçükandonyadis, all-time best player of Turkey netted in two goals during the tournament.

Near misses

Despite the introduction of a national league, and showings by Turkish clubs in European competition, the 1960s would be a barren time for the national team. Most players from the 1954 World Cup squad were retired, and the new generation of players failed to qualify for a major tournament. The 1970s saw Turkey holding back in the World Cup and European Championship qualifiers, but the team was a point too short to qualify for both Euro 1972 and Euro 1976. In the 1980s the Turkish team also suffered their worst defeats with 8–0 scorelines against Poland and twice against 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. Prominent players in this period were Rıdvan Dilmen, Oğuz Çetin, Rıza Çalımbay, Feyyaz Uçar, and European Golden Boot winner Tanju Çolak.

1990–1996

In 1990, German coach Sepp Piontek was put in charge of the national team. Under his guidance, a group of new players debuted for the national team. Many of these players which include: Bülent Korkmaz, Alpay Özalan, Sergen Yalçın, Rüştü Reçber, and Hakan Şükür would become the backbone of the national team for many years. Piontek's mission came to an end in 1993, where he was replaced by Fatih Terim, who in turn managed to qualify for Euro 1996. Turkey qualified for its first major tournament since 1954, marking another turning point for Turkish football after having failed to qualify for both Euro 1992 and the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The appointment of Piontek was a recommended move by another German coach Jupp Derwall, who had coached Galatasaray for three seasons. Derwall is regarded as the revolutionizer of Turkish football, since his introduction of modern Western European training techniques, and tactical ideas to the Turkish game also heavily influenced the national team.

Euro 1996

Turkey national football team on an Azerbaijan stamp for Euro 1996.

Turkey qualified for Euro 1996, beating both Switzerland and Sweden 2–1 along the way. Despite a solid performance during the qualifiers, Turkey lost all their matches without scoring a single goal. They did, however, go home with an award: the fair-play award, given to Alpay Özalan.

Euro 2000

Turkey failed to qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, they however qualified for Euro 2000 after winning a play-off against Ireland. Turkey lost their first match 2–1 to Italy, they drew their second match against Sweden 0–0, and beat host nation Belgium 2–0, making it the first time in the history of the European Championship that a host nation had been eliminated in the first round. This victory brought Turkey into the last eight of the tournament, where they were beaten 2–0 by Portugal, with Arif Erdem missing a critical penalty.

2002 FIFA World Cup

For the 2002 FIFA World Cup Turkey finished second in their qualifying group, despite starting well and being the favourites to top the group. They lost 2–1 to Sweden in the crucial match that would decide the top spot. The Turks were forced to play the play-offs against Austria. They defeated the Austrians 6–0 on aggregate and booked their place at the finals. The Turkish team started the 2002 World Cup with a 2–1 defeat against eventual winners Brazil.[8] Turkey qualified from the group stage with a 3–0 win against China, after drawing 1–1 with Costa Rica.[9][10]

Turkey then faced home team Japan in the second round, beating them 1–0.[11] The Turkish team continued their run, as they beat Senegal 1–0 on a golden goal to book their place in the semi-finals, where a 1–0 defeat against eventual tournament winners Brazil forced them to play the third place match, and a bronze medal was won after a 3–2 victory over the South Korean team.[12][13][14] Hakan Şükür scored Turkey's first goal in 10.8 seconds, even when the South Koreans kicked off first. It was the fastest goal in World Cup history.[15] Tens of thousands of flag-waving Turkish fans greeted the World Cup squad on their return to Istanbul, where they joined a massive street party at Taksim Square.[16] Rüştü Reçber, Alpay Özalan, and Hasan Şaş were all included in the All-Star Team, with Rüştü Reçber also being voted as the best goalkeeper in the UEFA Team of the Year 2002, while Şenol Güneş was being voted as the best manager.

2003 FIFA Confederations Cup

In the summer of 2003, Turkey reached third place at the 2003 Confederations Cup. In the group stages, Turkey defeated the United States 2–1, before losing to Cameroon 0–1, in their final group game, Turkey drew 2–2 against Brazil, eliminating them from the tournament. Turkey lost to eventual tournament winners France 3–2 in the semi-final match. Turkey then defeated Colombia 2–1 to win the bronze medal. Tuncay Şanlı scored three goals and made an assist which won him the Silver Shoe Award and the Silver Ball Award, for the second best player of the tournament.

Euro 2004

The Turkish team failed to qualify for Euro 2004 on play-offs due to a loss to Latvia after finishing second in their group. This marked a turning point for the national team as new players were introduced to the national team to create a new generation.

2006 FIFA World Cup

The Turkish team once again narrowly missed out on the World Cup finals after failing to win a play-off, this time on away goals against Switzerland, again after finishing second in their group. There were scenes of violence after the game on and off the pitch where the Turkish team brawled with Swiss players down the tunnel.

Turkey against France on 5 June 2009.

Euro 2008

Turkey qualified for their first international tournament in six years by finishing second behind Greece in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group C to reach the European Championships. They were placed alongside Switzerland, Portugal, and the Czech Republic in Group A. In their first match, they played Portugal and were beaten 2–0, but wins over Switzerland (2–1) and Czech Republic (3–2) – both secured by late goals – brought qualification for the knockout stages.[17][18][19] Again, Turkey knocked out a host nation – Switzerland – in the group stages for the second time.[20]

The quarter-final against Croatia was goalless after 90 minutes, and Croatia led 1–0 in the final minute of extra time, but another late Turkish goal by forward Semih Şentürk brought the game to penalties. The goal raised some controversy with Croatia fans and Croatia's coach, Slaven Bilić, who claimed that the goal had been scored after extra time had elapsed. This complaint, however, was overruled, and the game went into penalties. Turkey beat out Croatia in penalties 3–1.[21]

They went into the semi-final against Germany with just 14 outfield players available as a result of injuries and suspensions, but scored first and were drawing 2–2. But they finished 3rd by default after losing to Germany 3–2 with a last minute goal by Philipp Lahm.[22] Both Russia and Turkey were given bronze medals in the dressing rooms after the semi-finals.

2010 FIFA World Cup

For the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers Turkey had a mixed qualifying campaign, finishing with 15 points and missing out on a play-off place to Bosnia and Herzegovina with 19 points. Spain topped the group to qualify, winning every game in the process. Coach Fatih Terim announced he would be resigning his post following their failure to qualify.[23]

Euro 2012

The Turkish team during the UEFA Euro 2012 qualification.

Turkey were drawn in Group A in qualification for UEFA Euro 2012, together with Kazakhstan, Austria, Belgium, Germany, and Azerbaijan. The Turkish team reached the play-offs after beating Azerbaijan 1–0 but got eliminated 3–0 on aggregate by Croatia.

Turkey against Austria on 29 March 2016.

On 14 November 2012, Turkey celebrated their 500th match in a friendly game played against Denmark at the Türk Telekom Arena in Istanbul that ended in a 1–1 draw. Before the match, footballers and coaches, who contributed to the national team's success in the past, were honored. Turkish pop singer Hadise, who wore a national team jersey with the number 500, gave a mini concert.[24][25]

2014 FIFA World Cup

Turkey were drawn in Group D in qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, together with Andorra, Estonia, Hungary, the Netherlands, and Romania finishing 4th. Turkey began to lose critical points during qualification and Abdullah Avcı was sacked soon after. Fatih Terim was put in charge for the third time to lead the national team, but a 0–2 defeat against the Netherlands ended all hopes.

Euro 2016

Turkey were drawn in Group A in qualification for UEFA Euro 2016, together with Iceland, Latvia, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic. The Turkish team qualified for their first major tournament in eight years as the best third-placed team after beating Iceland 1–0, with Selçuk İnan netting a free kick in the 89th minute. After over 18 months being unbeaten, a loss to England as a pre-tournament friendly ended the team's winning streak, subsequently leading to back-to-back losses against Croatia and Spain in the tournament. Turkey won their last game against the Czech Republic by a scoreline of 2–0, but this victory was not enough to reach the knockout phase. Despite elimination, youngster Emre Mor's skillful display and assist during the game revealed a hopeful future for Turkish football.

Fixtures and results

2016

Coaching staff

Head Coach Turkey Fatih Terim
Assistant Coach Turkey Nihat Kahveci
Assistant Coach Turkey Tuncay Şanlı
Fitness Coach United States Mike Verhoeven
Goalkeeping Coach Turkey Eren Aytekin
National Team Manager Turkey Mustafa Eröğüt
Team Doctor Turkey Sarper Çetinkaya

Squad

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Kosovo on November 12, 2016.[27]
Caps and goals updated as 12 November 2016 after the match against Kosovo.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Volkan Babacan (1988-08-11) 11 August 1988 25 0 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir
12 1GK Onur Kıvrak (1988-01-01) 1 January 1988 12 0 Turkey Trabzonspor
23 1GK Harun Tekin (1989-06-17) 17 June 1989 0 0 Turkey Bursaspor
7 2DF Gökhan Gönül (1985-01-04) 4 January 1985 60 1 Turkey Beşiktaş
4 2DF Ömer Toprak (1989-07-21) 21 July 1989 25 2 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
3 2DF İsmail Köybaşı (1989-07-10) 10 July 1989 22 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
13 2DF Hasan Ali Kaldırım (1989-12-09) 9 December 1989 18 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
2 2DF Şener Özbayraklı (1990-01-23) 23 January 1990 12 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
4 2DF Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık (1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 7 0 Turkey Gençlerbirliği
22 2DF Kaan Ayhan (1994-11-10) 10 November 1994 4 0 Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
2DF Çağlar Söyüncü (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 2 0 Germany SC Freiburg
2DF Yalçın Ayhan (1982-05-01) 1 May 1982 0 0 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir
10 3MF Arda Turan (Captain) (1987-01-30) 30 January 1987 95 17 Spain Barcelona
15 3MF Mehmet Topal (1986-03-03) 3 March 1986 67 1 Turkey Fenerbahçe
8 3MF Selçuk İnan (1985-02-10) 10 February 1985 56 8 Turkey Galatasaray
5 3MF Hakan Çalhanoğlu (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 26 8 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
20 3MF Volkan Şen (1987-07-07) 7 July 1987 24 1 Turkey Fenerbahçe
14 3MF Oğuzhan Özyakup (1992-09-23) 23 September 1992 24 1 Turkey Beşiktaş
19 3MF Yunus Mallı (1992-02-24) 24 February 1992 9 0 Germany Mainz 05
3MF Okay Yokuşlu (1994-03-09) 9 March 1994 3 0 Turkey Trabzonspor
21 3MF Emre Çolak (1991-05-20) 20 May 1991 2 0 Spain Deportivo La Coruña
6 3MF Tolga Ciğerci (1992-03-23) 23 March 1992 2 0 Turkey Galatasaray
16 3MF Cengiz Ünder (1997-07-14) 14 July 1997 1 0 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir
3MF Bilal Başaçıkoğlu (1995-03-26) 26 March 1995 0 0 Netherlands Feyenoord
17 4FW Burak Yılmaz (1985-07-15) 15 July 1985 48 22 China Beijing Guoan
9 4FW Cenk Tosun (1991-06-07) 7 June 1991 16 3 Turkey Beşiktaş
11 4FW Enes Ünal (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 3 0 Netherlands Twente
4FW Mehmet Batdal (1986-02-24) 24 February 1986 0 0 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Turkey squad within the last twelve months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Ali Şaşal Vural (1990-07-10) 10 July 1990 0 0 Turkey Eskişehirspor UEFA Euro 2016 PRE
GK Muammer Zülfikar Yıldırım (1990-09-14) 14 September 1990 0 0 Turkey Mersin İdmanyurdu v.  Austria, 29 March 2016
DF Hakan Balta (1983-03-23) 23 March 1983 50 2 Turkey Galatasaray v.  Iceland, 9 October 2016
DF Caner Erkin (1988-10-04) 4 October 1988 51 2 Turkey Beşiktaş v.  Iceland, 9 October 2016
DF Serdar Aziz (1990-10-23) 23 October 1990 11 1 Turkey Galatasaray v.  Croatia, 5 September 2016
DF Ahmet Oğuz (1993-01-16) 16 January 1993 0 0 Turkey Gençlerbirliği v.  Croatia, 5 September 2016
MF Ozan Tufan (1995-03-23) 23 March 1995 31 3 Turkey Fenerbahçe v.  Iceland, 9 October 2016
MF Olcay Şahan (1987-05-26) 26 May 1987 27 2 Turkey Beşiktaş v.  Iceland, 9 October 2016
MF Emre Mor (1997-07-24) 24 July 1997 8 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund v.  Iceland, 9 October 2016
MF Yasin Öztekin (1987-03-19) 19 March 1987 6 0 Turkey Galatasaray v.  Iceland, 9 October 2016
MF Nuri Şahin (1988-09-05) 5 September 1988 50 2 Germany Borussia Dortmund v.  Croatia, 5 September 2016
MF Gökhan Töre (1992-01-20) 20 January 1992 26 0 England West Ham United v.  Croatia, 5 September 2016
MF Alper Potuk (1991-04-08) 8 April 1991 15 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe UEFA Euro 2016 PRE
MF Mahmut Tekdemir (1988-01-20) 20 January 1988 3 0 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir UEFA Euro 2016 PRE
MF Kerim Frei (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 5 0 Turkey Beşiktaş v.  Austria, 29 March 2016
FW Mevlüt Erdinç (1987-02-25) 25 February 1987 35 8 France Metz v.  Iceland, 9 October 2016

INJ Withdrew due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.

Previous squads

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Main article: Turkey at the FIFA World Cup

     Third Place

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter – – – – – –
Italy 1934 Withdrew – – – – – –
France 1938 Did Not Enter – – – – – –
Brazil 1950 Qualified But Withdrew 1 1 0 0 7 0
Switzerland 1954 Round 1 9th 3 1 0 2 10 11 3 1 1 1 4 6
Sweden 1958 Withdrew – – – – – –
Chile 1962 Did Not Qualify 4 2 0 2 4 4
England 1966 Did Not Qualify 6 1 0 5 4 19
Mexico 1970 Did Not Qualify 4 0 0 4 2 13
West Germany 1974 Did Not Qualify 6 2 2 2 5 3
Argentina 1978 Did Not Qualify 6 2 1 3 9 5
Spain 1982 Did Not Qualify 8 0 0 8 1 22
Mexico 1986 Did Not Qualify 8 0 1 7 2 24
Italy 1990 Did Not Qualify 8 3 1 4 12 10
United States 1994 Did Not Qualify 10 3 1 6 11 19
France 1998 Did Not Qualify 8 4 2 2 21 9
South Korea Japan 2002 Third Place 3rd 7 4 1 2 10 6 12 8 3 1 24 8
Germany 2006 Did Not Qualify 14 7 5 2 27 13
South Africa 2010 Did Not Qualify 10 4 3 3 13 10
Brazil 2014 Did Not Qualify 10 5 1 4 16 9
Russia 2018 To be Determined 4 1 2 1 5 5
Total Third Place 2/20 10 5 1 4 20 17 122 44 23 55 167 179

UEFA European Championship

Main article: Turkey at the UEFA European Football Championship

     Third Place

UEFA European Championship record UEFA European Championship Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
France 1960 Did Not Qualify 2 1 0 1 2 3
Spain 1964 2 0 0 2 0 7
Italy 1968 6 1 2 3 3 8
Belgium 1972 6 2 1 3 5 13
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976 6 2 2 2 5 10
Italy 1980 6 3 1 2 5 5
France 1984 8 3 1 4 8 16
West Germany 1988 6 0 2 4 2 16
Sweden 1992 6 0 0 6 1 14
England 1996 Group-Stage 16th 3 0 0 3 0 5 8 4 3 1 16 8
Belgium Netherlands 2000 Quarter-Finals 6th 4 1 1 2 3 4 10 5 4 1 16 7
Portugal 2004 Did Not Qualify 10 6 2 2 19 8
Austria Switzerland 2008 Semi-Finals 3rd 5 2 1* 2 8 9 12 7 3 2 25 11
Poland Ukraine 2012 Did Not Qualify 12 5 3 4 13 14
France 2016 Group-Stage 17th 3 1 0 2 2 4 10 5 3 2 14 9
Total Third Place 4/15 15 4 2* 9 13 22 110 44 27 39 134 149
*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.
Turkey at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Turkey at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

Summer Olympics

Olympic Games Record
Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA
France 1924Round 113th100125
Netherlands 1928Round 114th100117
Nazi Germany 1936Round 115th100101
United Kingdom 1948Quarter-Finals6th210153
Finland 1952Quarter-Finals8th210138
Australia 1956Withdrew
Italy 1960Round 114th3012310
Japan 1964 Did Not Qualify
Mexico 1968
West Germany 1972
Canada 1976
Soviet Union 1980
United States 1984Withdrew
South Korea 1988 Did Not Qualify
Spain 1992
United States 1996
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
United Kingdom 2012
TotalQuarter-Finals6/23102171434

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA Squad
Saudi Arabia 1992 Did Not Qualify
Saudi Arabia 1995
Saudi Arabia 1997
Mexico 1999
South Korea Japan 2001
France 2003 Third Place 3rd 5 2 1 2 8 8 Squad
Germany 2005 Did Not Qualify
South Africa 2009
Brazil 2013
Russia 2017
Total Third Place 1/10 5 2 1 2 8 8 -

Honours

Turkey national football team on an Azerbaijan stamp for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

3rd, bronze medalist(s) Third place (1): 2002

3rd, bronze medalist(s) Third place (1): 2003

3rd, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finals (1): 2008

Player history

Main article: List of Turkey international footballers

Most capped players

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.[28] As of 12 November 2016.

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Rüştü Reçber 1994–2012 120 0
2 Hakan Şükür 1992–2007 112 51
3 Bülent Korkmaz 1990–2005 102 3
4 Arda Turan 2006– 95 17
5 Tugay Kerimoğlu 1990–2007 94 2
6 Emre Belözoğlu 2000–2014 93 9
7 Alpay Özalan 1995–2005 90 4
8 Hamit Altıntop 2004–2014 82 7
9 Tuncay Şanlı 2002–2010 80 22
10 Ogün Temizkanoğlu 1990–2002 76 5

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers with an equal number of goals are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone. Bold indicates still active players.[29]

# Name Career Goals Caps Rate
1 Hakan Şükür 1992–2007
51
112
0.46
2 Burak Yılmaz 2006–
22
48
0.46
Tuncay Şanlı 2003–2010
22
80
0.28
4 Lefter Küçükandonyadis 1948–1963
21
46
0.46
5 Metin Oktay 1956–1968
19
36
0.53
Cemil Turan 1969–1979
19
44
0.43
Nihat Kahveci 2000–2011
19
68
0.28
8 Arda Turan 2006–
17
95
0.18
9 Zeki Rıza Sporel 1923–1932
15
16
0.94
10 Ertuğrul Sağlam 1993–1998
11
26
0.42
Arif Erdem 1993–2004
11
60
0.18

Past managers

Main article: List of Turkey national football team managers
As of 21 June 2016
Manager Career Start Career End Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Win %
Germany Piontek, SeppSepp Piontek 27 May 1990 28 April 1993 27 4 8 15 22 50 14.8
Turkey Terim, FatihFatih Terim 27 October 1993 19 June 1996 33 17 8 8 47 36 51.5
Turkey Denizli, MustafaMustafa Denizli 14 August 1996 24 June 2000 31 11 9 11 45 38 35.5
Turkey Güneş, ŞenolŞenol Güneş 16 August 2000 18 February 2004 50 23 13 14 72 50 46.0
Turkey Karaman, ÜnalÜnal Karaman 31 March 2004 31 March 2004 1 0 1 0 2 2 00.0
Turkey Yanal, ErsunErsun Yanal 28 April 2004 8 June 2005 15 8 4 3 29 14 53.3
Turkey Terim, FatihFatih Terim 17 August 2005 14 October 2009 58 26 18 14 86 71 39.7
Turkey Çetin, OğuzOğuz Çetin 3 March 2010 29 May 2010 4 3 0 1 7 3 75.0
Netherlands Hiddink, GuusGuus Hiddink 1 August 2010 15 November 2011 16 7 4 5 18 15 43.7
Turkey Avcı, AbdullahAbdullah Avcı 17 November 2011 20 August 2013 18 6 4 8 26 26 33.3
Turkey Terim, FatihFatih Terim 22 August 2013 34 23 3 8 55 31 62.0

Decoration

In 2002, the national team was honored with the Turkish "State Medal of Distinguished Service" for its third place achievement at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. All the team members, coaches and officials were bestowed by a medal.[30]

Kit History

The classical home kit of Turkey is an all-white kit iwith a white shirt, white shorts and white socks. The shirt has got a red stripe on the chest and the crescent-Star of the Turkish flag. In 2008 the team changed the home and away colours. Making the all-red shirt the home design and the classical all-white colours the away kit. The Turkey's official kit suppiler is currently produced by Nike since 2003. Before that briefly the former kit suppiler were German company Adidas.

Home

1923–1963
1963–1993
1996–1998
EURO 1996
1998–2000
2000–2002
EURO 2000
2002–2003
World Cup 2002
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2008
2008–2010
EURO 2008
2010–2012
2012–2016
2016–2018
EURO 2016

Away

1996–1998
EURO 1996
1998–2000
2000–2002
EURO 2000
2002–2003
World Cup 2002
2003
2004–2005
2006–2008
2008–2010
EURO 2008
2010–2012
2012–2016
2016–2018
EURO 2016

Notes

  1. ↑ Croatia were sanctioned by FIFA to play two home matches (against Turkey on 5 September 2016 and against Iceland on 12 November 2016) without spectators for two cases of discriminatory chants by fans, which occurred at the friendly matches of against Israel on 23 March 2016 and against Hungary on 26 March 2016, having already been sanctioned for similar incidents by FIFA and UEFA.[26]

References

  1. ↑ "Turkey sneak through as best third-placed team". UEFA. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "FIFA 15'in kapağında Arda Turan olacak". Turkish Football Federation (in Turkish). 28 August 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Jeffree, Iain (6 August 2015). "FIFA Country Codes". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Since the Republic was not formally declared by the time of the event, the game was played between Romania and TFF. The city also was not consistently known as Istanbul in the English speaking world until 1930
  5. ↑ FIFA.com. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Associations - Turkey - Men's - FIFA.com". Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Erdinç, Sivritepe. "Turkey 2–2 Romania". Turkey international football matches. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  7. ↑ "Magical Magyars beating". Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  8. ↑ "Brazil beat brave Turks". BBC Sport. 3 June 2002. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  9. ↑ "Parks strike denies Turkey". BBC Sport. 14 June 2002. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  10. ↑ "Turkey reach last 16". BBC Sport. 13 June 2002. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  11. ↑ "Turkey end Japan's dream". BBC Sport. 18 June 2002. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  12. ↑ "Turkey's golden delight". BBC Sport. 22 June 2002. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  13. ↑ "Brazil stride into final". BBC Sport. 26 June 2002. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  14. ↑ "Turkey finish in style". BBC Sport. 29 June 2002. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  15. ↑ Fastest Goals in WC History
  16. ↑ "Turkey heroes return home". BBC Sport. 1 July 2002. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  17. ↑ "Portugal 2–0 Turkey". BBC Sport. 7 June 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  18. ↑ "Switzerland 1–2 Turkey". BBC Sport. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  19. ↑ "Turkey 3–2 Czech R & Switzerland 2–0 Portugal". BBC Sport. 15 June 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  20. ↑ FIFA.com – Turkey edge out Czechs in thriller
  21. ↑ "Croatia 1–1 Turkey (1–3 pens)". BBC Sport. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  22. ↑ "Germany 3–2 Turkey". BBC Sport. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  23. ↑ "Terim Resignation". Guardian Sport. 7 June 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  24. ↑ "Turkey marks 500th match". Hürriyet Daily News. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  25. ↑ Er, İsmail (15 November 2012). "Türkiye 1–1 Danimarka". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  26. ↑ "FIFA sanctions several football associations after discriminatory chants by fans". FIFA.com. 27 May 2016.
  27. ↑ "A Milli Takım'ın Ukrayna ve İzlanda maçları aday kadrosu ve programı açıklandı". Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  28. ↑ "A Milli Takım En Fazla Milli Olan Oyuncularımız TFF". Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  29. ↑ "Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu Ana Sayfa TFF". Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  30. ↑ "Hata Sayfası". Retrieved 29 October 2016.
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Defunct
Men's teams
Women's teams
Other teams
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