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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.
   Turkey had many ups and downs, for example they made a nice rise to the international scene in the 1950s but lost that status in the 1970s.
   The team's highest achievement was reaching 3rd place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Turkey also reached the quarter-finals at Euro 2000 and reached 3rd place at the 2003 Confederations Cup.
   After these successes Turkey is considered as a strong force in world football again.

History

World Cups 1950 and 1954

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

'60s to '90s

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. 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 Euro 1972 and Euro 1976.
The 1980s saw Turkey 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 and 2000

Turkey qualified for the Euro 96, beating both Switzerland and Sweden 2-1, but then they lost all their matches without scoring a single goal. However, they did go home with an award: the fair-play award, given to Alpay Özalan.
Turkey qualified for Euro 2000 after winning a play-off against the Republic of 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, brought Turkey into the last eight of the tournament where Portugal won the quarter-final match 2-0.

World Cup 2002

The Turkish team started the 2002 World Cup with a 2-1 defeat against Brazil. Turkey passed the group stage with a 3-0 win against China.
Turkey then faced home team Japan, beating them 1-0. 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 Brazil forced them to play the third place match, and a bronze medal was the prize after a 3-2 victory over South Korea. 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.

Confederations Cup 2003 and Euro 2004

In the summer of 2003, Turkey reached third place at the 2003 Confederations Cup in which they drew 2-2 against Brazil. Turkey lost to eventual tournament winners France 3-2 in the semi-final match. Turkey defeated Colombia 2-1 to win third place.
The Turkish team failed to qualify for Euro 2004 on play-offs due to a loss to 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. There were scenes of violence after the game on and off the pitch.

World Cup record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1930	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Withdrew during qualifying	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Qualified but withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Round 1	3	1	0	2	10	11
1958	Withdrew during qualifying	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Dit Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Third place	7	4	1	2	10	6
2006	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2/18	10	5	1	4	20	17

European Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1960	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Dit Not Quality	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Round 1	3	0	0	3	0	5
2000	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	3	4
2004	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Qualified	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	3/13	7	1	1	5	3	9

Confederations Cup record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1992	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Third place	5	2	1	2	8	7
2005	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1/7	5	2	1	2	8	7

Euro 2008

Final round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Players

EURO 2008 squad (26 player)
Date announced	11 May 2008

Recent Call-ups

Famous former players

Most capped players As of April 17, 2008, the ten players with the most caps for Turkey are:

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1.	Rüştü Reçber (*)	1993 - present	129	0
2.	Hakan Şükür (*)	1992 - present	112	51
3.	Bülent Korkmaz	1990 - 2005	102	2
4.	Tugay Kerimoğlu	1990 - 2007	94	2
5.	Alpay Özalan (*)	1995 - 2005	90	4
6.	Ogün Temizkanoglu	1990 - 2002	76	5
7.	Abdullah Ercan	1992 - 2003	71	0
8.	Oğuz Çetin	1988 - 1998	70	3
9.	Fatih Akyel (*)	1997 - present	64	0
10.	Arif Erdem	1994 - 2003	60	11

(*) - still active

Top Turkish Goal Scorers

#	Player	Period	Goals (Caps)
1	Hakan Şükür (*)	1992-2007	51 (112)
2	Lefter Küçükandonyadis	1948-1963	20 (46)
3	Cemil Turan	1969-1979	19 (44)
4	Metin Oktay	1969-1979	19 (36)

Coaching staff

Head Coach	Fatih Terim
Assistant Coaches	Oğuz Çetin
	Müfit Erkasap
	Metin Tekin
Team Doctor	Mehmet Candan
Masseurs	Yusuf Calik
	Metin Kalemci
	Muammer Balik
Goalkeepers Coach	Eser Özaltındere
Administrative Responsible	Şükrü Hanedar

Past managers

Ali Sami Yen 1923

Billy Hunter 1924-1926

Bela Tóth 1927-1932

Fred Pegnam 1932

James Elliot 1936-1937

Ignác Molnár 1948

Ulvi Yenal 1948

Peter Molloy 1948-1949

Cihat Arman 1949

Peter Molloy 1950

Jimmy McCormick 1950-1951

Rebii Erkal 1951

Sadri Usuoğlu 1952

Sandro Puppo 1952-1954

Gündüz Kılıç 1954

Žarko Mihajlović 1955

Giovanni Varglien 1955-1956

Cihat Arman 1956

László Székely 1957

Leandro Remondini 1958-1959

Ignác Molnár 1960

Sandro Puppo 1960-1962

Şeref Görkey 1962

Ljubiša Spajić 1962

Bülent Eken 1963

Cihat Arman 1964

Sandro Puppo 1965

Doğan Andaç 1965

Sandro Puppo 1965-1966

Adnan Süvari 1966-1969

Abdullah Gegiç 1969

Cihat Arman 1970-1971

Nicolae Petrescu 1971

Coşkun Özari 1972-1976

Doğan Andaç 1976

Metin Türel 1977-1978

Sabri Kiraz 1978-1980

Özkan Sümer 1981

Fethi Demircan 1981

Coşkun Özari 1982-1984

Candan Tarhan 1984

Yılmaz Gökdel 1984-1985

Kálmán Mézsöly 1985

Coşkun Özari 1985-1986

Mustafa Denizli 1987

Tınaz Tırpan 1988-1989

Fatih Terim 1990

Sepp Piontek 1990-1993

Fatih Terim 1993-1996

Mustafa Denizli 1996-2000

Şenol Güneş 2000-2004

Ünal Karaman 2004

Ersun Yanal 2004-2005

Fatih Terim 2005-2008

Rıdvan Dilmen 2008-

National stadiums

In Istanbul;

Atatürk Olympic Stadium (capacity: 81,283) - last match against Germany on 8 October 2005 with 2-1 result
Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium (capacity: 52,509 - last match against Switzerland on 16 December 2005 with 4-2 result
Inönü Stadium (capacity: 32,145) - last match against Sweden on 6 February 2008 with 0-0 result
Ali Sami Yen Stadium (capacity: 22,500) - last match against Bosnia and Herzegovina on 21 December 2007 with 1-0 result

In Ankara;

19 Mayıs Stadium (capacity: 21,250) - last match against Moldova on 20 August 2003 with 2-0 result

In Izmir;

Izmir Atatürk Stadium (capacity: 58,008) - last match against Czech Republic on 1 March 2006 with 2-2 result

In Bursa;

Bursa Atatürk Stadium (capacity: 19,700) - last match against Macedonia on 6 June 2001 with 3-3 result

In Trabzon;

Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium (capacity: 29,500) - last match against Georgia on 4 September 2004 with 1-1 result

In Gaziantep;

Kamil Ocak Stadium (capacity: 14,325) - last match against Denmark on 18 February 2004 with 0-1 result

In Denizli;

Denizli Atatürk Stadium (capacity: 15,000) - last match against Belarus on 18 August 2004 with 1-2 result

Memorable Matches

1951 West Germany - Turkey 1-2 Coach: Rebii Erkal

1954 Turkey- Spain 1-0 Coach: Sandro Puppo

1954 Spain - Turkey 2-2 Coach: Sandro Puppo

1956 Turkey- Hungary 3-1 Coach: Eşfak Aykaç

1970 West Germany - Turkey 1-1 Coach: Cihat Arman

1995 Turkey- Sweden 2-1 Coach: Fatih Terim

1995 Switzerland - Turkey 1-2 Coach: Fatih Terim

1997 Turkey- Netherlands 1-0 Coach: Mustafa Denizli

1998 Turkey- Germany 1-0 Coach: Mustafa Denizli

2000 Belgium - Turkey 0-2 Coach: Mustafa Denizli

2001 Turkey- Austria 5-0 Coach: Şenol Güneş

2002 Brazil - Turkey 2-1 Coach: Şenol Güneş

2002 China - Turkey 0-3 Coach: Şenol Güneş

2002 Senegal - Turkey 0-1 Coach: Şenol Güneş

2002 Brazil - Turkey 1-0 Coach: Şenol Güneş

2002 South Korea - Turkey 2-3 Coach: Şenol Güneş

2003 Brazil - Turkey 2-2 Coach: Şenol Güneş

2003 France - Turkey 3-2 Coach: Şenol Güneş

2003 Colombia - Turkey 1-2 Coach: Şenol Güneş

2005 Turkey- Switzerland 4-2 Coach: Fatih Terim

2006 Italy - Turkey 1-1 Coach: Fatih Terim

2007 Greece - Turkey 1-4 Coach: Fatih Terim

2007 Brazil - Turkey 0-0 Coach: Fatih Terim

2007 Norway - Turkey 1-2 Coach: Fatih Terim

Trivia

Hakan Şükür 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)

Nuri Şahin is the youngest player ever to have played and scored for the Turkish national team, ironically scoring against Germany, as he's both Turkish and German citizenships.

Cups squads

World Cups squads

2002 FIFA World Cup

1954 FIFA World Cup Euro Cups squads

1996 UEFA Euro Cup

2000 UEFA Euro Cup Confederations Cup squads

2003 FIFA Confederations Cup

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