Turkey national football team

General

Kit history

Turkey
Nickname(s)	Ay-Yıldızlılar (The Crescent-Stars)
Association	Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu (TFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vacant
Asst coach	Bayram Bektaş Şeref Çiçek Kerem Yavaş
Captain	Hakan Çalhanoğlu
Most caps	Rüştü Reçber (120)
Top scorer	Hakan Şükür (51)
FIFA code	TUR
FIFA ranking	41 (20 July 2023))
Highest FIFA ranking	5 (June 2004)
Lowest FIFA ranking	67 (October 1993)
Elo ranking	21 5 (9 June 2021))
Highest Elo ranking	10 (16 October 2020, November 2002)
Lowest Elo ranking	72 (13 November 1985, 29 October 1986)
First international	Turkey 2–2 Romania (Istanbul, Turkey; 26 October 1923)
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	Poland 8–0 Turkey (Chorzów, Poland; 24 April 1968) Turkey 0–8 England (Istanbul, Turkey; 14 November 1984) England 8–0 Turkey (London, England; 14 October 1987)
World Cup appearances	2 (First in 1954)
Best result	Third place, 2002
UEFA European Championship appearances	5 (First in 1996)
Best result	Semi-finals, 2008

The Turkey national football team (Turkish: Türkiye Millî Futbol Takımı) is the national association football team which represent Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu), the governing body for football in Turkey.

Turkey has made two World Cup appearances and five appearances in the UEFA European Championship. Turkey's major success was finishing in third place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. They also reached the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2008. In recent years, Turkey is seen as a "dark horse" team among the European teams, whose team consisted of a mix between experienced players and youth talents. However, Turkey performed badly in the UEFA Euro 2020, having lost all of group stage matches and only scored one goal in three matches.

Competitive records

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter									Did not enter
1934	Withdrew									Withdrew
1938	Did not enter									Did not enter
1950	Qualified but withdrew									1	1	0	0	7	0
1954	Group stage	9th	3	1	0	2	10	11		3	1	1	1	4	6
1958	Withdrew									Withdrew
1962	Did not qualify									4	2	0	2	4	4
1966										6	1	0	5	4	19
1970										4	0	0	4	2	13
1974										6	2	2	2	5	3
1978										6	2	1	3	9	5
1982										8	0	0	8	1	22
1986										8	0	1	7	2	24
1990										8	3	1	4	12	10
1994										10	3	1	6	11	19
1998										8	4	2	2	21	9
2002	Third place	3rd	7	4	1	2	10	6		12	8	3	1	24	8
2006	Did not qualify									14	7	5	2	27	13
2010										10	4	3	3	13	10
2014										10	5	1	4	16	9
2018										10	4	3	3	14	13
2022	To be determined									3	2	1	0	10	5
2026										To be determined
Total	Third place	2/23	10	5	1	4	20	17		131	49	25	57	186	192

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	2	3
1964										2	0	0	2	0	7
1968										6	1	2	3	3	8
1972										6	2	1	3	5	13
1976										6	2	2	2	5	10
1980										6	3	1	2	5	5
1984										8	3	1	4	8	16
1988										6	0	2	4	2	16
1992										6	0	0	6	1	14
1996	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	0	5		8	4	3	1	16	8
2000	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	1	2	3	4		10	5	4	1	16	7
2004	Did not qualify									10	6	2	2	19	8
2008	Semi-finals	3rd	5	2	1	2	8	9		12	7	3	2	25	11
2012	Did not qualify									12	5	3	4	13	14
2016	Group stage	17th	3	1	0	2	2	4		10	5	3	2	14	9
2020	Qualified									10	7	2	1	18	3
2024	To be determined									To be determined
Total	Third place	4/17	15	4	2	9	13	22		120	51	29	40	152	152

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018–19	B	2	4	1	0	3	4	7		22nd
2020–21	B	3	6	1	3	2	6	8		29th
2022–23	C	TBD	To be determined
Total			10	2	3	5	10	15	22nd

Results and fixtures

2020

UEFA Nations League 3 September	Turkey	0–1	Hungary	Sivas, Turkey
21:45 TRT (UTC+03:00)		Report	Szoboszlai  80'	Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

UEFA Nations League 6 September	Serbia	0–0	Turkey	Belgrade, Serbia
21:45 TRT (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Red Star Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Friendly 7 October	Germany	3–3	Turkey	Cologne, Germany
21:45 TRT (UTC+02:00)	Draxler  45+1' Neuhaus  58' Walschmidt  81'		Tufan  49' Karaca  67' Karaman  90+4'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

UEFA Nations League 11 October	Russia	1–1	Turkey	Moscow, Russia
21:45 TRT (UTC+03:00)	Miranchuk  28'	Report	Karaman  62'	Stadium: VTB Arena Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

UEFA Nations League 14 October	Turkey	2–2	Serbia	Istanbul, Turkey
21:45 TRT (UTC+03:00)	Çalhanoğlu  57' Tufan  76'	Report	Milinković-Savić  22' A. Mitrović  49' (pen.)	Stadium: Türk Telekom Stadium Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Friendly 11 November	Turkey	3–3	Croatia	Istanbul, Turkey
18:45	Tosun  23' (pen.) Türüç  41' Ünder  58'	Report	Budimir  32' Pašalić  53' Brekalo  56'	Stadium: Vodafone Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

UEFA Nations League 15 November	Turkey	3–2	Russia	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 TRT (UTC+02:00)	Karaman  26' Ünder  32' Tosun  52' (pen.)	Report	Cheryshev  11' Kuzyayev  57'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

UEFA Nations League 18 November	Hungary	2–0	Turkey	Budapest, Hungary
21:45 TRT (UTC+01:00)	Sigér  57' Varga  90+5'	Report		Stadium: Puskás Aréna Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

2021

WCQ2022 UEFA Group G 24 March 2021	Turkey	4–2	Netherlands	Istanbul, Turkey
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	B. Yilmaz  15', 34' (pen.), 81' Çalhanoğlu  46'	Report	Klaassen  75' L. de Jong  77'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

WCQ2022 UEFA Group G 27 March 2021	Norway	0–3	Turkey	Malaga, Spain
18:00 UTC+1		Report	Tufan  4', 59' Söyüncü  28'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Spain)

WCQ2022 UEFA Group G 30 March 2021	Turkey	3–3	Latvia	Istanbul, Turkey
21:45 TRT (UTC+3)	Karaman  2' Çalhanoğlu  33' B. Yılmaz  52' (pen.)	Report	Savaļnieks  35' Uldriķis  58' Ikaunieks  79'	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Friendly 27 May 2021	Turkey	2–1	Azerbaijan	Alanya, Turkey
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Dervişoğlu  34' Ayhan  45'	Report	Makhmudov  28'	Stadium: Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)

Friendly 31 May 2021	Turkey	0–0	Guinea	Antalya, Turkey
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Antalya Stadium Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Friendly 3 June 2021	Turkey	2–0	Moldova	Paderborn, Germany
19:00 UTC+2	Yılmaz  58' Ünder  77'	Report		Stadium: Benteler-Arena Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)

UEFA Euro 2020 11 June 2021	Turkey	0–3	Italy	Rome, Italy
21:00 (UTC+2)		Report	Demiral  53' (o.g.) Immobile  66' Insigne  79'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 12,916 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

UEFA Euro 2020 16 June 2021	Turkey	0–2	Wales	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 (UTC+4)		Report	Ramsey  42' C. Roberts  90+5'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 19,762 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

UEFA Euro 2020 20 June 2021	Switzerland	3–1	Turkey	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 (UTC+4)	Seferović  6' Shaqiri  26', 68'	Report	Kahveci  62'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 17,138 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

WCQ2022 UEFA Group G 1 September 2021	Turkey	v	Montenegro	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium

WCQ2022 UEFA Group G 4 September 2021	Gibraltar	v	Turkey	Gibraltar
20:45		Report		Stadium: Victoria Stadium

WCQ2022 UEFA Group G 7 September 2021	Netherlands	v	Turkey	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45		Report		Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the UEFA Euro 2020.
All caps and goals as of 20 June 2021 after match against Switzerland.

#	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Mert Günok	1 March 1989 (1989-03-01)	22	0	İstanbul Başakşehir
12	1GK	Altay Bayındır	14 April 1998 (1998-04-14)	1	0	Fenerbahçe
23	1GK	Uğurcan Çakır	5 April 1996 (1996-04-05)	11	0	Trabzonspor
2	2DF	Zeki Çelik	17 February 1997 (1997-02-17)	23	2	Lille
3	2DF	Merih Demiral	5 March 1998 (1998-03-05)	24	0	Juventus
4	2DF	Çağlar Söyüncü	23 May 1996 (1996-05-23)	38	2	Leicester City
13	2DF	Umut Meraş	20 December 1995 (1995-12-20)	15	0	Le Havre
15	2DF	Ozan Kabak	25 March 2000 (2000-03-25)	12	0	Liverpool
18	2DF	Rıdvan Yılmaz	21 May 2001 (2001-05-21)	2	0	Beşiktaş
22	2DF	Kaan Ayhan	10 November 1994 (1994-11-10)	40	4	Sassuolo
25	2DF	Mert Müldür	3 April 1999 (1999-04-03)	10	0	Sassuolo
5	3MF	Okay Yokuşlu	9 March 1994 (1994-03-09)	37	1	West Bromwich Albion
6	3MF	Ozan Tufan	23 March 1995 (1995-03-23)	63	9	Fenerbahçe
7	3MF	Cengiz Ünder	14 July 1997 (1997-07-14)	32	9	Leicester City
8	3MF	Dorukhan Toköz	21 May 1996 (1996-05-21)	10	1	Beşiktaş
10	3MF	Hakan Çalhanoğlu	8 February 1994 (1994-02-08)	59	13	Milan
11	3MF	Yusuf Yazıcı	29 January 1997 (1997-01-29)	34	1	Lille
14	3MF	Taylan Antalyalı	8 January 1995 (1995-01-08)	6	0	Galatasaray
19	3MF	Orkun Kökçü	29 December 2000 (2000-12-29)	7	0	Feyenoord
20	3MF	Abdülkadir Ömür	25 June 1999 (1999-06-25)	9	0	Trabzonspor
21	3MF	İrfan Kahveci	15 July 1995 (1995-07-15)	21	1	Fenerbahçe
24	3MF	Kerem Aktürkoğlu	21 October 1998 (1998-10-21)	1	0	Galatasaray
9	4FW	Kenan Karaman	5 March 1994 (1994-03-05)	25	5	Fortuna Düsseldorf
16	4FW	Enes Ünal	10 May 1997 (1997-05-10)	22	2	Getafe
17	4FW	Burak Yılmaz (Captain)	15 July 1985 (1985-07-15)	70	29	Lille
26	4FW	Halil Dervişoğlu	8 December 1999 (1999-12-08)	4	1	Galatasaray

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Gökhan Akkan 1 January 1995 (1995-01-01) 1 0 Rizespor v. Guinea, 31 May 2021 DF Caner Erkin 4 October 1988 (1988-10-04) 59 2 Fenerbahçe v. Latvia, 30 March 2021 DF Bünyamin Balcı 31 May 2000 (2000-05-31) 0 0 Antalyaspor v. Latvia, 30 March 2021 DF Abdülkerim Bardakcı 9 July 1994 (1994-07-09) 0 0 Konyaspor v. Latvia, 30 March 2021 DF Alpaslan Öztürk 16 July 1993 (1993-07-16) 0 0 Göztepe v. Latvia, 30 March 2021 DF Nazım Sangaré 30 May 1994 (1994-05-30) 6 0 Fenerbahçe v. Netherlands, 24 March 2021 COV DF Ömer Bayram 27 July 1991 (1991-07-27) 10 0 Galatasaray v. Hungary, 18 November 2020 DF Mert Çetin 1 January 1997 (1997-01-01) 2 0 Hellas Verona v. Russia, 15 November 2020 INJ DF Hasan Ali Kaldırım 9 December 1989 (1989-12-09) 35 1 İstanbul Başakşehir v. Serbia, 14 October 2020 MF Mahmut Tekdemir 20 January 1988 (1988-01-20) 22 0 İstanbul Başakşehir v. Guinea, 31 May 2021 MF Efecan Karaca 16 November 1989 (1989-11-16) 7 1 Alanyaspor v. Guinea, 31 May 2021 MF Halil Akbunar 9 November 1993 (1993-11-09) 2 0 Göztepe v. Guinea, 31 May 2021 INJ MF Deniz Türüç 29 January 1993 (1993-01-29) 11 2 İstanbul Başakşehir v. Latvia, 30 March 2021 MF Emre Kılınç 23 August 1994 (1994-08-23) 4 0 Galatasaray v. Latvia, 30 March 2021 COV MF Berkay Özcan 15 February 1998 (1998-02-15) 6 0 İstanbul Başakşehir v. Hungary, 18 November 2020 MF Mert Hakan Yandaş 19 August 1994 (1994-08-19) 1 0 Fenerbahçe v. Hungary, 3 September 2020 INJ FW Enis Destan 15 June 2002 (2002-06-15) 0 0 Altınordu v. Latvia, 30 March 2021 FW Cenk Tosun 7 June 1991 (1991-06-07) 45 18 Beşiktaş v. Latvia, 30 March 2021 COV FW Ahmed Kutucu 1 March 2000 (2000-03-01) 2 0 Heracles Almelo v. Serbia, 14 October 2020 INJ Withdrew due to injury COV Withdrew due to COVID-19 PRE Preliminary squad / standby RET Retired from the national team SUS Serving suspension WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue. 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Topal 7. M. Aurélio 8. Nihat 9. Semih 10. Gökdeniz 11. Tümer 12. Tolga 13. E. Güngör 14. Arda 15. E. Aşık 16. U. Boral 17. Tuncay 18. C. Kâzım 19. Ayhan 20. Sabri 21. Erdinç 22. Altıntop 23. Volkan Manager:   Fatih Terim Turkey – UEFA Euro 2016 – Group stage 1. Volkan Babacan 2. Semih 3. Hakan Balta 4. Ahmet 5. Nuri 6. Hakan Çalhanoğlu 7. Gökhan 8. Selçuk 9. Cenk 10. Arda (c) 11. Olcay 12. Onur 13. İsmail 14. Oğuzhan 15. Mehmet 16. Ozan 17. Burak 18. Caner 19. Yunus 20. Volkan Şen 21. Emre 22. Şener 23. Harun Manager:   Fatih Terim Turkey – UEFA Euro 2020 – Group stage 1. Günok 2. Çelik 3. Demiral 4. Söyüncü 5. Yokuşlu 6. Tufan 7. Ünder 8. Toköz 9. Karaman 10. Çalhanoğlu 11. Yazıcı 12. Bayındır 13. Meraş 14. Antalyalı 15. Kabak 16. Ünal 17. B. Yılmaz (c) 18. R. Yılmaz 19. Kökçü 20. Ömür 21. Kahveci 22. Ayhan 23. Çakır 24. Aktürkoğlu 25. Müldür 26. Dervişoğlu Manager:   Şenol Güneş Turkey – UEFA Euro 2024 – TBD Manager:   [[]]