Turkey national football team
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| Association | Turkish Football Federation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Ersun Yanal, 2004 - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Bülent Korkmaz (100) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Hakan Şükür (46) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First International Turkey 2 – 2 Romania (Istanbul, Turkey; October 26, 1923) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Largest win 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Worst defeat Poland 8 – 0 Turkey (Chorzow, Poland; April 24 1968) Turkey 0 – 8 England (Istanbul, Turkey; November 14, 1984) England 8 – 0 Turkey (London, England; October 14, 1987) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 2 (First in 1954) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Third place, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 2 (First in 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Quarterfinals, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Turkey national football team is the national football team of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. Their highest achievement was getting to the semi-finals of the World Cup of Japan and South Korea in 2002.
Turkey is located in both Europe and Asia, but the Turkish team only plays in European Championships (not the Asian Cup) and European World Cup qualifiers.
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World Cup record
- 1930 – Did not enter
- 1934 – Withdrew
- 1938 – Did not enter
- 1950 – Withdrew during qualifying
- 1954 – Round 1
- 1958 – Withdrew
- 1962 to 1998 – Did not qualify
- 2002 – Third place
European Championship record
Notable players
- Emre Belözoğlu
- Muzzy Izzet
- Bülent Korkmaz
- İlhan Mansız
- Alpay Özalan
- Rüştü Reçber
- Hasan Şaş
- Hakan Şükür
- Sergen Yalçın
External links
- Official site of national federation (in Turkish and English)
- Unofficial site with extensive national team information
- RSSSF.com – caps and goals leaders for Turkey
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