Global InformationTurkey national football team information
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| Nickname(s) | Ay-Yıldızlılar (The Crescent-Stars)[1] Bizim Çocuklar (Our Boys) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Turkish Football Federation (TFF) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Vincenzo Montella | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Rüştü Reçber (120) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Hakan Şükür (51) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Various | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | TUR[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| FIFA ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Current | 40  5 (4 April 2024)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest | 5 (June 2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 67 (October 1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Turkey 2–2 Romania  (Istanbul, Turkey; 26 October 1923)[a] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Semi-finals/Third place (2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1924) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (1948, 1952) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA Confederations Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Third place (2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Website | tff.org | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Turkey national football team (Turkish: Türkiye Millî Futbol Takımı; officially recognized as Türkiye by FIFA[5][6]) represents Turkey in men's international football matches. The team is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu), the governing body for football in Turkey, which was founded in 1923 and has been a member of FIFA since 1923 and UEFA since 1962.[7]
The team played their first official international game in 1923 and has represented the nation in major competitions since their debut appearance at the 1924 Summer Olympics. They have participated in Summer Olympics a total of six times (1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952 and 1960), and reached the quarter-finals twice, in 1948 and 1952.
The team enjoyed their highest achievements in the 2000s, most notably finishing in third place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, and reaching the semi-finals at UEFA Euro 2008. They qualified for FIFA World Cup three times (1950,[b] 1954 and 2002) and reached the semi-finals in 2002, winning bronze medals. The team qualified for UEFA European Championships five times. Making their debut at Euro 96, they reached the quarter-finals in Euro 2000 and semi-finals in Euro 2008. In recent years, Turkey qualified to the Euro 2016, Euro 2020 and Euro 2024 championships. Turkey also qualified as a co-host for the Euro 2032 championship.
Since its introduction in 1992, the FIFA World Rankings has ranked the team between 5th and 57th place. Following their success at the 2002 World Cup, Turkey managed to stay in the top 10 in rankings between 2002 and 2004, ranking 5th in June 2004.[10] The team climbed once again up to 10th place in December 2008, following their success at Euro 2008.[11] Turkey achieved their highest victory margin with 7–0 wins over Syria in 1949, South Korea in 1954 and San Marino in 1996,[12] while their biggest losses were 8–0 defeats to Poland in 1968 and England in 1984 and 1987.[13]
As of 2020[update], the most capped player to play on the national team is Rüştü Reçber with 120 senior international caps between 1994 and 2012, and the most scoring player is Hakan Şükür with 51 goals scored between 1992 and 2007.[14] The longest-serving captain is Turgay Şeren with the captaincy of 35 international encounters from 1950 to 1966.[15]
- ^ "Türkiye sneak through as best third-placed team". UEFA. 14 October 2015. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ Jeffree, Iain (6 August 2015). "FIFA Country Codes". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 19 September 2000. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Türkiye". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ UEFA.com. "Turkish Football Federation". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "TFF » İş Ortakları" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "Futbol Denen Oyun..." [This game, refer to as "football"]. Milliyet (in Turkish). 10 February 1982. p. 14.
- ^ "Türkiye 1950 Dünya Kupası'na şartlar yüzünden gidemedi!" (in Turkish). Milliyet. Anadolu News Agency. 27 May 2014. Archived from the original on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ "Zirveye Koşuyoruz". Milliyet (in Turkish). 10 June 2004. p. 34.
- ^ "Türkiye, FIFA dünya sıralamasında yeniden 10. sıraya yükseldi" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. 17 December 2008. Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "A Milli Takım'ın Tarihteki 'En'leri" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Anadolu News Agency. 20 November 2007. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ "Türkiye, İngiltere'ye ilk golü arıyor" (in Turkish). NTV (Turkey). 10 October 2003. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Records of Türkiyewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Türk futbolundan Turgay Şeren geçti" (in Turkish). Milliyet. Anadolu News Agency. 12 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
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