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Turkey national football team |
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| Nickname(s) | Crescent Stars Comeback Kings |
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| Association | Turkish Football Federation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Fatih Terim |
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| Captain | Emre Belözoğlu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Rüştü Reçber (119) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Hakan Şükür (51) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | TUR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 5 (June 2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 67 (October 1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest Elo ranking | 9 (November 2002) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 82 (November 1985) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turkey 2 - 2 Romania  (Istanbul, Turkey; October 26, 1923) |
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Turkey 7 - 0 Syria  (Ankara, Turkey; November 20, 1949) Turkey 7 - 0 Korea Republic  (Geneva, Switzerland; 20 June, 1954) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Poland 8 - 0 Turkey (Chorzów, Poland; April 24, 1968) Turkey 0 - 8 England  (Istanbul, Turkey; 14 November, 1984) England 8 - 0 Turkey (London, England; 14 October, 1987) |
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| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 1954) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | 3rd, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 3 (First in 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Semi-finals, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederations Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | 3rd, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Turkish national football team is the national football team of the Republic of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. They are affiliated with UEFA.
Turkey has a footballing tradition that features both highs and lows. In World Cup competition Turkey has qualified three times for the 1950, 1954, and 2002 editions. Turkey failed to make an appearance for the 1950 World Cup due to a withdrawal.
The team's highest achievement was reaching 3rd place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Turkey also reached the knockout round of Euro 2000, the semi-finals of Euro 2008 and finished 3rd in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup.
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The Turkish national team played their first ever match against Romania in 1923. The most notable thing of this match was that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was also there to wish the team good luck, Atatürk was known to be a huge fan of the game. In this era the Turkish national team was feared because the players that represented the squad played in Turkish teams that defeated English teams a few years before in every encounter they had.
Turkey qualified very easily for the 1950 World Cup beating Syria 7-0 but they had to withdraw 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.
The Turkish national team played some nice matches in this period, the biggest one being a 3-1 beating of unbeatable Hungary.
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 Turkish team also suffered their worst defeats with 8-0 scorelines against Poland and, twice, 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.
Turkey qualified for the Euro 96, beating both Switzerland and Sweden 2-1 along the way, but then at Euro 1996 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.
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. Turkey passed the group stage with a 3-0 win against China, after drawing 1-1 with Costa Rica.
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.1
In the summer of 2003, Turkey reached third place at the 2003 Confederations Cup. In the groupstages they 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 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.
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 where the Turkish team brawled with Swiss players down the tunnel.
Turkey qualified for their first international tournament in 6 years by finishing second behind Greece in Group C. 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. 2
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 Senturk 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. However, this complaint was overruled, and the game went into penalties. Turkey beat out Croatia in penalties 3 - 1.
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 in the last minute of the match, until Germany scored a third goal in the last few seconds and Turkey were thus eliminated.
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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 1930 |
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1934 |
Withdrew during qualifying | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1938 |
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1950 |
Qualified but withdrew | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1954 |
Round 1 | 9 | 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
.svg){kind=small} 1978 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1982 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1986 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1990 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1994 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1998 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2002 |
Third place | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| 2006 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2010 |
qualifying competition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 2/19 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 |
| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
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| 1960 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1964 |
Did Not Quality | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1968 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
.svg){kind=small} 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 |
Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
 2004 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2008 |
Semi-finals | 5 | 2 | 1* | 2 | 8 | 9 |
 2012 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 3/13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2009 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 1/8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| Host/Year | Round |
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 1965 |
Runners-Up |
 1967 |
Champions |
| 1969 |
Champions |
| 1970 |
Runners-Up |
| 1974 |
Champions |
 1993 |
Did not enter |
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The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Belgium on September 10, 2008. 3
Head coach: Fatih Terim
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