Turkey national football team

Turkey

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	-
Association	Turkish Football Association
Head coach	Ersun Yanal, 2004 -
Most caps	Bülent Korkmaz (100)
Top scorer	Hakan Şükür (46)
First colours Second colours
First international
Turkey 2 - 2 Romania (Istanbul, Turkey; October 26, 1923)
Biggest 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)
Biggest 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)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1954)
Best result	Third place, 2002
European Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 1996)
Best result	Quarterfinals, 2000

The Turkey national football team is the national football team of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Association. 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.

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

• 1960 to 1992 - Did not qualify
• 1996 - Round 1
• 2000 - Quarterfinals
• 2004 - Did not qualify

Notable players

• Emre Belözoğlu
• Bülent Korkmaz
• Rüştü Reçber
• Hakan Şükür
• Alpay Özalan

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