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Turkey national football team

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Nickname
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Association
Turkish Football Association
Current coach
Ersun Yanal, 2004-
Most capped player
Bülent Korkmaz: 99
Highest goalscorer
Hakan Şükür: 45
First International
Turkey 2 - 2 Romania
(Istanbul, Turkey; 26 October 1923)
Largest 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)
Largest defeat
Poland 8 - 0 Turkey
(Chorzow, Poland; 24 April 1968)
Turkey 0 - 8 England
(Istanbul, Turkey; 14 November 1984)
England 8 - 0 Turkey
(London, England; 14 October 1987)
World Cup
Finals appearances: 2 (First: 1954)
Best result: Third place, 2002
European Championships
Finals appearances: 2 (First: 1996)
Best result: Quarterfinals, 2000

The Turkish National Football Team is the national football team of Turkey.

Their highest achievement was getting to the semi-finals of the World Cup of Japan and South Korea in 2002.

World Cup record

  • 1930-1938 - Did not enter
  • 1950 - Withdrew during qualifying
  • 1954 - Round 1
  • 1958 - Withdrew during qualifying
  • 1962-1998 - Did not qualify
  • 2002 - Third place

European Championship record

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

Notable players