Turkey national football team
Appearance
Team colours | ||
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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