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Turkey (2026)

Türkiye

Matches: 10; 10 with a result
Won · drawn · lost: 5-0-5; 5 W · 0 D · 5 L
Goals: 12; 14 against
Goal difference: -2

General Information

Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu

Founded: 1923
FIFA entry: 1923
Average height in 2026: 1.83 m
Average age in 2026: 26.7 years
Confederation: United European Football Association (UEFA)
Continent: Europe
Infos provided by: The-Sports.org

No jersey for this year

Jersey in 2026

Coaches in 2026

Vincenzo Montella(Coach)

Date of birth: 18 June 1974
Place of birth: Pomigliano d'Arco, Italy
Height: 1.72 m
Matches: 10 (8 official · 2 friendlies)

Photo: Kindly provided by miguel_valencia87

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Players of Turkey in 2026

31 players

Name	Born	Position	Club	M	S	G
				FIFA
Goalkeepers3
Uğurcan Çakır	5 April 1996	Goalkeeper	Galatasaray SK	8	0	0
Altay Bayındır	14 April 1998	Goalkeeper	Celta Vigo	2	1	0
Muhammed Şengezer	5 January 1997	Goalkeeper	İstanbul Başakşehir	0	1	0
Defenders9
Abdülkerim Bardakcı	7 September 1994	Centre Back	Galatasaray SK	8	1	0
Mehmet Zeki Çelik	17 February 1997	Right Back	Juventus Torino	7	1	0
Merih Demiral	5 March 1998	Centre Back	Al-Ahli Jidda	5	2	0
Ozan Kabak	25 March 2000	Centre Back	TSG Hoffenheim	5	1	0
Eren Elmalı	7 July 2000	Left Back	Galatasaray SK	4	3	0
Mert Müldür	3 April 1999	Right Back	Fenerbahçe SK	3	4	0
Samet Akaydin	13 March 1994	Centre Back	Trabzonspor	1	1	0
Çağlar Söyüncü	23 May 1996	Centre Back	Çorum FK	1	1	0
Kaan Ayhan	10 November 1994	Centre Back	Galatasaray SK	0	2	1
Midfielders11
Arda Güler	25 February 2005	Attacking Midfielder	Real Madrid	9	1	1
İsmail Yüksek	26 January 1999	Centre Midfielder	Fenerbahçe SK	7	1	0
Orkun Kökçü	29 December 2000	Centre Midfielder	Beşiktaş JK	6	2	1
Ferdi Kadıoğlu	7 October 1999	Left Midfielder	Brighton & Hove Albion	6	0	1
Salih Özcan	11 January 1998	Centre Midfielder	Beşiktaş JK	4	4	0
Hakan Çalhanoğlu	8 February 1994	Attacking Midfielder	Inter Milano	4	2	0
Can Uzun	11 November 2005	Attacking Midfielder	Eintracht Frankfurt	3	3	1
İrfan Kahveci	15 July 1995	Centre Midfielder	Fenerbahçe SK	1	3	0
Bartuğ Elmaz	19 February 2003	Defensive Midfielder	Fenerbahçe SK	1	0	0
Demir Ege Tıknaz	17 August 2004	Centre Midfielder	Sporting Braga	0	3	0
Melih Kabasakal	18 February 1996	Defensive Midfielder	Trabzonspor	0	1	0
Forwards8
Barış Alper Yılmaz	23 May 2000	Left Winger	Galatasaray SK	7	3	4
Kerem Aktürkoğlu	21 October 1998	Left Winger	Fenerbahçe SK	5	3	1
Oğuz Aydın	27 October 2000	Left Winger	Fenerbahçe SK	5	1	0
Kenan Yıldız	4 May 2005	Secondary striker	Juventus Torino	4	1	0
Deniz Gül	2 July 2004	Centre Forward	Galatasaray SK	2	6	1
Yunus Akgün	7 July 2000	Right Winger	Galatasaray SK	2	3	1
İlhan Fakılı	20 January 2006	Left Winger	Beşiktaş JK	0	1	0
Aral Şimşir	19 June 2002	Left Winger	Trabzonspor	0	1	0

M = matches from the start, S = as a substitute, G = goals; non-FIFA: matches in which this team or the opponent was not a FIFA member.

Matches of Turkey in 2026

10 matches

2 Oct 2026UEFA Nations League 2027 · Group 1 · Stade Maurice DufrasneAvs.BelgiumMatch report: Belgium vs. Turkey 3–0Defeat
28 Sept 2026UEFA Nations League 2027 · Group 1 · Yüzüncü Yıl Atatürk StadyumuHvs.ItalyMatch report: Turkey vs. Italy 1–4Defeat
25 Sept 2026UEFA Nations League 2027 · Group 1 · Kocaeli StadyumuHvs.FranceMatch report: Turkey vs. France 0–1Defeat
25 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group D · SoFi StadiumAvs.USAMatch report: USA vs. Turkey 2–3Win
19 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group D · Levi's StadiumHvs.ParaguayMatch report: Turkey vs. Paraguay 0–1Defeat
13 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group D · BC PlaceAvs.AustraliaMatch report: Australia vs. Turkey 2–0Defeat
6 Jun 2026Friendly · Inter Miami CF StadiumHvs.VenezuelaMatch report: Turkey vs. Venezuela 2–1Win
1 Jun 2026Friendly · Şükrü Saracoğlu StadiumHvs.North MacedoniaMatch report: Turkey vs. North Macedonia 4–0Win
31 Mar 2026World Cup 2026 · Play-Off Finals · Fadil Vokrri StadiumAvs.KosovoMatch report: Kosovo vs. Turkey 0–1Win
26 Mar 2026World Cup 2026 · Play-Off Semi-Finals · Beşiktaş StadyumuHvs.RomaniaMatch report: Turkey vs. Romania 1–0Win

Match Progress for Turkey

5 W · 0 D · 5 L

One dot per match with a result, on the date it was played; planned or cancelled matches are left out.

Favorite Opponents of Turkey

94 countries

Opponent	M	W	D	L	G
Romania	17	5	3	9	16
Germany	17	3	4	10	17
Austria	15	8	1	6	25
Hungary	15	5	2	8	17
Iceland	15	4	3	8	18
Netherlands	13	3	3	7	13
Italy	13	0	4	9	8
Moldova	12	10	2	0	31
Switzerland	12	6	3	3	16
Albania	12	6	2	4	13
Czechia	12	6	1	5	17
Northern Ireland	12	5	2	5	12
Finland	12	4	4	4	18
Ireland	12	3	5	4	11
Croatia	12	3	5	4	10
Wales	11	3	4	4	10
England	11	0	2	9	1
Norway	10	5	3	2	15
Sweden	10	4	4	2	13
Belgium	10	3	3	4	15
Spain	10	1	3	6	7
Soviet Union	10	1	0	9	3
Luxembourg	9	7	1	1	18
North Macedonia	9	6	2	1	18
Bulgaria	9	5	2	2	18
Ukraine	9	4	3	2	11
Latvia	9	3	5	1	19
Poland	9	2	1	6	6
Georgia	8	6	1	1	22
Azerbaijan	8	6	1	1	11
Greece	8	4	3	1	10
Denmark	8	2	3	3	8
Russia	8	1	3	4	6
Portugal	8	1	0	7	5
Estonia	7	4	3	0	13
France	7	1	1	5	5
Czechoslovakia	7	0	1	6	3
Kazakhstan	6	6	0	0	19
Malta	6	5	1	0	15
Slovakia	6	4	1	1	8
South Korea	6	3	2	1	12
Montenegro	6	3	2	1	9
USA	6	3	1	2	10
Bosnia & Herzegovina	6	2	2	2	6
East Germany	5	3	1	1	10
Brazil	5	0	2	3	3
Kosovo	4	4	0	0	13
Andorra	4	4	0	0	10
San Marino	4	3	1	0	16
Armenia	4	3	1	0	7
Iran	4	2	2	0	8
Belarus	4	2	1	1	8
Saudi Arabia	3	3	0	0	6
Honduras	3	3	0	0	5
Chile	3	2	1	0	3
Australia	3	2	0	1	4
Faroe Islands	3	1	1	1	6
Algeria	3	1	0	2	4
Japan	3	1	0	2	3
Egypt	3	1	0	2	2
Yugoslavia	3	0	1	2	3
Gibraltar	2	2	0	0	9
Liechtenstein	2	2	0	0	8
Lithuania	2	2	0	0	8
Canada	2	2	0	0	6
Ethiopia	2	1	1	0	3
Israel	2	1	0	1	2
Slovenia	2	1	0	1	1
Ghana	2	0	2	0	3
Serbia	2	0	2	0	2
Tunisia	2	0	2	0	2
Paraguay	2	0	1	1	0
Syria	1	1	0	0	7
Angola	1	1	0	0	3
China	1	1	0	0	3
Malaysia	1	1	0	0	3
Colombia	1	1	0	0	2
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	2
Qatar	1	1	0	0	2
Scotland	1	1	0	0	2
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	2
Venezuela	1	1	0	0	2
Soviet Union (U21)	1	1	0	0	2
Senegal	1	1	0	0	1
Costa Rica	1	0	1	0	1
Ivory Coast	1	0	1	0	1
Guinea	1	0	1	0	0
Iraq	1	0	1	0	0
Uruguay	1	0	0	1	2
Libya	1	0	0	1	1
Cameroon	1	0	0	1	0
Ecuador	1	0	0	1	0
Mexico	1	0	0	1	0
South Africa	1	0	0	1	0
Total	543	224	125	194	749

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All matches of the team (any status); a penalty shoot-out decides won or lost, goals are without shoot-out kicks. M links to the head-to-head record.

All Time World Cup Stats for Turkey

Games Total: 160
Goals: 246
Goals Against: 240
Games W/D/L: 65/29/66
Avg. Goals / Match: 1.54
Avg. Goals Against / Match: 1.50

Top Players

Most Goals Scored: 18; Hakan Şükür
Most Matches: 38; Hakan Şükür
Most Yellow Cards: 11; Emre Belözoğlu
Most Red Cards: 1; Alpay Özalan

Final tournaments and qualifiers; goals include penalty shoot-out kicks.

All-time top 50 of Turkey

Matches

Scope

#	Name	Position	Years	M	11	S	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow cards	Red cards
1	Reçber, Rüştü	Goalkeeper	1994–2012	119	116	3	0	1	8	0	0
2	Şükür, Hakan	Centre Forward	1992–2007	111	107	4	51	5	10	0	0
3	Çalhanoğlu, Hakan	Attacking Midfielder	2013–2026	108	97	11	22	20	15	0	0
4	Korkmaz, Bülent	Centre Back	1990–2005	102	90	12	3	0	17	0	0
5	Belözoğlu, Emre	Centre Midfielder	2000–2019	100	86	14	9	7	27	1	0
6	Turan, Arda	Left Midfielder	2006–2017	99	88	11	16	25	16	0	0
7	Kerimoğlu, Tugay	Defensive Midfielder	1990–2007	94	86	8	2	1	13	0	0
8	Özalan, Alpay	Centre Back	1995–2005	90	90	0	4	0	11	0	2
9	Altıntop, Hamit	Right Midfielder	2004–2014	81	71	10	7	9	9	0	0
10	Topal, Mehmet	Centre Back	2008–2018	81	59	22	2	5	6	0	0
11	Şanlı, Tuncay	Left Winger	2002–2010	79	61	18	22	7	5	0	0
12	Yılmaz, Burak	Centre Forward	2006–2022	77	61	16	31	9	15	1	0
13	Temizkanoğlu, Ogün	Centre Back	1990–2002	76	73	3	5	0	8	0	1
14	Ayhan, Kaan	Centre Back	2016–2026	74	48	26	6	4	10	0	0
15	Ercan, Abdullah	Left Midfielder	1993–2003	71	63	8	0	0	13	0	0
16	Çetin, Oğuz	Centre Midfielder	1988–1998	70	59	11	3	0	2	0	0
17	Kahveci, Nihat	Secondary striker	2000–2010	69	51	18	19	3	3	0	0
18	Demiral, Merih	Centre Back	2018–2026	68	57	11	6	3	12	0	0
19	Çelik, Mehmet Zeki	Right Back	2018–2026	66	54	12	3	2	11	0	0
20	Gönül, Gökhan	Right Back	2007–2019	66	60	6	1	8	5	0	0
21	Tufan, Ozan	Defensive Midfielder	2014–2021	65	54	11	9	2	7	0	0
22	Akyel, Fatih	Right Back	1997–2004	64	52	12	0	0	8	0	0
23	Erkin, Caner	Left Back	2006–2021	63	52	11	2	11	7	0	0
24	Demirel, Volkan	Goalkeeper	2004–2014	62	59	3	0	0	4	0	1
25	İnan, Selçuk	Centre Midfielder	2007–2017	61	50	11	8	8	4	0	1
26	Söyüncü, Çağlar	Centre Back	2016–2026	61	57	4	2	1	15	1	0
27	Erdem, Arif	Centre Forward	1994–2003	60	31	29	11	3	1	0	0
28	Çetin, Servet	Centre Back	2003–2011	58	54	4	3	1	8	0	0
29	Aktürkoğlu, Kerem	Left Winger	2021–2026	57	40	17	15	5	6	0	0
30	Buruk, Okan	Right Midfielder	1992–2010	56	47	9	8	0	15	0	0
31	Çetin, Recep	Right Back	1988–1997	56	54	2	1	0	11	0	0
32	Kökçü, Orkun	Centre Midfielder	2020–2026	54	37	17	4	11	8	0	0
33	Tosun, Cenk	Centre Forward	2013–2024	52	36	16	21	9	9	0	1
34	Ünder, Cengiz	Right Midfielder	2016–2023	51	42	9	16	9	7	0	0
35	Şahin, Nuri	Defensive Midfielder	2005–2017	51	30	21	2	3	2	0	0
36	Terim, Fatih	Sweeper	1975–1984	51	51	0	2	0	3	0	0
37	Balta, Hakan Kadir	Left Back	2006–2016	50	49	1	2	1	6	0	0
38	Karadeniz, Gökdeniz	Left Midfielder	2003–2008	49	23	26	6	1	3	0	0
39	Baştürk, Yıldıray	Attacking Midfielder	1998–2008	49	39	10	2	1	6	1	0
40	Penbe, Ergün	Left Back	1994–2006	49	31	18	0	1	2	0	0
41	Mandıralı, Hami	Secondary striker	1987–1999	48	24	24	8	0	3	0	0
42	Kahveci, İrfan	Centre Midfielder	2018–2026	48	24	24	6	4	8	0	0
43	Müldür, Mert	Right Back	2018–2026	48	33	15	3	3	5	0	0
44	Yokuşlu, Okay	Defensive Midfielder	2015–2024	47	33	14	1	2	8	0	0
45	Havutçu, Tayfur	Defensive Midfielder	1994–2004	45	26	19	6	0	3	0	0
46	Yazıcı, Yusuf	Attacking Midfielder	2017–2024	45	22	23	3	7	6	0	0
47	Çakır, Uğurcan	Goalkeeper	2019–2026	44	44	0	0	1	3	0	1
48	Turan, Cemil	Centre Forward	1969–1979	43	41	2	18	0	1	0	0
49	Sarıoğlu, Sabri	Right Back	2006–2011	43	31	12	2	4	7	0	0
50	Özyakup, Oğuzhan	Centre Midfielder	2013–2019	43	31	12	1	4	5	0	0

M = matches from the start (11) and as a substitute (S), as on the player pages.
Only FIFA matches count.
Assists are only known where the assisting player was recorded.

Top 10 duos of Turkey

#	Assist	Goal	Years	Goals	%
1	Turan, Arda	Yılmaz, Burak	2011–2015	6	19
2	Altıntop, Hamit	Kahveci, Nihat	2006–2008	4	21
3	Erkin, Caner	Yılmaz, Burak	2012–2015	3	10
4	Erkin, Caner	Bulut, Umut	2013–2014	3	30
5	Töre, Gökhan	Bulut, Umut	2013	3	30
6	İnan, Selçuk	Tosun, Cenk	2016–2017	3	14
7	Çalhanoğlu, Hakan	Yılmaz, Burak	2016–2021	3	10
8	Çalhanoğlu, Hakan	Tufan, Ozan	2016–2021	3	33
9	Yazıcı, Yusuf	Tufan, Ozan	2017–2021	3	33
10	Şükür, Hakan	Mansız, İlhan	2002	2	29

Assister → scorer pairs with at least two goals in the team's FIFA matches. The assisting player is only known for 321 of 715 goals.