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Turkey (2021)

Türkiye

Matches: 16; 16 with a result
Won · drawn · lost: 8-4-4; 8 W · 4 D · 4 L
Goals: 32; 25 against
Goal difference: +7

General Information

Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu

Founded: 1923
FIFA entry: 1923
Average height in 2021: 1.82 m
Average age in 2021: 25.8 years
Confederation: United European Football Association (UEFA)
Continent: Europe
Infos provided by: The-Sports.org

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Jersey in 2021

Coaches in 2021

Şenol Güneş(Coach)

Date of birth: 1 June 1952
Place of birth: Trabzon, Turkey
Height: 1.79 m
Matches: 12 (9 official · 3 friendlies)

Photo: Kindly provided by Jorge Mendoza

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Stefan Kuntz(Coach)

Date of birth: 30 October 1962
Place of birth: Neunkirchen, Germany
Height: 1.80 m
Matches: 4 (4 official · 0 friendlies)

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Players of Turkey in 2021

38 players

Name	Born	Position	Club	M	S	G
				FIFA
Goalkeepers4
Uğurcan Çakır	5 April 1996	Goalkeeper	Trabzonspor	13	0	0
Altay Bayındır	14 April 1998	Goalkeeper	Fenerbahçe SK	2	0	0
Fehmi Mert Günok	1 March 1989	Goalkeeper	Beşiktaş JK	1	0	0
Gökhan Akkan	1 January 1995	Goalkeeper	Çaykur Rizespor	0	1	0
Defenders11
Çağlar Söyüncü	23 May 1996	Centre Back	Leicester City	13	0	1
Mehmet Zeki Çelik	17 February 1997	Right Back	Lille OSC	11	0	0
Merih Demiral	5 March 1998	Centre Back	Atalanta Bergamo	10	2	1
Kaan Ayhan	10 November 1994	Centre Back	US Sassuolo	8	5	1
Mert Müldür	3 April 1999	Right Back	US Sassuolo	8	3	1
Caner Erkin	4 October 1988	Left Back	Fatih Karagümrük SK	5	2	0
Umut Meraş	20 December 1995	Left Back	Beşiktaş JK	5	1	0
Ozan Kabak	25 March 2000	Centre Back	Norwich City	3	3	0
Rıdvan Yılmaz	21 May 2001	Left Back	Beşiktaş JK	2	3	0
Serdar Aziz	23 October 1990	Centre Back	Fenerbahçe SK	1	0	0
Alpaslan Öztürk	16 July 1993	Centre Back	Galatasaray SK	0	1	0
Midfielders16
Hakan Çalhanoğlu	8 February 1994	Attacking Midfielder	Inter Milano	13	1	3
Cengiz Ünder	14 July 1997	Right Midfielder	Olympique Marseille	8	2	3
Ozan Tufan	23 March 1995	Defensive Midfielder	Fenerbahçe SK	8	2	2
Okay Yokuşlu	9 March 1994	Defensive Midfielder	Getafe CF	8	2	0
Yusuf Yazıcı	29 January 1997	Attacking Midfielder	CSKA Moskva	7	4	1
Orkun Kökçü	29 December 2000	Centre Midfielder	Feyenoord Rotterdam	5	6	1
Berat Özdemir	23 May 1998	Defensive Midfielder	Trabzonspor	3	0	0
Taylan Antalyalı	8 January 1995	Defensive Midfielder	Galatasaray SK	2	6	0
İrfan Kahveci	15 July 1995	Centre Midfielder	Fenerbahçe SK	2	2	1
Abdülkadir Ömür	25 June 1999	Right Midfielder	Trabzonspor	2	1	0
Efecan Karaca	16 November 1989	Right Midfielder	Alanyaspor	1	2	0
Halil Akbunar	9 November 1993	Right Midfielder	Göztepe SK	1	1	0
Dorukhan Toköz	21 May 1996	Defensive Midfielder	Trabzonspor	1	1	0
Mahmut Tekdemir	20 January 1988	Defensive Midfielder	İstanbul Başakşehir	1	0	0
Berkan Kutlu	25 January 1998	Centre Midfielder	Galatasaray SK	0	3	0
Deniz Türüç	29 January 1993	Right Midfielder	İstanbul Başakşehir	0	2	0
Forwards7
Burak Yılmaz	15 July 1985	Centre Forward	Lille OSC	13	0	6
Kenan Karaman	5 March 1994	Left Winger	Beşiktaş JK	8	6	2
Kerem Aktürkoğlu	21 October 1998	Left Winger	Galatasaray SK	5	3	3
Halil Dervişoğlu	8 December 1999	Centre Forward	Galatasaray SK	3	6	4
Enes Ünal	10 May 1997	Centre Forward	Getafe CF	2	5	0
Barış Alper Yılmaz	23 May 2000	Left Winger	Galatasaray SK	1	1	0
Serdar Dursun	19 October 1991	Centre Forward	Fenerbahçe SK	0	2	2

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 2021

16 matches

16 Nov 2021World Cup 2022 · Group G · Podgorica City StadiumAvs.MontenegroMatch report: Montenegro vs. Turkey 1–2Win
13 Nov 2021World Cup 2022 · Group G · Başakşehir Fatih Terim StadyumuHvs.GibraltarMatch report: Turkey vs. Gibraltar 6–0Win
11 Oct 2021World Cup 2022 · Group G · Daugavas stadions RīgaAvs.LatviaMatch report: Latvia vs. Turkey 1–2Win
8 Oct 2021World Cup 2022 · Group G · Şükrü Saracoğlu StadiumHvs.NorwayMatch report: Turkey vs. Norway 1–1Draw
7 Sept 2021World Cup 2022 · Group G · Johan Cruijff ArenAAvs.NetherlandsMatch report: Netherlands vs. Turkey 6–1Defeat
4 Sept 2021World Cup 2022 · Group G · Victoria Stadium GibraltarAvs.GibraltarMatch report: Gibraltar vs. Turkey 0–3Win
1 Sept 2021World Cup 2022 · Group G · Atatürk Olimpiyat StadıHvs.MontenegroMatch report: Turkey vs. Montenegro 2–2Draw
20 Jun 2021European Championship 2020 · Group A · Bakı Olimpiya StadionuAvs.SwitzerlandMatch report: Switzerland vs. Turkey 3–1Defeat
16 Jun 2021European Championship 2020 · Group A · Bakı Olimpiya StadionuHvs.WalesMatch report: Turkey vs. Wales 0–2Defeat
11 Jun 2021European Championship 2020 · Group A · Stadio Olimpico RomaAvs.ItalyMatch report: Italy vs. Turkey 3–0Defeat
3 Jun 2021Friendly · Benteler-ArenaHvs.MoldovaMatch report: Turkey vs. Moldova 2–0Win
31 May 2021Friendly · Antalya StadyumuHvs.GuineaMatch report: Turkey vs. Guinea 0–0Draw
27 May 2021Friendly · Bahçeşehir Okulları StadiumHvs.AzerbaijanMatch report: Turkey vs. Azerbaijan 2–1Win
30 Mar 2021World Cup 2022 · Group G · Atatürk Olimpiyat StadıHvs.LatviaMatch report: Turkey vs. Latvia 3–3Draw
27 Mar 2021World Cup 2022 · Group G · Estadio La RosaledaAvs.NorwayMatch report: Norway vs. Turkey 0–3Win
24 Mar 2021World Cup 2022 · Group G · Atatürk Olimpiyat StadıHvs.NetherlandsMatch report: Turkey vs. Netherlands 4–2Win

Match Progress for Turkey

8 W · 4 D · 4 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.