Turkey national football team
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The Turkish national football team is the national football team of the Republic of Turkey and is worked by the Turkish Football Federation. They are in association with UEFA.
Quick Facts Nickname(s), Association ...
Nickname(s) | Ay-Yıldızlılar (The Crescent-Stars)[1] | ||
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Association | Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu (TFF) | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Stefan Kuntz[2] | ||
Captain | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | ||
Most caps | Rüştü Reçber (120) | ||
Top scorer | Hakan Şükür (51) | ||
FIFA code | TUR[3] | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 44 1 (22 December 2022)[4] | ||
Highest | 5 (June 2004) | ||
Lowest | 67 (October 1993) | ||
First international | |||
Turkey 2–2 Romania (Istanbul, Turkey; 26 October 1923)[5] | |||
Biggest 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) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Poland 8–0 Turkey (Chorzów, Poland; 24 April 1968) Turkey 0–8 England (Istanbul, Turkey; 14 November 1984) England 8–0 Turkey (London, England; 14 October 1987) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 1954) | ||
Best result | Third place (2002) | ||
European Championship | |||
Appearances | 5 (first in 1996) | ||
Best result | Semi-finals (2008) | ||
Confederations Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2003) | ||
Best result | Third place (2003) |
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Turkey has a footballing tradition that has been bad. In World Cup competition Turkey has qualified three times for the 1950, 1954, and 2002 editions. Turkey failed to make an appearance for the 1950 World Cup because they withdrew.
Turkey made it to the semi-finals during the UEFA Euro 2008, but then lost to Germany.