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Turkish National Football Team was founded in 1923.It participated FIFA on 21st May in 1923

The Turkish national team played their first ever match against Romania in 1923.

Turkish National Football Team

Turkey Natİonal football team played in World Cup many times

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Turkey qualified very easily for the 1950 World Cup beating Syria 7–0, but they had to withdraw due to financial problems.

Turkey then qualified for the 1954 World Cup after a play-off with Spain. The Turkish team first lost 4–1 to Spain, but a 1–0 win a few days later initiated a replay. On that occasion, they tied 2–2 after, booking their place after a coin toss. Turkey was put in a group along with Hungary and West Germany The Turks, however, never played Hungary due to the tournament format, and a 4–1 defeat by the Germans was followed by Turkey carrying out a 7–0 win over South Korea. Turkey lost the play-off to West Germany 7–2.

Despite the introduction of a national league, and showings by Turkish clubs in European competition, the 1960s would be a barren time for the national team. The 1970s saw Turkey holding back in the World Cup and European Championship qualifiers, but the team was a point too short to qualify for Euro 1972 and Euro 1976 .The Turkish team also suffered their worst defeats with 8–0 score lines against Poland and twice against England. Yet the 1990 World Cup qualifiers would mark a turning point for Turkish football, with Turkey only missing out on qualification in the final game.

National Football Team Matches

2008 Turkey-Czhce Republic 3-2

2007 Norvey-Turkey 1-2

2007 Greece-Turkey 1-4

2005 Turkey-Swetzerland 4-2

2003 Turkey-Colombia 2-1

2003 Brazil-Turkey 2-2

2003 Turkey-USA 2-1

2002 S.Korean-Turkey 2-3

2002 Turket-Senegal 1-0

2001 Turkey-Austria 5-0

2000 Belgium-Turkey 0-2

1998 Turkey-Germany 1-0

1997 Turkey-Holland 1-0

1995 Swetzerland – Turkey 1-2

1995 Turkey-Sweden 2-1

1994 Turkey-Iceland 5-0

1989 Turkey-Austria 3-0

1970 W.Germany-Turkey 1-1

1956 Turkey-Hungary 3-1

1954 Spain-Turkey 2-2

1954 Turkey-Spain 1-0

1951 W.Germany-Turkey 1-2

National football Team in 1996-2000-2002

Turkey qualified for the Euro 1996 beating both Switzerland and Sweden 2–1 along the way. At Euro 1996 however, they lost all their matches without scoring a single goal. They did, however, go home with an award: the fair-play award, given to Alpay Özalan.Turkey qualified for Euro 2000 after winning a play-off against Ireland. Turkey lost their first match 2–1 to Italy, they drew their second match against Sweden 0–0, and beat host nation Belgium2–0, making it the first time in the history of the European Championship that a host nation had been eliminated in the first round, brought Turkey into the last eight of the tournament where they were beaten 2–0 by Portugal.

Turkey finished second in their qualifying group, despite starting well and being the favourites to top the group. They lost 2–1 to Sweden in the crucial match that would decide the top spot. The Turks were forced to play the play-offs against Austria. They defeated the Austrians 6–0 on aggregate and booked their place at the finals.The Turkish team started the 2002 World Cup with a 2–1 defeat against eventual winners Brazil Turkey qualified from the group stage with a 3–0 win against China, after drawing 1–1 with CostaRicaTurkey then faced home team Japan in the second round, beating them 1–0..The Turkish team continued their run, as they beat Senegal 1–0 on a golden goal to book their place in the semi-finals where a 1–0 defeat against eventual tournament winners Brazil forced them to play the third place match, and a bronze medal was won after a 3–2 victory over a surprise South Korean team Hakan Şükür scored Turkey's first goal in 10.8 seconds, even when the South Koreans kicked off first. It was the fastest goal in World Cup history. Tens of thousands of flag-waving Turkish fans greeted the World Cup squad on their return to Istanbul, were they joined a massive street party at Taksim Square

Top Score of footballers in National Team

Oyuncu Gol SayısıHakan Şükür 51Tuncay Şanlı 22Lefter Küçükandonyadis 21Metin Oktay 19Cemil Turan 19Nihat Kahveci 17Zeki Rıza Sporel 15Arif Erdem 11Ertuğrul Sağlam 11Tanju Çolak 9Oktay Derelioğlu 9Fatih Tekke 9

Technical Directors of our National Team

Teknik Direktörler İlk ve Son Maçı

Ali Sami Yen 26.10.1923Billy Hunter 25.05.1924 - 12.09.1926Bela Toth 17.07.1927 - 17.04.1932Fred Pegnam 22.04.1932 - 04.11.1932James Elliot Donnelly 12.07.1936- 01.08.1937Ignace Molnar 23.04.1948 - 30.05.1948Ulvi Yenal 02.08.1948 - 05.08.1948Peter Molloy 28.11.1948 - 20.05.1949Cihat Arman 20.11.1949Peter Molloy 28.05.1950 - 28.10.1950Jimmy McCormick 03.12/1950 - 10.06.1951Rebii Erkal 17.06.1951 - 21.11.1951Sadri Usuoğlu 01.06.1952 - 08.06.1952Sandro Puppo 01.06.1952 - 23.06.1954Gündüz Kılıç 17.10.1954Zarko Mihajloviç 03.04.1955 - 26.06.1955Giovanni Vargliani 18.12.1955 - 01.05.1956Cihat Arman 16.11.1956 - 25.11.1956Laszlo Szekelly 05.04.1957 - 08.12.1957Leandro Remondini 04.05.1958 - 10.05.1959Ignace Molnar 08.06.1960Sandro Puppo 27.11.1960 - 16.05.1962Şeref Görkey 10.10.1962Ljubisa Spajiç 25.11.1962 - 16.12.1962Sandro Puppo 27.03.1963 - 09.10.1963Cihat Arman 27.09.1964 - 20.12.1964Sandro Puppo 24.01.1965 - 09.05.1965

Doğan Andaç 21.07.1965 - 25.07.1965

Sandro Puppo 09.10.1965 - 30.05.1966

Adnan Süvari 12.10.1966 - 17.01.1969

Abdullah Gegic 30.04.1969 - 16.11.1969

Cihat Arman 17.10.1970 - 14.11.1971

Nicolae Petrescu 05.12.1971

Coşkun Özarı 12.04.1972 - 31.10.1976

Doğan Andaç 17.11.1976

Metin Türel 16.02.1977 - 05.10.1978

Sabri Kiraz 29.11.1978 - 15.10.1980

Özkan Sümer 03.12.1980 - 25.03.1981

Fethi Demircan 15.04.1981 - 07.10.1981

Coşkun Özarı 22.09.1982 - 04.04.1984

Candan Tarhan 06.09.1984 - 14.11.1984

Yılmaz Gökdel 22.12.1984 - 03.04.1985

Kalman Mezsöly 01.05.1985 - 28.08.1985

Coşkun Özarı 11.09.1985 - 12.11.1986

Mustafa Denizli 04.03.1987 - 16.12.1987

Tınaz Tırpan 16.03.1988 - 15.11.1989

Sepp Piontek 27.05.1990 - 28.04.1993

Fatih Terim 27.10.1993 - 19.06.1996

Mustafa Denizli 14.08.1996 - 24.06.2000

Şenol Güneş 16.08.2000 - 18.02.2004

Ünal Karaman (Antrenör) 31.03.2004

Ersun Yanal 28.04.2004 - 08.06.2005

Fatih Terim 17.08.2005 - 14.10.2009