Turkish national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Ay-Yıldızlılar (The Crescent-Stars) |
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| Association | Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu (TFF) |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Fatih Terim |
| Captain | Arda Turan |
| Most caps | Rüştü Reçber (120) |
| Top scorer | Hakan Şükür (51) |
| FIFA code | TUR |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 22  4 (6 April 2017)
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| Highest | 5 (June 2004) |
| Lowest | 67 (October 1993) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 20 (19 April 2017) |
| Highest | 9 (November 2002) |
| Lowest | 82 (November 1985) |
| First international | |
 Turkey 2–2 Romania  (Istanbul, Turkey; 26 October 1923) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1954) |
| Best result | Third place, 2002 |
| European Championship | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1996) |
| Best result | Semi-finals, 2008 |
| Confederations Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2003) |
| Best result | Third place, 2003 |
The Turkey national football team (Turkish: Türkiye Millî Futbol Takımı) represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. They are affiliated with UEFA.
Turkey has qualified three times for the World Cup, in 1950, 1954, and 2002, although they withdrew from the 1950 event. Turkey has also qualified four times for the UEFA European Championship, in 1996, 2000, 2008, and 2016. They have reached the semi-finals of three major tournaments: the 2002 World Cup, the 2003 Confederations Cup, and Euro 2008. After their third-place finish at the 2002 World Cup, which marked a high point in Turkish football history, Turkey occupied a spot in the top ten of the FIFA World Rankings for the first time since the rankings were introduced in December 1992.
The Turkish national team played their first ever match against Romania in 1923 drawing 2–2.Zeki Rıza Sporel is considered as the first big star of Turkish football as he scored the first two goals against Romania. Turkey played their first ever official match at the 1924 Summer Olympics losing 5–2 to Czechoslovakia.
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