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Turkish national football team

Turkey
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Ay-Yıldızlılar (The Crescent-Stars)
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 Increase 4 (6 April 2017)
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)
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 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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