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56-472: It later declined after Balkan clubs obtained more representation in the two minor UEFA competitions, in contrast to the (much older but also defunct) Balkan Cup (not Balkans) for national teams. When sorted by year of winning or losing final(s), the table is sorted by the year of each club's first final. Clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia competed as part of SFR Yugoslavia . Top performer by country: In

112-719: A 2–0 victory against France in Konya and a 1–1 draw at the Stade de France. Turkey then struggled against Andorra in their first match, winning after an 89th-minute goal at Vodafone Park in Istanbul. Turkey's only defeat in the group came against Iceland in Reykjavík , losing 2–1. The defeat came after the ill-treatment of the Turkish group at the Iceland customs, keeping them at the airport for three hours. This

168-639: A 2–2 draw against Finland, the team finished fourth in Group I. Turkey was drawn with Russia and Sweden in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B and performed poorly, leading to a bottom finish. In the first game at home against 2018 World Cup host and quarter-finalist Russia, Turkey lost 2–1. Turkey then put up its best performance in the League, winning 3–2 against Sweden on Swedish soil. However, Turkey could not extend their performances and lost to Russia in Sochi before suffering

224-425: A 2–2 draw. 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 to Czechoslovakia , 5–2. The first two goals in an official game were scored by Bekir Refet . Although Turkey qualified for the 1950 World Cup , beating Syria 7–0, they were forced to withdraw from

280-513: 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. In 1956, however, Turkey did play Hungary in a friendly match in Istanbul , defeating what was one of the strongest teams of the era , 3–1. Lefter Küçükandonyadis , arguably one of the best Turkish strikers of all time, scored two goals during the tournament. Despite

336-496: A free kick in the 89th minute, along with Kazakhstan beating Latvia 1–0. After a year and a half of going unbeaten, a loss to England as a pre-tournament friendly ended the team's winning streak, subsequently leading to back-to-back losses against Croatia and Spain in the tournament. Turkey won their last game against the Czech Republic, 2–0. They nearly reached the last 16 until a late winner for Ireland against Italy meant that

392-414: A game in hand after beating Yugoslavia 4–2. In the following tournaments the system saw significant changes, with teams playing each other only once, and instead of taking three years to complete it was shortened to just a single week. From 1932 to 1936 the competition was played every year with the same four teams until the outbreak of World War II . After a seven-year hiatus due to World War II,

448-514: A humiliating 1–0 home loss to Sweden, thus initially relegating Turkey to League C. However, UEFA rule changes meant Turkey was allowed to remain in League B. Turkey was drawn in Group H in the qualifying stages of Euro 2020 along with 2018 World Cup champions France, Iceland, Albania , Moldova , and Andorra. Veteran coach Şenol Güneş revolutionized the team, with many young talents, combining them with experienced players like Burak Yılmaz and Emre Belözoglu . The team eventually managed to achieve

504-530: A last-minute goal by Philipp Lahm . Turkey was drawn in UEFA Group 5 together with Armenia , Belgium , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Estonia and Spain . Turkey had a mixed qualifying campaign, finishing with 15 points and missing out on a play-off place to Bosnia and Herzegovina with 19 points. Spain topped the group to qualify, winning every game in the process. Coach Fatih Terim announced he would be resigning his post following their failure to qualify. Turkey

560-449: A playoff place should they fail to qualify directly, but also an easier draw in Group D with Croatia, Wales, Armenia , and Latvia . They subsequently qualified directly on 16 October 2023 and finished first on 19 November 2023. Turkey took part in Euro 2024 Group F together with Portugal , Czech Republic and play-off winner Georgia and finished the group in 2nd place. The team reached

616-425: A round robin group system was replaced by a knockout system with semi-finals and finals, played over three years. This time only four countries took part – Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece. Bulgaria won the final on away goals against Romania in 1976. In 1977 the second edition of the revived tournament was launched, this time consisting of five teams with Yugoslavia returning to take part. Romania went on to win

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672-538: A team other than Bulgaria and Greece. Turkey national football team The Turkey national football team ( Turkish : Türkiye Millî Futbol Takımı ), recognized as Türkiye by FIFA , represents Turkey in men's international football matches. The team is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation ( Turkish : Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu ), the governing body for football in Turkey , which

728-525: The 1998 World Cup , they qualified for Euro 2000 after winning a play-off against the Republic of Ireland . Turkey lost their first match 2–1 to Italy , then drew their second match against Sweden 0–0, and beat host nation Belgium 2–0, making it the first time in the history of the UEFA European Championship a host nation had been eliminated in the first round. This victory brought Turkey into

784-608: The 2006 World Cup after failing to win the play-offs, this time on away goals against Switzerland, again after finishing second in their group. Turkey qualified for their first international tournament in six years by finishing second behind Greece in Euro 2008 qualifying Group C to reach the tournament . They were placed alongside Switzerland, Portugal, and the Czech Republic in Group A . In their first match, they played Portugal and were beaten 2–0, but wins over Switzerland (2–1) and

840-681: The All-Star Team , with Reçber also being voted as the best goalkeeper in the UEFA Team of the Year 2002 , while Şenol Güneş was being voted as the best manager. In 2003, Turkey finished third at the FIFA Confederations Cup . In the group stage, Turkey defeated the United States 2–1 before losing to Cameroon 1–0. In their final group match, Turkey drew 2–2 against Brazil, eliminating them from

896-448: The Balkans region. The most successful team was Romania with four titles. The first edition featured Romania , Greece , Yugoslavia and Bulgaria and was played over three years from 1929 to 1931. All teams played each other twice, home and away, and were awarded 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw, with final ranking table determining the winner. Romania won the first title with

952-733: The UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying campaign, where Turkey managed to shock Croatia with a 1–0 win away as the Turks managed to top the table of a qualification group for the first time in their history, whereas Croatia, despite a 2–0 away win earlier to Turkey, had struggled with a rather poor performance and only managed to qualify at the last hurdle. Turkey also has a historical rivalry with Greece. Playing 14 times, Turkey won eight matches, drew thrice, and lost only three games. Both countries have been described as "punching above their weight", with Greece winning Euro 2004 after being classified as underdogs before

1008-551: The 2000s, most notably finishing in third place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup , and reaching the semi-finals at UEFA Euro 2008 . They qualified for the FIFA World Cup three times ( 1950 , 1954 , and 2002 ) and reached the semi-finals in 2002, winning the bronze medal. The team qualified for the UEFA European Championship six times. Making their debut at Euro 1996 , they reached

1064-461: 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 PR after drawing 1–1 with Costa Rica . Turkey then faced co-hosts Japan in the second round, winning 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

1120-618: The 33 years of its existence, a total of 89 clubs from 6 countries appeared in the 28 Balkans Cup editions . Two of them, both Turkish , withdrawn their participation before playing a single match: Zonguldakspor in 1980–81 and Trabzonspor in 1986 . Sides with 4 entries or more: Bulgarian and Turkish sides were present at each one of the 28 Balkans Cup editions, while Yugoslavian were absent 9 times in total, entering just twice during its last decade of existence (ironically, reaching both finals). Generally, South Slavs (both Football Association and clubs) were never keen supporters of

1176-401: The Czech Republic (3–2) – both secured by late goals – meant qualification for the knockout stages. Turkey knocked out a host nation – Switzerland – in the group stages for the second time. The quarter-final against Croatia was goalless after 90 minutes, and Croatia led 1–0 in the final minute of extra time, but another late Turkish goal by forward Semih Şentürk brought

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1232-647: The Netherlands, they entered 2022 FIFA World Cup UEFA playoffs against Portugal but they lost 3–1 in a game that Burak Yılmaz missed a crucial penalty to equalise and thus failed to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup . Afterwards, he announced his international retirement. In 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C , they were drawn in Group 1 with Luxembourg , the Faroe Islanders , Lithuania . They were promoted to League B after recording 13 points in six games. Their Nations League success not only rewarded them

1288-652: The Russians to take an early lead making the Turkish side look hapless. But after Russia's red card reduced the side to ten men, the Turks eventually won 3–2. The Turks then traveled to Hungary with the hope that a win against the Hungarians could mean possible promotion, if Russia lost to Serbia. While Russia suffered a humiliating 5–0 defeat away in Belgrade, Turkey also lost 2–0 to the Hungarians. That meant Turkey and Serbia were tied on points, but they were relegated after they lost

1344-462: The competition was revived in 1946. Greece dropped out of the tournament the same year, and was replaced by Albania , who went on to win the 1946 edition by defeating Romania 1–0 in the final game. In 1947 Hungary entered the tournament and won it in its first attempt. Hungary were a world footballing power at the time and proved this with a 9–0 thrashing against Bulgaria. In 1948 the Balkan Cup

1400-409: The competition, and Turkey advancing to the semi-finals of Euro 2008 , where they were knocked out by Germany . Due to tension between the two countries and the dispute over Cyprus , coupled with several incidents occurring during matches between Turkish and Greek clubs, it has been described as one of the biggest international football rivalries. The following is a list of Turkey's match results in

1456-485: The competition, as they had neither been enthusiastic about the national teams' Balkan Cup , too. Despite the fact that in each edition there was at least one Turkish side initially entering, in no less than 5 occasions it withdrew before playing a single match and in 5 more quit during group stage, after unsuccessful results. Greeks followed with 1 withdrawal and 4 quits, while clubs from all countries had sporadically terminated their participation in some early stage of

1512-499: The competition, except for Albanian . Multiple winner and several other records holder Beroe Stara Zagora , became the only Bulgarian side ever to withdraw or quit a Balkans Cup match and the single one to do so in a final, by not showing up for 1970 edition's return leg against Partizani Tirana of Albania, following a 1-1 draw at home. Balkan Cup The Balkan Cup was an international association football competition contested on and off from 1929 to 1980 by countries from

1568-490: The first half but broke through in the 53rd minute when a hard-hit cross from Domenico Berardi flew in off Turkish defender Merih Demiral for an own goal. They went on to lose the next two games to both Switzerland and Wales , losing all three games alongside debutants North Macedonia . In the 2022 World Cup qualifiers , Turkey was drawn into Group G with the Netherlands , Norway , Montenegro , Latvia , and Gibraltar . After they finished second in their group behind

1624-526: The game to penalties. The goal raised some controversy with Croatia fans and Croatia head coach Slaven Bilić , who claimed that the goal had been scored after extra time had elapsed. This complaint, however, was overruled, and the game went into penalties. Turkey defeated Croatia in penalties, 3–1. Turkey went into the semi-final against Germany with just 14 outfield players available as a result of injuries and suspensions but scored first and were drawing 2–2. But they finished third by default after losing 3–2 with

1680-581: The head-to-head away goals tiebreaker, 2–0. Such an outcome also meant Turkey would have to fight to get a direct Qatar 2022 ticket as play-off qualification appeared slim with their relegation, in which the 2022 World Cup qualifiers that started in March 2021. Turkey had the honor of opening the Euro 2021 finals, but with Ciro Immobile and Lorenzo Insigne scoring, Turkey fell 3–0 to Italy. Roberto Mancini 's side had been frustrated by Turkey's defensive approach in

1736-503: 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. Most players from the 1954 World Cup squad had already retired, and the new generation of players failed to qualify for a major tournament. The 1970s saw Turkey holding back in the World Cup and UEFA European Championship qualifiers, but the team

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1792-439: The last edition in 1980 by beating Yugoslavia 4–1 at home in the final. Source: Exclude 1948 Balkan Cup . Exclude semifinal losers in 1973–76 Balkan Cup and 1977–80 Balkan Cup . Since the first official tournament in 1929–31 , 17 hat-tricks have been scored in over 50 matches of the 12 editions of the tournament. The first hat-trick was scored by Rudolf Wetzer of Romania , playing against Greece on 25 May 1930; and

1848-495: The last twelve months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.    Win    Draw    Loss    Fixture The following players were called up for 2024–25 UEFA Nations League matches against Wales and Montenegro on 16 and 19 November 2024, respectively. Caps and goals are correct as of 19 November 2024, after the match against [REDACTED]   Montenegro . The following players have also been called up to

1904-401: The last was by Anghel Iordănescu 50 years later, on 27 August 1980, when he netted a hat-trick for Romania in the second leg of the 1977–80 final in a 4-1 win over Yugoslavia . The record number of hat-tricks in a single Balkan Cup is four, during the inaugural edition. The only player to have scored more than one hat-trick is Ljubomir Angelov , both at the 1935 Balkan Cup , in which he was

1960-447: The latter instead qualified as one of the best third-placed teams. Placed with Croatia, Finland , Iceland, Kosovo and Ukraine for 2018 World Cup qualifying , manager Fatih Terim left after an off-field incident, and 72-year-old former Romania manager Mircea Lucescu took over. After eight games, Turkey were in pole position to qualify for the tournament, but a 3–0 defeat to Iceland at home ended automatic qualification hopes. After

2016-409: The manufacturer in 2003. 17 years later, they switched their kit colors to white for home kits and red as the away color. Turkey has developed several notable rivalries, the most well-known being Croatia , and Greece , with a smaller rivalry against Armenia . Turkey and Croatia have played each other nine times, with their first encounter at Euro 1996 ; where both countries made their debuts in

2072-457: The match, footballers and coaches, who contributed to the national team's success in the past, were honored. Turkish pop singer Hadise , who wore a national team jersey with the number 500, performed a small concert. Turkey was drawn in Group D in qualification for the 2014 World Cup , together with Andorra , Estonia, Hungary, the Netherlands and Romania, finishing fourth. Abdullah Avcı

2128-549: The opening match of Group D , with Croatia winning 1–0. Only three months after the Euros, the two teams played in their opening match in Group I of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying , which finished 1–1. Exactly one year later, Turkey won the reverse fixture 1–0 at home, which played a key part in both countries' qualifying campaigns, although Turkey would not qualify for the World Cup while Croatia would finish runners-up behind France. Turkey and Croatia would again face each other during

2184-409: The opening match, which Croatia won 1–0. In Euro 2008 , Turkey won on penalties after a 1–1 deadlock. The two teams faced each other in the 2012 Euro qualifying play-offs , with Croatia winning 3–0 in the first-leg in Istanbul , and advancing to the tournament finals following a 0–0 draw in the second-leg. The two teams faced each other once again in a European competition at Euro 2016 , playing in

2240-400: The quarter-finals by beating Austria 2–1, then lost to the Netherlands 2–1 and finished the tournament in 5th place. Turkey is set to take part of the UEFA Euro 2032 having automatically qualified as co-host along with Italy who also automatically qualified as co-host. Turkey's kit colors were home red kits and white away kits, manufactured by Adidas , from 1982 to 2002. Nike became

2296-417: The quarter-finals in Euro 2000 and semi-finals in Euro 2008 . In recent years, Türkiye qualified to the Euro 2016 , Euro 2020 , and Euro 2024 championships, reaching the quarter-finals of the latter. Türkiye was named as a co-host for UEFA Euro 2032 , and will qualify automatically. The Turkish national team's first game was against Romania , played on 26 October 1923 at Taksim Stadium in Istanbul ,

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2352-486: The quarter-finals of the tournament, where they were beaten 2–0 by Portugal , with Arif Erdem missing a penalty. For the 2002 World Cup , Turkey finished second in their qualifying group, losing to Sweden in the match that would decide the number-one spot. The Turks were forced to play the play-offs against Austria . They defeated the Austrians 6–0 on aggregate and booked their place in the finals. The Turkish team started

2408-457: The team within the last twelve months. As of 29 September 2020. For 1968 – 1988 see this page . Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since 1992. The following table shows Turkey's all-time international record, as of 19 November 2024.    Positive record    Neutral record    Negative record In 2002,

2464-539: The third-place match. The Turks won the bronze medal after a 3–2 victory over co-hosts South Korea. Hakan Şükür scored Turkey's first goal in 10.8 seconds, despite the South Koreans kicking 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 , where they joined a massive street party at Taksim Square . Rüştü Reçber, Alpay Özalan and Hasan Şaş were all included in

2520-487: The top goal scorer with those 6 goals. The record for the most goals scored in a single Balkan Cup game is 5, which has been achieved once: by Rudolf Wetzer when he scored 5 for Romania in a 8-1 win over Greece. Romania also holds the record for most hat-tricks scored with 5, being closely followed by Hungary and Yugoslavia with 4 each. Bulgaria and Greece jointly hold the record for most hat-tricks conceded with 6 each, which means that only 5 hat-tricks have been scored against

2576-413: The tournament due to financial problems. Turkey then qualified for the 1954 World Cup after a play-off with Spain . They 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 grouped along with Hungary and West Germany . The Turks, however, never played Hungary due to the tournament format, and

2632-539: The tournament. Turkey lost to eventual tournament winners France 3–2 in the semi-finals, and then defeated Colombia 2–1 in the third-place match. Tuncay scored three goals and an assist, which won him the Silver Shoe Award and the Silver Ball Award for the second-best player of the tournament. The Turks failed to qualify for Euro 2004 after Latvia won the qualification play-offs. They also missed out on

2688-534: Was a point too short to qualify for both UEFA Euro 1972 and Euro 1976 . In the 1980s the Turks also suffered their worst defeats with 8–0 scorelines against Poland and twice against England . But the 1990 World Cup qualifiers would mark a turning point for Turkish football, with Turkey only missing out on qualification in the final match. Prominent players in this period included Rıdvan Dilmen , Oğuz Çetin , Rıza Çalımbay , Feyyaz Uçar , and European Golden Boot winner Tanju Çolak . In 1990, coach Sepp Piontek

2744-441: Was a recommended move by another coach, Jupp Derwall , who had coached Galatasaray for three seasons. Turkey qualified for Euro 1996, defeating both Switzerland and Sweden 2–1 during qualification. Despite a solid performance during the qualifiers , Turkey lost all their matches without scoring a single goal. They did, however, go home with an award: the fair play award, given to Özalan. Although Turkey failed to qualify for

2800-889: Was drawn against Russia, alongside Hungary , and Serbia in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B . They performed poorly in their two opening games in September 2020. The first game against Hungary at home saw Turkey suffer a 1–0 defeat courtesy of a free kick from Dominik Szoboszlai . Playing in Belgrade , following Aleksandar Kolarov 's red card, the Turks were held goalless against Serbia. This hampered their chances of qualifying for League A, as their next opponents in October would be Russia (a country that Turkey hasn't beaten since 1975) and Hungary. In Moscow , Turkey drew 1–1 after Kenan Karaman 's equalizer. The Turkish side then drew 2–2 against Serbia at home. Against Russia, Denis Cheryshev scored for

2856-476: Was drawn in Group A in qualification for Euro 2012 , together with Kazakhstan , Austria, Belgium, Germany and Azerbaijan . The Turks reached the play-offs after beating Azerbaijan 1–0 but were eliminated 3–0 on aggregate by Croatia. On 14 November 2012, Turkey celebrated their 500th match in a friendly game played against Denmark at the Türk Telekom Arena , Istanbul, which ended in a 1–1 draw. Before

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2912-406: Was expanded to seven teams with Poland and Czechoslovakia joining the tournament. However, the 1948 edition was never completed due to unknown reasons. Hungary were topping the group at the time of its cancellation. Because of the expansions, the 1947 and 1948 tournaments were officially renamed Balkan and Central European Championship . The competition was not played again until 1973 when

2968-636: Was followed by an Icelandic supporter holding a toilet brush to team captain Emre Belozoglu as a pretend microphone during an interview. The events were heavily criticized by the Turkish and European media. Turkey entered matchday nine as group leaders with 19 points. They and Iceland drew 0–0 at Turk Telekom Arena in Istanbul. After finishing behind France, a draw was enough to secure Turkey a spot in Euro 2020 finals , ahead of their away match against Andorra. After qualifying for Euro 2020, which would be postponed to June and July 2021 due to COVID-19 , Turkey

3024-491: Was founded in 1923 and has been a member of FIFA since 1923 and UEFA since 1962. The team played their first official international game in 1923 and has represented the nation in major competitions since their debut appearance at the 1924 Summer Olympics . They have participated in the Summer Olympics a total of six times ( 1924 , 1928 , 1936 , 1948 , 1952 , and 1960 ), and reached the quarter-finals twice, in 1948 and 1952. The team enjoyed their highest achievements in

3080-516: Was put in charge of the national team. Under his guidance, a group of new players debuted for the national team. Many of these players (which included Bülent Korkmaz , Alpay Özalan , Sergen Yalçın , Rüştü Reçber , and Hakan Şükür ) would become the backbone of the national team for many years. Piontek's mission came to an end in 1993, when he was replaced by Fatih Terim , who in turn managed to qualify for Euro 1996 . Turkey qualified for its first major tournament since 1954. The appointment of Piontek

3136-469: Was sacked soon after. Fatih Terim was put in charge for the third time to lead the national team, but a 2–0 defeat against the Netherlands ended hopes of qualification. Grouped in Group A in the qualification campaign for Euro 2016 , with Iceland , Latvia, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic, the team qualified for their first major tournament in eight years as the best third-placed team after beating Iceland 1–0, with Selçuk İnan netting

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