The Turkey national football team 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 was founded in 1923 and has been a member of FIFA since 1923 and UEFA since 1962.
Senol Gunes cemented his hero status in 2002, when he steered Turkey to third place at the World Cup. That side is remembered as the golden generation, but it looks like Gunes may have created something equally exciting this time.
Turkey are known for their passionate football, as seen during their 2002 World Cup campaign and also at the 2008 European Championship. Now, they probably have the strongest squad in a long time as Senol Gunes’ side prepares to take on the best of Europe.
The Crescent Stars are billed as one of the dark horses going into Euro 2020. Turkey cruised through their Euro 2020 qualifiers, finishing second in their group behind World Champions France. Senol Gunes’ side took four points off the world champions and only narrowly missed out on the top spot. It was the defence that stood out in qualifying, conceding only three times and keeping eight clean sheets.
Turkey have managed to turn their biggest weakness into their biggest strength. They enter the Euros with arguably their strongest side since the 2002 World Cup, when they finished third (under Gunes).
Tukey are in Group A, along with Italy, Switzerland and Wales. Their first match is against Roberto Mancini’s Italy in Rome on June 11. The team qualified for UEFA European Championships five times. Making their debut at Euro 96, they reached the quarter-finals in Euro 2000 and semi-finals in Euro 2008. Their best European performance to date was reaching the semi-finals of 2008, by winning their quarter-final match against Croatia on penalties.
KEY PLAYERS
Caglar Soyuncu pretty much sums up this new Turkey side, with the Leicester defender a rock in the heart of the back four. In attack, Burak Yilmaz has been ageing like fine wine. The in-form striker could not stop scoring for Lille this season.
Turkey are going to be difficult to break down and pack a punch going forward. With the experience of Yilmaz and the energy of the young strikers, it will be interesting to see how Turkey go about their attack.
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The Turkey national football team 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 was founded in 1923 and has been a member of FIFA since 1923 and UEFA since 1962.
Senol Gunes cemented his hero status in 2002, when he steered Turkey to third place at the World Cup. That side is remembered as the golden generation, but it looks like Gunes may have created something equally exciting this time.
Turkey are known for their passionate football, as seen during their 2002 World Cup campaign and also at the 2008 European Championship. Now, they probably have the strongest squad in a long time as Senol Gunes’ side prepares to take on the best of Europe.
The Crescent Stars are billed as one of the dark horses going into Euro 2020. Turkey cruised through their Euro 2020 qualifiers, finishing second in their group behind World Champions France. Senol Gunes’ side took four points off the world champions and only narrowly missed out on the top spot. It was the defence that stood out in qualifying, conceding only three times and keeping eight clean sheets.
Turkey have managed to turn their biggest weakness into their biggest strength. They enter the Euros with arguably their strongest side since the 2002 World Cup, when they finished third (under Gunes).
Tukey are in Group A, along with Italy, Switzerland and Wales. Their first match is against Roberto Mancini’s Italy in Rome on June 11. The team qualified for UEFA European Championships five times. Making their debut at Euro 96, they reached the quarter-finals in Euro 2000 and semi-finals in Euro 2008. Their best European performance to date was reaching the semi-finals of 2008, by winning their quarter-final match against Croatia on penalties.
KEY PLAYERS
Caglar Soyuncu pretty much sums up this new Turkey side, with the Leicester defender a rock in the heart of the back four. In attack, Burak Yilmaz has been ageing like fine wine. The in-form striker could not stop scoring for Lille this season.
Turkey are going to be difficult to break down and pack a punch going forward. With the experience of Yilmaz and the energy of the young strikers, it will be interesting to see how Turkey go about their attack.
