| Federation
founded: 1923 |
| FIFA
member since: 1923 |
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WORLD
CUP HISTORY
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| 1930 - Did not participate |
| 1934 - Did not participate |
| 1938 - Did not participate |
| 1950 - Particip./Withdrew |
| 1954 - First round exit |
| 1958 - Did not participate |
| 1962 - Did not qualify |
| 1966 - Did not qualify |
| 1970 - Did not qualify |
| 1974 - Did not qualify |
| 1978 - Did not qualify |
| 1982 - Did not qualify |
| 1986 - Did not qualify |
| 1990 - Did not qualify |
| 1994 - Did not qualify |
| 1998 - Did not qualify |
| 2002 - 3rd place |
| 2006 - Did not qualify |
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STATISTICS
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| Played |
10
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| Won |
5
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| Drawn |
1
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| Lost |
4
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| Goals for |
20
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| Goals against |
17
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| Points |
16
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Turkey
are 31st on the all-time table.
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TEAM
RECORDS
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Biggest
victory:
7-0 vs South Korea in 1954.
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Biggest
defeat:
2-7 vs West Germany in 1954.
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Overall
topscorers:
Ilhan Mansiz, Mamat Suat, Sargun Burhan,
3 goals.
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Most
appearances:
Rüstü Recber, Fatih Akyel, Tugay Kerimoglu,
Hakan Sükür, Yildiray Bastürk, Ilhan Mansiz, Ümit Davala, 7 matches.
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Hosted
the World Cup:
Never.
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GREATEST
PLAYERS
|
 Hakan Sükür |
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1930 to 1938
TURKEY did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1950
(WCQ GROUP 2 - Round 1)
20.Nov 49 TURKEY 7-0 Syria
TURKEY then withdrew from the qualifiers
and did not make it to Brazil 1950.
1954
(WCQ GROUP 6)
06.Jan 54 Spain 4-1 TURKEY
14.Mar 54 TURKEY 1-0 Spain
Play-off
17.Mar 54 TURKEY 2-2 Spain
(TURKEY won after drawing lots.)
TURKEY qualified for Switzerland 1954.
1958
TURKEY did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1962
(UEFA Group 5)
01.Jun 61 Norway 0-1 TURKEY
18.Jun 61 Soviet Union 1-0 TURKEY
29.Oct 61 TURKEY 2-1 Norway
12.Nov 61 TURKEY 1-2 Soviet Union
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Soviet Union 4 4 0 0 11- 3 8
2.TURKEY 4 2 0 2 4- 4 4
3.Norway 4 0 0 4 3-11 0
TURKEY failed to qualify for Chile 1962.
1966
(UEFA Group 4)
24.Jan 65 Portugal 5-1 TURKEY
19.Apr 65 TURKEY 0-1 Portugal
02.May 65 Romania 3-0 TURKEY
09.Oct 65 TURKEY 0-6 Czechoslovakia
23.Oct 65 TURKEY 2-1 Romania
21.Nov 65 Czechoslovakia 3-1 TURKEY
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Portugal 6 4 1 1 9- 4 9
2.Czechoslovakia 6 3 1 2 12- 4 7
3.Romania 6 3 0 3 9- 7 6
4.TURKEY 6 1 0 5 4-19 2
TURKEY failed to qualify for England 1966.
1970
(UEFA Group 4)
23.Oct 68 Northern Ireland 4-1 TURKEY
11.Dec 68 TURKEY 0-3 Northern Ireland
15.Oct 69 Soviet Union 3-0 TURKEY
16.Nov 69 TURKEY 1-3 Soviet Union
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Soviet Union 4 3 1 0 8- 1 7
2.Northern Ireland 4 2 1 1 7- 3 5
3.TURKEY 4 0 0 4 2-13 0
TURKEY failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.
1974
(UEFA Group 2)
22.Oct 72 Luxembourg 2-0 TURKEY
10.Dec 72 TURKEY 3-0 Luxembourg
13.Jan 73 Italy 0-0 TURKEY
25.Feb 73 TURKEY 0-1 Italy
09.May 73 Switzerland 0-0 TURKEY
18.Nov 73 TURKEY 2-0 Switzerland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Italy 6 4 2 0 12- 0 10
2.TURKEY 6 2 2 2 5- 3 6
3.Switzerland 6 2 2 2 2- 4 6
4.Luxembourg 6 1 0 5 2-14 2
TURKEY failed to qualify for West Germany 1974.
1978
(UEFA Group 3)
31.Oct 76 TURKEY 4-0 Malta
17.Nov 76 East Germany 1-1 TURKEY
17.Apr 77 Austria 1-0 TURKEY
30.Oct 77 TURKEY 0-1 Austria
16.Nov 77 TURKEY 1-2 East Germany
27.Nov 77 Malta 0-3 TURKEY
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Austria 6 4 2 0 14- 2 10
2.East Germany 6 3 3 0 15- 4 9
3.TURKEY 6 2 1 3 9- 5 5
4.Malta 6 0 0 6 0-27 0
TURKEY failed to qualify for Argentina 1978.
1982
(UEFA Group 3)
24.Sep 80 TURKEY 1-3 Iceland
15.Oct 80 Wales 4-0 TURKEY
03.Dec 80 Czechoslovakia 2-0 TURKEY
25.Mar 81 TURKEY 0-1 Wales
15.Apr 81 TURKEY 0-3 Czechoslovakia
09.Sep 81 Iceland 2-0 TURKEY
23.Sep 81 Soviet Union 4-0 TURKEY
07.Oct 81 TURKEY 0-3 Soviet Union
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Soviet Union 8 6 2 0 20- 2 14
2.Czechoslovakia 8 4 2 2 15- 6 10
3.Wales 8 4 2 2 12- 7 10
4.Iceland 8 2 2 4 10-21 6
5.TURKEY 8 0 0 8 1-22 0
TURKEY failed to qualify for Spain 1982.
1986
(UEFA Group 3)
31.Oct 84 TURKEY 1-2 Finland
14.Nov 84 TURKEY 0-8 England
03.Apr 85 Romania 3-0 TURKEY
01.May 85 Northern Ireland 2-0 TURKEY
11.Sep 85 TURKEY 0-0 Northern Ireland
25.Sep 85 Finland 1-0 TURKEY
16.Oct 85 England 5-0 TURKEY
13.Nov 85 TURKEY 1-3 Romania
P W D L Gls Pts
1.England 8 4 4 0 21- 2 12
2.Northern Ireland 8 4 2 2 8- 5 10
3.Romania 8 3 3 2 12- 7 9
4.Finland 8 3 2 3 7-12 8
5.TURKEY 8 0 1 7 2-24 1
TURKEY failed to qualify for Mexico 1986.
1990
(UEFA Group 3)
12.Oct 88 TURKEY 1-1 Iceland
02.Nov 88 Austria 3-2 TURKEY
30.Nov 88 TURKEY 3-1 East Germany
12.Apr 89 East Germany 0-2 TURKEY
10.May 89 TURKEY 0-1 Soviet Union
20.Sep 89 Iceland 2-1 TURKEY
25.Oct 89 TURKEY 3-0 Austria
15.Nov 89 Soviet Union 2-0 TURKEY
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Soviet Union 8 4 3 1 11- 4 11
2.Austria 8 3 3 2 9- 9 9
3.TURKEY 8 3 1 4 12-10 7
4.East Germany 8 3 1 4 9-13 7
5.Iceland 8 1 4 3 6-11 6
TURKEY failed to qualify for Italy 1990.
1994
(UEFA Group 2)
23.Sep 92 Poland 1-0 TURKEY
28.Oct 92 TURKEY 4-1 San Marino
18.Nov 92 England 4-0 TURKEY
16.Dec 92 TURKEY 1-3 Netherlands
24.Feb 93 Netherlands 3-1 TURKEY
10.Mar 93 San Marino 0-0 TURKEY
31.Mar 93 TURKEY 0-2 England
28.Apr 93 Norway 3-1 TURKEY
27.Oct 93 TURKEY 2-1 Poland
10.Nov 93 TURKEY 2-1 Norway
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Norway 10 7 2 1 25- 5 16
2.Netherlands 10 6 3 1 29- 9 15
3.England 10 5 3 2 26- 9 13
4.Poland 10 3 2 5 10-15 8
5.TURKEY 10 3 1 6 11-19 7
6.San Marino 10 0 1 9 2-46 1
TURKEY failed to qualify for USA 1994.
1998
(UEFA Group 7)
31.Aug 96 Belgium 2-1 TURKEY
10.Nov 96 TURKEY 7-0 San Marino
14.Dec 96 Wales 0-0 TURKEY
02.Apr 97 TURKEY 1-0 Netherlands
30.Apr 97 TURKEY 1-3 Belgium
20.Aug 97 TURKEY 6-4 Wales
10.Sep 97 San Marino 0-5 TURKEY
11.Oct 97 Netherlands 0-0 TURKEY
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Netherlands 8 6 1 1 26- 4 19
2.Belgium 8 6 0 2 20-11 18
3.TURKEY 8 4 2 2 21- 9 14
4.Wales 8 2 1 5 20-21 7
5.San Marino 8 0 0 8 0-42 0
TURKEY failed to qualify for France 1998.
2002
(UEFA Group 4)
02.Sep 00 TURKEY 2-0 Moldova
07.Oct 00 Sweden 1-1 TURKEY
11.Oct 00 Azerbaijan 0-1 TURKEY
24.Mar 01 TURKEY 1-1 Slovakia
28.Mar 01 Macedonia 1-2 TURKEY
02.Jun 01 TURKEY 3-0 Azerbaijan
06.Jun 01 TURKEY 3-3 Macedonia
01.Sep 01 Slovakia 0-1 TURKEY
05.Sep 01 TURKEY 1-2 Sweden
06.Oct 01 Moldova 0-3 TURKEY
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Sweden 10 8 2 0 20- 3 26
2.TURKEY 10 6 3 1 18- 8 21
3.Slovakia 10 5 2 3 16- 9 17
4.Macedonia 10 1 4 5 11-18 7
5.Moldova 10 1 3 6 6-20 6
6.Azerbaijan 10 1 2 7 4-17 5
TURKEY advanced to UEFA play-offs.
10.Nov 01 Austria 0-1 TURKEY
13.Nov 01 TURKEY 5-0 Austria
TURKEY qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.
2006
(UEFA Group 2)
04.Sep 04 TURKEY 1-1 Georgia
08.Sep 04 Greece 0-0 TURKEY
09.Oct 04 TURKEY 4-0 Kazakhstan
13.Oct 04 Denmark 1-1 TURKEY
17.Nov 04 TURKEY 0-3 Ukraine
26.Mar 05 TURKEY 2-0 Albania
30.Mar 05 Georgia 2-5 TURKEY
04.Jun 05 TURKEY 0-0 Greece
08.Jun 05 Kazakhstan 0-6 TURKEY
03.Sep 05 TURKEY 2-2 Denmark
07.Sep 05 Ukraine 0-1 TURKEY
12.Oct 05 Albania 0-1 TURKEY
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Ukraine 12 7 4 1 18- 7 25
2.TURKEY 12 6 5 1 23- 9 23
3.Denmark 12 6 4 2 24-12 22
4.Greece 12 6 3 3 15- 9 21
5.Albania 12 4 1 7 11-20 13
6.Georgia 12 2 4 6 14-25 10
7.Kazakhstan 12 0 1 11 6-29 1
TURKEY advanced to UEFA play-offs.
12.Nov 05 Switzerland 2-0 TURKEY
16.Nov 05 TURKEY 4-2 Swizterland
TURKEY failed to qualify for Germany 2006.
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