Turkey at the FIFA World Cup
International football delegation
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Record
| FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
| Withdrew | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||
| Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
| Qualified but withdrew | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
| Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Withdrew | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||
| Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 22 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Third place | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | ||
| Did not qualify | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 13 | |||||||||
| 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Qualified | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 12 | |||||||||
| To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| Total | Third place | 3/22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 146 | 59 | 28 | 60 | 223 | 218 | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out
By match
Record by opponent
| FIFA World Cup matches (by team) | ||||||
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| Opponent | W | D | L | Pld | GF | GA |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
Turkey at 1954 FIFA World Cup
Head coach:
Sandro Puppo
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Turgay Şeren (captain) | 15 May 1932 (aged 22) | 11 | |
| 2 | DF | Rıdvan Bolatlı | 2 December 1928 (aged 25) | 2 | |
| 3 | DF | Basri Dirimlili | 7 June 1929 (aged 25) | 3 | |
| 4 | DF | Mustafa Ertan | 21 April 1926 (aged 28) | 4 | |
| 5 | MF | Çetin Zeybek | 12 September 1932 (aged 21) | 2 | |
| 6 | MF | Rober Eryol | 21 December 1930 (aged 23) | 5 | |
| 7 | FW | Erol Keskin | 2 March 1927 (aged 27) | 1 | |
| 8 | FW | Suat Mamat | 8 November 1930 (aged 23) | 2 | |
| 9 | FW | Feridun Buğeker | 5 April 1933 (aged 21) | 3 | |
| 10 | FW | Burhan Sargun | 11 February 1929 (aged 25) | 5 | |
| 11 | FW | Lefter Küçükandonyadis | 22 December 1925 (aged 28) | 3 | |
| 12 | GK | Şükrü Ersoy | 14 January 1934 (aged 20) | 3 | |
| 13 | DF | Bülent Eken | 26 January 1923 (aged 31) | 11 | |
| 14 | DF | Ali Beratlıgil | 21 October 1931 (aged 22) | 2 | |
| 15 | MF | Mehmet Dinçer | 20 February 1933 (aged 21) | 0 | |
| 16 | DF | Nedim Günar | 2 January 1932 (aged 22) | 0 | |
| 17 | DF | Naci Erdem | 28 January 1931 (aged 23) | 0 | |
| 18 | DF | Kaçmaz Akgün | 19 February 1935 (aged 19) | 1 | |
| 19 | DF | Ahmet Berman | 1 January 1932 (aged 22) | 0 | |
| 20 | FW | Necmi Onarıcı | 2 November 1925 (aged 28) | 0 | |
| 21 | FW | Kadri Aytaç | 6 August 1931 (aged 22) | 0 | |
| 22 | FW | Coşkun Taş | 23 April 1935 (aged 19) | 2 |
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 4 | Advance to the knockout stage | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 2[a] | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 2[a] | ||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 |
Notes:
- Second place decided over through play-off: West Germany 7–2 Turkey.
| Turkey | 7 – 0 | |
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| Mamat Küçükandonyadis Sargun Keskin |
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Play-off
| West Germany | 7 – 2 | |
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| O. Walter Schäfer Morlock F. Walter |
Report | Ertan Küçükandonyadis |
Turkey at 2002 FIFA World Cup
Head coach: Şenol Güneş
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Rüştü Reçber | 10 May 1973 (aged 29) | 64 | |
| 2 | DF | Emre Aşık | 13 December 1973 (aged 28) | 16 | |
| 3 | DF | Bülent Korkmaz | 24 November 1968 (aged 33) | 68 | |
| 4 | DF | Fatih Akyel | 26 December 1977 (aged 24) | 36 | |
| 5 | DF | Alpay Özalan | 29 May 1973 (aged 29) | 62 | |
| 6 | FW | Arif Erdem | 2 January 1972 (aged 30) | 50 | |
| 7 | MF | Okan Buruk | 19 October 1973 (aged 28) | 26 | |
| 8 | MF | Tugay Kerimoğlu | 24 August 1970 (aged 31) | 69 | |
| 9 | FW | Hakan Şükür (c) | 1 September 1971 (aged 30) | 73 | |
| 10 | MF | Yıldıray Baştürk | 24 December 1978 (aged 23) | 13 | |
| 11 | FW | Hasan Şaş | 1 August 1976 (aged 25) | 14 | |
| 12 | GK | Ömer Çatkıç | 15 October 1974 (aged 27) | 6 | |
| 13 | MF | Mustafa İzzet | 31 October 1974 (aged 27) | 7 | |
| 14 | MF | Tayfur Havutçu | 23 April 1970 (aged 32) | 39 | |
| 15 | FW | Nihat Kahveci | 23 November 1979 (aged 22) | 11 | |
| 16 | DF | Ümit Özat | 30 October 1976 (aged 25) | 14 | |
| 17 | FW | İlhan Mansız | 10 August 1975 (aged 26) | 6 | |
| 18 | MF | Ergün Penbe | 17 May 1972 (aged 30) | 21 | |
| 19 | MF | Abdullah Ercan | 8 December 1971 (aged 30) | 70 | |
| 20 | DF | Hakan Ünsal | 14 May 1973 (aged 29) | 25 | |
| 21 | MF | Emre Belözoğlu | 7 September 1980 (aged 21) | 11 | |
| 22 | MF | Ümit Davala | 30 July 1973 (aged 28) | 24 | |
| 23 | GK | Zafer Özgültekin | 10 March 1975 (aged 27) | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
Brazil vs Turkey
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Costa Rica vs Turkey
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Turkey vs China PR
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Second Round Japan vs Turkey
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Quarter-Final Senegal vs Turkey
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Semi-final Brazil vs Turkey
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Match for third place
Hakan Şükür scored the fastest goal in World Cup finals history with a low left footed shot past the goalkeeper from the edge of the penalty box after 11 seconds.[4]
| South Korea | 2–3 | |
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Turkey at 2026 FIFA World Cup
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Record players
Seven players were fielded in all seven matches of Turkey's third-place run in 2002. Of those seven, only Fatih Akyel played every minute of the tournament.
| Rank | Player | Matches | World Cups |
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| 1 | Fatih Akyel | 7 | 2002 |
| Hakan Şükür | 7 | 2002 | |
| İlhan Mansız | 7 | 2002 | |
| Rüştü Reçber | 7 | 2002 | |
| Tugay Kerimoğlu | 7 | 2002 | |
| Ümit Davala | 7 | 2002 | |
| Yıldıray Baştürk | 7 | 2002 | |
| 8 | Bülent Korkmaz | 6 | 2002 |
| Emre Belözoğlu | 6 | 2002 | |
| Hasan Şaş | 6 | 2002 | |
Top goalscorers
A notable goal was scored by Hakan Şükür in the match for third place against South Korea in 2002, when he scored after only 10.89 seconds. It is the fastest goal in FIFA World Cup history, breaking Czechoslovak striker Václav Mašek's 40-year-old record of 16 seconds.
| Rank | Player | Goals | World Cup |
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| 1 | Burhan Sargun | 3 | 1954 |
| Suat Mamat | 3 | 1954 | |
| İlhan Mansız | 3 | 2002 | |
| 4 | Lefter Küçükandonyadis | 2 | 1954 |
| Hasan Şaş | 2 | 2002 | |
| Ümit Davala | 2 | 2002 | |
| 7 | Erol Keskin | 1 | 1954 |
| Mustafa Ertan | 1 | 1954 | |
| Bülent Korkmaz | 1 | 2002 | |
| Emre Belözoğlu | 1 | 2002 | |
| Hakan Şükür | 1 | 2002 | |