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 | ||||||||||
| Group Stage | TBD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 12 | ||
| To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| Total | Third place | 3/22 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 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 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 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]
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Turkey at 2026 FIFA World Cup
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Position will qualify for: |
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| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Knockout stage | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts
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
| Player | Goals | 1954 | 2002 | 2026 |
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| Burhan Sargun | 3 | 3 | ||
| Suat Mamat | 3 | 3 | ||
| İlhan Mansız | 3 | 3 | ||
| Lefter Küçükandonyadis | 2 | 2 | ||
| Hasan Şaş | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ümit Davala | 2 | 2 | ||
| Erol Keskin | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mustafa Ertan | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bülent Korkmaz | 1 | 1 | ||
| Emre Belözoğlu | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hakan Şükür | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 |