Turkey Euro 2024: Squad, Schedule, and Latest Updates

Many people expected a lot from Turkey at the previous European competition. But they disappointed everyone by finishing the tournament in the group stage. With a similar squad at their disposal, but with more experience and resolve, the Turkish team is set to make waves at the Euros. Turkey has never managed to go beyond the semis at the Euros, so it would be interesting to see which heights they are able to reach now.

Team Info

The Turkish team comprises quality and talented individuals. They possess a lot of resolve and have the ability to win against anyone. However, they can also lose to everyone and fumble everything in an instant.

Element	Explanation
Full Team Name	Turkey
Founded	1923
Association	Turkish Football Federation
Head Coach	Vincenzo Montella (Italy)
Captain	Hakan Çalhanoğlu
Most Caps	Rüştü Reçber (120)
Top Scorer	Hakan Şükür (51)
FIFA Ranking	40

Current Squad

The Turkey Euro 2024 squad is a respectable one. The team mostly includes players from the Turkish Super Lig, but they also include a few of them from Italy, Spain, and Germany as well. If you want to go into details, our Euro 2024 expert insights might be the right place.

Squad List

Goalkeepers: Mert Günok (Beşiktaş), Uğurcan Çakır (Trabzonspor), Altay Bayındır (Manchester United), Doğan Alemdar (Troyes).
Defenders: Zeki Çelik (Roma), Merih Demiral (Al-Ahli), Mert Müldür (Fenerbahçe), Ferdi Kadıoğlu (Fenerbahçe), Cenk Özkacar (Valencia), Abdülkerim Bardakcı (Galatasaray), Samet Akaydin (Panathinaikos), Ahmetcan Kaplan (Ajax).
Midfielders: Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Inter Milan), Kaan Ayhan (Galatasaray), Okay Yokuşlu (West Bromwich Albion), Orkun Kökçü (Benfica), Salih Özcan (Borussia Dortmund), İsmail Yüksek (Fenerbahçe), Abdülkadir Ömür (Hull City), Arda Güler (Real Madrid), Berat Özdemir (Trabzonspor), Can Uzun (FC Nürnberg).
Forwards: Cenk Tosun (Beşiktaş), Yusuf Yazıcı (Lille), İrfan Kahveci (Fenerbahçe), Kerem Aktürkoğlu (Galatasaray), Barış Alper Yılmaz (Galatasaray), Yunus Akgün (Leicester City), Kenan Yıldız (Juventus), Oğuz Aydın (Alanyaspor), Semih Kılıçsoy (Beşiktaş).

Team Statistics (qualifiers)

Turkey had another great Euros qualification cycle. They finished above the favoured Croatian team and even managed to beat them in an away match. They are definitely going to be a team to fear at the Euros.

Element	Explanation
Matches Played	8
Wins	5
Draws	2
Losses	1
Goals Scored	14
Goals Conceded	7

Recent Match Results

After topping Group D in the qualifiers, Turkey fell a bit off. They are currently four games in without a win. Luckily, three of them were friendly matches. They drew against Wales (1:1) and Italy (0:0), but lost to Hungary by 1:0 and were absolutely destroyed against Austria by 6:1.

Key Players

The Turkish team is a mix of experience and youth. Coach Vincenzo Montella has managed to balance the team out really well with goalkeeper Mert Günok and forward Cenk Tosun being some of the oldest members of the team. However, he also helped to incorporate youngsters such as Real’s Arda Güler and Juve’s Kenan Yıldız into his system.

Player Profiles

Hakan Çalhanoğlu is the player to watch. The Turkish captain has had one of the best seasons of his life at Inter Milan. He helps to drive the offence through passing, assists, and goals. Orkun Kökçü will be his partner in the midfield, while goals should be expected out of Galatasaray’s Kerem Aktürkoğlu.

Euro 2024 Schedule

Viewing Turkey’s schedule for the competition, their action starts with a match against Georgia in Group F.

Latest News

While many people are pushing for Montella to start Arda Güler from the very first match, the Italian coach hasn’t made any indications of whether he will do that or not. Güler is an exceptional talent, but he has had to miss most of the previous season due to injury. Therefore, he might still decide to give other players an advantage and even play the 19-year-old Kenan Yıldız instead, and use Güler as a spark off the bench.

Tactical Analysis

What Montella did when taking off the reigns of the Turkish national side was to revitalise the team. He gave a chance to a lot of young players, which Turkey is filled with at the moment. Montella decided to do away with Çağlar Söyüncü, Cengiz Ünder, and Enes Ünal, all experienced and quality players. He decided to go with players who are more physically fit at the moment and who can perform.

Playing Style and Formation

Turkey usually plays in a 4-2-3-1 formation. They rarely play in a different style, and they do have the players to support that system. Of course, Çalhanoğlu is a massively important piece of the puzzle as he can play both in a traditional midfielder low or join the attack as an attacking midfielder. Turkey’s attacking wingers are also very quick and will put on the pace on their opponents and it is not going to be smart to try and outrun them in a straight race.

Team History

Historically speaking, Turkey has always had a quality squad. But they missed out on a lot of major tournaments, particularly World Cups. Nevertheless, they always had the poise of surprising everyone when it was least expected.

Overview

This will be Turkey’s sixth entry at the Euros. It is the third tournament in a row that they have qualified for, but the previous two ended in the group stages for them. As far as the World Cup goes, they played only two times. The last time was in 2002, when they finished third, marking their greatest footballing success in history.

Achievements and Honors

Turkey’s greatest success have been finishing third at the World Cup 2002 and going to the semi-finals of Euro 2008. They have the strength to surprise even the biggest teams, but they also know how to fumble it all.

European Championship success:

Semifinals in 2008

World Cup success:

Third place in 2002

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