Turkey head coach Mircea Lucescu has named a 26-man squad for friendly matches against Republic of Ireland and Montenegro on March 23 and March 27.Turkey squad will meet up on Monday, March 19, 2018 at Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities, Beykoz - Riva, İstanbul at 12:00. Turkey will have their training sessions at their camp in İstanbul before travelling to Antalya on 22 March for their match against Republic of Ireland.
Turkey's squad for Republic of Ireland and Montenegro games consists the players listed at the below:
Player |
Club |
Birth Date |
Caps / Goals |
First Cap |
GOALKEEPERS |
Okan Kocuk |
İstanbulspor A.Ş. |
27.07.1995 |
- |
- |
Serkan Kırıntılı |
Atiker Konyaspor |
15.02.1985 |
- |
- |
Volkan Babacan |
Medipol Başakşehir FK |
11.08.1988 |
33/0 |
13.10.2014 |
DEFENCE |
Gökhan Gönül |
Beşiktaş A.Ş. |
04.01.1985 |
63/1 |
17.11.2007 |
Kaan Ayhan |
Fortuna Düsseldorf |
10.11.1994 |
8/0 |
31.08.2016 |
Mehmet Zeki Çelik |
İstanbulspor A.Ş. |
17.02.1997 |
- |
- |
Çağlar Söyüncü |
SC Freiburg |
23.05.1996 |
11/0 |
24.03.2016 |
Serdar Aziz |
Galatasaray A.Ş. |
23.10.1990 |
14/1 |
16.11.2014 |
Uğur Demirok |
Trabzonspor A.Ş. |
08.07.1988 |
3/0 |
05.03.2014 |
Hasan Ali Kaldırım |
Fenerbahçe A.Ş. |
09.12.1989 |
20/0 |
29.02.2012 |
Ömer Bayram |
Teleset Mobilya Akhisarspor |
27.07.1991 |
- |
- |
MIDFIELD |
Abdülkadir Ömür |
Trabzonspor A.Ş. |
25.06.1999 |
- |
- |
Cengiz Ünder |
AS Roma |
14.07.1997 |
7/3 |
12.11.2016 |
Alper Potuk |
Fenerbahçe A.Ş. |
08.04.1991 |
15/0 |
29.02.2012 |
Serdar Gürler |
Osmanlıspor FK |
14.09.1991 |
1/0 |
27.03.2017 |
Emre Akbaba |
Aytemiz Alanyaspor |
04.10.1992 |
1/1 |
13.11.2017 |
Mahmut Tekdemir |
Medipol Başakşehir FK |
20.01.1988 |
2/0 |
31.03.2015 |
Mehmet Topal |
Fenerbahçe A.Ş. |
03.03.1986 |
73/1 |
06.02.2008 |
İrfan Can Kahveci |
Medipol Başakşehir FK |
15.07.1995 |
- |
- |
Okay Yokuşlu |
Trabzonspor A.Ş. |
09.03.1994 |
9/0 |
17.11.2015 |
Selçuk İnan |
Galatasaray A.Ş. |
10.02.1985 |
61/8 |
13.10.2007 |
Yusuf Yazıcı |
Trabzonspor A.Ş. |
29.01.1997 |
4/0 |
11.06.2017 |
Hakan Çalhanoğlu |
AC Milan |
08.02.1994 |
31/8 |
06.09.2013 |
Yunus Mallı |
VfL Wolfsburg |
24.02.1992 |
14/0 |
13.11.2015 |
FORWARD |
Cenk Tosun |
Everton FC |
07.06.1991 |
25/8 |
15.10.2013 |
Enes Ünal |
Villarreal CF |
10.05.1997 |
7/0 |
31.03.2015 |
Turkey squad will meet up on Monday, March 19, 2018 at Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities, Beykoz - Riva, İstanbul at 12:00. Turkey will have their training sessions at their camp in İstanbul before travelling to Antalya on 22 March for their match against Republic of Ireland.
Turkey head coach Mircea Lucescu and a player will hold a press conference on the same day at Antalya Stadium at 19:00.
Turkish squad will return to Istanbul immediately after the match against Montenegro
Travel Itinerary
Date |
Destination |
Departure |
Arrival |
Flight No |
22 March 2018 Thursday |
İstanbul S. Gökçen (SAW) - Antalya (AYT) |
11:00 |
12.15 |
TK3432 |
26 March 2018 Monday |
Antalya (AYT) - Podgorica (TGD) |
10:00 |
11.15 |
TK3343 |
27 March 2018 Tuesday |
Podgorica (TGD) - İstanbul Atatürk (IST) |
23:00 |
01.35 |
TK3344 |
Match Schedule
Date |
Time |
Match |
Stadium |
23 March 2018 Friday |
20:30 |
Turkey - Republic of Ireland |
Antalya Stadium |
27 March 2018 Tuesday |
19:10 (UTC+3 20:10) |
Montenegro - Turkey |
Podgorica City Stadium |
Open Training Sessions ( media - only )
Date |
Time |
Place |
Note |
20 March 2018 Tuesday |
18:00 |
TFF Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities |
First 30 minutes open to media |
22 March 2018 Thursday |
19:30 |
Antalya Stadium |
First 15 minutes open to media |
25 March 2018 Sunday |
18:00 |
Regnum Carya Golf &Spa Resort |
First 15 minutes open to media |
26 March 2018 Monday |
19:00 (UTC+3 20:00) |
Podgorica City Stadium |
First 15 minutes open to media |
Press Conference Programme
Date |
Time |
Place |
22 March 2018 Thursday |
19:00 |
Antalya Stadium |
26 March 2018 Monday |
18:30 (UTC+3 19:30) |
Podgorica City Stadium |
NOTE: All times are given according to local time of the related country.