Turkey national football team squad for the upcoming UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying matches against Albania and Moldova on 22 March and 25 March respectively has been announced.
Turkey coach Şenol Güneş has called up the following 28-man squad for the specified games:
Player |
Club |
Date of Birth |
International Caps/Goals |
International Debut |
GOALKEEPER |
Fehmi Mert Günok |
Medipol Başakşehir FK |
01.03.1989 |
6/0 |
24.05.2012 |
Muhammed Şengezer |
Bursaspor |
05.01.1997 |
- |
- |
Uğurcan Çakır |
Trabzonspor A.Ş. |
05.04.1996 |
- |
- |
Sinan Bolat |
Royal Antwerp FC |
03.09.1988 |
11/0 |
10.08.2011 |
DEFENDER |
Gökhan Gönül |
Beşiktaş A.Ş. |
04.01.1985 |
64/1 |
17.11.2007 |
Mehmet Zeki Çelik |
LOSC Lille |
17.02.1997 |
4/0 |
05.06.2018 |
Çağlar Söyüncü |
Leicester City FC |
23.05.1996 |
22/1 |
24.03.2016 |
Kaan Ayhan |
Fortuna Düsseldorf |
10.11.1994 |
18/0 |
31.08.2016 |
Merih Demiral |
US Sassuolo |
05.03.1998 |
1/0 |
20.11.2018 |
Ozan Muhammed Kabak |
VfB Stuttgart |
25.03.2000 |
- |
- |
Hasan Ali Kaldırım |
Fenerbahçe A.Ş. |
09.12.1989 |
28/0 |
29.02.2012 |
Emre Taşdemir |
Galatasaray A.Ş. |
08.08.1995 |
4/0 |
08.06.2015 |
MIDFIELDER |
Deniz Türüç |
İstikbal Mobilya Kayserispor |
29.01.1993 |
2/0 |
27.03.2017 |
Efecan Karaca |
Aytemiz Alanyaspor |
16.11.1989 |
- |
- |
Yusuf Yazıcı |
Trabzonspor A.Ş. |
29.01.1997 |
10/0 |
11.06.2017 |
Dorukhan Toköz |
Beşiktaş A.Ş. |
21.05.1996 |
- |
- |
Emre Belözoğlu |
Medipol Başakşehir FK |
07.09.1980 |
95/9 |
23.02.2000 |
İrfan Can Kahveci |
Medipol Başakşehir FK |
15.07.1995 |
6/0 |
23.03.2018 |
Mahmut Tekdemir |
Medipol Başakşehir FK |
20.01.1988 |
8/0 |
31.03.2015 |
Oğuzhan Özyakup |
Beşiktaş A.Ş. |
23.09.1992 |
41/1 |
28.05.2013 |
Okay Yokuşlu |
RC Celta de Vigo |
09.03.1994 |
20/1 |
17.11.2015 |
Yunus Mallı |
VfL Wolfsburg |
24.02.1992 |
24/1 |
13.11.2015 |
Emre Kılınç |
Demir Grup Sivasspor |
23.08.1994 |
- |
- |
Güven Yalçın |
Beşiktaş A.Ş. |
18.01.1999 |
- |
- |
Hakan Çalhanoğlu |
AC Milan |
08.02.1994 |
38/9 |
06.09.2013 |
FORWARD |
Burak Yılmaz |
Beşiktaş A.Ş. |
15.07.1985 |
52/23 |
12.04.2006 |
Cenk Tosun |
Everton FC |
07.06.1991 |
35/11 |
15.10.2013 |
The squad will gather on Sunday, 17 March at 18.00 in Turkish Football Federation's national training centre in Riva, Istanbul.
Turkey coach Şenol Günel will hold a press conference in the facilities on Monday, 18 March and the Crescent-Stars will begin their trainings with a session scheduled at 18.30.
Turkey national team delegation will travel to Tirana with charter by Turkish Airlines on 21 March and then move to Shkoder where the Albania match will be played. Coach Şenol Güneş will make a press conference together with a national team player in Loro Boriçi Stadium at 18.30 the same day. The media event will be followed by the final training session at 19.00
The EURO 2020 qualifying match betwen Albania - Turkey game will be played on 22 March and kick off at 20.45. The game will be broadcast live by TRT1.
The delegation will move move from Shkoder to Eskişehir where they will host Moldova for the second match in the group. The schedule of MD-1 media activities which will take place on 24 March will be announced at a later date.
Turkey - Moldova match will be played on 25 March at Eskişehir New Stadium and kick off at 20.00. TRT1 will broadcast the game live. Turkey national team delegation will return to Istanbul from Eskişehir following the game.
Travel Itinerary
Date |
Route |
Departure |
Arrival |
21 March 2019 Thursday |
İstanbul S. Gökçen (SAW) - Tirana (TIA) |
11.25 |
11.15 |
23 March 2019 Saturday |
Tirana (TIA) - Eskişehir (AOE) |
16.00 |
20.00 |
25 March 2019 Monday |
Eskişehir (AOE) - İstanbul Atatürk (IST) |
23.00 |
23.45 |
Match Programme
Date |
Kick-Off |
Match |
Stadium |
22 March 2019 Friday |
20.45 |
Albania - Turkey |
Loro Boriçi Stadium (Shkoder/Albania) |
25 March 2019 Monday |
20.00 |
Turkey - Moldova |
Eskişehir New Stadium (Eskişehir/Turkey) |
Training Schedule
Date |
Time |
Location |
Notes |
18 March 2019 Monday |
18.30 |
TFF Hasan Doğan National Training Centre |
Open to media |
19 March 2019 Tuesday |
18.30 |
TFF Hasan Doğan National Training Centre |
Open to media 15 mins. |
20 March 2019 Wednesday |
18.30 |
TFF Hasan Doğan National Training Centre |
Open to media 15 mins. |
21 March 2019 Thursday |
19.00 |
Loro Boriçi Stadium |
Open to media 15 mins. |
23 March 2019 Saturday |
11.00 |
Loro Boriçi Stadium |
Closed to media |
Press Conference Schedule
Date |
Time |
Location |
18 March 2019 Monday |
14.30 |
TFF Hasan Doğan National Training Centre |
21 March 2019 Thursday |
18.30 |
Loro Boriçi Stadium |
NOTE: All times are local. Albania is two hours behind of Turkey.