Turkey head coach Mircea Lucescu has named a 29-man squad for the Crescent-Stars' 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Iceland and Finland on 6 and 9 October respectively.
Turkey squad will meet up starting from 11.00 hours on Monday, 2 October at Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort in the Belek region of Antalya.
Turkey will have their training sessions at their camp in Antalya before travelling to Eskişehir on 5 October for their match against Iceland. Turkey head coach Mircea Lucescu and a player will hold a press conference the same day at Eskişehir New Stadium at 18.15. This will be followed by the final training ahead of the game.
The following players have been called up to the Turkey "A" national team squad:
Player |
Club |
Date of Birth |
International Caps/goals |
International Debut |
GOALKEEPER |
Harun Tekin |
Bursaspor |
17.06.1989 |
1/0 |
27.03.2017 |
Serkan Kırıntılı |
Atiker Konyaspor |
15.02.1985 |
- |
- |
Volkan Babacan |
Medipol Başakşehir FK |
11.08.1988 |
30/0 |
13.10.2014 |
DEFENDER |
Kaan Ayhan |
Fortuna Düsseldorf |
10.11.1994 |
7/0 |
31.08.2016 |
Sabri Sarıoğlu |
Göztepe A.Ş. |
26.07.1984 |
44/1 |
07.10.2006 |
Mehmet Topal |
Fenerbahçe A.Ş. |
03.03.1986 |
71/1 |
06.02.2008 |
Ömer Toprak |
Borussia Dortmund |
21.07.1989 |
26/2 |
15.11.2011 |
Çağlar Söyüncü |
SC Freiburg |
23.05.1996 |
7/0 |
24.03.2016 |
Serdar Aziz |
Galatasaray A.Ş. |
23.10.1990 |
12/1 |
16.11.2014 |
Caner Erkin |
Beşiktaş A.Ş. |
04.10.1988 |
52/2 |
26.05.2006 |
İsmail Köybaşı |
Fenerbahçe A.Ş. |
10.07.1989 |
26/0 |
12.08.2009 |
MIDFIELDER |
Emre Belözoğlu |
Medipol Başakşehir FK |
07.09.1980 |
94/9 |
23.02.2000 |
Nuri Şahin |
Borussia Dortmund |
05.09.1988 |
51/2 |
08.10.2005 |
Selçuk İnan |
Galatasaray A.Ş. |
10.02.1985 |
59/8 |
13.10.2007 |
Cengiz Ünder |
AS Roma |
14.07.1997 |
5/2 |
12.11.2016 |
Emre Mor |
RC Celta de Vigo |
24.07.1997 |
13/1 |
29.05.2016 |
Oğuzhan Özyakup |
Beşiktaş A.Ş. |
23.09.1992 |
28/1 |
28.05.2013 |
Okay Yokuşlu |
Trabzonspor A.Ş. |
09.03.1994 |
6/0 |
17.11.2015 |
Yusuf Yazıcı |
Trabzonspor A.Ş. |
29.01.1997 |
1/0 |
11.06.2017 |
Hakan Çalhanoğlu |
AC Milan |
08.02.1994 |
28/8 |
06.09.2013 |
Ozan Tufan |
Fenerbahçe A.Ş. |
23.03.1995 |
35/4 |
25.05.2014 |
Tolga Ciğerci |
Galatasaray A.Ş. |
23.03.1992 |
3/0 |
06.10.2016 |
Yunus Mallı |
VfL Wolfsburg |
24.02.1992 |
12/0 |
13.11.2015 |
Arda Turan |
FC Barcelona |
30.01.1987 |
99/17 |
16.08.2006 |
Volkan Şen |
Trabzonspor A.Ş. |
07.07.1987 |
26/2 |
03.03.2010 |
FORWARD |
Burak Yılmaz |
Trabzonspor A.Ş. |
15.07.1985 |
51/23 |
12.04.2006 |
Cenk Tosun |
Beşiktaş A.Ş. |
07.06.1991 |
21/6 |
15.10.2013 |
Enes Ünal |
Villarreal CF |
10.05.1997 |
6/0 |
31.03.2015 |
Mevlüt Erdinç |
Medipol Başakşehir FK |
25.02.1987 |
35/8 |
26.03.2008 |
Turkish "A" National Team will fly to the Finnish city of Turku on Saturday, 7 October for their qualifying game against Finland. Turkey head coach Mircea Lucescu and a player will hold a press conference on Sunday, 8 October at 18.30 hours at Veritas stadium, where the match will take place. The Crescent-Stars will finalize their preparations with a training at 19.00
Turkish squad will return to Istanbul immediately after the match.
Travel Itinerary
Date |
Route |
Departure |
Arrival |
Flight No. |
5 October 2017 Thursday |
Antalya (AYT) - Eskişehir (AOE) |
11.00 |
12.10 |
TK3431 |
7 October 2017 Friday |
Eskişehir (AOE) - Turku (TKU) |
15.00 |
18.35 |
TK3361 |
10 October 2017 Tuesday |
Turku (TKU) - Istanbul Atatürk (IST) |
01.05 |
04.25 |
TK3362 |
Match Schedule
Date |
Kick-Off |
Match |
Venue |
Broadcaster |
6 October 2017 Friday |
21.45 |
Turkey v Iceland |
Eskişehir New Stadium |
TV8 |
9 October 2017 Monday |
21.45 |
Finland v Turkey |
Veritas Stadium |
TV8 |
Open Training Sessions (media-only)
Date |
Time |
Venue |
Remarks |
3 October 2017 Tuesday |
18.30 |
Sentido Zeynep Golf & Spa Resort |
First 15 minutes open |
5 October 2017 Thursday |
18.45 |
Eskişehir New Stadium |
First 15 minutes open |
8 October 2017 Sunday |
19.00 |
Veritas Stadium |
First 15 minutes open |
Press Conference Programme
Date |
Time |
Venue |
5 October 2017 Thursday |
18.15 |
Eskişehir New Stadium |
8 October 2017 Sunday |
18.30 |
Veritas Stadium |
NOTE: All times are local. There is no time difference between Turkey and Finland.