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Turkey squad for Iceland and Finland games confirmed 9/30/2017
Turkey squad for Iceland and Finland games confirmed
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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.

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