Turkey Team Preview – Overview
Former semi-finalists Turkey are back in this tournament for the first time since that famous run in 2008 where they so nearly made it to the final and who knows what they could have achieved. Having made the World Cup semi-final in 2002 this is a nation that are getting a reputation for being a tournament team when they qualify for them.
It was a bit of a struggle for Turkey in the early stages of qualifying but they came good in the end to make it into this tournament courtesy of having the best record of all the teams in third place. Since then they have kicked on and arrive here ready for another deep run in a big competition.
Statistics
Best Performance – Semi-finalists (2008)
Previous Appearances – 3 (1996, 2000 & 2008)
Qualified – Group A Third – qualified as Best 3rd Place Team
Qualifying Record
P-8 W-5 D-1 L-2 GF-12 GA-7 PTS-16
Fixtures
Turkey vs Croatia – Sunday 12th June, kickoff 14:00 at Parc des Princes, Paris
Spain vs Turkey – Friday 17th June, kickoff 20:00 at Allianz Riviera, Nice
Czech Republic vs Turkey – Tuesday 21st June, kickoff 20:00 at Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis, Lens
Squad
Manager: Fatih Terim
Goalkeepers: Harun Tekin (Bursaspor), Onur Kıvrak (Trabzonspor), Volkan Babacan (İstanbul Başakşehir).
Defenders: Gökhan Gönül (Fenerbahçe), Şener Özbayraklı (Fenerbahçe), Ahmet Çalık (Gençlerbirliği), Hakan Balta (Galatasaray), Mehmet Topal (Fenerbahçe), Semih Kaya (Galatasaray), Caner Erkin (Fenerbahçe), İsmail Köybaşı (Beşiktaş).
Midfielders: Emre Mor (Nordsjælland), Volkan Şen (Fenerbahçe), Hakan Çalhanoğu (Bayer Leverkusen), Nuri Şahin (Borussia Dortmund), Oğuzhan Özyakup (Beşiktaş), Ozan Tufan (Fenerbahçe), Selçuk İnan (Galatasaray), Arda Turan (Barcelona), Olcay Şahan (Beşiktaş).
Forwards: Burak Yılmaz (Beijing Guoan), Cenk Tosun (Beşiktaş), Yunus Mallı (Mainz).
Betting
Betting on this side isn’t easy really. Although Burak Yilmaz is the standout forward player in the side they are a team who shares their goals around so nobody really stands out as value in the top goalscorer markets which is a shame.
I’ve already got involved in their group from a betting point of view and with the two strong sides in the group I don’t really want to get involved in any of those sort of markets especially as my group bet could come down to Turkey beating the Czech Republic. I’ll leave Turkey alone for bets.
Tips
No Bet
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