Turkey World Cup 2002

Turkey World Cup Achievements

Qualified: Runner-Up European Group Four, beat Austria in play-off
Qualified: 2nd time (1954, 2002)
Best result: First round
Approx Odds: 80-1

Turkey World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers:
Rustu Recber (Fenerbahce), Omer Catkic (Gaziantepspor), Zafer Ozgultekin (Ankaragucu), Metin Aktas (Trabzonspor).

Defenders:
Bulent Korkmaz (Galatasaray), Emre Asik (Galatasaray), Fatih Akyel (Fenerbahce), Umit Ozat (Fenerbahce), Alpay Ozalan (Aston Villa, England).

Midfielders:
Ergun Penbe (Galatasaray), Abdullah Ercan (Fenerbahce), Tayfur Havutcu (Besiktas), Cihan Haspolatli (Kocaelispor), Tugay Kerimoglu (Blackburn, England), Hakan Unsal (Blackburn, England), Emre Belozoglu (Inter Milan, Italy), Okan Buruk (Inter Milan, Italy), Umit Davala (Galatasaray), Tayfun Korkut (Real Sociedad, Spain), Yildiray Basturk (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Muzzy Izzet (Leicester, England).

Forwards:
Hakan Sukur (Parma, Italy), Arif Erdem (Galatasaray), Hasan Sas (Galatasaray), Serhat Akin (Fenerbahce), Ilhan Mansiz (Besiktas), Nihat Kahveci (Real Sociedad, Spain