Turkey at the FIFA Confederations Cup

The Turkey national football team represented Turkey at the FIFA Confederations Cup on one occasion, a sole appearance in 2003. Despite not being the host nation, champions of their confederation or holders of the World Cup, Turkey qualified having placed third at the 2002 World Cup as Germany (2002 World Cup runners-up), Italy (UEFA Euro 2000 runners-up) and Spain (Highest ranked UEFA member in the FIFA rankings at the time) declined to participate.

Record at the FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
YearResultPositionPldWDLGFGA
1992Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003Third Place3rd521288
2005Did not qualify
2009
2013
2017
Total1/100 Titles521288

Record by opponent

FIFA Confederations Cup matches (by team)
OpponentTotalWinsDrawsLossesGoals ScoredGoals Conceded
 United States110021
 Cameroon100101
 Brazil101022
 France100123
 Colombia110021

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Cameroon321020+27
 Turkey31115504
 Brazil31113304
 United States301213–21

Turkey v United States

Turkey  2–1  United States
Okan Y. 40' (pen.)
Tuncay 73'
ReportBeasley 37'
Turkey
United States
GK12Ömer Çatkıç
DF2Fatih Sonkaya
DF3Bülent Korkmaz
DF5Alpay Özalan
DF13Ahmet Yıldırım  42'
MF8Volkan Arslan
MF15İbrahim Üzülmez  67'
MF20Selçuk Şahin
MF22Gökdeniz Karadeniz
FW9Tuncay  80'
FW16Okan Yılmaz  90+2'
Substitutions:
DF6Ergün Penbe  42'
MF21İbrahim Toraman  80'
FW18Hüseyin Kartal  90+2'
Manager:
Şenol Güneş
GK18Tim Howard
DF3Gregg Berhalter  22'  79'
DF5Greg Vanney  55'
DF16Danny Califf  42'
MF2Frankie Hejduk
MF7Eddie Lewis  72'
MF14Chris Armas
MF15Bobby Convey
MF17DaMarcus Beasley
FW9Jovan Kirovski  59'
FW10Landon Donovan  39'
Substitutions:
MF11Clint Mathis  59'
MF8Earnie Stewart  72'
FW20Taylor Twellman  79'
Manager:
Bruce Arena

Cameroon v Turkey

Cameroon  1–0  Turkey
Geremi 90+1' (pen.)Report
Cameroon
Turkey
GK1Carlos Kameni
DF2Bill Tchato  78'
DF3Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé
DF4Rigobert Song  45+1'
DF13Lucien Mettomo
MF7Modeste M'bami
MF8Geremi
MF17Marc-Vivien Foé  75'
MF19Eric Djemba-Djemba  70'
FW9Samuel Eto'o
FW18Mohammadou Idrissou  56'
Substitutions:
FW21Joseph-Désiré Job  56'
DF5Timothée Atouba  70'
MF16Valéry Mézague  80'  78'
Manager:
Winfried Schäfer
GK1Rüştü Reçber
DF4Fatih Akyel
DF6Ergün Penbe
DF14Deniz Barış
DF17Servet Çetin  32'
MF8Volkan Arslan  60'
MF10Yıldıray Baştürk  45+1'
MF20Selçuk Şahin
MF21İbrahim Toraman
FW9Tuncay  89'
FW16Okan Yılmaz  76'
Substitutions:
MF22Gökdeniz Karadeniz  60'
FW19Necati Ateş  76'
FW18Hüseyin Kartal  89'
Manager:
Şenol Güneş

Brazil v Turkey

Brazil  2–2  Turkey
Adriano 23'
Alex 90+3'
ReportGökdeniz 53'
Okan Y. 81'
Brazil
Turkey
GK1Dida
DF3Lúcio  62'
DF4Juan
DF6Gilberto  58'  71'
DF13Maurinho
MF5Emerson
MF8Kléberson
MF10Ricardinho  63'
FW7Ronaldinho  75'   90+3'
FW9Adriano
FW21Ilan  61'
Substitutions:
MF11Gil  61'
MF20Alex  89'  63'
DF16Kléber  71'
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Parreira
GK1Rüştü Reçber  90+3'
DF3Bülent Korkmaz  64'
DF4Fatih Akyel
DF5Alpay Özalan
DF6Ergün Penbe  72'
MF8Volkan Arslan  35'
MF10Yıldıray Baştürk
MF15İbrahim Üzülmez
MF20Selçuk Şahin
MF22Gökdeniz Karadeniz
FW9Tuncay
Substitutions:
FW16Okan Yılmaz  35'  88'
MF21İbrahim Toraman  72'
MF7Serkan Balcı  88'
Manager:
Şenol Güneş

Semi-final

France v Turkey

France  3–2  Turkey
Henry 11'
Pires 26'
Wiltord 43'
ReportGökdeniz 42'
Tuncay 48'
Attendance: 41,195
France
Turkey
GK23Grégory Coupet
DF5William Gallas
DF8Marcel Desailly
DF13Mikaël Silvestre  44'
DF15Lilian Thuram
MF6Olivier Dacourt
MF7Robert Pires  70'
MF18Benoît Pedretti  6'
FW11Sylvain Wiltord  78'
FW12Thierry Henry
FW22Sidney Govou  66'
Substitutions:
FW9Djibril Cissé  66'
MF17Olivier Kapo  75'  70'
MF10Ludovic Giuly  82'  78'
Manager:
Jacques Santini
GK1Rüştü Reçber  36'
DF3Bülent Korkmaz  75'
DF4Fatih Akyel  35'
DF5Alpay Özalan
DF6Ergün Penbe
MF10Yıldıray Baştürk  81'
MF15İbrahim Üzülmez
MF20Selçuk Şahin  85'
MF22Gökdeniz Karadeniz
FW9Tuncay
FW16Okan Yılmaz
Substitutions:
GK12Ömer Çatkıç  36'
FW19Necati Ateş  81'
MF8Volkan Arslan  85'
Manager:
Şenol Güneş

Third place play-off

Colombia  1–2  Turkey
Hernández 63'ReportTuncay 2'
Okan Y. 86'
Colombia
Turkey
GK1Óscar Córdoba
DF2Iván Córdoba
DF3Mario Yepes
DF23Gonzalo Martínez  33'
MF10Giovanni Hernández
MF15Rubén Darío Velázquez
MF18Jorge López Caballero  28'
MF20Gerardo Bedoya
MF21Jairo Patiño
FW7Elson Becerra  41'
FW9Víctor Aristizábal
Substitutions:
MF8Arnulfo Valentierra  28'
FW16Eudalio Arriaga  41'
Manager:
Francisco Maturana
GK12Ömer Çatkıç  89'
DF2Fatih Sonkaya  60'
DF14Deniz Barış
DF15İbrahim Üzülmez  33'
DF17Servet Çetin  20'
MF7Serkan Balcı
MF8Volkan Arslan  87'
MF21İbrahim Toraman
MF22Gökdeniz Karadeniz
FW9Tuncay  57'
FW19Necati Ateş  66'
Substitutions:
MF20Selçuk Şahin  60'
FW16Okan Yılmaz  66'
DF6Ergün Penbe  87'
Manager:
Şenol Güneş

Goalscorers

PlayerGoals2003
Okan Yilmaz33
Tuncay 33
Gökdeniz Karadeniz22
Total88

See also

References