4 wins in 10 is the headline; the rating underneath reads 1425, from 12 rated matches.
Every rated team begins at 1500; they sit 75 points below it. Their advantage over the field is mostly attacking. The 9 fixtures in our records total 11 for and 17 against. The sample includes a run of 4 straight defeats. Across their 9 matches in our records, a 4-0 stands as the sample's most one-sided win for them. Across their 9 matches in our records, their rate comes to 1.22 goals a game at one end and 1.89 at the other. Averaged out that is 1.40 goals a game at one end and 1.70 at the other. The rating stands at 1425, built from 12 rated matches. Across the five newest recorded results: 1 won, 4 lost. Their rating converts to 36.7% of points against field-average opposition. Taking their 9 recorded matches, clean sheets number 1, or 11% of matches played. In their 10 recorded matches they are 4W 0D 6L, 14 scored and 17 conceded, 1.2 points per game. Relative to a 47-team field: 95 points below the average rating, scores 0.20 below the mean going forward, concedes 0.32 above it at the back.
Our elo-poisson-v1 model produced the above from the full match record.
In the 2026 UEFA Nations League table the side ranks 4 of 4 teams, with 0 points from 4 matches. The record is 0 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats, with 2 goals for, 11 goals against and a difference of -9. In the 2026 World Cup table, Turkey rank 4 of 4 teams with 3 points from 3 matches. Those points come from 1 win, 0 draws and 2 defeats, 3 goals for and 5 goals against, a goal difference of -2. In the 2026 International Friendlies, the side has 2 matches with a result: 2 wins, 0 draws, 0 defeats, goals 6-1.
For Turkey in the 2026 World Cup, the most goals belong to Baris Yilmaz (1), Arda Guler (1) and Kaan Ayhan (1). The side has goals from 3 players; in total, 3 goals.
Turkey have 15 players in our registered-player data, split into 2 goalkeepers, 4 defenders, 6 midfielders and 3 forwards. The median age of the registered players is 29.0, within a range of 21 to 35. The youngest player is Semih Kilicsoy, aged 21, and the oldest is Cenk Tosun, aged 35. Of the players with a recorded height, Yusuf Yazıcı is the tallest at 183 cm.
Everything on this page that relates to the 2026 UEFA Nations League, including the squad, dates from 14 October 2026.
From 2008 to 2026, we hold 51 matches of Turkey over 6 seasons and 4 competitions. The 49 matches with a final result break down into 25 wins, 6 draws and 18 defeats for the side: 51% won. Those matches produced 81 goals for and 61 goals against, an average of 1.7 scored and 1.2 conceded per match. Among matches with a result: no goals conceded in 37%, no goals scored in 27%. No win in our data is wider than 6-0 against Lithuania, in the UEFA Nations League on 7 June 2022. On 28 September 2026, Italy won 4-1 in the UEFA Nations League, the heaviest defeat we hold. Most matches in one calendar year: 2024, with 11 matches on record. Between 7 September 2019 and 17 November 2019, the side was unbeaten in 6 matches, a record in our data. Longest winning run: 4 matches, matched 3 times. Over 4 seasons of the European Championship, the side has 13 wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats in 26 matches with a result, goals 37-32. Over 3 seasons of the UEFA Nations League, the side has 9 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats in 18 matches with a result, goals 35-23. The club’s first match in our data is Portugal 2-0 Turkey, European Championship, on 7 June 2008.
The most frequent opponent of Turkey in our records is Iceland, with 4 matches. The record in those matches is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat for the side, goals 8-5. The most recent meeting with a result, on 14 October 2024 in the UEFA Nations League, ended Iceland 2-4 Turkey. The club has also met Italy 3 times, with 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. The club has also met France 3 times, with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.