Turkey team for the UEFA Euro 2008

The coach of Turkey has announced the squad / team for the UEFA Euro Cup 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. Fatih Terim presented recently an initial list of 26 names of Turkish players that did not include famous international football player Hakan Şükür.

The first game of Turkey in the UEFA Euro Cup 2008 will be against Portugal in Geneve at the stadium Stade de Geneve. It will be second game on the day of the inauguration of the Euro Cup, June, the 7th at 20:45. Remember that the opening game of the UEFA Euro Cup 2008 will be Switzerland against the Czech Republic. Turkey is in Group A.

The next friendly game of Turkey pre Euro Cup 2008, will be against Slovakia, on May the 20th. The match will be played in Turkey in the stadium "Ataturk Olympic Stadium". On May the 25th Turkey will play against Uruguay and on May the 29th against Findland. These games will be in Germany.

The initial squad / team of Turkey for the UEFA Euro Cup 2008 is as follows:

Forwards of Turkey for the UEFA Euro Cup 2008: Nihat Kahveci (Villarreal CF, Spain), Halil Altıntop (FC Schalke 04, Germany), Semih Şentürk (Fenerbahçe SK, Turkey), Mevlüt Erding (FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, France).

Midfielders of Turkey for the UEFA Euro Cup 2008: Mehmet Aurélio (Fenerbahçe SK, Turkey), Mehmet Topal (Galatasaray AŞ, Turkey), Emre Belözoğlu (Newcastle United FC, England), Tümer Metin (Larissa FC, Greece), Yıldıray Baştürk (VfB Stuttgart, Germany), Hamit Altıntop (FC Bayern München, Germany), Ayhan Akman (Galatasaray AŞ, Turkey), Arda Turan (Galatasaray AŞ, Turkey), Tuncay Şanlı (Middlesbrough FC, England), Kazım Kazım (Fenerbahçe SK, Turkey), Gökdeniz Karadeniz (FC Rubin Kazan, Russia).

Defenders of Turkey for the UEFA Euro Cup 2008: Gökhan Gönül (Fenerbahçe SK, Turkey), Sabri Sarıoğlu (Galatasaray AŞ, Turkey), Gökhan Zan (Beşiktaş JK, Turkey), İbrahim Kaş (Beşiktaş JK, Turkey), Emre Aşık (Galatasaray AŞ, Turkey), Servet Çetin (Galatasaray AŞ, Turkey), Hakan Balta (Galatasaray AŞ, Turkey), Uğur Boral (Fenerbahçe SK, Turkey).

Goalkeepers of Turkey for the UEFA Euro Cup 2008: Volkan Demirel (Fenerbahçe SK, Turkey), Rüştü Reçber (Beşiktaş JK, Turkey), Tolga Zengin (Trabzonspor, Turkey).

The Turkey Football League might be as competitive as any other European Top Football League, but it is still not a very experienced squad. As you can see most of the players are from the Fenerbahçe SK team or from Galatasaray AŞ. At first sight, looks very local, with few players of international experience.