Turkey EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Antalya Stadyumu - Antalya Friday 24 March 2017 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Group I - Matchday 5 Finland EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Competition facts 7 Match-by-match lineups 8 Legend 10 1
Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA EURO 2000 Date Stage reached Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/06/1999 PR (GS) Finland - Turkey 2-4 Helsinki 14/10/1998 PR (GS) Turkey - Finland 1-3 Istanbul FIFA World Cup Date Stage reached Tihinen 10, Paatelainen 14; Havutçu 25, 84, Hakan Şükür 34, 87 Temizkanoğlu 74; Paatelainen 5, Johansson 51, Litmanen 90+6 Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/09/1985 QR (GS) Finland - Turkey 1-0 Tampere Rantanen 37 31/10/1984 QR (GS) Turkey - Finland 1-2 Antalya Tüfekci 77; Hjelm 10, Lipponen 56 Total Qualifying Home Away Final tournament Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Turkey 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 - - - - 13 4 3 6 20 20 Finland 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 - - - - 13 6 3 4 20 20 2
Squad list Turkey Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Volkan Babacan 11/08/1988 28 İstanbul Başakşehir FT - 4 0 0 0 - Onur Kıvrak 01/01/1988 29 Trabzonspor - 0 0 0 0 - Harun Tekin 17/06/1989 27 Bursaspor - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Gökhan Gönül 04/01/1985 32 Beşiktaş - 1 0 0 0 - Ömer Toprak 21/07/1989 27 Leverkusen - 2 0 0 0 - İsmail Köybaşı 10/07/1989 27 Fenerbahçe - 1 0 0 0 - Ahmet Çalık 26/02/1994 23 Galatasaray - 2 0 0 0 - Şener Özbayraklı 23/01/1990 27 Fenerbahçe - 3 0 0 0 - Çağlar Söyüncü 23/05/1996 20 Freiburg - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Selçuk İnan 10/02/1985 32 Galatasaray - 1 0 0 0 - Arda Turan 30/01/1987 30 Barcelona - 1 0 0 0 - Mehmet Topal 03/03/1986 31 Fenerbahçe - 4 0 0 0 - Emre Çolak 20/05/1991 25 Deportivo - 0 0 0 0 - Oğuzhan Özyakup 23/09/1992 24 Beşiktaş - 1 0 0 0 - Volkan Şen 07/07/1987 29 Fenerbahçe * 4 1 0 0 - Güray Vural 11/06/1988 28 Kayserispor - 0 0 0 0 - Yunus Mallı 24/02/1992 25 Wolfsburg - 1 0 0 0 - Okay Yokuşlu 09/03/1994 23 Trabzonspor - 1 0 0 0 - Kaan Ayhan 10/11/1994 22 Düsseldorf - 3 0 0 0 - Olcay Şahan 26/05/1987 29 Trabzonspor * 1 0 0 0 Forwards - Cenk Tosun 07/06/1991 25 Beşiktaş - 4 0 0 0 - Enes Ünal 10/05/1997 19 Twente - 1 0 0 0 - Emre Mor 24/07/1997 19 Dortmund - 3 0 0 0 Coach - Fatih Terim 14/09/1953 63-4 0 0 0 3
Finland Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Lukas Hradecky 24/11/1989 27 Häcken * 4 0 0 0 - Walter Viitala 09/01/1992 25 Viborg - 0 0 0 0 - Jesse Joronen 21/03/1993 24 Fulham - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Niklas Moisander 29/09/1985 31 Bremen - 3 0 0 0 - Markus Halsti 19/03/1984 33 Midtjylland * 3 0 0 0 - Kari Arkivuo 23/06/1983 33 Häcken - 3 0 0 0 - Jukka Raitala 15/09/1988 28 Columbus Crew FT - 4 0 0 0 - Juha Pirinen 22/10/1991 25 HJK - 0 0 0 0 - Paulus Arajuuri 15/06/1988 28 Brøndby * 4 1 0 0 - Janne Saksela 14/03/1993 24 Sparta - 2 0 0 0 - Jere Uronen 13/07/1994 22 Genk - 1 0 0 0 - Sauli Väisänen 05/06/1994 22 AIK * 3 0 0 0 Midfielders - Joona Toivio 10/03/1988 29 Molde - 1 0 0 0 - Perparim Hetemaj 12/12/1986 30 Chievo - 1 0 0 0 - Sakari Mattila 14/07/1989 27 SønderjyskE - 1 0 0 0 - Rasmus Schüller 18/06/1991 25 Minnesota United - 3 0 0 0 - Petteri Forsell 16/10/1990 26 Miedz - 0 0 0 0 - Alexander Ring 09/04/1991 25 New York City FC * 4 0 0 0 - Robin Lod 17/04/1993 23 Panathinaikos - 4 1 0 0 - Moshtagh Yaghoubi 08/11/1994 22 HJK - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Teemu Pukki 29/03/1990 26 Brøndby - 4 1 0 0 - Joel Pohjanpalo 13/09/1994 22 Leverkusen - 1 0 0 0 - Eero Markkanen 03/07/1991 25 AIK - 2 0 0 0 Coach - Markku Kanerva 24/05/1964 52-0 0 0 0 4
Head coach Fatih Terim Date of birth: 4 September 1953 Nationality: Turkish Playing career: Adana Demirspor, Galatasaray AŞ Coaching career: MKE Ankaragücü, Göztepe AŞ, Turkey Under-21, Turkey (three times), Galatasaray AŞ (three times), ACF Fiorentina, AC Milan A central defender, Terim represented Galatasaray for over a decade and played 51 games for Turkey, 32 as captain. Began his coaching career with Ankaragücü and Göztepe, before being named assistant to national team boss Sepp Piontek and put in charge of the U21s in 1990. Appointed Turkey coach in 1993, Terim led them to EURO '96. They lost all their matches in England, but just getting to the final tournament, Turkey's first since the 1954 FIFA World Cup, was a major landmark. Returned to Galatasaray after the EURO, winning four league titles and the 2000 UEFA Cup. Serie A came calling and Terim took the helm at Fiorentina and Milan before rejoining Galatasaray; however, a run of disappointing results brought about a temporary retirement in 2004. Reappointed Turkey coach in 2005, Terim known as 'İmparator' (The Emperor) for his leadership skills could not guide them through a 2006 World Cup play-off against Switzerland. Success followed at UEFA EURO 2008 with Terim steering Turkey to the semi-finals but he resigned following unsuccessful bid to reach the 2010 World Cup. Back for a third spell as Galatasaray boss in July 2011, in his first season he inspired Cimbom to their first Süper Lig crown in four years. Repeated the feat in 2013 when also helping Galatasaray to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. Named head of the national team for a third time on a part-time basis in August 2013, he parted company with Galatasaray in September to assume the role full time. Was unable to lead Turkey to the 2014 World Cup despite winning three of his four qualifiers in charge, but did take them to UEFA EURO 2016 where they failed to get out of their group. Markku Kanerva Date of birth: 24 May 1964 Nationality: Finnish Playing career: HJK Helsinki (twice), IF Elfsborg, Finnairin Palloilijat Coaching career: HJK Helsinki (assistant), FC Viikingit, Finland Under-21s, Finland (assistant), Finland (caretaker, twice), Finland A defender in his playing days, Markku Kanerva started out at home-town club HJK and won five Finnish titles and three Finnish Cups over two spells, returning for four years until his retirement in 1998 after an initial stay from 1983 to 1990. Contested five games in the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League with HJK, having rejoined after stints with Swedish side Elfsborg and Finnish outfit FinnPa; Kanerva also picked up 59 caps for his national team, scoring once. Began his coaching career as an assistant at HJK before briefly holding the reins at Viikingit in 2003 and entering the Football Association of Finland (SPL-FBF) coaching set-up the following year. Took charge of Finland's U21s between 2004 and 2009, earning recognition as Finland's coach of the year in 2008 after booking the side a historic maiden place at the 2009 UEFA European U21 Championship finals. Assistant coach of Finland's senior team between 2010 and 2016, Kanerva took over in an interim capacity in both 2011 and 2015 before being handed the role full time as Hans Backe's replacement in December 2016. 5
Match officials Referee Assistant referees Fourth official Referee observer Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP) Roberto Alonso (ESP), Juan Yuste (ESP) Carlos Del Cerro (ESP) László Vagner (HUN) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Jesús Gil Manzano 04/02/1984 1 16 FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage reached Home Away Result Venue 27/07/2016 UCL 3QR Fenerbahçe SK AS Monaco FC 2-1 Istanbul 6
Competition facts The Week of Football concept enables fans around the world to enjoy the very best action from the European Qualifiers which will determine UEFA's representatives at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup comprises nine groups of six teams, with matches played on a home-andaway basis. Qualifying takes place under the 'Week of Football' concept, introduced ahead of the UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying campaign, in which games are spread out from Thursday to Tuesday, shining the spotlight on more teams on the road to the finals in Russia. Moreover, thanks to the Week of Football, at least 43% of matches will be played on weekends, giving fans a better chance to follow the action on television, in the stadiums and on UEFA.com. Kick-off times will be set mainly at 18:00CET and 20:45CET on Saturdays and Sundays and at 20:45CET for Thursdays, Fridays, Mondays and Tuesdays. In double-header matchweeks, sides will play on Thursday/Sunday, Friday/Monday or Saturday/Tuesday. Each day of the Week of Football will feature eight to ten games. The nine group winners will qualify directly for the final tournament. The eight best runners-up will contest play-offs to decide the last four qualifiers for the finals. The 13 qualifiers then join hosts Russia in the finals to make it 14 UEFA member associations represented. How qualification works The other confederations have the following qualifying berths: Africa: 5 Asia: 4.5 North and Central America and Caribbean: 3.5 Oceania: 0.5 South America: 4.5 7
Match-by-match lineups Turkey FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group I Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Croatia 4 3 1 0 10 1 10 Ukraine 4 2 2 0 7 3 8 Iceland 4 2 1 1 6 5 7 Turkey 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 Finland 4 0 1 3 3 6 1 Kosovo 4 0 1 3 1 12 1 Matchday 1 (05/09/2016) Croatia 1-1 Turkey Goals: 1-0 Rakitić 44 (P), 1-1 Hakan Çalhanoğlu 45+2 Turkey: Volkan Babacan, Şener Özbayraklı, İsmail Köybaşı, Serdar Aziz, Okay Yokuşlu, Cenk Tosun (71 Olcay Şahan), Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Mehmet Topal, Ozan Tufan, Emre Mor (85 Volkan Şen), Kaan Ayhan (53 Ahmet Çalık) Matchday 2 (06/10/2016) Turkey 2-2 Ukraine Goals: 0-1 Yarmolenko 24 (P), 0-2 Kravets 27, 1-2 Ozan Tufan 45+1, 2-2 Hakan Çalhanoğlu 81 (P) Turkey: Volkan Babacan, Şener Özbayraklı, Hakan Balta (46 Kaan Ayhan), Ömer Toprak, Cenk Tosun, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Enes Ünal (46 Cigerci), Mehmet Topal, Ozan Tufan (77 Volkan Şen), Caner Erkin, Emre Mor Matchday 3 (09/10/2016) Iceland 2-0 Turkey Goals: 1-0 E. Bjarnason 42, 2-0 Finnbogason 44 Turkey: Volkan Babacan, Şener Özbayraklı, Ömer Toprak, Yasin Öztekin (59 Cenk Tosun), Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Mehmet Topal, Ozan Tufan (43 Cigerci), Caner Erkin, Volkan Şen (66 Mevlüt Erdinç), Emre Mor, Kaan Ayhan Matchday 4 (12/11/2016) Turkey 2-0 Kosovo Goals: 1-0 Burak Yılmaz 51, 2-0 Volkan Şen 55 Turkey: Volkan Babacan, Ahmet Çalık, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Gökhan Gönül, Selçuk İnan, Arda Turan, Hasan Ali Kaldırım, Oğuzhan Özyakup (46 Yunus Mallı), Mehmet Topal, Burak Yılmaz (87 Cenk Tosun), Volkan Şen (76 Cengiz Ünder) Matchday 5 (24/03/2017) Turkey-Finland Matchday 6 (11/06/2017) Kosovo-Turkey Matchday 7 (02/09/2017) Ukraine-Turkey Matchday 8 (05/09/2017) Turkey-Croatia Matchday 9 (06/10/2017) Turkey-Iceland Matchday 10 (09/10/2017) Finland-Turkey Finland FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round 8
Matchday 1 (05/09/2016) Finland 1-1 Kosovo Goals: 1-0 Arajuuri 18, 1-1 V. Berisha 60 (P) Finland: Hradecky, Arajuuri, Moisander, Eremenko, Lod (88 Schüller), Pukki (73 Hämäläinen), Lam (65 Ring), Halsti, Uronen, Pohjanpalo, Raitala Matchday 2 (06/10/2016) Iceland 3-2 Finland Goals: 0-1 Pukki 21, 1-1 Árnason 37, 1-2 Lod 39, 2-2 Finnbogason 90+1, 3-2 R. Sigurdsson 90+6 Finland: Hradecky, Arajuuri, Moisander, Väisänen, Ring (94 Schüller), P. Hetemaj, Pukki, Arkivuo, Halsti, Lod, Hämäläinen (56 Markkanen) Matchday 3 (09/10/2016) Finland 0-1 Croatia Goals: 0-1 Mandžukić 18 Finland: Hradecky, Arajuuri, Moisander, Väisänen (87 Riski), Ojala, Ring (67 Lam), Pukki, Arkivuo (46 Schüller), Lod, Saksela, Raitala Matchday 4 (12/11/2016) Ukraine 1-0 Finland Goals: 1-0 Kravets 25 Finland: Hradecky, Arajuuri, Väisänen (83 Saksela), Toivio, Ring (46 Markkanen), Lod, Pukki, Arkivuo, Halsti (63 Lam), Mattila, Raitala Matchday 5 (24/03/2017) Turkey-Finland Matchday 6 (11/06/2017) Finland-Ukraine Matchday 7 (02/09/2017) Finland-Iceland Matchday 8 (05/09/2017) Kosovo-Finland Matchday 9 (06/10/2017) Croatia-Finland Matchday 10 (09/10/2017) Finland-Turkey 9
Legend Competitions Club competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League UCUP: UEFA Cup UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Other abbreviations National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship WC: FIFA World Cup CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties No.: Number og: Own goal ag: Match decided on away goals P: Penalty agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result ET: Extra Time sg: Match decided by silver goal GA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of a coin GF: Goals for W: Won gg: Match decided by golden goal Y: Booked L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) Nat.: Nationality N/A: Not applicable Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended Overall: Total appearances in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament only Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com. 10