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
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003	Third Place	3rd	5	2	1	2	8	8
2005	Did not qualify
2009
2013
2017
Total	1/10	0 Titles	5	2	1	2	8	8

Record by opponent

FIFA Confederations Cup matches (by team)
Opponent	Total	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals Scored	Goals Conceded
United States	1	1	0	0	2	1
Cameroon	1	0	0	1	0	1
Brazil	1	0	1	0	2	2
France	1	0	0	1	2	3
Colombia	1	1	0	0	2	1

2003 FIFA Confederations Cup

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
Turkey	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Brazil	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
United States	3	0	1	2	1	3	–2	1

Turkey v United States

19 June 2003

19:00 CEST

Turkey	2–1	United States
Okan Y. 40' (pen.) Tuncay 73'	Report	Beasley 37'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 16,944

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Turkey

United States

GK 12 Ömer Çatkıç DF 2 Fatih Sonkaya DF 3 Bülent Korkmaz DF 5 Alpay Özalan DF 13 Ahmet Yıldırım  42' MF 8 Volkan Arslan MF 15 İbrahim Üzülmez  67' MF 20 Selçuk Şahin MF 22 Gökdeniz Karadeniz FW 9 Tuncay  80' FW 16 Okan Yılmaz  90+2' Substitutions: DF 6 Ergün Penbe  42' MF 21 İbrahim Toraman  80' FW 18 Hüseyin Kartal  90+2' Manager: Şenol Güneş

GK 18 Tim Howard DF 3 Gregg Berhalter  22'  79' DF 5 Greg Vanney  55' DF 16 Danny Califf  42' MF 2 Frankie Hejduk MF 7 Eddie Lewis  72' MF 14 Chris Armas MF 15 Bobby Convey MF 17 DaMarcus Beasley FW 9 Jovan Kirovski  59' FW 10 Landon Donovan  39' Substitutions: MF 11 Clint Mathis  59' MF 8 Earnie Stewart  72' FW 20 Taylor Twellman  79' Manager: Bruce Arena

Cameroon v Turkey

21 June 2003

19:00 CEST

Cameroon	1–0	Turkey
Geremi 90+1' (pen.)	Report

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 43,743

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Cameroon

Turkey

GK 1 Carlos Kameni DF 2 Bill Tchato  78' DF 3 Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé DF 4 Rigobert Song  45+1' DF 13 Lucien Mettomo MF 7 Modeste M'bami MF 8 Geremi MF 17 Marc-Vivien Foé  75' MF 19 Eric Djemba-Djemba  70' FW 9 Samuel Eto'o FW 18 Mohammadou Idrissou  56' Substitutions: FW 21 Joseph-Désiré Job  56' DF 5 Timothée Atouba  70' MF 16 Valéry Mézague  80'  78' Manager: Winfried Schäfer

GK 1 Rüştü Reçber DF 4 Fatih Akyel DF 6 Ergün Penbe DF 14 Deniz Barış DF 17 Servet Çetin  32' MF 8 Volkan Arslan  60' MF 10 Yıldıray Baştürk  45+1' MF 20 Selçuk Şahin MF 21 İbrahim Toraman FW 9 Tuncay  89' FW 16 Okan Yılmaz  76' Substitutions: MF 22 Gökdeniz Karadeniz  60' FW 19 Necati Ateş  76' FW 18 Hüseyin Kartal  89' Manager: Şenol Güneş

Brazil v Turkey

23 June 2003

21:00 CEST

Brazil	2–2	Turkey
Adriano 23' Alex 90+3'	Report	Gökdeniz 53' Okan Y. 81'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 29,170

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Brazil

Turkey

GK 1 Dida DF 3 Lúcio  62' DF 4 Juan DF 6 Gilberto  58'  71' DF 13 Maurinho MF 5 Emerson MF 8 Kléberson MF 10 Ricardinho  63' FW 7 Ronaldinho  75'  90+3' FW 9 Adriano FW 21 Ilan  61' Substitutions: MF 11 Gil  61' MF 20 Alex  89'  63' DF 16 Kléber  71' Manager: Carlos Alberto Parreira

GK 1 Rüştü Reçber  90+3' DF 3 Bülent Korkmaz  64' DF 4 Fatih Akyel DF 5 Alpay Özalan DF 6 Ergün Penbe  72' MF 8 Volkan Arslan  35' MF 10 Yıldıray Baştürk MF 15 İbrahim Üzülmez MF 20 Selçuk Şahin MF 22 Gökdeniz Karadeniz FW 9 Tuncay Substitutions: FW 16 Okan Yılmaz  35'  88' MF 21 İbrahim Toraman  72' MF 7 Serkan Balcı  88' Manager: Şenol Güneş

France v Turkey

26 June 2003

21:00 CEST

France	3–2	Turkey
Henry 11' Pires 26' Wiltord 43'	Report	Gökdeniz 42' Tuncay 48'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 41,195

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

France

Turkey

GK 23 Grégory Coupet DF 5 William Gallas DF 8 Marcel Desailly DF 13 Mikaël Silvestre  44' DF 15 Lilian Thuram MF 6 Olivier Dacourt MF 7 Robert Pires  70' MF 18 Benoît Pedretti  6' FW 11 Sylvain Wiltord  78' FW 12 Thierry Henry FW 22 Sidney Govou  66' Substitutions: FW 9 Djibril Cissé  66' MF 17 Olivier Kapo  75'  70' MF 10 Ludovic Giuly  82'  78' Manager: Jacques Santini

GK 1 Rüştü Reçber  36' DF 3 Bülent Korkmaz  75' DF 4 Fatih Akyel  35' DF 5 Alpay Özalan DF 6 Ergün Penbe MF 10 Yıldıray Baştürk  81' MF 15 İbrahim Üzülmez MF 20 Selçuk Şahin  85' MF 22 Gökdeniz Karadeniz FW 9 Tuncay FW 16 Okan Yılmaz Substitutions: GK 12 Ömer Çatkıç  36' FW 19 Necati Ateş  81' MF 8 Volkan Arslan  85' Manager: Şenol Güneş

Third place play-off

28 June 2003

18:00 CEST

Colombia	1–2	Turkey
Hernández 63'	Report	Tuncay 2' Okan Y. 86'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 18,237

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

Colombia

Turkey

GK 1 Óscar Córdoba DF 2 Iván Córdoba DF 3 Mario Yepes DF 23 Gonzalo Martínez  33' MF 10 Giovanni Hernández MF 15 Rubén Darío Velázquez MF 18 Jorge López Caballero  28' MF 20 Gerardo Bedoya MF 21 Jairo Patiño FW 7 Elson Becerra  41' FW 9 Víctor Aristizábal Substitutions: MF 8 Arnulfo Valentierra  28' FW 16 Eudalio Arriaga  41' Manager: Francisco Maturana

GK 12 Ömer Çatkıç  89' DF 2 Fatih Sonkaya  60' DF 14 Deniz Barış DF 15 İbrahim Üzülmez  33' DF 17 Servet Çetin  20' MF 7 Serkan Balcı MF 8 Volkan Arslan  87' MF 21 İbrahim Toraman MF 22 Gökdeniz Karadeniz FW 9 Tuncay  57' FW 19 Necati Ateş  66' Substitutions: MF 20 Selçuk Şahin  60' FW 16 Okan Yılmaz  66' DF 6 Ergün Penbe  87' Manager: Şenol Güneş

Goalscorers

Player	Goals	2003
Okan Yilmaz	3	3
Tuncay	3	3
Gökdeniz Karadeniz	2	2
Total	8	8

See also

• Turkey at the FIFA World Cup
• Turkey at the UEFA European Championship