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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Stadyumu - Konya Thursday 3 September 2015 Turkey 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Latvia Group A - Matchday -6 Last updated 12/07/2021 17:46CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Head coach 6 Match officials 7 Competition facts 8 Match-by-match lineups 9 Team facts 11 Legend 13 1 Turkey - Latvia Thursday 3 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Stadyumu, Konya Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Šabala 54 (P); Bilal 13/10/2014 QR (GS) Latvia - Turkey 1-1 Riga Kisa 47 UEFA EURO 2004 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Ilhan Mansiz 20, 2-2 Hakan Şükür 64; 19/11/2003 PO Turkey - Latvia Istanbul agg: 2-3 Laizāns 65, Verpakovskis 76 15/11/2003 PO Latvia - Turkey 1-0 Riga Verpakovskis 29 Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Turkey 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 - - - - 3 0 2 1 3 4 Latvia 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 - - - - 3 1 2 0 4 3 FIFA* Turkey - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Latvia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Friendlies Turkey - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 1 0 6 4 Latvia - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 0 1 1 4 6 Total Turkey 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 - - - - 5 1 3 1 9 8 Latvia 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 - - - - 5 1 3 1 8 9 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Turkey - Latvia Thursday 3 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Stadyumu, Konya Match background Turkey need another three points in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group A as they welcome Latvia, with Fatih Terim's side two points adrift of the Netherlands and fourth in the section. Previous meetings • Valērijs Šabala's penalty earned Latvia a 1-1 draw when they met Turkey for the first time in Group A in October 2014. • That was the countries' fifth encounter since they first met in 1924, when Turkey beat their hosts 3-1 in Riga. The sides' most recent head-to-head was a friendly in Duisburg, Germany, on 28 May 2013 in which Turkey let slip a 2-0 half-time lead to draw 3-3; Šabala scored Latvia's second and third goals in that game, his first goals for his country. • Their most famous meetings came in the UEFA EURO 2004 play-offs when Aleksandrs Starkovs's men won 1-0 at home and then came back from 2-0 down against Şenol Güneş's team to draw 2-2 in Istanbul and make it to the finals of a major tournament for the first time. Current Latvia coach Marians Pahars featured as a late substitute in the second leg. Disciplinary • Turkey midfielder Gökhan Töre is a yellow card away from a suspension. • Latvia defender Kaspars Gorkšs and midfielder Artūrs Zjuzins are both a booking away from a suspension. Form guide • Turkey have rallied since losing their opening two Group A games, taking eight points from a possible 12 in their subsequent fixtures. However, they can ill afford to drop any more points as they chase a ticket to France. • Turkey have lost two of their last three competitive home games. • Latvia have yet to win in Group A, but have drawn three times – against the Czech Republic and Kazakhstan, as well as Turkey. • Latvia have not won in nine competitive away games (D3 L6) since a 1-0 success in Georgia on 2 September 2011. Trivia and links • Turkish clubs are unbeaten in five UEFA competition encounters with Latvian counterparts (W3 D2). • The two nations have won one each of their three meetings in UEFA age-group tournaments. 3 Turkey - Latvia Thursday 3 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Stadyumu, Konya Squad list Turkey Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers İstanbul - Volkan Babacan 11/08/1988 27 - 4 0 0 0 6 - Başakşehir - Onur Kıvrak 01/01/1988 27 Trabzonspor - 1 0 0 0 12 - - Mert Günok 01/03/1989 26 Bursaspor - 0 0 0 0 6 - Defenders - Hakan Balta 23/03/1983 32 Galatasaray - 2 0 0 0 39 2 - Serdar Aziz 23/10/1990 24 Bursaspor - 3 1 0 0 4 1 - Ersan Gülüm 17/05/1987 28 Beşiktaş - 2 0 0 0 7 - - Emre Taşdemir 08/08/1995 20 Bursaspor - 1 0 0 0 2 - - Şener Özbayraklı 23/01/1990 25 Fenerbahçe - 0 0 0 0 1 - Midfielders - Selçuk İnan 10/02/1985 30 Galatasaray - 5 0 0 0 44 5 - Arda Turan 30/01/1987 28 Barcelona - 5 1 0 0 81 14 - Caner Erkin 04/10/1988 26 Fenerbahçe - 5 0 0 0 38 2 - Mehmet Topal 03/03/1986 29 Fenerbahçe - 6 0 0 0 49 - - Oğuzhan Özyakup 23/09/1992 22 Beşiktaş - 2 0 0 0 10 - - Volkan Şen 07/07/1987 28 Fenerbahçe - 3 0 0 0 8 - - Gökhan Töre 20/01/1992 23 Beşiktaş * 4 0 0 0 23 - - Mehmet Ekici 25/03/1990 25 Trabzonspor - 1 0 0 0 12 - - Alper Potuk 08/04/1991 24 Fenerbahçe - 0 0 0 0 11 - - Hakan Çalhanoğlu 08/02/1994 21 Leverkusen - 3 0 0 0 9 3 - Ozan Tufan 23/03/1995 20 Fenerbahçe - 6 0 0 0 13 1 Forwards - Umut Bulut 15/03/1983 32 Galatasaray - 4 1 0 0 36 10 - Burak Yılmaz 15/07/1985 30 Galatasaray - 4 3 0 0 40 18 - Batuhan Karadeniz 24/04/1991 24 Sivasspor - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Olcay Şahan 26/05/1987 28 Beşiktaş - 3 0 0 0 18 2 Coach - Fatih Terim 14/09/1953 61 - 6 0 0 0 120 - 4 Turkey - Latvia Thursday 3 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Stadyumu, Konya Latvia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Andris Vaņins 30/04/1980 35 Sion - 2 0 0 0 65 - Nea - Pāvels Šteinbors 21/09/1985 29 - 0 0 0 0 - - Salamis - Kaspars Ikstens 05/06/1988 27 Jelgava - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Kaspars Gorkšs 06/11/1981 33 Ergotelis * 6 0 0 0 69 5 - Vladislavs Gabovs 13/07/1987 28 Korona - 5 0 0 0 16 - - Gints Freimanis 09/05/1985 30 Jelgava - 4 0 0 0 5 - - Igors Tarasovs 16/10/1988 26 Jagiellonia - 2 0 0 0 7 - - Vladimirs Kamešs 28/10/1988 26 Pogoń - 0 0 0 0 11 1 - Antons Kurakins 01/01/1990 25 Hamilton - 2 0 0 0 6 - - Vitālijs Maksimenko 08/12/1990 24 Mattersburg - 3 0 0 0 15 1 - Kaspars Dubra 20/12/1990 24 BATE - 4 0 0 0 7 - Midfielders - Aleksejs Višņakovs 03/02/1984 31 Skonto - 5 1 0 0 58 8 - Oļegs Laizāns 28/03/1987 28 Ventspils - 3 0 0 0 25 - - Aleksandrs Fertovs 16/06/1987 28 Korona - 5 0 0 0 34 - - Igors Kozlovs 26/03/1987 28 Skonto - 0 0 0 0 - - CSKA - Aleksandrs Cauņa 19/01/1988 27 - 1 0 0 0 41 11 Moskva Gazovik - Artūrs Zjuzins 18/06/1991 24 * 5 0 0 0 22 2 Orenburg - Vitālijs Jagodinskis 28/02/1992 23 Hoverla - 1 0 0 0 3 - - Edgars Jermolajevs 16/06/1992 23 Skonto - 0 0 0 0 - - Forwards - Eduards Višņakovs 10/05/1990 25 Westerlo - 5 0 0 0 11 - - Artūrs Karašausks 29/01/1992 23 Skonto - 1 0 0 0 4 - - Deniss Rakels 20/08/1992 23 Cracovia - 3 0 0 0 9 - Club - Valērijs Šabala 12/10/1994 20 - 6 1 0 0 18 6 Brugge Coach - Marians Pahars 05/08/1976 39 - 6 0 0 0 17 - 5 Turkey - Latvia Thursday 3 September 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Stadyumu, Konya 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.