EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Letná - Prague Saturday 10 October 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Czech Republic Group A - Matchday -4 Turkey Last updated 12/07/2021 18:20CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 5 Head coach 7 Match officials 8 Competition facts 10 Match-by-match lineups 11 Team facts 13 Legend 15 1 Czech Republic - Turkey Saturday 10 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Letná, Prague Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Umut Bulut 8; Sivok 10/10/2014 QR (GS) Turkey - Czech Republic 1-2 Istanbul 15, Dočkal 58 UEFA EURO 2008 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Arda Turan 75, Nihat 15/06/2008 GS-FT Turkey - Czech Republic 3-2 Geneva Kahveci 87, 89; Koller 34, Plašil 62 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Janecka 58, Kozák 15/04/1981 QR (GS) Turkey - Czechoslovakia 0-3 Istanbul 70, Vízek 80 03/12/1980 QR (GS) Czechoslovakia - Turkey 2-0 Prague Nehoda 13, 15 1968 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 15/11/1967 PR (GS) Turkey - Czechoslovakia 0-0 Ankara Adamec 25, 70, 18/06/1967 PR (GS) Czechoslovakia - Turkey 3-0 Bratislava Jurkanin 73 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Mráz 3, 15, Horváth 21/11/1965 QR (GS) Czechoslovakia - Turkey 3-1 Brno 70; Elmastaşoğlu 9 Jokl 20, 70, Knebort 09/10/1965 QR (GS) Turkey - Czechoslovakia 0-6 Istanbul 40, 54, Kvašňák 45, Kabát 61 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 Czech Republic 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 1 7 4 Turkey 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 2 4 7 FIFA* Czech Republic 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 4 4 0 0 14 1 Turkey 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 - - - - 4 0 0 4 1 14 2 Czech Republic - Turkey Saturday 10 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Letná, Prague Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Friendlies Czech Republic - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 5 2 2 18 7 Turkey - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 2 2 5 7 18 Total Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 17 11 3 3 39 12 Turkey 4 0 1 3 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 17 3 3 11 12 39 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 3 Czech Republic - Turkey Saturday 10 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Letná, Prague Match background The Czech Republic are already certain of one of the top spots in UEFA EURO 2016 Group A, with the battle for third place the burning issue for visitors Turkey. • The Czechs' place in the finals is already confirmed. • Turkey will confirm a play-off place with a game to spare if they can extend their two-point lead over the Netherlands. They have the superior head-to-head record in the event that the sides finish level on points. Previous meetings • The Czechs came from behind to win 2-1 in Istanbul in the sides' first Group A meeting. • Turkey's record in 17 games against Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic is W3 D3 L11. • The only competitive meeting between the nations in their current incarnations was at UEFA EURO 2008, where Nihat Kahveci struck twice in the last four minutes to take Fatih Terim's side into the last eight at the expense of Karel Brückner's Czechs. Forward Tuncay Şanlı finished the game in the Turkey goal, with Volkan Demirel dismissed for a foul two minutes into added time. • The teams for that match in Geneva on 15 June 2008 were: Turkey: Volkan, Servet, Hakan Balta, Mehmet Topal (Kazim Richards 57), Mehmet Aurélio, Nihat, Semih (Sabri 46), Emre Güngör (Emre Aşık 63), Arda Turan, Tuncay, Hamit Altıntop. Czech Republic: Čech, Grygera, Polák, Galásek, Jankulovski, Sionko (Vlček 84), Koller, Matějovský (Jarolím 39), Plašil (Kadlec 80), Ujfaluši, Rozehnal. Form guide • The Czechs have not kept a single clean sheet in their eight Group A games (W6 D1 L1), but are unbeaten at home in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying (W3 D1). • Turkey lost their opening two Group A games, but have not lost a competitive match since (W3 D3), alternating draws and wins. If that pattern continues, they will draw in Prague. Disciplinary • Bořek Dočkal will incur a suspension with his next booking. • Oğuzhan Özyakup, Ozan Tufan, Gökhan Töre and Arda Turan are all a booking away from a ban. Trivia and links • Turkey's final Group A game – at home against Iceland – will be their 250th competitive game. • In the 28 matches between the nations' clubs in UEFA competition, Turkey and the Czech Republic are equal on 12 wins each – though the Turkish sides are unbeaten in the last nine of those encounters (W6 D3). • Turkey have had marginally the better of the nations' 11 meetings in UEFA age-group competitions: W5 D3 L3. 4 Czech Republic - Turkey Saturday 10 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Letná, Prague Squad list Czech Republic Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Petr Čech 20/05/1982 33 Arsenal - 8 0 0 0 116 - - Tomáš Vaclík 29/03/1989 26 Basel - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Tomáš Koubek 26/08/1992 23 Liberec - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Václav Procházka 08/05/1984 31 Plzeň - 7 0 0 0 12 - - Michal Kadlec 13/12/1984 30 Fenerbahçe - 5 0 0 0 60 8 - Marek Suchý 29/03/1988 27 Basel - 2 0 0 0 22 - - Theodor Gebre Selassie 24/12/1986 28 Bremen - 2 0 0 0 31 1 - Pavel Kadeřábek 25/04/1992 23 Hoffenheim - 7 1 0 0 10 1 - Filip Novák 26/06/1990 25 Midtjylland - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Tomáš Kalas 15/05/1993 22 Middlesbrough - 0 0 0 0 1 - Midfielders - Jaroslav Plašil 05/01/1982 33 Bordeaux - 4 0 0 0 94 6 - Milan Petržela 19/06/1983 32 Plzeň - 0 0 0 0 16 - - Bořek Dočkal 30/09/1988 27 Sparta Praha * 8 4 0 0 19 6 Mladá - Jiří Skalák 12/03/1992 23 - 1 0 0 0 1 - Boleslav - Ladislav Krejčí 05/07/1992 23 Sparta Praha - 8 1 0 0 16 2 - David Pavelka 18/05/1991 24 Liberec - 2 0 0 0 2 - - Jan Kopic 04/06/1990 25 Plzeň - 1 0 0 0 2 - - Vladimír Darida 08/08/1990 25 Hertha - 8 1 0 0 27 1 - Martin Frýdek 24/03/1992 23 Sparta Praha - 0 0 0 0 - - Forwards - David Lafata 18/09/1981 34 Sparta Praha - 6 1 0 0 36 8 - Tomáš Necid 13/08/1989 26 Bursaspor - 4 1 0 0 31 8 - Josef Šural 30/05/1990 25 Liberec - 2 0 0 0 3 - - Milan Škoda 16/01/1986 29 Slavia Praha - 3 2 0 0 3 2 Coach - Pavel Vrba 06/12/1963 51 - 8 0 0 0 13 - 5 Czech Republic - Turkey Saturday 10 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Letná, Prague 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 - 6 0 0 0 8 - Başakşehir - Mert Günok 01/03/1989 26 Bursaspor - 0 0 0 0 6 - - Hayrullah Akyüz 02/10/1993 22 Adanaspor - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Hakan Balta 23/03/1983 32 Galatasaray - 4 0 0 0 41 2 - Serdar Aziz 23/10/1990 24 Bursaspor - 5 1 0 0 6 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 - 2 0 0 0 3 - Midfielders - Selçuk İnan 10/02/1985 30 Galatasaray - 7 1 0 0 46 6 - Arda Turan 30/01/1987 28 Barcelona * 7 2 0 0 83 15 - Caner Erkin 04/10/1988 27 Fenerbahçe - 7 0 0 0 40 2 - Mehmet Topal 03/03/1986 29 Fenerbahçe - 8 0 0 0 51 - - Oğuzhan Özyakup 23/09/1992 23 Beşiktaş * 3 1 0 0 11 1 - Volkan Şen 07/07/1987 28 Fenerbahçe - 5 0 0 0 10 - - Gökhan Töre 20/01/1992 23 Beşiktaş * 5 0 0 0 24 - - Yasin Öztekin 19/03/1987 28 Galatasaray - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Okay Yokuşlu 09/03/1994 21 Trabzonspor - 0 0 0 0 - - - Hakan Çalhanoğlu 08/02/1994 21 Leverkusen - 5 0 0 0 11 3 - Ozan Tufan 23/03/1995 20 Fenerbahçe * 8 0 0 0 15 1 Forwards - Umut Bulut 15/03/1983 32 Galatasaray - 5 1 0 0 37 10 - Mevlüt Erdinç 25/02/1987 28 Hannover - 0 0 0 0 33 8 - Cenk Tosun 07/06/1991 24 Beşiktaş - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Olcay Şahan 26/05/1987 28 Beşiktaş - 4 0 0 0 19 2 Coach - Fatih Terim 14/09/1953 62 - 8 0 0 0 114 - 6 Czech Republic - Turkey Saturday 10 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Letná, Prague Head coach Pavel Vrba Date of birth: 6 December 1963 Nationality: Czech Playing career: FC Baník Ostrava (twice), TJ Železárny Prostějov, RH Cheb, TJ Baník Havířov, FC Přerov Coaching career: FC Přerov, FC Baník Ostrava (youth, assistant), Czech Republic Under-20, FK Púchov, MŠK Žilina, Slovakia (assistant), FC Viktoria Plzeň, Czech Republic • The defender was part of the Czechoslovakia side that reached the final of the 1982 UEFA European Under-18 Championship and also appeared at the FIFA U-20 World Cup the following year; the Czechs lost in the quarter-finals to a Brazil team including Bebeto and Dunga.