National Teams' Diary

U-21 Squad for Portugal and Australia

Raşit Çetiner called up 25 players to the squad for the European Championship qualifier in Viseu, Portugal and Australia friendly in İstanbul.

Goalkeepers:
Volkan Demirel - Fenerbahçe (14 caps - 0 goals)
Recep Biler - Fenerbahçe (1)
Aykut Erçetin - Galatasaray (0)
Defense:
Suat Usta - Galatasaray (22)
Beyhan Sümer - Kayserispor (17)
Servet Çetin - Fenerbahçe (12-2)
Mahmut Hanefi Erdoğdu - Fenerbahçe (10)
Fatih Sonkaya - Roda JC Kerkrade (8)
İbrahim Yavuz - Adanaspor (8-1)
Serkan Balcı - Gençlerbirliği (6)
İlhan Özbay - Gaziantepspor (5) - Taken off the squad later (Injury)
Egemen Korkmaz - Bursaspor (3)
Midfielders:
Kemal Arslan - Fenerbahçe (25-3)
İbrahim Toraman - Gaziantepspor (14-2)
Selçuk Şahin - Fenerbahçe (14-2)
Uğur İnceman - SpVgg Greuther Fürth (13)
Hamit Altıntop - FC Schalke 04 (6-1)
Tayfun Cora - Trabzonspor (1)
Forwards:
Serhat Akın - Fenerbahçe (22-12) - Taken off the squad later (Injury)
Hüseyin Kartal - Ankaragücü (13-2)
Okan Koç - Beşiktaş (13)
Sinan Kaloğlu - Beşiktaş (10-3)
Halil Altıntop - Kaiserslautern (4)
Erdal Güneş - Gaziantepspor (3)
Sabri Sarıoğlu - Galatasaray (0)

Portugal 1-2 Turkey

05-Sep-2003 22:15 Fontelo Municipal Stadium, Viseu, Portugal - Ruud Bossen (NED)

Portugal: Moreira, Leal Nogueira, Pinheiro Das Neves, Bruno Alves, Ricardo Costa, Bosingwa, Quaresma, Tiago, Hélder Postiga, Hugo Viana, Ronaldo
Subs: Vale, João Paulo, Danny, Cândido Costa
Turkey: Recep Biler, Fatih Sonkaya, Serkan Balcı, Servet Çetin, İbrahim Toraman, Uğur İnceman, Kemal Aslan, Selçuk Şahin, Halil Altıntop, Hamit Altıntop, Sinan Kaloğlu
Subs: Volkan Demirel, Egemen Korkmaz, Mahmut Hanefi Erdoğdu, Beyhan Sümer

17 POR - Hugo Viana
29 TUR - Uğur İnceman
32 TUR - Fatih Sonkaya
36 0-1 Kemal Aslan

53 POR - Leal Nogueira out-Lourenço in
53 POR - Tiago out-Trinande Meireles in
55 1-1 Luis Lourenco
56 TUR - Serkan Balcı
60 TUR - Sinan Kaloğlu out-Suat Usta in
76 1-2 Halil Altıntop
77 TUR - Halil Altıntop
79 POR - Hélder Postiga out-Makukula in
79 TUR - Halil Altıntop out-Sabri Sarıoğlu in
88 TUR - Kemal Aslan out-Hüseyin Kartal in
89 TUR - Hüseyin Kartal

Group 7 Standings

			 P   G  B  M   A  Y
		 Turkey	19   6  1  0  17  5 Won the Group
	       Portugal	15   5  0  2  16 10
		England	11   3  2  2  14  9
	       Slovakia	 3   1  0  5   3 11
	      Macedonia	 1   0  1  6   3 18

	The remaining fixtures:
	10/09	England 1-2 Portugal
		Slovakia - Macedonia
		Turkey bye
	11/10	Turkey - England
		Portugal - Slovakia
		Macedonia bye

Groups

The games are played in 10 groups. 10 group winners and best 6 runners-up qualify to the 2nd Round.
2nd Round is played in a two game knockout format and last eight qualify to the Finals.

Group 1: France 19 points in 7 games, Cyprus 12-7, Slovenia 9-7, Israel 7-6, Malta 1-7
Group 2: Norway 16-7, Denmark 16-7, Bosnia 13-7, Romania 7-8, Luxembourg 0-7
Group 3: Czech Republic 15-7, Belarus 15-7, Austria 11-7, Netherlands 6-7, Moldova 1-6
Group 4: Poland 17-7, Sweden 14-7, Hungary 12-7, Latvia 9-7, San Marino 0-8
Group 5: Scotland 10-5, Germany 10-5, Lithuania 9-5, Iceland 0-5
Group 6: Spain 16-7, Greece 12-7, Ukraine 11-8, Armenia 5-7, Northern Ireland 4-7
Group 7: Turkey 19-6, Portugal 15-7, England 11-7, Slovakia 3-6, Macedonia 1-7
Group 8: Croatia 8-4, Belgium 7-4, Bulgaria 7-5, Estonia 2-5
Group 9: Italy 18-7, Serbia Montenegro 16/7, Finland 8-7, Wales 7-7, Azerbaijan 0-6
Group 10: Switzerland 19-7, Albania 13-8, Russia 12-7, Ireland 5-7, Georgia 2-7

Turkey 2-1 Australia

10-Sep-2003 20:00 BJK İnönü Stadium, İstanbul - Muhittin Boşat (TUR)

Turkey: Volkan Demirel, Tayfun Cora, Suat Usta, Servet Çetin, Fatih Sonkaya, Selçuk Şahin, Uğur İnceman, Serkan Balcı, Kemal Aslan, Halil Altıntop, Sinan Kaloğlu
Australia: Jones, Kisnorbo, McKain, Milicevic, Sheriff, Elrich, Wilkshire, Srhoj, Brosque, Garcia, Holman

37 1-0 McKain (own goal)

46 TUR - Volkan Demirel out-Aykut Eröetin in
46 TUR - Uğur İnceman out-Erdal Güneş in
46 TUR - Serkan Balcı out-Mahmut Hanefi Erdoğdu in
46 TUR - Halil Altıntop out-Hüseyin Kartal in
56 1-1 Wilkshire (penalty)
61 TUR - Fatih Sonkaya out-Beyhan Sümer in
61 AUS - Garcia out-Turnbridge in
64 2-1 Mahmut Hanefi Erdoğdu
67 TUR - Selçuk Şahin
67 AUS - Elrich
67 AUS - Kisnorbo
71 TUR - Sinan Kaloğlu out-Okan Koç in
73 AUS - Srhoj out-Valeri in
73 AUS - Brosque out-McDonald in