The Turkish International squad, which is going to play two crucial away matches against Germany and Azerbaijan in UEFA EURO 2012 group qualifiers is announced today.
The Manager Guus Hiddink has invited 7 Beşiktaş players, which includes Hakan Arıkan, Cenk Gönen, İbrahim Toraman, İsmail Köybaşı, Mehmet Aurelio, Necip Uysal and Nihat Kahveci, to wear the national jersey.According to a list issued by the Turkish Football Federation, here are the players selected for the Turkish national squad and their teams:
GOALKEEPERS: Hakan Arıkan, Cenk Gönen (Beşiktaş), Volkan Demirel (Fenerbahçe), Onur Recep Kıvrak (Trabzonspor)
DEFENDERS: İbrahim Toraman, İsmail Köybaşı (Beşiktaş), Gökhan Gönül (Fenerbahçe), Sabri Sarıoğlu, Servet Çetin, Hakan Kadir Balta (Galatasaray), Ömer Erdoğan (Bursaspor), Ceyhun Gülselam (Trabzonspor)
MIDFIELDERS: Mehmet Aurelio, Necip Uysal (Beşiktaş), Hamit Altıntop (Bayern Münih), Selçuk Şahin, Emre Belözoğlu, Özer Hurmacı (Fenerbahçe), Nuri Şahin (Borussia Dortmund), Selçuk İnan (Trabzonspor), Arda Turan (Galatasaray)
FORWARDS: Nihat Kahveci (Beşiktaş), Tuncay Şanlı (Stoke City), Halil Altıntop (Eintracht Frankfurt), Semih Şentürk (Fenerbahçe), Mevlüt Erdinç (Paris Saint Germain), Sercan Yıldırım (Bursaspor)
These Turkish Internationals will first face Germany in Berlin on October 8 and then travel to Baku to battle Azerbaijan on October 12.
