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Turkey name squad to play Moldova

First Published: Sep 29, 2001

Turkey have named their World Cup squad to end group matches ahead of November play-offs.

Turkey have a play-off place and meet Moldova on October 6th.

The squad in full -

Goalkeepers - Rustu Recber (Fenerbahce) and Omer Catkic (Gaziantepspor)

Defenders - Ogun Temizkanoglu (Fenerbahce), Alpay Ozalan (Aston Villa), Emre Asik (Galatasaray), Fatih Akyel (Real Mallorca) and Umit Ozat (Fenerbahce).

Midfielders - Umit Davala (AC Milan), Abdullah Ercan (Fenerbahce), Hakan Unsal (Galatasaray), Ergun Penbe (Galatasaray), Tayfur Havutcu (Besiktas), Sergen Yalcin (Galatasaray), Yildiray Basturk (Bayer Leverkusen), Okan Buruk (Inter), Emre Belozoglu (Inter), Tugay Kerimoglu (Blackburn Rovers) and Mehmet Polat (Gaziantepspor)

Strikers - Arif Erdem (Galatasaray), Hasan Sas (Galatasaray), Umit Karan (Galatasaray), Nihat Kahveci (Besiktas), Hakan Sukur (Inter) and Ilhan Mansiz (Besiktas).