Turkey national rugby union team
Nickname | Ay Yıldızlar (The Crescent Stars) | ||
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Union | Turkish Rugby Federation | ||
Head coach | Niall Doherty | ||
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World Rugby ranking | |||
Current | 94 (as of 29 January 2024) | ||
First international | |||
Turkey 31–5 Slovakia (19 April 2012) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Turkey 55–3 Slovakia (23 November 2013) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Ukraine 64–5 Turkey (10 July 2021) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 0 |
The Turkey national rugby union team is a relatively recent creation, being started at the end of 2009. Turkey is currently a third-tier side. The team first played in 2012 against Slovakia and won 31–5 in Bratislava. On tour, they also defeated Estonia 49–5 in Tallinn.[1] Turkey has yet to play in the qualifying stages for the Rugby World Cup finals.
Rugby union in Turkey is administered by the Turkish Rugby Federation (Türkiye Ragbi Federasyonu). The federation is affiliated to Rugby Europe (formerly FIRA-AER),[2] and as of 11th May 2023 a full member of World Rugby (formerly IRB).[3] Murat Pazan is the federation's president.
Competitive record
[edit]Sevens
[edit]- 2012 European Nations Cup Division 3
- 2013 European Sevens Division B South
- 2014 European Sevens Division B South
- 2015 Rugby Europe Sevens – Lower Divisions
- 2016 Rugby Europe Sevens Conferences
- 2017 Rugby Europe Sevens Conferences
- 2018 Rugby Europe Sevens Conferences
- 2019 Rugby Europe Sevens Conference
- 2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy
- 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Conference
- 2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Conference
- 2024 Rugby Europe Sevens Conference
Results
[edit]2021
[edit]2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy
- Turkey 0 - 38 Ukraine
- Turkey 5 - 52 Czech Republic
- Turkey 0 - 34 Luxembourg
- Turkey 7 - 12 Latvia
- Turkey 19 - 24 Bulgaria
- Turkey 5 - 64 Ukraine
- Turkey 5 - 15 Sweden
- Turkey 5 - 29 Luxembourg
- Turkey 0 - 48 Luxembourg
- Turkey 5 - 36 Croatia
2022
[edit]2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Conference
2023
[edit]- Turkey 31 - 12 Finland
- Turkey 41 - 0 Serbia
- Turkey 49 - 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Turkey 21 - 19 Norway
- Turkey 28 - 12 Norway
- Turkey 14 - 12 Monaco
2024
[edit]- Turkey 10 - 17 Czech Republic
- Turkey 21 - 22 Hungary
- Turkey 28 - 24 Netherlands
- Turkey 19 - 21 Sweden
- Turkey 17 - 31 Switzerland
- Turkey 14 - 17 Hungary
Union
[edit]- 2012–2014 European Nations Cup Third Division
- 2014–2016 European Nations Cup Second Division
- 2016–17 Rugby Europe Conference
- 2017–18 Rugby Europe International Championships
- 2018–19 Rugby Europe International Championships
- 2019–20 Rugby Europe International Championships
- 2021–22 Rugby Europe International Championships
- 2022–23 Rugby Europe International Championships
- 2023–24 Rugby Europe International Championships
Current squad (XV)
[edit]- Guven Tasoglu (Based in England)
- Abdullah Gunes (ODTÜ SK)
- Dinçhan Kilercioğlu (ODTÜ SK)
- Kemal Ege Gurkan (ODTÜ SK)
- Ertugrul Gunday (ODTÜ SK)
- Doğu Eroğlu (ODTÜ SK)
- Koray Kaya (Samsun RK)
- Adem Selim (Samsun RK)
- Selçuk Kozlu (Samsun RK)
- Yavuz Kocaer (Samsun RK)
- Mustafa Kemal Kurt (Koç Üniversitesi SK)
- Mehmet Akif Ersoy (Trakya Üniversites Ragbi)
- Deniz Krom (Kadıköy RK)
- Mert Zabci (Based in England)
- Murat Altun (Based in France)
- Semih Aydın (Based in France)
- Bahri Dagli (Based in France)
- Huseyin Sasmaz (Based in France)
- Ramazan Kilickaya (RC Vichy)
- Gokhan Ceylan (Based in France)
- Atilla Demir (Based in France)
- Necmi Kara (Based in France)
- Hüseyin Yesik (Based in France)
- Melikşah Kuzucu (Based in France)
- Kerim Galal (Based in Germany)
- Erkut Levent Durmus (Based in Germany)
- Ali Bökeyhan Sürer (Based in Germany)
- Tamer Celikbas James (Based in Wales)
- Cenk Tekin Akdeniz (Based in Scotland)
- Tarik Tin (Based in England)
- Arin Gulsen (Based in Wales)
Record
[edit]Overall
[edit]Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by the Turkey national XV at test level up until 5 October 2024:
Against | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | % Won |
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Andorra | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Azerbaijan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0% |
Bulgaria | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% |
Estonia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Finland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
Moldova | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Montenegro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
Norway | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
Serbia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20% |
Slovakia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Total | 34 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 38.24% |
See also
[edit]- Rugby union in Turkey
- Samoa national rugby union team
- 2024 mid-year rugby union tests
- Test match (rugby union)
- Hurricanes (rugby union)
- List of South Africa rugby union test matches
- 2006 June rugby union tests
- Mid-year rugby union internationals
- World Rugby Rankings
- Rugby Europe
- List of women's international rugby union test matches
- 2018 June rugby union tests
- Autumn rugby union internationals
References
[edit]- ^ Preview Rugby Redefined. 2012.
- ^ Turkey Rugby Europe.
- ^ worldrugby.org. "Nepal, Qatar and Turkey become full members of World Rugby | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ "Men's 7s Conference 1 2023".
- ^ "Men's 7s Conference 2 2023".
- ^ "Men's 7s Conference 1 2023".
- ^ "Men's 7s Rugby Europe Trophy Series 2024".
- ^ "Men's Trophy 2024".
External links
[edit]- Stephane Vincent is the top scorer of Turkey
- Turkish Rugby Union News, Teams and Match Results
- Şahin Kömürcü
- Turkish Rugby Federation
- Results