The role of a Turkey national football team manager was first established in 1923 with the appointment of Ali Sami Yen. The most successful manager is Fatih Terim, he managed the national team in 136 matches, winning 70 matches. Guus Hiddink holds the record as the highest paid national team manager in the history of Turkish football.
Manager | Nat | Career Start | Career End | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | Win % |
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Ali Sami Yen | 26 October 1923 | 26 October 1923 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.00 | |
Billy Hunter | 25 May 1924 | 12 September 1926 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 41.67 | |
Béla Tóth | 17 July 1927 | 17 April 1932 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 25.00 | |
Fred Pagnam | 22 April 1932 | 4 November 1932 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0.00 | |
James Donnelly | 12 July 1936 | 1 August 1937 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0.00 | |
Ignác Molnár | 23 April 1948 | 30 May 1948 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 50.00 | |
Ulvi Yenal | 2 August 1948 | 5 August 1948 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 50.00 | |
Pat Molloy | 28 November 1948 | 20 May 1949 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 60.00 | |
Cihat Arman | 20 November 1949 | 20 November 1949 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 100.00 | |
Pat Molloy | 28 May 1950 | 28 October 1950 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 50.00 | |
Jimmy McCormick | 3 December 1950 | 10 June 1951 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 50.00 | |
Rebii Erkal | 17 June 1951 | 21 November 1951 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 66.67 | |
Sadri Usuoglu | 1 June 1952 | 8 June 1952 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.00 | |
Sandro Puppo | 8 June 1952 | 23 June 1954 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 33.33 | |
Gündüz Kılıç | 17 October 1954 | 17 October 1954 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.00 | |
Žarko Mihajlović | 3 April 1955 | 26 June 1955 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | |
Giovanni Varglien | 18 December 1955 | 1 May 1956 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 40.00 | |
Cihat Arman | 1 May 1956 | 25 November 1956 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.00 | |
László Székely | 5 April 1957 | 8 December 1957 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 50.00 | |
Leandro Remondini | 4 May 1958 | 10 May 1959 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 42.86 | |
Ignác Molnár | 8 June 1960 | 8 June 1960 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 100.00 | |
Sandro Puppo | 27 November 1960 | 16 May 1962 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 40.00 | |
Şeref Görkey | 10 October 1962 | 10 October 1962 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.00 | |
Ljubiša Spajić | 25 November 1962 | 16 December 1962 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 25.00 | |
Sandro Puppo | 27 March 1963 | 9 October 1964 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | |
Cihat Arman | 27 September 1964 | 20 December 1964 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 33.33 | |
Sandro Puppo | 24 January 1965 | 9 May 1965 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 0.00 | |
Doğan Andaç | 21 July 1965 | 25 July 1965 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 50.00 | |
Sandro Puppo | 9 October 1965 | 30 May 1966 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 20.00 | |
Adnan Süvari | 12 October 1966 | 17 January 1969 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 29.41 | |
Abdullah Gegić | 30 April 1969 | 16 November 1969 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 50.00 | |
Cihat Arman | 17 October 1970 | 14 November 1971 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16.67 | |
Nicolae Petrescu | 5 December 1971 | 5 December 1971 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
Coşkun Özarı | 12 April 1972 | 31 October 1976 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 43 | 27.59 | |
Doğan Andaç | 17 November 1976 | 17 November 1976 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | |
Metin Türel | 16 February 1977 | 5 October 1978 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 15.38 | |
Sabri Kiraz | 29 November 1978 | 15 October 1980 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 41.67 | |
Özkan Sümer | 3 December 1980 | 25 March 1981 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | |
Fethi Demircan | 15 April 1981 | 7 October 1981 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.00 | |
Coşkun Özarı | 22 September 1982 | 4 April 1984 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 29.41 | |
Candan Tarhan | 6 September 1984 | 14 November 1984 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20.00 | |
Yılmaz Gökdel | 22 December 1984 | 3 April 1985 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 33.33 | |
Kálmán Mészöly | 1 May 1985 | 28 August 1985 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |
Coşkun Özarı | 11 September 1985 | 12 November 1986 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12.50 | |
Mustafa Denizli | 4 March 1987 | 16 December 1987 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 16.67 | |
Tınaz Tırpan | 16 March 1988 | 15 November 1989 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 45.45 | |
Fatih Terim | 11 April 1990 | 11 April 1990 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
Sepp Piontek | 27 May 1990 | 28 April 1993 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 50 | 14.81 | |
Fatih Terim | 27 October 1993 | 19 June 1996 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 47 | 36 | 51.52 | |
Mustafa Denizli | 14 August 1996 | 24 June 2000 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 38 | 35.48 | |
Şenol Güneş | 16 August 2000 | 18 February 2004 | 50 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 72 | 50 | 46.00 | |
Ünal Karaman | 31 March 2004 | 31 March 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.00 | |
Ersun Yanal | 28 April 2004 | 8 June 2005 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 53.33 | |
Fatih Terim | 17 August 2005 | 14 October 2009 | 58 | 26 | 18 | 14 | 86 | 71 | 44.83 | |
Oğuz Çetin | 3 March 2010 | 29 May 2010 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 75.00 | |
Guus Hiddink | 1 August 2010 | 15 November 2011 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 43.75 | |
Abdullah Avcı | 17 November 2011 | 20 August 2013 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 33.33 | |
Fatih Terim | 22 August 2013 | 26 July 2017 | 44 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 69 | 38 | 61.36 | |
Mircea Lucescu | 2 August 2017 | 11 February 2019 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 23.53 | |
Şenol Güneş | 28 February 2019 | 10 September 2021 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 40 | 46.88 | |
Stefan Kuntz | 19 September 2021 | 20 September 2023 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 26 | 60.00 | |
Vincenzo Montella | 21 September 2023 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 52.94 |
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