Fatih Terim Names Roster for Upcoming Matches

Fatih Terim Names Roster for Upcoming Matches
By Nathan L. Redd

Turkiye National Team Manager Fatih Terim has named his roster for upcoming Euro 2008 qualifying games against Malta and Hungary. Fenerbahce will be represented with three players, and several usual names were left off of Terim's list.

Turkiye will take on Malta this Saturday, September 8, and follow it with a crucial match against Malta next Wednesday, September 12. Terim's 26-man roster for the two games is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Hakan Arıkan (Beşiktaş), Volkan Demirel (Fenerbahçe), Rüştü Reçber (Beşiktaş).

Defenders: Hakan Kadir Balta (Vestel Manisaspor), Servet Çetin (Galatasaray), Sabri Sarıoğlu (Galatasaray), İbrahim Toraman (Beşiktaş ), İbrahim Üzülmez (Beşiktaş), Hayrettin Yerlikaya (Sivasspor), Gökhan Zan (Beşiktaş).

Midfielders: Ayhan Akman (Galatasaray), Hamit Altıntop (Bayern München), Mehmet Aurelio (Fenerbahçe), Deniz Barış (Fenerbahçe), Emre Belözoğlu (Newcastle United), Hüseyin Çimşir (Trabzonspor), Gökdeniz Karadeniz (Trabzonspor), Serdar Özkan (Beşiktaş), Nuri Şahin (Feyenoord), Tuncay Şanlı (Middlesbrough), Mehmet Topuz (Kayserispor), Arda Turan (Galatasaray).

Forwards: Halil Altıntop (Schalke 04), Nihat Kahveci (Villarreal), Hakan Şükür (Galatasaray), Gökhan Ünal (Kayserispor).