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Ireland 2-2 Turkey - September 09, 2003 / Friendlies 2003

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Friendlies 2003 - Europe

Lansdowne Road - Dublin - Republic of Ireland

September 09, 2003

27 200

Ireland

Republic of Ireland

2 - 2

Turkey

David Connolly

35'

Richard Dunne

90+1'

51'

Hakan Sükür

86'

Yilmaz Okan

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35' - Goal David Connolly35

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46' - Substitution Damien Duffis substituted by Steven Reid46

46' - Substitution Alpay Özalanis substituted by Baris Deniz photo Okan Buruk

46' - Substitution Tayfun Korkutis substituted by Okan Buruk photo Uzulmez Ibrahim

46' - Substitution Hasan Sasis substituted by Uzulmez Ibrahim

51' - Goal Hakan Sükür

61' - Substitution Belözoglu Emreis substituted by Karadeniz Gökdeniz

62' - Substitution Rüstü Reçberis substituted by Catkic Omer

75' - Substitution Nick Colganis substituted by Joe Murphy photo Richard Dunne

75' - Substitution Andy O'Brienis substituted by Richard Dunne75

75' - Substitution Kerimoglu Tugayis substituted by Yilmaz Okan photo Yildirim Ahmet

75' - Substitution Sanli Tuncayis substituted by Yildirim Ahmet

86' - Goal Yilmaz Okan

88' - Substitution Gary Breenis substituted by Clinton Morrison photo Stephen McPhail

88' - Substitution Colin Healyis substituted by Stephen McPhail88

88' - Substitution Korkmaz Bülentis substituted by Ümit Davala photo Metin Tümer

88' - Substitution Hakan Süküris substituted by Metin Tümer photo Özgültekin Zafer

88' - Substitution Catkic Omeris substituted by Özgültekin Zafer

89' - Substitution Ian Harteis substituted by Stephen Carr89

91' - Goal Richard Dunne91

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ireland

2 - 2

Turkey

Ireland Turkey

Team line-ups

Ireland

Colgan75

Nick Colgan

Republic of Ireland

B.date19/09/1973

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Breen88

Gary Breen

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/12/1973

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

O'Brien75

Andy O'Brien

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/06/1979

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Doherty

Gary Doherty

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/01/1980

Age23 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Harte89

Ian Harte

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Finnan

Steve Finnan

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/04/1976

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Kilbane

Kevin Kilbane

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/02/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Healy88

Colin Healy

Republic of Ireland

B.date14/03/1980

Age23 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Duff46

Damien Duff

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/03/1979

Age24 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Kinsella

Mark Kinsella

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/08/1972

Age31 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Connolly35

David Connolly

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/06/1977

Age26 years

H1m72

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Nick Colgan	75	29	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Breen	88	29	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy O'Brien	75	24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Doherty		23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Harte	89	26	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Finnan		27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Kilbane		26	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Healy	88	23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Damien Duff	46	24	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Kinsella		31	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Connolly	35	26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Turkey

Reçber62

Rüstü Reçber

Turkey

B.date10/05/1973

Age30 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Özalan46

Alpay Özalan

Turkey

B.date29/05/1973

Age30 years

H1m87

positionSweeper

Bülent88

Korkmaz Bülent

Turkey

B.date24/11/1968

Age34 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

Akyel

Fatih Akyel

Turkey

B.date26/12/1977

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Korkut46

Tayfun Korkut

Turkey

B.date02/04/1973

Age30 years

H1m84

positionRight Midfielder

Emre61

Belözoglu Emre

Turkey

B.date07/09/1980

Age23 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Tugay75

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age33 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Ergün

Penbe Ergün

Turkey

B.date17/05/1972

Age31 years

H1m76

positionLeft Midfielder

Tuncay75

Sanli Tuncay

Turkey

B.date16/01/1982

Age21 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Sas46

Hasan Sas

Turkey

B.date01/08/1976

Age27 years

H1m77

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Sükür5188

Hakan Sükür

Turkey

B.date01/09/1971

Age32 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Rüstü Reçber	62	30	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alpay Özalan	46	30	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Korkmaz Bülent	88	34	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fatih Akyel		25	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tayfun Korkut	46	30	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Belözoglu Emre	61	23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kerimoglu Tugay	75	33	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Penbe Ergün		31	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sanli Tuncay	75	21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hasan Sas	46	27	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hakan Sükür	5188	32	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Joe Murphy	75	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Dunne	9175	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Carr	89	27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steven Reid	46	22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen McPhail	88	23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clinton Morrison	88	24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Özgültekin Zafer	88	28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
G	Catkic Omer	6288	28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Yildirim Ahmet	75	29	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Uzulmez Ibrahim	46	29	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ümit Davala	88	30	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Baris Deniz	46	26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Okan Buruk	46	29	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Karadeniz Gökdeniz	61	23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Metin Tümer	88	28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Yilmaz Okan	8675	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ian Harte

John O'Shea

OUT

Andy O'Brien

Kenny Cunningham

OUT

Steve Finnan

Stephen Carr

OUT

Mark Kinsella

Matt Holland

OUT

Nick Colgan

Shay Given

OUT

David Connolly

Clinton Morrison

OUT

Gary Doherty

Lee Carsley

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Fatih Akyel

Ümit Davala

OUT

Tayfun Korkut

Okan Buruk

OUT

Hasan Sas

Metin Tümer

OUT

Belözoglu Emre

Uzulmez Ibrahim

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Brian Kerr

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Kerr vs Turkey

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 09, 2003

Kerr vs Gunes

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 09, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Senol Gunes

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Gunes vs Ireland

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 09, 2003

Gunes vs Kerr

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 09, 2003

Referee

Jan Wegereef

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Ireland1 match	General total	Turkey2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Ireland1 match	Season total	Turkey1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on September 09, 2003					Latest figure on June 02, 2006

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Key figures

It's the first time Hakan Sükür scores 1 goal vs Ireland in his professional career

End of streak for Ireland after 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Turkey (since 27/05/1990). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 29/10/1975 (2 matches)

It's the first time David Connolly scores 1 goal vs Turkey in his professional career

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LIreland 1-2 Switzerland16/10/2002

VIreland 1-0 Norway30/04/2003

VIreland 2-1 Albania07/06/2003

VIreland 2-0 Georgia11/06/2003

VIreland 2-1 Australia19/08/2003

DIreland 1-1 Russia06/09/2003

Overall

DAlbania 0-0 Ireland02/04/2003

VIreland 1-0 Norway30/04/2003

VIreland 2-1 Albania07/06/2003

VIreland 2-0 Georgia11/06/2003

VIreland 2-1 Australia19/08/2003

DIreland 1-1 Russia06/09/2003

Current form

Away

DItaly 1-1 Turkey20/11/2002

LEngland 2-0 Turkey02/04/2003

LCzech Republic 4-0 Turkey30/04/2003

VSlovakia 0-1 Turkey07/06/2003

LFrance 3-2 Turkey26/06/2003

VLiechtenstein 0-3 Turkey06/09/2003

Overall

LCameroon 1-0 Turkey21/06/2003

DBrazil 2-2 Turkey23/06/2003

LFrance 3-2 Turkey26/06/2003

VTurkey 2-1 Colombia28/06/2003

VTurkey 2-0 Moldova20/08/2003

VLiechtenstein 0-3 Turkey06/09/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	5	8
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	19	5
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	5	4
Scoring streak	3	5
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	3
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.67
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.33
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	4

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
1-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-4 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

John O'Shea	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Nihat Kahveci
John O'Shea	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
John O'Shea	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Nihat Kahveci

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

4 v

1 d

0 l

16 gf

4 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

4 d

1 l

8 gf

7 ga

Total

11 matches

5 v

5 d

1 l

24 gf

11 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

1 v

4 d

1 l

7 gf

8 ga

Away

5 matches

0 v

1 d

4 l

4 gf

16 ga

Total

11 matches

1 v

5 d

5 l

11 gf

24 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	October 17, 1990
Home	5 - 0	October 17, 1990

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	February 22, 1967
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

November 17, 1999 - Eliminatoires Euro 2000

Turkey

0 - 0

Ireland

November 13, 1999 - Eliminatoires Euro 2000

Ireland

1 - 1

Turkey

November 13, 1991 - Eliminatoires Euro 1992

Turkey

1 - 3

Ireland

October 17, 1990 - Eliminatoires Euro 1992

Ireland

5 - 0

Turkey

May 27, 1990 - Rencontres amicales 1990

Turkey

0 - 0

Ireland

Best historical scorers against Turkey

Don Givens	5 goals	1974 - 1975
John Aldridge	3 goals	1990 - 1990
Raymond Treacy	2 goals	1978 - 1978
John Byrne	2 goals	1991 - 1991
Noel Cantwell	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Gerry Daly	1 goal	1976 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/11/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ireland

Altiparmak Ogün	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Elmastasoglu Ayhan	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Tayfur Havutçu	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Calimbay Riza	1 goal	1991 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/11/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Turkey

Johnny Giles	6 matches	1966 - 1978
Tony Cascarino	5 matches	1990 - 1999
Liam Brady	3 matches	1974 - 1976
Steve Staunton	3 matches	1990 - 1991
Denis Irwin	3 matches	1990 - 1999
Pat Bonner	3 matches	1990 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/11/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ireland

Kerimoglu Tugay	4 matches	1990 - 1999
Ogün Temizkanoglu	4 matches	1990 - 1999
Keskin Gökhan	3 matches	1990 - 1991
Calimbay Riza	3 matches	1990 - 1991
Mandirali Hami	3 matches	1990 - 1991
Ipekoglu Engin	3 matches	1990 - 1999