20.10.2026 17:40
By a decision taken at the meeting of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) Board of Directors, Sergen Yalçın has been appointed as the new head coach of the Turkey National Football Team. Yalçın's staff will include Murat Kaytaz, Ozan Köprülü, Niyazi Eniseler, Erol Ayçiçek, Emre Gürbüz, and Tarık Egeli, with whom he worked together at Beşiktaş.
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) Board meeting was held today at the Riva Hasan Doğan Camp and Training Facilities. At the meeting, a decision was also made regarding the head coach position in the Turkish National Football Team, which became vacant after Vincenzo Montella. Sergen Yalçın, with whom an agreement in principle had previously been reached, became the new head coach of the crescent-star team.
THE NAMES IN HIS STAFF HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED
In Sergen Yalçın's staff with the Turkish National Team will be Murat Kaytaz, Ozan Köprülü, Niyazi Eniseler, Erol Ayçiçek, Emre Gürbüz and Tarık Egeli. Sergen Yalçın had last worked with the names in his staff during his Beşiktaş period as well.
THE NATIONAL TEAM'S 47TH HEAD COACH
Sergen Yalçın became the 47th head coach in the history of the Turkish National Football Team. In the national team's 103-year history, Ali Sami Yen was the first to serve, and Vincenzo Montella was the most recent. Sergen Yalçın will also serve as the national team's 27th Turkish head coach. Previously, 21 foreign head coaches took the field at the helm of the crescent-stars. In the Turkish National Team, 4 Italian and 4 Hungarian, 3 English and 3 Yugoslav, 2 German and 2 Romanian, and 1 each Dutch, Scottish and Irish head coaches served.
A TURKISH HEAD COACH AFTER 13 YEARS
A Turkish head coach will manage the Turkish National Football Team after 13 years. Abdullah Avcı was the last to serve in the national team in 2013. In the 13 years that passed after Avcı, the crescent-stars were under the management of Mircea Lucescu, Stefan Kuntz and Vincenzo Montella.