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Turkish national team to take on Iceland in Euro qualifiers

Injuries leave Sahin, Ozyakup and Kaya unavailable for Turkey's first Euro 2016 qualifier against Iceland

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00:00 - 8/09/2014 Pazartesi
Update: 15:15 - 8/09/2014 Pazartesi
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Turkish national team to take on Iceland in Euro q
Turkish national team to take on Iceland in Euro q

Turkish national football team will start its UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers Group A campaign against Iceland on Tuesday.

The match, which will be refereed by Ivan Bebek of Croatia, kicks off at 7:45 p.m. GMT at Laugardalsvollur Stadium in the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik.

Turkey will be without midfielders Nuri Sahin and Oguzhan Ozyakup, and centre-back Semih Kaya due to injuries.

In other Group A showdowns, Czech Republic will host group favorites Netherlands, while underdogs Kazakhstan will face Latvia.

Turkey's current squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Onur Recep Kivrak (Trabzonspor), Volkan Babacan (Istanbul Basaksehir), Fehmi Mert Gunok (Fenerbahce)

Defenders: Gokhan Gonul (Fenerbahce), Caner Erkin (Fenerbahce), Tarik Camdal (Galatasaray), Omer Toprak (Bayer Leverkusen), Hakan Balta (Galatasaray), Ersan Adem Gulum (Besiktas), Ismail Koybasi (Besiktas)

Midfielders: Emre Belozoglu (Fenerbahce), Mehmet Topal (Fenerbahce), Hakan Calhanoglu (Bayer Leverkusen), Selcuk Inan (Galatasaray), Ozan Tufan (Bursaspor), Olcan Adin (Galatasaray), Olcay Sahan (Besiktas), Arda Turan (Atletico Madrid)

Forwards: Burak Yilmaz (Galatasaray), Mustafa Pektemek (Besiktas), Ahmet Ilhan Ozek (Kardemir Karabukspor), Mevlut Erdinc (Saint-Etienne)

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