Turkey squad for World Cup qualifiers

ISTANBUL - Turkey coach Ersun Yanal on Friday announced a 24-man preliminary squad for World Cup 2006 qualifiers against Greece and Kazakhstan, to be played on June 4 in Istanbul and June 8 in Almaty respectively:

Goalkeepers: Rustu Recber (Fenerbahce), Volkan Demirel (Fenerbahce), Omer Catkic (Genclerbirligi)
Defenders: Bulent Korkmaz (Galatasaray), Ayhan Akman (Galatasaray), Umit Ozat (Fenerbahce), Tolga Seyhan (Trabzonspor), Erdinc Yavuz (Trabzonspor), Koray Avci (Besiktas)
Midfielders: Gokdeniz Karadeniz (Trabzonspor), Huseyin Cimsir (Trabzonspor), Cihan Haspolatli (Galatasaray), Serkan Balci (Fenerbahce), Okan Buruk (Besiktas), Ibrahim Toraman (Besiktas), Guven Varol (Denizlispor), Emre Belozoglu (Inter Milan/ITA), Yildiray Basturk (Hertha Berlin/GER), Hamit Altintop (FC Schalke 04/GER)
Forwards: Tuncay Sanli (Fenerbahce), Serhat Akin (Fenerbahce), Fatih Tekke (Trabzonspor), Necati Ates (Galatasaray), Halil Altintop (Kaiserslautern/GER)

05/27/2005 11:05 GMT