The role of a Turkey national football team manager was first established in 1923 with the appointment of Ali Sami Yen. The most successful manager is Fatih Terim, he managed the national team in 136 matches, winning 70 matches. Guus Hiddink holds the record as the highest paid national team manager in the history of Turkish football.

Statistics

As of 15 October 2023

Manager	Nat	Career Start	Career End	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Win %
Ali Sami Yen		26 October 1923	26 October 1923	1	0	1	0	2	2	000.00
Billy Hunter		25 May 1924	12 September 1926	12	5	0	7	21	29	041.67
Béla Tóth		17 July 1927	17 April 1932	8	2	1	5	14	24	025.00
Fred Pagnam		22 April 1932	4 November 1932	2	0	0	2	3	7	000.00
James Donnelly		12 July 1936	1 August 1937	3	0	1	2	4	10	000.00
Ignác Molnár		23 April 1948	30 May 1948	2	1	0	1	3	2	050.00
Ulvi Yenal		2 August 1948	5 August 1948	2	1	0	1	5	3	050.00
Pat Molloy		28 November 1948	20 May 1949	5	3	0	2	9	8	060.00
Cihat Arman		20 November 1949	20 November 1949	1	1	0	0	7	0	100.00
Pat Molloy		28 May 1950	28 October 1950	2	1	0	1	7	6	050.00
Jimmy McCormick		3 December 1950	10 June 1951	2	1	0	1	4	5	050.00
Rebii Erkal		17 June 1951	21 November 1951	3	2	0	1	3	3	066.67
Sadri Usuoglu		1 June 1952	8 June 1952	2	0	1	1	1	5	000.00
Sandro Puppo		8 June 1952	23 June 1954	9	3	2	4	18	21	033.33
Gündüz Kılıç		17 October 1954	17 October 1954	1	0	0	1	1	5	000.00
Žarko Mihajlović		3 April 1955	26 June 1955	2	0	2	0	1	1	000.00
Giovanni Varglien		18 December 1955	1 May 1956	5	2	0	3	8	9	040.00
Cihat Arman		1 May 1956	25 November 1956	2	0	2	0	2	2	000.00
László Székely		5 April 1957	8 December 1957	4	2	1	1	6	4	050.00
Leandro Remondini		4 May 1958	10 May 1959	7	3	3	1	6	5	042.86
Ignác Molnár		8 June 1960	8 June 1960	1	1	0	0	4	2	100.00
Sandro Puppo		27 November 1960	16 May 1962	10	4	0	6	11	10	040.00
Şeref Görkey		10 October 1962	10 October 1962	1	1	0	0	3	0	100.00
Ljubiša Spajić		25 November 1962	16 December 1962	4	1	2	1	3	7	025.00
Sandro Puppo		27 March 1963	9 October 1964	4	0	2	2	0	4	000.00
Cihat Arman		27 September 1964	20 December 1964	3	1	1	1	6	4	033.33
Sandro Puppo		24 January 1965	9 May 1965	4	0	0	4	2	13	000.00
Doğan Andaç		21 July 1965	25 July 1965	2	1	1	0	3	1	050.00
Sandro Puppo		9 October 1965	30 May 1966	5	1	2	2	3	10	020.00
Adnan Süvari		12 October 1966	17 January 1969	17	5	4	8	16	32	029.41
Abdullah Gegić		30 April 1969	16 November 1969	6	3	0	3	13	11	050.00
Cihat Arman		17 October 1970	14 November 1971	6	1	1	4	4	17	016.67
Nicolae Petrescu		5 December 1971	5 December 1971	1	1	0	0	1	0	100.00
Coşkun Özarı		12 April 1972	31 October 1976	29	8	11	10	38	43	027.59
Doğan Andaç		17 November 1976	17 November 1976	1	0	1	0	1	1	000.00
Metin Türel		16 February 1977	5 October 1978	13	2	1	10	11	22	015.38
Sabri Kiraz		29 November 1978	15 October 1980	12	5	1	6	13	15	041.67
Özkan Sümer		3 December 1980	25 March 1981	2	0	0	2	0	3	000.00
Fethi Demircan		15 April 1981	7 October 1981	4	0	0	4	0	12	000.00
Coşkun Özarı		22 September 1982	4 April 1984	17	5	2	10	15	36	029.41
Candan Tarhan		6 September 1984	14 November 1984	5	1	1	3	3	13	020.00
Yılmaz Gökdel		22 December 1984	3 April 1985	3	1	1	1	1	3	033.33
Kálmán Mészöly		1 May 1985	28 August 1985	2	0	1	1	0	2	000.00
Coşkun Özarı		11 September 1985	12 November 1986	8	1	3	4	3	14	012.50
Mustafa Denizli		4 March 1987	16 December 1987	6	1	1	4	6	16	016.67
Tınaz Tırpan		16 March 1988	15 November 1989	11	5	1	5	16	12	045.45
Fatih Terim		11 April 1990	11 April 1990	1	0	0	1	0	1	000.00
Sepp Piontek		27 May 1990	28 April 1993	27	4	8	15	22	50	014.81
Fatih Terim		27 October 1993	19 June 1996	33	17	8	8	47	36	051.52
Mustafa Denizli		14 August 1996	24 June 2000	31	11	9	11	45	38	035.48
Şenol Güneş		16 August 2000	18 February 2004	50	23	13	14	72	50	046.00
Ünal Karaman		31 March 2004	31 March 2004	1	0	1	0	2	2	000.00
Ersun Yanal		28 April 2004	8 June 2005	15	8	4	3	29	14	053.33
Fatih Terim		17 August 2005	14 October 2009	58	26	18	14	86	71	044.83
Oğuz Çetin		3 March 2010	29 May 2010	4	3	0	1	7	3	075.00
Guus Hiddink		1 August 2010	15 November 2011	16	7	4	5	18	15	043.75
Abdullah Avcı		17 November 2011	20 August 2013	18	6	4	8	26	26	033.33
Fatih Terim		22 August 2013	26 July 2017	44	27	8	9	69	38	061.36
Mircea Lucescu		2 August 2017	11 February 2019	17	4	6	7	17	25	023.53
Şenol Güneş		28 February 2019	10 September 2021	32	15	10	7	55	40	046.88
Stefan Kuntz		19 September 2021	20 September 2023	20	12	3	5	46	26	060.00
Vincenzo Montella		21 September 2023		2	2	0	0	5	0	100.00