Turkish Football National Team drew against Korea Republic 0-0 in a friendly game which is their first match of 2011. The match was played in Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon, Turkey.
Before the match, Hamit Altıntop has rewarded beacuse of winning the Puskas Award 2010 at ‘FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala’ by his wonder volley from outside of the penalty area in the UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying match between Kazakhstan and Turkey played in Astana on 3 September 2010. Altintop took his gift from TFF President Mahmut Özgener and Trabzonspor Sports Club President Sadri Şener.
Stadium: Hüseyin Avni Aker
Referees: Sergii Boiko, Oleg Pluzhnyk, Sergii Bekker (Ukraine)
Turkey: Volkan, Servet, Serdar Kesimal, İsmail Köybaşı, Sabri (Min. 78 Yiğit), Serkan (Min. 45 Gökhan Gönül), Emre, Hamit (Min. 59 Burak), Selçuk, Mehmet Ekici (Min. 59 Tunay), Umut (Min. 45 Kazım)
Republic of Korea: Jun Sung Ryong, Hwang Jae Won, Hong Jeong Ho, Lee Yong Rae (Min. 87 Choi Hyo Jin), Ji Dong Won (Min. 83 Kim Shin Wook), Park Chu Young, Hong Chul, Koo Ja Cheol (Min. 83 Yoon Bitgaram), Lee Jung Soo, Ki Sung Yueng, Nam Tae Hee (Min. 69 Choi Sung Kuk)
Yellow Cards: Min. 59 Emre, Min. 71 Burak (Turkey), Min. 31 Hong Jeong Ho, Min. 59 Koo Ja Cheol (Republic of Korea)
Red Card: Min. 60 Emre (Turkey)
Turkey squad had consisted of the players listed at the below:
Volkan Demirel, Fehmi Mert Günok, Gökhan Gönül, Emre Belözoğlu (Fenerbahçe), Tolga Zengin, Serkan Balcı, Selçuk İnan, Engin Baytar, Umut Bulut, Burak Yılmaz (Trabzonspor), Servet Çetin, Hakan Kadir Balta, Sabri Sarıoğlu, Yekta Kurtuluş, Kazım Kazım (Galatasaray), İsmail Köybaşı (Beşiktaş), Gökhan Süzen (Büyükşehir Belediyespor), Fehmi Emre Güngör (Gaziantepspor), Yiğit İncedemir (Manisaspor), Serdar Kesimal (Kayserispor), Mehmet Ekici (1.FC Nürnberg), Hamit Altıntop (Bayern Münih), Tunay Torun (Hamburg).
Republic of Korea squad had consisted of the players listed at the below:
Jung Sung-Ryong, Hwang Jae-Won, Lee Yong-Rae (Suwon Samsung), Kim Jin-Hyeon, Kim Bo-Kyung (Cerezo Osaka), Lee Jung-Soo (Al Sadd), Hong Jeong-Ho (Jeju United), Lee Sang-Duk (Daegu FC), Cha Du-Ri, Ki Sung-Yueng (Celtic), Hong Chul (Seongnam Ilhwa), Yun Suk-Young, Ji Dong-Won (Chunnam Dragons), Choi Hyo-Jin (Sangmu), Lee Chung-Yong (Bolton), Yoon Bitgaram (Gyeongnam FC), Choi Sung-Kuk (Sangju Sangmu), Koo Ja-Cheol (VfL Wolfsburg), Son Heung-Min (Hamburg SV), Park Chu-Young (AS Monaco), Nam Tae-Hee (Valenciennes FC), Kim Shin-Wook (Ulsan Hyundai).
