Hakan Sukur, the 34 year old Galatasaray striker is set to return to the Turkish squad for the 2006 World Cup Playoff against Switzerland on the 12th of November. Sukur seems to be very fit, as he has scored four times in the last 5 games of Galatasaray, both on the local championship and in Europe.

However he is unlikely to be included in the 11-player team, as he faces competition from Gokhan Unal. Fenerbahce players Tuncay Sanlı and Servet Cetin, and PAOK FC defender Fatih Akyel were also included in the squad.

Turkey squad

Goalkeepers: Volkan Demirel (Fenerbahçe SK), Rüştü Reçber (Fenerbahçe SK), Orkun Usak (MKE Ankaragücü).

Defenders: Ümit Özat (Fenerbahçe SK), İbrahim Toraman (Beşiktaş JK), Servet Çetin (Fenerbahçe SK), Alpay Özalan (1. FC Köln), Tolga Seyhan (FC Shakthar Donetsk), Serkan Balcı(Fenerbahçe SK), Fatih Akyel (PAOK FC).

Midfielders: Selçuk Şahin (Fenerbahçe SK), Necati Ateş(Galatasaray SK), Hasan Şaş (Galatasaray SK), Ergün Penbe (Galatasaray SK), Tümer Metin (Beşiktaş JK), Okan Buruk (Beşiktaş JK), Ibrahim Akin (Beşiktaş JK), Hüseyin Çimşir(Trabzonspor), Yıldıray Bastürk (Hertha BSC Berlin), Hamit Altintop (FC Schalke 04), Nuri Şahin (BV Borussia Dortmund), Emre Belözoglu (Newcastle United FC).

Strikers: Tuncay Şanlı (Fenerbahçe SK), Fatih Tekke (Trabzonspor), Nihat Kahveci (Real Sociedad de Fútbol), Halil Altintop (1. FC Kaiserslautern), Serhat Akin (RSC Anderlecht), Hakan Sükür (Galatasaray SK), Gökhan Ünal (Kayserispor).

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