TΓΌrkiyeβs national football team spent 2025 walking a narrow line between pressure and promise and more often than not, it delivered.
From earning promotion to UEFA Nations League A to keeping its World Cup dream alive through the playoffs, the Crescent-Stars stitched together a year defined by growth, belief and historic benchmarks under Vincenzo Montella.
The results followed the progress.
TΓΌrkiye surged three places in the FIFA rankings, finished second behind Spain in its World Cup qualifying group and closed the year looking closer to its long-lost elite status than at any point in nearly a decade.
Montellaβs rising project
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