Turkey national under-19 football team

Turkey Under-19s
Association	Turkish Football Federation
Head coach
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Turkey 2–0 Slovakia ; 25 April 1999
Biggest win
	Turkey 10–0 San Marino ; Belgium, 10 October 2004
Biggest defeat
	Portugal 6–1 Turkey ; Tbilisi, 29 May 2015
European Championship
Appearances	7 (first in 2004)
Best result	Runners-up: 2004

The Turkey national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, held every year. The Under-19 UEFA tournament originally began as the FIFA Junior Tournament between 1948 and 1954. It has since been renamed a number of times, most notably referred to as the UEFA European U-18 Championship between 1981 and 2001. The tournament was renamed as the UEFA European U-19 Championship in 2002, but importantly the overall statistics are collated from 1948. In addition, every even year, the top five teams from the respective UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship compete in the FIFA U-20 World Cup the following year.

Competitive record[]

UEFA European U-19 Championship record*[]

Edition	Round	MP	W	D**	L	GF	GA
2002	Qualifying round	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003	First qualifying round	–	–	–	–	–	–
2004	Runner-up^Q	5	2	1	2	10	10
2005	Qualifying round	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006	Group stage	3	0	1	2	9	12
2007	Elite round	3	1	1	1	3	3
2008	Elite round	3	1	0	2	2	7
2009	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	4
2010	Elite round	3	2	0	1	6	4
2011	Group stage	3	1	1	1	4	3
2012	Elite round	3	1	0	2	6	6
2013	Group stage	3	1	0	2	6	6
2014	Elite round	3	2	1	0	7	5
2015	Elite round	3	0	0	3	2	13
2016	Elite round	3	2	1	0	7	3
2017	Elite round	3	1	1	1	2	2
2018	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	9
2019	Elite round	3	0	1	2	3	8
~~2020~~	Cancelled
~~2021~~	Cancelled
2022	To be determined

*The tournament originally began in 1948 and has had a number of different names. The tournament was renamed as the UEFA European U-19 Championship in 2002, but importantly the overall statistics are collated from 1948.

**Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.

***Silver background colour indicates that Turkey finished as runner-up.

Q - Denotes qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup held the following year.

Individual awards[]

In addition to team victories, Turkish players have won individual awards at UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.

Year	Top Goalscorer
2004*	Ali Öztürk
2006*	İlhan Parlak

*Award was shared with other players.

Recent results[]

21 March 2018 Elite round	Turkey	2–0	Austria	Silkeborg Stadium, Silkeborg
15:00 CET	Muhayer Oktay 60', 83'	Report		Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)

24 March 2018 Elite round	Denmark	1-1	Turkey	Silkeborg Stadium, Silkeborg
17:00 CET	Jens Odgaard 77'	Report	Muhayer Oktay 41'	Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

27 March 2018 Elite round	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1-2	Turkey	, Randers
13:00 CET	Enio Zilić 34'	Report	Güven Yalçın 11' Muhayer Oktay 44'	Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)

5 July 2018 Friendly	Finland	2-0	Turkey	OmaSP Stadion, Seinäjoki
15:00 CET	Eetu Vertainen 19', 45'			Referee: (Finland)

17 July 2018 Under-19 Euro 2018	Turkey	2-3	England	OmaSP Stadion, Seinäjoki
18:30 UTC+3	Güven Yalçın 2' Metehan Güçlü 57'	Report	Japhet Tanganga 22' Ben Brereton 45+2' Elliot Embleton 54'	Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

20 July 2018 Under-19 Euro 2018	Turkey	0-5	France	Hietalahti Stadium, Vaasa
20:30 UTC+3		Report	Guitane 2' Gouiri 22', 33' Diaby 58' Cuisance 90+2' (pen.)	Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)

23 July 2018 Under-19 Euro 2018	Ukraine	1-0	Turkey	OmaSP Stadion, Seinäjoki
18:30 UTC+3	Buletsa 8'	Report		Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

14 November 2018 Qualifying round	Iceland	2-1	Turkey	Arslan Zeki Demirci 1, Manavgat
	Willumson 39' Guðjohnsen 84'	Report	Akgün 90+3'	Referee: (Croatia)

17 November 2018 Qualifying round	Turkey	3-0	Moldova	Arslan Zeki Demirci 1, Manavgat
	Uzun 6' 49' 74'	Report		Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

20 November 2018 Qualifying round	Turkey	1-0	England	Arslan Zeki Demirci 1, Manavgat
	72'	Report		Referee: (Portugal)

Current squad[]

The following players were called up to participate against Italy in a friendly game on 9 February 2022.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
12	1GK	Kağan Moradaoğlu	(2003-01-10) 10 January 2003 (age 19)	Trabzonspor
23	1GK		(2003-01-25) 25 January 2003 (age 19)	Kasımpaşa

13	2DF		(2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 (age 18)	1.FC Nürnberg
17	2DF	Kazımcan Karataş	(2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 19)	Altay
20	2DF	Ahmet Gülay	(2003-01-13) 13 January 2003 (age 19)	Alanyaspor
4	2DF	Emin Bayram	(2003-04-02) 2 April 2003 (age 18)	Boluspor
	2DF	Abdullah Şahindere	(2003-01-14) 14 January 2003 (age 19)	Gençlerbirliği
	2DF	Ahmetcan Kaplan	(2003-08-26) 26 August 2003 (age 18)	Trabzonspor
	2DF		(2003-03-31) 31 March 2003 (age 18)	Fenerbahçe
3	2DF		(2003-09-01) 1 September 2003 (age 18)	Samsunspor
	2DF		(2003-07-30) 30 July 2003 (age 18)	FC Carl Zeiss Jena

7	3MF		(2003-04-09) 9 April 2003 (age 18)	Bursaspor
6	3MF	Bartuğ Elmaz	(2003-02-19) 19 February 2003 (age 18)	Galatasaray
15	3MF		(2003-01-05) 5 January 2003 (age 19)	Trabzonspor
	3MF		(2003-01-31) 31 January 2003 (age 19)	Turgutluspor
	3MF	Yiğit Emre Çeltik	(2003-04-07) 7 April 2003 (age 18)	Fortuna Sittard
	3MF	Emre Demir	(2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 18)	Kayserispor
	3MF	Fatih Yiğit Şanlıtürk	(2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 (age 19)	Fenerbahçe
	3MF	Metin Emre Karaal	(2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 19)	Başakşehir

	4FW		(2003-05-17) 17 May 2003 (age 18)	SC Paderborn 07
9	4FW	Eren Aydın	(2003-02-12) 12 February 2003 (age 18)	Niğde Anadolu FK
19	4FW	Metehan Altunbaş	(2003-01-07) 7 January 2003 (age 19)	Juniors OÖ

References[]

^ "U19 Milli Takımı'nın İtalya maçı aday kadrosu açıklandı". TFF (in Turkish).

[1] "U19 Milli Takımı'nın İtalya maçı aday kadrosu açıklandı". TFF (in Turkish).

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