Turkey national under-21 football team

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Turkey Under-21
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Ümit Milli
AssociationTürkiye Futbol Federasyonu (TFF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachTolunay Kafkas
CaptainRıdvan Yılmaz
First colours
Second colours
First international
Turkey Turkey U-21 3-1 Egypt U-21 Egypt
(Ankara; October 28, 1950)
Biggest win
Turkey Turkey U-21 5-0 Austria U-21 Austria
(Istanbul; November 15, 1983)
Biggest defeat
Turkey Turkey U-21 0-7 Germany U-21 Germany
(October 25, 1983)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2000)
Best resultGroupstage

Turkey's national Under-21 football team (Turkish: Ümit Milli Futbol Takımı), also known as Turkey Under-21s or Turkey U-21s, is the Under-21 years of age team of the Turkey national football team.

History[]

This team is for Turkish players aged 21 or under at the start of a two-year European Under-21 Football Championship campaign, so players can be, and often are, up to 23 years old. Also in existence are teams for Under-20s (for non-UEFA tournaments), Under-19s and Under 17s. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, making it possible to play for the U-21s, senior side and again for the U-21s, as Oğuzhan Özyakup has done recently. It is also possible to play for one country at youth level and another at senior level (providing the player is eligible).

Competitive Record[]

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record[]

Edition Round MP W D* L GF GA
No host 1978 Did Not Qualify
No host 1980
No host 1982
No host 1984
No host 1986
No host 1988
No host 1990
No host 1992
France 1994
Spain 1996
Romania 1998
Slovakia 2000 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 11
Switzerland 2002 Did Not Qualify
Germany 2004
Portugal 2006
Netherlands 2007
Sweden 2009
Denmark 2011
Israel 2013
Czech Republic 2015
Poland 2017
Italy San Marino 2019
Hungary Slovenia 2021
*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.

Toulon Tournament[]

  • - 8th place
  • - 7th place
  • 2008 Toulon Tournament - 6th place
  • 2012 Toulon Tournament - 2nd place
  • 2018 Toulon Tournament - 3rd place

Results and fixtures[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

2020[]

13 October 2021 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier England  2–1  Turkey Wolverhampton, England
20:30 (19:30 BST)
Report
Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 0[citation needed]
Referee: Willy Delajod (France)
13 November 2021 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier Turkey  3–2  Austria Samsun, Turkey
18:00 (19:00 TRT)
Report
  • Arase Goal 36'
  • Wolf Goal 90'
Stadium: Samsun 19 Mayis Stadyumu
Referee: Balázs Berke (Hungary)
17 November 2021 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier Turkey  3–0  Kosovo Samsun, Turkey
17:00 (18:00 TRT)
Report Stadium: Samsun 19 Mayis Stadyumu
Referee: Aleksei Matyunin (Russia)

2021[]

26 March International friendly Croatia under-20 4–1  Turkey Zagreb, Croatia
15:00 (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva
Referee: Ante Čuljak (Croatia)
30 March International friendly Turkey  0-1  Serbia Alanya, Turkey
18:00 (19:00 TRT)
Stadium: Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadyumu
Referee: Ömer Faruk Turtay (Turkey)
2 June International friendly Turkey  1-1  Ukraine Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 (20:00 TRT)
  • Goal 81'
  • Goal 27'
Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium
Referee: Çağdaş Altay (Turkey)
3 September 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier Turkey  0-3  Belgium Bursa, Turkey
19:00 (20:00 TRT) Report
Stadium: Bursa Büyükşehir Stadium
Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)
7 September 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier Turkey  1-1  Scotland Bursa, Turkey
18:30 (19:30 TRT)
  • Goal 75'
Report
Stadium: Bursa Büyükşehir Stadium
Referee: Igor Pajac (Croatia)
12 November 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier Belgium  v  Turkey Belgium

2022[]

25 March 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier Scotland  v  Turkey Scotland

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following players have been called up for 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Belgium on 3 September 2021 and against Scotland on 7 September 2021. [1]
All caps and goals as of 7 September 2021 after match against Scotland.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Ersin Destanoğlu (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 20) 5 0 Turkey Beşiktaş
1GK Doğan Alemdar (2002-10-29) 29 October 2002 (age 18) 1 0 France Stade Rennais
1GK (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Turkey Trabzonspor

2DF Cemali Sertel (2000-01-06) 6 January 2000 (age 21) 9 0 Turkey Çaykur Rizespor
2DF Ravil Tagir (2003-05-06) 6 May 2003 (age 18) 9 0 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir
2DF Bünyamin Balcı (2000-05-31) 31 May 2000 (age 21) 6 0 Turkey Antalyaspor
2DF (2001-06-14) 14 June 2001 (age 20) 4 0 Turkey Altınordu
2DF (2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Turkey Alanyaspor
2DF Cenk Özkaçar (2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 20) 2 0 Belgium Oud-Heverlee Leuven
2DF (2002-02-08) 8 February 2002 (age 19) 1 0 Turkey Samsunspor
2DF Eren Elmalı (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 21) 1 0 Turkey Kasımpaşa
2DF Serhat Ahmetoğlu (2002-02-05) 5 February 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Turkey Fatih Karagümrük
2DF Atakan Gündüz (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Turkey İstanbulspor

3MF Ömer Faruk Beyaz (2003-08-29) 29 August 2003 (age 18) 8 0 Germany Stuttgart
3MF Erkan Eyibil (2002-06-15) 15 June 2002 (age 19) 7 0 Turkey Antalyaspor
3MF Umut Güneş (2000-03-16) 16 March 2000 (age 21) 6 0 Turkey Alanyaspor
3MF (2001-03-09) 9 March 2001 (age 20) 4 1 Turkey Bursaspor
3MF Ali Kaan Güneren (2000-04-08) 8 April 2000 (age 21) 4 0 Turkey Ankaragücü
3MF Doğucan Haspolat (2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Turkey Kasımpaşa
3MF Muhammed Gümüşkaya (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 20) 1 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
3MF Burak İnce (2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 (age 17) 1 0 Turkey Altınordu
3MF Efe Tatlı (2002-07-29) 29 July 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Turkey Fatih Karagümrük

4FW Ali Akman (2002-04-18) 18 April 2002 (age 19) 6 0 Netherlands NEC Nijmegen
4FW Barış Alper Yılmaz (2000-05-23) 23 May 2000 (age 21) 5 1 Turkey Galatasaray
4FW Gökdeniz Bayrakdar (2001-11-23) 23 November 2001 (age 19) 5 0 Turkey Antalyaspor
4FW (2002-06-15) 15 June 2002 (age 19) 3 1 Turkey Altınordu
4FW Yusuf Barası (2003-03-31) 31 March 2003 (age 18) 3 0 Netherlands Jong AZ
4FW Yunus Akgün (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Turkey Adana Demirspor

Recent call-ups[]

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months and are still eligible to represent.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Berke Özer (2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 (age 21) 1 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe v.  Belgium, 3 September 2021 INJ
GK (2000-02-20) 20 February 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Turkey Hatayspor v.  Serbia, 30 March 2021

DF (2002-05-21) 21 May 2002 (age 19) 2 0 Turkey Altınordu v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
DF (2003-02-14) 14 February 2003 (age 18) 1 0 Turkey Beşiktaş v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
DF Emre Kaplan (2001-01-12) 12 January 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
DF (2002-07-01) 1 July 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Turkey Afyonspor v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
DF Rıdvan Yılmaz (2001-05-21) 21 May 2001 (age 20) 5 0 Turkey Beşiktaş v.  Serbia, 30 March 2021 SEN
DF İsmail Çokçalış (2000-06-21) 21 June 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Turkey Bursaspor v.  Serbia, 30 March 2021
DF Erdoğan Kaya (2001-03-27) 27 March 2001 (age 20) 2 0 Turkey Beşiktaş v.  Serbia, 30 March 2021 INJ
DF Şefik Abalı (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Turkey Göztepe v.  Serbia, 30 March 2021
DF Ahmet Gülay (2003-01-13) 13 January 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Turkey Alanyaspor v.  Serbia, 30 March 2021

MF (2001-07-12) 12 July 2001 (age 20) 2 0 Turkey Galatasaray v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
MF Kartal Yılmaz (2000-11-04) 4 November 2000 (age 20) 2 0 Turkey Ümraniyespor v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
MF (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 21) 1 0 Turkey Galatasaray v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
MF Kerem Atakan Kesgin (2000-11-05) 5 November 2000 (age 20) 2 0 Turkey Sivasspor v.  Serbia, 30 March 2021
MF Melih İbrahimoğlu (2000-07-17) 17 July 2000 (age 21) 1 0 Netherlands Heracles Almelo v.  Serbia, 30 March 2021

FW Tiago Çukur (2002-11-30) 30 November 2002 (age 18) 1 0 England Doncaster Rovers v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
FW (2000-03-27) 27 March 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Turkey Trabzonspor v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
FW Eren Karadağ (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Turkey Çaykur Rizespor v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
FW Egemen Pehlivan (2000-01-11) 11 January 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Turkey Fatih Karagümrük v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
FW Mohamed Zeki Amdouni (2000-12-04) 4 December 2000 (age 20) 1 0 Switzerland Stade Lausanne Ouchy v.  Serbia, 30 March 2021
FW Enes Karakuş (2001-01-03) 3 January 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Turkey Bodrumspor v.  Kosovo, 17 November 2020
  • SEN = Player have been called up to the senior team.
  • INJ = Not part of the current squad due to injury.

Former squads[]

  • 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Turkey

Former players[]

Former Coaches[]

See also[]

Notes[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ümit Milli Takımı'nın Belçika ve İskoçya maçları aday kadrosu açıklandı". https://tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=284&ftxtID=35108. External link in |website= (help)

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