Turkey national under-17 football team

National association youth football team
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Turkey Under-17
AssociationTurkish Football Federation
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2005)
Best resultFourth place: 2005
European Championship
Appearances8 (first in 2004)
Best resultChampions: 2005

The Turkey national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, held every year. The original tournament was called the UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship (1982-2001). The tournament was renamed as the European Under-17 Football Championship in 2002, but importantly the overall statistics are collated from 1982. In addition, every odd year the top teams from the respective UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship compete in the FIFA U-17 World Cup the same year (since 2017, five teams from the respective UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship have been entered).

Competitive record

UEFA U-17 European Championship Record*

Edition Round MP W D** L GF GA
Denmark 2002 Qualifying round
Portugal 2003 Qualifying round
France 2004 Group stage 3 1 0 2 6 5
Italy 2005 ChampionsQ 5 4 0 1 13 5
Luxembourg 2006 Elite round 3 0 1 2 1 3
Belgium 2007 Elite round 3 1 0 2 3 2
Turkey 2008 Semi-finals 4 2 2 1 5 1
Germany 2009 Group stageQ 3 1 0 2 3 5
Liechtenstein 2010 Semi-finals 3 0 2 1 2 4
Serbia 2011 Elite round 3 1 1 1 4 5
Slovenia 2012 Elite round 3 0 0 3 0 9
Slovakia 2013 Qualifying round 3 1 0 2 8 8
Malta 2014 Group stage 3 1 0 2 7 7
Bulgaria 2015 Qualifying round 3 0 0 3 3 10
Azerbaijan 2016 Elite round 3 1 0 2 4 7
Croatia 2017 Semi-finalsQ 5 3 0 2 10 7
England 2018 Elite round 3 1 0 2 3 4
Republic of Ireland 2019 Elite round 3 0 1 2 1 5
Estonia 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[1][2]
Cyprus 2021
Israel 2022 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 7
Hungary 2023 Elite round 3 1 1 1 6 3
Cyprus 2024 to be determined
Albania 2025 to be determined
Estonia 2026 to be determined
Latvia 2027 to be determined
*The tournament was renamed as the European Under-17 Football Championship in 2002 (The original tournament was called the UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship (1982-2001)). Importantly the overall statistics are collated from 1982.
**Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.
***Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Q - Denotes qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup which is held every odd year.

FIFA U-17 World Cup Record

Edition Round MP W D L GF GA
China 1985 did not qualify
Canada 1987
Scotland 1989
Italy 1991
Japan 1993
Ecuador 1995
Egypt 1997
New Zealand 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 2001
Finland 2003
Peru 2005 Fourth place 6 4 0 2 16 9
South Korea 2007 did not qualify
Nigeria 2009 Quarter finals 5 3 2 0 9 3
Mexico 2011 did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 2013
Chile 2015
India 2017 Group stage 3 0 1 2 2 7
Brazil 2019 did not qualify
Indonesia 2023

Notes:

Individual awards

In addition to team victories, Turkish players have won individual awards at UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship.

Year Golden Player Award
Turkey 2005 Nuri Şahin
Year Top Goalscorer
Turkey 2005 Tevfik Kose

Recent results

New Zealand  v  Turkey
6 October 2017 2017 FIFA U17 New Zealand  1–1  Turkey DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
17:00 Mata 58' Report Kutucu 18' Attendance: 9,727
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)
Turkey  v  Mali
9 October 2017 2017 FIFA U17 Turkey  0–3  Mali DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
17:00 Report D. Traoré 38'
Ndiaye 68'
Konaté 86'
Attendance: 18,323
Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
Turkey  v  Paraguay
12 October 2017 2017 FIFA U17 Turkey  1–3  Paraguay DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
17:00 Kesgin 90+3' Report Bogado 41'
Cardozo 43'
Galeano 61'
Attendance: 8,895
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Israel  v  Turkey
13 October 2017 Euro 2018 Qualifiers Israel  1–0  Turkey Svitavský stadion, Svitavy
15:00 Ovadia 8' Report Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Bulgaria)
Turkey  v  Armenia
16 October 2017 Euro 2018 Qualifiers Turkey  4–0  Armenia Svitavský stadion, Svitavy
15:00 Bakan 23'
Altunbaş 52'
Kaya 77'
Çelik 79'
Report Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
Turkey  v  Czech Republic
19 October 2017 Euro 2018 Qualifiers Turkey  1–1  Czech Republic Svitavský stadion, Svitavy
15:00 Gündüz 22' (pen.) Report Gabriel 49' Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Bulgaria)
Italy  v  Turkey
7 March 2018 Elite Round Italy  2–0  Turkey Sportpark De Hanen Weide, Veen
19:00 Colombo 61'
Ricci 67'
Report Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)
Iceland  v  Turkey
10 March 2018 Elite Round Iceland  0–3  Turkey Sportpark Parkzicht, Uden
14:00 Report Kaya 9'
Güllü 63'
Luş 79'
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)
Turkey  v  Netherlands
13 March 2018 Elite Round Turkey  0–2  Netherlands Sportpark Parkzicht, Uden
19:00 Report Llansana 51'
Ihattaren 71'
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

Players

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Onuralp Çevikkan (2006-01-02) 2 January 2006 (age 18) 6 0 Turkey Altınordu
1GK Emir Yaşar (2006-01-16) 16 January 2006 (age 18) 5 0 Turkey Beşiktaş
1GK Enes Emre Büyük (2006-05-08) 8 May 2006 (age 17) 1 0 Turkey Galatasaray

2DF Mertcan Ayhan (2006-09-08) 8 September 2006 (age 17) 15 1 Germany Schalke 04
2DF Kadir Subaşı (2006-08-27) 27 August 2006 (age 17) 13 2 Turkey Galatasaray
2DF Oğuzhan Yılmaz (2006-07-02) 2 July 2006 (age 17) 13 0 Turkey Trabzonspor
2DF Yasin Özcan (2006-04-20) 20 April 2006 (age 17) 7 1 Turkey Kasımpaşa
2DF Yusuf Akçiçek (2006-01-25) 25 January 2006 (age 18) 5 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
2DF Eren Özkul (2006-07-25) 25 July 2006 (age 17) 5 0 Denmark Brøndby
2DF Dennis Çelik (2006-03-29) 29 March 2006 (age 17) 4 0 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
2DF Eren Paşahan (2006-01-05) 5 January 2006 (age 18) 3 0 Turkey Galatasaray

3MF Efe Akman (2006-03-20) 20 March 2006 (age 18) 15 1 Turkey Galatasaray
3MF Burak İngenç (2006-04-14) 14 April 2006 (age 17) 12 1 Turkey Antalyaspor
3MF Veis Yıldız (2006-03-02) 2 March 2006 (age 18) 9 2 Germany Bayern Munich
3MF Samet Seymen Sargın (2006-04-01) 1 April 2006 (age 17) 9 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
3MF Gökdeniz Gürpüz (2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 18) 6 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund
3MF Efe Korkut (2006-06-23) 23 June 2006 (age 17) 2 0 Germany VfB Stuttgart
3MF Berat Yılmaz (2006-03-24) 24 March 2006 (age 17) 0 0 Turkey Galatasaray

4FW Yalın Dilek (2006-07-26) 26 July 2006 (age 17) 12 5 Turkey Galatasaray
4FW Emre Gökay (2006-02-18) 18 February 2006 (age 18) 12 5 Turkey Sivasspor
4FW Kebir Ali Canpolat (2006-12-22) 22 December 2006 (age 17) 10 4 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
4FW Emirhan Arkutcu (2006-01-14) 14 January 2006 (age 18) 10 1 Turkey Fenerbahçe
4FW Emre Gündoğdu (2006-12-27) 27 December 2006 (age 17) 0 0 Germany Paderborn 07

Recent call-ups

The following players were called up to the national team within the last twelve months and remain eligible for future call-ups.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Kağan Arıcan (2006-03-10) 10 March 2006 (age 18) 0 0 Turkey Antalyaspor v.  Germany, 28 November 2022
GK Efe Berat Töruz (2006-09-08) 8 September 2006 (age 17) 1 0 Turkey Samsunspor v.   Switzerland, 19 October 2022

DF Bedirhan Çetin (2006-06-29) 29 June 2006 (age 17) 4 0 Turkey Samsunspor v.  Germany, 28 November 2022
DF Efe Can Mete (2006-02-23) 23 February 2006 (age 18) 3 0 Turkey Beşiktaş v.   Switzerland, 19 October 2022

MF Ege Arslan (2006-01-20) 20 January 2006 (age 18) 4 2 Turkey Altınordu v.  Germany, 28 November 2022
MF İsak Vural (2006-05-28) 28 May 2006 (age 17) 0 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe v.  Germany, 28 November 2022
MF Ali Eren Ersungur (2005-11-22) 22 November 2005 (age 18) 4 1 Germany TSG 1899 Hoffenheim vs.  Belgium, 23 May 2022
MF Can Uzun (2005-11-11) 11 November 2005 (age 18) 12 7 Germany 1. FC Nürnberg vs.  Belgium, 23 May 2022

FW Emre Gökay (2006-02-18) 18 February 2006 (age 18) 6 2 Turkey Sivasspor v.  Germany, 28 November 2022
FW Adnan Karahisar (2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 (age 18) 6 2 Turkey Beşiktaş v.  Germany, 28 November 2022
FW Sercan Demirkıran (2006-01-27) 27 January 2006 (age 18) 0 0 Turkey Altınordu v.  Germany, 28 November 2022
FW Berk Kızıldemir (2006-02-11) 11 February 2006 (age 18) 3 0 Turkey Galatasaray v.   Switzerland, 19 October 2022
FW Yusuf Can Calayır (2006-04-18) 18 April 2006 (age 17) 0 0 Turkey Beşiktaş v.   Switzerland, 19 October 2022

Past squads

UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship squads
FIFA U-17 World Cup squads

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See also

References

  1. ^ "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. ^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. ^ "U17 Milli Takımı'nın Elit Tur Maçları Aday Kadrosu Açıklandı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
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