Turkey national under-21 football team

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.

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

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
EditionRoundMPWD*LGFGA
No host 1978Did Not Qualify
No host 1980
No host 1982
No host 1984
No host 1986
No host 1988
No host 1990
No host 1992
1994
1996
1998
2000Group stage3003211
2002Did Not Qualify
2004
2006
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021
*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.

Toulon Tournament

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)
  • Türkmen 17' (o.g.)
  • Nketiah 88'
 Report
Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 0
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
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  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)
  • Kör 81'
  • Alefirenko 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)
Report
Stadium: Bursa Büyükşehir Stadium
Referee: Igor Pajac (Croatia)
12 October 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier Kazakhstan  0–1  Turkey Karaganda, Kazakhstan
13:30 (18:00 ALMT)
Stadium: Shakhter Stadium
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)
12 November 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier Belgium  v  Turkey Belgium
16 November 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier Turkey  v  Denmark Turkey

2022
25 March 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier Scotland  v  Turkey Scotland
10 June 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier Turkey  v  Kazakhstan Turkey
14 June 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier Denmark  v  Turkey Denmark

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 5 0 Beşiktaş
1GK Doğan Alemdar (2002-10-29) 29 October 2002 1 0 Stade Rennais
1GK Muhammet Taha Tepe (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 0 0 Trabzonspor
2DF Cemali Sertel (2000-01-06) 6 January 2000 9 0 Çaykur Rizespor
2DF Ravil Tagir (2003-05-06) 6 May 2003 9 0 İstanbul Başakşehir
2DF Bünyamin Balcı (2000-05-31) 31 May 2000 6 0 Antalyaspor
2DF Yusuf Can Esendemir (2001-06-14) 14 June 2001 4 0 Altınordu
2DF Furkan Bayır (2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 2 0 Alanyaspor
2DF Cenk Özkaçar (2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 2 0 Olympique Lyonnais
2DF Melih Altıkulaç (2002-02-08) 8 February 2002 1 0 Samsunspor
2DF Eren Elmalı (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 1 0 Kasımpaşa
2DF Serhat Ahmetoğlu (2002-02-05) 5 February 2002 0 0 Fatih Karagümrük
2DF Atakan Gündüz (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 0 0 İstanbulspor
3MF Ömer Faruk Beyaz (2003-08-29) 29 August 2003 8 0 VfB Stuttgart
3MF Erkan Eyibil (2002-06-15) 15 June 2002 7 0 Antalyaspor
3MF Umut Güneş (2000-03-16) 16 March 2000 6 0 Alanyaspor
3MF Batuhan Kör (2001-03-09) 9 March 2001 4 1 Bursaspor
3MF Ali Kaan Güneren (2000-04-08) 8 April 2000 4 0 Ankaragücü
3MF Doğucan Haspolat (2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 2 0 Kasımpaşa
3MF Muhammed Gümüşkaya (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 1 0 Fenerbahçe
3MF Burak İnce (2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 1 0 Altınordu
3MF Efe Tatlı (2002-07-29) 29 July 2002 0 0 Fatih Karagümrük
4FW Ali Akman (2002-04-18) 18 April 2002 6 0 NEC Nijmegen
4FW Barış Alper Yılmaz (2000-05-23) 23 May 2000 5 1 Galatasaray
4FW Gökdeniz Bayrakdar (2001-11-23) 23 November 2001 5 0 Antalyaspor
4FW Enis Destan (2002-06-15) 15 June 2002 3 1 Altınordu
4FW Yusuf Barası (2003-03-31) 31 March 2003 3 0 Jong AZ
4FW Yunus Akgün (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 2 0 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 1 0 Fenerbahçe v.  Belgium, 3 September 2021 INJ
GK Abdullah Yiğiter (2000-02-20) 20 February 2000 0 0 Hatayspor v.  Serbia, 30 March 2021
DF Rahmi Kaya (2002-05-21) 21 May 2002 2 0 Altınordu v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
DF Serdar Saatçi (2003-02-14) 14 February 2003 1 0 Beşiktaş v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
DF Emre Kaplan (2001-01-12) 12 January 2001 0 0 İstanbul Başakşehir v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
DF Seyfettin Anıl Yaşar (2002-07-01) 1 July 2002 0 0 Afyonspor v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
DF Rıdvan Yılmaz (2001-05-21) 21 May 2001 5 0 Beşiktaş v.  Serbia, 30 March 2021 SEN
DF İsmail Çokçalış (2000-06-21) 21 June 2000 2 0 Bursaspor v.  Serbia, 30 March 2021
DF Erdoğan Kaya (2001-03-27) 27 March 2001 2 0 Beşiktaş v.  Serbia, 30 March 2021 INJ
DF Şefik Abalı (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 0 0 Göztepe v.  Serbia, 30 March 2021
DF Ahmet Gülay (2003-01-13) 13 January 2003 0 0 Alanyaspor v.  Serbia, 30 March 2021
MF Erkan Süer (2001-07-12) 12 July 2001 2 0 Galatasaray v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
MF Kartal Yılmaz (2000-11-04) 4 November 2000 2 0 Ümraniyespor v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
MF Abdussamed Karnuçu (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 1 0 Galatasaray v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
MF Kerem Atakan Kesgin (2000-11-05) 5 November 2000 2 0 Sivasspor v.  Serbia, 30 March 2021
MF Melih İbrahimoğlu (2000-07-17) 17 July 2000 1 0 Heracles Almelo v.  Serbia, 30 March 2021
FW Tiago Çukur (2002-11-30) 30 November 2002 1 0 Doncaster Rovers v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
FW Rahmi Anıl Başaran (2000-03-27) 27 March 2000 0 0 Trabzonspor v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
FW Eren Karadağ (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 0 0 Çaykur Rizespor v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
FW Egemen Pehlivan (2000-01-11) 11 January 2000 0 0 Fatih Karagümrük v.  Ukraine, 2 June 2021
FW Mohamed Zeki Amdouni (2000-12-04) 4 December 2000 1 0 Stade Lausanne Ouchy v.  Serbia, 30 March 2021
FW Enes Karakuş (2001-01-03) 3 January 2001 0 0 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

Former players

Former Coaches

See also

Notes

      References
      1. "Ümit Milli Takımı'nın Belçika ve İskoçya maçları aday kadrosu açıklandı". tff.org.
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