Turkey national under-19 football team

Summary

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.

Turkey Under-19s
AssociationTurkish Football Federation
Head coachŞenol Ustaömer
First colours
Second colours
First international
Turkey Turkey 2–0 Slovakia Slovakia
25 April 1999
Biggest win
Turkey Turkey 10–0 San Marino San Marino
Belgium, 10 October 2004
Biggest defeat
Portugal Portugal 6–1 Turkey Turkey
Tbilisi Georgia, 29 May 2015
European Championship
Appearances7 (first in 2004)
Best resultRunners-up: 2004

Competitive record edit

UEFA European U-19 Championship record* edit

Edition Round MP W D** L GF GA
  2002 Qualifying round 4 1 1 2 7 8
  2003 First qualifying round 3 1 1 1 3 3
  2004 Runner-upQ 5 2 1 2 10 10
  2005 First qualifying round 3 1 1 1 13 5
  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
  2022 Elite round 3 1 0 2 4 6
  2023 Elite round 3 0 2 1 3 5
  2024 Qualified
  2025 To be decided
  2026 To be decided
  2027 To be decided
*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 edit

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.

Results and fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship edit

Qualifiers edit

Elite Round – Group 1 edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Israel 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Final tournament
2   Hungary (H) 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
3   Scotland 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4   Turkey 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2022. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
26 March 2022 (2022-03-26) 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification#Elite round Turkey   1–3   Israel ETO Park, Győr, Hungary
16:00 Elmaz   42' (pen.) Report Turgeman   32', 35'
Edri   66'
Referee: Mohammed Al-emara (Finland)

Players edit

Current squad edit

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Jankat Yılmaz (2004-08-16) 16 August 2004 (age 19) 3 0   Galatasaray
1GK Mehmet Erdoğan (2004-07-04) 4 July 2004 (age 19) 2 0   Konyaspor
1GK Göktuğ Baytekin (2004-11-20) 20 November 2004 (age 19) 1 0   Beşiktaş
1GK Emre Bilgin (2004-02-26) 26 February 2004 (age 20) 1 0   Beşiktaş

2DF Ayberk Karapo (2004-07-21) 21 July 2004 (age 19) 5 1   Manisa
2DF Muhlis Dağaşan (2004-08-09) 9 August 2004 (age 19) 3 0   PSV Eindhoven
2DF Ali Şahin Yılmaz (2004-01-01) 1 January 2004 (age 20) 3 0   Trabzonspor
2DF Ayberk Kaygısız (2004-08-11) 11 August 2004 (age 19) 2 1   İstanbul Başakşehir
2DF İlker Akar (2004-10-07) 7 October 2004 (age 19) 2 0   Altınordu
2DF Umut Erdem (2004-02-05) 5 February 2004 (age 20) 2 0   Manisa
2DF Aytuğ Batur Kömeç (2004-10-05) 5 October 2004 (age 19) 2 0   Beşiktaş
2DF Efe Sarıkaya (2005-11-30) 30 November 2005 (age 18) 1 0   Altay

3MF Emre Demir (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 20) 9 0   Samsunspor
3MF Burak İnce (2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 (age 20) 6 3   Arminia Bielefeld
3MF Sami Satılmış (2004-06-16) 16 June 2004 (age 19) 4 1   Altınordu
3MF Hamza Akman (2004-09-27) 27 September 2004 (age 19) 3 2   Galatasaray
3MF Fırat Sarı (2004-08-10) 10 August 2004 (age 19) 2 0   Turgutluspor
3MF Mustafa Alptekin Çaylı (2004-10-22) 22 October 2004 (age 19) 1 0   Kastamonuspor
3MF Devran Șenyurt (2004-08-22) 22 August 2004 (age 19) 1 0   Adanaspor
3MF Teoman Gündüz (2004-06-07) 7 June 2004 (age 19) 0 0   Hertha BSC
3MF Ege Tıknaz (2004-08-17) 17 August 2004 (age 19) 0 0   Beşiktaş

4FW Mehmet Ali Büyüksayar (2004-05-08) 8 May 2004 (age 19) 5 0   Konyaspor
4FW Başar Önal (2004-07-06) 6 July 2004 (age 19) 3 1   De Graafschap
4FW Eren Kaya (2004-03-27) 27 March 2004 (age 20) 2 0   Sivasspor
4FW Semih Kılıçsoy (2005-08-15) 15 August 2005 (age 18) 1 1   Beşiktaş
4FW Mert Bulut (2004-11-06) 6 November 2004 (age 19) 0 0   De Graafschap
4FW Caner Doğan (2004-02-23) 23 February 2004 (age 20) 0 0   Galatasaray
4FW Talha Sarıarslan (2004-01-18) 18 January 2004 (age 20) 0 0   Kayserispor

Recent call-ups edit

The following players have also been called up to the Turkey under-19 squad and remain eligible:

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Kaan Çinkaya (2004-01-06) 6 January 2004 (age 20) 0 0   MKE Ankaragücü v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022

DF Yaşar Kavas (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 20) 1 0   Konyaspor v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
DF Emir Tintiş (2004-01-12) 12 January 2004 (age 20) 1 0   Fatih Karagümrük v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
DF Bartu Kırtaş (2004-01-29) 29 January 2004 (age 20) 0 0   İstanbulspor v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
DF Emir Ortakaya (2004-06-22) 22 June 2004 (age 19) 0 0   Göztepe v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022

MF Bora Aydınlık (2005-05-09) 9 May 2005 (age 18) 1 0   Fenerbahçe v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
MF Diren Dağdeviren (2005-03-08) 8 March 2005 (age 19) 1 0   TSG 1899 Hoffenheim v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
MF Yiğit Kerem (2004-11-25) 25 November 2004 (age 19) 1 0   Bergama Belediyespor v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
MF Furkan Yöntem (2005-05-11) 11 May 2005 (age 18) 1 0   Altınordu v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
MF Atakan Dama (2004-03-01) 1 March 2004 (age 20) 0 0   Ankara Demirspor v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
MF Tugay Güner (2004-05-19) 19 May 2004 (age 19) 0 0   Altınordu v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
MF Emirhan İlkhan (2004-06-01) 1 June 2004 (age 19) 0 0   Torino v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
MF Mustafa Pınarcı (2004-06-01) 1 June 2004 (age 19) 0 0   Trabzonspor v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
MF Adem Metin Türk (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 20) 0 0   Arnavutköy Belediyesi Gençlik ve Spor v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022

FW Habib Biçer (2004-02-02) 2 February 2004 (age 20) 0 0   Sapanca Gençlikspor v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
FW Ahmet Karademir (2004-04-02) 2 April 2004 (age 19) 0 0   Konyaspor v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "U19 Milli Takımımız Elit Tur Hazırlıklarının İstanbul Etabını Tamamladı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.