Turkey national under-21 football team

Turkey Under-21
Nickname(s)	Ümit Milli
Association	Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu (TFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Tolunay Kafkas
Captain	Rıdvan 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
Appearances	1 (first in 2000)
Best result	Groupstage

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
1994
1996
1998
2000	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	11
2002	Did not qualify
2004
2006
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023

*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	Dervişoğlu 90+2'	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)	Dervişoğlu 64', 81', 90+2'	Report	Arase 36' Wolf 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)	Dervişoğlu 21' Yalçın 32' (pen.) Özdemir 64'	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)	Mitrović 7' Marin 41', 66' Bulat 43'		Yılmaz 84'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Referee: Ante Čuljak (Croatia)

30 March International friendly	Turkey	0–1	Serbia	Alanya, Turkey
18:00 (19:00 TRT)			Marković 39'	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	Openda 31', 82' Vertessen 90+2'	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)	Destan 75'	Report	Middleton 9'	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)			Destan 27'	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 were called up for the friendly matches.^[1]
Match dates: 17 and 21 November 2022
Opposition: Austria and Poland
Caps and goals correct as of: 27 September 2022, after the match against Georgia.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Emre Bilgin	(2004-02-26) 26 February 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Beşiktaş
1GK	Osman Ertuğrul Çetin	(2003-04-21) 21 April 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Fenerbahçe
1GK	Jankat Yılmaz	(2004-08-16) 16 August 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Galatasaray

2DF	Taha Altıkardeş	(2003-08-22) 22 August 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Trabzonspor
2DF	Metehan Baltacı	(2002-11-03) 3 November 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Galatasaray
2DF	Ali Barak	(2003-02-26) 26 February 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Roda JC
2DF	Emin Bayram	(2003-04-02) 2 April 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Galatasaray
2DF	Yunus Emre Çift	(2003-09-01) 1 September 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Samsunspor
2DF	Kazımcan Karataş	(2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Galatasaray
2DF	Efecan Mızrakçı	(2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Fatih Karagümrük
2DF	Serdar Saatçı	(2003-02-14) 14 February 2003 (age 21)	6	0	Braga
2DF	Ravil Tagir	(2003-05-06) 6 May 2003 (age 21)	11	0	Westerlo
2DF	Seyhan Yiğit	(2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Nürnberg

3MF	Göktan Gürpüz	(2003-01-22) 22 January 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Borussia Dortmund
3MF	Cem Türkmen	(2002-03-29) 29 March 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Austria Lustenau
3MF	Berkay Vardar	(2003-01-14) 14 January 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Beşiktaş
3MF	Hakan Yeşil	(2002-01-01) 1 January 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Adanaspor
3MF	Kenan Yıldız	(2005-05-04) 4 May 2005 (age 19)	1	0	Juventus

4FW	Yusuf Barası	(2003-03-31) 31 March 2003 (age 21)	6	0	AZ
4FW	Tiago Çukur	(2002-11-30) 30 November 2002 (age 21)	5	0	FCV Dender EH
4FW	Enis Destan	(2002-06-15) 15 June 2002 (age 21)	10	2	Warta Poznań
4FW	Emrehan Gedikli	(2003-04-25) 25 April 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Trabzonspor
4FW	Doğuhan Aral Şimşir	(2002-06-19) 19 June 2002 (age 21)	3	0	Lillestrøm
4FW	Bertuğ Özgür Yıldırım	(2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 21)	3	1	Hatayspor

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	Emre Bilgin	(2004-02-26) 26 February 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Beşiktaş	v. Georgia, 27 Setember 2022
GK	Arda Özçimen	(2002-01-08) 8 January 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Göztepe	v. Georgia, 27 Setember 2022

DF	Ahmetcan Kaplan	(2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Ajax	v. Georgia, 27 Setember 2022
DF	Erdem Gökçe	(2003-08-20) 20 August 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Eyüpspor	v. Georgia, 27 Setember 2022
DF	Bünyamin Balcı	(2000-05-31) 31 May 2000 (age 24)	12	0	Antalyaspor	v. Denmark, 14 June 2022
DF	Furkan Bayır	(2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 24)	4	1	Alanyaspor	v. Denmark, 14 June 2022
DF	Emre Kaplan	(2001-01-12) 12 January 2001 (age 23)	2	0	Adanaspor	v. Denmark, 14 June 2022
DF	Emirhan Topçu	(2000-10-11) 11 October 2000 (age 23)	0	0	Çaykur Rizespor	v. Denmark, 14 June 2022

MF	Umut Güneş	(2000-03-16) 16 March 2000 (age 24)	9	0	Alanyaspor	v. Georgia, 27 Setember 2022
MF	Ali Kaan Güneren	(2000-04-08) 8 April 2000 (age 24)	7	0	Ankaragücü	v. Georgia, 27 Setember 2022
MF	Kartal Yılmaz	(2000-11-04) 4 November 2000 (age 23)	6	0	Ümraniyespor	v. Georgia, 27 Setember 2022
MF	Doğucan Haspolat	(2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 (age 24)	3	0	Kasımpaşa	v. Georgia, 27 Setember 2022
MF	Kerem Atakan Kesgin	(2000-11-05) 5 November 2000 (age 23)	3	0	Sivasspor	v. Georgia, 27 Setember 2022
MF	Burak İnce	(2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Arminia Bielefeld	v. Georgia, 27 Setember 2022
MF	Emirhan İlkhan	(2004-06-01) 1 June 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Beşiktaş	v. Georgia, 27 Setember 2022

FW	Ali Akman	(2002-04-18) 18 April 2002 (age 22)	9	0	NEC Nijmegen	v. Georgia, 27 Setember 2022
FW	Gökdeniz Bayrakdar	(2001-11-23) 23 November 2001 (age 22)	9	1	Antalyaspor	v. Georgia, 27 Setember 2022
FW	Barış Alper Yılmaz	(2000-05-23) 23 May 2000 (age 24)	7	1	Galatasaray	v. Georgia, 27 Setember 2022
FW	Oğuz Aydın	(2000-10-27) 27 October 2000 (age 23)	1	0	Alanyaspor	v. Georgia, 27 Setember 2022
FW	Polat Yaldır	(2003-05-17) 17 May 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Samsunspor	v. Georgia, 27 Setember 2022

^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

1957-1959: Şeref Görkey
1960-1962: Şeref Görkey
1976-1977: Candan Tarhan
1981-1982: Şeref Görkey
1984-1984: Yılmaz Gökdel
1990-1993: Fatih Terim
1993-1996: Erdoğan Arıca
1996-1998: Rıza Çalımbay
1998-2005: Raşit Çetiner
2005-2006: Reha Kapsal
2006-2006: Tolunay Kafkas
2006-2007: Ünal Karaman
2007-2008: Ümit Davala
2008-2010: Hami Mandıralı
2010-2012: Raşit Çetiner
2013-2018: Abdullah Ercan
2018-2018: Alpay Özalan
2018-2020: Vedat İnceefe
2020-present: Tolunay Kafkas

Notes

References

^ "Ümit Milli Takımımız, Avusturya karşısında" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.

External links

Turkish Football Federation Site

[1] "Ümit Milli Takımımız, Avusturya karşısında" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.

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