Turkey national under-17 football team

Turkey Under-17
Association	Turkish Football Federation
Head coach	Hakan Tecimer
First colours	Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2005)
Best result	Fourth place: 2005
European Championship
Appearances	7 (first in 2004)
Best result	Champions: 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
2002	Qualifying round	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003	Qualifying round	–	–	–	–	–	–
2004	Group stage	3	1	0	2	6	5
2005	Champions^Q	5	4	0	1	13	5
2006	Elite round	3	0	1	2	1	3
2007	Elite round	3	1	0	2	3	2
2008	Semi-finals	4	2	2	1	5	1
2009	Group stage^Q	3	1	0	2	3	5
2010	Semi-finals	3	0	2	1	2	4
2011	Elite round	3	1	1	1	4	5
2012	Elite round	3	0	0	3	0	9
2013	Qualifying round	3	1	0	2	8	8
2014	Group stage	3	1	0	2	7	7
2015	Qualifying round	3	0	0	3	3	10
2016	Elite round	3	1	0	2	4	7
2017	Semi-finals^Q	5	3	0	2	10	7
2018	Elite round	3	1	0	2	3	4
2019	Did not qualify
2020	To be played

*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
1985	Did Not Qualify
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Fourth place	6	4	0	2	16	9
2007	Did Not Qualify
2009	Quarter finals	5	3	2	0	9	3
2011	Did Not Qualify
2013
2015
2017	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	7
2019	Did not qualify
2021	To be determined

Notes:

The first three tournaments (1985-1989) were referred to as the FIFA U-16 World Championships.
Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.

Individual awards

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

Year	Golden Player Award
2005	Nuri Şahin

Year	Top Goalscorer
2005	Tevfik Kose

Recent results

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)

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)

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)

13 October 2017 Euro 2018 Qualifiers	Israel	1–0	Turkey	Svitavský stadion, Svitavy
15:00	Ovadia 8'	Report		Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Bulgaria)

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)

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)

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)

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)

13 March 2018 Elite Round	Turkey	0–2	Netherlands	Sportpark Parkzicht, Uden
19:00		Report	Llansana 51' Ihattaren 71'	Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

Current squad

As of 16 September 2017^[update]^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Berke Özer	(2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 (age 24)	Altınordu
12	1GK	Eren Bilen	(2000-12-02) 2 December 2000 (age 23)	Göztepe
21	1GK	Ozan Oruç	(2000-05-26) 26 May 2000 (age 24)	Altınordu

2	2DF	Emirhan Civelek	(2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 24)	Galatasaray
3	2DF	Melih Gökcimen	(2000-04-24) 24 April 2000 (age 24)	Galatasaray
4	2DF	Sahan Akyüz	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24)	Altınordu
5	2DF	Ozan Kabak	(2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 24)	Galatasaray
13	2DF	İsmail Çokçalış	(2000-06-21) 21 June 2000 (age 23)	Bursaspor
18	2DF	Abdussamed Karnuçu	(2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 24)	Galatasaray
19	2DF	Berk Çetin	(2000-02-02) 2 February 2000 (age 24)	Borussia Mönchengladbach

6	3MF	Sefa Akgün	(2000-06-30) 30 June 2000 (age 23)	Trabzonspor
8	3MF	Kerem Kesgin	(2000-11-05) 5 November 2000 (age 23)	Bucaspor
10	3MF	Atalay Babacan	(2000-06-28) 28 June 2000 (age 23)	Galatasaray
11	3MF	Recep Gül	(2000-11-05) 5 November 2000 (age 23)	Galatasaray
14	3MF	Umut Güneş	(2000-03-16) 16 March 2000 (age 24)	VfB Stuttgart
16	3MF	Sezer Taşkolu	(2000-05-16) 16 May 2000 (age 24)	Göztepe
17	3MF	Egehan Gök	(2000-02-27) 27 February 2000 (age 24)	Altınordu

7	4FW	Ahmed Kutucu	(2000-03-01) 1 March 2000 (age 24)	Schalke 04
9	4FW	Malik Karaahmet	(2000-01-18) 18 January 2000 (age 24)	Karlsruher SC
15	4FW	Yunus Akgün	(2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 23)	Galatasaray
20	4FW	Embiya Ayyıldız	(2000-07-05) 5 July 2000 (age 23)	Altınordu

Past squads

UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship squads

FIFA U-17 World Cup squads

References

^ "U17 Milli Takımı, Dünya Kupası hazırlıklarına başladı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2017-09-16.

[1] "U17 Milli Takımı, Dünya Kupası hazırlıklarına başladı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2017-09-16.

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