Turkey national under-19 football team
| Association | Turkish Football Federation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Şenol Ustaömer | ||
| |||
| First international | |||
 Turkey 2–0 Slovakia  25 April 1999 | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Turkey 10–0 San Marino  Belgium, 10 October 2004 | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Portugal 6–1 Turkey Tbilisi, 29 May 2015 | |||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 7 (first in 2004) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up: 2004 | ||
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.
Competitive record[edit]
UEFA European U-19 Championship record*[edit]
| Edition | Round | MP | W | D** | L | GF | GA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2002 |
Qualifying round | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
 2003 |
First qualifying round | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
 2004 |
Runner-upQ | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |
 2005 |
Qualifying round | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
 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 |
To be determined | |||||||
- *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.
Recent results[edit]
| 21 March 2018 Elite round | Turkey | 2–0 | Austria | Silkeborg Stadium, Silkeborg |
| 15:00 CET | Muhayer Oktay  60', 83' |
Report | Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain) |
| 24 March 2018 Elite round | Denmark  | 1-1 | Turkey | Silkeborg Stadium, Silkeborg |
| 17:00 CET | Jens Odgaard 77' |
Report | Muhayer Oktay 41' |
Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland) |
| 27 March 2018 Elite round | Bosnia and Herzegovina  | 1-2 | Turkey | Vorup Stadion, Randers |
| 13:00 CET | Enio Zilić 34' |
Report | Güven Yalçın 11' Muhayer Oktay 44' |
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain) |
| 5 July 2018 Friendly | Finland | 2-0 | Turkey | OmaSP Stadion, Seinäjoki |
| 15:00 CET | Eetu Vertainen 19', 45' |
Referee: Mohammed Al-Emara (Finland) |
| 17 July 2018 Under-19 Euro 2018 | Turkey | 2-3 |  England | OmaSP Stadion, Seinäjoki |
| 18:30 UTC+3 | Güven Yalçın 2' Metehan Güçlü 57' |
Report | Japhet Tanganga 22' Ben Brereton 45+2'Elliot Embleton 54' |
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland) |
| 20 July 2018 Under-19 Euro 2018 | Turkey | 0-5 | France | Hietalahti Stadium, Vaasa |
| 20:30 UTC+3 | Report | Guitane 2' Gouiri 22', 33'Diaby 58'Cuisance 90+2' (pen.) |
Referee: Juan Martinez Munuera (Spain) |
| 23 July 2018 Under-19 Euro 2018 | Ukraine | 1-0 | Turkey | OmaSP Stadion, Seinäjoki |
| 18:30 UTC+3 | Buletsa 8' |
Report | Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium) |
| 14 November 2018 Qualifying round | Iceland  | 2-1 | Turkey | Arslan Zeki Demirci 1, Manavgat |
| Willumson 39' Guðjohnsen 84' |
Report | Akgün 90+3' |
Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia) |
| 17 November 2018 Qualifying round | Turkey | 3-0 |  Moldova | Arslan Zeki Demirci 1, Manavgat |
| Uzun 6' Taşkın 49'Akyüz 74' |
Report | Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden) |
| 20 November 2018 Qualifying round | Turkey | 1-0 | England | Arslan Zeki Demirci 1, Manavgat |
| Takır 72' |
Report | Referee: Fabio Verissimo (Portugal) |
Current squad[edit]
The following players were called up to participate in 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification against Iceland, Moldova and England in 14-17-20 November 2018 respectively.[1]
See also[edit]
- Turkey national football team
- Turkey national under-21 football team
- Turkey national under-20 football team
- Turkey national under-17 football team
References[edit]
- ^ "U19 Milli Takımı'nın Avrupa Şampiyonası Eleme Turu aday kadrosu açıklandı". TFF (in Turkish).
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