Turkey national under-20 football team

Turkey Under-20
Association Turkish Football Federation
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Feyyaz Uçar
FIFA code TUR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances 3 (First in 1993)
Best result Round of 16, 2005, 2013

The Turkey national under-20 football team is the national under-20 football team of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. The team competes in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every two years. To qualify for this tournament (which is held in odd years), the team must finish in the top six of the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship from the previous year (unless acting as host).

Competitive record

FIFA World Youth Championship/U-20 World Cup Record

Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
Tunisia 1977Did Not Qualify
Japan 1979
Australia 1981
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987
Saudi Arabia 1989
Portugal 1991
Australia 1993Group stage301218
Qatar 1995Did Not Qualify
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001
United Arab Emirates 2003
Netherlands 2005Round of 16411247
Canada 2007Did Not Qualify
Egypt 2009
Colombia 2011
Turkey 2013Round of 16420266
New Zealand 2015 Did Not Qualify
Total3/20113261121
*Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

1993 FIFA World Youth Championship

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 England 5321031+2
 United States 3311183+5
 South Korea 33030440
 Turkey 13012187

7 March 1993
18:15
South Korea  11  England
Watson 32' (o.g.) (Report) Pearce 82'
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 15,732
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

7 March 1993
20:30
Turkey  06  United States
(Report) Baba 22'
Joseph 26', 72'
Faklaris 28', 46', 90'
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 15,732
Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)

9 March 1993
18:15
England  10  United States
Bart-Williams 69' (Report)

9 March 1993
20:30
South Korea  11  Turkey
Cho 48' (Report) Reçber 85'
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 9,274
Referee: Dodji Mawuk Hounnake Kouassi (Togo)

11 March 1993
18:15
England  10  Turkey
Joachim 12' (Report)
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 12,972
Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)

11 March 1993
20:30
South Korea  22  United States
Lee 39', 52' (Report) Kelly 37'
Zavagnin 78'
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 12,972
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 China PR 9330094+5
 Ukraine 4311176+1
 Turkey 43111440
 Panama 0300328−6

11 June 2005
17:30
Turkey  1–2  China PR
Gökhan  84' (Report) Tan Wangsong  22'
Zhao Xuri  90+5'
Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

11 June 2005
20:30
Ukraine  3–1  Panama
Aliev  20' (pen.), 22'
Feschuk  32'
(Report) Arzhanov  26' (o.g.)
Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

14 June 2005
17:30
China PR  3–2  Ukraine
Zhu Ting  31'
Chen Tao  66' (pen.)
Cui Peng  75'
(Report) Vorobei  19'
Aliev  70' (pen.)
Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)

15 June 2005
20:30
Panama  0–1  Turkey
(Report) Gökhan  24'
Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

17 June 2005
20:30
Turkey  2–2  Ukraine
Sezer  8' (pen.), 53' (Report) Aliev  5', 19'

17 June 2005
20:30
China PR  4–1  Panama
Zhou Haibin  6'
Gao Lin  40'
Hao Junmin  51'
Lu Lin  78'
(Report) Venegas  37'
Galgenwaard Stadion, Utrecht
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

Current squad


# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Aykut Özer 1 January 1993 (aged 20) 6 0 Turkey Karabükspor
12 GK Muhammed Alperen Uysal 1 January 1994 (aged 19) 9 0 Turkey Galatasaray*
18 GK Onurcan Piri 28 September 1994 (aged 18) 0 0 Turkey Giresunspor*
5 DF Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık 26 February 1994 (aged 19) 6 0 Turkey Gençlerbirliği
17 DF Ethem Ercan Pülgir 2 April 1993 (aged 20) 6 1 Turkey Bursaspor
20 DF Fatih Nurullah Turan 5 April 1993 (aged 20) 3 0 Netherlands Fortuna Sittard
4 DF Hakan Çinemre 13 February 1994 (aged 19) 1 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe*
3 DF İlkay Durmuş 1 May 1994 (aged 19) 10 0 Turkey Gençlerbirliği*
2 DF Sadık Çiftpınar 1 January 1993 (aged 20) 8 1 Turkey Galatasaray*
16 MF Alpaslan Öztürk 16 July 1993 (aged 19) 4 1 Turkey Kasımpaşa
15 MF Cumali Bişi 15 June 1993 (aged 20) 6 0 Turkey Çaykur Rizespor
13 MF Enver Cenk Şahin 22 September 1994 (aged 18) 10 4 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir
10 MF Hakan Çalhanoğlu 8 February 1994 (aged 19) 6 0 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
11 MF Halil Akbunar 9 November 1993 (aged 19) 8 2 Turkey Göztepe
21 MF Kerim Frei 19 November 1993 (aged 19) 2 0 Turkey Beşiktaş
8 MF Okay Yokuşlu 9 March 1994 (aged 19) 8 0 Turkey Kayserispor
6 MF Salih Uçan 6 January 1994 (aged 19) 8 1 Italy Roma
7 MF Taşkın Çalış 25 July 1993 (aged 19) 7 2 Turkey Gaziantepspor
9 FW Artun Akçakın 6 May 1993 (aged 20) 7 1 Turkey Gençlerbirliği
19 FW İbrahim Yılmaz 6 February 1994 (aged 19) 7 3 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir
14 FW Sinan Bakış 22 April 1994 (aged 19) 1 0 Turkey Kayserispor

Past squads

FIFA World Youth Championship/U-20 World Cup squads

See also

References