Turkey national under-21 football team

Turkey Under-21
Nickname(s) Ümit Milli
Association Turkish Football Federation
Head coach Tolunay Kafkas
Captain Emre Çolak
Most caps Semih Şentürk (83)
Top scorer Semih Şentürk (42)
First colours
Second colours
First international
Turkey Turkey U-21 3-1 Egypt U-21 Egypt
(Ankara; October 28, 1950)
Biggest win
Turkey Turkey U-21 5-0 Austria U-21 Austria
(Istanbul; November 15, 1983)
Biggest defeat
Turkey Turkey U-21 0-7 Germany U-21 Germany
(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
France 1994
Spain 1996
Romania 1998
Slovakia 2000 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 11
Switzerland 2002 Did Not Qualify
Germany 2004
Portugal 2006
Netherlands 2007
Sweden 2009
Denmark 2011
Israel 2013
Czech Republic 2015 To be played
*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.

Current squad

The following squad was named for the friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina at on March 31, 2015.[1]

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
GK Okan Kocuk 27 July 1995 3 0 Turkey Bursaspor
GK Muhammet Alperen Uysal 1 January 1994 3 0 Turkey Galatasaray
DF Hakan Çinemre 13 February 1994 2 0 Turkey Adana Demirspor (on loan from Fenerbahçe)
DF Emre Uğur Uruç 10 April 1994 2 0 Turkey Adanaspor
DF Batuhan İşçiler 10 March 1995 3 0 Turkey Bucaspor
DF Ümit Karaal 15 August 1995 2 0 Turkey Elazığspor (on loan from Beşiktaş)
DF Emre Can Coşkun 7 June 1994 3 0 Turkey Denizlispor (on loan from Galatasaray)
DF Özgür Özdemir 10 January 1995 3 0 Germany FC Nurnberg
MF Bilal Başaçıkoğlu 26 March 1995 4 0 Netherlands Feyenoord
MF İrfan Kahveci 15 July 1995 3 0 Turkey Gençlerbirliği
MF Enver Cenk Şahin 22 September 1994 6 0 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.
MF Okay Yokuşlu 9 March 1994 13 0 Turkey Kayserispor
MF Hakan Barış 19 January 1994 2 0 Turkey Manisaspor
MF Gökhan Sazdağı 20 September 1994 3 0 Turkey Manisaspor (on loan from Fenerbahçe)
MF Kubilay Sönmez 17 June 1994 3 0 Turkey Şanlıurfaspor
FW Berat Tosun 1 January 1994 3 0 Turkey Gençlerbirliği
FW Atabey Çiçek 24 July 1995 2 2 Turkey Hacettepe S.K. (on loan from Gençlerbirliği

Former squads

Former players

Former Coaches

See also

References

External links