Turkey women's national football team

Turkey

Nickname(s)

Crescent Stars (Ay-Yıldızlılar)

Association

Turkish Football Federation

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Suat Okyar

Captain

Bilgin Defterli

Most caps

Bilgin Defterli (52)

Top scorer

Melahat Eryurt (18)

FIFA code

TUR

FIFA ranking

4 (27 March 2015)

Highest FIFA ranking

57 (June 2009)

Lowest FIFA ranking

72 (December 2006)

First colours

Second colours

First international

Turkey 0–8 Romania

(Istanbul, Turkey; September 8, 1995)

Biggest win

Turkey 9–0 Georgia

(Adana, Turkey; November 23, 2006)

Biggest defeat

Turkey 1–12 Germany

(Istanbul, Turkey; February 14, 1999)

Turkey women's national football team in the home match against Belarus on September 17, 2014: Çağlar (12), Uraz (11), Erol (17), Göksu (4), Elgalp (18), Defterli (9), Karabulut (7), Belci (5), Karagenç (3), Çorlu (2), Kara (10).

Turkey attacking Belarus with Bilgin Defterli on September 17, 2014.

The Turkey women's national football team represents Turkey in international women's football. The team was established in 1995, and compete in the qualification for UEFA Women's Championship and the UEFA qualifying of FIFA Women's World Cup.

The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) is the sports organizing body responsible for forming the women's teams in four age categories as the women's national A team, the women's U-19 national team, the girls' U-17 national team and the girls' U-15 national team.^[1] The women's U-19 national team was formed firstly in 2001, and participate at qualifications for the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. The girls' U-17 national team was founded in 2006. They play in the qualifications of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. Established in 2009 with the main objective to develop players for future, the girls' U-15 national team take part at the Youth Olympic Games and various tournaments.^[1]

Recent schedule and results

Official competitions

Friendly matches are not included.

Host	Date	Opponent	Result	Scorers
UEFA Euro 2013 qualifying - Group 2
Turkey	Sep 17, 2011	Spain	L 1-10	Güngör
Kazakhstan	Sep 22, 2011	Kazakhstan	L 0-2
Turkey	Oct 22, 2011	Kazakhstan	D 0-0
Romania	Oct 27, 2011	Romania	L 1-7	Defterli
Turkey	Nov 23, 2011	Romania	L 1-2	Ficzay (o.g)
Turkey	Feb 15, 2012	Germany	L 0-5
Switzerland	Mar 31, 2012	Switzerland	L 0-5
Spain	Jun 21, 2012	Spain	L 0-4	Kıraç (o.g.)
Turkey	Sep 15, 2012	Switzerland	L 1-3	Uraz
Germany	Sep 19, 2012	Germany	L 0-10
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) - Group 6
England	Sep 26, 2013	England	L 0-8
Turkey	Oct 31, 2013	England	L 0-4
Turkey	Nov 28, 2013	Montenegro	W 3-1	Çınar, Uraz, Topçu
Turkey	Feb 13, 2014	Ukraine	L 0-1
Turkey	Apr 4, 2014	Wales	L 1-5	Karabulut
Belarus	May 7, 2014	Belarus	W 2-1	Uraz, Kara
Wales	Jun 14, 2014	Wales	L 0-1
Montenegro	Jun 19, 2014	Montenegro	W 3-2	Duman, Uraz, Kara
Ukraine	Sep 13, 2014	Ukraine	L 0-8
Turkey	Sep 17, 2014	Belarus	W 3-0	Kara, Uraz (2)
UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying - Group 5
Germany	TBC	Germany
Russia	TBC	Russia
Hungary	TBC	Hungary
Turkey	TBC	Germany
Turkey	TBC	Russia
Turkey	TBC	Hungary
Turkey	TBC	Croatia
Croatia	TBC	Croatia

Players

Current squad

List contains caps and goals scored in the A-team only.

As of 26 February 2015^[2]

Head coach: Suat Okyar
Coach: Aytürk Kıyıcı
Goalkeeper coach: Yasin Cirav

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Fatma Şahin	(1990-12-15) December 15, 1990	13	0	Konak Belediyespor
12	1GK	Ezgi Çağlar	(1991-07-03) July 3, 1991	7	0	Ataşehir Belediyespor
23	1GK	Meryem Koç	(1985-09-17) September 17, 1985			Adana İdman Yurdu

2	2DF	Sevinç Çorlu	(1990-12-03) December 3, 1990	5	0	Ataşehir Belediyespor
3	2DF	Didem Karagenç	(1993-10-16) October 16, 1993	23	0	Konak Belediyespor
4	2DF	Yaşam Göksu	(1995-09-25) September 25, 1995	4	0	Konak Belediyespor
5	2DF	Çiğdem Belci	(1987-06-17) June 17, 1987	38	0	Ataşehir Belediyespor
13	2DF	Sibel Duman	(1990-02-23) February 23, 1990	12	1	Konak Belediyespor
17	2DF	Esra Erol	(1985-11-06) November 6, 1985	43	7	Konak Belediyespor

6	3MF	Ceren Nurlu	(1992-01-12) January 12, 1992	4	0	Konak Belediyespor
8	3MF	Emine Ecem Esen	(1994-05-03) May 3, 1994	10	0	Ataşehir Belediyespor
9	3MF	Bilgin Defterli (C)	(1980-11-01) November 1, 1980	52	17	Alemannia Aachen
10	3MF	Fatma Kara	(1991-06-15) June 15, 1991	27	4	Ataşehir Belediyespor
11	3MF	Yağmur Uraz	(1990-02-19) February 19, 1990	24	16	Konak Belediyespor
15	3MF	Elif Deniz	(1993-03-25) March 25, 1993	9	0	Trabzon İdmanocağı
16	3MF	Hanife Demiryol	(1992-09-19) September 19, 1992	4	0	Ataşehir Belediyespor
22	3MF	Büşra Ahlatcı	(1990-08-09) August 9, 1990	2	0	Ataşehir Belediyespor

7	4FW	Arzu Karabulut	(1991-01-30) January 30, 1991	14	3	Konak Belediyespor
14	4FW	Emine Gümüş	(1992-07-12) July 12, 1992	3	0	Adana İdmanyurduspor
18	4FW	Eylül Elgalp	(1991-01-09) January 9, 1991	26	2	Konak Belediyespor
19	4FW	Ebru Topçu	(1988-04-18) April 18, 1988	9	4	Konak Belediyespor

Notable former players

Büşra Ahlatcı (2012)
Hasret Altındere (1998–2002)
Nurhan Çakmak (1999–2000)
Sevgi Çınar (2013–2014)
Yeşim Demirel (2011–2012)
Burcu Düner (2007–2010)
Helga Nadire İnan Ertürk (2008–2010)
Melahat Eryurt (1995–2002)
Seyhan Gündüz (1997–2002)
Leyla Güngör (2010–2013)
Gamze İskeçeli (2001–2013)
Seval Kıraç (2006–2014)
Gülcan Koca (2010–2012)
Shirley Kocaçınar (2011)
Ceren Nurlu (2011–2014)
Hatice Bahar Özgüvenç (2001–2007)
Mevlüde Öztürk (2007–2009)
Reyhan Şeker (2006–2012)
Didem Taş (2011–2014)
Ebru Topçu (2013–2014)
Cansu Yağ (2006–2013)
Pınar Yalçın (2013–2014)
Aylin Yaren (2008)
Berna Yeniçeri (2014)

Managers

Manager	Years
Atılay Canel	2001-2002
Hamdi Aslan	2006-2010
Yücel Uyar	2011
Nur Mustafa Gülen	2011–2012
Ogün Temizkanoğlu	2012
Nur Mustafa Gülen	2013–2014
Suat Okyar	2014–present

Statistics

World Cup

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Participate
1995	Did Not Participate
1999	Did Not Qualify	6	1	2	3	6	15	-9
2003	Did Not Qualify	8	1	0	7	10	27	-17
2007	Did Not Participate
2011	Did Not Qualify	8	2	1	5	10	23	−13
2015	Did Not Qualify	10	4	0	6	12	31	−19
Total	0/7	32	8	3	21	38	96	-58

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

European Championship

UEFA Women's Championship
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1984	Did Not Participate
1987	Did Not Participate
1989	Did Not Participate
1991	Did Not Participate
1993	Did Not Participate
1995	Did Not Participate
1997	Did Not Qualify	6	0	0	6	1	21	-20
2001	Did Not Qualify	6	2	1	3	13	20	-7
2005	Did Not Participate
2009	Did Not Qualify	3	2	0	1	11	2	+9
2013	Did Not Qualify	10	0	1	9	4	48	−44
Total	0/11	25	4	2	19	29	91	-62

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Records

Most capped players

Players in bold are still active.^[3] As of 26 February 2015

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Bilgin Defterli	1999–2014	52	17
2	Esra Erol	2001–2015	43	7
3	Melahat Eryurt	1995–2002	39	18
4	Çiğdem Belci	2006–2015	38	0
5	Cansu Yağ	2006–2013	34	4
6	Ayşe Kuru	1995–2001	30	0
7	Seyhan Gündüz	1997–2002	30	12
8	Ayfer Topluoğlu	1995–2002	30	0
9	Feride Akgün	1995–2002	29	2
10	Reyhan Yüksekoğlu	1997–2002	29	2

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers with an equal number of goals are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone. Bold indicates still active players.^[3] As of 26 February 2015

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps	Rate
1	Melahat Eryurt	1995–2002	18	39	0.46
2	Bilgin Defterli	1999–2014	17	52	0.33
3	Yağmur Uraz	2006–2015	16	24	0.67
4	Seyhan Gündüz	1997–2002	12	30	0.40
5	Reyhan Şeker	2006–2013	10	21	0.48
6	Esra Erol	2001–2015	7	43	0.16
7	Nurhan Çakmak	1999–2000	4	6	0.67
8	Hatice Bahar Özgüvenç	2001–2007	4	10	0.40
9	Cansu Yağ	2006–2013	4	34	0.12
10	Fatma Kara	2009–2015	4	27	0.16

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kadın Futbolu" (in Turkish). TFF. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
↑ "Women's A National Team beat Belarus: 3-0". Turkish Football Federation. 2014-09-17. Retrieved 2014-09-27.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Türkiye Kadın A Milli" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-06-06.

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World Cup record	Summary 1954 2002

European Championship record	Summary 1996 2000 2008

Confederations Cup record	2003

Other tournaments	Summer Olympics

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National women's football teams of Europe (UEFA)

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Former nations: Czechoslovakia Soviet Union

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