Turkey national football B team

Turkey B

Nickname(s)	Ay Yıldızlar (The Crescent Stars)
Association	Turkish Football Federation
Head coach	Gökhan Keskin
Most caps	Tevfik Köse Ferhat Kiraz Kemal Tokak (8)
Top scorer	Veysel Sarı (4)
First colours Second colours
First international
Turkey A2 2 – 1 Germany B (Mönchengladbach, Germany; 6 September 2002)
Biggest win
Turkey A2 5 – 0 Estonia U23 (Adana, Turkey; 29 February 2012)
Biggest defeat
Denmark U/21 4 –0 Turkey A2 (Vejle, Denmark; 6 June 2011)

The Turkey national football B team, also known as the Turkey A2 national football team is a reserve team for the Turkey national football team. It features players from the A2 Ligi. The team played their first match in 2002 at the 2003 Future Cup. They have played 23 matches, winning eleven, drawing eight, and losing four.^[1] The team is currently coached by Gökhan Keskin.

History

The A2 team was seldom used from the foundation in 2002 until 2008.^[1]

When Guus Hiddink took over the senior squad, he re-introduced the reserve squad. The team came together for their first camp in Istanbul in November 2010. The team played their first matches against Belarus in February 2011.^[2]

The team participated in the 2012 Toulon Tournament from 23 May to 1 June.^[3] They finished in second place after losing the final to Mexico.^[4] They also won the 2011–13 International Challenge Trophy.

At the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games in Palembang, Indonesia, the team took the bronze medal defeating the squad of Saudi Arabia 2-1.^[5]

Results and statistics

Overall record as of September 29, 2013: 28 matches played, 13 wins, 10 draws, 5 losses.

Most appearances and goals

Appearances

Goals

Squads

Current squad

The squad as of September 11, 2013, which participated at the 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games in Palembang, Indonesia from September 22 to October 1, 2013.^[6]

Coach: Ersoy Sandalcı

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Cantuğ Temel	(1994-06-10) 10 June 1994			İstanbul Güngörenspor
	1GK	Göktuğ Yapıcı	(1992-03-16) 16 March 1992			Erdekspor
	1GK	Hayrullah Mert Akyüz	(1993-10-02) 2 October 1993			Payas Belediyespor
	2DF	Abdurrahman Ayhanoğlu	(1994-01-20) 20 January 1994			Denizlispor
	2DF	Ali Say	(1993-07-21) 21 July 1993			Karşıyaka S.K.
	2DF	Cebrail Karayel	(1994-08-15) 15 August 1994			Adliyespor
	2DF	Fatih Soyatık	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994			Denizlispor
	2DF	İbrahim Hırçın	(1992-10-20) 20 October 1992			Turgutluspor
	2DF	Mehmet Taşçı	(1992-02-04) 4 February 1992			MKE Ankaragücü
	2DF	Orkun Dervişler	(1991-08-07) 7 August 1991			Beylerbeyi S.K.
	2DF	Rasimcan Değirmenci	(1992-09-15) 15 September 1992			Ofspor
	2DF	Uğur Balkanlı	(1992-02-20) 20 February 1992			Ramispor
	3MF	Ahmet Güney	(1993-06-27) 27 June 1993			Sivasspor
	3MF	Emre Akbaba	(1992-10-04) 4 October 1992			Alanyaspor
	3MF	Erdi Güncan	(1994-06-15) 15 June 1994			İstanbulspor A.Ş.
	3MF	Halil İbrahim Tuna	(1993-04-09) 9 April 1993			Altınordu S.K.
	3MF	Okan Baydemir	(1990-03-26) 26 March 1990			Tuzlaspor
	3MF	Ömerül Faruk İşler	(1994-06-01) 1 June 1994			Ümraniyespor
	3MF	Ozan Arif Önal	(1993-12-17) 17 December 1993			Erzurum BB Spor
	3MF	Samet Katanalp	(1992-02-25) 25 February 1992			Bugsaşspor
	4FW	Ahmet Dereli	(1992-10-22) 22 October 1992			Adanaspor
	4FW	Melih Rahman Nişancı	(1994-08-09) 9 August 1994			Sarıyerspor
	4FW	Oğuzhan Durmuş Çeşmeli	(1993-01-21) 21 January 1993			Batman Petrolspor
	4FW	Yakup Alkan	(1992-03-03) 3 March 1992			Tuzlaspor

Honours

• International Challenge Trophy: 2011-13

References