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
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 62 Steady (25 September 2015)
Highest 57 (June 2009)
Lowest 72 (December 2006)
First international
Turkey Turkey 0–8 Romania Romania
(Istanbul, Turkey; September 8, 1995)
Biggest win
Turkey Turkey 9–0 Georgia Georgia (country)
(Adana, Turkey; November 23, 2006)
Biggest defeat
TurkeyTurkey 1–12 Germany 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
 Turkey Sep 17, 2015  Croatia L 1-4 Uraz
 Hungary Oct 21, 2015  Hungary L 0-1
 Germany Oct 25, 2015  Germany L 0-7
 Turkey Nov 25, 2015  Russia D 0-0
 Croatia Nov 30, 2015  Croatia L 0-3
 Turkey Apr 8, 2016  Germany
 Russia Jun 2, 2016  Russia
 Turkey Jun 6, 2016  Hungary

Players

Current squad

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

As of 30 November 2015[2]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Ezgi Çağlar (1991-07-03) July 3, 1991 18 0 Turkey Kireçburnu Spor
12 1GK Selda Akgöz (1993-06-09) June 9, 1993 2 0 Turkey Trabzon İdmanocağı

2 2DF Berna Yeniçeri (1996-01-26) January 26, 1996 10 0 Turkey Konak Belediyespor
3 2DF Didem Karagenç (1993-10-16) October 16, 1993 34 0 Turkey Beşiktaş J.K.
4 2DF Esra Sibel Tezkan (1993-02-23) February 23, 1993 4 0 Germany 1. FFC Bergisch Gladbach 2009
5 2DF Çiğdem Belci (1987-06-17) June 17, 1987 41 0 Turkey Kireçburnu Spor
6 2DF Emine Demir (1993-11-11) November 11, 1993 3 Turkey Trabzon İdmanocağı
9 2DF Esra Erol (Captain) (1985-11-06) November 6, 1985 48 9 Turkey Kireçburnu Spor
15 2DF Sevinç Çorlu (1990-12-03) December 3, 1990 8 0 Turkey Ataşehir Belediyespor
17 2DF İpek Kaya (1994-10-28) October 28, 1994 9 0 France ASJ Soyaux-Charente
20 2DF Serra Çağan (1997-02-17) February 17, 1997 2 0 Turkey 1207 Antalyaspor

11 3MF Yağmur Uraz (1990-02-19) February 19, 1990 30 19 Turkey Kireçburnu Spor
14 3MF Gülbin Hız (1994-06-11) June 11, 1994 11 1 Turkey Konak Belediyespor
19 3MF Dilara Türk (1996-07-30) July 30, 1996 5 0 Germany 1. FC Lübars

7 4FW Arzu Karabulut (1991-01-30) January 30, 1991 19 3 Turkey Trabzon İdmanocağı
8 4FW Çağla Korkmaz (1990-11-14) November 14, 1990 8 0 Germany 1. FC Lübars
10 4FW Melike Pekel (1995-04-14) April 14, 1995 6 0 Germany FC Bayern München
16 4FW Ebru Topçu (1988-04-18) April 18, 1988 19 4 Turkey Konak Belediyespor

Notable former players

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 Okyar2014
Talat Tuncel2014–

Statistics

World Cup

World Cup Finals
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991 Did Not Participate
Sweden 1995 Did Not Participate
United States 1999 Did Not Qualify 6 1 2 3 6 15 -9
United States 2003 Did Not Qualify 8 1 0 7 10 27 -17
China 2007 Did Not Participate
Germany 2011 Did Not Qualify 8 2 1 5 10 23 −13
Canada 2015 Did Not Qualify10 4 0 6 12 31 −19
Total0/7 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
Norway 1987 Did Not Participate
West Germany 1989 Did Not Participate
Denmark 1991 Did Not Participate
Italy 1993 Did Not Participate
Germany 1995 Did Not Participate
Norway Sweden 1997 Did Not Qualify 6 0 0 6 1 21 -20
Germany 2001 Did Not Qualify 6 2 1 3 13 20 -7
England 2005 Did Not Participate
Finland 2009 Did Not Qualify 3 2 0 1 11 2 +9
Sweden 2013 Did Not Qualify 10 0 1 9 4 48 −44
Netherlands 2017
Total0/1125 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 30 November 2015

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Bilgin Defterli 1999–2014 52 17
2 Esra Erol 2001–2015 48 9
3 Çiğdem Belci 2006–2015 41 0
4 Melahat Eryurt 1995–2002 39 18
5 Cansu Yağ 2006–2013 34 4
6 Didem Karagenç 2011–2015 34 0
7 Ayşe Kuru 1995–2001 30 0
8 Seyhan Gündüz 1997–2002 30 12
9 Ayfer Topluoğlu 1995–2002 30 0
10 Yağmur Uraz 2006–2015 30 19

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 30 November 2015

# Name Career Goals Caps Rate
1 Yağmur Uraz 2006–2015 19 30 0.63
2 Melahat Eryurt 1995–2002 18 39 0.46
3 Bilgin Defterli 1999–2014 17 52 0.33
4 Seyhan Gündüz 1997–2002 12 30 0.40
5 Reyhan Şeker 2006–2013 10 21 0.48
6 Esra Erol 2001–2015 9 49 0.18
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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Kadın Futbolu" (in Turkish). TFF. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  2. "Women's A National Team beat Belarus: 3-0". Turkish Football Federation. 2014-09-17. Retrieved 2014-09-27.
  3. 1 2 "Türkiye Kadın A Milli" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-06-06.

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