Turkey national under-19 football team

The Turkey national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, held every year. The Under-19 UEFA tournament originally began as the FIFA Junior Tournament between 1948 and 1954. It has since been renamed a number of times, most notably referred to as the UEFA European U-18 Championship between 1981 and 2001. The tournament was renamed as the UEFA European U-19 Championship in 2002, but importantly the overall statistics are collated from 1948. In addition, every even year, the top five teams from the respective UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship compete in the FIFA U-20 World Cup the following year.

Turkey Under-19s
AssociationTurkish Football Federation
Head coachŞenol Ustaömer
First colours
Second colours
First international
Turkey 2–0 Slovakia
25 April 1999
Biggest win
Turkey 10–0 San Marino
Belgium, 10 October 2004
Biggest defeat
Portugal 6–1 Turkey
Tbilisi, 29 May 2015
European Championship
Appearances7 (first in 2004)
Best resultRunners-up: 2004

Competitive record

UEFA European U-19 Championship record*
EditionRoundMPWD**LGFGA
2002Qualifying round––––––
2003First qualifying round––––––
2004Runner-upQ52121010
2005Qualifying round––––––
2006Group stage3012912
2007Elite round311133
2008Elite round310227
2009Group stage301224
2010Elite round320164
2011Group stage311143
2012Elite round310266
2013Group stage310266
2014Elite round321075
2015Elite round3003213
2016Elite round321073
2017Elite round311122
2018Group stage300329
2019Elite round301238
2020Cancelled
2021Cancelled
2022To be determined
*The tournament originally began in 1948 and has had a number of different names. The tournament was renamed as the UEFA European U-19 Championship in 2002, but importantly the overall statistics are collated from 1948.
**Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.
***Silver background colour indicates that Turkey finished as runner-up.
Q - Denotes qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup held the following year.

Individual awards

In addition to team victories, Turkish players have won individual awards at UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.

Year Top Goalscorer
2004* Ali Öztürk
2006* İlhan Parlak
*Award was shared with other players.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Main article: 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Qualifiers
Main article: 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Elite Round – Group 1
Main article: 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification § Group 1_2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Israel 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Final tournament
2  Hungary (H) 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
3  Scotland 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4  Turkey 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2022. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host
26 March 2022 (2022-03-26) 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification#Elite round Turkey  1–3  Israel ETO Park, Győr, Hungary
16:00 Elmaz 42' (pen.) Report Turgeman 32', 35'
Edri 66'		 Referee: Mohammed Al-emara (Finland)

Current squad

The following players were called up to participate against Italy in a friendly game on 9 February 2022.[1]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
12 1GK Kağan Moradaoğlu (2003-01-10) 10 January 2003 Trabzonspor
23 1GK Ramazan Özkanlı (2003-01-25) 25 January 2003 Kasımpaşa
13 2DF Seyhan Yiğit (2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 1.FC Nürnberg
17 2DF Kazımcan Karataş (2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 Altay
20 2DF Ahmet Gülay (2003-01-13) 13 January 2003 Alanyaspor
4 2DF Emin Bayram (2003-04-02) 2 April 2003 Boluspor
2DF Abdullah Şahindere (2003-01-14) 14 January 2003 Gençlerbirliği
2DF Ahmetcan Kaplan (2003-08-26) 26 August 2003 Trabzonspor
2DF Ruhan Arda Aksoy (2003-03-31) 31 March 2003 Fenerbahçe
3 2DF Yunus Emre Çift (2003-09-01) 1 September 2003 Samsunspor
2DF Rojan Sarıbaş (2003-07-30) 30 July 2003 FC Carl Zeiss Jena
7 3MF Tuğbey Akgün (2003-04-09) 9 April 2003 Bursaspor
6 3MF Bartuğ Elmaz (2003-02-19) 19 February 2003 Galatasaray
15 3MF Süleyman Cebeci (2003-01-05) 5 January 2003 Trabzonspor
3MF Sarper Çağlar (2003-01-31) 31 January 2003 Turgutluspor
3MF Yiğit Emre Çeltik (2003-04-07) 7 April 2003 Fortuna Sittard
3MF Emre Demir (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 Kayserispor
3MF Fatih Yiğit Şanlıtürk (2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 Fenerbahçe
3MF Metin Emre Karaal (2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 Başakşehir
4FW Koray Dağ (2003-05-17) 17 May 2003 SC Paderborn 07
9 4FW Eren Aydın (2003-02-12) 12 February 2003 Niğde Anadolu FK
19 4FW Metehan Altunbaş (2003-01-07) 7 January 2003 Juniors OÖ

See also

References
  1. "U19 Milli Takımı'nın İtalya maçı aday kadrosu açıklandı". TFF (in Turkish).
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