Turkey national under-21 football team
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.
| Nickname(s) | Ümit Milli | ||
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| Association | Turkish Football Federation | ||
| Head coach | Vedat İnceefe | ||
| Captain | Abdülkadir Ömür | ||
| Most caps | Semih Şentürk (83) | ||
| Top scorer | Semih Şentürk (42) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Turkey U-21 3-1 Egypt U-21  (Ankara; October 28, 1950) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Turkey U-21 5-0 Austria U-21  (Istanbul; November 15, 1983) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Turkey U-21 0-7 Germany U-21  (October 25, 1983) | |||
| UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2000) | ||
| Best result | Groupstage | ||
HistoryEdit
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 RecordEdit
UEFA European Under-21 Championship RecordEdit
| Edition | Round | MP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | ||
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| No host 1978 | Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
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| No host 1984 | |||||||||
| No host 1986 | |||||||||
| No host 1988 | |||||||||
| No host 1990 | |||||||||
| No host 1992 | |||||||||
 1994
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 1996
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 1998
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 2000 |
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||
 2002 |
Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
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 2006
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 2007
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 2009
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 2011
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 2013
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 2015
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 2017
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  2019
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- *Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.
Toulon TournamentEdit
- 2002 Toulon Tournament - 8th place
- 2004 Toulon Tournament - 7th place
- 2008 Toulon Tournament - 6th place
- 2012 Toulon Tournament - 2nd place
- 2018 Toulon Tournament - 3rd place
Current squadEdit
The following squad was named for the matches against Scotland and Norway on 17-20 November 2018.[1]
Former squadsEdit
Former playersEdit
Former CoachesEdit
- 1957-1959:
Şeref Görkey - 1960-1962: Şeref Görkey
- 1976-1977: Candan Tarhan
- 1981-1982: Şeref Görkey
- 1984-1984: Yılmaz Gökdel
- 1990-1993: Fatih Terim
- 1993-1996: Erdoğan Arıca
- 1996-1998: Rıza Çalımbay
- 1998-2005: Raşit Çetiner
- 2005-2006: Reha Kapsal
- 2006-2006: Tolunay Kafkas
- 2006-2007: Ünal Karaman
- 2007-2008: Ümit Davala
- 2008-2010: Hami Mandıralı
- 2010-2012: Raşit Çetiner
- 2013-2018: Abdullah Ercan
- 2018-2018: Alpay Özalan
- 2018-present: Vedat İnceefe