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.
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| Nickname(s) | Ümit Milli | ||
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| Association | Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu (TFF) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Tolunay Kafkas | ||
| Captain | Rıdvan Yılmaz | ||
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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 | |||||||||
| No host 1980 | ||||||||||
| No host 1982 | ||||||||||
| 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 |
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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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  2021
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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
Results and fixturesEdit
Win Draw Loss
2020Edit
| 13 October 2021 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier | England  | 2–1 | Turkey | Wolverhampton, England |
| 20:30 (19:30 BST) | Report |
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Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 0[citation needed] Referee: Willy Delajod (France) |
| 13 November 2021 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier | Turkey | 3–2 | Austria | Samsun, Turkey |
| 18:00 (19:00 TRT) |
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Report | Stadium: Samsun 19 Mayis Stadyumu Referee: Balázs Berke (Hungary) |
| 17 November 2021 UEFA U-21 Group 3 Qualifier | Turkey | 3–0 |  Kosovo | Samsun, Turkey |
| 17:00 (18:00 TRT) |
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Report | Stadium: Samsun 19 Mayis Stadyumu Referee: Aleksei Matyunin (Russia) |
2021Edit
| 26 March International friendly | Croatia  | 4–1 | Turkey | Zagreb, Croatia |
| 15:00 (UTC+1) |
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Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Referee: Ante Čuljak (Croatia) |
| 30 March International friendly | Turkey | 0–1 |  Serbia | Alanya, Turkey |
| 18:00 (19:00 TRT) |
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Stadium: Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadyumu Referee: Ömer Faruk Turtay (Turkey) |
| 2 June International friendly | Turkey | 1–1 |  Ukraine | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 19:00 (20:00 TRT) |
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Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Referee: Çağdaş Altay (Turkey) |
| 3 September 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier | Turkey | 0–3 |  Belgium | Bursa, Turkey |
| 19:00 (20:00 TRT) | Report | Stadium: Bursa Büyükşehir Stadium Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary) |
| 7 September 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier | Turkey | 1–1 |  Scotland | Bursa, Turkey |
| 18:30 (19:30 TRT) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Bursa Büyükşehir Stadium Referee: Igor Pajac (Croatia) |
| 12 October 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier | Kazakhstan  | 0–1 | Turkey | Karaganda, Kazakhstan |
| 13:30 (18:00 ALMT) |
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Stadium: Shakhter Stadium Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway) |
| 12 November 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier | Belgium | v | Turkey | Belgium |
| 16 November 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier | Turkey | v | Denmark | Turkey |
2022Edit
| 25 March 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier | Scotland | v | Turkey | Scotland |
| 14 June 2023 UEFA U-21 Group I Qualifier | Denmark | v | Turkey | Denmark |
PlayersEdit
Current squadEdit
The following players have been called up for 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Belgium on 3 September 2021 and against Scotland on 7 September 2021.
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All caps and goals as of 7 September 2021 after match against Scotland.
Recent call-upsEdit
The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months and are still eligible to represent.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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| GK | Berke Özer | 25 May 2000 | 1 | 0 | Fenerbahçe
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v. Belgium, 3 September 2021 INJ |
| GK | Abdullah Yiğiter | 20 February 2000 | 0 | 0 | Hatayspor
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v. Serbia, 30 March 2021
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| DF | Rahmi Kaya | 21 May 2002 | 2 | 0 | Altınordu
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v. Ukraine, 2 June 2021
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| DF | Serdar Saatçi | 14 February 2003 | 1 | 0 | Beşiktaş
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v. Ukraine, 2 June 2021
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| DF | Emre Kaplan | 12 January 2001 | 0 | 0 | İstanbul Başakşehir
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v. Ukraine, 2 June 2021
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| DF | Seyfettin Anıl Yaşar | 1 July 2002 | 0 | 0 | Afyonspor
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v. Ukraine, 2 June 2021
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| DF | Rıdvan Yılmaz | 21 May 2001 | 5 | 0 | Beşiktaş
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v. Serbia, 30 March 2021 SEN |
| DF | İsmail Çokçalış | 21 June 2000 | 2 | 0 | Bursaspor
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v. Serbia, 30 March 2021
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| DF | Erdoğan Kaya | 27 March 2001 | 2 | 0 | Beşiktaş
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v. Serbia, 30 March 2021 INJ |
| DF | Şefik Abalı | 7 June 2002 | 0 | 0 | Göztepe
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v. Serbia, 30 March 2021
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| DF | Ahmet Gülay | 13 January 2003 | 0 | 0 | Alanyaspor
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v. Serbia, 30 March 2021
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| MF | Erkan Süer | 12 July 2001 | 2 | 0 | Galatasaray
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v. Ukraine, 2 June 2021
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| MF | Kartal Yılmaz | 4 November 2000 | 2 | 0 | Ümraniyespor
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v. Ukraine, 2 June 2021
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| MF | Abdussamed Karnuçu | 4 February 2000 | 1 | 0 | Galatasaray
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v. Ukraine, 2 June 2021
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| MF | Kerem Atakan Kesgin | 5 November 2000 | 2 | 0 | Sivasspor
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v. Serbia, 30 March 2021
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| MF | Melih İbrahimoğlu | 17 July 2000 | 1 | 0 | Heracles Almelo
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v. Serbia, 30 March 2021
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| FW | Tiago Çukur | 30 November 2002 | 1 | 0 | Doncaster Rovers
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v. Ukraine, 2 June 2021
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| FW | Rahmi Anıl Başaran | 27 March 2000 | 0 | 0 | Trabzonspor
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v. Ukraine, 2 June 2021
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| FW | Eren Karadağ | 1 January 2000 | 0 | 0 | Çaykur Rizespor
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v. Ukraine, 2 June 2021
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| FW | Egemen Pehlivan | 11 January 2000 | 0 | 0 | Fatih Karagümrük
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v. Ukraine, 2 June 2021
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| FW | Mohamed Zeki Amdouni | 4 December 2000 | 1 | 0 | Stade Lausanne Ouchy
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v. Serbia, 30 March 2021
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| FW | Enes Karakuş | 3 January 2001 | 0 | 0 | Bodrumspor
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v. Kosovo, 17 November 2020
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- SEN = Player have been called up to the senior team.
- INJ = Not part of the current squad due to injury.
Former squadsEdit
Former playersEdit
- Abdullah Ercan
- Alpay Özalan
- Arda Turan
- Arif Erdem
- Bülent Korkmaz
- Colin Kazim-Richards
- Emre Aşık
- Emre Belözoğlu
- Fatih Terim
- Gökhan Töre
- Gökhan Zan
- Hakan Şükür
- Halil Altıntop
- Mehmet Topal
- Mehmet Topuz
- Nihat Kahveci
- Necati Ateş
- Nuri Şahin
- Okan Buruk
- Saffet Sancaklı
- Semih Şentürk
- Sergen Yalçın
- Tuncay Şanlı
- Ümit Özat
- Volkan Demirel
- Yıldıray Baştürk
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
- 2018-2020: Vedat İnceefe
- 2020-present: Tolunay Kafkas