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Nickname(s) | Ümit Millî (The Youth Team) Ay-Yıldızlılar (The Crescent-Stars) [1] Bizim Çocuklar (Our Guys) | ||
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Association | Turkish Football Federation (TFF) | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Levent Sürme [2] [3] | ||
Captain | Doğan Alemdar | ||
Most caps | Nihat Kahveci (32) | ||
Top scorer | Berkant Göktan (11) | ||
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First international | |||
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Biggest win | |||
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Biggest defeat | |||
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UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2000) | ||
Best result | Group stage |
The Turkey national Under-21 football team ( Turkish: Ümit Millî 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.
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).
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Year | Host | Round | Pos. | Pld. | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
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Total | 0/9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Edition | Round | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | ||
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No host 1978 | did not qualify | |||||||||
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No host 1982 | ||||||||||
No host 1984 | ||||||||||
No host 1986 | ||||||||||
No host 1988 | ||||||||||
No host 1990 | ||||||||||
No host 1992 | ||||||||||
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Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | ||
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Total | 1/24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 |
# | Year | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | 1972 UEFA European Under-23 Championship | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -8 |
2 | 1974 UEFA European Under-23 Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
3 | 1976 UEFA European Under-23 Championship | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
Total | 3/3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | -13 |
Win Draw Loss
17 June International friendly |
Turkey ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Istanbul, Turkey |
18:00 (19:00 TRT) | Stadium:
Esenyurt Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadyumu Referee: Mehmet Türkmen ( Turkey) |
20 June International friendly |
Turkey ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | Istanbul, Turkey |
19:00 (20:00 TRT) |
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Stadium:
Eyüp Stadı Referee: Abdullah Buğra Taşkınsoy ( Turkey) |
8 September UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification |
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Cork, Republic of Ireland |
20:30 |
Andrew Moran ![]() Zak Gilsenan ![]() Aidomo Emakhu ![]() Sean Roughan ![]() |
Report |
Kenan Yıldız ![]() Cihan Çanak ![]() |
Stadium:
Turners Cross Referee: Joonas Jaanovits ( Estonia) |
12 September UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification |
Turkey ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Adapazari, Turkey |
18:30 (19:30 TRT) | Report | Stadium:
New Sakarya Atatürk Stadium Referee: Pierre Gaillouste ( France) |
13 October UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification |
Turkey ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | Istanbul, Turkey |
Stadium:
Ümraniye Municipality City Stadium Referee: Viktor Shimusik ( Belarus) |
17 October UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification |
Latvia ![]() | 2-1 | ![]() | Jelgava, Latvia |
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Stadium: Zemgale Olympic Center |
17 November International friendly |
Turkey ![]() | 1-1 | ![]() | Turkey, Istanbul |
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Stadium: Pendik Stadium |
21 November UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification |
Turkey ![]() | 2-0 | ![]() | Alanya, Turkey |
Stadium: Alanya Oba Stadium |
22 March International friendly |
Turkey ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Alanya, Turkey |
18:30 (20:30 TRT) |
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Stadium:
Alanya Oba Stadium Referee: Fevzi Erdem Akbas ( Turkey) |
26 March 2024 2025 Championship qual. |
Italy ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Ferrara, Italy |
18:15 |
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Report |
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Stadium:
Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Cesar Soto Grado ( Spain) |
3 June International friendly |
Turkey ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Istanbul, Turkey |
19:00 (20:30 TRT) |
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Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium |
The following players were called up for the
friendly match against
Scotland on 3 June 2024.
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Caps and goals updated as of 3 June 2024, after the match against
Scotland.
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 | Ertuğrul Çetin | 21 April 2003 | 3 | 0 |
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GK | Arda Özçimen | 8 January 2002 | 0 | 0 |
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GK | Jankat Yılmaz | 16 August 2004 | 0 | 0 |
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DF | Ahmetcan KaplanSEN | 16 January 2003 | 5 | 0 |
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DF | Kazımcan Karataş | 16 January 2003 | 11 | 0 |
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DF | Şahin Dik | 7 February 2004 | 2 | 0 |
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DF | Emir Ortakaya | 22 June 2004 | 1 | 0 |
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DF | Ayberk Karapo | 21 July 2004 | 6 | 0 |
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DF | Eray Korkmaz | 8 June 2003 | 1 | 0 |
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DF | Engin Can Aksoy | 14 November 2003 | 1 | 0 |
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DF | Arif Kocaman | 14 September 2003 | 3 | 0 |
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MF | Ömer Faruk Beyaz | 29 August 2003 | 16 | 1 |
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MF | Emirhan İlkhan | 1 June 2004 | 5 | 0 |
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MF | Vefa Temel | 3 November 2002 | 1 | 0 |
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MF | Ege Tıknaz | 17 August 2004 | 5 | 0 |
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MF | Cem Türkmen | 29 March 2002 | 10 | 0 |
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MF | Göktan Gürpüz | 22 January 2003 | 4 | 0 |
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FW | Bertuğ YıldırımSEN | 12 July 2002 | 11 | 7 |
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FW | Semih KılıçsoySEN | 15 August 2005 | 2 | 2 |
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FW | Metehan Altunbaş | 7 January 2003 | 2 | 1 |
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FW | Burak İnce | 20 January 2004 | 2 | 0 |
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FW | Kenan YıldızSEN | 4 May 2005 | 8 | 2 |
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FW | Tiago Çukur | 30 November 2002 | 6 | 0 |
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The following is the top 10 most capped under-21 players:
Rank | Name | Period | Caps | Goals |
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1 | Berkant Göktan | 1998–2001 | 29 | 10 |
Kemal Aslan | 2000–2003 | 29 | 5 | |
3 | Serkan Aykut | 1994–1997 | 24 | 12 |
Erhan Albayrak | 1998–2000 | 24 | 7 | |
Nihat Kahveci | 1998–2000 | 24 | 1 | |
Feti Okuroğlu | 1990–1993 | 24 | 0 | |
7 | Serhat Akın | 2000–2002 | 23 | 12 |
Güngör Öztürk | 1997–2000 | 23 | 2 | |
9 | Mehmet Topuz | 2004–2005 | 22 | 2 |
Hüseyin Çimşir | 1998–2001 | 22 | 1 | |
Ravil Tagir | 2019–present | 22 | 1 | |
Metin Uzun | 1990–1995 | 22 | 1 | |
Mehmet Nas | 1998–2001 | 22 | 0 | |
Şenol Yavaş | 1992–1995 | 22 | 0 |
The following is the top 10 under-21 players goalscorers
Rank | Player | Period | Goals | Caps | Ratio |
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1 | Serhat Akın | 2000–2002 | 12 | 23 | 0.52 |
Serkan Aykut | 1994–1997 | 12 | 24 | 0.5 | |
3 | Tuncay Şanlı | 2002–2003 | 10 | 14 | 0.71 |
Berkant Göktan | 1998–2001 | 10 | 29 | 0.34 | |
5 | Oktay Derelioğlu | 1994–1997 | 9 | 14 | 0.64 |
6 | Halil Dervişoğlu | 2018-2020 | 8 | 11 | 0.73 |
7 | Bertuğ Yıldırım | 2022-present | 7 | 11 | 0.64 |
Erhan Albayrak | 1998-2000 | 7 | 24 | 0.29 | |
9 | Bülent Uygun | 1992–1993 | 6 | 14 | 0.43 |
Mustafa Özkan | 1996–1997 | 6 | 15 | 0.4 | |
Emrah Başsan | 2012-2015 | 6 | 17 | 0.35 | |
Enis Destan | 2021-present | 6 | 21 | 0.29 | |
Semih Şentürk | 2003-2005 | 6 | 21 | 0.29 |