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 | |||
Turkey 3–1 Egypt (Ankara; 28 October 1950) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Turkey 5–0 Austria (Istanbul; 15 November 1983) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Germany 7–0 Turkey (Berlin; 25 October 1983) | |||
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).
Olympic Games record | ||||||||||
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Year | Host | Round | Pos. | Pld. | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
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2016 | ||||||||||
2020 | ||||||||||
2024 | ||||||||||
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 | |||||||||
No host 1980 | ||||||||||
No host 1982 | ||||||||||
No host 1984 | ||||||||||
No host 1986 | ||||||||||
No host 1988 | ||||||||||
No host 1990 | ||||||||||
No host 1992 | ||||||||||
1994 | ||||||||||
1996 | ||||||||||
1998 | ||||||||||
2000 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | ||
2002 | did not qualify | |||||||||
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2021 | ||||||||||
2023 | ||||||||||
2025 | To be determined | |||||||||
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
27 March International friendly | Turkey | 4–2 | Kosovo | Alanya, Turkey |
18:00 (19:00 TRT) | Stadium: Alanya Oba Stadium Referee: Ömer Faruk Turtay (Turkey) |
17 June International friendly | Turkey | 1–0 | Azerbaijan | Istanbul, Turkey |
18:00 (19:00 TRT) | Stadium: Esenyurt Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadyumu Referee: Mehmet Türkmen (Turkey) |
20 June International friendly | Turkey | 4–1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 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 | Turkey | Cork, Republic of Ireland |
20:30 | Andrew Moran 56' Zak Gilsenan 87' (pen.) Aidomo Emakhu 90+6' Sean Roughan 90+9' |
Report | Kenan Yıldız 22' (pen.) Cihan Çanak 76' |
Stadium: Turners Cross Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia) |
12 September UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification | Turkey | 0–2 | Italy | 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 | San Marino | Istanbul, Turkey |
Stadium: Ümraniye Municipality City Stadium Referee: Viktor Shimusik (Belarus) |
17 October UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification | Latvia | 2-1 | Turkey | Jelgava, Latvia |
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Stadium: Zemgale Olympic Center |
17 November International friendly | Turkey | 1-1 | Slovenia | Turkey, Istanbul |
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Stadium: Pendik Stadium |
21 November UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification | Turkey | 2-0 | Norway | Alanya, Turkey |
Stadium: Alanya Oba Stadium |
22 March International friendly | Turkey | 2–1 | Georgia | 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 | Turkey | Ferrara, Italy |
18:15 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Cesar Soto Grado (Spain) |
The following players were called up for the friendly match against Georgia and qualifying match against Italy on 22 and 26 March 2024 respectively.[4]
Caps and goals updated as of 26 March 2024, after the match against Italy.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Doğan Alemdar (captain) | 29 October 2002 | 12 | 0 | Troyes | |
GK | Emre Bilgin | 26 February 2004 | 4 | 0 | Fatih Karagümrük | |
GK | Deniz Dilmen | 5 June 2005 | 0 | 0 | İstanbul Başakşehir | |
DF | Ravil Tagir | 6 May 2003 | 21 | 1 | Westerlo | |
DF | Kazımcan Karataş | 16 January 2003 | 11 | 0 | Ankaragücü | |
DF | Emin Bayram | 2 April 2003 | 9 | 3 | Westerlo | |
DF | Metehan Baltacı | 3 November 2002 | 8 | 1 | Eyüpspor | |
DF | Uğur Kaan Yıldız | 6 August 2002 | 8 | 0 | Ümraniyespor | |
DF | Yasin Özcan | 20 April 2006 | 7 | 0 | Kasımpaşa | |
DF | Taha Altıkardeş | 22 August 2003 | 4 | 0 | Göztepe | |
DF | Ahmetcan Kaplan | 16 January 2003 | 4 | 0 | Ajax | |
DF | Şahin Dik | 7 February 2004 | 2 | 0 | Giresunspor | |
DF | Emir Ortakaya | 22 June 2004 | 1 | 0 | Kocaelispor | |
MF | Ömer Faruk Beyaz | 29 August 2003 | 16 | 1 | Hatayspor | |
MF | Bartuğ Elmaz | 19 February 2003 | 9 | 0 | Sivasspor | |
MF | Cihan Çanak | 24 January 2004 | 7 | 2 | Standard Liège | |
MF | Emirhan İlkhan | 1 June 2004 | 5 | 0 | İstanbul Başakşehir | |
MF | Vefa Temel | 3 November 2002 | 1 | 0 | İstanbulspor | |
FW | Enis Destan | 15 June 2002 | 20 | 5 | Trabzonspor | |
FW | Erencan Yardımcı | 4 February 2002 | 11 | 5 | Pendikspor | |
FW | Bertuğ Yıldırım | 12 July 2002 | 10 | 6 | Rennes | |
FW | Emircan Gürlük | 15 October 2003 | 7 | 0 | Orenburg | |
FW | Semih Kılıçsoy | 15 August 2005 | 2 | 2 | Beşiktaş | |
FW | Livan Burcu | 28 September 2004 | 1 | 0 | SV Sandhausen |
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 | Gençlerbirliği | v. Slovenia, 17 November 2023 |
GK | Arda Özçimen | 8 January 2002 | 0 | 0 | Göztepe | v. San Marino, 13 October 2023 |
GK | Jankat Yılmaz | 16 August 2004 | 0 | 0 | Galatasaray | v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 20 June 2023 |
DF | Serdar Saatçı | 14 February 2003 | 17 | 0 | Braga | v. Georgia, 22 March 2024INJ |
DF | Ayberk Karapo | 21 July 2004 | 6 | 0 | Manisa | v. Norway, 21 November 2023 |
DF | Eray Korkmaz | 8 June 2003 | 1 | 0 | Çaykur Rizespor | v. Norway, 21 November 2023 |
DF | Engin Can Aksoy | 14 November 2003 | 1 | 0 | Hatayspor | v. Italy, 12 September 2023 |
DF | Arif Kocaman | 14 September 2003 | 3 | 0 | Kayserispor | v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 20 June 2023 |
MF | Aksel Baran Potur | 5 December 2002 | 7 | 0 | Moss | v. Norway, 21 November 2023 |
MF | Ege Tıknaz | 17 August 2004 | 5 | 0 | Beşiktaş | v. Norway, 21 November 2023 |
MF | Yunus Emre Konak | 10 January 2006 | 3 | 0 | Brentford | v. Norway, 21 November 2023 |
MF | Cem Türkmen | 29 March 2002 | 10 | 0 | Ankaragücü | v. Latvia, 17 October 2023 |
MF | Göktan Gürpüz | 22 January 2003 | 4 | 0 | Trabzonspor | v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 20 June 2023 |
FW | Metehan Altunbaş | 7 January 2003 | 2 | 1 | Adanaspor | v. Norway, 21 November 2023 |
FW | Burak İnce | 20 January 2004 | 2 | 0 | Śląsk Wrocław | v. Norway, 21 November 2023 |
FW | Kenan Yıldız | 4 May 2005 | 8 | 2 | Juventus | v. Italy, 12 September 2023 |
FW | Tiago Çukur | 30 November 2002 | 6 | 0 | Ümraniyespor | v. Republic of Ireland, 8 September 2023 |
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 | |
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 | Erhan Albayrak | 1998-2000 | 7 | 24 | 0.29 |
8 | Bertuğ Yıldırım | 2022-present | 6 | 10 | 0.6 |
Bülent Uygun | 1992–1993 | 6 | 14 | 0.43 | |
Mustafa Özkan | 1996–1997 | 6 | 15 | 0.4 | |
Emrah Başsan | 2012-2015 | 6 | 17 | 0.35 | |
Semih Şentürk | 2003-2005 | 6 | 21 | 0.29 |