Turkey B
Nickname(s)Ay Yıldızlar (The Crescent Stars)
AssociationTurkish Football Federation
Head coachMehmet Yıldırım[1]
Most capsTevfik Köse
Ferhat Kiraz
Kemal Tokak (8)
Top scorerVeysel Sarı (4)
First colours
Second colours
First international
Turkey Turkey A2 2–1 Germany B Germany
(Mönchengladbach, Germany; 6 September 2002)
Biggest win
Turkey Turkey A2 5–0 Estonia U-23 Estonia
(Adana, Turkey; 29 February 2012)
Biggest defeat
Denmark Denmark U-21 4–0 Turkey A2 Turkey
(Vejle, Denmark; 6 June 2011)

The Turkey national football B team or Turkey national under-23 football team, also known as the Turkey A2 national football team, is a reserve team for the Turkey national football team. It features players from the A2 Ligi. The team played their first match in 2002 at the 2003 Future Cup. They have played 23 matches, winning eleven, drawing eight, and losing four.[2] The team is currently coached by Mehmet Yıldırım.[1]

History

The A2 team was seldom used from the foundation in 2002 until 2008.[2]

When Guus Hiddink took over the senior squad, he re-introduced the reserve squad. The team came together for their first camp in Istanbul in November 2010. The team played their first matches against Belarus in February 2011.[3]

The team participated in the 2012 Toulon Tournament from 23 May to 1 June.[4] They finished in second place after losing the final to Mexico.[5] They also won the 2011–13 International Challenge Trophy.

At the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games in Palembang, Indonesia, the team took the bronze medal defeating the squad of Saudi Arabia 2–1.[6] The team won its first gold medal in the tournament at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey, by beating Saudi Arabia 1–0 in the final.[1]

Results and statistics

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Spain 1992 did not qualify
United States 1996
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024
United States 2028 to be decided
Australia 2032
Total Quarter-finals 0/9 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mediterranean Games

Mediterranean Games record
Year Result Rank M W D L GF GA
Egypt 1951 did not participate
Spain 1955
Lebanon 1959 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 1 0 7 4
Italy 1963 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 12 7
Tunisia 1967 Fourth place 4th 5 2 1 2 5 7
Turkey 1971 Third place 3rd 4 3 1 0 4 1
Algeria1975 Group stage 7th 4 0 2 2 1 5
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1979 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 2 2
Morocco 1983 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 0 2 4 5
Syria 1987 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 6 2
1991–present See Turkey national under-20 football team
Total Runners-up 8/10 32 15 7 10 41 33

Most appearances and goals

Appearances
Player Caps Goals
Tevfik Köse 8 3
Ferhat Kiraz 8 0
Kemal Tokak 8 0
Kağan Söylemezgiller 7 0
Necati Ateş 6 3
Goals
Player Goals Caps
Yakup Alkan 5 5
Veysel Sarı 4 4
Ersen Martin 3 5
Necati Ateş 3 6
Tevfik Köse 3 8
Erdi Güncan 3 5
Melih Rahman Nişancı 1 5
Okan Baydemir 1 5
İbrahim Hırçın 1 5
Samet Katanalp 1 5
Oğuzhan Durmuş Çeşmeli 1 5
Ali Say 1 5
Orkun Dervişler 1 5

Squads

Current squad

The squad as of 28 July 2022, which participated at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey from 8 August to 16 August 2022.[7]

Head coach: Mehmet Yıldırım

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1GK Utku Yuvakuran (1997-02-11) 11 February 1997 (age 27) Turkey Beşiktaş
1GK İrfan Can Eğribayat (1998-06-30) 30 June 1998 (age 25) Turkey Göztepe
1GK Ataberk Dadakdeniz (1999-08-05) 5 August 1999 (age 24) Turkey Antalyaspor
1GK Batuhan Şen (1999-02-03) 3 February 1999 (age 25) Turkey Galatasaray
2DF Ahmet Gülay (2003-01-13) 13 January 2003 (age 21) Turkey Alanyaspor
2DF Fatih Kuruçuk (1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 26) Turkey Bandırmaspor
2DF Muhammet Taha Şahin (2000-10-22) 22 October 2000 (age 23) Turkey Manisa FK
2DF Tayyip Talha Sanuç (1999-12-17) 17 December 1999 (age 24) Turkey Adana Demirspor
2DF İsmail Çokçalış (2000-06-21) 21 June 2000 (age 23) Turkey Adana Demirspor
2DF Kazımcan Karataş (2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 21) Turkey Galatasaray
2DF Arda Kızıldağ (1998-10-15) 15 October 1998 (age 25) Turkey Gaziantep
3MF Kartal Kayra Yılmaz (2000-11-04) 4 November 2000 (age 23) Turkey Beşiktaş
3MF Polat Yaldır (2003-05-17) 17 May 2003 (age 20) Turkey Samsunspor
3MF Ali Kaan Güneren (2000-04-08) 8 April 2000 (age 24) Turkey Ankaragücü
3MF Mehmet Özcan (1998-08-10) 10 August 1998 (age 25) Turkey Bandırmaspor
3MF Tuğbey Akgün (2003-04-09) 9 April 2003 (age 21) Turkey none
3MF Burak Kapacak (1998-05-26) 26 May 1998 (age 25) Turkey Fenerbahçe
3MF Barış Alper Yılmaz (2000-05-23) 23 May 2000 (age 23) Turkey Galatasaray
3MF Adem Eren Kabak (2000-12-12) 12 December 2000 (age 23) Turkey Konyaspor
3MF Celil Yüksel (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 26) Turkey Samsunspor
4FW Muhammed Gümüşkaya (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23) Turkey Fenerbahçe
4FW Metehan Altunbaş (2003-01-07) 7 January 2003 (age 21) Turkey Adanaspor
4FW Umut Nayir (1993-06-28) 28 June 1993 (age 30) Turkey Giresunspor

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b c "U23 Milli Takımımız, 5. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda altın madalya kazandı" (in Turkish). tff.org. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b "A2 TFF". tff.org. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  3. ^ "TFF to introduce A2 national team". tff.org. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  4. ^ "A2 National Team squad named for Toulon Tournament". tff.org. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  5. ^ "A2s finish Toulon Tournament in 2nd place". tff.org. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Bronz madalyayı kaptık". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  7. ^ "U23 Milli Takımı'nın 5. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları aday kadrosu açıklandı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  8. ^ Garin, Erik (30 April 2006). "Future Team Cup 2002/03". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  9. ^ Garin, Erik (30 April 2006). "Future Team Cup 2004/05". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
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