Turkey national under-17 football team

Turkey Under-17
Association Turkish Football Federation
Head coach Hakan Tecimer
First colours
Second colours
European Championship
Appearances 5 (first in 2004)
Best result Champions: 2005

The Turkey national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, held every year. The original tournament was called the UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship (1982-2001). The tournament was renamed as the European Under-17 Football Championship in 2002, but importantly the overall statistics are collated from 1982. In addition, every odd year the top teams from the respective UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship compete in the FIFA U-17 World Cup the same year (since 2009, six teams from the respective UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship have been entered).

Competitive record

UEFA U-17 European Championship Record*

Edition Round MP W D** L GF GA
Denmark 2002 Qualifying round – – – – – –
Portugal 2003 Qualifying round – – – – – –
France 2004 Group stage 3 1 0 2 6 5
Italy 2005 ChampionsQ 5 4 0 1 13 5
Luxembourg 2006 Elite round 3 0 1 2 1 3
Belgium 2007 Elite round 3 1 0 2 3 2
Turkey 2008 Semi-finals 4 2 2 1 5 1
Germany 2009 Group stageQ 3 1 0 2 3 5
Liechtenstein 2010 Semi-finals 3 0 2 1 2 4
Serbia 2011 Elite round 3 1 1 1 4 5
Slovenia 2012 Elite round 3 0 0 3 0 9
Slovakia 2013 Qualifying round 3 1 0 2 8 8
Malta 2014 Group stage 3 1 0 2 7 7
Bulgaria 2015 Qualifying round 3 0 0 3 3 10
Azerbaijan 2016 To be played
Croatia 2017
England 2018
*The tournament was renamed as the European Under-17 Football Championship in 2002 (The original tournament was called the UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship (1982-2001)). Importantly the overall statistics are collated from 1982.
**Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.
***Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Q - Denotes qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup which is held every odd year.

FIFA U-17 World Cup Record*

Edition Round MP W D** L GF GA
China 1985 Did Not Qualify
Canada 1987
Scotland 1989
Italy 1991
Japan 1993
Ecuador 1995
Egypt 1997
New Zealand 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 2001
Finland 2003
Peru 2005 Fourth place 6 4 0 2 16 9
South Korea 2007 Did not qualify
Nigeria 2009 Quarter finals 5 3 2 0 9 3
Mexico 2011 Did Not Qualify
United Arab Emirates 2013
Chile 2015
India 2017 To be played
*The first three tournaments (1985-1989) were referred to as the FIFA U-16 World Championships.
**Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.

Individual awards

In addition to team victories, Turkish players have won individual awards at UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship.

Year Golden Player Award
Turkey 2005 Nuri Sahin
Year Top Goalscorer
Turkey 2005 Tevfik Kose

Recent results

Current squad

As of 9 May 2014[1]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Tarık Çetin (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 9 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
12 1GK Batuhan Ergül (1997-12-13) 13 December 1997 0 0 Switzerland Young Boys
2 2DF Savaş Polat (1997-04-14) 14 April 1997 20 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
3 2DF Bahadır Çiloğlu (1997-01-05) 5 January 1997 13 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
4 2DF Burak Bekaroğlu (1997-04-16) 16 April 1997 4 0 Turkey Sakaryaspor
5 2DF Ertuğrul Ersoy (1997-02-13) 13 February 1997 13 3 Turkey Yeşil Bursa
14 2DF Furkan Emre Ünver (1997-01-30) 30 January 1997 5 0 Turkey Bursaspor
6 3MF Hasan Özkan (1997-11-14) 14 November 1997 10 0 Belgium Mechelen
8 3MF Baturalp Çakır (1997-02-10) 10 February 1997 13 3 Turkey Galatasaray
10 3MF Emirhan Aydoğan (1997-06-26) 26 June 1997 14 0 Turkey Bursaspor
11 3MF Doğuş Can Incedere (1997-01-15) 15 January 1997 7 2 Turkey Galatasaray
13 3MF Alican Özfesli (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 2 0 Turkey Altınordu
15 3MF Okan Çelik (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 6 1 Turkey Gençlerbirliği
16 3MF Tuncay Kılıç (1997-05-02) 2 May 1997 4 0 Turkey Göztepe
17 3MF Hayrullah Alici (1997-01-07) 7 January 1997 9 4 Germany Borussia Dortmund
7 4FW Sabit Hakan Yılmaz (1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 14 2 Turkey Turgutluspor
9 4FW Enes Ünal (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 10 8 England Manchester City F.C
18 4FW Fatih Aktay (1997-08-29) 29 August 1997 4 4 Turkey Altınordu

Past squads

See also

References

  1. ↑ "U17 Milli Takımı, İngiltere karşısında" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
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