Turkey national under-17 football team

Turkey Under-17
Association Turkish Football Federation
Head coach Hakan Tecimer
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances 3 (first in 2005)
Best result Fourth place: 2005
European Championship
Appearances 7 (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 2017, five teams from the respective UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship have been entered).

Competitive record

UEFA U-17 European Championship Record*

EditionRoundMPWD**LGFGA
Denmark 2002Qualifying round
Portugal 2003Qualifying round
France 2004Group stage310265
Italy 2005ChampionsQ5401135
Luxembourg 2006Elite round301213
Belgium 2007Elite round310232
Turkey 2008Semi-finals422151
Germany 2009Group stageQ310235
Liechtenstein 2010Semi-finals302124
Serbia 2011Elite round311145
Slovenia 2012Elite round300309
Slovakia 2013Qualifying round310288
Malta 2014Group stage310277
Bulgaria 2015Qualifying round3003310
Azerbaijan 2016Elite round310247
Croatia 2017Semi-finalsQ5302107
England 2018Elite round310234
Republic of Ireland 2019To be played
Estonia 2020
*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*

EditionRoundMPWD**LGFGA
China 1985Did Not Qualify
Canada 1987
Scotland 1989
Italy 1991
Japan 1993
Ecuador 1995
Egypt 1997
New Zealand 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 2001
Finland 2003
Peru 2005Fourth place6402169
South Korea 2007Did Not Qualify
Nigeria 2009Quarter finals532093
Mexico 2011Did Not Qualify
United Arab Emirates 2013
Chile 2015
India 2017Group stage301227
Peru 2019To be determined
*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 Şahin
Year Top Goalscorer
Turkey 2005 Tevfik Kose

Recent results

Current squad

As of 16 September 2017[1]

Number Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Berke Özer (2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 Turkey Altınordu
12 1GK Eren Bilen (2000-12-02) 2 December 2000 Turkey Göztepe
21 1GK Ozan Oruç (2000-05-26) 26 May 2000 Turkey Altınordu

2 2DF Emirhan Civelek (2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 Turkey Galatasaray
3 2DF Melih Gökcimen (2000-04-24) 24 April 2000 Turkey Galatasaray
4 2DF Sahan Akyüz (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 Turkey Altınordu
5 2DF Ozan Kabak (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 Turkey Galatasaray
13 2DF İsmail Çokçalış (2000-06-21) 21 June 2000 Turkey Bursaspor
18 2DF Abdussamed Karnuçu (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 Turkey Galatasaray
19 2DF Berk Çetin (2000-02-02) 2 February 2000 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach

6 3MF Sefa Akgün (2000-06-30) 30 June 2000 Turkey Trabzonspor
8 3MF Kerem Kesgin (2000-11-05) 5 November 2000 Turkey Bucaspor
10 3MF Atalay Babacan (2000-06-28) 28 June 2000 Turkey Galatasaray
11 3MF Recep Gül (2000-11-05) 5 November 2000 Turkey Galatasaray
14 3MF Umut Günes (2000-03-16) 16 March 2000 Germany VfB Stuttgart
16 3MF Sezer Taşkolu (2000-05-16) 16 May 2000 Turkey Göztepe
17 3MF Egehan Gök (2000-02-27) 27 February 2000 Turkey Altınordu

7 4FW Ahmed Kutucu (2000-03-01) 1 March 2000 Germany Schalke 04
9 4FW Malik Karaahmet (2000-01-18) 18 January 2000 Germany Karlsruher SC
15 4FW Yunus Akgün (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 Turkey Galatasaray
20 4FW Embiya Ayyıldız (2000-07-05) 5 July 2000 Turkey Altınordu

Past squads

See also

References

  1. "U17 Milli Takımı, Dünya Kupası hazırlıklarına başladı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
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