Turkish national soccer team (U-21 men)
Nickname (s) | Ümit Milli | ||
Association | Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu | ||
confederacy | UEFA | ||
Technical sponsor | Nike | ||
Head coach | Vedat Inceefe | ||
Record scorer |
Serhat Akın Serkan Aykut (12) |
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Record player | Kemal Aslan (36) | ||
Home stadium | Changing stages | ||
FIFA code | DOOR | ||
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Balance sheet | |||
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344 games 136 wins 79 draws 129 losses |
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statistics | |||
First international Turkey 3-1 Egypt ( Ankara , Turkey ; October 28, 1950 )
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Biggest win Turkey 5-0 Austria ( Istanbul , Turkey ; November 15, 1983 )
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Biggest defeat Germany 7-0 Turkey ( Berlin , Germany ; October 25, 1983 )
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European Championship | |||
Participation in the finals | 1 ( first : 2000 ) | ||
Best results | Preliminary round 2000 | ||
(As of November 15, 2013) |
The Turkish U-21 national football team is a men's national team of the Turkish Football Association .
Eligible are players who have not yet reached the age of 21 and who are Turkish citizens . In tournaments, the age at the first qualifying game is decisive.
The team's first competitive game was on October 28, 1950 in Ankara against the Egyptian U-21 team. The game ended 3-1 for the hosts. The highest result the Turkish team has achieved was a 5-0 win against the U-21s from Austria. The young Turks experienced the greatest defeat against Germany . On October 25, 1983, the Germans defeated Turkey 7-0.
Turkey has so far managed to qualify for the U-21 European Football Championship . They succeeded in doing this for the U-21 European Football Championship in Slovakia in 2000 . With zero points, two goals and eleven goals conceded, the team was eliminated from the group stage as bottom of the group.
With participation in 2000, it is still the last participation of a Turkish U21 men's national football team in a U21 European Championship finals. In recent years, participation in the U21 European Championship was just missed twice in relegation games. For the U21 European Championship 2004 they were defeated by Germany and for the U21 European Championship 2009 by Belarus by a total of 2: 1.
Participation in U-21 European championships
1978 | not qualified |
1980 | not qualified |
1982 | not qualified |
1984 | not qualified |
1986 | not qualified |
1988 | not qualified |
1990 | not qualified |
1992 | not qualified |
1994 in France | not qualified |
1996 in Spain | not qualified |
1998 in Romania | not qualified |
2000 in Slovakia | Preliminary round |
2002 in Switzerland | not qualified |
2004 in Germany | not qualified |
2006 in Portugal | not qualified |
2007 in the Netherlands | not qualified |
2009 in Sweden | not qualified |
2011 in Denmark | not qualified |
2013 in Israel | not qualified |
2015 in the Czech Republic | not qualified |
2017 in Poland | not qualified |
2019 in Italy and San Marino | not qualified |
Note : Between 1978 and 1992, the final round of a U-21 European Championship was not played in one country, but instead was played back and forth in the respective participating nations.
Record player
Players in bold are still active in the national team.
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See also
- Soccer in Turkey
- Turkish national soccer team
- Turkish National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)
- Turkish National Football Team (U-18 Juniors)
- Turkish National Football Team (U-19 Juniors)
- Turkish national soccer team (U-20 men)
- List of international matches for the Turkish U-21 national football team
Web links
- Turkish national football team (U-21 men) in the Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu database (English)
- Official website of the U-21 men (Turkish)