Turkey national under-17 football team

Turkey Under-17
Association	Turkish Football Federation
First colours	Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2005)
Best result	Fourth place (2005)
European Championship
Appearances	8 (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*

Edition	Round	MP	W	D**	L	GF	GA
2002	Qualifying round	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003	Qualifying round	–	–	–	–	–	–
2004	Group stage	3	1	0	2	6	5
2005	Champions^Q	5	4	0	1	13	5
2006	Elite round	3	0	1	2	1	3
2007	Elite round	3	1	0	2	3	2
2008	Semi-finals	4	2	2	1	5	1
2009	Group stage^Q	3	1	0	2	3	5
2010	Semi-finals	3	0	2	1	2	4
2011	Elite round	3	1	1	1	4	5
2012	Elite round	3	0	0	3	0	9
2013	Qualifying round	3	1	0	2	8	8
2014	Group stage	3	1	0	2	7	7
2015	Qualifying round	3	0	0	3	3	10
2016	Elite round	3	1	0	2	4	7
2017	Semi-finals^Q	5	3	0	2	10	7
2018	Elite round	3	1	0	2	3	4
2019	Elite round	3	0	1	2	1	5
~~2020~~	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[1]^[2]
~~2021~~	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[1]^[2]
2022	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	7
2023	Elite round	3	1	1	1	6	3
2024	to be determined
2025	to be determined
2026	to be determined
2027	to be determined

*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
1985	did not qualify
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Fourth place	6	4	0	2	16	9
2007	did not qualify
2009	Quarter finals	5	3	2	0	9	3
2011	did not qualify
2013
2015
2017	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	7
2019	did not qualify
2023	did not qualify
2025	to be determined

Notes:

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
2005	Nuri Şahin

Year	Top Goalscorer
2005	Tevfik Kose

Recent results

6 October 2017 2017 FIFA U17	New Zealand	1–1	Turkey	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
17:00	Mata 58'	Report	Kutucu 18'	Attendance: 9,727 Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

9 October 2017 2017 FIFA U17	Turkey	0–3	Mali	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
17:00		Report	D. Traoré 38' Ndiaye 68' Konaté 86'	Attendance: 18,323 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

12 October 2017 2017 FIFA U17	Turkey	1–3	Paraguay	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
17:00	Kesgin 90+3'	Report	Bogado 41' Cardozo 43' Galeano 61'	Attendance: 8,895 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

13 October 2017 Euro 2018 Qualifiers	Israel	1–0	Turkey	Svitavský stadion, Svitavy
15:00	Ovadia 8'	Report		Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Bulgaria)

16 October 2017 Euro 2018 Qualifiers	Turkey	4–0	Armenia	Svitavský stadion, Svitavy
15:00	Bakan 23' Altunbaş 52' Kaya 77' Çelik 79'	Report		Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

19 October 2017 Euro 2018 Qualifiers	Turkey	1–1	Czech Republic	Svitavský stadion, Svitavy
15:00	Gündüz 22' (pen.)	Report	Gabriel 49'	Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Bulgaria)

7 March 2018 Elite Round	Italy	2–0	Turkey	Sportpark De Hanen Weide, Veen
19:00	Colombo 61' Ricci 67'	Report		Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

10 March 2018 Elite Round	Iceland	0–3	Turkey	Sportpark Parkzicht, Uden
14:00		Report	Kaya 9' Güllü 63' Luş 79'	Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

13 March 2018 Elite Round	Turkey	0–2	Netherlands	Sportpark Parkzicht, Uden
19:00		Report	Llansana 51' Ihattaren 71'	Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches.^[3]
Match dates: 22–28 March 2023
Opposition: Germany, Spain and Finland
Caps and goals correct as of: 14 February 2023, after the match against Croatia

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Onuralp Çevikkan	(2006-01-02) 2 January 2006 (age 18)	6	0	Altınordu
1GK	Emir Yaşar	(2006-01-16) 16 January 2006 (age 18)	5	0	Beşiktaş
1GK	Enes Emre Büyük	(2006-05-08) 8 May 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Galatasaray

2DF	Mertcan Ayhan	(2006-09-08) 8 September 2006 (age 18)	15	1	Schalke 04
2DF	Kadir Subaşı	(2006-08-27) 27 August 2006 (age 18)	13	2	Galatasaray
2DF	Oğuzhan Yılmaz	(2006-07-02) 2 July 2006 (age 18)	13	0	Trabzonspor
2DF	Yasin Özcan	(2006-04-20) 20 April 2006 (age 18)	7	1	Kasımpaşa
2DF	Yusuf Akçiçek	(2006-01-25) 25 January 2006 (age 18)	5	0	Fenerbahçe
2DF	Eren Özkul	(2006-07-25) 25 July 2006 (age 18)	5	0	Brøndby
2DF	Dennis Çelik	(2006-03-29) 29 March 2006 (age 18)	4	0	VfL Wolfsburg
2DF	Eren Paşahan	(2006-01-05) 5 January 2006 (age 18)	3	0	Galatasaray

3MF	Efe Akman	(2006-03-20) 20 March 2006 (age 18)	15	1	Galatasaray
3MF	Burak İngenç	(2006-04-14) 14 April 2006 (age 18)	12	1	Antalyaspor
3MF	Veis Yıldız	(2006-03-02) 2 March 2006 (age 18)	9	2	Bayern Munich
3MF	Samet Seymen Sargın	(2006-04-01) 1 April 2006 (age 18)	9	0	Fenerbahçe
3MF	Gökdeniz Gürpüz	(2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 18)	6	0	Borussia Dortmund
3MF	Efe Korkut	(2006-06-23) 23 June 2006 (age 18)	2	0	VfB Stuttgart
3MF	Berat Yılmaz	(2006-03-24) 24 March 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Galatasaray

4FW	Yalın Dilek	(2006-07-26) 26 July 2006 (age 18)	12	5	Galatasaray
4FW	Emre Gökay	(2006-02-18) 18 February 2006 (age 18)	12	5	Sivasspor
4FW	Kebir Ali Canpolat	(2006-12-22) 22 December 2006 (age 18)	10	4	Eintracht Frankfurt
4FW	Emirhan Arkutcu	(2006-01-14) 14 January 2006 (age 18)	10	1	Fenerbahçe
4FW	Emre Gündoğdu	(2006-12-27) 27 December 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Paderborn 07

Recent call-ups

The following players were called up to the national team within the last twelve months and remain eligible for future call-ups.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Kağan Arıcan	(2006-03-10) 10 March 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Antalyaspor	v. Germany, 28 November 2022
GK	Efe Berat Töruz	(2006-09-08) 8 September 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Samsunspor	v. Switzerland, 19 October 2022

DF	Bedirhan Çetin	(2006-06-29) 29 June 2006 (age 18)	4	0	Samsunspor	v. Germany, 28 November 2022
DF	Efe Can Mete	(2006-02-23) 23 February 2006 (age 18)	3	0	Beşiktaş	v. Switzerland, 19 October 2022

MF	Ege Arslan	(2006-01-20) 20 January 2006 (age 18)	4	2	Altınordu	v. Germany, 28 November 2022
MF	İsak Vural	(2006-05-28) 28 May 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Fenerbahçe	v. Germany, 28 November 2022
MF	Ali Eren Ersungur	(2005-11-22) 22 November 2005 (age 19)	4	1	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	vs. Belgium, 23 May 2022
MF	Can Uzun	(2005-11-11) 11 November 2005 (age 19)	12	7	1. FC Nürnberg	vs. Belgium, 23 May 2022

FW	Emre Gökay	(2006-02-18) 18 February 2006 (age 18)	6	2	Sivasspor	v. Germany, 28 November 2022
FW	Adnan Karahisar	(2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 (age 19)	6	2	Beşiktaş	v. Germany, 28 November 2022
FW	Sercan Demirkıran	(2006-01-27) 27 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Altınordu	v. Germany, 28 November 2022
FW	Berk Kızıldemir	(2006-02-11) 11 February 2006 (age 18)	3	0	Galatasaray	v. Switzerland, 19 October 2022
FW	Yusuf Can Calayır	(2006-04-18) 18 April 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Beşiktaş	v. Switzerland, 19 October 2022

Past squads

UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship squads

FIFA U-17 World Cup squads

References

^ "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "U17 Milli Takımı'nın Elit Tur Maçları Aday Kadrosu Açıklandı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

[2020_Cancellation-1] "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[2] "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[3] "U17 Milli Takımı'nın Elit Tur Maçları Aday Kadrosu Açıklandı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

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