Turkey national football B team

Turkey B

Nickname(s)	Ay Yıldızlar (The Crescent Stars)
Association	Turkish Football Federation
Head coach	Mehmet Yıldırım [1]
Most caps	Tevfik Köse Ferhat Kiraz Kemal Tokak (8)
Top scorer	Veysel Sarı (4)
First colours Second colours
First international
Turkey A2 2–1 Germany B (Mönchengladbach, Germany; 6 September 2002)
Biggest win
Turkey A2 5–0 Estonia U-23 (Adana, Turkey; 29 February 2012)
Biggest defeat
Denmark U-21 4–0 Turkey A2 (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
1992	Did not qualify
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
2028	To be decided
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
1951	did not participate
1955
1959	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	1	0	7	4
1963	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	12	7
1967	Fourth place	4th	5	2	1	2	5	7
1971	Third place	3rd	4	3	1	0	4	1
1975	Group stage	7th	4	0	2	2	1	5
1979	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	2	2
1983	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	0	2	4	5
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
	1 GK	Utku Yuvakuran	(1997-02-11) 11 February 1997 (age 28)		Beşiktaş
	1 GK	İrfan Can Eğribayat	(1998-06-30) 30 June 1998 (age 27)		Göztepe
	1 GK	Ataberk Dadakdeniz	(1999-08-05) 5 August 1999 (age 25)		Antalyaspor
	1 GK	Batuhan Şen	(1999-02-03) 3 February 1999 (age 26)		Galatasaray
	2 DF	Ahmet Gülay	(2003-01-13) 13 January 2003 (age 22)		Alanyaspor
	2 DF	Fatih Kuruçuk	(1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 27)		Bandırmaspor
	2 DF	Muhammet Taha Şahin	(2000-10-22) 22 October 2000 (age 24)		Manisa FK
	2 DF	Tayyip Talha Sanuç	(1999-12-17) 17 December 1999 (age 25)		Adana Demirspor
	2 DF	İsmail Çokçalış	(2000-06-21) 21 June 2000 (age 25)		Adana Demirspor
	2 DF	Kazımcan Karataş	(2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 22)		Galatasaray
	2 DF	Arda Kızıldağ	(1998-10-15) 15 October 1998 (age 26)		Gaziantep
	3 MF	Kartal Kayra Yılmaz	(2000-11-04) 4 November 2000 (age 24)		Beşiktaş
	3 MF	Polat Yaldır	(2003-05-17) 17 May 2003 (age 22)		Samsunspor
	3 MF	Ali Kaan Güneren	(2000-04-08) 8 April 2000 (age 25)		Ankaragücü
	3 MF	Mehmet Özcan	(1998-08-10) 10 August 1998 (age 26)		Bandırmaspor
	3 MF	Tuğbey Akgün	(2003-04-09) 9 April 2003 (age 22)		Bursaspor
	3 MF	Burak Kapacak	(1998-05-26) 26 May 1998 (age 27)		Fenerbahçe
	3 MF	Barış Alper Yılmaz	(2000-05-23) 23 May 2000 (age 25)		Galatasaray
	3 MF	Adem Eren Kabak	(2000-12-12) 12 December 2000 (age 24)		Konyaspor
	3 MF	Celil Yüksel	(1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 27)		Samsunspor
	4 FW	Muhammed Gümüşkaya	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 24)		Fenerbahçe
	4 FW	Metehan Altunbaş	(2003-01-07) 7 January 2003 (age 22)		Adanaspor
	4 FW	Umut Nayir	(1993-06-28) 28 June 1993 (age 32)		Giresunspor

Honours

• International Challenge Trophy : 2011–13
• Future Team Cup: 2002–03, ^[8] 2004–05 ^[9]
• Islamic Solidarity Games : gold in 2022, bronze in 2013

References

1. "U23 Milli Takımımız, 5. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda altın madalya kazandı" (in Turkish). tff.org. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
2. "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.