Turkey national under-19 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Turkey women's national under-19 football team.

Turkey Under-19

Association	Turkish Football Federation
Head coach	Şenol Ustaömer
First colours Second colours
First international
Turkey 2–0 Slovakia 25 April 1999
Biggest win
Turkey 10–0 San Marino Belgium, 10 October 2004
Biggest defeat
Portugal 6–1 Turkey Tbilisi Georgia, 29 May 2015
European Championship
Appearances	7 (first in 2004)
Best result	Runners-up: 2004

The Turkey national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, held every year. The Under-19 UEFA tournament originally began as the FIFA Junior Tournament between 1948 and 1954. It has since been renamed a number of times, most notably referred to as the UEFA European U-18 Championship between 1981 and 2001. The tournament was renamed as the UEFA European U-19 Championship in 2002, but importantly the overall statistics are collated from 1948. In addition, every even year, the top five teams from the respective UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship compete in the FIFA U-20 World Cup the following year.

Competitive record

UEFA European U-19 Championship record*

Edition	Round	MP	W	D**	L	GF	GA
2002	Qualifying round	4	1	1	2	7	8
2003	First qualifying round	3	1	1	1	3	3
2004	Runner-upQ	5	2	1	2	10	10
2005	First qualifying round	3	1	1	1	13	5
2006	Group stage	3	0	1	2	9	12
2007	Elite round	3	1	1	1	3	3
2008	Elite round	3	1	0	2	2	7
2009	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	4
2010	Elite round	3	2	0	1	6	4
2011	Group stage	3	1	1	1	4	3
2012	Elite round	3	1	0	2	6	6
2013	Group stage	3	1	0	2	6	6
2014	Elite round	3	2	1	0	7	5
2015	Elite round	3	0	0	3	2	13
2016	Elite round	3	2	1	0	7	3
2017	Elite round	3	1	1	1	2	2
2018	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	9
2019	Elite round	3	0	1	2	3	8
2020	Cancelled
2021
2022	Elite round	3	1	0	2	4	6
2023	Elite round	3	0	2	1	3	5
2024	Qualified
2025	To be decided
2026	To be decided
2027	To be decided

*The tournament originally began in 1948 and has had a number of different names. The tournament was renamed as the UEFA European U-19 Championship in 2002, but importantly the overall statistics are collated from 1948.

**Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.

***Silver background colour indicates that Turkey finished as runner-up.

Q - Denotes qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup held the following year.

Individual awards

In addition to team victories, Turkish players have won individual awards at UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.

Year	Top Goalscorer
2004*	Ali Öztürk
2006*	İlhan Parlak

*Award was shared with other players.

Results and fixtures

  Win  Draw  Loss

2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Main article: 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Qualifiers

Main article: 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Elite Round – Group 1

Main article: 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification § Group 1_2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Final tournament
2	Hungary (H)	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
3	Scotland	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Turkey	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3

Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2022. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Turkey   v   Israel

26 March 2022 (2022-03-26) 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification#Elite round	Turkey	1–3	Israel	ETO Park, Győr, Hungary
16:00	Elmaz 42' (pen.)	Report	Turgeman 32', 35' Edri 66'	Referee: Mohammed Al-emara (Finland)

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches. ^[1]
• Match dates: 22–28 March 2023
• Opposition: Iceland, Hungary, England
• Caps and goals correct as of: 24 November 2022, after the match against Iraq

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Jankat Yılmaz	(2004-08-16) 16 August 2004 (age 20)	3	0	Galatasaray
	1 GK	Mehmet Erdoğan	(2004-07-04) 4 July 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Konyaspor
	1 GK	Göktuğ Baytekin	(2004-11-20) 20 November 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Beşiktaş
	1 GK	Emre Bilgin	(2004-02-26) 26 February 2004 (age 21)	1	0	Beşiktaş
	2 DF	Ayberk Karapo	(2004-07-21) 21 July 2004 (age 20)	5	1	Manisa
	2 DF	Muhlis Dağaşan	(2004-08-09) 9 August 2004 (age 20)	3	0	PSV Eindhoven
	2 DF	Ali Şahin Yılmaz	(2004-01-01) 1 January 2004 (age 21)	3	0	Trabzonspor
	2 DF	Ayberk Kaygısız	(2004-08-11) 11 August 2004 (age 20)	2	1	İstanbul Başakşehir
	2 DF	İlker Akar	(2004-10-07) 7 October 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Altınordu
	2 DF	Umut Erdem	(2004-02-05) 5 February 2004 (age 21)	2	0	Manisa
	2 DF	Aytuğ Batur Kömeç	(2004-10-05) 5 October 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Beşiktaş
	2 DF	Efe Sarıkaya	(2005-11-30) 30 November 2005 (age 19)	1	0	Altay
	3 MF	Emre Demir	(2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 21)	9	0	Samsunspor
	3 MF	Burak İnce	(2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 (age 21)	6	3	Arminia Bielefeld
	3 MF	Sami Satılmış	(2004-06-16) 16 June 2004 (age 21)	4	1	Altınordu
	3 MF	Hamza Akman	(2004-09-27) 27 September 2004 (age 20)	3	2	Galatasaray
	3 MF	Fırat Sarı	(2004-08-10) 10 August 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Turgutluspor
	3 MF	Mustafa Alptekin Çaylı	(2004-10-22) 22 October 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Kastamonuspor
	3 MF	Devran Șenyurt	(2004-08-22) 22 August 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Adanaspor
	3 MF	Teoman Gündüz	(2004-06-07) 7 June 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Hertha BSC
	3 MF	Ege Tıknaz	(2004-08-17) 17 August 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Beşiktaş
	4 FW	Mehmet Ali Büyüksayar	(2004-05-08) 8 May 2004 (age 21)	5	0	Konyaspor
	4 FW	Başar Önal	(2004-07-06) 6 July 2004 (age 20)	3	1	De Graafschap
	4 FW	Eren Kaya	(2004-03-27) 27 March 2004 (age 21)	2	0	Sivasspor
	4 FW	Semih Kılıçsoy	(2005-08-15) 15 August 2005 (age 19)	1	1	Beşiktaş
	4 FW	Mert Bulut	(2004-11-06) 6 November 2004 (age 20)	0	0	De Graafschap
	4 FW	Caner Doğan	(2004-02-23) 23 February 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Galatasaray
	4 FW	Talha Sarıarslan	(2004-01-18) 18 January 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Kayserispor

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Turkey under-19 squad and remain eligible:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Kaan Çinkaya	(2004-01-06) 6 January 2004 (age 21)	0	0	MKE Ankaragücü	v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
DF	Yaşar Kavas	(2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 21)	1	0	Konyaspor	v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
DF	Emir Tintiş	(2004-01-12) 12 January 2004 (age 21)	1	0	Fatih Karagümrük	v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
DF	Bartu Kırtaş	(2004-01-29) 29 January 2004 (age 21)	0	0	İstanbulspor	v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
DF	Emir Ortakaya	(2004-06-22) 22 June 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Göztepe	v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
MF	Bora Aydınlık	(2005-05-09) 9 May 2005 (age 20)	1	0	Fenerbahçe	v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
MF	Diren Dağdeviren	(2005-03-08) 8 March 2005 (age 20)	1	0	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
MF	Yiğit Kerem	(2004-11-25) 25 November 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Bergama Belediyespor	v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
MF	Furkan Yöntem	(2005-05-11) 11 May 2005 (age 20)	1	0	Altınordu	v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
MF	Atakan Dama	(2004-03-01) 1 March 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Ankara Demirspor	v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
MF	Tugay Güner	(2004-05-19) 19 May 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Altınordu	v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
MF	Emirhan İlkhan	(2004-06-01) 1 June 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Torino	v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
MF	Mustafa Pınarcı	(2004-06-01) 1 June 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Trabzonspor	v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
MF	Adem Metin Türk	(2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Arnavutköy Belediyesi Gençlik ve Spor	v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
FW	Habib Biçer	(2004-02-02) 2 February 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Sapanca Gençlikspor	v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022
FW	Ahmet Karademir	(2004-04-02) 2 April 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Konyaspor	v.   Bulgaria, 27 September 2022

See also

• Turkey men's national football team
• Turkey men's national under-21 football team
• Turkey men's national under-20 football team
• Turkey men's national under-17 football team
• Turkey women's national football team
• Turkey women's national under-21 football team
• Turkey women's national under-19 football team
• Turkey women's national under-17 football team

References

1. "U19 Milli Takımımız Elit Tur Hazırlıklarının İstanbul Etabını Tamamladı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.