Turkey's national Under-21 football team , also known as Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 Under-21s or Turkey U-21s, is the Under-21 years of age team of the Turkey national football team

Turkey national football team

The Turkey national football team represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. They are affiliated with UEFA...

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History

This team is for Turkish players aged 21 or under at the start of a two-year European Under-21 Football Championship campaign, so players can be, and often are, up to 23 years old. Also in existence are teams for Under-20s (for non-UEFA tournaments), Under-19s and Under 17s. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, making it possible to play for the U-21s, senior side and again for the U-21s, as Nuri Şahin

Nuri Sahin

Nuri Kâzım Şahin is a German-born Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Turkish national team and Real Madrid in the Spanish La Liga BBVA...

 has done recently. It is also possible to play for one country at youth level and another at senior level (providing the player is eligible).

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

The European Under-21 Football Championship is a football competition organised by the sport's European governing body, UEFA. It is held every two years. The competition has existed in its current form since 1978. It was preceded by the Under 23 Challenge Cup which ran from 1967 to 1970...

• 1978
  1978 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The UEFA U-21 Championship 1978, which spanned two years had 24 entrants. Yugoslavia U-21s won the competition.The 24 national teams were divided into eight groups. The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis until the winner was decided...
  
   : Qualifying Stage
• 1980
  1980 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The UEFA U-21 Championship 1980, which spanned two years had 25 entrants. Cyprus and the Netherlands competed in the competition for the first time. 1978 entrants Austria did not enter. Due to 'irregularities', Turkey's first two matches were awarded to their opponents...
  
   : Qualifying Stage
• 1982
  1982 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The UEFA U-21 Championship 1982, which spanned two years , had 26 entrants. West Germany competed in the competition for the first time. England U-21s won the competition....
  
   : Qualifying Stage
• 1984
  1984 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The UEFA U-21 Championship 1984, which spanned two years , had 30 entrants. Albania, Iceland and Wales competed in the competition for the first time. England U-21s won the competition for the second time running....
  
   : Qualifying Stage
• 1986
  1986 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The UEFA U-21 Championship 1986, which spanned two years , had 29 entrants. Spain U-21s won the competition after a penalty shootout, the first in the U-21 competition's history....
  
   : Qualifying Stage
• 1988
  1988 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The UEFA U-21 Championship 1988, which spanned two years , had 30 entrants. The Republic of Ireland competed for the first time. France U-21s won the competition....
  
   : Qualifying Stage
• 1990
  1990 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The UEFA U-21 Championship 1990, which spanned two years , had 30 entrants. San Marino competed for the first time. USSR U-21s won the competition....
  
   : Qualifying Stage
• 1992
  1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The UEFA U-21 Championship 1992, which spanned two years , had 32 entrants.Malta and Israel competed for the first time. This was also the first appearance of the unified Germany team.Italy U-21s won the competition....
  
   : Qualifying Stage
• 1994
  1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The UEFA U-21 Championship 1994, which spanned two years , had 32 entrants. After the quarter-finals stage, France were chosen as the first hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total....
  
   : Qualifying Stage
• 1996
  1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The UEFA U-21 Championship 1996, which spanned two years , had 44 entrants. After the quarter-finals stage, Spain were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total....
  
   : Qualifying Stage
• 1998
  1998 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The UEFA U-21 Championship 1998, which spanned two years , had 46 entrants. Before the quarter-finals stage, Romania were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total....
  
   : Qualifying Stage
• 2000
  2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The UEFA U-21 Championship 2000, which spanned two years , had 47 entrants. Northern Ireland competed for the first time. For the first time a finals tournament with two groups of four teams was held, with one of those teams, Slovakia, having been chosen as the hosts.Italy U-21s won the...
  
   : Group Stage
• 2002
  2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  UEFA U-21 Championship 2002 was the 13th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Switzerland between 16 and 28 May 2002.Czech Republic U-21s won the competition for the first time.-Qualification:...
  
   : Qualifying Stage
• 2004
  2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  UEFA U-21 Championship 2004 was the 14th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Germany between 27 May and 8 June 2004.Italy U-21s won the competition for the fifth time...
  
   : Qualifying Stage
• 2006
  2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  -Group B:---------------------Knockout stage:-Semi-finals:-----Final:-Goalscorers:4 goals Klaas Jan Huntelaar3 goals Thomas Kahlenberg Nicky Hofs2 goals Bryan Bergougnoux Ruslan Fomin Artem Milevskiy...
  
   : Qualifying Stage
• 2007
  2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The UEFA U-21 Championship 2007 were held from 10 June 2007 to 23 June 2007. It is the 16th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship....
  
   : Qualifying Stage
• 2009
  2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship began on 15 June 2009, and was the 17th UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. This was the first tournament after the competition reverted to a two-year format, following the single-year 2006-07 competition, which allowed the change to...
  
   : Qualifying Stage
• 2011
  2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  UEFA U-21 Championship 2011 was the 18th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Denmark between 11 and 25 June 2011....
  
   : Qualifying Stage
• 2013
  2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  2013 UEFA U-21 Championship will be the 19th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship. The final tournament will be hosted by Israel between the 15–28 June 2013...
  
   : Qualifying in progress

Current squad

The following 23-man squad was named for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

2013 UEFA U-21 Championship will be the 19th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship. The final tournament will be hosted by Israel between the 15–28 June 2013...

 qualifying match against Italy

Italy national under-21 football team

The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years...

 at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium

Recep Tayyip Erdogan Stadium

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium is a multi-use stadium in the Kasımpaşa neighbourhood of Istanbul, Turkey. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Kasımpaşa S.K.. The stadium held 9,576 spectators . and its capacity was extended to 13,500 spectators...

 on November 10, 2011.
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Former squads

• 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Turkey

Former players

• Abdullah Ercan
  Abdullah Ercan
  Abdullah Ercan is a retired Turkish international footballer. He currently manages Gaziantepspor and the Turkey U-17 team.-Career:...
  
  
• Alpay Özalan
  Alpay Özalan
  Alpay Fehmi Özalan is a former Turkish footballer.Alpay is currently a member of the management committee of Siirtspor.-Playing style:...
  
  
• Arda Turan
  Arda Turan
  Arda Turan is a Turkish footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid and the Turkish national team, as a left winger. At the age of 22, prior to the 2009–10 season he was made the captain of Galatasaray....
  
  
• Arif Erdem
  Arif Erdem
  Arif Erdem is a retired Turkish international footballer and the current manager of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor. He played in the forward position. Starting out with local club Zeytinburnuspor in 1990, Erdem had a decorated 15-year professional career...
  
  
• Bülent Korkmaz
  Bülent Korkmaz
  Bülent Korkmaz is a retired Turkish football centre back and manager of Karabükspor. He played for Galatasaray for his whole career , where fans nicknamed him Büyük Kaptan ....
  
  
• Colin Kazim-Richards
  Colin Kazim-Richards
  Colin Kazim-Richards , commonly known as Colin Kâzım, Kâzım or Kâzım Kâzım, is an English-born Turkish footballer who plays for Galatasaray, and internationally for Turkey having qualified for Turkish nationality through his mother's ethnicity...
  
  
• Emre Aşık
  Emre Asik
  Emre Aşık is a Turkish former international footballer. He played center back for several clubs in the Süper Lig, most notably, Galatasaray...
  
  
• Emre Belözoğlu
  Emre Belözoglu
  Emre Belözoğlu is a Turkish football midfielder who plays for Fenerbahçe.Having also played for clubs Galatasaray, Internazionale, and Newcastle United, Emre has been a part of the Turkey national team at the 2002 World Cup and at Euro 2008 among other tournaments...
  
  
• Fatih Terim
  Fatih Terim
  Fatih Terim, Commendatore OSSI, is a Turkish football former player and manager. Terim was born in Adana, Turkey to Nuriye and Talat Terim. His father, Talat, is a Turkish Cypriot who emigrated to Turkey....
  
  

• Gökhan Töre
  Gökhan Töre
  Gökhan Töre is a Turkish international footballer, who plays for Hamburger SV. He can play either on attacking midfielder or winger positions in the field.-Chelsea:...
  
  
• Gökhan Zan
  Gökhan Zan
  Gökhan Zan is a Turkish football defender who currently plays for Turkcell Süper Lig club Galatasaray.-Club career:...
  
  
• Hakan Şükür
  Hakan Sükür
  Hakan Şükür is a retired Turkish footballer who played as a striker. He spent the majority of his professional career with Galatasaray, being a three-time Gol Kralı , representing the club in three different spells and winning a total of 14 major titles.Şükür represented Turkey a...
  
  
• Halil Altıntop
  Halil Altintop
  Halil Altıntop is a German-born Turkish national footballer. He currently plays for Trabzonspor. He is the identical twin brother of Hamit Altıntop who plays for Real Madrid.-Career:...
  
  
• Mehmet Topal
  Mehmet Topal
  Mehmet Topal is a Turkish footballer who plays for Valencia CF in the Spanish La liga. He is a defensive midfielder and has the nickname of Örümcek , due to his ability to use his long legs to win loose balls or cut out passes.-Galatasaray:He joined Galatasaray in September 2006 at the age of 20,...
  
  
• Mehmet Topuz
  Mehmet Topuz
  Mehmet Topuz is a Turkish football midfield player, who plays for Fenerbahçe.-Club career:Topuz had begun his career in Yolspor, a local club in Kayseri. He joined Kayserispor after spelling almost 3 years at that club. He has been given several Golden Man of the Month awards which are presented...
  
  
• Nihat Kahveci
  Nihat Kahveci
  Nihat Kahveci is a Turkish footballer. Nihat plays as a Forward.-Biography:Nihat's family name, Kahveci, means "coffee maker." Many people in Turkey adopted the name of their profession as their family name in the early 20th century, suggesting that Nihat's ancestors were in the coffee business...
  
  
• Necati Ateş
  Necati Ates
  Necati Ateş is a Turkish footballer who plays for Antalyaspor in the Süper Lig, as a forward.-Club career:Ateş made his professional debut with Altay SK and Adanaspor, scoring for both at an impressive rate. In 2004, he signed with Süper Lig giants Galatasaray SK.In 2005–06, Ateş played an...
  
  
• Nuri Şahin
  Nuri Sahin
  Nuri Kâzım Şahin is a German-born Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Turkish national team and Real Madrid in the Spanish La Liga BBVA...
  
  

• Okan Buruk
  Okan Buruk
  Okan Buruk is a Turkish former international footballer who played in the midfielder position. He played for Galatasaray, Internazionale, Beşiktaş, and İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor...
  
  
• Saffet Sancaklı
  Saffet Sancakli
  Saffet Sancaklı is a retired Turkish football striker. He played for Turkey national football team and was a participant at the 1996 UEFA European Championship. He scored 130 goals in Turkish Premiere League with different teams...
  
  
• Semih Şentürk
  Semih Sentürk
  Semih Şentürk is a Turkish footballer who currently plays for Turkish Süper Lig side Fenerbahçe as a striker, and also the Turkish national team.-Fenerbahçe:...
  
  
• Sergen Yalçın
  Sergen Yalçin
  Ali Rıza Sergen Yalçın is a former Turkish footballer. The Turkish player who is recognised as one of the greatest footballers to play for Turkey....
  
  
• Tuncay Şanlı
  Tuncay Sanli
  Tuncay Şanlı , or simply Tuncay, is a Turkish footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers, on loan from VfL Wolfsburg.His natural position is as a striker, but he can also play as an attacking midfielder or on either wing. Tuncay captains the Turkish national team...
  
  
• Ümit Özat
  Ümit Özat
  Ümit Özat is a retired Turkish footballer who is the manager of Süper Lig side Ankaragücü.-Career:He initially played for Gençlerbirliği and for Fenerbahçe as a central defender or a defensive midfielder. Later, he was converted to a full back on the left side. He is right-footed, but still he can...
  
  
• Volkan Demirel
• Yıldıray Baştürk

Former Coaches

• 1957-1959:   Şeref Görkey
• 1960-1962:   Şeref Görkey
• 1976-1977:   Candan Tarhan
• 1981-1982:   Şeref Görkey
• 1984-1984:   Yılmaz Gökdel
• 1990-1993:   Fatih Terim
  Fatih Terim
  Fatih Terim, Commendatore OSSI, is a Turkish football former player and manager. Terim was born in Adana, Turkey to Nuriye and Talat Terim. His father, Talat, is a Turkish Cypriot who emigrated to Turkey....
  
  
• 1993-1996:   Erdoğan Arıca
  Erdogan Arica
  Erdoğan Arıca is a Turkish football manager and coach. As a footballer, he played defender. He is also the brother of the singer Soner Arıca and the nephew of Kadir İnanır.-Career:...
  
  
• 1996-1998:   Rıza Çalımbay
  Riza Çalimbay
  Rıza Çalımbay, is a former prominent Turkish international football player, and currently coach of Turkish side Sivasspor. He was one of the symbol names of Beşiktaş J.K. and was among the best players of his time...
  
  
• 1998-2005:   Raşit Çetiner
  Rasit Çetiner
  Raşit Çetiner is a Turkish football coach and a former player of Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe SK . He also played for Kocaelispor between 1974-1978. In 1978 , when playing for Kocaelispor he has become the top goal-scorer in TFF First League and awarded as the Player of the Year. In 1982 and 1985...
  
  
• 2005-2006:   Reha Kapsal
  Reha Kapsal
  Reha Kapsal is a Turkish football manager. He was also a footballer, and played as a striker.Kapsal played for Diyarbakırspor, Altay, Trabzonspor , Zeytinburnuspor and Malatya Belediyespor...
  
  
• 2006-2006:   Tolunay Kafkas
• 2006-2007:   Ünal Karaman
  Ünal Karaman
  Ünal Karaman is a former Turkish professional footballer and manager.-Club career:He played for Konyaspor , Gaziantepspor , Malatyaspor , Trabzonspor and Ankaragücü .-International career:Karaman made 36 appearances for the senior Turkey national football team between 1985 and...
  
  
• 2007-2008:   Ümit Davala
  Ümit Davala
  Ümit Davala is a Turkish former international footballer who is currently an assistant manager of Galatasaray.-Club career:...
  
  
• 2008-2010:   Hami Mandıralı
  Hami Mandirali
  Hami Mandıralı was a Turkish footballer. He played for Trabzonspor nearly all of his career, and is one of the most famous and talented Turkish footballers of all time.-Career:...
  
  
• 2010 present   Raşit Çetiner
  Rasit Çetiner
  Raşit Çetiner is a Turkish football coach and a former player of Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe SK . He also played for Kocaelispor between 1974-1978. In 1978 , when playing for Kocaelispor he has become the top goal-scorer in TFF First League and awarded as the Player of the Year. In 1982 and 1985...
  
  

External links

• Turkish Football Federation Site