Turkey national under-19 football team

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 1948–54. It has since been renamed a number of times, most notably referred to as the UEFA European U-18 Championship between 1981–2001. 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.

Turkey Under-19s

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, 29 May 2015
European Championship
Appearances	7 (first in 2004)
Best result	Runners-up: 2004

Competitive record

UEFA European U-19 Championship record*

Edition	Round	MP	W	D**	L	GF	GA
2002	Qualifying round	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003	First qualifying round	–	–	–	–	–	–
2004	Runner-up^Q	5	2	1	2	10	10
2005	Qualifying round	–	–	–	–	–	–
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	To be determined

*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.

Recent results

21 March 2018 Elite round	Turkey	2–0	Austria	Silkeborg Stadium, Silkeborg
15:00 CET	Muhayer Oktay  60', 83'	Report		Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)

24 March 2018 Elite round	Denmark	1-1	Turkey	Silkeborg Stadium, Silkeborg
17:00 CET	Jens Odgaard  77'	Report	Muhayer Oktay  41'	Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

27 March 2018 Elite round	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1-2	Turkey	Vorup Stadion, Randers
13:00 CET	Enio Zilić  34'	Report	Güven Yalçın  11' Muhayer Oktay  44'	Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)

5 July 2018 Friendly	Finland	2-0	Turkey	OmaSP Stadion, Seinäjoki
15:00 CET	Eetu Vertainen  19', 45'			Referee: Mohammed Al-Emara (Finland)

17 July 2018 Under-19 Euro 2018	Turkey	2-3	England	OmaSP Stadion, Seinäjoki
18:30 UTC+3	Güven Yalçın  2' Metehan Güçlü  57'	Report	Japhet Tanganga  22' Ben Brereton  45+2' Elliot Embleton  54'	Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

20 July 2018 Under-19 Euro 2018	Turkey	0-5	France	Hietalahti Stadium, Vaasa
20:30 UTC+3		Report	Guitane  2' Gouiri  22', 33' Diaby  58' Cuisance  90+2' (pen.)	Referee: Juan Martinez Munuera (Spain)

23 July 2018 Under-19 Euro 2018	Ukraine	1-0	Turkey	OmaSP Stadion, Seinäjoki
18:30 UTC+3	Buletsa  8'	Report		Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

14 November 2018 Qualifying round	Iceland	2-1	Turkey	Arslan Zeki Demirci 1, Manavgat
	Willumson  39' Guðjohnsen  84'	Report	Akgün  90+3'	Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)

17 November 2018 Qualifying round	Turkey	3-0	Moldova	Arslan Zeki Demirci 1, Manavgat
	Uzun  6' Taşkın  49' Akyüz  74'	Report		Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

20 November 2018 Qualifying round	Turkey	1-0	England	Arslan Zeki Demirci 1, Manavgat
	Takır  72'	Report		Referee: Fabio Verissimo (Portugal)

Current squad

The following players were called up to participate in 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification against Iceland, Moldova and England in 14-17-20 November 2018 respectively.[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Berke Özer	25 May 2000			Fenerbahçe
	GK	Doğukan Özkan	4 February 2000			Beşiktaş
	GK	Muhammet Taha Tepe	1 January 2001			Altınordu
	DF	Onur Taha Takır	24 April 2000			Altınordu
	DF	Şahan Akyüz	1 January 2000			Altınordu
	DF	Berkehan Biçer	1 January 2000			Altınordu
	DF	İsmail Çokçalış	21 June 2003			Bursaspor
	DF	Muhammet Ömer Çakı	14 January 2000			Fenerbahçe
	DF	Ogün Çalışkan	26 August 2000			Galatasaray
	DF	Süleyman Luş	24 March 2001			Galatasaray
	MF	Hussein Hammoud	1 September 2001			Ajman Club
	MF	Atalay Babacan	28 June 2000			Galatasaray
	MF	Recep Gül	5 November 2000			Galatasaray
	MF	Yunus Akgün	7 July 2000			Galatasaray
	MF	Berkin Taşkın	20 July 2000			Altınordu
	MF	Egehan Gök	27 February 2000			Altınordu
	MF	Bünyamin Balcı	31 May 2000			Antalyaspor
	MF	Erdem Seçgin	5 January 2000			Beşiktaş
	MF	Berin Azar	16 March 2001			VfB Stuttgart
	MF	Okan Mete Yılmaz	25 October 2000			VfL Bochum
	FW	Ömer Uzun	23 February 2000			VfL Bochum
	FW	Emre Sabri Aydınel	14 January 2000			Borussia Dortmund
	FW	Burak Temir	9 February 2000			1461 Trabzon

See also

• Turkey national football team
• Turkey national under-21 football team
• Turkey national under-20 football team
• Turkey national under-17 football team

References

1. "U19 Milli Takımı'nın Avrupa Şampiyonası Eleme Turu aday kadrosu açıklandı". TFF (in Turkish).