The Turkey national Under-21 football team (Turkish: Ümit Millî Futbol Takımı), also known as Turkey Under-21s or Turkey U-21s, is the Under-21 years of age team of the Turkey national football team.
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 Oğuzhan Özyakup 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).
Competitive Record
Summer Olympics record
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| Year | Host | Round | Pos. | Pld. | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
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| Total | 0/9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Edition | Round | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | ||
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| No host 1978 | did not qualify | |||||||||
| No host 1980 | ||||||||||
| No host 1982 | ||||||||||
| No host 1984 | ||||||||||
| No host 1986 | ||||||||||
| No host 1988 | ||||||||||
| No host 1990 | ||||||||||
| No host 1992 | ||||||||||
 1994
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 1996
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 1998
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 2000 |
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | ||
 2002 |
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 2004
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 2006
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 2007
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 2009
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 2011
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 2013
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 2015
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 2017
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  2019
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  2021
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 2023
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| 2025
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| Total | 1/24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | ||
UEFA Under-23 Qualification
| # | Year | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 1 | 1972 UEFA European Under-23 Championship | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -8 |
| 2 | 1974 UEFA European Under-23 Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
| 3 | 1976 UEFA European Under-23 Championship | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
| Total | 3/3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | -13 |
UEFA Under-21 Qualification
- As of 26 March 2024
- 2002 Toulon Tournament - 8th place
- 2004 Toulon Tournament - 7th place
- 2008 Toulon Tournament - 6th place
- 2012 Toulon Tournament - 2nd place
- 2018 Toulon Tournament - 3rd place
Results and fixtures
Win Draw Loss
2023
| 17 June International friendly | Turkey  | 1–0 |  Azerbaijan | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 18:00 (19:00 TRT) | Stadium: Esenyurt Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadyumu Referee: Mehmet Türkmen (Turkey) |
| 20 June International friendly | Turkey | 4–1 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 19:00 (20:00 TRT) |
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Stadium: Eyüp Stadı Referee: Abdullah Buğra Taşkınsoy (Turkey) |
| 8 September UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification | Republic of Ireland  | 3–2 | Turkey | Cork, Republic of Ireland |
| 20:30 | Andrew Moran  56'Zak Gilsenan 87' (pen.)Aidomo Emakhu 90+6'Sean Roughan  90+9' |
Report | Kenan Yıldız 22' (pen.) Cihan Çanak 76' |
Stadium: Turners Cross Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia) |
| 12 September UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification | Turkey | 0–2 | Italy | Adapazari, Turkey |
| 18:30 (19:30 TRT) | Report | Stadium: New Sakarya Atatürk Stadium Referee: Pierre Gaillouste (France) |
| 13 October UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification | Turkey | 5–0 | San Marino | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Stadium: Ümraniye Municipality City Stadium Referee: Viktor Shimusik (Belarus) |
| 17 October UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification | Latvia  | 2-1 | Turkey | Jelgava, Latvia |
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Stadium: Zemgale Olympic Center |
| 17 November International friendly | Turkey | 1-1 | Slovenia | Turkey, Istanbul |
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Stadium: Pendik Stadium |
| 21 November UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification | Turkey | 2-0 |  Norway | Alanya, Turkey |
| Stadium: Alanya Oba Stadium |
2024
| 22 March International friendly | Turkey | 2–1 | Georgia | Alanya, Turkey |
| 18:30 (20:30 TRT) |
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Stadium: Alanya Oba Stadium Referee: Fevzi Erdem Akbas (Turkey) |
| 26 March 2024 2025 Championship qual. | Italy | 1–1 | Turkey | Ferrara, Italy |
| 18:15 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Cesar Soto Grado (Spain) |
| 3 June International friendly | Turkey | 2–1 |  Scotland | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 19:00 (20:30 TRT) |
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Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium |
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the friendly match against Scotland on 3 June 2024.[3]
Caps and goals updated as of 3 June 2024, after the match against Scotland.
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months and are still eligible to represent.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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| GK | Ertuğrul Çetin | 21 April 2003 | 3 | 0 | Gençlerbirliği
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v. Slovenia, 17 November 2023
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| GK | Arda Özçimen | 8 January 2002 | 0 | 0 | Göztepe
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v. San Marino, 13 October 2023
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| GK | Jankat Yılmaz | 16 August 2004 | 0 | 0 | Galatasaray
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v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 20 June 2023
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| DF | Ahmetcan KaplanSEN | 16 January 2003 | 5 | 0 | Ajax
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v. Scotland, 3 June 2024
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| DF | Kazımcan Karataş | 16 January 2003 | 11 | 0 | Ankaragücü
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v. Italy, 26 March 2024
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| DF | Şahin Dik | 7 February 2004 | 2 | 0 | Giresunspor
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v. Italy, 26 March 2024
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| DF | Emir Ortakaya | 22 June 2004 | 1 | 0 | Kocaelispor
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v. Italy, 26 March 2024
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| DF | Ayberk Karapo | 21 July 2004 | 6 | 0 | Manisa
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v. Norway, 21 November 2023
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| DF | Eray Korkmaz | 8 June 2003 | 1 | 0 | Çaykur Rizespor
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v. Norway, 21 November 2023
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| DF | Engin Can Aksoy | 14 November 2003 | 1 | 0 | Hatayspor
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v. Italy, 12 September 2023
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| DF | Arif Kocaman | 14 September 2003 | 3 | 0 | Kayserispor
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v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 20 June 2023
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| MF | Ömer Faruk Beyaz | 29 August 2003 | 16 | 1 | Hatayspor
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v. Italy, 26 March 2024
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| MF | Emirhan İlkhan | 1 June 2004 | 5 | 0 | İstanbul Başakşehir
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v. Italy, 26 March 2024
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| MF | Vefa Temel | 3 November 2002 | 1 | 0 | İstanbulspor
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v. Italy, 26 March 2024
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| MF | Ege Tıknaz | 17 August 2004 | 5 | 0 | Beşiktaş
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v. Norway, 21 November 2023
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| MF | Cem Türkmen | 29 March 2002 | 10 | 0 | Ankaragücü
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v. Latvia, 17 October 2023
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| MF | Göktan Gürpüz | 22 January 2003 | 4 | 0 | Trabzonspor
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v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 20 June 2023
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| FW | Bertuğ YıldırımSEN | 12 July 2002 | 11 | 7 | Rennes
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v. Scotland, 3 June 2024
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| FW | Semih KılıçsoySEN | 15 August 2005 | 2 | 2 | Beşiktaş
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v. Italy, 26 March 2024
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| FW | Metehan Altunbaş | 7 January 2003 | 2 | 1 | Adanaspor
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v. Norway, 21 November 2023
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| FW | Burak İnce | 20 January 2004 | 2 | 0 | Śląsk Wrocław
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v. Norway, 21 November 2023
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| FW | Kenan YıldızSEN | 4 May 2005 | 8 | 2 | Juventus
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v. Italy, 12 September 2023
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| FW | Tiago Çukur | 30 November 2002 | 6 | 0 | Ümraniyespor
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v. Republic of Ireland, 8 September 2023
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- SEN = Player have been called up to the senior team.
- INJ = Not part of the current squad due to injury.
Player records
- As of 3 June 2024
Most appearances
The following is the top 10 most capped under-21 players:
| Rank | Name | Period | Caps | Goals |
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| 1 | Berkant Göktan | 1998–2001 | 29 | 10 |
| Kemal Aslan | 2000–2003 | 29 | 5 | |
| 3 | Serkan Aykut | 1994–1997 | 24 | 12 |
| Erhan Albayrak | 1998–2000 | 24 | 7 | |
| Nihat Kahveci | 1998–2000 | 24 | 1 | |
| Feti Okuroğlu | 1990–1993 | 24 | 0 | |
| 7 | Serhat Akın | 2000–2002 | 23 | 12 |
| Güngör Öztürk | 1997–2000 | 23 | 2 | |
| 9 | Mehmet Topuz | 2004–2005 | 22 | 2 |
| Hüseyin Çimşir | 1998–2001 | 22 | 1 | |
| Ravil Tagir | 2019–present | 22 | 1 | |
| Metin Uzun | 1990–1995 | 22 | 1 | |
| Mehmet Nas | 1998–2001 | 22 | 0 | |
| Şenol Yavaş | 1992–1995 | 22 | 0 |
Top goalscorers
The following is the top 10 under-21 players goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Period | Goals | Caps | Ratio |
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| 1 | Serhat Akın | 2000–2002 | 12 | 23 | 0.52 |
| Serkan Aykut | 1994–1997 | 12 | 24 | 0.5 | |
| 3 | Tuncay Şanlı | 2002–2003 | 10 | 14 | 0.71 |
| Berkant Göktan | 1998–2001 | 10 | 29 | 0.34 | |
| 5 | Oktay Derelioğlu | 1994–1997 | 9 | 14 | 0.64 |
| 6 | Halil Dervişoğlu | 2018-2020 | 8 | 11 | 0.73 |
| 7 | Bertuğ Yıldırım | 2022-present | 7 | 11 | 0.64 |
| Erhan Albayrak | 1998-2000 | 7 | 24 | 0.29 | |
| 9 | Bülent Uygun | 1992–1993 | 6 | 14 | 0.43 |
| Mustafa Özkan | 1996–1997 | 6 | 15 | 0.4 | |
| Emrah Başsan | 2012-2015 | 6 | 17 | 0.35 | |
| Enis Destan | 2021-present | 6 | 21 | 0.29 | |
| Semih Şentürk | 2003-2005 | 6 | 21 | 0.29 |
Former squads
Former players
- Abdullah Ercan
- Alpay Özalan
- Arda Turan
- Arif Erdem
- Berkant Göktan
- Bülent Korkmaz
- Colin Kazim-Richards
- Emre Aşık
- Emre Belözoğlu
- Fatih Terim
- Gökhan Töre
- Gökhan Zan
- Hakan Şükür
- Halil Altıntop
- Mehmet Topal
- Mehmet Topuz
- Nihat Kahveci
- Necati Ateş
- Nuri Şahin
- Okan Buruk
- Saffet Sancaklı
- Semih Şentürk
- Sergen Yalçın
- Tuncay Şanlı
- Ümit Özat
- 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
- 1993–1996: Erdoğan Arıca
- 1996–1998: Rıza Çalımbay
- 1998–2005: Raşit Çetiner
- 2005–2006: Reha Kapsal
- 2006–2006: Tolunay Kafkas
- 2006–2007: Ünal Karaman
- 2007–2008: Ümit Davala
- 2008–2010: Hami Mandıralı
- 2010–2012: Raşit Çetiner
- 2013–2018: Abdullah Ercan
- 2018–2018: Alpay Özalan
- 2018–2020: Vedat İnceefe
- 2020–2023: Tolunay Kafkas
- 2023–2024: Levent Sürme
- 2024–present Gökhan Gönül
See also
- Turkey national football team
- Turkey national under-20 football team
- Turkey national under-19 football team
- Turkey national under-17 football team
- Turkey national youth football team
Notes
References
- ^ "Türkiye sneak through as best third-placed team". UEFA. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ "Gökhan Gönül, Ümit Millî Takım'ın Yeni Teknik Direktörü Oldu". ttf.org. 2024-09-26. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
- ^ "Ümit Millî Takım'ın İskoçya Maçı Aday Kadrosu Açıklandı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
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