Turkey national under-21 football team

Turkey Under-21
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Ümit Millî
(The Youth Team)
Ay-Yıldızlılar
(The Crescent-Stars)[1]
Bizim Çocuklar
(Our Guys)
AssociationTurkish Football Federation (TFF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachGökhan Gönül[2]
CaptainDoğan Alemdar
Most capsNihat Kahveci (32)
Top scorerBerkant Göktan (11)
First colours
Second colours
First international
  3–1 Egypt 
(Ankara; 28 October 1950)
Biggest win
  5–0 Austria 
(Istanbul; 15 November 1983)
Biggest defeat
 Germany 7–0  
(Berlin; 25 October 1983)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2000)
Best resultGroup stage

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 UEFA European Under-21 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

Olympic Games record
Year Host Round Pos. Pld. W D L GF GA
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Total 0/9 0 0 0 0 0 0

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record

Edition Round M W D L GF GA GD
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
France 1994
Spain 1996
Romania 1998
Slovakia 2000 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 11 -9
Switzerland 2002 did not qualify
Germany 2004
Portugal 2006
Netherlands 2007
Sweden 2009
Denmark 2011
Israel 2013
Czech Republic 2015
Poland 2017
Italy San Marino 2019
Hungary Slovenia 2021
Romania Georgia (country) 2023
Slovakia 2025 To be determined
Total 1/24 3 0 0 3 2 11 -9

UEFA Under-23 Qualification

# Year M W D L GF GA GD
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
# Year M W D L GF GA GD
1 1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 4 1 2 1 5 8 -3
2 1980 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 4 1 0 3 2 11 -9
3 1982 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 4 1 1 2 2 5 -3
4 1984 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 6 1 1 4 6 11 -5
5 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 6 0 4 2 3 7 -4
6 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 4 1 2 1 4 6 -2
7 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 6 1 2 3 4 11 -7
8 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 6 1 1 4 6 11 -5
9 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 10 6 2 2 15 10 +5
10 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 8 4 2 2 13 12 +1
11 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 8 5 0 3 16 8 +8
12 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 8 4 4 0 11 4 +7
13 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 12 8 2 2 21 10 +11
14 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 10 7 2 1 19 7 +12
15 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 12 5 4 3 15 9 +6
16 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
17 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 10 7 1 2 19 8 +11
18 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 10 5 1 4 13 11 +2
19 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 8 5 0 3 13 7 +6
20 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 8 4 1 3 16 11 +5
21 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 8 3 2 3 7 8 -1
22 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 10 5 2 3 14 10 +4
23 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 10 4 1 5 15 18 -3
24 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 8 2 2 4 7 11 -4
25 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 6 2 1 3 11 8 +3
Total 25/25 188 83 42 63 257 212 +45

Toulon Tournament

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2023

17 June International friendly   1–0  Azerbaijan Istanbul, Turkey
18:00 (19:00 TRT)
  • Destan 59' (pen.)
 Stadium: Esenyurt Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadyumu
Referee: Mehmet Türkmen (Turkey)
20 June International friendly   4–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 (20:00 TRT)
  • Cavic 21'
 Stadium: Eyüp Stadı
Referee: Abdullah Buğra Taşkınsoy (Turkey)
8 September UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification Republic of Ireland  3–2   Cork, Ireland
20:30 Andrew Moran 56'
Zak Gilsenan 87' (pen.)
Aidomo Emakhu 90+6'
Sean Roughan Red card 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   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   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   Jelgava, Latvia
Stadium: Zemgale Olympic Center
17 November International friendly   1-1  Slovenia Turkey, Istanbul
  • Zeljkovic 66'
 Stadium: Pendik Stadium
21 November UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification   2-0  Norway Alanya, Turkey
 Stadium: Alanya Oba Stadium

2024

22 March International friendly   2–1  Georgia Alanya, Turkey
18:30 (20:30 TRT)
Stadium: Alanya Oba Stadium
Referee: Fevzi Erdem Akbas (Turkey)
26 March 2024 (2024-03-26) 2025 Championship qual. Italy  1–1   Ferrara, Italy
18:15
Report
Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza
Referee: Cesar Soto Grado (Spain)
3 June International friendly   2–1  Scotland Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 (20:30 TRT)
Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly against Albania on 8 June 2025.[3]

Caps and goals updated as of 8 June 2025, after the match against Albania.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Jankat Yılmaz (2004-08-16) 16 August 2004 3 0 Turkey Galatasaray
12 1GK Deniz Ertaş (2005-03-20) 20 March 2005 1 0 Turkey Konyaspor
23 1GK Emre Bilgin (2004-02-26) 26 February 2004 11 0 Turkey Fatih Karagümrük
2 2DF Ayberk Karapo (2004-07-21) 21 July 2004 12 0 Turkey Manisa
3 2DF Emrecan Terzi (2004-01-05) 5 January 2004 5 0 Turkey Beşiktaş
4 2DF Yiğit Efe Demir (2004-08-02) 2 August 2004 5 0 Turkey Fatih Karagümrük
5 2DF Baran Moğultay (2004-05-18) 18 May 2004 6 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund
13 2DF Ege Bilsel (2004-01-04) 4 January 2004 5 0 Turkey Bodrum
15 2DF Hamza Güreler (2006-04-10) 10 April 2006 5 0 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir
19 2DF Furkan Demir (2004-11-29) 29 November 2004 5 0 Austria Hartberg
22 2DF Efe Sarıkaya (2005-11-30) 30 November 2005 0 0 France Grenoble
2DF Ali Şahin Yılmaz (2004-01-01) 1 January 2004 2 0 Turkey Trabzonspor
6 3MF Yunus Emre Konak (2006-01-10) 10 January 2006 13 0 England Brentford
8 3MF Eyüp Aydın (2004-08-02) 2 August 2004 4 0 Turkey Galatasaray
11 3MF Ali Habeșoğlu (2004-07-29) 29 July 2004 2 0 Turkey Ayvalıkgücü Belediyespor
14 3MF Emre Demir (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 1 0 Turkey Sakaryaspor
16 3MF İzzet Çelik (2004-06-20) 20 June 2004 4 1 Turkey Adana Demirspor
17 3MF Burak İnce (2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 9 2 Poland Śląsk Wrocław
20 3MF Baran Gezek (2005-08-26) 26 August 2005 3 1 Turkey Kayserispor
21 3MF Sami Satılmıș (2004-06-16) 16 June 2004 2 0 Turkey Altınordu
7 4FW Melih Bostan (2004-04-08) 8 April 2004 2 0 Turkey Konyaspor
9 4FW Poyraz Yıldırım (2005-01-15) 15 January 2005 8 1 Turkey Ümraniyespor
10 4FW Semih Kılıçsoy (2005-08-15) 15 August 2005 6 5 Turkey Beşiktaş
24 4FW Emir Bars (2005-04-11) 11 April 2005 2 0 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven

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
  • 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
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
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

Former Coaches

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Türkiye sneak through as best third-placed team". UEFA. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Gökhan Gönül, Ümit Millî Takım'ın Yeni Teknik Direktörü Oldu". ttf.org. 2024-09-26. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
  3. ^ "Ümit Millî Takımımız, Arnavutluk Maçı Hazırlıklarına Ara Vermeden Başladı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
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