Turkey national under-21 football team
The Turkish U-21 national football team is a men's national team of the Turkish Football Federation.
Be eligible, players who have not yet completed their 21 years of age and be a Turkish citizen. In tournaments, the age at first qualifier is relevant.
The first competitive match of the team was on 28 October 1950 in Ankara against the Egyptian U -21 team. The game ended 3-1 for the hosts. The highest result, which has reached the Turkish team was a 5-0 win over the U -21 from Austria. The highest defeat saw the young Turks against Germany. On October 25, 1983, the Germans defeated Turkey 7-0.
Turkey made it so far even to qualify for the U-21 Football Championship. This they succeeded for the U -21 Football Championship 2000 in Slovakia. With zero points, two goals and eleven goals against the team as a group different from Last in the group stage.
By participating in 2000, remains to this day the last participation of a Turkish U21 men's soccer team in a U21 European Championship finals. In recent years we missed the participation to the U21 European Championship twice just in relegation matches. For the U21 European Championship in 2004 they lost and Germany for the U21 European Championship 2009 Belarus each a total of nearly 2-1.
Participation at U -21 European Championships
Note: Between 1978 and 1992, the final was a U- 21 Championship not played in a country, but completed by return games in the participating nations.
European Championship Qualification 2015
In qualifying for the European Championship 2015, Turkey will take in Group 7 Sweden, Greece, Poland and Malta.
Qualifiers
Results always from a Turkish perspective
Table
(Updated: March 5, 2014)
Current squad
The specified squad includes the national players who are in the squad for the European Championship qualifiers against Greece March 5, 2014.
Most games
Players in bold are still active in the national team.