Turkey national under-17 football team

Turkey Under-17
Association	Turkish Football Federation
First colours	Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2005)
Best result	Fourth place (2005)
European Championship
Appearances	8 (first in 2004)
Best result	Champions (2005)

The Turkey national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, held every year. The original tournament was called the UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship (1982-2001). The tournament was renamed as the European Under-17 Football Championship in 2002, but importantly the overall statistics are collated from 1982. In addition, every odd year the top teams from the respective UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship compete in the FIFA U-17 World Cup the same year (since 2017, five teams from the respective UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship have been entered).

Competitive record

UEFA U-17 European Championship Record*

Edition	Round	MP	W	D**	L	GF	GA
2002	Qualifying round	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003	Qualifying round	–	–	–	–	–	–
2004	Group stage	3	1	0	2	6	5
2005	Champions^Q	5	4	0	1	13	5
2006	Elite round	3	0	1	2	1	3
2007	Elite round	3	1	0	2	3	2
2008	Semi-finals	4	2	2	1	5	1
2009	Group stage^Q	3	1	0	2	3	5
2010	Semi-finals	3	0	2	1	2	4
2011	Elite round	3	1	1	1	4	5
2012	Elite round	3	0	0	3	0	9
2013	Qualifying round	3	1	0	2	8	8
2014	Group stage	3	1	0	2	7	7
2015	Qualifying round	3	0	0	3	3	10
2016	Elite round	3	1	0	2	4	7
2017	Semi-finals^Q	5	3	0	2	10	7
2018	Elite round	3	1	0	2	3	4
2019	Elite round	3	0	1	2	1	5
~~2020~~	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[1]^[2]
~~2021~~	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[1]^[2]
2022	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	7
2023	Elite round	3	1	1	1	6	3
2024	to be determined
2025	to be determined
2026	to be determined
2027	to be determined

*The tournament was renamed as the European Under-17 Football Championship in 2002 (The original tournament was called the UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship (1982-2001)). Importantly the overall statistics are collated from 1982.

**Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.

***Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Q - Denotes qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup which is held every odd year.

FIFA U-17 World Cup Record

Edition	Round	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985	did not qualify
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Fourth place	6	4	0	2	15	10
2007	did not qualify
2009	Quarter finals	5	3	2	0	9	3
2011	did not qualify
2013
2015
2017	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	7
2019	did not qualify
2023	did not qualify
2025	to be determined
Total	3/20	14	7	3	4	26	20

Individual awards

In addition to team victories, Turkish players have won individual awards at UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship.

Year	Golden Player Award
2005	Nuri Şahin

Year	Top Goalscorer
2005	Tevfik Kose

Recent results

6 October 2017 2017 FIFA U17	New Zealand	1–1		DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
17:00	Mata 58'	Report	Kutucu 18'	Attendance: 9,727 Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

9 October 2017 2017 FIFA U17		0–3	Mali	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
17:00		Report	D. Traoré 38' Ndiaye 68' Konaté 86'	Attendance: 18,323 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

12 October 2017 2017 FIFA U17		1–3	Paraguay	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
17:00	Kesgin 90+3'	Report	Bogado 41' Cardozo 43' Galeano 61'	Attendance: 8,895 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

13 October 2017 Euro 2018 Qualifiers	Israel	1–0		Svitavský stadion, Svitavy
15:00	Ovadia 8'	Report		Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Bulgaria)

16 October 2017 Euro 2018 Qualifiers		4–0	Armenia	Svitavský stadion, Svitavy
15:00	Bakan 23' Altunbaş 52' Kaya 77' Çelik 79'	Report		Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

19 October 2017 Euro 2018 Qualifiers		1–1	Czech Republic	Svitavský stadion, Svitavy
15:00	Gündüz 22' (pen.)	Report	Gabriel 49'	Referee: Stefan Apostolov (Bulgaria)

7 March 2018 Elite Round	Italy	2–0		Sportpark De Hanen Weide, Veen
19:00	Colombo 61' Ricci 67'	Report		Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

10 March 2018 Elite Round	Iceland	0–3		Sportpark Parkzicht, Uden
14:00		Report	Kaya 9' Güllü 63' Luş 79'	Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

13 March 2018 Elite Round		0–2	Netherlands	Sportpark Parkzicht, Uden
19:00		Report	Llansana 51' Ihattaren 71'	Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches.^[3]
Match dates: 19, 22 and 25 March 2025
Opposition: Switzerland, Czech Republic and Sweden
Caps and goals correct as of: 16 February 2025, after the match against Croatia

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Emir Dadük	(2008-02-13) 13 February 2008	6	0	Hatayspor
1GK	Deniz Dönmezer	(2008-01-02) 2 January 2008	6	0	Adana Demirspor
1GK	Arda Yılmaz	(2008-02-13) 13 February 2008	5	0	Altınordu

2DF	Hasan Turan	(2008-02-03) 3 February 2008	8	1	Galatasaray
2DF	Ahmet Çobanoğlu	(2008-06-10) 10 June 2008	8	1	Bursaspor
2DF	Vatan Özcan	(2008-01-08) 8 January 2008	8	0	Norwich City
2DF	Berkay Muratoğlu	(2008-01-02) 2 January 2008	6	0	Kasımpaşa
2DF	Mustafa Yortaç	(2008-03-01) 1 March 2008	5	1	Beşiktaş
2DF	Yusuf Dağhan Kahraman	(2008-03-26) 26 March 2008	3	0	Galatasaray
2DF	Ada İbik	(2008-11-03) 3 November 2008	3	0	Manisa

3MF	Oğuzhan Ertem	(2008-01-01) 1 January 2008	11	2	Trabzonspor
3MF	Serhan Kök	(2008-03-03) 3 March 2008	11	0	Fenerbahçe
3MF	Ahmet Efe Çakmakkaya	(2008-07-22) 22 July 2008	5	1	Bursaspor
3MF	Necati Oğulcan Yançel	(2009-06-01) 1 June 2009	5	0	Galatasaray
3MF	Elyas Bağcı	(2008-04-08) 8 April 2008	4	0	Hertha BSC
3MF	Hasan Ayyıldız	(2008-01-10) 10 January 2008	3	0	Ajax

4FW	Hasan Ege Akdoğan	(2008-03-08) 8 March 2008	11	3	Çorum
4FW	Tuna Baran Demir	(2008-04-29) 29 April 2008	5	1	Beşiktaş
4FW	Mohammed Sadki	(2008-07-14) 14 July 2008	5	0	Fortuna Düsseldorf
4FW	Emin Torunoğulları	(2008-01-19) 19 January 2008	5	0	Holstein Kiel
4FW	Muhammed Tazi	(2008-01-15) 15 January 2008	0	0	Rapid Wien

Recent call-ups

The following players were called up to the national team within the last twelve months and remain eligible for future call-ups.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Past squads

UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship squads

FIFA U-17 World Cup squads

References

^ "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "U17 Millî Takımımız, UEFA U17 Şampiyonası A Ligi 2. Tur Hazırlıklarına Başladı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Turkey's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Australia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Brazil	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Burkina Faso	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
China	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Colombia	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Mali	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Mexico	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
New Zealand	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Total	14	7	3	4	26	20	+6	050.00

[2020_Cancellation-1] "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[2] "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[3] "U17 Millî Takımımız, UEFA U17 Şampiyonası A Ligi 2. Tur Hazırlıklarına Başladı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.

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