# 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 and 1954. It has since been renamed a number of times, most notably referred to as the UEFA European U-18 Championship between 1981 and 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.

## Competitive record
### UEFA European U-19 Championship record*

| Edition | Round | MP | W | D** | L | GF | GA |
| 2002 | Qualifying round | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| 2003 | First qualifying round | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | Runner-up$^Q$ | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
| 2005 | First qualifying round | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 |
| 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 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2021 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2022 | Elite round | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2023 | Elite round | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified |
| 2025 | To be decided | To be decided | To be decided | To be decided | To be decided | To be decided | To be decided |
| 2026 | To be decided | To be decided | To be decided | To be decided | To be decided | To be decided | To be decided |
| 2027 | To be decided | To be decided | To be decided | To be decided | To be decided | To be decided | To be decided |
    *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.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss

### 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
#### Qualifiers
##### Elite Round – Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Israel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Hungary (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |

## Players
### Current squad

* The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches.
* Match dates: 22–28 March 2023
* Opposition: Iceland, Hungary, England
* Caps and goals correct as of: 24 November 2022, after the match against Iraq
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1GK | Jankat Yılmaz | (2004-08-16) 16 August 2004 (age 20) | 3 | 0 | Galatasaray |
| 1GK | Mehmet Erdoğan | (2004-07-04) 4 July 2004 (age 20) | 2 | 0 | Konyaspor |
| 1GK | Göktuğ Baytekin | (2004-11-20) 20 November 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Beşiktaş |
| 1GK | Emre Bilgin | (2004-02-26) 26 February 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Beşiktaş |
| 2DF | Ayberk Karapo | (2004-07-21) 21 July 2004 (age 20) | 5 | 1 | Manisa |
| 2DF | Muhlis Dağaşan | (2004-08-09) 9 August 2004 (age 20) | 3 | 0 | PSV Eindhoven |
| 2DF | Ali Şahin Yılmaz | (2004-01-01) 1 January 2004 (age 20) | 3 | 0 | Trabzonspor |
| 2DF | Ayberk Kaygısız | (2004-08-11) 11 August 2004 (age 20) | 2 | 1 | İstanbul Başakşehir |
| 2DF | İlker Akar | (2004-10-07) 7 October 2004 (age 20) | 2 | 0 | Altınordu |
| 2DF | Umut Erdem | (2004-02-05) 5 February 2004 (age 20) | 2 | 0 | Manisa |
| 2DF | Aytuğ Batur Kömeç | (2004-10-05) 5 October 2004 (age 20) | 2 | 0 | Beşiktaş |
| 2DF | Efe Sarıkaya | (2005-11-30) 30 November 2005 (age 18) | 1 | 0 | Altay |
| 3MF | Emre Demir | (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 20) | 9 | 0 | Samsunspor |
| 3MF | Burak İnce | (2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 (age 20) | 6 | 3 | Arminia Bielefeld |
| 3MF | Sami Satılmış | (2004-06-16) 16 June 2004 (age 20) | 4 | 1 | Altınordu |
| 3MF | Hamza Akman | (2004-09-27) 27 September 2004 (age 20) | 3 | 2 | Galatasaray |
| 3MF | Fırat Sarı | (2004-08-10) 10 August 2004 (age 20) | 2 | 0 | Turgutluspor |
| 3MF | Mustafa Alptekin Çaylı | (2004-10-22) 22 October 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Kastamonuspor |
| 3MF | Devran Șenyurt | (2004-08-22) 22 August 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Adanaspor |
| 3MF | Teoman Gündüz | (2004-06-07) 7 June 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Hertha BSC |
| 3MF | Ege Tıknaz | (2004-08-17) 17 August 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Beşiktaş |
| 4FW | Mehmet Ali Büyüksayar | (2004-05-08) 8 May 2004 (age 20) | 5 | 0 | Konyaspor |
| 4FW | Başar Önal | (2004-07-06) 6 July 2004 (age 20) | 3 | 1 | De Graafschap |
| 4FW | Eren Kaya | (2004-03-27) 27 March 2004 (age 20) | 2 | 0 | Sivasspor |
| 4FW | Semih Kılıçsoy | (2005-08-15) 15 August 2005 (age 19) | 1 | 1 | Beşiktaş |
| 4FW | Mert Bulut | (2004-11-06) 6 November 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | De Graafschap |
| 4FW | Caner Doğan | (2004-02-23) 23 February 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Galatasaray |
| 4FW | Talha Sarıarslan | (2004-01-18) 18 January 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Kayserispor |

### Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Turkey under-19 squad and remain eligible:
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
| GK | Kaan Çinkaya | (2004-01-06) 6 January 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | MKE Ankaragücü | v. Bulgaria, 27 September 2022 |
| DF | Yaşar Kavas | (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Konyaspor | v. Bulgaria, 27 September 2022 |
| DF | Emir Tintiş | (2004-01-12) 12 January 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Fatih Karagümrük | v. Bulgaria, 27 September 2022 |
| DF | Bartu Kırtaş | (2004-01-29) 29 January 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | İstanbulspor | v. Bulgaria, 27 September 2022 |
| DF | Emir Ortakaya | (2004-06-22) 22 June 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Göztepe | v. Bulgaria, 27 September 2022 |
| MF | Bora Aydınlık | (2005-05-09) 9 May 2005 (age 19) | 1 | 0 | Fenerbahçe | v. Bulgaria, 27 September 2022 |
| MF | Diren Dağdeviren | (2005-03-08) 8 March 2005 (age 19) | 1 | 0 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | v. Bulgaria, 27 September 2022 |
| MF | Yiğit Kerem | (2004-11-25) 25 November 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Bergama Belediyespor | v. Bulgaria, 27 September 2022 |
| MF | Furkan Yöntem | (2005-05-11) 11 May 2005 (age 19) | 1 | 0 | Altınordu | v. Bulgaria, 27 September 2022 |
| MF | Atakan Dama | (2004-03-01) 1 March 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Ankara Demirspor | v. Bulgaria, 27 September 2022 |
| MF | Tugay Güner | (2004-05-19) 19 May 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Altınordu | v. Bulgaria, 27 September 2022 |
| MF | Emirhan İlkhan | (2004-06-01) 1 June 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Torino | v. Bulgaria, 27 September 2022 |
| MF | Mustafa Pınarcı | (2004-06-01) 1 June 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Trabzonspor | v. Bulgaria, 27 September 2022 |
| MF | Adem Metin Türk | (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Arnavutköy Belediyesi Gençlik ve Spor | v. Bulgaria, 27 September 2022 |
| FW | Habib Biçer | (2004-02-02) 2 February 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Sapanca Gençlikspor | v. Bulgaria, 27 September 2022 |
| FW | Ahmet Karademir | (2004-04-02) 2 April 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Konyaspor | v. Bulgaria, 27 September 2022 |