# Turkey national under-17 football team

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 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2022 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2023 | Elite round | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 2024 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| 2025 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| 2026 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| 2027 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1987 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1989 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1991 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1993 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1995 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1997 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1999 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2001 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2003 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2005 | Fourth place | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 |
| 2007 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2009 | Quarter finals | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| 2011 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2013 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2015 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2017 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2019 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2023 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2025 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | 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 |

## Players
### Current squad

* The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches.
* 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 (age 17) | 6 | 0 | Hatayspor |
| 1GK | Deniz Dönmezer | (2008-01-02) 2 January 2008 (age 17) | 6 | 0 | Adana Demirspor |
| 1GK | Arda Yılmaz | (2008-02-13) 13 February 2008 (age 17) | 5 | 0 | Altınordu |
| 2DF | Hasan Turan | (2008-02-03) 3 February 2008 (age 17) | 8 | 1 | Galatasaray |
| 2DF | Ahmet Çobanoğlu | (2008-06-10) 10 June 2008 (age 16) | 8 | 1 | Bursaspor |
| 2DF | Vatan Özcan | (2008-01-08) 8 January 2008 (age 17) | 8 | 0 | Norwich City |
| 2DF | Berkay Muratoğlu | (2008-01-02) 2 January 2008 (age 17) | 6 | 0 | Kasımpaşa |
| 2DF | Mustafa Yortaç | (2008-03-01) 1 March 2008 (age 17) | 5 | 1 | Beşiktaş |
| 2DF | Yusuf Dağhan Kahraman | (2008-03-26) 26 March 2008 (age 16) | 3 | 0 | Galatasaray |
| 2DF | Ada İbik | (2008-11-03) 3 November 2008 (age 16) | 3 | 0 | Manisa |
| 3MF | Oğuzhan Ertem | (2008-01-01) 1 January 2008 (age 17) | 11 | 2 | Trabzonspor |
| 3MF | Serhan Kök | (2008-03-03) 3 March 2008 (age 17) | 11 | 0 | Fenerbahçe |
| 3MF | Ahmet Efe Çakmakkaya | (2008-07-22) 22 July 2008 (age 16) | 5 | 1 | Bursaspor |
| 3MF | Necati Oğulcan Yançel | (2009-06-01) 1 June 2009 (age 15) | 5 | 0 | Galatasaray |
| 3MF | Elyas Bağcı | (2008-04-08) 8 April 2008 (age 16) | 4 | 0 | Hertha BSC |
| 3MF | Hasan Ayyıldız | (2008-01-10) 10 January 2008 (age 17) | 3 | 0 | Ajax |
| 4FW | Hasan Ege Akdoğan | (2008-03-08) 8 March 2008 (age 17) | 11 | 3 | Çorum |
| 4FW | Tuna Baran Demir | (2008-04-29) 29 April 2008 (age 16) | 5 | 1 | Beşiktaş |
| 4FW | Mohammed Sadki | (2008-07-14) 14 July 2008 (age 16) | 5 | 0 | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| 4FW | Emin Torunoğulları | (2008-01-19) 19 January 2008 (age 17) | 5 | 0 | Holstein Kiel |
| 4FW | Muhammed Tazi | (2008-01-15) 15 January 2008 (age 17) | 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 |