Turkey national under-21 football team

European national under-21 football team
Name = Turkey Under-21
Badge = TFF.png Nickname = Umit Milli
Association = Turkish Football Federation
Coach = Hami Mandıralı
Captain = —
Most caps = Semih Şentürk (83)
Top scorer = Semih Şentürk (42)
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First game = Turkey U-21 3-1 Egypt U-21
(Ankara; October 28, 1950)
Largest win = Turkey U-21 5-0 Austria U-21
(Istanbul; November 15, 1983)
Largest loss = Turkey U-21 0-7 Germany U-21
(October 25, 1983)
UEFAu21Champ apps = 1
UEFAu21Champ first = 1998
UEFAu21Champ best = Finals Groups

Turkey's national Under-21 football team, also known as Turkey Under-21s or Turkey U-21s, is the Under-21 years of age team of the Turkey national football team.

This team is for Turkish players aged 21 or under at the start of a two-year European Under-21 Football 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 Nuri Şahin 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).

Coaching Staff

Head coach

Current and recent players

1986-born
(eligible to 2008 UEFA U21 Champ)
*Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu
*Özer Hurmacı
*"İbrahim Kaş"
*"Colin Kâzım-Richards"
*Orhan Şam
*"Mehmet Topal"
*Zafer Yelen

1987-born
(eligible to 2009 UEFA U21 Champ)
*Eyüp Kadri Ataoğlu
*"Mevlüt Erdinç"
*Alp Ergin
*Ceyhun Gülselam
*Ergin Keleş
*Gürhan Gürsoy
*"Serdar Kurtuluş"
*Ferhat Öztorun
*"İlhan Parlak"
*"Arda Turan"
*Uğur Uçar
*Uğur Yanıkdemir
*Emrullah Güvenç
*Nizamettin Caliskan

1988-born
(eligible to 2011 UEFA U21 Champ)
*Volkan Babacan
*Eray Birniçan
*"Caner Erkin"
*Özgürcan Özcan
*"Nuri Şahin"

1989-born
(eligible to 2011 UEFA U21 Champ)
*Jem Karacan

1990-born
(eligible to 2013 UEFA U21 Champ)
*Barış Memiş
*Uğur Demirkol
*Sercan Yildirim
*Isa Bagci

1991-born
(eligible to 2013 UEFA U21 Champ)
*Batuhan KaradenizThose players in "italics" have caps for the senior team.

The current roster

Roster for the 2008 Toulon Tournament.

Head coach: Ümit Davala

See also

* European Under-21 Football Championship
* Turkey (Senior) team