Turkey national under-19 football team

Turkey Under-19
AssociationTurkish Football Federation
Head coachŞenol Ustaömer
First colours
Second colours
First international
Turkey 2–0 Slovakia
25 April 1999
Biggest win
Turkey 10–0 San Marino
Belgium, 10 October 2004
Biggest defeat
Portugal 6–1 Turkey
Tbilisi Georgia, 29 May 2015
European Championship
Appearances7 (first in 2004)
Best resultRunners-up: 2004

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-upQ 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
2021
2022 Elite round 3 1 0 2 4 6
2023 Elite round 3 0 2 1 3 5
2024 Qualified
2025 To be decided
2026 To be decided
2027 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
Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2022. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
26 March 2022 (2022-03-26) 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification#Elite round Turkey  1–3  Israel ETO Park, Győr, Hungary
16:00 Elmaz 42' (pen.) Report Turgeman 32', 35'
Edri 66'
Referee: Mohammed Al-emara (Finland)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Uzbekistan on 11 and 14 January 2026.[1]

Caps and goals correct as of 14 January 2026, after the match against Uzbekistan.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Burak Özkanlı (2007-01-23) 23 January 2007 3 0 Hertha BSC
12 1GK Enes Ali Oral (2008-04-02) 2 April 2008 1 0 Esenler Erokspor
23 1GK Mehmet Tuğra Yeşilurt (2007-06-05) 5 June 2007 1 0 Beşiktaş

2 2DF Ensar Buğra Tivsiz (2007-06-11) 11 June 2007 1 0 Antalyaspor
3 2DF Deniz Tuncer (2007-01-08) 8 January 2007 2 0 Trabzonspor
4 2DF Arda Vurucu (2007-06-10) 10 June 2007 1 0 Strømsgodset
5 2DF Azem Yortaç (2008-03-01) 1 March 2008 1 0 Beşiktaş
15 2DF Emre Üstün (2007-01-09) 9 January 2007 2 0 Berliner AK 07
21 2DF Arda Öztürk (2007-03-10) 10 March 2007 8 0 Trabzonspor
22 2DF Berke Sarıgül (2007-03-27) 27 March 2007 2 0 Göztepe
2DF Kayra Cihan (2007-09-30) 30 September 2007 4 0 Kayserispor

6 3MF Robert Atsup (2007-04-19) 19 April 2007 7 0 Kasımpaşa
8 3MF Haktan Şener (2007-04-08) 8 April 2007 4 0 Lyon
16 3MF Jayden Tektaş (2007-11-03) 3 November 2007 2 0 Millwall
18 3MF Bora Yağız Aydın (2007-02-02) 2 February 2007 4 0 Galata
19 3MF Enes Çinemre (2007-07-23) 23 July 2007 5 2 Bandırmaspor

7 4FW Berkay Aslan (2007-01-05) 5 January 2007 5 0 İstanbul Başakşehir
9 4FW Özder Özcan (2007-04-19) 19 April 2007 3 3 Iğdır
10 4FW Tuğra Turhan (2007-08-09) 9 August 2007 7 4 İstanbul Başakşehir
11 4FW Adem Yeşilyurt (2007-01-13) 13 January 2007 2 1 Karşıyaka
13 4FW Talha Bartu Özdemir (2007-01-06) 6 January 2007 4 1 Ümraniyespor
14 4FW Emre Erdoğan (2007-02-24) 24 February 2007 2 0 1860 Munich
17 4FW Haydar Karataş (2007-03-13) 13 March 2007 2 0 Fenerbahçe
20 4FW Onuralp Çakıroğlu (2007-12-05) 5 December 2007 5 3 Trabzonspor


Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Turkey under-19 squad and remain eligible:

See also

References

  1. ^ "U19 Millî Takımı'nın Özbekistan Maçları Aday Kadrosu Açıklandı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 30 December 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2026.