Turkey national under-19 football team

Turkey Under-19

Association	Turkish Football Federation
Head coach	Şenol 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
Appearances	7 (first in 2004)
Best result	Runners-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.

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.

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.

  Win   Draw   Loss

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

Turkey  v  Israel

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)

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

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

• Turkey men's national football team
• Turkey men's national under-21 football team
• Turkey men's national under-20 football team
• Turkey men's national under-17 football team
• Turkey women's national football team
• Turkey women's national under-21 football team
• Turkey women's national under-19 football team
• Turkey women's national under-17 football team

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