Turkey national under-19 football team explained

Turkey Under-19
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First Game:	Turkey 2–0 Slovakia 25 April 1999
Largest Win:	Turkey 10–0 San Marino Belgium, 10 October 2004
Largest Loss:	Portugal 6–1 Turkey Tbilisi Georgia, 29 May 2015
Regional Name:	European Championship
Regional Cup Apps:	7
Regional Cup First:	2004
Regional Cup Best:	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.

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
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.

• Award was shared with other players.

Results and fixtures

2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

See main article: 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

Qualifiers

See main article: 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification.

Elite Round – Group 1

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches.^[1]
• Match dates: 22–28 March 2023
• Opposition:,,
• Caps and goals correct as of: 24 November 2022, after the match against

Recent call-ups

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

See also

• 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

Notes and References

1. News: U19 Milli Takımımız Elit Tur Hazırlıklarının İstanbul Etabını Tamamladı . 22 March 2023 . Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu . 20 March 2023 . Turkish.