Turkey national under-21 football team

The Turkey national Under-21 football team (Ümit Millî Futbol Takımı), also known as Turkey Under-21s or Turkey U-21s, is the Under-21 years of age team of the Turkey national football team.

History
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 Oğuzhan Özyakup 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).

Toulon Tournament

 * 2002 Toulon Tournament - 8th place
 * 2004 Toulon Tournament - 7th place
 * 2008 Toulon Tournament - 6th place
 * 2012 Toulon Tournament - 2nd place
 * 2018 Toulon Tournament - 3rd place

Current squad
The following players were called up for the friendly match against on 3 June 2024.

Caps and goals updated as of 3 June 2024, after the match against .

Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months and are still eligible to represent.


 * SEN = Player have been called up to the senior team.
 * INJ = Not part of the current squad due to injury.

Most appearances
The following is the top 10 most capped under-21 players:

Top goalscorers
The following is the top 10 under-21 players goalscorers

Former squads

 * 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Turkey

Former players

 * Abdullah Ercan
 * Alpay Özalan
 * Arda Turan
 * Arif Erdem
 * Berkant Göktan
 * Bülent Korkmaz
 * Colin Kazim-Richards
 * Emre Aşık
 * Emre Belözoğlu
 * Fatih Terim
 * Gökhan Töre
 * Gökhan Zan
 * Hakan Şükür
 * Halil Altıntop
 * Mehmet Topal
 * Mehmet Topuz
 * Nihat Kahveci
 * Necati Ateş
 * Nuri Şahin
 * Okan Buruk
 * Saffet Sancaklı
 * Semih Şentürk
 * Sergen Yalçın
 * Tuncay Şanlı
 * Ümit Özat
 * Volkan Demirel
 * Yıldıray Baştürk

Former Coaches

 * 1957-1959: 🇹🇷 Şeref Görkey
 * 1960-1962: 🇹🇷 Şeref Görkey
 * 1976-1977: 🇹🇷 Candan Tarhan
 * 1981-1982: 🇹🇷 Şeref Görkey
 * 1984-1984: 🇹🇷 Yılmaz Gökdel
 * 1990-1993: 🇹🇷 Fatih Terim
 * 1993-1996: 🇹🇷 Erdoğan Arıca
 * 1996-1998: 🇹🇷 Rıza Çalımbay
 * 1998-2005: 🇹🇷 Raşit Çetiner
 * 2005-2006: 🇹🇷 Reha Kapsal
 * 2006-2006: 🇹🇷 Tolunay Kafkas
 * 2006-2007: 🇹🇷 Ünal Karaman
 * 2007-2008: 🇹🇷 Ümit Davala
 * 2008-2010: 🇹🇷 Hami Mandıralı
 * 2010-2012: 🇹🇷 Raşit Çetiner
 * 2013-2018: 🇹🇷 Abdullah Ercan
 * 2018-2018: 🇹🇷 Alpay Özalan
 * 2018-2020: 🇹🇷 Vedat İnceefe
 * 2020-present: 🇹🇷 Tolunay Kafkas