Turkey national football B team

Turkey B
Nickname(s)	Ay Yıldızlar (The Crescent Stars)
Association	Turkish Football Federation
Head coach	Mehmet Yıldırım[1]
Most caps	Tevfik Köse; Ferhat Kiraz; Kemal Tokak (8)
Top scorer	Veysel Sarı (4)
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Turkey A2 2–1 Germany B ; (Mönchengladbach, Germany; 6 September 2002)
Biggest win
	Turkey A2 5–0 Estonia U-23 ; (Adana, Turkey; 29 February 2012)
Biggest defeat
	Denmark U-21 4–0 Turkey A2 ; (Vejle, Denmark; 6 June 2011)

The Turkey national football B team or Turkey national under-23 football team, also known as the Turkey A2 national football team, is a reserve team for the Turkey national football team. It features players from the A2 Ligi. The team played their first match in 2002 at the 2003 Future Cup. They have played 23 matches, winning eleven, drawing eight, and losing four.[2] The team is currently coached by Mehmet Yıldırım.[1]

History

The A2 team was seldom used from the foundation in 2002 until 2008.[2]

When Guus Hiddink took over the senior squad, he re-introduced the reserve squad. The team came together for their first camp in Istanbul in November 2010. The team played their first matches against Belarus in February 2011.[3]

The team participated in the 2012 Toulon Tournament from 23 May to 1 June.[4] They finished in second place after losing the final to Mexico.[5] They also won the 2011–13 International Challenge Trophy.

At the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games in Palembang, Indonesia, the team took the bronze medal defeating the squad of Saudi Arabia 2–1.[6] The team won its first gold medal in the tournament at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey, by beating Saudi Arabia 1–0 in the final.[1]

Results and statistics

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	did not qualify
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
2028	to be decided
2032	to be decided
Total	Quarter-finals	0/9	0	0	0	0	0	0

Mediterranean Games

Mediterranean Games record
Year	Result	Rank	M	W	D	L	GF	GA
1951	did not participate
1955	did not participate
1959	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	1	0	7	4
1963	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	12	7
1967	Fourth place	4th	5	2	1	2	5	7
1971	Third place	3rd	4	3	1	0	4	1
1975	Group stage	7th	4	0	2	2	1	5
1979	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	2	2
1983	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	0	2	4	5
1987	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	6	2
1991–present	See Turkey national under-20 football team
Total	Runners-up	8/10	32	15	7	10	41	33

Most appearances and goals

Appearances

Player	Caps	Goals
Tevfik Köse	8	3
Ferhat Kiraz	8	0
Kemal Tokak	8	0
Kağan Söylemezgiller	7	0
Necati Ateş	6	3

Goals

Player	Goals	Caps
Yakup Alkan	5	5
Veysel Sarı	4	4
Ersen Martin	3	5
Necati Ateş	3	6
Tevfik Köse	3	8
Erdi Güncan	3	5
Melih Rahman Nişancı	1	5
Okan Baydemir	1	5
İbrahim Hırçın	1	5
Samet Katanalp	1	5
Oğuzhan Durmuş Çeşmeli	1	5
Ali Say	1	5
Orkun Dervişler	1	5

Squads

Current squad

The squad as of 28 July 2022, which participated at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey from 8 August to 16 August 2022.[7]

Head coach: Mehmet Yıldırım

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Utku Yuvakuran	(1997-02-11) 11 February 1997	Beşiktaş
1GK	İrfan Can Eğribayat	(1998-06-30) 30 June 1998	Göztepe
1GK	Ataberk Dadakdeniz	(1999-08-05) 5 August 1999	Antalyaspor
1GK	Batuhan Şen	(1999-02-03) 3 February 1999	Galatasaray

2DF	Ahmet Gülay	(2003-01-13) 13 January 2003	Alanyaspor
2DF	Fatih Kuruçuk	(1998-01-21) 21 January 1998	Bandırmaspor
2DF	Muhammet Taha Şahin	(2000-10-22) 22 October 2000	Manisa FK
2DF	Tayyip Talha Sanuç	(1999-12-17) 17 December 1999	Adana Demirspor
2DF	İsmail Çokçalış	(2000-06-21) 21 June 2000	Adana Demirspor
2DF	Kazımcan Karataş	(2003-01-16) 16 January 2003	Galatasaray
2DF	Arda Kızıldağ	(1998-10-15) 15 October 1998	Gaziantep

3MF	Kartal Kayra Yılmaz	(2000-11-04) 4 November 2000	Beşiktaş
3MF	Polat Yaldır	(2003-05-17) 17 May 2003	Samsunspor
3MF	Ali Kaan Güneren	(2000-04-08) 8 April 2000	Ankaragücü
3MF	Mehmet Özcan	(1998-08-10) 10 August 1998	Bandırmaspor
3MF	Tuğbey Akgün	(2003-04-09) 9 April 2003	none
3MF	Burak Kapacak	(1998-05-26) 26 May 1998	Fenerbahçe
3MF	Barış Alper Yılmaz	(2000-05-23) 23 May 2000	Galatasaray
3MF	Adem Eren Kabak	(2000-12-12) 12 December 2000	Konyaspor
3MF	Celil Yüksel	(1998-01-01) 1 January 1998	Samsunspor

4FW	Muhammed Gümüşkaya	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001	Fenerbahçe
4FW	Metehan Altunbaş	(2003-01-07) 7 January 2003	Adanaspor
4FW	Umut Nayir	(1993-06-28) 28 June 1993	Giresunspor

Honours

International Challenge Trophy: 2011–13
Future Team Cup: 2002–03,[8] 2004–05[9]
Islamic Solidarity Games: gold in 2022, bronze in 2013

References

"U23 Milli Takımımız, 5. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda altın madalya kazandı" (in Turkish). tff.org. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
"A2 TFF". tff.org. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
"TFF to introduce A2 national team". tff.org. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
"A2 National Team squad named for Toulon Tournament". tff.org. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
"A2s finish Toulon Tournament in 2nd place". tff.org. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
"Bronz madalyayı kaptık". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
"U23 Milli Takımı'nın 5. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları aday kadrosu açıklandı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
Garin, Erik (30 April 2006). "Future Team Cup 2002/03". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
Garin, Erik (30 April 2006). "Future Team Cup 2004/05". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

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[İslami-1] "U23 Milli Takımımız, 5. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda altın madalya kazandı" (in Turkish). tff.org. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

[history-2] "A2 TFF". tff.org. Retrieved 11 February 2011.

[newteam-3] "TFF to introduce A2 national team". tff.org. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2011.

[toulon-4] "A2 National Team squad named for Toulon Tournament". tff.org. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.

[final-5] "A2s finish Toulon Tournament in 2nd place". tff.org. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.

[6] "Bronz madalyayı kaptık". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2013-10-05.

[7] "U23 Milli Takımı'nın 5. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları aday kadrosu açıklandı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

[rsssf_2003-8] Garin, Erik (30 April 2006). "Future Team Cup 2002/03". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

[rsssf_2006-9] Garin, Erik (30 April 2006). "Future Team Cup 2004/05". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

Turkey national football team
General	Turkish Football Federation Managers men's women's Captains Results men's women's
Players	Men Women Other categories
World Cup record	Summary 1954 2002
European Championship record	Summary 1996 2000 2008 2016 2020 2024
Confederations Cup record	Summary 2003
Other tournaments	Summer Olympics
Rivalries	Greece
Teams	Turkey A Turkey B U-23 U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 U-15 U-14 Women's Women's U-21 Women's U-19 Women's U-17 Women's U-15 Futsal Beach

International Challenge Trophy
Tournaments	2005–06 2007–09 2009–11 2011–13
Participants	England C Estonia U-23 Italy C Republic of Ireland U-23 Northern Ireland U-23 Slovakia U-23 Turkey A2 Wales Semi Pro