The Turkey national Under-21 football team (Turkish: 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.
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History
This team is for Turkish players aged 21 or under at the start of a two-year UEFA European Under-21 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).
Competitive Record
UEFA Under-21 Qualification
As of 2025
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
Results and fixtures
Win
Draw
Loss
Players
Current squad
Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible for 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying games.
The following players were called up for the friendly against Kosovo on 3 June 2026.
Caps and goals updated as of 3 June 2026, after the match against Kosovo.
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.
Player records
As of 3 June 2024
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 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
2020–2023: Tolunay Kafkas
2023–2024: Levent Sürme
2024–2025 Gökhan Gönül
2025–present Egemen Korkmaz