Turkey national under-18 football team
National U-18 association football team
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The Turkey national under-18 football team is the association football team that represents Turkey at the under-18 level.[1]
NicknameGenç Milliler
AssociationTurkish Football Federation (TFF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachVeli Kavlak
| Nickname | Genç Milliler | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Turkish Football Federation (TFF) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Veli Kavlak | ||
| Most caps | Nurettin Koç, Tarkan Alkan, Yetkin Akman (37) | ||
| Top scorer | Oktay Derelioğlu (15) | ||
| FIFA code | TUR | ||
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| First international | |||
 Netherlands 3–1 Turkey  (Saviniemi, Finland; 21 May 1982) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Turkey 7–0  Gibraltar(Manavgat, Turkey; 24 March 2026) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Romania 6–0 Turkey (Reading, England; 15 May 1983) | |||
Recent results
Source:[2]
| 24 March 2026 UEFA Euro 2027 qualification | Turkey | 7–0 | Gibraltar | Manavgat, Turkey |
| 16:00 | Thierry Darnel Karadeniz  33', 40'Yusuf Can Karademir 53'Hasan Ege Akdoğan 55' (pen.), 80'Tuna Demir 77'Boran Eligüzel 88' |
Report | Stadium: Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex Attendance: 108 Referee: Matteo Marchetti (Italy) |
| 27 March 2026 UEFA Euro 2027 qualification | Turkey | 1–1 |  Armenia | Manavgat, Turkey |
| 16:00 | Yusuf Kahraman 34' |
Report | Maykl Asiryan 17' |
Stadium: Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex Attendance: 138 Referee: Matthew MacDermid (Scotland) |
| 30 March 2026 UEFA Euro 2027 qualification |  Kosovo | 3–1 | Turkey | Manavgat, Turkey |
| 15:00 | R. Ahmeti 8' (pen.) Mehmeti 20'Gabrica 89' |
Report | Demirbağ 51' |
Stadium: Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex Attendance: 201 Referee: Matteo Marchetti (Italy) |
Current squad
- The following players were called up for the Football at the 2022 Mediterranean Games.[3]
- Match dates: 26 June – 5 July 2022
- Caps and goals correct as of: 22 April 2022, after the match against North Macedonia
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Serhat Öztaşdelen | 9 December 2004 | 0 | 0 | Altınordu | |
| GK | Jankat Yılmaz | 16 August 2004 | 2 | 0 | Galatasaray | |
| DF | Mehmet Enes Gülalan | 6 February 2004 | 0 | 0 | Karşıyaka | |
| DF | Yaşar Kavas | 15 January 2004 | 8 | 2 | Konyaspor | |
| DF | Emir Ortakaya | 22 June 2004 | 5 | 0 | Fenerbahçe | |
| DF | Emir Tintiş | 12 January 2004 | 10 | 0 | Galatasaray | |
| DF | Eren Tunalı | 29 April 2004 | 7 | 0 | Bursaspor | |
| DF | Ali Şahin Yılmaz | 1 January 2004 | 8 | 1 | Trabzonspor | |
| MF | Teoman Gündüz | 7 June 2004 | 0 | 0 |  Hertha BSC | |
| MF | Mert Kabasakal | 2 May 2004 | 6 | 0 | Gençlerbirliği | |
| MF | Mustafa Pınarcı | 1 June 2004 | 8 | 2 | Trabzonspor | |
| MF | Sami Satılmış | 16 June 2004 | 4 | 1 | Altınordu | |
| MF | Devran Şenyurt | 22 August 2004 | 8 | 3 |  SV Höngg | |
| FW | Habib Biçer | 2 February 2004 | 9 | 1 | Beyoğlu Yeni Çarşı | |
| FW | Mehmet Ali Büyüksayar | 8 May 2004 | 4 | 0 | 1922 Konyaspor | |
| FW | Ahmet Karademir | 2 April 2004 | 7 | 0 | Konyaspor | |
| FW | Yunus Emre Kefeli | 7 May 2004 | 0 | 0 | Modafen | |
| FW | Ali Kılıç | 11 March 2004 | 7 | 1 | Samsunspor | |
