Turkey national under-19 football team
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| Nickname | Genç Milliler | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Turkish Football Federation (TFF) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Uğur İnceman | ||
| Most caps | Selçuk İnan (34) | ||
| Top scorer | Ali Öztürk, İlhan Parlak (14) | ||
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| First international | |||
Turkey  2–0  Slovakia(25 April 1999) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Turkey 10–0  San Marino(Charleroi, Belgium; 10 October 2004) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Portugal  6–1 Turkey(Tbilisi, Georgia; 29 May 2015) | |||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 7 (first in 2004) | ||
| Best result | 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.[1] 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.
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-upQ | 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 | |
| | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
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| 2022 | Elite round | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
 2023 | Elite round | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2024 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2025 | Elite round | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
 2026 | Elite round | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |
| 2027 | To be decided | |||||||
 2028 | To be decided | |||||||
 2029 | 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.
| Year | Top Goalscorer |
|---|---|
| 2004* |
Ali Öztürk |
| 2006* |
İlhan Parlak |
- *Award was shared with other players.
Recent results
2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Qualification
| 25 March 2026 | Slovakia | 0–1 | Turkey | Real Cosenza, Cosenza |
| 12:00 | Report |
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Referee: Danilo Nikolić (Serbia) |
| 28 March 2026 | Turkey | 3–2 | Hungary | Real Cosenza, Cosenza |
| 12:00 |
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Report |
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Referee: Bastien Dechepy (France) |
| 31 March 2026 | Turkey | 1–1 |  Italy | Stadio Nicola Ceravolo, Catanzaro |
| 15:00 |
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Report |
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Referee: Danilo Nikolić (Serbia) |
