Turkey national under-19 football team

The Turkey national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. 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.

Competitive record

UEFA European U-19 Championship record*

*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.

*Award was shared with other players.

Results and fixtures

2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Qualifiers

Elite Round Ã¢ÂÂ Group 1

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Uzbekistan on 11 and 14 January 2026.

Caps and goals correct as of 14 January 2026, after the match against Uzbekistan.

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Turkey under-19 squad and remain eligible:

References