Turkey national football B team

The Turkey national football B 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.[1] The team is currently coached by Gökhan Keskin.

Turkey B
Nickname(s)Ay Yıldızlar (The Crescent Stars)
AssociationTurkish Football Federation
Head coachGökhan Keskin
Most capsTevfik Köse
Ferhat Kiraz
Kemal Tokak (8)
Top scorerVeysel Sarı (4)
First colours
Second colours
First international
Turkey Turkey A2 2–1 Germany B Germany
(Mönchengladbach, Germany; 6 September 2002)
Biggest win
Turkey Turkey A2 5–0 Estonia U-23 Estonia
(Adana, Turkey; 29 February 2012)
Biggest defeat
Denmark Denmark U-21 4–0 Turkey A2 Turkey
(Vejle, Denmark; 6 June 2011)

History

The A2 team was seldom used from the foundation in 2002 until 2008.[1]

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.[2]

The team participated in the 2012 Toulon Tournament from 23 May to 1 June.[3] They finished in second place after losing the final to Mexico.[4] 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.[5]

Results and statistics

Olympic Games
Olympic Games record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Spain 1992 did not qualify
United States 1996
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
Total Quarter-finals 0/8 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games record
YearResultRankMWDLGFGA
Egypt 1951did not participate
Spain 1955
Lebanon 1959Runners-up2nd211074
Italy 1963Runners-up2nd5311127
Tunisia 1967Fourth place4th521257
Turkey 1971Third place3rd431041
Algeria1975Group stage7th402215
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1979Group stage5th311122
Morocco 1983Runners-up2nd420245
Syria 1987Third place3rd530262
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
PlayerCapsGoals
Tevfik Köse83
Ferhat Kiraz80
Kemal Tokak80
Kağan Söylemezgiller70
Necati Ateş63
Goals
PlayerGoalsCaps
Yakup Alkan55
Veysel Sarı44
Ersen Martin35
Necati Ateş36
Tevfik Köse38
Erdi Güncan35
Melih Rahman Nişancı15
Okan Baydemir15
İbrahim Hırçın15
Samet Katanalp15
Oğuzhan Durmuş Çeşmeli15
Ali Say15
Orkun Dervişler15

Squads

Current squad

The squad as of 11 September 2013, which participated at the 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games in Palembang, Indonesia from 22 September to 1 October 2013.[6]

Coach: Ersoy Sandalcı

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Cantuğ Temel (1994-06-10) 10 June 1994 Turkey İstanbul Güngörenspor
1GK Göktuğ Yapıcı (1992-03-16) 16 March 1992 Turkey Erdekspor
1GK Hayrullah Mert Akyüz (1993-10-02) 2 October 1993 Turkey Payas Belediyespor
2DF Abdurrahman Ayhanoğlu (1994-01-20) 20 January 1994 Turkey Denizlispor
2DF Ali Say (1993-07-21) 21 July 1993 Turkey Karşıyaka S.K.
2DF Cebrail Karayel (1994-08-15) 15 August 1994 Turkey Adliyespor
2DF Fatih Soyatık (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 Turkey Denizlispor
2DF İbrahim Hırçın (1992-10-20) 20 October 1992 Turkey Turgutluspor
2DF Mehmet Taşçı (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 Turkey MKE Ankaragücü
2DF Orkun Dervişler (1991-08-07) 7 August 1991 Turkey Beylerbeyi S.K.
2DF Rasimcan Değirmenci (1992-09-15) 15 September 1992 Turkey Ofspor
2DF Uğur Balkanlı (1992-02-20) 20 February 1992 Turkey Ramispor
3MF Ahmet Güney (1993-06-27) 27 June 1993 Turkey Sivasspor
3MF Emre Akbaba (1992-10-04) 4 October 1992 Turkey Alanyaspor
3MF Erdi Güncan (1994-06-15) 15 June 1994 Turkey İstanbulspor A.Ş.
3MF Halil İbrahim Tuna (1993-04-09) 9 April 1993 Turkey Altınordu S.K.
3MF Okan Baydemir (1990-03-26) 26 March 1990 Turkey Tuzlaspor
3MF Ömerül Faruk İşler (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 Turkey Ümraniyespor
3MF Ozan Arif Önal (1993-12-17) 17 December 1993 Turkey Erzurum BB Spor
3MF Samet Katanalp (1992-02-25) 25 February 1992 Turkey Bugsaşspor
4FW Ahmet Dereli (1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 Turkey Adanaspor
4FW Melih Rahman Nişancı (1994-08-09) 9 August 1994 Turkey Sarıyerspor
4FW Oğuzhan Durmuş Çeşmeli (1993-01-21) 21 January 1993 Turkey Batman Petrolspor
4FW Yakup Alkan (1992-03-03) 3 March 1992 Turkey Tuzlaspor

Honours

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