The Turkey national football B team or Turkey national under-23 football 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. The team is currently coached by Mehmet Yıldırım.
History The A2 team was seldom used from the foundation in 2002 until 2008.
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.
The team participated in the 2012 Toulon Tournament from 23 May to 1 June. They finished in second place after losing the final to Mexico. 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. The team won its first gold medal in the tournament at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey, by beating Saudi Arabia 1–0 in the final.
Results and statistics Olympic Games recordYearResultPosition 1992Did not qualify 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028To be decided 2032TotalQuarter-finals0/9000000
Mediterranean Games recordYearResultRankMWDLGFGA 1951did not participate 1955 1959Runners-up2nd211074 1963Runners-up 2nd5311127 1967Fourth place4th521257 1971Third place3rd4310411975Group stage7th402215 1979Group stage5th311122 1983Runners-up2nd420245 1987Third place3rd5302621991–presentSee Turkey national under-20 football teamTotalRunners-up8/1032157104133
Most appearances and goals Appearances Player Caps GoalsTevfik Köse 8 3Ferhat Kiraz 8 0Kemal Tokak 8 0Kağan Söylemezgiller 7 0Necati Ateş 6 3
Goals Player Goals CapsYakup Alkan 5 5Veysel Sarı 4 4Ersen Martin 3 5Necati Ateş 3 6Tevfik Köse 3 8Erdi Güncan 3 5Melih Rahman Nişancı 1 5Okan Baydemir 1 5İbrahim Hırçın 1 5Samet Katanalp 1 5Oğuzhan Durmuş Çeşmeli 1 5Ali Say 1 5Orkun Dervişler 1 5
Squads Current squad The squad as of 28 July 2022, which participated at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey from 8 August to 16 August 2022.
Head coach: Mehmet Yıldırım
Honours International Challenge Trophy: 2011–13 Future Team Cup: 2002–03, 2004–05 Islamic Solidarity Games: gold in 2022, bronze in 2013
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