Turkey national football B team

Turkey B

Nickname(s)

Ay Yıldızlar (The Crescent Stars)

Association

Turkish Football Federation

Head coach

Gökhan Keskin

Most caps

Tevfik Köse
Ferhat Kiraz
Kemal Tokak (8)

Top scorer

Veysel Sarı (4)

First colours

Second colours

First international

Turkey A2 2 – 1 Germany B

(Mönchengladbach, Germany; 6 September 2002)

Biggest win

Turkey A2 5 – 0 Estonia U23

(Adana, Turkey; 29 February 2012)

Biggest defeat

Denmark U/21 4 –0 Turkey A2

(Vejle, Denmark; 6 June 2011)

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.

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

Overall record as of September 29, 2013: 28 matches played, 13 wins, 10 draws, 5 losses.

Most appearances and goals

Appearances

Player	Caps	Goals
Tevfik Köse	8	3
Ferhat Kiraz	8	0
Kemal Tokak	8	0
Kağan Söylemezgiller	7	0
Necati Ateş	6	3

Goals

Player	Goals	Caps
Yakup Alkan	5	5
Veysel Sarı	4	4
Ersen Martin	3	5
Necati Ateş	3	6
Tevfik Köse	3	8
Erdi Güncan	3	5
Melih Rahman Nişancı	1	5
Okan Baydemir	1	5
İbrahim Hırçın	1	5
Samet Katanalp	1	5
Oğuzhan Durmuş Çeşmeli	1	5
Ali Say	1	5
Orkun Dervişler	1	5

Squads

Current squad

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

Coach: Ersoy Sandalcı

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Cantuğ Temel	(1994-06-10) 10 June 1994	İstanbul Güngörenspor
1GK	Göktuğ Yapıcı	(1992-03-16) 16 March 1992	Erdekspor
1GK	Hayrullah Mert Akyüz	(1993-10-02) 2 October 1993	Payas Belediyespor

2DF	Abdurrahman Ayhanoğlu	(1994-01-20) 20 January 1994	Denizlispor
2DF	Ali Say	(1993-07-21) 21 July 1993	Karşıyaka S.K.
2DF	Cebrail Karayel	(1994-08-15) 15 August 1994	Adliyespor
2DF	Fatih Soyatık	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994	Denizlispor
2DF	İbrahim Hırçın	(1992-10-20) 20 October 1992	Turgutluspor
2DF	Mehmet Taşçı	(1992-02-04) 4 February 1992	MKE Ankaragücü
2DF	Orkun Dervişler	(1991-08-07) 7 August 1991	Beylerbeyi S.K.
2DF	Rasimcan Değirmenci	(1992-09-15) 15 September 1992	Ofspor
2DF	Uğur Balkanlı	(1992-02-20) 20 February 1992	Ramispor

3MF	Ahmet Güney	(1993-06-27) 27 June 1993	Sivasspor
3MF	Emre Akbaba	(1992-10-04) 4 October 1992	Alanyaspor
3MF	Erdi Güncan	(1994-06-15) 15 June 1994	İstanbulspor A.Ş.
3MF	Halil İbrahim Tuna	(1993-04-09) 9 April 1993	Altınordu S.K.
3MF	Okan Baydemir	(1990-03-26) 26 March 1990	Tuzlaspor
3MF	Ömerül Faruk İşler	(1994-06-01) 1 June 1994	Ümraniyespor
3MF	Ozan Arif Önal	(1993-12-17) 17 December 1993	Erzurum BB Spor
3MF	Samet Katanalp	(1992-02-25) 25 February 1992	Bugsaşspor

4FW	Ahmet Dereli	(1992-10-22) 22 October 1992	Adanaspor
4FW	Melih Rahman Nişancı	(1994-08-09) 9 August 1994	Sarıyerspor
4FW	Oğuzhan Durmuş Çeşmeli	(1993-01-21) 21 January 1993	Batman Petrolspor
4FW	Yakup Alkan	(1992-03-03) 3 March 1992	Tuzlaspor

Honours

International Challenge Trophy: 2011-13

References

1 2 "A2 TFF". tff.org. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
↑ "TFF to introduce A2 national team". tff.org. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
↑ "A2 National Team squad named for Toulon Tournament". tff.org. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
↑ "A2s finish Toulon Tournament in 2nd place". tff.org. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
↑ "Bronz madalyayı kaptık". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
↑ "U23 Milli Takımı'nın İslami Dayanışma Oyunları aday kadrosu açıklandı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2013-10-05.

Turkey national football team

General	Turkish Football Federation Managers Captains Results

Players	Most capped footballers Other categories

World Cup record	Summary 1954 2002

European Championship record	Summary 1996 2000 2008

Confederations Cup record	2003

Other tournaments	Summer Olympics

Teams	Turkey A Turkey B U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 U-15 U-14 Women's Women's U-21 Women's U-19 Women's U-17 Futsal Beach

Football in Turkey

Turkish Football Federation

National teams

Men	Men's results footballers managers B U-21 Youth Futsal

Women	Women's U-21 U-19 U-17

Domestic leagues

Men	Süper Lig TFF First League TFF Second League TFF Third League Turkish Regional Amateur League Amatör Futbol Ligleri A2 Ligi

Women	First League Second League

Domestic cups

Defunct leagues

Defunct cups

Lists

Men	List of champions List of clubs (by foundation date) List of venues (by capacity) Foreign players All time table All time league positions

Women	List of clubs

International Challenge Trophy

Tournaments	2005–06 2007–09 2009–11 2011–13

Participants	England C Estonia U-23 Italy Lega Pro U-21 Republic of Ireland U-23 Northern Ireland U-23 Turkey A2 Wales Semi Pro

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