Turkey women's national football team

Turkey

Nickname(s)	Crescent Stars (Ay-Yıldızlılar)
Association	Turkish Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Talat Tuncel
Captain	Esra Erol
Most caps	Esra Erol (53)
Top scorer	Yağmur Uraz (19)
FIFA code	TUR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	60 3 (25 March 2016)
Highest	57 (June 2009)
Lowest	72 (December 2006)
First international
Turkey 0–8 Romania (Istanbul, Turkey; September 8, 1995)
Biggest win
Turkey 9–0 Georgia (Adana, Turkey; November 23, 2006)
Biggest defeat
Turkey 1–12 Germany (Istanbul, Turkey; February 14, 1999)

Turkey women's national football team in the home match against Belarus on September 17, 2014: Çağlar (12), Uraz (11), Erol (17), Göksu (4), Elgalp (18), Defterli (9), Karabulut (7), Belci (5), Karagenç (3), Çorlu (2), Kara (10).

Turkey attacking Belarus with Bilgin Defterli on September 17, 2014.

Turkey women's national football team in the home match against Germany on April 8, 2016: Akgöz (1), Nurlu (7), Topçu (16), Yağ (20), PekelT(10), Erol (9), Demir (18), Tezkan (4), Güvenç (3), Korkmaz (8), Kaya (17).

Turkey's attack being stopped by Sara Däbritz (white/black) of Germany at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 match on April 8, 2016.

The Turkey women's national football team represents Turkey in international women's football. The team was established in 1995, and compete in the qualification for UEFA Women's Championship and the UEFA qualifying of FIFA Women's World Cup.

The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) is the sports organizing body responsible for forming the women's teams in four age categories as the women's national A team, the women's U-19 national team, the girls' U-17 national team and the girls' U-15 national team.^[1] The women's U-19 national team was formed firstly in 2001, and participate at qualifications for the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. The girls' U-17 national team was founded in 2006. They play in the qualifications of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. Established in 2009 with the main objective to develop players for future, the girls' U-15 national team take part at the Youth Olympic Games and various tournaments.^[1]

Recent schedule and results

Official competitions

Friendly matches are not included.

Host	Date	Opponent	Result	Scorers
UEFA Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2
Turkey	Sep 17, 2011	Spain	L 1–10	Güngör
Kazakhstan	Sep 22, 2011	Kazakhstan	L 0–2
Turkey	Oct 22, 2011	Kazakhstan	D 0–0
Romania	Oct 27, 2011	Romania	L 1–7	Defterli
Turkey	Nov 23, 2011	Romania	L 1–2	Ficzay (o.g)
Turkey	Feb 15, 2012	Germany	L 0–5
Switzerland	Mar 31, 2012	Switzerland	L 0–5
Spain	Jun 21, 2012	Spain	L 0–4	Kıraç (o.g.)
Turkey	Sep 15, 2012	Switzerland	L 1–3	Uraz
Germany	Sep 19, 2012	Germany	L 0–10
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) – Group 6
England	Sep 26, 2013	England	L 0–8
Turkey	Oct 31, 2013	England	L 0–4
Turkey	Nov 28, 2013	Montenegro	W 3–1	Çınar, Uraz, Topçu
Turkey	Feb 13, 2014	Ukraine	L 0–1
Turkey	Apr 4, 2014	Wales	L 1–5	Karabulut
Belarus	May 7, 2014	Belarus	W 2–1	Uraz, Kara
Wales	Jun 14, 2014	Wales	L 0–1
Montenegro	Jun 19, 2014	Montenegro	W 3–2	Duman, Uraz, Kara
Ukraine	Sep 13, 2014	Ukraine	L 0–8
Turkey	Sep 17, 2014	Belarus	W 3–0	Kara, Uraz (2)
UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying – Group 5
Turkey	Sep 17, 2015	Croatia	L 1–4	Uraz
Hungary	Oct 21, 2015	Hungary	L 0–1
Germany	Oct 25, 2015	Germany	L 0–7
Turkey	Nov 25, 2015	Russia	D 0–0
Croatia	Nov 30, 2015	Croatia	L 0–3
Turkey	Apr 8, 2016	Germany	L 0–6
Russia	Jun 2, 2016	Russia	L 0–2
Turkey	Jun 6, 2016	Hungary	W 2–1	Türkoğlu, Karpova (o.g.)

Players

Current squad

List contains caps and goals scored in the A-team only.

As of 6 June 2016^[2]

• Head coach: Talat Tuncel
• Coach: Aytürk Kıyıcı
• Goalkeeper coach: Yasin Cirav

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Selda Akgöz	June 9, 1993	6	0	Trabzon İdmanocağı
12	GK	Meryem Koç	July 3, 1991	0	0	Adana İdmanyurduspor
3	DF	Didem Karagenç	January 15, 1997	30	0	Konak BS
4	DF	Esra Sibel Tezkan	February 23, 1993	7	0	1. FFC Bergisch Gladbach 2009
9	DF	Esra Erol (Captain)	November 6, 1985	53	8	Kireçburnu Spor
13	DF	Safa Merve Nalçacı	July 28, 1993	0	0	Beşiktaş JK
14	DF	Başak Gündoğdu	April 23, 1992	0	0	Beşiktaş JK
15	DF	Bahar Güvenç	January 15, 1997	3	0	1207 Antalya Muratpaşa BS
17	DF	Serra Çağan	February 17, 1997	3	0	1207 Antalya Muratpaşa BS
18	DF	Emine Demir	November 11, 1993	4	0	Trabzon İdmanocağı
20	DF	Cansu Yağ	June 22, 1990	37	3	Konak BS
5	MF	Çiğdem Belci	June 17, 1987	47	0	Kireçburnu Spor
6	MF	Medine Erkan	September 10, 1995	3	0	Ataşehir BS
7	MF	Ece Türkoğlu	April 14, 1999	1	1	Kdz. Ereğlispor
8	MF	Çağla Korkmaz	November 14, 1990	12	0	1. FC Lübars
11	MF	Gizem Gönültaş	July 13, 1993	3	0	Beşiktaş JK
10	FW	Melike Pekel	April 14, 1995	9	0	FC Bayern München
16	FW	Ebru Topçu	August 27, 1996	19	5	Konak BS

Notable former players

• Büşra Ahlatcı (2012)
• Hasret Altındere (1998–2002)
• Feride Bakır (2009–2011)
• Hilal Başkol (2016)
• Nurhan Çakmak (1999–2000)
• Sevgi Çınar (2013–2014)
• Sevinç Çorlu (2014–2015)
• Bilgin Defterli (1999–2015)
• Yeşim Demirel (2011–2012)
• Hanife Demiryol (2014–2015)
• Elif Deniz (2010–2015)
• Sibel Duman (2011–2015)
• Burcu Düner (2007–2010)
• Eylül Elgalp (2007–2015)
• Emine Ecem Esen (2013–2015)
• Helga Nadire İnan Ertürk (2008–2010)
• Melahat Eryurt (1995–2002)
• Yaşam Göksu (2014–2015)
• Emine Gümüş (2014–2015)
• Seyhan Gündüz (1997–2002)
• Leyla Güngör (2010–2013)
• Gülbin Hız (2011–2015)
• Gamze İskeçeli (2001–2013)
• Fatma Kara (2001–2013)
• Arzu Karabulut (2011–2015)
• İpek Kaya (2015–2016)
• Seval Kıraç (2009–2014)
• Gülcan Koca (2010–2012)
• Shirley Kocaçınar (2011)
• Ceren Nurlu (2011–2016)
• Hatice Bahar Özgüvenç (2001–2007)
• Mevlüde Öztürk (2007–2009)
• Fatma Şahin (2011–2015)
• Reyhan Şeker (2006–2012)
• Didem Taş (2011–2014)
• Dilara Türk (2015)
• Yağmur Uraz (2006–2015)
• Pınar Yalçın (2013–2014)
• Aylin Yaren (2008)
• Mürvet Yavuztürk (2003)
• Berna Yeniçeri (2014–2015)

Managers

Manager	Years
Atılay Canel	2001–2002
Hamdi Aslan	2006–2010
Yücel Uyar	2011
Nur Mustafa Gülen	2011–2012
Ogün Temizkanoğlu	2012
Nur Mustafa Gülen	2013–2014
Suat Okyar	2014
Talat Tuncel	2014–

Statistics

World Cup

World Cup Finals

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Participate
1995	Did Not Participate
1999	Did Not Qualify	6	1	2	3	6	15	−9
2003	Did Not Qualify	8	1	0	7	10	27	−17
2007	Did Not Participate
2011	Did Not Qualify	8	2	1	5	10	23	−13
2015	Did Not Qualify	10	4	0	6	12	31	−19
Total	0/7	32	8	3	21	38	96	−58

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

European Championship

UEFA Women's Championship

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1984	Did Not Participate
1987	Did Not Participate
1989	Did Not Participate
1991	Did Not Participate
1993	Did Not Participate
1995	Did Not Participate
1997	Did Not Qualify	6	0	0	6	1	21	−20
2001	Did Not Qualify	6	2	1	3	13	20	−7
2005	Did Not Participate
2009	Did Not Qualify	3	2	0	1	11	2	+9
2013	Did Not Qualify	10	0	1	9	4	48	−44
2017	Did Not Qualify	8	1	1	6	3	24	−21
Total	0/11	33	5	3	25	32	115	−83

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Records

Most capped players

Players in bold are still active.^[3] As of 6 June 2016

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Esra Erol	2001–2016	53	8
2	Bilgin Defterli	1999–2014	52	17
3	Çiğdem Belci	2006–2016	47	0
4	Melahat Eryurt	1995–2002	39	18
5	Cansu Yağ	2006–2016	37	3
6	Ayşe Kuru	1995–2001	30	0
7	Seyhan Gündüz	1997–2002	30	12
8	Ayfer Topluoğlu	1995–2002	30	0
9	Yağmur Uraz	2006–2015	30	19
10	Didem Karagenç	2011–2016	30	0

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers with an equal number of goals are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone. Bold indicates still active players.^[3]

As of 6 June 2016

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps	Rate
1	Yağmur Uraz	2006–2015	19	30	0.63
2	Melahat Eryurt	1995–2002	18	39	0.46
3	Bilgin Defterli	1999–2014	17	52	0.33
4	Seyhan Gündüz	1997–2002	12	30	0.40
5	Reyhan Şeker	2006–2013	10	21	0.48
6	Esra Erol	2001–2016	8	53	0.15
7	Nurhan Çakmak	1999–2000	4	6	0.67
8	Hatice Bahar Özgüvenç	2001–2007	4	10	0.40
9	Fatma Kara	2009–2015	4	27	0.16

See also

• Women's football in Turkey
• Turkish women in sports
• Turkey women's national under-21 football team
• Turkey women's national under-19 football team
• Turkey women's national under-17 football team

References

1. "Kadın Futbolu" (in Turkish). TFF. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
2. "Women's A National Team beat Belarus: 3–0". Turkish Football Federation. 2014-09-17. Retrieved 2014-09-27.
3. "Türkiye Kadın A Milli" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-06-06.

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile