Association | Turkish Football Federation |
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Head coach | Hakan Tecimer |
European Championship | |
Appearances | 5 (first in 2004) |
Best result | Champions: 2005 |
The Turkey national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, held every year. The original tournament was called the UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship (1982-2001). The tournament was renamed as the European Under-17 Football Championship in 2002, but importantly the overall statistics are collated from 1982. In addition, every odd year the top teams from the respective UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship compete in the FIFA U-17 World Cup the same year (since 2017, five teams from the respective UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship have been entered).
In addition to team victories, Turkish players have won individual awards at UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship.
As of 9 May 2014[update]