Turkey women's national football team

Turkey
Nickname(s)Crescent Stars (Ay-Yıldızlılar)
AssociationTurkish Football Federation
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachNecla Güngör
CaptainDidem Karagenç
Most capsEsra Erol (55)
Top scorerYağmur Uraz (22)
FIFA codeTUR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 65 4 (10 December 2021)[1]
Highest54 (March 2017)
Lowest72 (December 2006)
First international
 Turkey 0–8 Romania
(Istanbul, Turkey; 8 September 1995)
Biggest win
 Turkey 9–0 Georgia
(Adana, Turkey; 23 November 2006)
Biggest defeat
 Turkey 1–12 Germany
(Istanbul, Turkey; 14 February 1999)
Turkey attacking Belarus with Bilgin Defterli on 17 September 2014.
Turkey's attack being stopped by Sara Däbritz (white/black) of Germany at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 match on 8 April 2016.
This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Turkey national football team.

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.[2] 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.[2]

History

The first recorded international match of the Turkey women's national team was the friendly game against Romania held at Zeytinburnu Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey on 8 September 1995, which ended in a 0–8 defeat for the Turkish nationals.[3] The team took part at the UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying round and debuted in the away match against Hungary on 4 October 1995, losing 0–6.[4]

The nationals won their first match against Georgia at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification round on 25 September 1997 after eleven losses.[5]

The biggest loss of the Turkey women's national team was against Germany with 1–12 in a friendly match on 14 February 1999.[6] The team's biggest win was with 9–0 against Georgia at the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying match on 23 November 2006.[7]

The women's national team were not formed in the years 2003, 2004 and 2005 because the women's football in Turkey was suspended during this period.[8][9]

Team image

Nicknames

The Turkey women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Crescent Stars (Ay-Yıldızlılar)".

Home stadium

Turkey play their home matches on TFF Riva Facility, a facility of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) for camp and training purposes of all Turkey national football teams. It is located in Riva, Beykoz district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.

Results and fixtures
Turkey women's national football team results
Main article: Turkey women's national football team results
Turkey women's national team (red/black) vs Estonia (blue/black) in the friendly match at TFF Riva Facility on 7 April 2018.

The following is a list of match results in the last international official tournament, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Void or Postponed   Fixture


2021
14 June 2021 (2021-06-14) Friendly Turkey  3–1  Bulgaria Istanbul, Turkey
18:00 UTC+3
Report (SW)
Stadium: TFF Riva Facility
Referee: Melis Özçiğdem (Turkey)
12 July 2021 Friendly Albania  1–2  Turkey Elbasan, Albania
19:00 UTC+2
Report (SW)
Stadium: Elbasan Arena
Referee: E.Rusta (Albania)
15 July 2021 Friendly Turkey  4–1  Albania Tirana, Albania
19:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Selman Stërmasi Stadium
Referee: M. Cemeri (Albania)
16 September 2021 (2021-09-16) 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H Turkey  1–1  Portugal Alanya, Turkey
19:00 UTC+2
Report (UEFA)
Stadium: Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium
Referee: Maika Vanderstiche (France)
21 September 2021 (2021-09-21) Friendly Ukraine  1–0  Turkey Kyiv, Ukraine
19:00 UTC+2 Boychenko  12' Stadium: Bannikov Stadium
Referee: Denys Shurman (Ukraine)
26 October 2021 (2021-10-26) 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H Serbia  2–0  Turkey Gornji Milanovac
18:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Stadion Metalac
Referee: Katalin Sipos (Hungary)
26 November 2021 (2021-11-26) 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H Germany  8–0  Turkey Braunschweig
--:-- 
Report Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Referee: Aleksandra Česen (Slovenia)
30 November 2021 (2021-11-30) 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H Turkey  3–2  Israel Mersin
--:-- 
Report
Stadium: Mersin Arena
Referee: Justina Lavrenovaite (Lithuania)

2022
23 February 2022 (2022-02-23) 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H Turkey  v  Serbia TBC
--:--  Report Stadium: TBC
7 April 2022 (2022-04-07) 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H Bulgaria  v  Turkey TBC
--:--  Report Stadium: TBC
12 April 2022 (2022-04-12) 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H Israel  v  Turkey TBC
--:--  Report Stadium: TBC
3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H Turkey  v  Germany TBC
--:--  Report Stadium: TBC
6 September 2022 (2022-09-06) 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H Portugal  v  Turkey TBC
--:--  Report Stadium: TBC

All-time records

As of 1 May 2021[10] The following table shows Turkey women's all-time international record:

Period Pl W D L GF GA
1995–2021133461473206337

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff
Position Name
Head coach Necla Güngör
Director of football development Oğuz Çetin

Manager history
Main article: List of Turkey women's national football team managers
Name PeriodGWDLWin %Notes
Necla Güngör 2020–present621333.33

Players
Main article: List of Turkey women's international footballers

Current squad

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

As of 30 November 2021[11]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Selda Akgöz (C) (1993-06-09) 9 June 1993 29 0 ALG Spor
12 1GK Ezgi Çağlar (1991-07-03) 3 July 1991 13 0 Fenerbahçe
23 1GK Gamze Nur Yaman (1999-04-25) 25 April 1999 8 0 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
2 2DF Berna Yeniçeri (1996-01-27) 27 January 1996 34 0 Beşiktaş
3 2DF Didem Karagenç (1993-10-16) 16 October 1993 59 3 Beşiktaş
5 2DF Dilan Yeşim Taşkın (2001-10-17) 17 October 2001 4 1 1. FFC Niederkirchen
14 2DF Büşra Kuru (2001-10-24) 24 October 2001 5 1 1. FFC Niederkirchen
15 2DF Kezban Tağ (1993-09-17) 17 September 1993 9 1 ALG Spor
19 2DF Fatoş Yıldırım (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 2 0 Fomget GS
21 2DF Yaşam Göksuğ (1995-09-25) 25 September 1995 10 0 Konak BS
22 2DF Eda Karataş (1995-06-15) 15 June 1995 1 0 ALG Spor
4 3MF Ece Tekmen (2002-02-23) 23 February 2002 4 0 ALG Spor
6 3MF Derya Arhan (1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 12 3 ALG Spor
7 3MF İlayda Civelek (1998-07-06) 6 July 1998 11 1 ALG Spor
8 3MF Emine Ecem Esen (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 27 0 ALG Spor
9 3MF Miray Cin (2001-07-05) 5 July 2001 6 0 MSV Duisburg
10 3MF Ebru Topçu (1996-08-27) 27 August 1996 55 14 ALG Spor
13 3MF Birgül Sadıkoğlu (2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 11 1 Zhytlobud-1
16 3MF Ece Türkoğlu (1999-04-14) 14 April 1999 23 5 Lady Monarchs
18 3MF Ecem Cumert (1998-02-07) 7 February 1998 22 2 ALG Spor
20 3MF Elif Keskin (2002-01-12) 12 January 2002 13 0 Beşiktaş
11 4FW Yağmur Uraz (1990-02-19) 19 February 1990 44 25 Beşiktaş
17 4FW Kader Hançar (1999-11-12) 12 November 1999 13 3 Beşiktaş

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to a squad in the past 12 months.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
12 1GK Fatma Şahin (1990-12-15) 15 December 1990 25 0 Beşiktaş
21 2DF Gülbin Hız (1994-06-11) 11 June 1994 23 3 ALG Spor
5 3MF Cansu Nur Kaya (2000-02-28) 28 February 2000 2 0 Fatih Vatan Spor
3MF Nur Yaren Özpolat (2002-11-11) 11 November 2002 0 0 Enskede IK Dam
16 4FW Benan Altıntaş (2001-11-10) 10 November 2001 4 1 Fomget GvS
18 4FW Melike Öztürk (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 9 0 Ataşejir BS

Records
Main article: List of Turkey women's international footballers

Most capped players
Didem Karagenç playing for Turkey national in 2014.
  • Players in bold are still active.[12]

As of 30 November 2021

#NamePositionCareerCapsGoals
1Didem KaragençDF2011–present593
2Esra ErolDF2001–2020558
Ebru TopçuFW2013–present5514
4Bilgin DefterliFW1999–20145217
5Çiğdem BelciDF2006–2020480
6Fatma KaraMF2009–2020454
7Yağmur UrazFW2006–present4425
8Melahat EryurtFW1995–20023918
Arzu KarabulutMF2011–2021395
10Cansu YağMF2006–2016373

Top goalscorers
Yağmur Uraz playing for Turkey national in 2014.
  • Goalscorers with an equal number of goals are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone. Bold indicates still active players.[12]

As of 30 November 2021

#NameCareerGoalsCapsRate
1Yağmur Uraz2006–present25440.57
2Melahat Eryurt1995–200218390.46
3Bilgin Defterli1999–201417520.33
4Ebru Topçu2013–present14550.25
5Seyhan Gündüz1997–200212300.40
6Reyhan Şeker2006–201310210.48
7Esra Erol2001–20208550.15
Selen Altunkulak2017–present8120.67
9Melike Pekel2017–present7260.27
10Arzu Karabulut2011–present5390.13

Scored
PlayerClubAgainstGoalsResultPlaceDate
Melahat Eryurt Dinarsuspor Israel38-0 ISR, Netanya11 February 1998
Yağmur Uraz Konak Belediyespor Georgia36-0 TUR, Trabzon26 February 2015
Selen Altunkulak FC Metz Luxembourg39-1 FAR, Tórshavn8 April 2017
Melike Pekel  FRA Paris Saint-Germain Luxembourg39-1 FAR, Tórshavn8 April 2017

Conceded
GoalkeeperPlayerForGoalsResultPlaceDate
Duygu Yılmaz,
Fatma Şahin		Verónica Boquete Spain31-10 TUR, Istanbul17 September 2011
Fatma ŞahinCosmina Dușa Romania31-7 ROM, Buftea27 October 2011
Fatma ŞahinMartina Müller Germany30-10 GER, Duisburg19 September 2012
Fatma ŞahinToni Duggan England30-8 UK, Portsmouth26 September 2013
Fatma ŞahinJess Fishlock Wales31-5 TUR, Eskişehir4 April 2014
Ezgi ÇağlarOlha Boychenko Ukraine30-8Kyiv13 September 2014
Ezgi ÇağlarOksana Yakovyshyn Ukraine30-8 UKR, Kyiv13 September 2014
Selda AkgözIsabel Kerschowski Germany30-6 TUR, Istanbul8 April 2016
Selda AkgözLara Prašnikar Slovenia31-6 TUR, İzmit8 October 2019
Fatma ŞahinDaniëlle van de Donk Netherlands30-8 TUR, İzmir8 November 2019
Selda AkgözLea Schüller Germany30-8 GER, Braunschweig26 November 2021

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
YearResultGPWD*LGFGAGD QGPWD*LGFGAGD
1991Did not Participate qual.Did not Participate
1995 qual.
1999Did not Qualify qual.6123615-9
2003 qual.81071027-17
2007Did not Participate qual.Did not Participate
2011Did not Qualify qual.82151023-13
2015 qual.104061231-19
2019 qual.3201133+10
2023To be Determined qual.To be Determined
Total-------- -35103225199-48
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games
Summer Olympics record
YearResultGPWD*LGFGAGD
1996Did not Qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
Total--------
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship
UEFA Women's Championship record Qualifying record
YearResultGPWD*LGFGAGD QGPWD*LGFGAGD
1984Did not Participate qual.Did not Participate
1987 qual.
1989 qual.
1991 qual.
1993 qual.
1995 qual.
1997Did not Qualify qual.6006121-20
2001 qual.62131320-7
2005Did not Participate qual.Did not Participate
2009Did not Qualify qual.3201112+9
2013 qual.10019448-44
2017 qual.8116324-21
2022 qual.10127928-19
Total-------- -43653241143-102
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA World Rankings

Last update 13 July 2021.[13]

  Best Ranking    Worst Ranking    Best Mover    Worst Mover  

Turkey's FIFA world rankings
Rank Year Games
Played		 Won Lost Drawn Best Worst
Rank Move Rank Move
 6920212200 69 372 0

See also

References
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