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Turkey women's national football team

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. It has been recognized as Türkiye by the FIFA and UEFA since 2022.[2][3]

Turkey
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Crescent Stars (Ay-Yıldızlılar)
AssociationTurkish Football Federation
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachNecla Güngör Kıragası
CaptainDidem Karagenç
Most capsEbru Topçu (77)
Top scorerYağmur Uraz (28)
FIFA codeTUR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 62 Increase 1 (15 March 2024)[1]
Highest54 (March 2017)
Lowest75 (December 2007)
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 1–20 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.

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.[4] 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.[4]

History edit

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.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7]

The biggest loss of the Turkey women's national team was against Germany with 1–12 in a friendly match on 14 February 1999.[8] The team's biggest win was with 9–0 against Georgia at the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying match on 23 November 2006.[9]

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.[10][11]

Turkey put up its best performance in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, as Turkey acquired an important draw over Portugal and three wins, though the team still failed to qualify at the end.

Team image edit

 
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Nicknames edit

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

Home stadium edit

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 edit

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

2023 edit

14 July 2023 Friendly Estonia   0–3   Turkey Tallinn, Estonia
Stadium: TBC
17 July 2023 Friendly Estonia   2–2   Turkey Tallinn, Estonia
Stadium: TBC
22 September 2023 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Georgia   0–3   Turkey Tbilisi, Georgia
16:00 (18:00 GET) Report Cin   5'
Sadikoğlu   41'
Uraz   71'		 Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
Attendance: 800
Referee: Audrey Gerbel (France)
26 September 2023 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Turkey   2–0   Lithuania Elazığ, Turkey
17:00 (18:00 TRT)
Report Stadium: Elazığ Atatürk Stadium
Referee: Rita Vehapi (Kosovo)
27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Luxembourg   0–4   Turkey Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
19:30 Report
Stadium: Stade Émile Mayrisch
Referee: Miriama Bočková (Slovakia)
31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Turkey   1–0   Luxembourg Çorum, Turkey
17:00 (19:00 TRT)
Report Stadium: Çorum Sehir Stadi
Referee: Maral Mirzai Beni (Sweden)
1 December 2023 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Lithuania   0–4   Turkey Vilnius,Lithuania
16:00 (17:00 EET) Report
Stadium: LFF Stadium
Referee: Olivia Tschon (Austria)
5 December 2023 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Turkey   2–0   Georgia Mersin, Turkey
16:00 (18:00 TRT)
Report Stadium: Mersin Stadium
Referee: Jeļena Jermolajeva (Latvia)

2024 edit

25 February Friendly Turkey   1–2   Greece Manavgat, Turkey
15:30
Report
Stadium: Emirhan Sport Complex
28 February Friendly Romania   0–1   Turkey Manavgat, Turkey
Report Abrahamsson   54' Stadium: Emirhan Sport Complex
5 April Euro 2025 qualifying Switzerland   3–1   Turkey Zürich
 Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Referee: Sandra Braz (Portugal)
9 April Euro 2025 qualifying Turkey   2–1   Hungary Istanbul
Report Stadium: Pendik Stadyumu
Referee: Katarzyna Lisiecka-Sęk (Poland)
31 May Euro 2025 qualifying Turkey   v   Azerbaijan Erzincan
Report Stadium: Erzincan 13 Şubat Şehir Stadium
4 June Euro 2025 qualifying Azerbaijan   v   Turkey Baku
Report Stadium: Dalga Arena

All-time records edit

The following table shows Turkey women's all-time international record As of 17 July 2023: [12]

Period Pl W D L GF GA
1995–2023 151 53 18 80 236 367

Matches by year edit

As of 5 December 2023[10]

Year Total Official Friendly
1995 4 2 2
1996 6 4 2
1997 5 4 1
1998 8 6 2
1999 6 3 3
2000 3 3 0
2001 7 4 3
2002 6 4 2
2006 3 3 0
2007 2 2 0
2008 5 5 0
2009 5 5 0
2010 6 6 0
2011 9 5 4
2012 5 5 0
2013 3 3 0
2014 7 7 0
2015 9 5 4
2016 3 3 0
2017 7 3 4
2018 4 0 4
2019 10 5 5
2020 6 5 1
2021 9 5 4
2022 9 5 4
2023 10 6 4
Total 157 108 49

Coaching staff edit

Current coaching staff edit

As of 17 July 2023
Position Name
Head coach   Necla Güngör Kıragası
Assistant coach(es)   Begüm Üresin
  Hilal Başkol
Goalkeeping coach   Sinan Sevim
Director of football development   Oğuz Çetin

Manager history edit

Main article: List of Turkey women's national football team managers
As of 17 July 2023
Name Period Pld W D L GF GA GD Win % Ref
Atılay Canel 2002 2 0 0 2 3 7 −4 0 [1]
Hamdi Aslan 2006–2010 21 12 3 6 56 33 +23 57.1 [2]
Yücel Uyar 2011 8 1 2 5 8 25 −17 12.5 [3]
Nur Mustafa Gülen 2011–2012 4 0 0 4 1 16 −15 0 [4]
2013–2014 8 3 0 5 9 23 −14 37.5
Ogün Temizkanoğlu 2012 2 0 0 2 1 13 −12 0 [5]
Suat Okyar 2014 2 1 0 1 3 8 −5 50
Talat Tuncel 2015–2019 33 12 5 16 51 65 −14 36.4 [6]
Necla Güngör Kıragası 2020– 34 19 5 10 66 44 +22 55.9

Players edit

Main article: List of Turkey women's international footballers

Current squad edit

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Fatma Şahin (1990-12-15) 15 December 1990 (age 33) 23 0   Beşiktaş
1GK Selda Akgöz (1993-06-09) 9 June 1993 (age 30) 35 0   FOMGET
1GK Gamze Nur Yaman (1999-04-25) 25 April 1999 (age 25) 12 0   Galatasaray
2DF Sejde Aylin Abrahamsson (1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 26) 2 1   Club YLA
2DF Didem Karagenç (1993-10-16) 16 October 1993 (age 30) 65 3   Beşiktaş
2DF Gülbin Hız (1994-06-11) 11 June 1994 (age 29) 30 3   Fenerbahçe
2DF Ümran Özev (1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 (age 29) 2 0   FOMGET
2DF Büşra Kuru (2001-10-24) 24 October 2001 (age 22) 14 1   SC Sand
2DF Dilara Soley Deli (2002-04-14) 14 April 2002 (age 22) 1 0   R. Charleroi SC
2DF Yasam Göksu   Fenerbahçe
2DF Narin Yakut (2004-04-26) 26 April 2004 (age 20) 0 0   Fatih Karagümrük
2DF İlayda Civelek (1998-07-06) 6 July 1998 (age 25) 21 1   Fenerbahçe
3MF Ebru Topçu (1996-08-27) 27 August 1996 (age 27) 67 20   Galatasaray
3MF Derya Arhan (1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 25) 14 3   Beylerbeyi
3MF Meryem Cennet Çal (2000-07-12) 12 July 2000 (age 23) 2 0   Fenerbahçe
3MF Eda Karataş (1995-06-15) 15 June 1995 (age 28) 10 0   ALG Spor
3MF Emine Ecem Esen (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 29) 38 2   Galatasaray
3MF Birgül Sadıkoğlu (2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 (age 24) 23 2   FOMGET
3MF Busem Şeker (1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 (age 25) 26 3   Fenerbahçe
3MF Ece Türkoğlu (1999-04-14) 14 April 1999 (age 25) 30 7   Old Dominion Lady Monarchs
3MF Elif Keskin (2002-01-12) 12 January 2002 (age 22) 24 2   Beşiktaş
4FW Arzu Karabulut (1991-01-30) 30 January 1991 (age 33) 44 5   ALG Spor
4FW Miray Cin (2001-07-05) 5 July 2001 (age 22) 12 1   MSV Duisburg
4FW Yağmur Uraz (1990-02-19) 19 February 1990 (age 34) 55 25   Fenerbahçe

Recent call-ups edit

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Göknur Güleryüz (2003-02-04) 4 February 2003 (age 21) 1 0   Fenerbahçe v.   Romania, 28 February 2024
GK Kevser Gündoğdu (2003-03-07) 7 March 2003 (age 21) 1 0   Eastern Michigan Eagles v.   Estonia, 17 July 2023
GK Senem Pınar Özer (2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 (age 23) 0 0   Fatih Vatanspor v.   Azerbaijan, 11 April 2023
DF Cansu Nur Kaya (2000-02-28) 28 February 2000 (age 24) 8 0   Fatih Vatan Spor v.   Lithuania, 26 September 2023
DF Ece Tekmen (2002-02-23) 23 February 2002 (age 22) 15 0   Beşiktaş v.   Lithuania, 26 September 2023
DF Berna Yeniçeri (1996-01-27) 27 January 1996 (age 28) 43 0   Galatasaray v.   Estonia, 17 July 2023
DF Ecem Cumert (1998-02-07) 7 February 1998 (age 26) 21 2   Fenerbahçe v.   Estonia, 17 July 2023
DF İlayda Cansu Kara (2005-04-28) 28 April 2005 (age 18) 0 0   Fenerbahçe v.   Estonia, 17 July 2023
MF Rojin Polat (2004-08-20) 20 August 2004 (age 19) 1 0   Sydney Uni SFC v.   Romania, 28 February 2024
MF Cansu Gürel (2002-01-30) 30 January 2002 (age 22) 1 0   Fenerbahçe v.   Estonia, 17 July 2023
MF Berna Topuzoğlu (2003-05-07) 7 May 2003 (age 20) 0 0   SC 13 Bad Neuenahr v.   Estonia, 17 July 2023
MF Sejde Abrahamsson (1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 26) 2 1   Club YLA v.   Estonia, 17 July 2023
FW Melike Öztürk (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 23) 9 0   Fatih Karagümrük v.   Romania, 28 February 2024
FW Zeynap Kerimoğlu (2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 (age 20) 4 0   Fenerbahçe v.   Romania, 28 February 2024
FW Neslihan Demirdögen (2002-09-03) 3 September 2002 (age 21) 2 0   Fatih Vatan Spor v.   Georgia, 5 December 2023
FW Benan Altıntaş (2001-11-10) 10 November 2001 (age 22) 5 1   Galatasaray v.   Estonia, 17 July 2023
FW Neslihan Demirdögen (2002-09-03) 3 September 2002 (age 21) 2 0   Fatih Vatanspor v.   Estonia, 17 July 2023
FW Birsen Bozbal (2001-08-17) 17 August 2001 (age 22) 0 0   Beşiktaş v.   Estonia, 17 July 2023
FW Mine Yıldız (2005-06-28) 28 June 2005 (age 18) 0 0   Pendik Çamlıkspor v.   Estonia, 17 July 2023
Notes
  • PRE = Preliminary squad/standby.
  • INJ = It is not part of the current squad due to injury.
  • COV = The player is not part of the current squad due to has been tested positive for COVID-19.

Gallery edit

Records edit

Main article: List of Turkey women's international footballers

Most capped players edit

 
Ebru Topçu
  • Players in bold are still active.[14]

As of 17 July 2023

# Name Position Career Caps Goals
1 Ebru Topçu FW 2013–present 67 20
2 Didem Karagenç DF 2010–present 65 3
3 Esra Erol DF 2001–2020 55 8
Yağmur Uraz FW 2006–present 55 25
5 Bilgin Defterli FW 1999–2014 52 16
6 Çiğdem Belci DF 2006–2020 48 0
7 Fatma Kara MF 2009–2020 45 5
8 Arzu Karabulut MF 2011–present 44 5
9 Berna Yeniçeri DF 2014–present 43 0
10 İpek Kaya DF 2015–present 41 0

Top goalscorers edit

 
Yağmur Uraz
  • Bold indicates still active players.[14]

As of 5 December 2023

# Name Career Goals Caps Rate
1 Yağmur Uraz 2006–present 27 60 0.45
2 Ebru Topçu 2013–present 22 74 0.3
3 Melahat Eryurt 1995–2002 18 39 0.46
4 Bilgin Defterli 1999–2014 16 52 0.31
5 Seyhan Gündüz 1997–2002 12 30 0.4
6 Reyhan Şeker 2006–2012 10 21 0.48
7 Selen Altunkulak 2017–2019 8 12 0.67
Esra Erol 2001–2020 8 55 0.15
9 Melike Pekel 2015–2019 7 26 0.27
Ece Türkoğlu 2016–present 7 33 0.21
Birgül Sadıkoğlu 2019–present 7 29 0.24

Hat-tricks edit

Player Club Against Goals Result Place Date
Melahat Eryurt   Dinarsuspor   Israel 3 5–2   ISR, Netanya 9 February 1998
Melahat Eryurt   Dinarsuspor   Israel 3 8–0   ISR, Netanya 11 February 1998
Yağmur Uraz   Konak Belediyespor   Georgia 3 6–0   TUR, Trabzon 26 February 2015
Melike Pekel   FC Metz   Luxembourg 3 9–1   FAR, Tórshavn 8 April 2017
Selen Altunkulak   FC Metz   Luxembourg 3 9–1   FAR, Tórshavn 8 April 2017

Centuriate goals edit

Rank Player Club Against Result Place Date
1st Nazan Bulut   Gürtaşspor   Hungary 1–2   TUR, Istanbul 9 May 1996
100th Bilgin Defterli   FFC Brauweiler Pulheim   Macedonia 4–0   GEO, Tbilisi 16 May 2009
200th Benan Altıntaş   Fomget Gençlik ve Spor   Albania 1–2   ALB, Elbasan 12 July 2021

Competitive record edit

FIFA Women's World Cup edit

FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD Q GP W D* L GF GA GD
  1991 Did not participate qual. Declined participation
  1995 qual.
  1999 Did not qualify qual. 6 1 2 3 6 15 −9
  2003 qual. 8 1 0 7 10 27 −17
  2007 Did not participate qual. Declined participation
  2011 Did not qualify qual. 8 2 1 5 10 23 −13
  2015 qual. 10 4 0 6 12 31 −19
  2019 qual. 3 2 0 1 13 3 +10
   2023 qual. 10 3 1 6 9 26 –17
2027 To be determined qual. To be determined
Total — – – – – – – – — 45 13 4 28 60 125 −65
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games edit

Summer Olympics record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
  1996 Did not qualify
  2000
  2004
  2008
  2012
  2016
  2020
  2024 Unable to qualify
  2028 To be determined
  2032
Total — – – – – – – –
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship edit

UEFA Women's Championship record Qualifying record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD Q GP W D* L GF GA GD
1984 Did not participate qual. Declined participation
  1987 qual.
  1989 qual.
  1991 qual.
  1993 qual.
  1995 qual.
    1997 Did not qualify qual. 6 0 0 6 1 21 −20
  2001 qual. 6 2 1 3 13 20 −7
  2005 Did not participate qual. Declined participation
  2009 Did not qualify qual. 3 2 0 1 11 2 +9
  2013 qual. 10 0 1 9 4 48 −44
  2017 qual. 8 1 1 6 3 24 −21
  2022 qual. 10 1 2 7 9 28 −19
  2025 To be determined qual. To be determined
Total — – – – – – – – — 43 6 5 32 41 143 –102
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA World Rankings edit

Last update 13 July 2021.[15]

  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
  69 2021 2 2 0 0 69   3 72   0

See also edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Turkey women's national association football team.

References edit

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  2. ^ FIFA.com. "Türkiye".
  3. ^ UEFA.com. "Turkish Football Federation".
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  9. ^ "Avruğpa Şampiyonası 2008 Grup Eleme Türkiye 9–0 Gürcistan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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  11. ^ "Türkiye'de kadın futbolu daha işin başında". Deutsche Welle (in Turkish). 12 July 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
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  13. ^ [https://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=283&ftxtID=43876Kadın A Millî Takımımız, İsviçre Maçı Hazırlıklarını Tamamladı ]
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  15. ^ "Turkey Women's Ranking". www.fifa.com. FIFA. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

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