U21 National Team lost to Italy 2-1 in a friendly game. The match was played in Bruno Recchioni Stadium, Fermo, Italy and İsmail Haktan Odabaşı (Min.89) was the only scorer for Turkey while, Italy's both goals came from Federico Macheda (Min.41 and 57)

U21 squad coached by Raşit Çetiner consisted of the following players:

Onur Bayramoğlu (Beşiktaş), Serdar Aziz, İsmail Haktan Odabaşı (Bursaspor), Sakıb Aytaç (Dardanelspor), Serdar Eylik (Denizlispor), Alper Potuk (Eskişehirspor), Anıl Dilaver, Emirhan Ergün, Emre Çolak, Yusuf Onur Arıkan (Galatasaray), Mahmut Boz, Özkan Karabulut, Soner Aydoğdu (Gençlerbirliği), Abdulkadir Kayalı (İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor), Barış Başdaş, Şahin Aygüneş (Kasımpaşa), Musa Nizam (Medical Park Antalyaspor), Umut Sözen (Ankaragücü), Alper Uludağ (Alemannia Aachen), Burak Kaplan (Bayer Leverkusen)

Italy squad consisted players listed at the below:

Mattia Perin (Genoa), Carlo Pinsoglio (Viareggio), Andrea Seculin, Michele Camporese (Fiorentina), Cristiano Biraghi, Marco Davide Faraoni (FC Inter), Riccardo Brosco (Triestina), Luca Caldirola (Vitesse), Alessandro Crescenzi (Crotone), Giulio Donati (Lecce), Lorenzo Tonelli, Roberto Soriano, Diego Fabbrini (Empoli), Marco D'Alessandro (Bari), Manuel Giandonato (Juventus), Gianvito Misuraca (Vicenza), Giuseppe Rizzo, Marco Augusto Romizi (Reggiana), Marco Tattini (Pavia), Fabio Borini (Chelsea), Mattia Destro (Genoa), Manolo Gabbiadini (Cittadella), Federico Macheda (Manchester United).