U17 National Team, coached by Hakan Tecimer, lost to 3-2 Italy in their first match of St. George's Park Tournament which is held in Birmingham, England.

The match was played in Lboro Stadium and Turkey's goals came from Volkan Pala (Min. 8 and 32) while Guiseppe Antoni Panico (Min. 15 and 34) and Simone Minelli (Min. 59) hit the target for Italy.

In the day's other match of the tournament, Portugal beat England 3-1.

Turkey: 1-Tarık Çetin, 2-Savaş Polat (Min. 60 15-Mehmet Zeki Çelik), 3-Bahadır Çiloğlu, 4- Furkan Emre Ünver, 5-Ertuğrul Ersoy, 6-Birhan Vatansever (C), 7-Sabit Hakan Yılmaz, 9-Volkan Pala, 10- Daniel Tan Barlaser (Min. 58 18-Okan Çelik), 11- Tuncay Kılıç (Min. 60 16-Muhammet Samet Karakoç), 13-Hasan Özkan.

U17s will face England in their second match of the tournament on 30 August 2013 Friday at 21.30 with Turkish local time.

U17s squad for St. George's Park Tournament consists the players listed at the below:

Player	Club
Emirhan AYDOĞAN	Bursaspor
Ertuğrul ERSOY	Bursaspor
Furkan Emre ÜNVER	Bursaspor
Mehmet Zeki ÇELİK	Bursaspor
Bahadır ÇİLOĞLU	Fenerbahçe A.Ş.
Ekrem AYDEMİR	Fenerbahçe A.Ş.
Tarık ÇETİN	Fenerbahçe A.Ş.
Muhammet Samet KARAKOÇ	Fenerbahçe A.Ş.
Savaş POLAT	Fenerbahçe A.Ş.
Birhan VATANSEVER	Galatasaray A.Ş.
Volkan PALA	Galatasaray A.Ş.
Übeyd ADIYAMAN	Gençlerbirliği
Okan ÇELİK	Gençlerbirliği
Tuncay KILIÇ	Göztepe A.Ş.
Mücahit ÇAKIR	Trabzonspor A.Ş.
Sabit Hakan YILMAZ	Turgutluspor
Hasan ÖZKAN	KV Mechelen
Daniel Tan BARLASER	Newcastle United FC