Turkey U19 national team are close to reaching UEFA U19 European Championship finals after defeating Denmark 1-0 in their second Elite Round Group 3 match. Tunay Torun scored the winner of Turkish side two minutes before half-time at Municipal Stadium.
In the other match of the group, hosts Portugal beat Greece 1-0.
Turkey will face Portugal in their last match on 28 May 2009 Thursday.
Group winner will qualify for 2008-09 UEFA European Under-19 Championship which will be staged in Ukraine between 21 June - 2 July.
Turkey U19 Squad
Semih KAYA, Emirhan ERGÜN, Çetin GÜNGÖR, Sinan OSMANOĞLU, Fatih Serkan KURTULUŞ (Galatasaray A.Ş.), Eren ALBAYRAK, Serdar AZİZ, Sercan YILDIRIM (Bursaspor), Umut SÖZEN (Ankaraspor A.Ş.), Necip UYSAL (Beşiktaş A.Ş.), Özgür ÇEK (Fenerbahçe), Metin UÇAR (Gençlerbirliği), Furkan ÖZCAL (Kayserispor), Bayram OLGUN (MKE Ankaragücü), Barış MEMİŞ (Trabzonspor A.Ş.), Rıdvan ŞİMŞEK (Karşıyaka), Uğur PARLAK (Dardanelspor A.Ş.), Tunay TORUN (Hamburger SV), Onur AYIK (SV Werder Bremen).
|
Teams |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Pts |
|
1. Portugal |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
|
2. Turkey |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
|
3. Greece |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
4. Denmark |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
Date / Kick-Off |
Team 1 |
Result |
Team 2 |
Venue |
|
23.05.2009-19.00 |
Turkey |
2 - 1 |
Greece |
Municipal - Cartaxo |
|
23.05.2009-19.00 |
Portugal |
3 - 0 |
Denmark |
Municipal - Rio Maior |
|
25.05.2009-20.00 |
Turkey |
1 - 0 |
Denmark |
Municipal - Torres Novas |
|
25.05.2009-20.00 |
Greece |
0 - 1 |
Portugal |
Municipal - Fatima |
|
28.05.2009-20.00 |
Portugal |
- |
Turkey |
Municipal - Cartaxo |
|
28.05.2009-20.00 |
Denmark |
- |
Greece |
Municipal - Rio Maior |