U16s reach to final in Mercedes-Benz Aegean Cup

11/23/2017

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The 19th edition of 2017 Mercedes-Benz Aegean Cup which is held in Turkey has continued today with the group's last matches.

Turkish U16 National Team, be in charge of Tolunay Kafkas and coached by Turhan Sofuoğlu, beat Azerbaijan 6-0 in their third and last match of Group A which was played in Altınordu Metin Facilities, İzmir, Turkey. Turkey's goals came from Ferhat Çoğalan (Min. 34 and 37), Ali Akman (Min. 42, 53 and 67) and Hakan Yeşil (Min. 51)

After this result; Turkey reached to final in 19th Mercedes-Benz Aegean Cup. Turkey will face Greece, Group B Winner, in the final on 25 November 2017 Saturday at 13.00 CET.

Referees: Alkan Parsak, Melih Kurtuluş, Murat Trampa, Fahri Çevik

Turkey: Arda Özçimen (Min. 64 Gökdeniz Yılmaz), Muhammed Emin Sarıkaya, Çağtay Kurukalıp (Min. 41 Ali Akman), Arif Boynuuzun (Min. 64 İbrahim Halil Aksu), Mert Ahmet Akbulut (Min. 54 Berke Avaz), Bünyamin Yavaşoğlu (Min. 68 Atalay Yıldırım), Salih Kavrazlı, Ferhat Çoğalan (C) (Min. 54 Halil İbrahim Sevinç), Hakan Yeşil, Mustafa Kapı, Polat Abay (Min. 54 Doğu Demirkol)

Azerbaijan: Vusal Shabanov, Rufat Ahmadov, Emil Bayramov (Min. 46 Mirali Ahmadov), Mahir Hasanov (C), Mehmet Serin (Min. 46 Farid Yusufli), Kamal Kazimov (Min. 54 Samir Qasimov), Asif Mirzaev (Min. 54 Vusal Ganbarov), Veysal Rzayev, Samir Mahharramov (Min. 46 Bahruz Tanrıverdiyev) (Min. 54 Ramin Nasirli), Rahim Jafarli (Min. 68 Ajhan Djabarl), Nika Bachaliabhvili

Yellow Card: Min. 59 Rahim Jafarli (Azerbaijan)

In the day's other match of Group A, Kosovo beat Albania 2-1 by Veton Tusha's double strike (Min. 74 and 76) while and Marvin Salliu (Min. 80+3) hit the target for Albania.

After this result; Kosovo finished Group A in the second place and they will play the 3rd place match of the tournament against Russia, Group B Runner-Up.

Turkish U16 National Team squad consists of the players for 19. Mercedes-Benz Aegean Cup listed at the below:

Player	Club	Position	Birth Date
Furkan Şimşek	Atiker Konyaspor	GK	01.09.2002
Arda Özçimen	Göztepe A.Ş.	GK	08.01.2002
Gökdeniz Yılmaz	Samsunspor	GK	28.11.2002
Arif Boynuuzun	Beşiktaş A.Ş.	DEF	01.02.2002
Muhammed Emin Sarıkaya	Bursaspor	DEF	03.01.2002
Mert Ahmet Akbulut	Borussia Dortmund	DEF	06.01.2002
Nihat Koç	Galatasaray A.Ş.	DEF	01.01.2002
Doğu Demirkol	Göztepe A.Ş.	DEF	29.03.2002
Çağtay Kurukalıp	Kasımpaşa A.Ş.	DEF	24.02.2002
İbrahim Halil Aksu	Medipol Başakşehir FK	DEF	29.03.2002
Emre Demir	Antalyaspor A.Ş	MID	09.10.2002
Halil İbrahim Sevinç	Antalyaspor A.Ş.	MID	24.01.2002
Berke Avaz	Beşiktaş A.Ş.	MID	09.06.2002
Mustafa Kapı	Galatasaray A.Ş.	MID	08.08.2002
Hakan Yeşil	Trabzonspor A.Ş.	MID	01.01.2002
Ferhat Çoğalan	Valencia CF	MID	29.06.2002
Polat Abay	Altınordu A.Ş.	FW	17.09.2003
Salih Kavrazlı	Altınordu A.Ş.	FW	16.03.2002
Ali Akman	Bursaspor	FW	18.04.2002
Bünyamin Yavaşoğlu	Bursaspor	FW	01.04.2004
Atalay Yıldırım	Galatasaray A.Ş.	FW	01.04.2002

In Group B, Greece drew 0-0 against Russia while Moldova beat Montenegro 2-0 by Nicu Namovolan's (Min. 65) and Ilie Ghiderman's (Min. 70) goals.

19. Mercedes-Benz Aegean Cup Schedules:

Date-Kick-Off	Group	Team	Result	Team	Stadium / Venue
20.11.2017 - 13.00 CET	A	Turkey	4-0	Kosovo	Altınordu Metin Oktay Facilities / Torbalı
20.11.2017 - 13.00 CET	B	Greece	2-0	Moldova	Altınordu İsmet Orhunbilge Facilities / Selçuk
20.11.2017 - 09.30 CET	A	Azerbaijan	1-0	Albania	Kuşadası Özer Türk Stadium
20.11.2017 - 09.30 CET	B	Russia	3-0	Montenegro	Altınordu Metin Oktay Facilities / Torbalı
21.11.2017 - 13.00 CET	A	Albania	0-0	Turkey	Kuşadası Özer Türk Stadium
21.11.2017 - 13.00 CET	B	Moldova	0-0	Russia	Altınordu Metin Oktay Facilities / Torbalı
21.11.2017 - 09.30 CET	A	Kosovo	2-0	Azerbaijan	Altınordu Metin Oktay Facilities / Torbalı
21.11.2017 - 09.30 CET	B	Montenegro	0-1	Greece	Altınordu İsmet Orhunbilge Facilities / Selçuk
23.11.2017 - 13.00 CET	A	Turkey	6-0	Azerbaijan	Altınordu Metin Oktay Facilities / Torbalı
23.11.2017 - 13.00 CET	B	Moldova	2-0	Montenegro	Kuşadası Özer Türk Stadium
23.11.2017 - 09.30 CET	A	Kosovo	2-1	Albania	Altınordu İsmet Orhunbilge Facilities / Selçuk
23.11.2017 - 09.30 CET	B	Greece	0-0	Russia	Altınordu Metin Oktay Facilities / Torbalı
25.11.2017 - 09.30 CET	3rd Place Match	Kosovo	-	Russia	Altınordu Metin Oktay Facilities / Torbalı
25.11.2017 - 13.00 CET	FINAL	Turkey	-	Greece	Altınordu Metin Oktay Facilities / Torbalı

19. Mercedes-Benz Aegean Cup Group A Standings:

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	AV.	Pts
1.Turkey	3	2	1	0	10	0	+10	7
2.Kosovo	3	2	0	1	4	5	-1	6
3.Azerbaijan	3	1	0	2	1	8	-7	3
4.Albania	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2	1

19. Mercedes-Benz Aegean Cup Group B Standings:

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	AV.	Pts
1.Greece	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
2.Russia	3	1	2	0	3	0	+3	5
3.Moldova	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4.Montenegro	3	0	0	3	0	6	-6	0