U19 National Team, coached by Mehmet Hacıoğlu, defeated FYROM 4-1 in their first match of 2013/2014 UEFA U19 European Championship Qualifying Group 12.
The match was played in FC Turnovo Stadium, Strumica, FYROM and Turkey's goals came from Atabey Çiçek (Min. 14), Emre Taşdemir (Min. 30 and 63) and Mustafa Batuhan Altıntaş (Min. 49) while Imeri (Min. 33) hit the target for FYROM by penalty.
In the day's other match, Montenegro beat Faroe Islands 5-0.
U19s will face Faroe Islands on 8 September 2013 Sunday at 17.00 with Turkish local time in their second match of the group.
Turkey: 1-Murat Demir, 2-Batuhan Zengin, 3-Egemen İşçiler, 4-Ertuğrul Ersoy, 5-Özgür Özdemir (Min. 69 15-Hasan Ayaroğlu) 6-Ozan Tufan, 7-Şevki Çınar, 8-Muhammed Demirci, 18-Berkant Taşkıran, 11-Emre Taşdemir (Min. 81 14-Fethi Özer), 9-Atabey Çiçek (Min. 46 17-Mustafa Altıntaş)
The qualifying round is made up of 13 groups of four teams playing in one-venue mini-tournaments. The top two from each progress alongside the third-placed team with the best record against the top pair in their group. In the elite round, played in the spring, those 27 qualifiers join the top seed, given a bye, in seven mini-tournament groups of four. The 7group winners then join the hosts Hungary in the finals.
2013/2014 UEFA U19 European Championship Qualifying Group 12:
Date-Time |
Team |
Score |
Team |
Venue |
06.09.2013-17.00 |
Turkey |
4-1 |
FYROM |
Kukus |
06.09.2013-17.00 |
Montenegro |
5-0 |
Faroe Islands |
Mladost |
08.09.2013-17.00 |
Turkey |
- |
Faroe Islands |
Mladost |
08.09.2013-17.00 |
FYROM |
- |
Montenegro |
Kukus |
11.09.2013-17.00 |
Montenegro |
- |
Turkey |
Mladost |
11.09.2013-17.00 |
Faroe Islands |
- |
FYROM |
Kukus |
NOTE: All times are Turkish local time.