The Aegean Cup squad of U16 National Team has been announced today. The Aegean Cup will be held at Manisa, Turkey between 24-29 January 2011.
This year the 12th edition of the Aegean Cup will take place and the tournament will continue its tradition to be a showcase for various youth national teams. Turkey were crowned champions 6 times in the cup which was first held in 1999 and missed in 2005, France won three times, whereas Ukraine, Russia lifted the trophy once.
Started under the name "Bora Öztürk Tournament" in 1999 with the participation of Turkey, Romania and Russia, is being organized as "Aegean Cup since 2002. Turkey took part in all past tournaments as hosts, while Romania and Belgium took part nine times. Ukraine follow them with eight tournament participations.
Originally played as a U15 level tournament, Aeagean Cup's age level was first pushed to U17 in 2002 before being pulled back to U16 in 2004. So far, playing 42 matches in the tournament's history, Turkey recorded 28 wins, 10 draws and 4 defeats. They scored 96 goals, conceding 37 goals in those matches.
U16 National Team squad who coached by Abdullah Ercan is listed at the below:
Player |
Club |
Hasan KARAKAŞ |
Bucaspor |
Taylan ANTALYALI |
Bucaspor |
Batıcan ADAY |
Bursaspor |
Taha Alper ÇİBER |
Bursaspor |
İbrahim Serdar AYDIN |
Fenerbahçe |
Semih ERGÜL |
Fenerbahçe |
Gökdeniz VAROL |
Manisaspor |
Murat DEMİR |
Manisaspor |
Emre AYDIN |
Trabzonspor A.Ş. |
Onur Ramazan TOPRAK |
Trabzonspor A.Ş. |
Muhammed DEMİRCİ |
Beşiktaş A.Ş. |
Yunus Emre GENÇ |
Galatasaray A.Ş. |
Emre TAŞDEMİR |
MKE Ankaragücü |
Ogün KARAKAYA |
Denizlispor |
Tufancan GÖÇE |
Samsunspor |
Burhan YILDIZ |
İstanbulspor A.Ş. |
Serhat ÇAKMAK |
Ajax Amsterdam |
Onur YILDIRIM |
Borussia Dortmund |
İbrahim DEVRİLEN |
1.FC Nürnberg |
Bahadır ÖZKAN |
1899 Hoffenheim |
Fatih EREN |
FC Metz |
Okan KURT |
FC St.Pauli |
The Aegean Cup Schedules:
Date/Kick-Off Time/Group |
Stadium |
Team |
|
Team |
24.01.2011 13:00 Group A |
SARUHANLI İLÇE |
TURKEY |
- |
DENMARK |
24.01.2011 14:00 Group A |
TURGUTLU 7 EYLÜL |
GREECE |
- |
UKRAINE |
24.01.2011 13:00 Group B |
MANİSA 19 MAYIS |
CZECH REPUBLIC |
- |
SWITZERLAND |
24.01.2011 14:00 Group B |
AKHİSAR İLÇE |
FRANCE |
- |
BELGIUM |
25.01.2011 13:00 Group A |
KULA İLÇE |
TURKEY |
- |
GREECE |
25.01.2011 14:00 Group A |
AKHİSAR İLÇE |
DENMARK |
- |
UKRAINE |
25.01.2011 13:00 Group B |
SALİHLİ RAMİZ TURHAN |
BELGIUM |
- |
SWITZERLAND |
25.01.2011 14:00 Group B |
TURGUTLU 7 EYLÜL |
FRANCE |
- |
CZECH REPUBLIC |
27.01.2011 14:00 Group A |
SALİHLİ RAMİZ TURHAN |
TURKEY |
- |
UKRAINE |
27.01.2011 14:00 Group A |
TURGUTLU 7 EYLÜL |
DENMARK |
- |
GREECE |
27.01.2011 14:00 Group B |
SOMA ATATÜRK |
FRANCE |
- |
SWITZERLAND |
27.01.2011 14:00 Group B |
AKHİSAR İLÇE |
BELGIUM |
- |
CZECH REPUBLIC |
29.01.2011 12:00 3rd Place Match |
AKHİSAR İLÇE |
GROUP A RUNNER-UP |
- |
GROUP B RUNNER-UP |
29.01.2011 14:00 FINAL |
MANİSA 19 MAYIS |
GROUP A WINNER |
- |
GROUP B WINNER |
NOTE: All times are local.