U18 National Team, coached by Feyyaz Uçar, took a clear victory against Latvia by 7-0 in their first match of Valentin Granatkin Cup which is held in St. Petersburg, Russia. The match was played in SCC Petersburgsky Stadium and Turkey's goals came from Taha Can Velioğlu (Min. 4), Recep Niyaz (Min. 9), Berk İsmail Ünsal (Min. 10 and 36), Kadir Ari (Min. 34), Enver Cenk Şahin (Min. 39) and Kenan Karaman (Min. 64). Recep Niyaz was selected as man of the match.
U18s will face Czech Republic in their second match of the group on 7 January 2011 Saturday in SCC Petersburgsky Stadium at 10.00 with Turkish local time.
Latvia: Potapenko (Min. 46 Oshs), Shlamps, Flaksis, Plendishskis, Barinovs, Besperstovs (Min. 70 Vasilevs), Shadchins (Min. 73 Malbardis), Mickelson, Shaban (Min. 61 Blums), Regzha (Min. 46 Svarups), Punctuls
Turkey: Kemal Mert Özyiğit, Tayfun Aksoy, Berkay Ceylan (Min. 69 Aykut Güler), Taha Can Velioğlu (Min. 46 Abdülkerim Bardakcı), Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık, Kerem Çağatay, Kadir Ari (Min. 46 İsmet Gökseloğlu), Burak Can Balcı, Berk İsmail Ünsal (Min. 46 Kenan Karaman), Recep Niyaz (Min. 49 Ömer Yıldırım), Enver Cenk Şahin (Min. 60 Ümit Eminoğlu).
Goals: Min. 4 Taha Can Velioğlu, Min. 9 Recep Niyaz, Min. 10 and 36. dakikalarda Berk İsmail Ünsal, Min. 34 Kadir Ari, Min. 39 Enver Cenk Şahin. Min. 64 Kenan Karaman (Turkey)
Yellow Cards: Min. 8 Barinovs, Min. 58 Shaban, Min. 86 Svarups (Latvia)
Valentin Granatkin Cup Groups & Schedules:
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Group A |
Group B |
Group C |
Group D |
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Russia |
Finland |
Italy |
Turkey |
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Lithuania |
Azerbaijan |
Greece |
Czech Republic |
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Belarus |
Saint-Petersburg |
Ukraine |
Latvia |
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Date-Kick-Off |
Team |
Score |
Team |
Venue |
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04.01.2012-12.00 |
Czech Rep. |
2-0 |
Latvia |
SCC Petersburgsky |
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04.01.2012-14.00 |
Italy |
5-0 |
Ukraine |
SCC Petersburgsky |
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04.01.2012-16.30 |
Finland |
7-0 |
Azerbaijan |
SCC Petersburgsky |
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04.01.2012-19.00 |
Russia |
1-1 |
Latvia |
SCC Petersburgsky |
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05.01.2012-12.00 |
Latvia |
0-7 |
Turkey |
SCC Petersburgsky |
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05.01.2012-14.00 |
Ukraine |
5-1 |
Greece |
SCC Petersburgsky |
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05.01.2012-16.30 |
Belarus |
- |
Latvia |
SCC Petersburgsky |
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05.01.2012-19.00 |
Azerbaijan |
- |
Saint Petersburg |
SCC Petersburgsky |
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07.01.2012-12.00 |
Turkey |
- |
Czech Rep. |
SCC Petersburgsky |
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07.01.2012-14.00 |
Greece |
- |
Italy |
SCC Petersburgsky |
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07.01.2012-16.30 |
Finland |
- |
Saint Petersburg |
SCC Petersburgsky |
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07.01.2012-19.00 |
Russia |
- |
Belarus |
SCC Petersburgsky |
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08.01.2012 |
Classification Matches ( The match-ups will be decided acc. to group standings) |
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10.01.2012 |
Final Day (All teams will play their last matches acc. to classification matches) |
NOTE: All times are local. Russia-St. Petersburg local time is ahead 2 hours acc. to Turkish local time.