Turkish U17 National Team, consist of the players who born in 2001 and coached by Ahmet Ceyhan, lost to Israel 1-0 in their first match of 2017-2018 UEFA European Championship Qualification Round Group 3 which is held in Czech Republic.
The match was played in Svitavský Stadium, Svitavy, Czech Republic and Israel's goal came from Ofek Ovadia (Min. 8).
In the day's other match of the group, Czech Republic beat Armenia 7-0.
Referees: Stefan Apostolov, Deniz Sokolov (Bulgaria), Dan Vodrazka, Radek Dubravsky (Czech Rep.)
Israel: Shareef Keouf, Guy Hakim, Ben Cohen Shmuel, Dan Lugassy, Rony Laufer (Min. 57 Ofir Roth), Ido Shahar, Omri Ram, Liel Abada, Ibrahim Jauabra (Min. 66 Mohammad Gadir), Ofek Ovadia (C) (Min. 53 Eyal Einbrom), Nadav Aviv Niddam
Turkey: Muhammet Taha Tepe, Kerem Kalafat, Rıdvan Yılmaz, Atakan Gündüz, Serkan Bakan (Min. 68 Abdulkadir Çelik), Ali Yavuz Kol (C), Barışcan Işık Altunbaş (Min. 41 Yaser Yüce), Atalay Yıldırım (Min. 59 Süleyman Luş), Bora Ulu, Ozan İsmail Koç, Muhammet Arslantaş
Yellow Card: Min. 80+1 Rıdvan Yılmaz (Turkey)
U17s will face Armenia in their second match of the group on 16 October 2017 Monday at 15.00 CET.
The qualifying round is made up of 13 groups of four countries playing in one-venue mini-tournaments. The top two from each pool progress alongside the four third-placed sides with the best record against the leading pair in their groups. In the elite round 30 qualifiers plus the top two seeds compete in eight mini-tournament groups of four. The group winners and seven runners-up advance to the finals to join the hosts. The finals will be held in England between 4-20 May 2018.
Turkish U17 National Team squad (2001) consists of the players for 2017-2018 UEFA European Championship Qualification Round listed at the below:
Player |
Club |
Position |
Birth Date |
Muhammet Taha Tepe |
Altınordu A.Ş. |
GK |
01.01.2001 |
Arda Akbulut |
Trabzonspor A.Ş. |
GK |
01.01.2001 |
Atakan Gündüz |
Altınordu A.Ş. |
DEF |
01.01.2001 |
Kerem Kalafat |
Beşiktaş A.Ş. |
DEF |
09.03.2001 |
Rıdvan Yılmaz |
Beşiktaş A.Ş. |
DEF |
21.05.2001 |
İbrahim Turan |
Bursaspor |
DEF |
01.01.2001 |
Işık Kaan Arslan |
Galatasaray A.Ş. |
DEF |
28.01.2001 |
Süleyman Luş |
Galatasaray A.Ş. |
DEF |
24.03.2001 |
Bora Ulu |
Trabzonspor A.Ş. |
DEF |
19.03.2001 |
Atalay Yıldırım |
Altınordu A.Ş. |
MID |
29.09.2001 |
Barışcan Işık Altunbaş |
Altınordu A.Ş. |
MID |
22.03.2001 |
Mustafa Kaya |
Altınordu A.Ş. |
MID |
24.04.2001 |
Emir Biberoğlu |
AZ Alkmaar |
MID |
20.05.2001 |
Abdulkadir Çelik |
Bursaspor |
MID |
05.01.2001 |
Ozan İsmail Koç |
Bursaspor |
MID |
06.01.2001 |
Serkan Bakan |
Göztepe A.Ş. |
MID |
01.01.2001 |
Batuhan Dıraga |
Kasımpaşa A.Ş. |
MID |
25.04.2001 |
Yaser Yüce |
Trabzonspor A.Ş. |
MID |
01.01.2001 |
Ali Yavuz Kol |
Galatasaray A.Ş. |
FW |
29.01.2001 |
Muhammet Arslantaş |
Medipol Başakşehir FK |
FW |
27.01.2001 |
2017-2018 UEFA European Championship Qualification Round Group 3 Schedules:
Date-Kick-Off |
Team |
Score |
Team |
Stadium / Venue |
13.10.2017 - 15.00 CET |
Czech Rep. |
7-0 |
Armenia |
FK Letohrad - Letohrad |
13.10.2017 - 15.00 CET |
Israel |
1-0 |
Turkey |
Svitavský Stadium -Svitavy |
16.10.2017 - 15.00 CET |
Czech Rep. |
- |
Israel |
FK Letohrad - Letohrad |
16.10.2017 - 15.00 CET |
Turkey |
- |
Armenia |
Svitavský Stadium -Svitavy |
19.10.2017 - 15.00 CET |
Turkey |
- |
Czech Rep. |
Svitavský Stadium -Svitavy |
19.10.2017 - 15.00 CET |
Armenia |
- |
Israel |
FK Letohrad - Letohrad |
2017-2018 UEFA European Championship Qualification Round Group 3 Standings:
Teams |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
AV. |
Pts |
1.Czech Republic |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
+7 |
3 |
2.Israel |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
3 |
3.Turkey |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
4.Armenia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
-7 |
0 |