U21 National Team beat Rep.of Ireland 1-0 at Kocaeli İsmetpaşa Stadium in their last match of 2011 U-21 European Championship Qualifying Group 2. Tevfik Köse (Min.81) was the scorer for Turkey.

With this score, U21 National Team has finished the group in second place with 16 points after group leader, Switzerland and has lost the chance to attend the finals which will be hold in Denmark.

Stadium: Kocaeli İsmetpaşa
Referees: Aleksandar Stavrev, Marjan Kirovski, Igor Sirilov (FYR Macedonia)
Turkey: Özkan Karabulut, Serkan Kurtuluş (Min. 72 Mahmut Boz), Özgür Çek, Serdar Kesimal, Barış Başdaş, Mahmut Tekdemir, Necip Uysal, Burak Kaplan (Dk. 66 Serdar Gürler), Tevfik Köse, Emre Çolak (Min. 35, 46 Tolgay Arslan), Şahin Aygüneş.
Rep.of Ireland: Stephen Henderson, Seamus Coleman, Brendan Moloney, Robert Kiernan (Min. 58 Shane McEleney), Seamus Conneely, Richard Towell, Conor Hourihane, Conor Clifford (Min. 79 Joseph Mason), Adam Rooney, Robert Brady (Min. 35 Daniel Kearns), Graham Carey.
Goal: Min. 81 Tevfik Köse (Turkey)
Yellow Cards: Min. 79 Şahin Aygüneş (Turkey), Min. 79 Seamus Coleman, Min. 84 Daniel Kearns (Rep.of Ireland)

Rankings Table

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	P
1.SWITZERLAND	10	6	2	2	15	8	20
2.TURKEY	10	5	1	4	13	11	16
3.GEORGIA	10	4	3	3	12	9	15
4.ARMENIA	10	4	1	5	18	19	13
5.ESTONIA	10	3	3	4	9	16	12
6.REP. OF IRELAND	10	1	4	5	11	15	7