U21 National Team, coached by Tolunay Kafkas, beat Rep. of Ireland 1-0 in their eighth and the last game of 2013 UEFA U21 European Championship Group 7.

The match was played in The Showgrounds Stadium, Sligo, Rep. of Ireland and Turkey's goals came from Oğuzhan Özyakup on 84th minute while, Muhammet Demir from Turkey sent-off from the game on 73rd minute.

Stadium: The Showgrounds
Referees: Kristo Tohver, Sten Klaasen, Raul Kaivoja, Mart Martin (Estonia)
Rep. of Ireland: Ian McLoughlin, John Egan, Greg Cunningham, Shane Duffy, Niall Canavan, Richard Towell, Aidan White, Conor Henderson (Min. 81 Sean Scannell) , James Collins, Eunan O'Kane, Robert Brady.
Turkey: Özkan Karabulut, Özgür Çek, Murat Akça, Necip Uysal, Ömer Bayram (Min. 76 Sercan Yıldırım), Sefa Yılmaz (Min. 81 İsmail Odabaşı), Emre Çolak (Min. 61 Oğuzhan Özyakup), Muhammet Demir, Soner Aydoğdu, Serdar Aziz, Musa Nizam.
Goal: Min. 84 Oğuzhan Özyakup (Turkey)
Yellow Cards: Min. 31 Greg Cunningham, Min. 70 Richard Towell (Rep. of Ireland), Min. 24 Ömer Bayram, Min. 31 Serdar Aziz, Min. 63 Sefa Yılmaz, Min. 88 Necip Uysal (Turkey)
Red Card: Min. 73 Muhammet Demir (Turkey)

The team of the final tournament's host association qualifies automatically for the final tournament. The remaining teams will be drawn into groups, the number of which will depend on the total number of teams entered for the
competition. The number of teams per group should not, in principle, be less than five or more than six.

The best 14 teams from the group stage, namely the group winners and the best runners-up, qualify for the play-off matches. The winners and runners-up from the same group must not be drawn against each other. Playoff matches will be played according to the knockout system, with each team playing each opponent twice, in home-and-away matches.

Eight teams will participate in the final tournament: the seven winners of the playoff matches and the team of the final tournament host association, Israel, whichqualifies automatically. The final tournament will be held in Israel on June 2013.

2013 UEFA U21 European Championship Group 7 Standings:

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.ITALY	6	5	1	0	18	4	16
2.TURKEY	8	5	0	3	13	7	15
3.REP. OF IRELAND	6	3	1	2	10	6	10
4.HUNGARY	6	2	0	4	7	9	6
5.LIECHTENSTEİN	6	0	0	6	4	26	0