Turkish U17 National Team, consist of the players who born in 2001 and coached by Ahmet Ceyhan, drew 1-1 against Czech Republic in their third and last 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 Turkey's goal came from Atakan Gündüz by penalty (Min. 22) while, Šimon Gabriel (Min. 49) hit the target for Czech Republic.

In the day's other match of the group, Isreal defeated Armenia 3-0.

After these results; Israel and Czech Republic finished the group in first two places while Turkey finished as 3rd. After the completion of all group matches, it will be decided if Turkey will qualify or not to Elite Round as one of the best 4 third ranked team in Qualification Round.

Referees: Stefan Apostolov, Deniz Sokolov (Bulgaria), Øystein Ytterland, Espen Eskås (Norway)

Turkey: Arda Akbulut (Min. 63 Muhammet Taha Tepe), Işık Kaan Arslan, Atakan Gündüz, Yaser Yüce, Serkan Bakan, Ali Yavuz Kol (C), Barışcan Işık Altunbaş (Min. 73 Abdülkadir Çelik), Atalay Yıldırım, İbrahim Turan, Süleyman Luş, Mustafa Kaya (Min. 61 Muhammet Arslantaş)

Czech Republic: Jakub Markovič, Dominik Fišer (Min. 40+1 Karel Žilák), Dominik Hasala, Šimon Gabriel (C), Jan Holzer (Min. 41 Nicolas Penner), Ladislav Krobot, Matyáš Kozák, Daniel Kosek, David Eichler, Adam Vrba (Min. 80 Filip Firbacher), Tomáš Vlček

Yellow Cards: Min. 21 Dominik Fišer, Min. 27 Šimon Gabriel, Min. 40+1 Ladislav Krobot, Min. 77 Karel Žilák, Min. 80+4 Filip Firbacher (Czech Republic), Min. 25 Serkan Bakan, Min. 46 Ali Yavuz Kol, Min. 66 Muhammet Arslantaş, Min. 69 Atakan Gündüz (Turkey)

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	Date of Birth
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	Result	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.	0-2	Israel	FK Letohrad - Letohrad
16.10.2017 - 15.00 CET	Turkey	4-0	Armenia	Svitavský Stadium - Svitavy
19.10.2017 - 15.00 CET	Turkey	1-1	Czech Rep.	Svitavský Stadium - Svitavy
19.10.2017 - 15.00 CET	Armenia	0-3	Israel	FK Letohrad - Letohrad

2017-2018 UEFA European Championship Qualification Round Group 3 Standings:

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	AV.	Pts.
1.Israel	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9
2.Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	8	3	+5	4
3.Turkey	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
4.Armenia	3	0	0	3	0	14	-14	0