U17 National Team, coached by Mehmet Hacıoğlu, drew 1-1 against Scotland in their last match of 2011-12 UEFA European U17 Championship First Qualifying Round Group 3 which is held in Strumica, FYROM. With this result, Turkey finished the group in the 2nd place and qualified to the Elite Round alongside with Scotland, group winner. Turkey-Scotland game was played in Mladost Stadium and Atabey Çiçek (Min. 44) hit the target for Turkey while, Scotland's only goal came from Charles Telfer. (Min. 64)
In the day's other match of the group; FYROM beat San Marino 5-0.
Stadium: Mladost
Referees: Ognjen Valjic (Bosnia&Herzegovina), Dalibor Draskovic (Bosnia&Herzegovina), Dejan Kostadinov (FYROM), Faton Mustafi (FYROM)
Turkey: Murat Demir, İbrahim Aydın, Ümit Karaal, Özgür Özdemir, Taylan Antalyalı (C), Atabey Çiçek, Batıcan Aday, Emre Taşdemir (Min. 41 Nuri Fatih Aydın), Hasan Karakaş, Turhan Alper Turgut (Min. 65 Yavuz Koç), Burhan Yıldız (Min. 78 Ali Çelik)
Scotland: Ryan Crump, Stephen Hendrie (Min. 50 Ryan Finnie), Stuart Findlay (C), Jamie Lindsay, Cameron Smith, Darren Ramsay (Min. 72 Malcolm Melvin), Denny Johnstone, Lewis Kidd, Kyle Turnbull, Lionel Stone, Fraser Aird (Min. 50 Charles Telfer)
Goals: Min. 44 Atabey Çiçek (Turkey), Min. 64 Charles Telfer (Scotland)
Yellow Cards: Min. 15 Özgür Özdemir, Min. 32 Burhan Yıldız (Turkey), Min. 72 Darren Ramsay (Scotland)
The 52 countries in the first qualifying round have been split into 13 groups of four, to be played as single-venue mini-tournaments in autumn 2011. The top two in each group plus the two third-placed teams with the best record against the leading pair in their pool progress to the elite round in spring 2012. In Elite Round, 28 teams are drawn into 7 groups of four teams and the seven group winners in that round will progress to the finals with the joining hosts Slovenia in the finals in May 2012.
U17s squad for of 2011-12 UEFA European U17 Championship First Qualifying Round Group 3 matches consists the players listed at the below:
Player |
Club |
Ümit KARAAL |
Beşiktaş A.Ş. |
Okan KOCUK |
Bursaspor |
Batıcan ADAY |
Bursaspor |
Nuri Fatih AYDIN |
Eskişehirspor |
İbrahim Serdar AYDIN |
Fenerbahçe A.Ş. |
Atabey ÇİÇEK |
Gençlerbirliği |
Murat DEMİR |
Manisaspor |
Emre TAŞDEMİR |
MKE Ankaragücü |
Taylan ANTALYALI |
Bucaspor |
Hasan KARAKAŞ |
Bucaspor |
Melih Can YAĞCI |
Bucaspor |
Onur YILMAZ |
Bucaspor |
Turhan Alper TURGUT |
Adanaspor A.Ş |
Çağrı GÜLCÜ |
Altay |
Yavuz KOÇ |
Beypazarı Şekerspor |
Burhan YILDIZ |
İstanbulspor A.Ş. |
Özgür ÖZDEMİR |
Eintracht Frankfurt |
Ali ÇELİK |
Borussia Mönchengladbach |
2011-12 UEFA European U17 Championship First Qualifying Round Group 3 Standings & Schedules:
Teams |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
1. Scotland |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
7 |
2. Turkey |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
3. FYROM |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
4. San Marino |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
Date-Kick-Off |
Team |
Score |
Team |
Stadium-City |
24.10.2011 - 15.00 |
Scotland |
3-0 |
San Marino |
Mladost Stadium - Strumica |
24.10.2011 - 15.00 |
Turkey |
1-1 |
FYROM |
Kukus Stadium - Strumica |
26.10.2011 - 15.00 |
Scotland |
1-0 |
FYROM |
Mladost Stadium - Strumica |
26.10.2011 - 15.00 |
San Marino |
0-2 |
Turkey |
Kukus Stadium - Strumica |
29.10.2011 - 15.00 |
Turkey |
1-1 |
Scotland |
Mladost Stadium - Strumica |
29.10.2011 - 15.00 |
FYROM |
5-0 |
San Marino |
Kukus Stadium - Strumica |
NOTE: All times are Turkish local time.