The Aegean Cup squad of U16 National Team has been announced today. The Aegean Cup will be held at Manisa, Turkey between 24-29 January 2011.

This year the 12th edition of the Aegean Cup will take place and the tournament will continue its tradition to be a showcase for various youth national teams. Turkey were crowned champions 6 times in the cup which was first held in 1999 and missed in 2005, France won three times, whereas Ukraine, Russia lifted the trophy once.

Started under the name "Bora Öztürk Tournament" in 1999 with the participation of Turkey, Romania and Russia, is being organized as "Aegean Cup since 2002. Turkey took part in all past tournaments as hosts, while Romania and Belgium took part nine times. Ukraine follow them with eight tournament participations.

Originally played  as a U15 level tournament, Aeagean Cup's age level was first pushed to U17 in 2002 before being pulled back to U16 in 2004. So far, playing 42 matches in the tournament's history, Turkey recorded 28 wins, 10 draws and 4 defeats. They scored 96 goals, conceding 37 goals in those matches.
 
U16 National Team squad who coached by Abdullah Ercan is listed at the below:

Player	Club
Hasan KARAKAŞ	Bucaspor
Taylan ANTALYALI	Bucaspor
Batıcan ADAY	Bursaspor
Taha Alper ÇİBER	Bursaspor
İbrahim Serdar AYDIN	Fenerbahçe
Semih ERGÜL	Fenerbahçe
Gökdeniz VAROL	Manisaspor
Murat DEMİR	Manisaspor
Emre AYDIN	Trabzonspor A.Ş.
Onur Ramazan TOPRAK	Trabzonspor A.Ş.
Muhammed DEMİRCİ	Beşiktaş A.Ş.
Yunus Emre GENÇ	Galatasaray A.Ş.
Emre TAŞDEMİR	MKE Ankaragücü
Ogün KARAKAYA	Denizlispor
Tufancan GÖÇE	Samsunspor
Burhan YILDIZ	İstanbulspor A.Ş.
Serhat ÇAKMAK	Ajax Amsterdam
Onur YILDIRIM	Borussia Dortmund
İbrahim DEVRİLEN	1.FC Nürnberg
Bahadır ÖZKAN	1899 Hoffenheim
Fatih EREN	FC Metz
Okan KURT	FC St.Pauli

The Aegean Cup Schedules:

Date/Kick-Off Time/Group	Stadium	Team		Team
24.01.2011 13:00  Group A	SARUHANLI İLÇE	TURKEY	-	DENMARK
24.01.2011 14:00  Group A	TURGUTLU 7 EYLÜL	GREECE	-	UKRAINE
24.01.2011 13:00 Group B	MANİSA 19 MAYIS	CZECH REPUBLIC	-	SWITZERLAND
24.01.2011 14:00 Group B	AKHİSAR İLÇE	FRANCE	-	BELGIUM
25.01.2011 13:00 Group A	KULA İLÇE	TURKEY	-	GREECE
25.01.2011 14:00 Group A	AKHİSAR İLÇE	DENMARK	-	UKRAINE
25.01.2011 13:00 Group B	SALİHLİ RAMİZ TURHAN	BELGIUM	-	SWITZERLAND
25.01.2011 14:00 Group B	TURGUTLU 7 EYLÜL	FRANCE	-	CZECH REPUBLIC
27.01.2011 14:00 Group A	SALİHLİ RAMİZ TURHAN	TURKEY	-	UKRAINE
27.01.2011 14:00 Group A	TURGUTLU 7 EYLÜL	DENMARK	-	GREECE
27.01.2011 14:00 Group B	SOMA ATATÜRK	FRANCE	-	SWITZERLAND
27.01.2011 14:00 Group B	AKHİSAR İLÇE	BELGIUM	-	CZECH REPUBLIC
29.01.2011 12:00 3rd Place Match	AKHİSAR İLÇE	GROUP A RUNNER-UP	-	GROUP B RUNNER-UP
29.01.2011 14:00 FINAL	MANİSA 19 MAYIS	GROUP A WINNER	-	GROUP B WINNER

NOTE: All times are local.

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