The Turkey women's national football team represents Turkey in international women's football. The team was established in 1995, and compete in the qualification for UEFA Women's Championship and the UEFA qualifying of FIFA Women's World Cup. It has been recognized as Türkiye by the FIFA and UEFA since 2022.[2][3]
Nickname(s) | Crescent Stars (Ay-Yıldızlılar) | ||
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Association | Turkish Football Federation | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Necla Güngör Kıragası | ||
Captain | Didem Karagenç | ||
Most caps | Ebru Topçu (77) | ||
Top scorer | Yağmur Uraz (28) | ||
FIFA code | TUR | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | NR (16 August 2024)[1] | ||
Highest | 54 (March 2017) | ||
Lowest | 75 (December 2007) | ||
First international | |||
(Istanbul, Turkey; 8 September 1995) | |||
Biggest win | |||
(Adana, Turkey; 23 November 2006) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
(Istanbul, Turkey; 14 February 1999) |
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) is the sports organizing body responsible for forming the women's teams in four age categories as the women's national A team, the women's U-19 national team, the girls' U-17 national team and the girls' U-15 national team.[4] The women's U-19 national team was formed firstly in 2001, and participate at qualifications for the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. The girls' U-17 national team was founded in 2006. They play in the qualifications of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. Established in 2009 with the main objective to develop players for future, the girls' U-15 national team take part at the Youth Olympic Games and various tournaments.[4]
History
editThe first recorded international match of the Turkey women's national team was the friendly game against Romania held at Zeytinburnu Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey on 8 September 1995, which ended in a 0–8 defeat for the Turkish nationals.[5] The team took part at the UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying round and debuted in the away match against Hungary on 4 October 1995, losing 0–6.[6]
The nationals won their first match against Georgia at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification round on 25 September 1997 after eleven losses.[7]
The biggest loss of the Turkey women's national team was against Germany with 1–12 in a friendly match on 14 February 1999.[8] The team's biggest win was with 9–0 against Georgia at the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying match on 23 November 2006.[9]
The women's national team were not formed in the years 2003, 2004 and 2005 because the women's football in Turkey was suspended during this period.[10][11]
Turkey put up its best performance in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, as Turkey acquired an important draw over Portugal and three wins, though the team still failed to qualify at the end.
Team image
editNicknames
editThe Turkey women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Crescent Stars (Ay-Yıldızlılar)".
Home stadium
editTurkey play their home matches on TFF Riva Facility, a facility of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) for camp and training purposes of all Turkey national football teams. It is located in Riva, Beykoz district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Results and fixtures
editThe following is a list of match results in the last international official tournament, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
- Legend
Win Draw Lose Void or Postponed Fixture
2023
edit22 September 2023 2023–24 UEFA Nations League | Georgia | 0–3 | | Tbilisi, Georgia |
16:00 (18:00 GET) | Report | Cin Sadikoğlu Uraz |
Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Audrey Gerbel (France) |
26 September 2023 2023–24 UEFA Nations League | Turkey | 2–0 | | Elazığ, Turkey |
17:00 (18:00 TRT) | Report | Stadium: Elazığ Atatürk Stadium Referee: Rita Vehapi (Kosovo) |
27 October 2023 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League | Luxembourg | 0–4 | | Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg |
19:30 | Report | Stadium: Stade Émile Mayrisch Referee: Miriama Bočková (Slovakia) |
31 October 2023 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League | Turkey | 1–0 | | Çorum, Turkey |
17:00 (19:00 TRT) |
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Report | Stadium: Çorum Sehir Stadi Referee: Maral Mirzai Beni (Sweden) |
1 December 2023 2023–24 UEFA Nations League | Lithuania | 0–4 | | Vilnius,Lithuania |
16:00 (17:00 EET) | Report |
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Stadium: LFF Stadium Referee: Olivia Tschon (Austria) |
5 December 2023 2023–24 UEFA Nations League | Turkey | 2–0 | | Mersin, Turkey |
16:00 (18:00 TRT) | Report | Stadium: Mersin Stadium Referee: Jeļena Jermolajeva (Latvia) |
2024
edit25 February Friendly | Turkey | 1–2 | | Manavgat, Turkey |
15:30 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Emirhan Sport Complex |
28 February Friendly | Romania | 0–1 | | Manavgat, Turkey |
Report | Abrahamsson |
Stadium: Emirhan Sport Complex |
5 April Euro 2025 qualifying | Switzerland | 3–1 | | Zürich |
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Report |
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Stadium: Letzigrund Referee: Sandra Braz (Portugal) |
9 April Euro 2025 qualifying | Turkey | 2–1 | | Istanbul |
Türkoğlu |
Report | Csányi |
Stadium: Pendik Stadyumu Referee: Katarzyna Lisiecka-Sęk (Poland) |
31 May Euro 2025 qualifying | Turkey | 1–0 | | Erzincan |
Topçu |
Report | Stadium: Erzincan 13 Şubat Şehir Stadium |
4 June Euro 2025 qualifying | Azerbaijan | 1–0 | | Baku |
Mirzaliyeva |
Report | Stadium: Dalga Arena |
12 July Euro 2025 qualifying | Turkey | 0–2 | | İzmit |
TBC | Report | Schertenleib Crnogorčević |
Stadium: Kocaeli Stadium |
16 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying | Hungary | 1–4 | | Győr |
Kaján] |
Şeker Keskin Sadıkoğlu Hançar |
Stadium: Gyirmóti Stadion |
All-time records
editThe following table shows Turkey women's all-time international record As of 17 July 2023[update]: [12]
Period | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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1995–2023 | 151 | 53 | 18 | 80 | 236 | 367 |
Matches by year
editAs of 5 December 2023[update][10]
Year | Total | Official | Friendly |
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1995 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
1996 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
1997 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
1998 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
1999 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
2000 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
2001 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
2002 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
2006 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
2007 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
2008 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
2009 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
2010 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
2011 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
2012 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
2013 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
2014 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
2015 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
2016 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
2017 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2019 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
2020 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
2021 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
2022 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
2023 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
Total | 157 | 108 | 49 |
Coaching staff
editCurrent coaching staff
edit- As of 17 July 2023
Position | Name |
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Head coach | |
Assistant coach(es) | |
Goalkeeping coach | |
Director of football development |
Manager history
edit- As of 31 May 2024
Name | Period | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Ref |
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Atılay Canel | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | [1] |
Hamdi Aslan | 2006–2010 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 57.1 | [2] |
Yücel Uyar | 2011 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 25 | −17 | 12.5 | [3] |
Nur Mustafa Gülen | 2011–2012 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 | [4] |
2013–2014 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 23 | −14 | 37.5 | ||
Ogün Temizkanoğlu | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | [5] |
Suat Okyar | 2014 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 50 | |
Talat Tuncel | 2015–2019 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 51 | 65 | −14 | 36.4 | [6] |
Necla Güngör Kıragası | 2020– | 45 | 28 | 5 | 12 | 88 | 50 | +38 | 62.2 |
Players
editCurrent squad
edit- The following players were part of the squad ahead of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying match against Switzerland and Hungary on the 12 and 16 July 2024, respectively.[13]
- Caps and goals are correct as of 17 July 2023 after the match against Estonia.
Recent call-ups
editThe following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Fatma Şahin | 15 December 1990 | 23 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Yaşam Göksu | 25 September 1995 | 11 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Cansu Nur Kaya | 28 February 2000 | 8 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Ece Tekmen | 23 February 2002 | 15 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Büşra Kuru | 24 October 2001 | 14 | 1 | v. | |
DF | Narin Yakut | 26 April 2004 | 2 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Emine Ecem Esen | 3 May 1994 | 38 | 2 | v. | |
MF | Rojin Polat | 20 August 2004 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Başak İçinözbebek | 13 February 1994 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
FW | Melike Öztürk | 1 April 2001 | 9 | 0 | v. | |
FW | Zeynap Kerimoğlu | 13 May 2003 | 4 | 0 | v. | |
FW | Neslihan Demirdögen | 3 September 2002 | 2 | 0 | v. | |
FW | Yağmur Uraz | 19 February 1990 | 55 | 25 | v. | |
FW | Zeynep Kerimoğlu | 13 May 2003 | 4 | 0 | v. | |
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Gallery
edit-
Turkey women's national football team in the home match against Belarus on 17 September 2014: Çağlar (12), Uraz (11), Esra Erol (17), Göksu (4), Elgalp (18), Defterli (9), Karabulut (7), Belci (5), Karagenç (3), Çorlu (2), Kara (10).
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Turkey women's national football team in the home match against Germany on 8 April 2016: Akgöz (1), Nurlu (7), Topçu (16), Yağ (20), Pekel(10), Esra Ero (9), Demir (18), Tezkan (4), Güvenç (3), Korkmaz (8), Kaya (17).
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Turkey women's national football team in the home match against Estonia on 7 April 2018: Şahin (12), Alpavut (4), Topçu (16), Kara (11), Işık (18), Karagenç (3), Altunkulak (14), Korkmaz (8), Çınar (17), Cümert (6), Karabuşut (7).
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Turkey women's national football team in the home match against Estonia on 4 October 2019: Akgöz (1), Kaya (17), Nurdoğan (7), Pekel (10), Topçu (16), Hançar (19), Karagenç (3), Cümert (6), Altunkulak (14), Yeniçeri (2), Uzungüney (9), Kara (5).
Records
editMost capped players
edit- Players in bold are still active.[14]
As of 17 July 2023[update]
# | Name | Position | Career | Caps | Goals |
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1 | Ebru Topçu | FW | 2013–present | 67 | 20 |
2 | Didem Karagenç | DF | 2010–present | 65 | 3 |
3 | Esra Erol | DF | 2001–2020 | 55 | 8 |
Yağmur Uraz | FW | 2006–present | 55 | 25 | |
5 | Bilgin Defterli | FW | 1999–2014 | 52 | 16 |
6 | Çiğdem Belci | DF | 2006–2020 | 48 | 0 |
7 | Fatma Kara | MF | 2009–2020 | 45 | 5 |
8 | Arzu Karabulut | MF | 2011–present | 44 | 5 |
9 | Berna Yeniçeri | DF | 2014–present | 43 | 0 |
10 | İpek Kaya | DF | 2015–present | 41 | 0 |
Top goalscorers
edit- Bold indicates still active players.[14]
As of 5 December 2023[update]
# | Name | Career | Goals | Caps | Rate |
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1 | Yağmur Uraz | 2006–present | 27 | 60 | 0.45 |
2 | Ebru Topçu | 2013–present | 22 | 74 | 0.3 |
3 | Melahat Eryurt | 1995–2002 | 18 | 39 | 0.46 |
4 | Bilgin Defterli | 1999–2014 | 16 | 52 | 0.31 |
5 | Seyhan Gündüz | 1997–2002 | 12 | 30 | 0.4 |
6 | Reyhan Şeker | 2006–2012 | 10 | 21 | 0.48 |
7 | Selen Altunkulak | 2017–2019 | 8 | 12 | 0.67 |
Esra Erol | 2001–2020 | 8 | 55 | 0.15 | |
9 | Melike Pekel | 2015–2019 | 7 | 26 | 0.27 |
Ece Türkoğlu | 2016–present | 7 | 33 | 0.21 | |
Birgül Sadıkoğlu | 2019–present | 7 | 29 | 0.24 |
Hat-tricks
editPlayer | Club | Against | Goals | Result | Place | Date |
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Melahat Eryurt | 3 | 5–2 | 9 February 1998 | |||
Melahat Eryurt | 3 | 8–0 | 11 February 1998 | |||
Yağmur Uraz | 3 | 6–0 | 26 February 2015 | |||
Melike Pekel | 3 | 9–1 | 8 April 2017 | |||
Selen Altunkulak | 3 | 9–1 | 8 April 2017 |
Centuriate goals
editRank | Player | Club | Against | Result | Place | Date |
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1st | Nazan Bulut | 1–2 | 9 May 1996 | |||
100th | Bilgin Defterli | 4–0 | 16 May 2009 | |||
200th | Benan Altıntaş | 1–2 | 12 July 2021 |
Competitive record
editFIFA Women's World Cup
editFIFA Women's World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Q | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
Did not participate | qual. | Declined participation | |||||||||||||||
qual. | |||||||||||||||||
Did not qualify | qual. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | |||||||||
qual. | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 27 | −17 | ||||||||||
Did not participate | qual. | Declined participation | |||||||||||||||
Did not qualify | qual. | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 23 | −13 | |||||||||
qual. | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 31 | −19 | ||||||||||
qual. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | ||||||||||
qual. | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 26 | –17 | ||||||||||
To be determined | qual. | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
Total | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | 45 | 13 | 4 | 28 | 60 | 125 | −65 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Olympic Games
editSummer Olympics record | ||||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | ||
Did not qualify | ||||||||||
Unable to qualify | ||||||||||
To be determined | ||||||||||
Total | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
UEFA Women's Championship
editUEFA Women's Championship record | Qualifying record | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Q | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
1984 | Did not participate | qual. | Declined participation | ||||||||||||||
qual. | |||||||||||||||||
qual. | |||||||||||||||||
qual. | |||||||||||||||||
qual. | |||||||||||||||||
qual. | |||||||||||||||||
Did not qualify | qual. | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 21 | −20 | |||||||||
qual. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 20 | −7 | ||||||||||
Did not participate | qual. | Declined participation | |||||||||||||||
Did not qualify | qual. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | |||||||||
qual. | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 48 | −44 | ||||||||||
qual. | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 24 | −21 | ||||||||||
qual. | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 28 | −19 | ||||||||||
To be determined | qual. | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
Total | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | 43 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 41 | 143 | –102 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
UEFA Women's Nations League
editUEFA Women's Nations League record | ||||||||||||
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Season | Division | Group | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | RK | |
2023–24 | B | 1 | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 23rd | ||
2025–26 | B | To be determined | ||||||||||
Total | 18th |
FIFA World Rankings
editLast update 13 July 2021.[15]
Best Ranking Worst Ranking Best Mover Worst Mover
Turkey's FIFA world rankings | |||||||||||
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Rank | Year | Games Played |
Won | Lost | Drawn | Best | Worst | ||||
Rank | Move | Rank | Move | ||||||||
69 | 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 72 |
See also
edit- List of Turkey women's international footballers
- Turkey women's national under-17 football team
- Turkey women's national under-19 football team
- Turkey women's national under-21 football team
- Turkey women's national football team (Results)
- Women's football in Turkey
- Turkish Women's Cup
- Turkey national football team
- Turkey national under-21 football team
- Turkey national under-19 football team
- Turkey national under-17 football team
References
edit- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ FIFA.com. "Türkiye".
- ^ UEFA.com. "Turkish Football Federation".
- ^ a b "Kadın Futbolu" (in Turkish). TFF. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- ^ "Özel Maç Kadınlar Milli – Türkiye 0–8 Romanya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Avrupa Şampiyonası 1997 Grup Eleme – Macaristan 6–0 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Dünya Şampiyonası 1999 Grup Eleme – Gürcistan 0–1 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Özel Maç – Türkiye 1–12 Almanya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ "Avruğpa Şampiyonası 2008 Grup Eleme Türkiye 9–0 Gürcistan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Kadınlar Milli – A Milli" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Türkiye'de kadın futbolu daha işin başında". Deutsche Welle (in Turkish). 12 July 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Turkey [Women] » Historical results". World Football. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ Kadın A Millî Takımımız, İsviçre Karşılaşmasına Hazır
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- ^ "Turkey Women's Ranking". www.fifa.com. FIFA. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
External links
edit- (in English) Official website, TFF.org
- (in English) FIFA profile, FIFA.com