Turkey_women's_national_football_team

Turkey women's national football team

Turkey women's national football team

Women's national association football team representing Turkey


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]

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Turkey attacking Belarus with Bilgin Defterli on 17 September 2014.
Turkey's attack being stopped by Sara Däbritz (white/black) of Germany at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 match on 8 April 2016.

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

The 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

Nicknames

The Turkey women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Crescent Stars (Ay-Yıldızlılar)".

Home stadium

Turkey 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

Turkey women's national team (red/black) vs Estonia (blue/black) in the friendly match at TFF Riva Facility on 7 April 2018.

The 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

14 July 2023 Friendly Estonia  0–3  Turkey Tallinn, Estonia
Stadium: TBC
17 July 2023 Friendly Estonia  2–2  Turkey Tallinn, Estonia
Stadium: TBC
22 September 2023 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Georgia  0–3  Turkey Tbilisi, Georgia
16:00 (18:00 GET) Report Cin 5'
Sadikoğlu 41'
Uraz 71'
Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
Attendance: 800
Referee: Audrey Gerbel (France)
26 September 2023 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Turkey  2–0  Lithuania Elazığ, Turkey
17:00 (18:00 TRT) Report Stadium: Elazığ Atatürk Stadium
Referee: Rita Vehapi (Kosovo)
27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Luxembourg  0–4  Turkey Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
19:30 Report
Stadium: Stade Émile Mayrisch
Referee: Miriama Bočková (Slovakia)
31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Turkey  1–0  Luxembourg Çorum, Turkey
17:00 (19:00 TRT) Report Stadium: Çorum Sehir Stadi
Referee: Maral Mirzai Beni (Sweden)
1 December 2023 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Lithuania  0–4  Turkey Vilnius, Lithuania
16:00 (17:00 EET) Report
Stadium: LFF Stadium
Referee: Olivia Tschon (Austria)
5 December 2023 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Turkey  2–0  Georgia Mersin, Turkey
16:00 (18:00 TRT)
Report Stadium: Mersin Stadium
Referee: Jeļena Jermolajeva (Latvia)

2024

25 February Friendly Turkey  1–2  Greece Manavgat, Turkey
15:30
Report Stadium: Emirhan Sport Complex
9 April Euro 2025 qualifying Turkey  2–1  Hungary Istanbul
Report Stadium: Pendik Stadyumu
Referee: Katarzyna Lisiecka-Sęk (Poland)
31 May Euro 2025 qualifying Turkey  v  Azerbaijan Erzincan
Report Stadium: Erzincan 13 Şubat Şehir Stadium
4 June Euro 2025 qualifying Azerbaijan  v  Turkey TBD
Report Stadium: TBD

All-time records

The following table shows Turkey women's all-time international record As of 17 July 2023: [12]

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Matches by year

As of 5 December 2023[10]

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Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 17 July 2023
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Manager history

As of 17 July 2023
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Players

Current squad

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Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.

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Records

Most capped players

Ebru Topçu
  • Players in bold are still active.[14]

As of 17 July 2023

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Top goalscorers

Yağmur Uraz
  • Bold indicates still active players.[14]

As of 5 December 2023

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Hat-tricks

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Centuriate goals

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Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

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*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

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*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

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*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA World Rankings

Last update 13 July 2021.[15]

  Best Ranking    Worst Ranking    Best Mover    Worst Mover  

See also


References

  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  2. FIFA.com. "Türkiye".
  3. "Kadın Futbolu" (in Turkish). TFF. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  4. "Özel Maç Kadınlar Milli – Türkiye 0–8 Romanya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  5. "Avrupa Şampiyonası 1997 Grup Eleme – Macaristan 6–0 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  6. "Dünya Şampiyonası 1999 Grup Eleme – Gürcistan 0–1 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  7. "Özel Maç – Türkiye 1–12 Almanya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  8. "Avruğpa Şampiyonası 2008 Grup Eleme Türkiye 9–0 Gürcistan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  9. "Kadınlar Milli – A Milli" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  10. "Türkiye'de kadın futbolu daha işin başında". Deutsche Welle (in Turkish). 12 July 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  11. "Turkey [Women] » Historical results". World Football. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  12. [https://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=283&ftxtID=43876Kadın A Millî Takımımız, İsviçre Maçı Hazırlıklarını Tamamladı ]
  13. "Türkiye Kadın A Milli" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol federasyonu. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  14. "Turkey Women's Ranking". www.fifa.com. FIFA. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

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