Turkey women's national football team

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Turkey
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Crescent Stars (Ay-Yıldızlılar)
AssociationTurkish Football Federation
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachNecla Güngör Kıragası
CaptainDidem Karagenç
Most capsEbru Topçu (76)
Top scorerYağmur Uraz (28)
FIFA codeTUR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 62 Increase 1 (15 March 2024)[1]
Highest54 (March 2017)
Lowest75 (December 2007)
First international
 Turkey 0–8 Romania 
(Istanbul, Turkey; 8 September 1995)
Biggest win
 Turkey 9–0 Georgia 
(Adana, Turkey; 23 November 2006)
Biggest defeat
 Turkey 1–20 Germany 
(Istanbul, Turkey; 14 February 1999)
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 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]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Nicknames[edit]

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

Home stadium[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

8 April 2023 Friendly Turkey  1–0  Azerbaijan Baku, Azerbaijan
16:00 Şeker 5' [1] Stadium: Dalga Arena
Referee: Teona Sturua (GEO)
11 April 2023 Friendly Turkey  0–0  Azerbaijan Baku, Azerbaijan
16:00 [2] Stadium: Dalga Arena
Referee: Kristina Mariana Trandafir (ROM)
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)
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[edit]

25 February Friendly Turkey  1–2  Greece Manavgat, Turkey
15:30
Report Stadium: Emirhan Sport Complex

All-time records[edit]

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

Period Pl W D L GF GA
1995–2023 151 53 18 80 236 367

Matches by year[edit]

As of 5 December 2023[10]

Year Total Official Friendly
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[edit]

Current coaching staff[edit]

As of 17 July 2023
Position Name
Head coach Turkey Necla Güngör Kıragası
Assistant coach(es) Turkey Begüm Üresin
Turkey Hilal Başkol
Goalkeeping coach Turkey Sinan Sevim
Director of football development Turkey Oğuz Çetin

Manager history[edit]

As of 17 July 2023
Name Period Pld W D L GF GA GD Win % Ref
Atılay Canel 2002 2 0 0 2 3 7 −4 0 [3]
Hamdi Aslan 2006–2010 21 12 3 6 56 33 +23 57.1 [4]
Yücel Uyar 2011 8 1 2 5 8 25 −17 12.5 [5]
Nur Mustafa Gülen 2011–2012 4 0 0 4 1 16 −15 0 [6]
2013–2014 8 3 0 5 9 23 −14 37.5
Ogün Temizkanoğlu 2012 2 0 0 2 1 13 −12 0 [7]
Suat Okyar 2014 2 1 0 1 3 8 −5 50
Talat Tuncel 2015–2019 33 12 5 16 51 65 −14 36.4 [8]
Necla Güngör Kıragası 2020– 34 19 5 10 66 44 +22 55.9

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

  • The following 26 players were named to the squad for the friendly matches against  Greece on 25 February 2024 and  Romania on 28 February 2024.[13]
  • Caps and goals are correct as of 17 July 2023 after the match against Estonia.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Fatma Şahin (1990-12-15) 15 December 1990 (age 33) 23 Turkey Beşiktaş
1GK Selda Akgöz (1993-06-09) 9 June 1993 (age 30) 35 0 Turkey FOMGET
1GK Göknur Güleryüz (2003-02-04) 4 February 2003 (age 21) 1 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe

2DF Büşra Kuru (2001-10-24) 24 October 2001 (age 22) 14 1 Germany SC Sand
2DF Didem Karagenç (1993-10-16) 16 October 1993 (age 30) 65 3 Turkey Beşiktaş
2DF Dilara Soley Deli (2002-04-14) 14 April 2002 (age 21) 1 0 Belgium R. Charleroi SC
2DF Eda Karataş (1995-06-15) 15 June 1995 (age 28) 10 0 Turkey ALG Spor
2DF Gülbin Hız (1994-06-11) 11 June 1994 (age 29) 30 3 Turkey Fenerbahçe
2DF İlayda Civelek (1998-07-06) 6 July 1998 (age 25) 21 1 Turkey Fenerbahçe
2DF Narin Yakut (2004-04-26) 26 April 2004 (age 19) 0 0 Turkey Fatih Karagümrük
2DF Ümran Özev (1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 (age 29) 2 0 Turkey FOMGET
2DF Sejde Aylin Abrahamsson (1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 26) 2 1 Belgium Club YLA
2DF Yasam Göksu

3MF Arzu Karabulut (1991-01-30) 30 January 1991 (age 33) 44 5 Turkey ALG Spor
3MF Birgül Sadıkoğlu (2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 (age 24) 23 2 Turkey FOMGET
3MF Busem Şeker (1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 (age 25) 26 3 Turkey Fenerbahçe
3MF Derya Arhan (1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 25) 14 3 Turkey Beylerbeyi
3MF Ebru Topçu (1996-08-27) 27 August 1996 (age 27) 67 20 Turkey Galatasaray
3MF Elif Keskin (2002-01-12) 12 January 2002 (age 22) 24 2 Turkey Beşiktaş
3MF Ece Türkoğlu (1999-04-14) 14 April 1999 (age 24) 30 7 United States Old Dominion Lady Monarchs
3MF Meryem Cennet Çal (2000-07-12) 12 July 2000 (age 23) 2 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
3MF Miray Cin (2001-07-05) 5 July 2001 (age 22) 12 1 Germany MSV Duisburg
3MF Rojin Polat (2004-08-20) 20 August 2004 (age 19) 1 0 Australia Sydney Uni SFC

4FW Melike Öztürk (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 22) 9 0 Turkey Fatih Karagümrük
4FW Yağmur Uraz (1990-02-19) 19 February 1990 (age 34) 55 25 Turkey Fenerbahçe
4FW Zeynap Kerimoğlu (2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 (age 20) 4 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe

Recent call-ups[edit]

The 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
GK Kevser Gündoğdu (2003-03-07) 7 March 2003 (age 21) 1 0 United States Eastern Michigan Eagles v.  Estonia, 17 July 2023
GK Senem Pınar Özer (2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 (age 23) 0 0 Turkey Fatih Vatanspor v.  Azerbaijan, 11 April 2023
GK Gamze Nur Yaman (1999-04-25) 25 April 1999 (age 24) 12 0 Turkey Galatasaray v.  Georgia, 5 December 2023

DF Cansu Nur Kaya (2000-02-28) 28 February 2000 (age 24) 8 0 Turkey Fatih Vatan Spor v.  Lithuania, 26 September 2023
DF Ece Tekmen (2002-02-23) 23 February 2002 (age 22) 15 0 Turkey Beşiktaş v.  Lithuania, 26 September 2023
DF Berna Yeniçeri (1996-01-27) 27 January 1996 (age 28) 43 0 Turkey Galatasaray v.  Estonia, 17 July 2023
DF Ecem Cumert (1998-02-07) 7 February 1998 (age 26) 21 2 Turkey Fenerbahçe v.  Estonia, 17 July 2023
DF İlayda Cansu Kara (2005-04-28) 28 April 2005 (age 18) 0 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe v.  Estonia, 17 July 2023
DF Kezban Tağ (1993-09-17) 17 September 1993 (age 30) 19 1 Free agent v.  Azerbaijan, 11 April 2023

MF Cansu Gürel (2002-01-30) 30 January 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe v.  Estonia, 17 July 2023
MF Berna Topuzoğlu (2003-05-07) 7 May 2003 (age 20) 0 0 Germany SC 13 Bad Neuenahr v.  Estonia, 17 July 2023
MF Sejde Abrahamsson (1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 26) 2 1 Belgium Club YLA v.  Estonia, 17 July 2023
MF Emine Ecem Esen (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 29) 38 2 Turkey Galatasaray v.  Georgia, 5 December 2023

FW Benan Altıntaş (2001-11-10) 10 November 2001 (age 22) 5 1 Turkey Galatasaray v.  Estonia, 17 July 2023
FW Neslihan Demirdögen (2002-09-03) 3 September 2002 (age 21) 2 0 Turkey Fatih Vatanspor v.  Estonia, 17 July 2023
FW Birsen Bozbal (2001-08-17) 17 August 2001 (age 22) 0 0 Turkey Beşiktaş v.  Estonia, 17 July 2023
FW Mine Yıldız (2005-06-28) 28 June 2005 (age 18) 0 0 Turkey Pendik Çamlıkspor v.  Estonia, 17 July 2023
FW Kader Hançar (1999-11-12) 12 November 1999 (age 24) 19 5 Turkey Fatih Vatanspor v.  Azerbaijan, 11 April 2023
FW Neslihan Demirdögen (2002-09-03) 3 September 2002 (age 21) 2 0 Turkey Fatih Vatan Spor v.  Georgia, 5 December 2023

Notes
  • PRE = Preliminary squad/standby.
  • INJ = It is not part of the current squad due to injury.
  • COV = The player is not part of the current squad due to has been tested positive for COVID-19.

Gallery[edit]

Records[edit]

Most capped players[edit]

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

As of 17 July 2023

# Name Position Career Caps Goals
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]

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

As of 5 December 2023

# Name Career Goals Caps Rate
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[edit]

Player Club Against Goals Result Place Date
Melahat Eryurt Turkey Dinarsuspor  Israel 3 5–2  ISR, Netanya 9 February 1998
Melahat Eryurt Turkey Dinarsuspor  Israel 3 8–0  ISR, Netanya 11 February 1998
Yağmur Uraz Turkey Konak Belediyespor  Georgia 3 6–0  TUR, Trabzon 26 February 2015
Melike Pekel France FC Metz  Luxembourg 3 9–1  FAR, Tórshavn 8 April 2017
Selen Altunkulak France FC Metz  Luxembourg 3 9–1  FAR, Tórshavn 8 April 2017

Centuriate goals[edit]

Rank Player Club Against Result Place Date
1st Nazan Bulut Turkey Gürtaşspor  Hungary 1–2  TUR, Istanbul 9 May 1996
100th Bilgin Defterli Germany FFC Brauweiler Pulheim  Macedonia 4–0  GEO, Tbilisi 16 May 2009
200th Benan Altıntaş Turkey Fomget Gençlik ve Spor  Albania 1–2  ALB, Elbasan 12 July 2021

Competitive record[edit]

FIFA Women's World Cup[edit]

FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD Q GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991 Did not participate qual. Declined participation
Sweden 1995 qual.
United States 1999 Did not qualify qual. 6 1 2 3 6 15 −9
United States 2003 qual. 8 1 0 7 10 27 −17
China 2007 Did not participate qual. Declined participation
Germany 2011 Did not qualify qual. 8 2 1 5 10 23 −13
Canada 2015 qual. 10 4 0 6 12 31 −19
France 2019 qual. 3 2 0 1 13 3 +10
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 qual. 10 3 1 6 9 26 –17
2027 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[edit]

Summer Olympics record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
United States 1996 Did not qualify
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024 Unable to qualify
United States 2028 To be determined
Australia 2032
Total
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship[edit]

UEFA Women's Championship record Qualifying record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD Q GP W D* L GF GA GD
1984 Did not participate qual. Declined participation
Norway 1987 qual.
West Germany 1989 qual.
Denmark 1991 qual.
Italy 1993 qual.
Germany 1995 qual.
Norway Sweden 1997 Did not qualify qual. 6 0 0 6 1 21 −20
Germany 2001 qual. 6 2 1 3 13 20 −7
England 2005 Did not participate qual. Declined participation
Finland 2009 Did not qualify qual. 3 2 0 1 11 2 +9
Sweden 2013 qual. 10 0 1 9 4 48 −44
Netherlands 2017 qual. 8 1 1 6 3 24 −21
England 2022 qual. 10 1 2 7 9 28 −19
Switzerland 2025 To be determined qual. To be determined
Total 43 6 5 32 41 143 –102
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA World Rankings[edit]

Last update 13 July 2021.[15]

  Best Ranking    Worst Ranking    Best Mover    Worst Mover  

Turkey's FIFA world rankings
Rank Year Games
Played
Won Lost Drawn Best Worst
Rank Move Rank Move
  69 2021 2 2 0 0 69 Increase 3 72 Decrease 0

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  13. ^ Turkey 🇹🇷 WNT squad to play Greece 🇬🇷 and Romania 🇷🇴
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