The Turkey A2 national football team is a support team for the Turkey national football team

Turkey national football team

The Turkey national football team represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. They are affiliated with UEFA...

. The team played their first match in 2002 at the 2003 Future Cup. They have played 14 matches, winning seven, drawing six, and losing once. The team is currently coordinated by Fuat Usta

Fuat Usta

Fuat Usta is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.-Career:Born in Samsun, Turkey, Usta grew up in the Netherlands and made his professional debut in 1990 with Fortuna Sittard...

. The team last played a match against the Finland

Finland national football team

The Finland national football team represents Finland in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland....

 B team on 25 March 2011.

History

The A2 team was seldom used from the foundation in 2002 until 2008.

When Guus Hiddink

Guus Hiddink

Guus Hiddink is a Dutch football manager and former player. He was the most recently manager of the Turkish national football team. He is considered to be one of the best managers of his generation and was the best-paid coach in international football in 2009...

 took over the senior squad, he re-introduced the reserve squad. Hiddink pushed for the squad in order to expand the players available to him and to also allow players over twenty-one to gain international experience. The team came together for their first camp in Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

 in November 2010. They team played their first matches against Belarus in February 2011, and will continue to have camps throughout the year while playing more matches.

2003 Future Cup

2005 Future Cup

Friendlies

Most appearances and goals

• Necati Ateş
  Necati Ates
  Necati Ateş is a Turkish footballer who plays for Antalyaspor in the Süper Lig, as a forward.-Club career:Ateş made his professional debut with Altay SK and Adanaspor, scoring for both at an impressive rate. In 2004, he signed with Süper Lig giants Galatasaray SK.In 2005–06, Ateş played an...
  
   – 6 caps, 3 goals
• Ersen Martin
  Ersen Martin
  Ersen Martin is a Turkish footballer who plays for Kasımpaşa S.K. as a centre forward.-Club career:...
  
   – 5 caps, 3 goals
• Hasan Kabze
  Hasan Kabze
  Hasan Salih Kabze is a Turkish international footballer. He currently plays as a striker for Montpellier HSC. Formerly, he played for Bucaspor, Çanakkale Dardanelspor, Galatasaray SK and Rubin Kazan.-Galatasaray:...
  
   – 4 caps, 2 goals
• Erdinç Yavuz
  Erdinç Yavuz
  Erdinç Yavuz is a Turkish footballer who plays as a central defender for Konyaspor in the Süper Lig.-Club career:...
  
   – 4 caps, 0 goals
• Baki Mercimek
  Baki Mercimek
  Baki Mercimek is a Turkish footballer who currently plays for Karsiyaka.- Career :He has previously had spells with Sunderland AFC in England, for whom he never played a first team game, as well as Haarlem in Netherlands and Beşiktaş.- Background :Mercimek was born in Amsterdam. He is eligible to...
  
   – 4 caps, 0 goals

Current squad

Statistics as of 25 March 2011.
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*Withdrawn due to injury.