U17 National Team, coached by Hakan Tecimer, lost to Croatia 4-3 in their last match of 2013 UEFA U17 European Championship Group 12 which was held in Croatia. The match was played in Gospin Dolac Stadium, Imotski, Croatia and Turkey's goals came from Mert Öztürk (Min. 25), Turgay Gemicibasi (Min. 63) and Samet Acar (Min. 76) while, Muric (Min. 3), Fiolic (Min. 27), Rogulic (Min. 47) and Kresic (Min. 70) hit the target for Croatia.

In the day's other match of the group, Israel beat Kazakhstan 6-2.

After these results, the group winner Croatia and the runner-up Israel qualified to the Elite Round while, Turkey's qualification to the Elite Round as aone of the best third-placed teamwill be decided after the all group matches.

U17 National Team squad for 2013 UEFA U17 European Championship First Qualifying Round had consisted the players listed at the below:

Player	Club
Duhan Çağlar AKDAĞ	Bursaspor
Mustafa Batuhan ALTINTAŞ	Bursaspor
Aziz CEYLAN	Fenerbahçe A.Ş.
İbrahim Serdar AYDIN	Fenerbahçe A.Ş.
Savaş POLAT	Fenerbahçe A.Ş.
Hüseyin Altuğ TAŞ	Galatasaray A.Ş.
Veysel MERCAN	Galatasaray A.Ş.
Übeyd ADIYAMAN	Gençlerbirliği
Melih Can YAĞCI	Bucaspor
Mahmuthan Samet ACAR	Bucaspor
Muhammet ARI	Denizlispor
İsmail KÖSE	Turgutluspor
Fatih DEMİRLEK	Turgutluspor
Turgay Philipp GEMİCİBAŞI	FC Köln
Eren ÖZEN	FC Köln
Mete ÇELİK	VFB Stuttgart
Mert ÖZTÜRK	VFB Stuttgart
Serdar BİNGÖL	Borussia Dortmund
Erdal ÖZTÜRK	TSG Hoffenheim
Orkan ÇINAR	VFL Wolfsburg

2013 UEFA U17 European Championship First Qualifying Round Standings & Schedules:

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.Croatia	3	3	0	0	10	5	9
2.Israel	3	2	0	1	12	8	6
3.Turkey	3	1	0	2	8	8	3
4.Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	2	11	0

Date	Team	Score	Teaö	Stadium-Venue
14.10.2012	Turkey	3-0	Kazakhstan	Pokraj Jadra-Solin
14.10.2012	Croatia	4-2	Israel	Gradski stadion-Sinj
16.10.2012	Turkey	2-4	Israel	Pricvicu-Split
16.10.2012	Kazakhstan	0-2	Croatia	Hrvatskih Vitezova-Dugopolje
19.10.2012	Croatia	4-3	Turkey	Gospin Dolac-Imotski
19.10.2012	Israel	6-2	Kazakhstan	Gradski stadion-Sinj

52 teams are drawn into 13 groups of four teams in Qualfying Round and The top two in each group along with the two third-placed teams with the best record against the leading pair will progress to the elite round which will be played in March 2013. In Elite Round, 28 teams are drawn into 7 groups of four teams and the seven group winners in that round will progress to the finals with the joining hosts Slovakia in the final tournament that May, which will also act as a qualifier for the FIFA U-17 World Cup, to be staged later that year in the United Arab Emirates.

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