U17 National Team, coached by Hakan Tecimer, lost to 3-2 Italy in their first match of St. George's Park Tournament which is held in Birmingham, England.
The match was played in Lboro Stadium and Turkey's goals came from Volkan Pala (Min. 8 and 32) while Guiseppe Antoni Panico (Min. 15 and 34) and Simone Minelli (Min. 59) hit the target for Italy.
In the day's other match of the tournament, Portugal beat England 3-1.
Turkey: 1-Tarık Çetin, 2-Savaş Polat (Min. 60 15-Mehmet Zeki Çelik), 3-Bahadır Çiloğlu, 4- Furkan Emre Ünver, 5-Ertuğrul Ersoy, 6-Birhan Vatansever (C), 7-Sabit Hakan Yılmaz, 9-Volkan Pala, 10- Daniel Tan Barlaser (Min. 58 18-Okan Çelik), 11- Tuncay Kılıç (Min. 60 16-Muhammet Samet Karakoç), 13-Hasan Özkan.
U17s will face England in their second match of the tournament on 30 August 2013 Friday at 21.30 with Turkish local time.
U17s squad for St. George's Park Tournament consists the players listed at the below:
Player |
Club |
Emirhan AYDOĞAN |
Bursaspor |
Ertuğrul ERSOY |
Bursaspor |
Furkan Emre ÜNVER |
Bursaspor |
Mehmet Zeki ÇELİK |
Bursaspor |
Bahadır ÇİLOĞLU |
Fenerbahçe A.Ş. |
Ekrem AYDEMİR |
Fenerbahçe A.Ş. |
Tarık ÇETİN |
Fenerbahçe A.Ş. |
Muhammet Samet KARAKOÇ |
Fenerbahçe A.Ş. |
Savaş POLAT |
Fenerbahçe A.Ş. |
Birhan VATANSEVER |
Galatasaray A.Ş. |
Volkan PALA |
Galatasaray A.Ş. |
Übeyd ADIYAMAN |
Gençlerbirliği |
Okan ÇELİK |
Gençlerbirliği |
Tuncay KILIÇ |
Göztepe A.Ş. |
Mücahit ÇAKIR |
Trabzonspor A.Ş. |
Sabit Hakan YILMAZ |
Turgutluspor |
Hasan ÖZKAN |
KV Mechelen |
Daniel Tan BARLASER |
Newcastle United FC |