U18 National Team, coached by Hakan Tecimer, was beaten 2-1 by Finland in their first match of Valentin Granatkin Cup Group C which is held in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The match was played in Sports & Concerts Complex, St. Petersburg, Russia and the only goal for Turkey came from Atabey Çiçek on 64th minute.
Besides, Vedat Bora from Turkey was selected as man of the match.
Turkey: Murat Demir, Ozan, Hüseyin (Min. 80 Ümit), Süheyl, Firat, Vedat, Berkant (Min. 77 Murat), Kemal (Min. 46 Hasan), Arif (Min. 60 Ogulcan), Atabey, Irfancan (Min. 46 Burak)
Finland: Carljohan Eriksson, Hampus Holmgren, Tommi Saarinen, Ville-Valtteri Starck, Matias Ojala, Jerry Voutilainen, (Min. 43 Matias Pyysalo), Riku Sjöroos, (Min. 70 Eero Tamminen) Matej Hradecky, (Min. 83 Miro Tenho), Joonas Jokinen (Min. 55 Lassi Puro) Mikko Viitikko, Youness Rahimi, (Min. 89 Vahid Hambo)
U18s will face Iran in their second match of the cup on 8 January 2013 Tuesday at 12.15 with Turkish local time.
U18 National Team squad consists the players for Valentin Granatkin Cup listed at the below:
|
Player |
Club |
|
Okan KOCUK |
Bursaspor |
|
Süheyl ÇETİN |
Bursaspor |
|
Ozan TUFAN |
Bursaspor |
|
Ümit KARAAL |
Beşiktaş A.Ş. |
|
Tugay KAYA |
Beşiktaş A.Ş. |
|
Atabey ÇİÇEK |
Gençlerbirliği |
|
İrfan Can KAHVECİ |
Gençlerbirliği |
|
Nuri Fatih AYDIN |
Eskişehirspor |
|
Hüseyin RÜZGAR |
Fenerbahçe A.Ş. |
| Murat RÜZGAR |
Fenerbahçe A.Ş. |
|
Burak AYDIN |
Bucaspor |
|
Oğul Can AKTAŞ |
Bucaspor |
|
Onur YILMAZ |
Bucaspor |
|
Berkant TAŞKIRAN |
Bucaspor |
|
Murat DEMİR |
Manisaspor |
|
Hasan AYAROĞLU |
MKE Ankaragücü |
|
Vedat BORA |
Gebzespor |
|
Arif EKİN |
FC Augsburg |
|
Kemal RÜZGAR |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
|
Fırat TUNCER |
1.FC Köln |
Valentin Granatkin Cup Groups:
|
Group A |
Group B |
Group C |
Group D |
|
Czech Republic |
Russia |
Turkey |
Italy |
|
Ukraine |
Greece |
Finland |
Belgium |
|
Azerbaijan |
Slovenia |
Iran |
Belarus |
|
Lithuania |
Latvia |
Kazakhstan |
St. Petersburg |