Maintained by Erdinç Sivritepe
2001 European U-18 Championship - QualifiersTurkey is playing the First round eliminations for the 2000-2001 U-18 European Championship this week-end. Turkey is in group 4 with Israel, Albania, and san Marino. The games will be played as a mini-league tournament in Antalya and surrounding cities. The schedule: 3/12 14:00 Atatürk Stadyumu, Antalya Israel - Turkey Köy Hizmetleri Sahası, Antalya Albania - San Marino 5/12 14:00 Atatürk Stadyumu, Antalya Turkey - Albania Side Stadyumu, Side San Marino - Israel 7/12 14:00 Serik Stadyumu, Serik Turkey - San Marino Atatürk Stadyumu, Antalya Albania - Israel Turkish U-18 Squad: Ersoy Uçtu (Galatasaray SK İstanbul) Atacan Öztürk (Antalyaspor AŞ) İbrahim Yavuz (Gaziosmanpaşa SK İstanbul) Gökhan Ünal, Hüseyin Yoğurtçu, Doğa Kaya, Ali İşleyen (Gençlerbirliği SK Ankara) Ali Yılmaz (Adana Demirspor K) Mustafa Beşir (Trabzonspor K) Okan Koç (Çanakkale Dardanelspor AŞ) Can Ulun (Samsunspor K) Mehmet Al (Bursaspor K) Tuncay Şanlı (Sakaryaspor AŞ) Egemen Korkmaz (Kartalspor K İstanbul) Mehmet Ayaz (Türk Telekom GSK Ankara) Aykut Erçetin (VfB Stuttgart) Halil Altıntop, Hamit Altıntop (SG Wattenscheid 09) Ömer Durgun (FC Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen) Volkan Glatt (MSV Duisburg) European U-18 Championship is played in the following format: Finals - 8 teams (Host team - Finland, 7 İntermediary Round winners) Intermediary Round: knock-out style - 14 Round 1 winners Round 1: 14 groups - mini league or league format - Group winners continue Round 1 results: All group games completed, but groups 3,4, and 9 G 1: Ukraine won over Hungary, Belarus, and Cyprus G 2: Greece won over Romania, Estonia, and Luxembourg G 3: Belgium and Switzerland 3 points each, Malta and Liechtenstein 0 G 4: Starting on Dec 3 G 5: England won over İtaly, Faroe Islands, and Andorra G 6: Poland won over Iceland, Armenia, and Lithuania G 7: Austria won over Russia, Azerbaijan, and Bosnia and Hercegovina G 8: Czech Republic won over Ireland, Bulgaria, and Moldova G 9: Netherlands and Germany 6 points, France 3 - last game Netherlands-France Dec 6 G10: Denmark won over Macedonia and Slovenia G11: Slovakia won over Wales and Latvia G12: Yugoslavia won over Scotland and Sweden G13: Spain won over Croatia and georgia G14: Portugal won over Norway and Northern Ireland Intermediary Round Match-ups: G1-G2, G3-G4, G5-G6, G7-G8, G9-G10, G11-G12, G13-G14 After 2000-2001 championship, UEFA will change the age limitations. Currently the players were limited with the August 1st date. This date is moved to January 1st. Since the finals of the next tournament will be held in may 2002, the players with a birthdate between Jan 1st and May will be one year older. That's why UEFA is changing the name also to U-19 for the 2001-2002 tournament. Norway will be host in that tournament and Turkey will be in G1 with Sweden and Germany. Previous Finals: 80-81 Düsseldorf, West Germany West Germany 1-0 Poland 81-82 Helsinki, Finland Scotland 3-1 Czechoslavakia 82-83 London, England France 1-0 Czechoslavakia 83-84 Moskva, URSS Hungary 0-0 URSS (penalty-kicks) 84-86 Subotica, Yugoslavia East Germany 3-1 Italy 86-88 Frydek-Mistek, Czechoslavakia URSS 3-1 Portugal (after extra time) 88-90 Békéscsaba, Hungary Portugal 0-0 URSS (penalty-kicks) 90-92 Bayreuth, Germany Turkey 2-1 Portugal (golden goal) Goals: Bülent Yılmaz 18', Vitor Cardoso 43', Mustafa Kocabey 98' 92-93 Nottingham, England England 1-0 Turkey Goal: Darren Mark Caskey 78' 93-94 Merida, Spain Germany 1-1 Portugal (penalty-kicks) 94-95 Katerini, Greece Spain 4-1 Italy 95-96 Besançon, France France 1-0 Spain 96-97 Reykjavik, Iceland France 1-0 Portugal (golden goal) 97-98 Larnaka, Cyprus Ireland 1-1 Germany (penalty-kicks) 98-99 Norrköping, Sweden Portugal 1-0 Italy 99-00 Nürnberg, Germany France 1-0 Ukraine Ref: Orhan Erdemir