Turkey women's national football team

Turkey
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Crescent Stars (Ay-Yıldızlılar)
AssociationTurkish Football Federation
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachNecla Güngör Kıragası
CaptainDidem Karagenç
Most capsEbru Topçu (77)
Top scorerYağmur Uraz (28)
FIFA codeTUR
First colours
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Second colours
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FIFA ranking
Current 58 Increase 3 (16 August 2024)[1]
Highest54 (March 2017)
Lowest75 (December 2007)
First international
 Turkey 0–8 Romania 
(Istanbul, Turkey; 8 September 1995)
Biggest win
 Turkey 9–0 Georgia 
(Adana, Turkey; 23 November 2006)
Biggest defeat
 Turkey 1–12 Germany 
(Istanbul, Turkey; 14 February 1999)
Turkey attacking Belarus with Bilgin Defterli on 17 September 2014.
Turkey's attack being stopped by Sara Däbritz (white/black) of Germany at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 match on 8 April 2016.

The Turkey women's national football team represents Turkey in international women's football. The team was established in 1995, and compete in the qualification for UEFA Women's Championship and the UEFA qualifying of FIFA Women's World Cup. It has been recognized as Türkiye by the FIFA and UEFA since 2022.[2][3]

The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) is the sports organizing body responsible for forming the women's teams in four age categories as the women's national A team, the women's U-19 national team, the girls' U-17 national team and the girls' U-15 national team.[4] The women's U-19 national team was formed firstly in 2001, and participate at qualifications for the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. The girls' U-17 national team was founded in 2006. They play in the qualifications of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. Established in 2009 with the main objective to develop players for future, the girls' U-15 national team take part at the Youth Olympic Games and various tournaments.[4]

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ FIFA.com. "Türkiye".
  3. ^ UEFA.com. "Turkish Football Federation".
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference tff was invoked but never defined (see the help page).