Turkey national under-17 football team

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Turkey Under-17

Association	Turkish Football Federation
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2005)
Best result	Fourth place (2005)
European Championship
Appearances	8 (first in 2004)
Best result	Champions (2005)

The Turkey national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, held every year. The original tournament was called the UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship (1982-2001). The tournament was renamed as the European Under-17 Football Championship in 2002, but importantly the overall statistics are collated from 1982. In addition, every odd year the top teams from the respective UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship compete in the FIFA U-17 World Cup the same year (since 2017, five teams from the respective UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship have been entered).