Ümit National Football Team continues its preparations before the 2025 U21 European Championship Qualifiers. The crescent-star team faced Azerbaijan in the friendly match. Mehmet Türkmen moderated the match played at Esenyurt Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadium. While Türkmen’s assistants were Şenol Bektaş and Emrah Akkaya, the 4th referee of the match was Ertuğrul Kösterlioğlu. Hope National Football Team to play; Doğan Alemdar – Uğur Kaan Yıldız, Serdar Saatçi, Ravil Tagir, Kazımcan Karataş, Aksel Baran Potur, Cem Türkmen, Emirhan İlkhan, Kenan Yıldız, Bertuğ Özgür Yıldırım and Enis Destan came out with the top 11. If the guest team is Azerbaijan; He was on the field with Samigullin – Velijev, Mammadov, Huseynov, Damadayev, Ahmadov, Gasimov, Yusifli, Rustamli, Abdullayev and Babayev.
The match started with the pressure of the nationals. Finding the opportunity by grabbing the ball in the 2nd region with the front area press, Crescent-Stars could not take advantage of the positions they entered. In the first half, Kenan Yıldız stood out with his effective play in the red-white team, and in terms of defense, the Crescent-Star team did not position their opponent except for counter attacks. The first half of the match ended in a goalless draw. In the second half of the fight, the pressure of the hosts continued and the national team won a penalty in the 57th minute. Enis Destan, who took the ball in the 59th minute of the crescent-stars, sent the ball into the nets and opened the curtain of the goal in the match: 1-0. Ümit Milliler, who showed a more dominant game after the golden, was effective with the side balls. Moon-Stars, who hold the control of the game, won the field 1-0.
The crescent-star team will face Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Eyüp Stadium on Tuesday, June 20 at 20:00 in the last friendly match in June.
3 CHANGES IN 11 OF HOPE NATIONALS
Ümit National Football Team Coach Levent Sürme made 3 changes in the Azerbaijan match compared to the 11 of the Kazakhstan match played in Alanya. Playing in Kazakhstan match; While Emin Bayram, Ali Barak and Göktan Gürbüz did not play in the Azerbaijan match, these players were replaced by coach Levent Sürme; He appointed Kazımcan Karataş, Aksel Baran Potur and Enis Destan.
2nd MATCH, 2nd WIN IN LEVENT SURME’S MANAGEMENT
Levent Sürme, who took over the position of coach of Ümit National Football Team from current Ankaragücü Coach Tolunay Kafkas, got his second victory in the second match he played at the head of the team after the victory in the special match played against Azerbaijan. Under the management of Levent Sürme, Ümit National Team faced Kosovo U21 in the first friendly match and won the game with a score of 4-2.
AY-YİLDIZLILAR WILL FIGHT IN GROUP A
Ümit National Football Team will compete in the 2025 – Under-21 European Championship Qualification Group A. In his group; Crescent-Stars will face Ireland, Italy, San Marino, Latvia and Norway, and will play their first match in the group against Ireland on Friday, September 8th.
HERE’S THE GOAL OF THE MATCH