U18 National Team, coached by Hakan Tecimer, was beaten 3-1 by Iran in their second 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 Turkey's goal came from Arif Ekin on 46th minute, while Iran took the win by Ezetopakhi's (Min 15 and 66) and Mazlum's (Min. 68) goals.

Besides, Süheyl Çetin from Turkey was sent-off on 55th minute.

U18s will face Iran in their last match of the cup on 10 January 2013 Thursday at 10.00 with Turkish local time.

Turkey: Murat Demir (Min. 79 Okan Kocuk), Ozan Tufan (Min. 39 Murat Rüzgar), Süheyl Çetin, Onur Yilmaz, Atabey Çiçek (Min. 85 Kemal Rüzgar), Arif Ekin (Min. 73 Irfan Can Kahveci), Hüseyin Rüzgar (Min. 73 Ümit Karaal), Firat Tuncer, Vedat Bora (Min. 46 Hasan Ayaroglu), Ogulcan Aktas (Min. 46 Burak Aydin), Berkant Taskiran

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

U18 2013 Valentin Granatkin (6-13.01.2013)