UEFA

Turkiye

Turkish Football FederationFIFA ranking #26

Group Fixtures

Full Group D

Sun, Jun 14

12:00 AM ET

🇹🇷vs🇦🇺Australia

BC Place · Vancouver

Sat, Jun 20

11:00 PM ET

🇹🇷vs🇵🇾Paraguay

Levi's Stadium · San Francisco Bay Area

Fri, Jun 26

10:00 PM ET

🇹🇷vs🇺🇸United States

SoFi Stadium · Los Angeles

Squad

Expected squad — final selection pending

Squad

World Cup Squad

EXPECTED · OFFICIAL TBC

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Vincenzo Montella

Italian · Since 2023

Technical attacking coach

Key Players

MID#10

Hakan Çalhanoğlu

Inter Milan · 32y

Deep playmaker and set-piece specialist

Goalkeepers (3)

GK#12

A. Bayindir

Club not listed

Goalkeeper · 27y

GK#23

U. Çakir

Club not listed

Goalkeeper · 29y

GK#1

M. Günok

Club not listed

Goalkeeper · 36y

Defenders (10)

DEF#25

S. Akaydin

Club not listed

Defender · 31y

DEF#14

A. Bardakci

Club not listed

Defender · 31y

DEF#2

Z. Çelik

Club not listed

Defender · 28y

DEF#3

M. Demiral

Club not listed

Defender · 27y

DEF#13

E. Elmali

Club not listed

Defender · 25y

DEF#15

O. Kabak

Club not listed

Defender · 25y

DEF#20

F. Kadioglu

Club not listed

Defender · 26y

DEF#18

M. Müldür

Club not listed

Defender · 26y

DEF#4

Ç. Söyüncü

Club not listed

Defender · 29y

DEF#22

K. Ayhan

Club not listed

Defender · 31y

Midfielders (9)

MID#10

Hakan Çalhanoğlu

Inter Milan

Midfielder · 32y

MID#10

H. Çalhanoglu

Club not listed

Midfielder · 31y

MID#6

O. Kokçu

Club not listed

Midfielder · 25y

MID#5

S. Özcan

Club not listed

Midfielder · 27y

MID#16

I. Yüksek

Club not listed

Midfielder · 27y

MID#26

C. Uzun

Club not listed

Midfielder · 20y

MID#8

A. Güler

Club not listed

Midfielder · 20y

MID#17

I. Kahveci

Club not listed

Midfielder · 30y

MID#21

B. Yilmaz

Club not listed

Midfielder · 25y

Forwards (5)

FWD#24

O. Aydin

Club not listed

Forward · 25y

FWD#19

Y. Akgün

Club not listed

Forward · 25y

FWD#7

K. Aktürkoglu

Club not listed

Forward · 27y

FWD#9

D. Gül

Club not listed

Forward · 21y

FWD#11

K. Yildiz

Club not listed

Forward · 20y

From The Journal

2026-04-15

Too Young to Remember

Vincenzo Montella names his 26. Güler and Yıldız lead. Neither was born the last time Türkiye played at a World Cup. Twenty-four years between appearances. The 2002 generation is gone. This one has to create its own story.