Australia v Turkey, 13 June 2026

Score2-0 to Australia
RefereeJesús Valenzuela
CompetitionFIFA World Cup Group D
VenueBC Place, Vancouver
Attendance52,497

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Kick-off: 9.00pm local . FIFA World Ranking: Australia 27th, Turkey 22nd . Turkey won the two previous meetings: both international friendlies played in Australia in May 2004.

2 Australia

Manager: Tony Popovic

0 Turkey

Manager: Vincenzo Montella

Goals:

Nestory Irankunda 27 G
Connor Metcalfe 75 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Patrick Beach
Defender Cameron Burgess
Defender Alessandro Circati
Defender Jacob Italiano
Defender Harry Souttar (captain)
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Bos
Defender/Midfielder Connor Metcalfe
Midfielder Aiden O'Neill
Midfielder Paul Okon-Engstler
Midfielder/Forward Nestory Irankunda
Forward Mohamed Touré

Starting lineup:

Uğurcan Çakir Goalkeeper
Abdülkerim Bardakçi Defender
Merih Demiral Defender
Zeki Çelik Defender
Ferdi Kadioğlu Defender/Midfielder
Arda Güler Midfielder
Hakan Çalhanoğlu Midfielder (captain)
Ismail Yüksek Midfielder
Orkun Kökçü Midfielder
Bariş Yilmaz Midfielder/Forward
Kerem Aktürkoğlu Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Nishan Velupillay for Nestory Irankunda 61
Jason Geria for Jacob Italiano 74
Tete Yengi for Mohamed Touré 74
Aziz Behich for Jordan Bos 83
Jackson Irvine for Paul Okon-Engstler 83

Substitutions:

Kenan Yildiz for Bariş Yilmaz 46
Yunus Akgün for Orkun Kökçü 62
Mert Müldür for Zeki Çelik 80
Salih Özcan for Ismail Yüksek 80
Deniz Gül for Kerem Aktürkoğlu 85

Cards:

Cards:

Yunus Akgün 86 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Paul Izzo
Goalkeeper Mat Ryan
Defender Miloš Degenek
Defender Jason Geria
Defender Lucas Herrington
Defender Kai Trewin
Defender/Midfielder Aziz Behich
Midfielder Cameron Devlin
Midfielder Ajdin Hrustić
Midfielder Jackson Irvine
Midfielder/Forward Mathew Leckie
Midfielder/Forward Awer Mabil
Midfielder/Forward Nishan Velupillay
Midfielder/Forward Cristian Volpato
Forward Tete Yengi

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Altay Bayindir
Goalkeeper Mert Günok
Defender Cağlar Söyüncü
Defender Eren Elmali
Defender Mert Müldür
Defender Ozan Kabak
Defender Samet Akaydin
Defender/Midfielder Kaan Ayhan
Midfielder Can Uzun
Midfielder Irfan Kahveci
Midfielder Kenan Yildiz
Midfielder Salih Özcan
Midfielder/Forward Oğuz Aydin
Midfielder/Forward Yunus Akgün
Forward Deniz Gül

Comments:

Australia had now won their opening game at a FIFA World Cup finals for a second time: previously 3-1 versus Japan in Kaiserslautern, Germany in 2006. . This was the first time that the Socceroos had scored more than one goal in a game against UEFA opposition since a 2-1 victory against Hungary in Budapest in an international friendly on 9 June 2018. . Born in Kigoma, Tanzania, Nestory Irankunda had now become the first player born outside of Australia to score for them at a FIFA World Cup tournament.

Comments:

Turkey had now lost their three opening games at FIFA World Cup finals: previously 1-4 versus Germany in 1954 and 1-2 against Brazil in 2002. . This was their first game at a FIFA World Cup tournament since winning a 3rd place play-off against Korea Republic in Daegu in 2002. . This game ended Turkey's run of eight consecutive 'A' internationals without defeat (won seven).

2 Australia

Manager: Tony Popovic

Goals:

Nestory Irankunda 27 G
Connor Metcalfe 75 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Patrick Beach
Defender Cameron Burgess
Defender Alessandro Circati
Defender Jacob Italiano
Defender Harry Souttar (captain)
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Bos
Defender/Midfielder Connor Metcalfe
Midfielder Aiden O'Neill
Midfielder Paul Okon-Engstler
Midfielder/Forward Nestory Irankunda
Forward Mohamed Touré

Substitutions:

Nishan Velupillay for Nestory Irankunda 61
Jason Geria for Jacob Italiano 74
Tete Yengi for Mohamed Touré 74
Aziz Behich for Jordan Bos 83
Jackson Irvine for Paul Okon-Engstler 83

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Paul Izzo
Goalkeeper Mat Ryan
Defender Miloš Degenek
Defender Jason Geria
Defender Lucas Herrington
Defender Kai Trewin
Defender/Midfielder Aziz Behich
Midfielder Cameron Devlin
Midfielder Ajdin Hrustić
Midfielder Jackson Irvine
Midfielder/Forward Mathew Leckie
Midfielder/Forward Awer Mabil
Midfielder/Forward Nishan Velupillay
Midfielder/Forward Cristian Volpato
Forward Tete Yengi

Comments:

Australia had now won their opening game at a FIFA World Cup finals for a second time: previously 3-1 versus Japan in Kaiserslautern, Germany in 2006. . This was the first time that the Socceroos had scored more than one goal in a game against UEFA opposition since a 2-1 victory against Hungary in Budapest in an international friendly on 9 June 2018. . Born in Kigoma, Tanzania, Nestory Irankunda had now become the first player born outside of Australia to score for them at a FIFA World Cup tournament.

0 Turkey

Manager: Vincenzo Montella

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Uğurcan Çakir Goalkeeper
Abdülkerim Bardakçi Defender
Merih Demiral Defender
Zeki Çelik Defender
Ferdi Kadioğlu Defender/Midfielder
Arda Güler Midfielder
Hakan Çalhanoğlu Midfielder (captain)
Ismail Yüksek Midfielder
Orkun Kökçü Midfielder
Bariş Yilmaz Midfielder/Forward
Kerem Aktürkoğlu Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Kenan Yildiz for Bariş Yilmaz 46
Yunus Akgün for Orkun Kökçü 62
Mert Müldür for Zeki Çelik 80
Salih Özcan for Ismail Yüksek 80
Deniz Gül for Kerem Aktürkoğlu 85

Cards:

Yunus Akgün 86 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Altay Bayindir
Goalkeeper Mert Günok
Defender Cağlar Söyüncü
Defender Eren Elmali
Defender Mert Müldür
Defender Ozan Kabak
Defender Samet Akaydin
Defender/Midfielder Kaan Ayhan
Midfielder Can Uzun
Midfielder Irfan Kahveci
Midfielder Kenan Yildiz
Midfielder Salih Özcan
Midfielder/Forward Oğuz Aydin
Midfielder/Forward Yunus Akgün
Forward Deniz Gül

Comments:

Turkey had now lost their three opening games at FIFA World Cup finals: previously 1-4 versus Germany in 1954 and 1-2 against Brazil in 2002. . This was their first game at a FIFA World Cup tournament since winning a 3rd place play-off against Korea Republic in Daegu in 2002. . This game ended Turkey's run of eight consecutive 'A' internationals without defeat (won seven).