Turkey v Georgia, 18 June 2024

Score3-1 to Turkey
RefereeFacundo Tello
CompetitionUEFA European Championship Finals group F
VenueSignal Iduna Park, Dortmund
Attendance59,127

View Turkey v Georgia head to head

Kick-off: 6.00pm local . This was match no. 11 at Euro 2024. . Head to Head Played: 6 Turkey won: 4 Drawn: 1 Georgia won: 1 . Georgia’s only win against Turkey was a 1-0 victory in a friendly game played in Tbilisi on 7 February 2007. . Facundo Tello had now become the second Argentinian to referee a game at the UEFA European Championships after Fernando Rapallini at Euro 2020.

3 Turkey

Manager: Vincenzo Montella

1 Georgia

Manager: Willy Sagnol

Goals:

Mert Müldür 25 G
Arda Güler 65 G
Kerem Aktürkoğlu 90+7 G

Goals:

Georges Mikautadze 32 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mert Günok
Defender Abdülkerim Bardakçi
Defender Mert Müldür
Defender Samet Akaydin
Defender/Midfielder Ferdi Kadioğlu
Defender/Midfielder Kaan Ayhan
Midfielder Arda Güler
Midfielder Hakan Çalhanoğlu (captain)
Midfielder Kenan Yildiz
Midfielder Orkun Kökçü
Midfielder/Forward Bariş Yilmaz

Starting lineup:

Giorgi Mamardashvili Goalkeeper
Lasha Dvali Defender
Guram Kashia Defender (captain)
Saba Kvirkvelia Defender
Otar Kakabadze Defender/Midfielder
Georgiy Tsitaishvili Defender/Midfielder
Giorgi Chakvetadze Midfielder
Giorgi Kochorashvili Midfielder
Anzor Mekvabishvili Midfielder
Georges Mikautadze Midfielder/Forward
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Forward

Substitutions:

Merih Demiral for Kaan Ayhan 79
Yusuf Yazici for Arda Güler 79
Kerem Aktürkoğlu for Kenan Yildiz 85
Zeki Çelik for Mert Müldür 85
Salih Özcan for Hakan Çalhanoğlu 90+2

Substitutions:

Zuriko Davitashvili for Giorgi Chakvetadze 74
Luka Lochoshvili for Georgiy Tsitaishvili 74
Budu Zivzivadze for Saba Kvirkvelia 85
Sandro Altunashvili for Anzor Mekvabishvili 89

Cards:

Abdülkerim Bardakçi 35 Y
Hakan Çalhanoğlu 89 Y

Cards:

Saba Kvirkvelia 55 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Altay Bayindir
Goalkeeper Uğurcan Çakir
Defender Ahmetcan Kaplan
Defender Merih Demiral
Defender Zeki Çelik
Midfielder Ismail Yüksek
Midfielder Okay Yokuşlu
Midfielder Salih Özcan
Midfielder/Forward Kerem Aktürkoğlu
Midfielder/Forward Yunus Akgün
Midfielder/Forward Yusuf Yazici
Forward Bertuğ Yildirim
Forward Cenk Tosun
Forward Semih Kiliçsoy

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Luka Gugeshashvili
Defender Giorgi Gocholeishvili
Defender Giorgi Gvelesiani
Defender Luka Lochoshvili
Defender Jemal Tabidze
Midfielder Sandro Altunashvili
Midfielder Zuriko Davitashvili
Midfielder Otar Kiteishvili
Midfielder Nika Kvekveskiri
Midfielder Levan Shengelia
Midfielder Gabriel Sigua
Midfielder/Forward Saba Lobzhanidze
Midfielder/Forward Budu Zivzivadze
Forward Giorgi Kvilitaia

Comments:

Having reached the semi-finals at Euro 2008, Turkey failed to progress beyond the group stage at their two subsequent participations at UEFA European Championships (2016 and 2020). . After losing only one of their eight games during their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign, Turkey came into the tournament in poor form, having failed to win in their last five games. . They had now become the first team to start a game with two teenagers (Arda Güler and Kenan Yıldız) at a UEFA European Championship tournament since Hungary at Euro 1964. . Kenan Yildiz scored in the 27th minute but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision. . Turkey named 14 of a possible 15 substitutes.

Comments:

This was Georgia’s first-ever game at a major tournament. They were 75th in the FIFA World Ranking at the time of this match – the lowest ranked team at Euro 2024. . Their starting line-up in this game played their club football in ten different nations. . France-born Georges Mikautadze now scored six goals in his last six starts for Georgia. All 36 teams that had participated at UEFA European Championship tournaments had now scored. . Georgia named 14 of a possible 15 substitutes.

3 Turkey

Manager: Vincenzo Montella

Goals:

Mert Müldür 25 G
Arda Güler 65 G
Kerem Aktürkoğlu 90+7 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mert Günok
Defender Abdülkerim Bardakçi
Defender Mert Müldür
Defender Samet Akaydin
Defender/Midfielder Ferdi Kadioğlu
Defender/Midfielder Kaan Ayhan
Midfielder Arda Güler
Midfielder Hakan Çalhanoğlu (captain)
Midfielder Kenan Yildiz
Midfielder Orkun Kökçü
Midfielder/Forward Bariş Yilmaz

Substitutions:

Merih Demiral for Kaan Ayhan 79
Yusuf Yazici for Arda Güler 79
Kerem Aktürkoğlu for Kenan Yildiz 85
Zeki Çelik for Mert Müldür 85
Salih Özcan for Hakan Çalhanoğlu 90+2

Cards:

Abdülkerim Bardakçi 35 Y
Hakan Çalhanoğlu 89 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Altay Bayindir
Goalkeeper Uğurcan Çakir
Defender Ahmetcan Kaplan
Defender Merih Demiral
Defender Zeki Çelik
Midfielder Ismail Yüksek
Midfielder Okay Yokuşlu
Midfielder Salih Özcan
Midfielder/Forward Kerem Aktürkoğlu
Midfielder/Forward Yunus Akgün
Midfielder/Forward Yusuf Yazici
Forward Bertuğ Yildirim
Forward Cenk Tosun
Forward Semih Kiliçsoy

Comments:

Having reached the semi-finals at Euro 2008, Turkey failed to progress beyond the group stage at their two subsequent participations at UEFA European Championships (2016 and 2020). . After losing only one of their eight games during their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign, Turkey came into the tournament in poor form, having failed to win in their last five games. . They had now become the first team to start a game with two teenagers (Arda Güler and Kenan Yıldız) at a UEFA European Championship tournament since Hungary at Euro 1964. . Kenan Yildiz scored in the 27th minute but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision. . Turkey named 14 of a possible 15 substitutes.

1 Georgia

Manager: Willy Sagnol

Goals:

Georges Mikautadze 32 G

Starting lineup:

Giorgi Mamardashvili Goalkeeper
Lasha Dvali Defender
Guram Kashia Defender (captain)
Saba Kvirkvelia Defender
Otar Kakabadze Defender/Midfielder
Georgiy Tsitaishvili Defender/Midfielder
Giorgi Chakvetadze Midfielder
Giorgi Kochorashvili Midfielder
Anzor Mekvabishvili Midfielder
Georges Mikautadze Midfielder/Forward
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Forward

Substitutions:

Zuriko Davitashvili for Giorgi Chakvetadze 74
Luka Lochoshvili for Georgiy Tsitaishvili 74
Budu Zivzivadze for Saba Kvirkvelia 85
Sandro Altunashvili for Anzor Mekvabishvili 89

Cards:

Saba Kvirkvelia 55 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Luka Gugeshashvili
Defender Giorgi Gocholeishvili
Defender Giorgi Gvelesiani
Defender Luka Lochoshvili
Defender Jemal Tabidze
Midfielder Sandro Altunashvili
Midfielder Zuriko Davitashvili
Midfielder Otar Kiteishvili
Midfielder Nika Kvekveskiri
Midfielder Levan Shengelia
Midfielder Gabriel Sigua
Midfielder/Forward Saba Lobzhanidze
Midfielder/Forward Budu Zivzivadze
Forward Giorgi Kvilitaia

Comments:

This was Georgia’s first-ever game at a major tournament. They were 75th in the FIFA World Ranking at the time of this match – the lowest ranked team at Euro 2024. . Their starting line-up in this game played their club football in ten different nations. . France-born Georges Mikautadze now scored six goals in his last six starts for Georgia. All 36 teams that had participated at UEFA European Championship tournaments had now scored. . Georgia named 14 of a possible 15 substitutes.