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Australia vs Türkiye: match report

Australia hosted Türkiye at BC Place on Sunday 14 June 2026, in the World Cup (round 1). Jesús Valenzuela is the referee.

Result and scorers

Australia 2-0 Türkiye. Goals: Nestory Irankunda 27' for Australia; Connor Metcalfe 75' for Australia. Attendance: 52,497.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 27' Goal: Nestory Irankunda (Australia) 1-0
  • 75' Goal: Connor Metcalfe (Australia) 2-0
  • 86' Yellow card: Yunus Akgün (Türkiye)
Match stats (contains the result)
28.4%Possession71.6%
9Shots30
4Shots on target8
5Corners8
12Fouls4
1Offsides3
8Saves2
0Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Australia 5-4-1

Coach: Tony Popovic

  1. 18 Patrick Beach GK
  2. 3 Alessandro Circati DEF
  3. 19 Harry Souttar DEF
  4. 21 Cameron Burgess DEF
  5. 4 Jacob Italiano MID
  6. 5 Jordan Bos DEF
  7. 8 Connor Metcalfe MID
  8. 13 Aiden O'Neill MID
  9. 24 Paul Okon-Engstler MID
  10. 17 Nestory Irankunda MID
  11. 9 Mohamed Touré FWD

Bench

  • 23 Nishan Velupillay FWD
  • 6 Jason Geria DEF
  • 26 Tete Yengi FWD
  • 16 Aziz Behich DEF
  • 22 Jackson Irvine MID
  • 1 Mathew Ryan GK
  • 12 Paul Izzo GK
  • 25 Lucas Herrington DEF
  • 2 Milos Degenek DEF
  • 10 Ajdin Hrustic MID
  • 14 Cameron Devlin MID
  • 15 Kai Trewin MID
  • 7 Matthew Leckie MID
  • 11 Awer Mabil FWD
  • 20 Cristian Volpato FWD

Türkiye 4-2-3-1

Coach: Vincenzo Montella

  1. 23 Ugurcan Çakir GK
  2. 2 Zeki Çelik MID
  3. 3 Merih Demiral DEF
  4. 14 Abdülkerim Bardakci DEF
  5. 20 Ferdi Kadioglu DEF
  6. 16 Ismail Yüksek MID
  7. 10 Hakan Çalhanoglu MID
  8. 8 Arda Güler MID
  9. 6 Orkun Kökcü MID
  10. 21 Baris Alper Yilmaz FWD
  11. 7 Kerem Aktürkoglu FWD

Bench

  • 11 Kenan Yildiz MID
  • 19 Yunus Akgün MID
  • 18 Mert Müldür DEF
  • 5 Salih Özcan MID
  • 9 Deniz Gül FWD
  • 12 Altay Bayindir GK
  • 1 Mert Günok GK
  • 4 Caglar Söyüncü DEF
  • 13 Eren Elmali DEF
  • 22 Kaan Ayhan DEF
  • 15 Ozan Kabak DEF
  • 25 Samet Akaydin DEF
  • 26 Can Uzun MID
  • 17 Irfan Kahveci FWD
  • 24 Oguz Aydin FWD
Previous meetings
  • Sunday 14 June 2026: Australia 2-0 Türkiye
  • Monday 24 May 2004: Australia 0-1 Türkiye
  • Friday 21 May 2004: Australia 1-3 Türkiye