20.03.2025 19:00
Our national football team is hosting Hungary in the first match of the UEFA Nations League playoff round. The starting lineups for the match, which will begin at 20:00 at RAMS Park, have been announced.
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The Turkish National Football Team will host Hungary in the first match of the UEFA Nations League play-off round. The match will take place at RAMS Park and will start at 20:00. The match will be broadcast live on TV 8. The referee for the match will be Ivan Kruzliak from the Slovak Football Federation. Kruzliak will be assisted by Branislav Hancko and Jan Pozor, also from Slovakia. The fourth official for the match will be Peter Kralovic.
STARTING 11
Turkey: Uğurcan Çakır, Samet Akaydin, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Eren Elmalı, Kaan Ayhan, Oğuz Aydın, Orkun Kökçü, Kenan Yıldız, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Barış Alper Yılmaz
Hungary: Dibusz, Fiola, Orban, Kerkez, Schafer, Bolla, Dardai, Nikitscher, Nagy, Varga, Szoboszlai
REPLAY ON SUNDAY
The return match of this encounter will be played on Sunday, March 23, at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The team that advances will earn the right to compete in the UEFA Nations League A.
MERT AND YUNUS REMOVED FROM SQUAD
Yunus Akgün and Mert Günok will not be able to participate in the match against Hungary in the UEFA Nations League due to injuries.
The statement from TFF is as follows;
Mert Günok and Yunus Akgün will not be included in our National Team's squad for today's match against Hungary due to their pains.
ARDA GÜLER AND MERİH SUSPENDED
In the crescent-star team, Arda Güler and Merih Demiral will not be able to play in this match due to card suspensions. İrfan Can Kahveci, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Mert Müldür, and Orkun Kökçü are also on the brink of suspension before the first match. If these four players receive yellow cards in the match in Istanbul, they will be suspended for the return match.
16TH MATCH AGAINST HUNGARY
The Turkish National Football Team will face Hungary for the 16th time in its history in the UEFA Nations League play-off round. In the 15 matches played between the two countries' national teams, 8 of which were official and 7 were friendly, Hungary has the upper hand in terms of victories. Turkey has won 4 of the 15 matches, while Hungary has emerged victorious 9 times, and 2 matches ended in a draw. Turkey scored a total of 15 goals, while Hungary responded with 29 goals.
LAST MATCH A YEAR AGO
The last encounter between the two national teams took place last year. On March 22, in a friendly match played in Hungary, the home team won 1-0. The match, which ended the first half in a goalless draw, was decided by a penalty goal from Dominik Szoboszlai in the 48th minute, giving Hungary a 1-0 victory.
EQUAL NUMBER OF VICTORIES
So far, 8 official matches have been played between Turkey and Hungary. The Turkish National Team has achieved 3 of its 4 victories against Hungary in official matches. The crescent-star team has lost to its opponent 3 times in official matches and has drawn 2 matches. The match played in Budapest in the 1996 European Championship Qualifying Group ended 2-2, while Turkey won the return match in Istanbul 2-0. In the 2008 European Championship Qualifying Group, Turkey won 1-0 away and 3-0 at home. In the 2014 World Cup European Qualifiers, Hungary defeated Turkey 3-1 in Budapest, while the match in Istanbul ended 1-1. The UEFA Nations League match played on September 3, 2020, in Istanbul was won by Hungary 1-0. Hungary also won the away match in the UEFA Nations League on November 18, 2020, 2-0.
HEAVIEST DEFEAT
Turkey suffered one of its heaviest defeats in its 97-year history against Hungary. The crescent-star team lost 6-0 to Hungary in a friendly match held in Istanbul on April 4, 1984.
638TH MATCH
In the first match of the UEFA Nations League A/B play-off round, the Turkish National Football Team will face Hungary in Istanbul, marking its 638th match in history. In its 102-year history, Turkey has played a total of 637 matches, including 352 official and 285 friendly matches, achieving 248 victories (one by forfeit), 150 draws, and 239 losses. The crescent-star team has scored 870 goals in matches played, with 273 away, 275 in Turkey, and 89 on neutral grounds, while conceding 911 goals. The national team has competed against 91 different national teams so far, playing 553 matches in Europe, 34 in Asia, 24 in Africa, 23 in America, and 3 against representatives from Oceania.
FORFEITED VICTORY AND KOSOVO MATCH
The national team achieved its only forfeited victory in 637 matches against Greece. The friendly match played between Turkey and Greece on November 17, 2015, at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium ended in a 0-0 draw. Six months after this match, FIFA awarded the match to Turkey 3-0 due to Greece fielding an ineligible player. The friendly match played on May 21, 2014, in which the crescent-star team defeated Kosovo 6-1, was not counted due to Kosovo not being a member of UEFA and FIFA at that time.
20TH MATCH WITH MONTELLA
Turkey will face Hungary in its 20th match under the management of Italian coach Vincenzo Montella. Turkey won the first 3 matches with Montella on the bench but did not achieve victory in the next 5 matches. The crescent-star team ended its victory drought by defeating Georgia in the first match of EURO 2024. Under the management of the Italian coach, the national team has played 19 matches, including 14 official and 5 friendly, achieving 9 victories, 6 losses, and 4 draws. The crescent-star team scored 28 goals and conceded 26 goals.
THREE NAMES IN THE SQUAD FOR THE FIRST TIME
Three players have been included in the Turkish National Team's candidate squad for the first time. Defenders Yusuf Akçiçek and Taha Şahin, along with midfielder Demir Ege Tıknaz, have been called up to the A National Team for the first time.
TURKEY'S CANDIDATE SQUAD
In the A National Team candidate squad, which consists of thirty players, Altay Bayındır, Çağlar Söyüncü, Doğan Alemdar, Enes Ünal, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Ozan Kabak, Yusuf Yazıcı, and Zeki Çelik are absent due to injuries.
The following players are included in the candidate squad for the Turkish National Team's match against Hungary;
Goalkeepers: Berke Özer (ikas Eyüpspor), Mert Günok (Beşiktaş), Muhammed Şengezer (RAMS Başakşehir), Uğurcan Çakır (Trabzonspor)
Defenders: Abdülkerim Bardakçı, Eren Elmalı, Kaan Ayhan (Galatasaray), Emirhan Topçu (Beşiktaş), Merih Demiral (Al-Ahli), Mert Müldür, Yusuf Akçiçek (Fenerbahçe), Samet Akaydın, Taha Şahin (Çaykur Rizespor)
Midfielders: Atakan Karazor (Stuttgart), Demir Ege Tıknaz (Rio Ave), Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Inter Milan), İsmail Yüksek (Fenerbahçe), Orkun Kökçü (Benfica), Salih Özcan (Borussia Dortmund),
Forwards: Ahmet Kutucu, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Yunus Akgün (Galatasaray), Arda Güler (Real Madrid), Can Uzun (Eintracht Frankfurt), Deniz Gül (Porto), Emre Mor (ikas Eyüpspor), İrfan Can Kahveci, Oğuz Aydın (Fenerbahçe), Kenan Yıldız (Juventus), Kerem Aktürkoğlu (Benfica)
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