Turkey
WC2026 · NERD
Turkey
1
W
0
D
2
L
Elo rating
Updated · 9/28/2026Elo rating
1663.5
Global rank
#16
Games counted
40
League
FIFA World Cup 2026
Stats
Goals / game
1.67
Against / game
1.56
BTTS %
52%
Over 2.5 %
65%
ATS
—
see Intel section below
O/U trend
—
see Intel section below
Qualification scenarios
Qualification scenarios
| Team | Status | if W | if D | if L | What they need |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Win + favours | 98% | 85% | 62% | United States need a win against Paraguay AND favourable results elsewhere to advance. |
| Australia | Win + favours | 77% | 50% | 23% | Australia need a win against Turkey AND favourable results elsewhere to advance. |
| Paraguay | Win + favours | 67% | 36% | 19% | Paraguay need a win against United States AND favourable results elsewhere to advance. |
| Turkey | Win + favours | 54% | 23% | 7% | Turkey need a win against Australia AND favourable results elsewhere to advance. |
Upcoming
3 matches
Recent form
WWWWLLWLLL| Date | Competition | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | UEFA Nations League | @ Belgium | 0–3 | L |
| Sep 28, 2026 | UEFA Nations League | vs Italy | 1–4 | L |
| Sep 25, 2026 | UEFA Nations League | vs France | 0–1 | L |
| Jun 26, 2026 | FIFA World Cup 2026 | vs United States | 3–2 | W |
| Jun 20, 2026 | FIFA World Cup 2026 | vs Paraguay | 0–1 | L |
| Jun 14, 2026 | FIFA World Cup 2026 | @ Australia | 0–2 | L |
| Jun 6, 2026 | Friendlies | @ Venezuela | 2–1 | W |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Friendlies | vs FYR Macedonia | 4–0 | W |
| Mar 31, 2026 | World Cup - Qualification Europe | @ Kosovo | 1–0 | W |
| Mar 26, 2026 | World Cup - Qualification Europe | vs Romania | 1–0 | W |
Head-to-head
H2H intel unavailable for this pairing
0
W
0
D
1
L
Goals 0–0 all-time
Last meetings
- Jun 20, 2026Turkey 0–1 Paraguay
vs United States2
W
0
D
0
L
Goals 0–0 all-time
Last meetings
- Jun 26, 2026Turkey 3–2 United States
- Jun 7, 2025United States 1–2 Turkey
Squad
26 playersGoalkeepers
3Defenders
10Midfielders
9- 5
S. ÖzcanBorussia Dortmund · 11 apps · 0G · 0A27y
- 6
O. Kokçu25y
- 8
A. GülerReal Madrid · 7 apps · 1G · 2A20y
- 10
H. ÇalhanogluInter · 3 apps · 2G · 0A31y
- 11
C. UzunEintracht Frankfurt · 4 apps · 2G · 0A20y
- 16
I. YüksekTürkiye · 4 apps · 0G · 0A27y
- 17
I. KahveciTürkiye · 1 apps · 0G · 0A30y
- 19
Y. AkgünTürkiye · 0 apps · 0G · 0A25y
- 20
O. AydinTürkiye · 2 apps · 0G · 1A25y
Golden Boot contributors
Golden Boot
finished · 8/21/2026
| # | Player | Team | G | A | Min | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 6 | 0 | 200 | — |
| 2 | Kylian Mbappé | France | 4 | 2 | 266 | — |
| 2 | Ousmane Dembélé | France | 4 | 1 | 213 | — |
| 2 | Vinícius Júnior | Brazil | 4 | 1 | 261 | — |
| 2 | Erling Haaland | Norway | 4 | 0 | 180 | — |
| 3 | Deniz Undav | Germany | 3 | 2 | 86 | — |
| 3 | Johan Manzambi | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 129 | — |
| 3 | Ismaïla Sarr | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 246 | — |
| 3 | Brian Brobbey | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 161 | — |
| 3 | Matheus Cunha | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 169 | — |
INTEL
ATS splits, recent trends, scheduling notes.
ATS splits
ATS data unavailable
Trends
Trend data unavailable
Schedule context
- Days rest
- 2
- Back-to-back
- No
- Home streak
- 0
- Away streak
- 2
As of 2026-10-07
Tournament history
World Cup · 2002–2022| Year | Finish | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Third place | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 |
Did you know?
Hakan Şükür scored the fastest goal in FIFA World Cup history for Turkey, 10.8 seconds into the match against South Korea in 2002.
source: guinnessworldrecords.comTurkey defeated South Korea 3-2 in the third-place play-off match at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
source: voanews.comTurkey's best performance at the FIFA World Cup was a third-place finish in 2002.
source: inside.fifa.com