Group D
Türkiye
- Manager
- Vincenzo Montella
- Squad
- 26 players
- Announced
- June 2
Tournament projection
- Advance
- 76.4%
- Round of 16
- 41.4%
- Quarter-final
- 15.4%
- Semi-final
- 6.1%
- Final
- 2.0%
- Champion
- 0.6%
Market champion price 1.1% · model edge -0.5%.
Scouting report
updated 2026-06-04A fluid 4-2-3-1 / 3-4-2-1 with freedom to roam, a suffocating rest-defence and serious set-piece quality. Losing Arda Güler to injury would be a huge blow.
Style · Fluid 4-2-3-1 / 3-4-2-1 — wide men 1v1, FB/WB inverting to create space, midfield roaming (Güler), rest-defence to suffocate attacks, then get back behind the ball.
Counter-reliance ·lowPossession & roam, suffocating rest-defence
Strengths
- +Set-play success (6 goals in qualifying) from Güler/Çalhanoğlu deliveries
- +Suffocating rest-defence
- +Fluid, roaming attacking structure with inverting fullbacks
Key players
- Arda Güler · CAMGoals & assists, technical & creative, a dribbler and tight-space player
- Tactics
- Roam and rotate in possession with inverting fullbacks, suffocate transitions with the rest-defence, and punish from set-pieces. If Güler misses out injured it's one of the tournament's biggest absences.
Sources: John Walker (@johnwalker_1986) — pre-tournament tactical scouting, May–Jun 2026
Group fixtures
Squad
Goalkeepers
- Ugurcan CakirGalatasaray
- Mert GunokFenerbahce
- Altay BayindirMan United
Defenders
- Merih DemiralAl-Ahli
- Zeki CelikAS Roma
- Caglar SoyuncuFenerbahce
- Mert MuldurFenerbahce
- Ferdi KadiogluBrighton & Hove Albion
- Ozan KabakTSG Hoffenheim
- Abdulkerim BardakciGalatasaray
- Eren ElmaliGalatasaray
- Samet AkaydinCaykur Rizespor
Midfielders
- Hakan CalhanogluInter Milan
- Kaan AyhanGalatasaray
- Orkun KokcuBesiktas
- Ismail YuksekFenerbahce
- Salih OzcanBorussia Dortmund
Forwards
- Kerem AkturkogluFenerbahce
- Irfan Can KahveciKasimpasa
- Baris Alper YilmazGalatasaray
- Arda GulerReal Madrid
- Kenan YildizJuventus
- Yunus AkgunGalatasaray
- Oguz AydinFenerbahce
- Deniz GulPorto
- Can UzunEintracht Frankfurt