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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 2026-06-04

A 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