Türkiye National Team lost 2-0 to Australia in their first match in FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D. The match was played at Vancouver Stadium in Canada. The goals which led Australia to victory came from Nestory Irankunda and Cannor Metcalfe.

Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak, Turkish Football Federation (TFF) President İbrahim Ethem Hacıosmanoğlu and TFF Board Members followed the match from the stands.

In the other match of Group D, USA, one of the host nations of the tournament, defeated Paraguay 4-1 at Los Angeles Stadium.

Stadium: Vancouver Stadium

Referees: Jesus Valenzuela, Jorge Urrego, Tulio Moreno (Venezuela)

Australia: Beach, Circati, Italiano (74. min. - Geria), Bos (84. min. - Aziz Behich), Souttar, Burgess, Metcalfe, Oneill, Okon-Engstler (84. min. - Irvine), Toure (74. min. - Yengi), Irankunda (61. min. - Velupillay)

Türkiye: Uğurcan Çakır, Zeki Çelik (81. min. - Mert Müldür), Merih Demiral, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, İsmail Yüksek (81. min. - Salih Özcan), Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Orkun Kökçü (62. min. - Yunus Akgün), Arda Güler, Barış Alper Yılmaz (46. min. - Kenan Yıldız), Kerem Aktürkoğlu (85. min. - Deniz Gül)

Goals: Irankunda (27. min.), Metcalfe (75. min.) (Australia)

Yellow Cards: Yunus Akgün (86. min.) (Türkiye)

FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D Standings

Teams P W D L F A P 1.USA 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 2.AUSTRALIA 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 3.TÜRKİYE 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4.PARAGUAY 1 0 0 1 1 4 0