Türkiye National Team lost 1-0 to Paraguay in their second match in FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D and lost their chance to advance to the round of 32 before the third and final group matches. The match was played at San Francisco Bay Area Stadium in USA. The goal which led Paraguay to victory came from Matias Galarza. In Paraguay, Miguel Almiron was sent off with a red card.

Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak, former Minister of Youth and Sports, Member of Parliament for İzmir Dr. Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu, Turkish Ambassador to Washington Sedat Önal, Turkish Football Federation (TFF) President İbrahim Ethem Hacıosmanoğlu, TFF Board Members and UEFA Strategic Advisor Kadir Kardaş followed the match from the stands.

In the other match of Group D, USA, one of the host nations of the tournament, defeated Australia 2-0 at Seattle Stadium, securing their place in the round of 32..

Stadium: San Francisco Bay Area Stadium

Referees: Iván Barton, David Morán (El Salvador), Antonio Pupiro (Nicaragua)

Türkiye: Uğurcan Çakır, Mert Müldür, Merih Demiral, Abdülkerim Bardakcı (86. min. - Orkun Kökçü), Ferdi Kadıoğlu (71. min. - Eren Elmalı), İsmail Yüksek (60. min. - Can Uzun), Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Yunus Akgün (60. min. - Deniz Gül), Arda Güler, Kenan Yıldız, Kerem Aktürkoğlu (46. min. - Barış Alper Yılmaz)

Paraguay: Gill, Cacares (81. min. - Maidana), Gustavo Gomez, Alderete, Alonso, Diego Gomez (67. min. - Velazquez), Cubas, Almiron, Galarza (90+2. min. - Canale), Enciso (90+2. min. - Stumpfs), Pitta (46. min. - Bobadilla)

Goal: Galarza (2. min.) (Paraguay)

Red Card: Almiron (45+3. min.) (Paraguay)

Yellow Cards: Galarza (4. min.) (Paraguay); Vincenzo Montella (63. min.) (Coach), Eren Elmalı (71. min.) (Türkiye)

FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D Standings

Teams P W D L F A P 1.USA 2 2 0 0 6 1 6 2.AUSTRALIA 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 3.PARAGUAY 2 1 0 1 2 4 3 4.TÜRKİYE 2 0 0 2 0 3 0