Türkiye National Team drew 2-2 with Spain in their sixth and last match in 2026 FIFA World Cup European Qualifiers Group E and finished their group as runner-ups. The match was played at La Cartuja Stadium in Sevilla, Spain. Türkiye's goals came from Deniz Gül and Salih Özcan. Dani Olmo and Mikel Oyarzabal scored the goals of Spain side.

Ambassador of Türkiye to Madrid Nüket Küçükel Ezberci, Turkish Football Federation President İbrahim Ethem Hacıosmanoğlu, Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) President Rafael Louzán, Royal Andalusian Football Federation (RFAF) President Pedro Curtido, TFF Deputy Presidents Mecnun Otyakmaz, Fuat Göktaş and Prof. Dr. H. Zehra Neşe Kavak and TFF Board Member Mustafa Temel Bozbağ followed the match from the stands.

Following the matches, group leader Spain automatically qualified for 2026 FIFA World Cup, while our National Team, who finished second in the group, will play in the play-offs to proceed to World Cup.

Stadium: La Cartuja de Sevilla

Referees: Felix Zwayer, Robert Kempter, Christian Dietz (Germany)

Spain: Unai Simon, Llorente, Cubarsi, Laporte, Cucurella, Merino (46. min. - Ferran Torres), Garcia, Fabian Ruiz (83. min. - Fornals), Pino (62. min. - Baena), Olmo (74. min. - Fermin Lopez), Oyarzabal (62. min. - Samu)

Türkiye: Altay Bayındır, Zeki Çelik, Merih Demiral (83. min. - Yusuf Akçiçek), Samet Akaydin, Çağlar Söyüncü, Ferdi Kadıoğlu (78. min. - Mustafa Eskihellaç), Orkun Kökçü, Salih Özcan (78. min. - Atakan Karazor), İrfan Can Kahveci (69. min. - Yusuf Sarı), Barış Alper Yılmaz, Deniz Gül (69. min. - Mert Müldür)

Goals: Olmo (4. min.), Oyarzabal (62. min.) (Spain); Deniz Gül (42. min.), Salih Özcan (54. min.) (Türkiye)

Yellow Cards: Deniz Gül (12. min.), Salih Özcan (76. min.), Merih Demiral (80. min.), Mustafa Eskihellaç (89. min.), Altay Bayındır (90+4. min.) (Türkiye); Baena (68. min.) (Spain)

2026 FIFA World Cup European Qualifiers Group E Standings

Teams P W D L F A P 1.SPAIN 6 5 1 0 21 2 16 2.TÜRKİYE 6 4 1 1 17 12 13 3.GEORGIA 6 1 0 5 7 15 3 4.BULGARIA 6 1 0 5 3 19 3