Turkey Aims for First Three Points Against Belgium

Turkey's senior men's national football team will face Belgium in İzmir on Thursday, 12 November, in its fifth match in Group 1 of the UEFA Nations League. The match will be played at Gürsel Aksel Stadium and kicks off at 20:00. It will be broadcast live on ATV.

The national team has lost its first four matches and has not yet earned a point in the group. After a 1-0 defeat to France in Kocaeli, the team also lost its matches against Italy. Sergen Yalçın was appointed after Vincenzo Montella's departure, and this will be his first match in charge.

Belgium beat Italy 2-0 away. It lost 1-0 to France at home and 4-1 away.

Arda Güler and Barış Alper Yılmaz, whose card suspensions have ended, are expected to be available for this match. Abdülkerim Bardakcı, who was booked in the Italy match, is suspended and will not be able to play against Belgium.

The referee for the match will be Sandro Scharer from the Swiss Football Association.

In the other group match, Italy and France will meet in Milan at 22:45 TSİ.

The national team will complete its group campaign on 15 November, playing away against France.

Source: NTV Spor Skor

Correction (11.11.2026): Türkiye lost 4-1 to Italy in Bursa. removed; Türkiye lost 3-1 to Italy in Bologna. removed.