Turkey's squad news ahead of the Belgium match

The Turkish national football team will face Belgium in their fifth match of UEFA Nations League Group 1. The match will be played at Gürsel Aksel Stadium on Thursday, November 12, at 20:00 and can be watched live on ATV.

The match will be refereed by Sandro Schärer from the Swiss Football Federation. His assistants will be Stéphane De Almeida and Jonas Erni, and the fourth official will be Mirel Turkes.

Following the separation from Vincenzo Montella, Sergen Yalçın was appointed head coach of the Turkish national team and will face his first test against Belgium. The national team failed to earn any points in its first four matches. Belgium, with 6 points from four matches, sit third in the group. The crescent-and-star side aims to end its poor run by winning in Izmir.

Arda Güler and Barış Alper Yılmaz, whose card suspensions have ended, may be available to play against Belgium. Abdülkerim Bardakcı will not be able to play as he is suspended after receiving a card in the match against Italy. Aral Şimşir, who was invited to the provisional squad, will not be able to play against Belgium or France due to an injury. The Turkish Football Federation announced that it has been decided the player's treatment will continue at his club.

On the Belgian side, Romelu Lukaku was left out of the squad for the match against Turkey due to a minor hip injury. Head coach Mark van Bommel's choice in attack remains a point of curiosity.