The National Football Team’s EURO 2024 journey is beginning

The National Football Team will face Georgia tomorrow in the first match of the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship Group F at the BVB Stadium in Dortmund city. The national football team’s journey in the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, hosted by Germany, is starting. The national team will compete with Portugal, Czech Republic, and Georgia in Group F. The Crescent-Stars will play against Georgia at BVB Stadium tomorrow at 19:00 CET in the first match of the group. The national team aims to win the match against Georgia and make a good start to the tournament.

6th encounter
Turkey and Georgia have faced each other a total of 5 times, with 2 official and 3 friendly matches. In these matches, the national team won 3 times, lost once, and drew once. The Crescent-Stars scored 12 goals while conceding 5 goals in these matches. The two countries last met in a friendly match played in Austria on May 24, 2012, where the national team defeated the opponent 3-1.

National team’s 627th match
The National Football Team will play its 627th match in history with the match against Georgia. The Crescent-Stars have achieved 242 victories in a total of 626 matches, including 341 official and 285 friendly ones. The national team also suffered 236 defeats and had 148 draws. Turkey scored 853 goals in the matches played while conceding 897 goals.

Vincenzo Montella in his 9th match
National Team Head Coach Vincenzo Montella has managed 8 matches, including 3 official and 5 friendly ones, with the national team so far. Under Montella’s guidance, the national team secured 3 wins, 3 losses, and 2 draws in the previous matches.

Crescent-Stars topped the qualifiers
In the European Championship qualifiers, Turkey competed in Group D against Croatia, Wales, Armenia, and Latvia. The national team secured a spot in the European Championship as group leaders for the first time in history with 5 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss, accumulating 17 points.

Georgia in European Championship for the first time
Georgia competed in Group A of the European Football Championship qualifiers against Spain, Scotland, Norway, and Cyprus. Finishing 4th in the group with 2 wins, 2 draws, and 4 losses totaling 8 points, Georgia entered the play-offs. In the play-off Path C, Georgia defeated Luxembourg 2-0 in the semi-finals and won against Greece in the final on penalties, securing their first-ever participation in the European Championship.

Facundo Tello to officiate
The Turkey – Georgia match will be officiated by referee Facundo Tello from the Argentine Football Association. Gabriel Chade and Ezequiel Brailovsky will be the assistant referees, while Donatas Rumaas from the Lithuanian Football Federation will be the fourth official. Alejandro Hernandez from the Spanish Football Federation will serve as the VAR in the match. The EURO 2024 squad of the National Football Team is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Altay Bayındır, Mert Günok, Uğurcan Çakır
Defense: Mert Müldür, Zeki Çelik, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Ahmetcan Kaplan, Merih Demiral, Samet Akaydin, Ferdi Kadıoğlu
Midfield: Hakan Çalhanoğlu, İsmail Yüksek, Kaan Ayhan, Okay Yokuşlu, Orkun Kökcü, Salih Özcan
Forwards: İrfan Can Kahveci, Yunus Akgün, Kenan Yıldız, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Arda Güler, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Bertuğ Yıldırım, Cenk Tosun, Semih Kılıçsoy, Yusuf Yazıcı