Turkey and Italy have named their starting teams for their Nations League opener at Bursa’s Ataturk Spor Kompleksi Matli Stadium on Monday.
The depleted hosts are debuting in League A after winning promotion in their last campaign and lost their opener 1-0 at home to France on Friday.
Italy started with a 2-0 home defeat to Belgium on the same night at the Stadio Olimpico, deepening the gloom following their failure to reach the 2026 World Cup.
The result marked a miserable return as Azzurri boss for Roberto Mancini, who guided his country to EURO 2020 glory before twice finishing third in the Nations League.
Turkey confirmed starting team vs Italy
Turkey: Altay Bayindir, Zeki Celik, Merih Demiral, Salih Ozcan, Orkun Kokcu, Arda Guler, Can Uzun, Eren Elmali, Ozan Kabak, Oguz Aydin, Baris Alper Yilmaz
Substitutes: Muhammed Sengezer, Samet Akaydin, Kerem Akturkoglu, Demir Ege Tiknaz, Deniz Gul, Abdulkerim Bardakci, Ismail Yuksek, Irfan Can Kahveci, Yunus Akgun, Ferdi Kadioglu, Mustafa Eskihellac, Melih Kabasakal, Okan Kocuk
Italy full line up vs Turkey in Nations League
Italy: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Michael Kayode, Matteo Ruggeri, Nicolo Fagioli, Pio Esposito, Sandro Tonali, Giacomo Raspadori, Davide Frattesi, Giorgio Scalvini, Alessandro Bastoni, Sebastiano Esposito
Substitutes: Guglielmo Vicario, Alessandro Romano, Riccardo Calafiori, Moise Kean, Gianluca Scamacca, Marco Carnesecchi, Rolando Mandragora, Issa Doumbia, Nicolo Cambiaghi, Antonio Vergara, Daniele Ghilardi, Giovanni Di Lorenzo
Where to watch Turkey vs France: TV channel, live online stream
Kick-off on Monday is at 19:45 BST (14:45 ET / 11:45 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Amazon Prime PPV, which charges £2.49 for the game.
For coverage around the world, visit UEFA’s Nations League international broadcaster list.
Turkey vs Italy Nations League stats
- The game is Turkey’s 656th match of all time across a record spanning 260 wins and 244 defeats, with this their 11th in Bursa and third at the stadium
- They have never beaten Italy but scored their first-ever goal at a European Championship tournament against the Azzurri in a 2-1 defeat in Arnhem at EURO 2000
- Three of the last six meetings between these teams have been draws, all of which were friendlies in Turkey, including the most recent encounter when neither team scored in a friendly in Bologna in June 2024
- Turkey have conceded first in each of their last five matches, with France the first team along the way not to net the opener against them inside the first 28 minutes
- Crescent-Stars head coach Vincenzo Montella scored three goals in 20 caps as a striker for Italy between 1999 and 20025, appearing in the UEFA EURO 2000 final and at the 2002 World Cup
- Before the defeat to France and including friendlies, Turkey had lost one of their preceding nine home matches (W7 D1), the exception being a 6-0 defeat to current world champions Spain in World Cup qualifying last September
- Italy have won seven and lost one of their last 10 Nations League group away matches, including victories in their last four such games on the road
- They have not lost any of their 13 games against Turkey, winning nine times and amassing a total of 24 goals to seven for their opponents
- Alberto Orlando, who played for Italy between 1962 and 1965, has four goals in the fixture, with no other player scoring more than twice
- All of those goals came in a 6-0 EURO qualifying win in Bologna in December 1962, with Italy completing a 7-0 aggregate win in the return match
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