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Turkiye team for Nations League games including Italy has one Serie A player

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Susy Campanale

DORTMUND, GERMANY - JUNE 18: Vincenzo Montella, Head Coach of Turkiye, from Italy, gestures during the UEFA EURO 2024 group stage match between Turkiye and Georgia at Football Stadium Dortmund on June 18, 2024 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

DORTMUND, GERMANY - JUNE 18: Vincenzo Montella, Head Coach of Turkiye, gestures during the UEFA EURO 2024 group stage match between Turkiye and Georgia at Football Stadium Dortmund on June 18, 2024 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

Vincenzo Montella has named just one Serie A player in the Turkiye squad to face Italy in the Nations League, Zeki Celik of Juventus, as Hakan Calhanoglu and Kenan Yildiz are injured.

Turkiye are in Nations League Group A along with Italy, France and Belgium, trying to make up for the bitter disappointment of their showing at the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - JUNE 13: Vincenzo Montella, Head Coach of Turkiye, kicks the ball during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D match between Australia and Türkiye at BC Place Vancouver on June 13, 2026 in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) — VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – JUNE 13: Vincenzo Montella, Head Coach of Turkiye, kicks the ball during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D match between Australia and Türkiye at BC Place Vancouver on June 13, 2026 in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Montella is set to host Roberto Mancini’s Italy at the Ataturk Spor Kompleski in Bursa on September 28, then visit the Stadio Dall’Ara in Bologna on October 5.

During this break for international duty, they will also welcome France on September 25 and visit Belgium on October 2.

MILAN, ITALY - AUGUST 22: Hakan Calhanoglu of Internazionale celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and AC Monza at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on August 22, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images) — MILAN, ITALY – AUGUST 22: Hakan Calhanoglu of Internazionale celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and AC Monza at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on August 22, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Choices were rather limited by injury problems, as both Juventus talent Kenan Yildiz and Inter midfielder Calhanoglu are out of action.

It means the only Serie A representative in the squad is Juve defender Zeki Celik.

HONG KONG, CHINA - AUGUST 5: Zeki Çelik of Juventus FC (L) and Joao Pedro of Chelsea FC (C) compete for the ball during the Chelsea v Juventus - Pre-Season Friendly at the Kai Tak Stadium on August 5, 2026 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Yu Chun Christopher Wong/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images) — HONG KONG, CHINA – AUGUST 5: Zeki Çelik of Juventus FC (L) and Joao Pedro of Chelsea FC (C) compete for the ball during the Chelsea v Juventus – Pre-Season Friendly at the Kai Tak Stadium on August 5, 2026 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Yu Chun Christopher Wong/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images)

Turkiye national team squad

Goalkeepers: Altay Bayindir (Real Club Celta), Muhammed Sengezer (Istanbul Basaksehir), Okan Kocuk (Samsunspor), Ugurcan Cakir (Galatasaray)

Defenders: Abdulkerim Bardakci (Galatasaray), Adil Dermirbag (Konyaspor), Emirhan Topcu (Besiktas), Eren Elmali (Galatasaray), Ferdi Kadoglu (Brighton), Merih Demiral (Al-Ahli), Ozan Kabak (Hoffenheim), Samet Akaydin (Trabzonspor), Zeki Celik (Juventus)

Midfielders: Bartug Elmaz (Fenerbahce), Demir Ege Tiknaz (SC Braga), Ismail Yuksek (Fenerbahce), Melih Kabasakal (Trabzonspor), Orkun Kokcu (Besiktas), Salih Ozcan (Besiktas)

Forwards: Aral Simsir (Trabzonspor), Arda Guler (Real Madrid), Baris Alper Yilmaz (Galatasaray), Can Uzun (Eintracht Frankfurt), Deniz Gul (Galatasaray), Ilhan Fakili (Besiktas), Irfan Can Kahveci (Fenerbahce), Kerem Akturkoglu (Fenerbahce), Oguz Aydin (Fenerbahce), Yunus Akgun (Galatasaray)

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