Nestory Irankunda scored the opening goal in the 27th minute in Australia’s win over Turkiye. | Photo Credit: AP
Nestory Irankunda scored the opening goal in the 27th minute in Australia’s win over Turkiye. | Photo Credit: AP
Australia began its FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign with a stunning 2-0 win over Turkiye at the BC Place in Vancouver, Canada on Sunday.
Promising young forward Nestory Irankunda gave the Socceroos the lead in the first half after receiving a lobbed pass over the backline from Paul Okon-Engstler before calmly slotting it into the net.
Turkiye created chance after chance in the second half trying to remove the deficit but the Asian side landed a sucker punch in the 75th minute when Connor Metcalfe found the bottom right corner with his shot from the edge of the box.
Australia slots in behind USA at the top of Group D with three points and will next face the co-host on June 19. Turkiye will take on Paraguay later on the same day.
Australia
Patrick Beach (8.8), Alessandro Circati (7.2), Harry Souttar (7.5), Cameron Burgess (7.1), Jacob Italiano (6.9), Jordan Bos (7.0), Connor Metcalfe (8.2), Aiden O’Neill (6.8), Paul Okon-Engstler (7.4), Nestory Irankunda (8.3), Mohamed Touré (6.7)
Substitutes: Nishan Velupillay (6.5), Jason Geria (6.4), Tete Yengi (6.3), Jackson Irvine (6.6)
Türkiye
Ugurcan Çakir (6.2), Zeki Çelik (6.1), Merih Demiral (6.3), Abdülkerim Bardakci (6.0), Ferdi Kadioglu (6.2), Ismail Yüksek (6.4), Hakan Çalhanoglu (6.5), Arda Güler (6.8), Orkun Kökcü (6.3), Baris Alper Yilmaz (6.4), Kerem Aktürkoglu (6.2)
Substitutes: Kenan Yildiz (6.1), Yunus Akgün (6.0), Salih Özcan (6.0), Mert Müldür (5.9), Aziz Behich (6.0), Deniz Gül (6.0)
Published on Jun 14, 2026
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