Football: Turkey to face France for EURO 2020 quals

By Hilmi Sever

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Turkish National Football Team will face France on Saturday in the European Qualifiers for UEFA EURO 2020.

In Group H, Turkey will meet France in a host match on Saturday at Konya Municipality Stadium in central Anatolian province of Konya at 1845GMT.

Turkey won the first two matches in the group, and it stands second after France with goal difference. If Turkey wins this match, it will rise to leadership.

In other Group H matches, Iceland will face Albania at 1300GMT and Moldova will face Andorra at 1600GMT.

The Turkish squad, led by Manager Senol Gunes, is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Fehmi Mert Gunok (Medipol Basakşehir), Gokhan Akkan (Caykur Rizespor), Sinan Bolat (Royal Antwerp), Ugurcan Cakir (Trabzonspor)

Defense: Mehmet Zeki Celik (Lille), Nazim Sangare (Antalyaspor), Caglar Soyuncu (Leicester City), Kaan Ayhan (Fortuna Dusseldorf), Merih Demiral (Sassuolo), Cengiz Umut Meras (Bursaspor), Emre Tasdemir (Galatasaray), Hasan Ali Kaldirim (Fenerbahce)

Midfield: Abdulkadir Omur, Yusuf Yazici (Trabzonspor), Cengiz Under (Roma), Deniz Turuc (Istikbal Mobilya Kayserispor), Dorukhan Tokoz, Oguzhan Ozyakup (Besiktas), Emre Belozoglu, Irfan Can Kahveci, Mahmut Tekdemir (Medipol Basaksehir), Efecan Karaca, Ozan Tufan (Aytemiz Alanyaspor), Yunus Malli (Wolfsburg), Hakan Calhanoglu (Milan), Omer Ali Sahiner (Atiker Konyaspor)

Strikers: Burak Yilmaz, Guven Yalcin (Besiktas), Enes Unal (Real Valladolid), Kenan Karaman (Fortuna Dusseldorf)

* Writing by Erdogan Cagatay Zontur