Result Italy – Turkey, Monday, 5 October 2026, UEFA Nations League

  Italy – Turkey  
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Get ready for an exciting UEFA Nations League showdown! Italy and Turkey are set to face off on Monday, 5 October 2026, at Bologna’s iconic Renato Dall’Ara Stadium, kicking off at 20:45.  It’d be nice to secure a victory in this match and mark Bologna’s 117th anniversary celebration right here at the Dall’Ara! Come on, Azzurri!

Coming into this match, Italy are in fantastic form.  On Matchday 2,  Italy crushed Turkey!   Turkey 1 – 4 Italy on Monday, 28 September 2026 in Bursa.  On Matchday 3, Italy battled to a hard-earned   1-1 draw away against France. Meanwhile, Turkey’s Coach Vincenzo Montella is still searching for their first points of the campaign after a rough start, which included a tough 3-0 loss to Belgium and a narrow 0-1 defeat to France. Here’s an interesting storyline to watch:

Alessandro Bastoni has been on fire lately, finding the back of the net in each of his last two outings. Will he keep up his scoring streak and add another goal to his tally today?

UEFA Nations League Group A standings looked heading into the Turkey match.

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👉 🇮🇹 Italy 1 – 0 Turkey 🇹🇷

In the 26th minute, Gianluca Scamacca scored for @Azzurri_En with a right-footed strike from inside the box, sending the ball into the top right corner. Vergara delivered a cross into the penalty area where the striker battled the defender for the ball. After a deflection, he got the chance to volley toward goal: the ball hit the inside of the crossbar and went in.

#ITATUR #Azzurri #VivoAzzurro

Stats BEFORE the game Italy vs Turkey

Italy has won just one of their last five matches played in Bologna across all competitions, drawing four of them, including the most recent two (against Germany in the 2022 UEFA Nations League and Turkey in a friendly in 2024); the Azzurri have never failed to secure a victory in three consecutive matches in this city.

Turkey is the national team Italy has faced more times throughout their history without ever losing: 14 matches, of which 10 victories – including the 4-1 win in this UEFA Nations League edition – and four draws.

After winning their first home match against Turkey (6-0 in 1962), Italy has beaten the Turks in only two of the following six home games (4D), drawing all three most recent ones in which a total of just four goals were scored (1-1 in 2002, 1-1 in 2006, and 0-0 in 2024, all friendlies).

Italy has lost two of their last three home matches (1W) across all competitions – 1-4 versus Norway in November 2025 and 0-2 versus Belgium on September 25 – and specifically could suffer two consecutive home defeats in official matches – excluding friendlies – for the second time in the 2000s, following November 2024-March 2025 (UEFA Nations League losses to France and Germany).

Italy vs Turkey Match Officials 

Polish referee Szymon Marciniak will be taking charge of the match. Tomasz Listkiewicz and Adam Kupsik have been selected as assistant referees, while Karol Arys will serve as the fourth official. Piotr Lasyk will be handling video assistant referee duties, with Switzerland’s Lukas Faehndrich assisting him.   Marciniak has previously overseen four Italy matches, during which the Azzurri have picked up two losses and two draws.

• He was the referee for Italy’s thrilling 3-3 draw against Germany in the second leg of the 2025 Nations League quarter-final, plus their 2-0 loss to Switzerland at Euro 2024.
• Marciniak also officiated Italy’s 0-0 stalemate with England in the Nations League back in 2022 and their 3-1 friendly loss to Belgium in 2015.

The Renato Dall’Ara Stadium is ready for the big game Italy vs Turkey

Italy’s official starting lineup against Turkey

Credit via x.com/Azzurri_En

Turkey’s official starting lineup against Italy

Photo via x.com/MilliTakimlar

Come along and sing the Italian National Anthem with pride alongside the Italian team!

🎶🎶🎶 Fratelli d’Italia,
L’Italia s’è desta;
Dell’elmo di Scipio
S’è cinta la testa.
Dov’è la Vittoria?
Le porga la chioma;
Ché schiava di Roma
Iddio la creò.

Chorus:
Stringiamci a coorte!
Siam pronti alla morte.
Siam pronti alla morte,
L’Italia chiamò.
Stringiamci a coorte!
Siam pronti alla morte.
Siam pronti alla morte,
L’Italia chiamò. Sì! 🎶🎶🎶

 UEFA Nations League  
Group A Matchday 4

🇮🇹   Italy 1 – 0 Turkey  🇹🇷
Monday, 5 October 2026
Renato Dall’Ara Stadium
Bologna, Italy

20:45

Referee Szymon Marciniak (Poland).
Assistant Referee 1 Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland).
Assistant Referee 2 Adam Kupsik (Poland).
Fourth Official Karol Arys (Poland).
Video Assistant Referee (VAR) Piotr Lasyk (Poland).
Assistant VAR (AVAR) Lukas Faehndrich  (Switzerland).

⚽️     Goals:

🟨     Yellow Cards:

✅      Official lineups – Tabellino:

👉🇮🇹   Lineup ITALIA (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Mancini, Bastoni, Ruggeri; Barella, Romano, Doumbia; Vergara, Scamacca, Maldini.

Substitutes: Davide Frattesi, Sandro Tonali, Marco Carnesecchi (GK), Guglielmo Vicario (GK), Sebastiano Esposito, Francesco Pio Esposito, Riccardo Calafiori, Nicolò Cambiaghi, Nicolò Fagioli, Giorgio Scalvini, Michael Kayode, Samuele Inácio.

Head Coach:  Roberto Mancini

👉 🇹🇷   Lineup TURKEY (4-3-2-1): Cakir; Celik, Elmali, Bardakci, Kadioglu; Kahveci, Özcan, Yuksek; Akgun, Akturkoglu; Simsir.

Substitutes: (GK), Muhammed Şengezer (GK), Merih Demiral, Emirhan Topçu, Bartuğ Elmaz, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Demir Ege Tıknaz, Deniz Gül, İlhan Fakılı, Melih Kabasakal, Oğuz Aydın, Mustafa Eskihellaç.

Head Coach: Vincenzo Montella

Click the video to watch Italy – Turkey highlights on Monday, 5 October 2026

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