Result Turkey 0 - 1 Paraguay, Friday, 19 June 2026, World Cup Group D

Paraguay defeated Turkey 1-0 in their important Group D clash at the FIFA World Cup 2026 on Friday, 19 June 2026 at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Matías Galarza scored the first goal just moments after the match began. Although Turkey has had more possession, they find themselves trailing, while Paraguay is playing with only 10 players after Miguel Almirón received a red card.

👉  3 Serie A players called up for  🇹🇷  the Turkey National team:

• AS Roma defender Zeki Çelik


• Inter midfielder Hakan Çalhanoğlu


• Juventus forward Kenan Yildiz

 

✅    Serie A players called up for  🇵🇾   the Paraguay National team World Cup 2026:

• Cremonese forward Antonio Sanabria

 

👉   Click here for  Full 2026 World Cup Squad Lists – Confirmed rosters for all 48 teams.

👉  Click here for  2026 World Cup Group Stage Standings.

 



 

🏆👉 Turkey 0 - 1 Paraguay

⚽️   In the 2nd minute, Matías Galarza scores! Enciso assists Galarza, who from 25 meters out, curls a left-footed shot into the bottom left corner of the net. A goal in just 65 seconds! What a lightning-fast start!



 



 

 

   Paraguay:  

• Goalkeepers: Roberto Junior Fernandez (Cerro Porteno), Orlando Gill (San Lorenzo), Gaston Olveira (Olimpia).


• Defenders: Omar Alderete (Sunderland), Junior Alonso (Atletico Mineiro), Fabian Balbuena (Gremio), Juan Jose Caceres (Dinamo Moscow), Jose Canale (Lanus), Gustavo Gomez (Palmeiras), Alexandro Maidana (Talleres), Gustavo Velazquez (Cerro Porteno).


• Midfielders: Damian Bobadilla (Sao Paulo), Gustavo Caballero (Portsmouth), Andres Cubas (Vancouver Whitecaps), Matias Galarza (Atlanta United), Diego Gomez (Brighton), Mauricio Magalhaes (Palmeiras), Briaian Ojeda (Orlando City), Alejandro Romero (Al Ain).


• Forwards: Miguel Almiron (Atlanta United), Gabriel Avalos (Independiente), Alex Arce (Independiente Rivadavia), Julio Enciso (Strasbourg), Isidro Pitta (Bragantino), Antonio Sanabria (Cremonese), Ramon Sosa (Palmeiras).

   Turkiye World Cup 2026 Squad:

• Goalkeepers: Altay Bayindir (Manchester United), Mert Gunok (Fenerbahce), Ugurcan Cakir (Galatasaray)


• Defenders: Abdulkerim Bardakci (Galatasaray), Caglar Soyuncu (Fenerbahce), Eren Elmali (Galatasaray), Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton), Merih Demiral (Al-Ahli Saudi), Mert Muldur (Fenerbahce), Ozan Kabak (Hoffenheim), Samet Akaydin (Caykur Rizespor), Zeki Celik (AS Roma)


• Midfielders: Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan), Ismail Yuksek (Fenerbahce), Kaan Ayhan (Galatasaray), Orkun Kokcu (Besiktas), Salih Ozcan (Borussia Dortmund)


• Forwards: Arda Guler (Real Madrid), Baris Alper Yilmaz (Galatasaray), Can Uzun (Eintracht Frankfurt), Deniz Gul (Porto), Irfan Can Kahveci (Kasimpasa), Kenan Yildiz (Juventus), Kerem Akturkoglu (Fenerbahce), Oguz Aydin (Fenerbahce), Yunus Akgun (Galatasaray)

 



 



 

 



 

 

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World Cup Group D Matchday 2

🇹🇷   Turkey - Paraguay

Date: Friday, June 19, 2026
Kick-off: 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) / 8:00 p.m. Pacific Time (PT)
Location: San Francisco Bay Area Stadium (Levi's Stadium)
Santa Clara, California

Referee: Ivan Barton SLV
Assistant Referee 1: David Moran SLV
Assistant Referee 2: Antonio Pupiro SLV
Fourth Official: Oshane Nation JAM
Reserve AR: Caleb Wales TRI

⚽️   Goals:  2' Matías Galarza Fonda (P)

🟨   Yellow Cards:  4' Matías Galarza Fonda (P), 71' Eren Elmali (T)

🟥   Red Card:  45+3' Miguel Almirón (P)

✅   Official lineups - Tabellino:



 

Click the video to watch Turkey 0 - 1 Paraguay highlights on Friday, 19 June 2026