Turkey to face Bosnia-Herzegovina, Russia

The Turkish National Football Team lineup has been announced ahead of matches against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Russia set for Oct. 11 and 14.

Turkey will play against Bosnia-Herzegovina in a friendly match at home on Oct. 11 and with Russia away in the UEFA Nations League on Oct. 14.

Currently Turkey is in the second spot in League B, Group C with 3 points. Russia and Sweden are Turkey's opponents in the group.

The group winner will move up to Group A, while the team at the bottom of the group will move down to Group C.

The UEFA Nations League is a new national team competition that replaces friendlies with competitive matches, allowing nations to play against equally ranked teams.

The 55 associations were split into four leagues according to their rankings. The group winners in Leagues B, C, and D gain promotion, and teams that finish at the bottom of their groups in Leagues A, B, and C are relegated.

Turkey's announced squad against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Russia is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Gökhan Akkan (Çaykur Rizespor), Serkan Kırıntılı (Atiker Konyaspor), Sinan Bolat (Royal Antwerp)

Defenders: Mehmet Zeki Çelik (Lille), Şener Özbayraklı, Hasan Ali Kaldırım (Fenerbahçe), Çağlar Söyüncü (Leicester City), Ertuğrul Ersoy (Bursaspor), Kaan Ayhan (Fortuna Dusseldorf), Mert Müldür (Rapid Wien), Serdar Aziz, Ömer Bayram (Galatasaray)

Midfielders: Cengiz Ünder (Roma), Serdar Gürler (Huesca), Yusuf Yazıcı (Trabzonspor), Irfan Can Kahveci, Mahmut Tekdemir (Medipol Basaksehir), Mehmet Topal (Fenerbahce), Oğuzhan Özyakup (Beşiktaş), Okay Yokuşlu (Celta Vigo), Tarkan Serbest (Kasimpasa), Berkay Özcan (Stuttgart), Hakan Çalhanoğlu (AC Milan), Yunus Malli (Wolfsburg)

Strikers: Cenk Tosun (Everton), Enes Ünal (Real Valladolid)