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Euro 2024 Group F fixtures

Of all the groups drawn in this year’s European Championship, Group F is arguably one of the most enticing. It pits three countries who faced each other at Euro 2008 in a memorable group stage, which saw eventual semi-finalists Turkey coming from two goals down to advance at the Czech Republic’s expense.

2016 champions Portugal make this a heavyweight and potentially unpredictable group, with the trio being joined by Euros first-timers Georgia, who knocked out 2004 winners Greece on penalties in the play-offs.

With all the teams now confirmed, here is how the sides gearing up for battle this summer are shaping up.

Euro 2024 Group F fixtures

Date	Team	vs	Team	Venue
Tue 18th June, 5pm	Turkey	vs	Georgia	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Tue 18th June, 8pm	Portugal	vs	Czech Republic	Red Bull Arena, Leipzig
Sat 22nd June, 2pm	Georgia	vs	Czech Republic	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Sat 22nd June, 5pm	Turkey	vs	Portugal	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Wed 26th June, 8pm	Georgia	vs	Portugal	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
Wed 26th June, 8pm	Czech Republic	vs	Turkey	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Turkey

Manager	Vincenzo Montella
Captain	Hakan Calhanoglu
FIFA ranking	40th
UEFA ranking	22nd
Top scorer in qualifying	Kerem Akturkoglu, Cenk Tosun (2)
Route to the finals	Group D winners, 17 points
Previous best	Semi-finals (2008)

Recently under new management, Turkey are a side that may carry some unpredictability about them this summer. Tipped as dark horses by many for the previous tournament, they vastly underperformed, losing all three of their group games.

Pre-tournament friendlies
Tue 4th June	Italy 0-0 Turkey
Mon 10th June	Poland 2-1 Turkey

But qualification as group winners above Croatia and Euro 2020 group stage nemesis Wales hints at a potential renaissance in Germany this summer. Semi-finalists 16 years ago, they have produced the goods in the past, though whether the lack of a star striker makes their attack futile remains to be seen.

With former Italy striker Vincenzo Montella at the helm, perhaps they can surprise the continent once more.

Turkey Euro 2024 squad
Position	Player	Club
Goalkeeper	Altay Bayindir	Man Utd
Goalkeeper	Ugurcan Cakir	Trabzonspor
Goalkeeper	Mert Gunok	Besiktas
Defender	Samet Akaydin	Panathinaikos
Defender	Abdulkerim Bardakci	Galatasaray
Defender	Zeki Celik	Roma
Defender	Merih Demiral	Al-Ahli
Defender	Ferdi Kadioglu	Fenerbahce
Defender	Ahmetcan Kaplan	Ajax
Defender	Mert Muldur	Fenerbahce
Midfielder	Kaan Ayhan	Galatasaray
Midfielder	Hakan Calhanoglu	Inter
Midfielder	Arda Guler	Real Madrid
Midfielder	Orkun Kokcu	Benfica
Midfielder	Salih Ozcan	Borussia Dortmund
Midfielder	Okay Yokuslu	West Brom
Midfielder	Ismail Yuksek	Fenerbahce
Forward	Yunus Akgun	Leicester
Forward	Kerem Akturkoglu	Galatasaray
Forward	Irfan Kahveci	Fenerbahce
Forward	Semih Kilicsoy	Besiktas
Forward	Cenk Tosun	Besiktas
Forward	Yusuf Yazici	Lille
Forward	Bertug Yildirim	Stade Rennais
Forward	Kenan Yildiz	Juventus
Forward	Baris Alper Yilmaz	Galatasaray

Georgia

Manager	Willy Sagnol
Captain	Guram Kashia
FIFA ranking	75th
UEFA ranking	36th
Top scorer in qualifying	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (4)
Route to the finals	Play-off winner Path C
Previous best	Never qualified

Georgia will take part in their first-ever major tournament after seeing off Luxembourg and Greece in the Euro 2024 play-offs following a dramatic shootout victory over the Greeks in Tbilisi.

They may have finished second-bottom of Group A in qualifying, but winning their Nations League group above Bulgaria and Euro 2020 qualifiers North Macedonia shows how far the side has come.

Pre-tournament friendlies
Sun 9th June	Montenegro 1-3 Georgia

Former Bayern Munich and France defender Willy Sagnol is in charge, and has won just under half of his games at the helm to steer Georgia into Group F, handing the likes of Napoli’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia an unlikely shot at international glory.

Georgia Euro 2024 squad
Position	Player	Club
Goalkeeper	Luka Gugeshashvili	Qarabag
Goalkeeper	Giorgi Loria	Dinamo Tiflis
Goalkeeper	Giorgi Mamardashvili	Valencia
Defender	Lasha Dvali	APOEL
Defender	Giorgi Gocholeishvili	Shakhtar Donetsk
Defender	Giorgi Gvelesiani	Persepolis
Defender	Otar Kakabadze	Cracovia
Defender	Guram Kashia	Slovan Bratislava
Defender	Solomon Kvirkvelia	Al-Okhdood
Defender	Luka Lochoshvili	Cremonese
Defender	Jemal Tabidze	Panetolikos
Midfielder	Sandro Altunashvili	Wolfsberger
Midfielder	Giorgi Chakvetadze	Watford
Midfielder	Zuriko Davitashvili	Bordeaux
Midfielder	Otar Kiteishvili	Sturm Graz
Midfielder	Giorgi Kochorashvili	Levante
Midfielder	Nika Kvekveskiri	Lech Poznan
Midfielder	Saba Lobzhanidze	Atlanta United
Midfielder	Anzor Mekvabishvili	Universitatea Craiova
Midfielder	Levan Shengelia	Panetolikos
Midfielder	Gabriel Sigua	Basel
Midfielder	Giorgi Tsitaishvili	Dinamo Batumi
Forward	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	Napoli
Forward	Giorgi Kvilitaia	APOEL
Forward	Giorgi Mikautadze	Metz
Forward	Budu Zivzivadze	Karlsruher

Portugal

Manager	Roberto Martinez
Captain	Cristiano Ronaldo
FIFA ranking	6th
UEFA ranking	4th
Top scorer in qualifying	Cristiano Ronaldo (10)
Route to the finals	Group J winners, 30 points
Previous best	Winners (2016)

It has been a near-faultless start for Roberto Martinez as Portugal boss, winning all his qualifying matches and losing just twice since – having won 14 of 16 matches in charge ahead of their final warm-up game.

Extending that record in the summer’s finals would be even more impressive, especially given that this is a nation without the best of group stage records – despite their 2016 triumph, during which they drew all of their group clashes.

Pre-tournament friendlies
Tue 4th June	Portugal 4-2 Finland
Sat 8th June	Portugal 1-2 Croatia
Tue 11th June	Portugal v Republic of Ireland

As top seeds and boasting a perfect record in qualifying, Portugal will head into the tournament as favourites to advance, with Cristiano Ronaldo looking to stretch his record tally of goals at European Championships at what is surely his final Euros campaign – his sixth in total.

Portugal Euro 2024 squad
Position	Player	Club
Goalkeeper	Diogo Costa	Porto
Goalkeeper	Jose Sa	Wolves
Goalkeeper	Rui Patricio	Roma
Defender	Antonio Silva	Benfica
Defender	Danilo Pereira	Paris Saint-Germain
Defender	Diogo Dalot	Man Utd
Defender	Goncalo Inacio	Sporting
Defender	Joao Cancelo	Barcelona
Defender	Nelson Semedo	Wolves
Defender	Nuno Mendes	Paris Saint-Germain
Defender	Pepe	Porto
Defender	Ruben Dias	Man City
Midfielder	Bruno Fernandes	Man Utd
Midfielder	Joao Neves	Benfica
Midfielder	Joao Palhinha	Fulham
Midfielder	Matheus Nunes	Man City
Midfielder	Ruben Neves	Al-Hilal
Midfielder	Vitinha	Paris Saint-Germain
Forward	Bernardo Silva	Man City
Forward	Cristiano Ronaldo	Al-Nassr
Forward	Diogo Jota	Liverpool
Forward	Francisco Conceicao	Porto
Forward	Goncalo Ramos	Paris Saint-Germain
Forward	Joao Felix	Barcelona
Forward	Pedro Neto	Wolves
Forward	Rafael Leao	Milan

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Czech Republic

Manager	Ivan Hasek
Captain	Tomas Soucek
FIFA ranking	36th
UEFA ranking	20th
Top scorer in qualifying	Vaclav Cerny, Tomas Soucek (3)
Route to the finals	Group E runners-up, 15 points
Previous best	Winners (1976; as Czechoslovakia)

While Czech Republic boss Ivan Hasek has only been in the post since the beginning of the year, he got his reign off to a fine start in March with a friendly win over Norway, who failed to qualify for the finals. In fact, Hasek will begin the tournament with a 100% record.

Pre-tournament friendlies
Fri 7th June	Czech Republic 7-1 Malta
Mon 10th June	Czech Republic 2-1 North Macedonia

Seeing off the threat of Poland to qualify as runners-up in Group E, the Czechs have the chance to go deep into this tournament once again, having shocked the Netherlands to make the last eight at Euro 2020, along with making the semi-finals in 2004 and being losing finalists in 1996.

Of course, the champions of 1976 will take some beating, but this is a nation that usually turns up at the Euros.

Czech Republic Euro 2024 squad
Position	Player	Club
Goalkeeper	Vitezslav Jaros	Sturm Graz
Goalkeeper	Matej Kovar	Bayer Leverkusen
Goalkeeper	Jindrich Stanek	Slavia Prague
Defender	Vladimir Coufal	West Ham
Defender	David Doudera	Slavia Prague
Defender	Tomas Holes	Slavia Prague
Defender	Robin Hranac	Viktoria Plzen
Defender	David Jurasek	Hoffenheim
Defender	Ladislav Krejci	Sparta Prague
Defender	Tomas Vicek	Slavia Prague
Defender	Martin Vitik	Sparta Prague
Defender	David Zima	Slavia Prague
Midfielder	Antonin Barak	Fiorentina
Midfielder	Vaclav Cerny	Wolfsburg
Midfielder	Lukas Cerv	Viktoria Plzen
Midfielder	Matej Jurasek	Slavia Prague
Midfielder	Ondrej Lingr	Feyenoord
Midfielder	Lukas Provod	Slavia Prague
Midfielder	Michal Sadilek	FC Twente
Midfielder	Tomas Soucek	West Ham
Midfielder	Pavel Sulc	Viktoria Plzen
Forward	Tomas Chory	Viktoria Plzen
Forward	Mojmir Chytil	Slavia Prague
Forward	Adam Hlozek	Bayer Leverkusen
Forward	Jan Kuchta	Sparta Prague
Forward	Patrik Schick	Bayer Leverkusen