Starting 11s Announced for Gençlerbirliği - Fenerbahçe Match!

The opening week of the 2026-2027 Trendyol Super Lig season is witnessing great excitement in Ankara. The starting 11s for the Gençlerbirliği - Fenerbahçe clash at Eryaman Stadium have been officially announced. The most striking detail before the match surrounds goalkeeper İrfan Can Eğribayat. Having recently transferred from Fenerbahçe to Gençlerbirliği, the successful goalkeeper will play his first official match for his new team against his former teammates. İrfan Can will guard Gençlerbirliği's goal in this critical encounter.

On the Fenerbahçe side, new signings are taking the stage. Alongside Milan Skriniar, Nathan Ake, Matteo Guendouzi, Marco Asensio, and Anderson Talisca who are in the starting 11, names like Vedat Muriç and Mason Greenwood are preparing for their first Super Lig match in the yellow-navy blue jersey. Meanwhile, this away game holds a very special meaning for Romelu Lukaku, who will be included in the squad if his licensing is completed. Because his father Roger Lukaku played for Gençlerbirliği in the 1996-1997 season, the star striker came to Ankara at the age of 3 and left when he was 4. If he plays, he will be returning to the capital after exactly 29 years.

Referee Oğuzhan Aksu will officiate the critical match, assisted by Esat Sancaktar and Osman Gökhan Bilir. The foreign VAR referee rule will also be in effect; Andrew Donaldson Dallas from the Scottish Football Association will be in the VAR seat, while Bersan Duran will serve as AVAR.

Starting 11s: Gençlerbirliği: İrfan Can Eğribayat, Pedro, Goutas, Zuzek, Abdurrahim, Diabate, Oğulcan, Ensar, Tongya, Traore, Koita. 

Fenerbahçe: Tarık, Mert, Skriniar, Ake, Levent, Guendouzi, İsmail, İrfan Can, Asensio, Oğuz, Talisca.

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