Turkey vs Bulgaria 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage

18': Hakan Çalhanoglu (P)
83': Atanas Chernev (OG)

FT
2 - 0

Introduction

Turkey are hosting Bulgaria at Matli Stadyumu Atatürk Spor Kompleksi, Bursa, Turkey, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
18': Goal! Türkiye 1, Bulgaria 0. Hakan Çalhanoglu (Türkiye) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
20': Abdülkerim Bardakci (Türkiye) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
40': Arda Güler (Türkiye) is shown the yellow card.
45': Substitution, Türkiye. Samet Akaydin replaces Merih Demiral.
45': Second Half begins Türkiye 1, Bulgaria 0.
61': Substitution, Türkiye. Mert Müldür replaces Ferdi Kadioglu.
61': Substitution, Türkiye. Kaan Ayhan replaces Zeki Çelik.
63': Substitution, Bulgaria. Martin Minchev replaces Kiril Despodov.
64': Martin Georgiev (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
72': Substitution, Bulgaria. Marin Petkov replaces Zdravko Dimitrov.
72': Substitution, Bulgaria. Ivaylo Chochev replaces Andrian Kraev.
81': Substitution, Türkiye. Atakan Karazor replaces Kaan Ayhan because of an injury.
83': Own Goal by Atanas Chernev, Bulgaria. Türkiye 2, Bulgaria 0.
85': Substitution, Bulgaria. Vladimir Nikolov replaces Georgi Rusev.
88': Substitution, Türkiye. Yusuf Sari replaces Arda Güler.
89': Ismail Yüksek (Türkiye) is shown the yellow card.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Türkiye 2, Bulgaria 0.

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Venue: Matli Stadyumu Atatürk Spor Kompleksi
Location: Bursa, Turkey
Attendance: 42,756

FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+19	Spain	5	15	0
+5	Turkey	5	12	1
-7	Georgia	5	3	4
-17	Bulgaria	5	0	5

Full Table

Statistics

BUL		TUR
12	Fouls	11
1	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
6	Corner Kicks	9
5	Saves	2
33.4	Possession	66.6
9	SHOTS	19
2	ON GOAL	6
0.2	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
207	Accurate Passes	481
283	Passes	555
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.9
1	Accurate Crosses	4
7	Crosses	22
0.1	Cross %	0.2
42	Long Balls	39
17	Accurate Long Balls	22
0.4	Long Balls %	0.6
5	Blocked Shots	3
8	Effective Tackles	15
11	Tackles	22
0.7	Tackle %	0.7
14	Interceptions	8
30	Effective Clearances	15
30	Clearances	15

Line-Ups

Turkey (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
23	Ugurcan Çakir (GK)
14	Abdülkerim Bardakci
3	Merih Demiral
20	Ferdi Kadioglu
2	Zeki Çelik
8	Arda Güler
16	Ismail Yüksek
10	Hakan Çalhanoglu
7	Kerem Aktürkoglu
11	Kenan Yildiz
19	Oguz Aydin

Substitutes:

Orkun Kökçü, Altay Bayindir, Mert Müldür, Deniz Gül, Samet Akaydin, Yusuf Sari, Caglar Söyüncü, Salih Özcan, Kaan Ayhan, Mert Günok, Atakan Karazor, Baris Alper Yilmaz.

Bulgaria (4-5-1)

No.	Name
1	Dimitar Mitov (GK)
3	Atanas Chernev
5	Kristian Dimitrov
2	Hristiyan Petrov
20	Martin Georgiev
14	Filip Yavorov Krastev
4	Ilia Gruev
8	Andrian Kraev
10	Zdravko Dimitrov
7	Georgi Rusev
11	Kiril Despodov

Substitutes:

Ivan Orlinov Yordanov, Rosen Bozhinov, Kristiyan Stoyanov, Stanislav Shopov, Aleks Bozhev, Viktor Popov, Stefan Velkov, Martin Minchev, Ivaylo Chochev, Dimitar Evtimov, Vladimir Nikolaev Nikolov, Marin Petkov.