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Our National Football Team is facing Bulgaria in the third match of Group E of the 2026 FIFA World Cup European Qualifications. The only thing missing from Montella’s students, who want to compete for 3 points in the away game and increase their total points to 6, is Barış Alper Yılmaz. Portuguese referee Luis Godinho will blow the whistle in the match to be played at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in the capital Sofia. Here are all the details of the Bulgaria – Türkiye match…
WHEN, AT WHAT TIME, ON WHICH CHANNEL IS THE BULGARIA – Türkiye MATCH?
Bulgaria – Türkiye match On Saturday, October 11 at 21.45 will start. Encounter TV8 It will be broadcast live on screens.
POSSIBLE 11’S FOR BULGARIA – Türkiye MATCH
Bulgaria: Mitov, Turitsov, Bozhinov, Hristov, Velkovsky, Gruev, Chochev, Despodov, Shopov, Dimitrov, Minchev
Türkiye: Uğurcan, Mert, Merih, Abdülkerim, Ferdi, İsmail, Hakan, Yunus, Arda, Kerem, Kenan
NATIONALS ARE AHEAD IN THE GROUP
Our Kids are in third place with a goal difference advantage, collecting 3 points with one win and one loss in their last two matches in the group stage. On the other hand, Bulgaria lost both matches and remained at the bottom of the table. After this match, the crescent-star team will duke it out with Georgia in Kocaeli on Tuesday, October 14th.
24. APPOINTMENT
Türkiye and Bulgaria have met 24 times in total, including 18 friendly matches and 5 Balkan Cup matches. While the national team achieved 7 victories in these appointments, they were defeated 10 times and 6 matches ended in equality. The Crescent-Stars team scored 36 goals and conceded 43 goals in this period. The two sides last met in a friendly match played in Istanbul on June 8, 2015, and Türkiye beat its opponent 4-0.
644TH EXAM OF THE NATIONAL TEAM
The National Football Team played a total of 643 matches, 356 of which were official and 287 of which were preparatory. While the red-whites were the winner 252 times in these matches, including one victory by forfeit, they suffered 241 defeats and 150 draws. Türkiye rained 881 goals on its opponents, but could not prevent 922 goals in its goal.
MONTELLA’S 26TH MATCH
National Team Coach Vincenzo Montella managed a total of 25 matches with his team, 18 official and 7 friendly matches. Under Montella’s management, the Stars and Crescents had 13 wins, 8 losses and 4 draws.
DALYA JOY FROM ÇALHANOĞLU
National star Hakan Çalhanoğlu will reach his 100th match in the National Team if he plays against Bulgaria. Çalhanoğlu, who started his career in the 2014 World Cup qualifying match against Andorra on September 6, 2013, scored 21 goals in 99 matches. The 31-year-old player will be the sixth player to wear the national jersey at this threshold. Çalhanoğlu appeared in the 2016, 2020 and 2024 European Championship finals in his national career.
THE ONLY LESS IS BARIŞ ALPER
There is only one thing missing in the National Team before the match against Bulgaria. Barış Alper Yılmaz, who could not play in the Spain match due to a red card, will complete his suspension with this match.
A PORTUGUESE REFEREE WILL RESIDE
Luis Godinho from the Portuguese Football Federation will manage the Bulgaria-Türkiye match. Godinho will be accompanied by Rui Teixeira and Pedro Almeida as assistants, while the fourth referee will be Miguel Nogueira. Andre Narciso will be the VAR and Helder Malheiro will be the AVAR.