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  • Hakan Şükür scored 4 goals (his 1st and Turkey's 11th international hat-trick)
  • Turkey vs Wales H2H: Turkey national team's 2nd victory in 6 matches

Turkey vs Wales match report

Date, kick-off time:
Wednesday, 20 August 1997, 20:30 (UTC+3:00)
National teams, score:
Turkey
6-4
Wales
Competition:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7
Referee:
Marek Kowalczyk, Lublin /
Poland
Attendance, venue:
9 710, Ali Sami Yen Stadı, Istanbul
Goals:
1-0 (5') Hakan Şükür, 2-0 (7') Saffet Akyüz, 2-1 (18') Nathan Blake, 2-2 (22') Robbie Savage, 2-3 (34') Dean Saunders, 3-3 (37') Hakan Şükür, 3-4 (52') Andy Melville, 4-4 (61') Oğuz Çetin, 5-4 (72') Hakan Şükür, 6-4 (83') Hakan Şükür
Turkey football team line-up in match Nr.324
Managed by technical director Mustafa Denizli
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Rüştü Reçber  
28
24
Fenerbahçe SK, İstanbul
İlker Yağcıoğlu  
9
31
Fenerbahçe SK, İstanbul
Bülent Korkmaz   82'
55
28
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
Tolunay Kafkas  
31
29
Trabzonspor, Trabzon
Alpay Özalan  
31
24
Beşiktaş JK, İstanbul
Abdullah Ercan   63' 83' 
38
25
Trabzonspor, Trabzon
83' Ergün Penbe  
2
25
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
Arif Erdem  
23
25
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
Ogün Temizkanoğlu   63' 
49
27
Trabzonspor, Trabzon
63' Fatih Akyel  
1
19
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
Hakan Şükür  
38
25
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
Oğuz Çetin  Captain 
65
34
İstanbulspor, İstanbul
Saffet Akyüz   58' 
4
27
İstanbulspor, İstanbul
58' Hami Mandıralı  
42
29
Trabzonspor, Trabzon
Wales football team line-up in match Nr.475
Managed by team manager Bobby Gould (England)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Neville Southall   46' 
92
38
Everton FC, Liverpool
46' Paul Jones   69'
2
30
Southampton FC, Southampton
Steve Jenkins  
7
25
Huddersfield Town AFC, Huddersfield
Ceri Hughes   25' 68' 
7
26
Wimbledon FC, London
68' Rob Edwards  
1
24
Bristol City FC, Bristol
Rob Page  
4
22
Watford FC, Watford
Andy Melville  
32
28
Sunderland AFC, Sunderland
Gary Speed  Captain  80'
43
27
Everton FC, Liverpool
Robbie Savage  
6
22
Leicester City FC, Leicester
Nathan Blake  
7
25
Bolton Wanderers FC, Bolton
Dean Saunders   83' 
59
33
Nottingham Forest FC, West Bridgford
83' Lee Jones  
2
24
Tranmere Rovers FC, Birkenhead
Mark Hughes   13'
66
33
Chelsea FC, London
Ryan Giggs  
20
23
Manchester United FC, Manchester
Historical data sources
Cumhuriyet (Istanbul), №26251, 21 Aug 1997; Cumhuriyet Günlük Gazetesi ve Arşivi
Comments
Turkey vs Wales post-match head-to-head
WP
41.7
P
6
W
2
D
1
L
3
GF
7
GA
10
GF/P
1.167
GA/P
1.667
Av attendance
18 571
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Match stats
Turkey:
players - 14 (from 5 clubs)
goals - 6 (penalties - 0, hat-tricks - 1)
average age - 27.086 (born 1963-1977)
average caps - 29.714
cautions - 2, expulsions - 0
Wales:
players - 14 (from 13 clubs)
goals - 4 (penalties - 0, hat-tricks - 0)
average age - 27.709 (born 1958-1974)
average caps - 24.857
cautions - 4, expulsions - 0
Turkey national team matches
Previous match:
Kirin Cup 1997
Japan vs Turkey 1-0
Osaka, Sunday 15 June 1997
Next match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
San Marino vs Turkey 0-5
Serravalle, Wednesday 10 September 1997
Turkey matches
Wales national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Scotland vs Wales 0-1
Kilmarnock, Tuesday 27 May 1997
Next match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Belgium vs Wales 3-2
Brussels, Saturday 11 October 1997
Wales matches
Top Turkey goal scorers
1. Lefter Küçükandonyadis (1948 - 1962) - 21 goals
2. Hakan Şükür (1992 - 1997) - 21 goals
... Oğuz Çetin (1988 - 1997) - 3 goals
... Saffet Akyüz (1997) - 1 goal
(correct as of August 20, 1997)
top Turkey scorers
Top Wales goal scorers
1. Ian Rush (1982 - 1994) - 28 goals
... Dean Saunders (1986 - 1997) - 21 goals
... Andy Melville (1996 - 1997) - 3 goals
... Nathan Blake (1994 - 1997) - 2 goals
... Robbie Savage (1997) - 1 goal
(correct as of August 20, 1997)
top Wales scorers
Brief match report
Wed. 20 Aug 1997
Ali Sami Yen Stadı, Istanbul
Turkey 6-4 Wales
Goals: Şükür 5, Akyüz 7, Blake 18, Savage 22, Saunders 34, Şükür 37, Melville 52, Çetin 61, Şükür 72, Şükür 83

Turkey: Reçber, Yağcıoğlu, Korkmaz, Kafkas, Özalan, Ercan (Penbe 83), Erdem, Temizkanoğlu (Akyel 63), Şükür, Çetin (c), Akyüz (Mandıralı 58). Managed by Denizli.
Booked: Ercan 63, Korkmaz 82.

Wales: Southall (Paul Jones 46), Jenkins, Ceri Hughes (Edwards 68), Page, Melville, Speed (c), Savage, Blake, Saunders (Lee Jones 83), Mark Hughes, Giggs. Managed by Gould (England).
Booked: Mark Hughes 13, Ceri Hughes 25, Paul Jones 69, Speed 80.

Att: 9 710,
Ref: Kowalczyk (Poland)

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