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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
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
28
24
Fenerbahçe SK, İstanbul
9
31
Fenerbahçe SK, İstanbul
55
28
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
31
29
Trabzonspor, Trabzon
31
24
Beşiktaş JK, İstanbul
Abdullah Ercan   63' 83' 
38
25
Trabzonspor, Trabzon
83' Ergün Penbe  
2
25
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
23
25
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
49
27
Trabzonspor, Trabzon
63' Fatih Akyel  
1
19
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
38
25
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
65
34
İstanbulspor, İstanbul
Saffet Akyüz   58' 
4
27
İstanbulspor, İstanbul
42
29
Trabzonspor, Trabzon
Wales football team line-up in match Nr.475
Managed by team manager Bobby Gould (England)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
92
38
Everton FC, Liverpool
46' Paul Jones   69'
2
30
Southampton FC, Southampton
7
25
Huddersfield Town AFC, Huddersfield
Ceri Hughes   25' 68' 
7
26
Wimbledon FC, London
68' Rob Edwards  
1
24
Bristol City FC, Bristol
4
22
Watford FC, Watford
32
28
Sunderland AFC, Sunderland
Gary Speed  Captain  80'
43
27
Everton FC, Liverpool
6
22
Leicester City FC, Leicester
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
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
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
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 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)
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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