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Turkey vs Bulgaria international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Wednesday, 18 April 1973, 20:00 (UTC+2:00)
National teams, score:
Turkey
5-2
Bulgaria
Competition:
Referee:
Nikos Zlatanos, Thessaloniki /
Greece
Attendance, venue:
65 000, İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu, Izmir
Goals:
1-0 (5') Mehmet Oğuz, 1-1 (39') Pavel Panov, 2-1 (47') Cemil Turan, 3-1 (49') Metin Kurt, 3-2 (56') Kiril Milanov, 4-2 (66') Cemil Turan, 5-2 (86') Cemil Turan
Turkey national team line-up in match Nr.147
Managed by technical director Coşkun Özarı
Player
Caps
Age
Club
5
24
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
4
27
MKE Ankaragücü SK, Ankara
8
23
Göztepe SK, İzmir
8
24
Eskişehirspor, Eskişehir
13
25
Beşiktaş JK, İstanbul
11
Fenerbahçe SK, İstanbul
4
24
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
1
22
MKE Ankaragücü SK, Ankara
60' Köksal Mesci  
8
MKE Ankaragücü SK, Ankara
19
25
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
13
26
Fenerbahçe SK, İstanbul
11
23
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
Bulgaria national team line-up in match Nr.272
Managed by head coach Yoncho Arsov
Player
Caps
Age
Club
11
23
SPS Lokomotiv, Sofia
Iliya Chalev   55' 
6
27
SSP Akademik, Sofia
55' Tsonyo Vasilev  
6
21
SPS Panayot Volov, Shumen
42
31
SPS Slavia, Sofia
5
21
SPS Minyor, Pernik
6
21
SPS Lokomotiv, Sofia
6
20
SPS Beroe, Stara Zagora
2
20
SPS Slavia, Sofia
6
23
SPS Beroe, Stara Zagora
1
24
SSP Akademik, Sofia
6
22
SPS Levski-Spartak, Sofia
Bogomil Simov   65' 
3
24
SSP Akademik, Sofia
65' Voyn Voynov  
1
20
SPS Levski-Spartak, Sofia
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Turkey
12
8.750
6
5
0
0
Bulgaria
13
7.769
23.374
7
2
0
0
Historical data sources
Cumhuriyet (Istanbul), №17495, 19 Apr 1973; Cumhuriyet Günlük Gazetesi ve Arşivi
Comments
Turkey vs Bulgaria post-match head-to-head
WP
40.9
P
11
W
3
D
3
L
5
GF
18
GA
23
GF/P
1.636
GA/P
2.091
Av attendance
21 228
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Turkey national team matches
Previous match:
1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Turkey vs Italy 0-1
Istanbul, Sunday 25 February 1973
Next match:
1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Switzerland vs Turkey 0-0
Basel, Wednesday 9 May 1973
Bulgaria national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Bulgaria vs Soviet Union 1-0
Plovdiv, Wednesday 28 March 1973
Next match:
1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Bulgaria vs Portugal 2-1
Sofia, Wednesday 2 May 1973
Top Turkey goal scorers
1. Lefter Küçükandonyadis (1948 - 1962) - 21 goals
2. Metin Oktay (1955 - 1965) - 19 goals
... Cemil Turan (1970 - 1973) - 7 goals
... Burhan Sargın (1953 - 1954) - 7 goals
... Metin Kurt (1969 - 1973) - 4 goals
... Mehmet Oğuz (1973) - 2 goals
(correct as of April 18, 1973)
Top Bulgaria goal scorers
1. Liubomir Angelov (1931 - 1940) - 26 goals
2. Ivan Kolev (1952 - 1965) - 25 goals
3. Petar Zhekov (1966 - 1971) - 25 goals
... Pavel Panov (1973) - 1 goal
... Kiril Milanov (1973) - 1 goal
(correct as of April 18, 1973)
Brief match report
Wed. 18 Apr 1973
İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu, Izmir
Turkey 5-2 Bulgaria
Goals: Oğuz 5, Panov 39, Turan 47, Kurt 49, Milanov 56, Turan 66, Turan 86

Turkey: Özdenak, Aktan, Yurteri, Arca, Alp, Şengül (c), Ünder, Göncüler (Mesci 60), Kurt, Turan, Oğuz. Managed by Özarı.

Bulgaria: Goranov, Chalev (Vasilev 55), Shalamanov (c), Evgeniev, Stoykov, Zhelev, Aleksandrov, Dimitrov, Milanov, Panov, Simov (Voynov 65). Managed by Arsov.

Att: 65 000,
Ref: Zlatanos (Greece)

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