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  • Record for most Malta caps: Willie Vassallo's 25th appearance
  • Cemil Turan scored his 2nd and Turkey's 9th international hat-trick

Turkey vs Malta match report

Date, kick-off time:
Sunday, 31 October 1976, 14:30 (UTC+2:00)
National teams, score:
Turkey
4-0
Malta
Competition:
1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3
Referee:
Michal Jursa, Bratislava /
Czechoslovakia
Attendance, venue:
68 034, İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu, Izmir
Goals:
1-0 (22') Mehmet Özgül, 2-0 (54') Cemil Turan, 3-0 (57') Cemil Turan, 4-0 (75') Cemil Turan
Turkey national team line-up in match Nr.168
Managed by technical director Coşkun Özarı
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Şenol Güneş  
1
24
Trabzonspor, Trabzon
Turgay Semercioğlu  
7
22
Trabzonspor, Trabzon
Alpaslan Eratlı  
20
27
Fenerbahçe SK, İstanbul
İsmail Arca  Captain  46' 
26
28
Eskişehirspor, Eskişehir
46' Necati Özçağlayan  
4
23
Trabzonspor, Trabzon
Kemal Batmaz  
6
22
Bursaspor, Bursa
Mehmet Özgül   75' 
6
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
75' Necmi Perekli  
1
28
Trabzonspor, Trabzon
Fatih Terim  
10
23
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
Ali Kemal Denizci  
11
26
Trabzonspor, Trabzon
İsa Ertürk  
3
21
Adanaspor, Adana
Cemil Turan  
31
29
Fenerbahçe SK, İstanbul
Ali Yavaş  
6
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
Malta national team line-up in match Nr.40
Managed by national coach Johnny Calleja
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Freddie Mizzi  
16
35
Hibernians FC, Raħal Ġdid
Edward Darmanin  
21
30
Sliema Wanderers FC, Tas-Sliema
Sunny Gouder   46' 
5
23
Hibernians FC, Raħal Ġdid
46' Dennis Fenech  
3
24
Valletta FC, Valletta
Edwin Farrugia  
8
24
Floriana FC, Furjana
Chris Vella  
2
21
Hibernians FC, Raħal Ġdid
Willie Vassallo  Captain 
25
27
Floriana FC, Furjana
Raymond Xuereb  
13
24
Floriana FC, Furjana
George Xuereb  
1
22
Floriana FC, Furjana
Vincent Magro  
10
24
Valletta FC, Valletta
John Holland  
10
23
Floriana FC, Furjana
Bertu Carter   46' 
3
24
Hibernians FC, Raħal Ġdid
46' George Ciantar  
7
23
Floriana FC, Furjana
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Turkey
13
10.154
6
4
0
0
Malta
13
9.538
25.429
4
0
1
0
Historical data sources
Cumhuriyet (Istanbul), №18772, 01 Nov 1976; Cumhuriyet Günlük Gazetesi ve Arşivi
Comments

aj - posted on 1 August 2010 at 23:19:04

İsmail Arca (Eskişehirspor, Kaptan) (Dk.46 Necati Özçağlayan (TS)),...Mehmet Özgül (GS) (Dk.75 Necmi Perekli (TS)) (link: )

toniofarrugia - posted on 16 April 2011 at 00:50:39

Willie Vassallo

Malta s 45 Years of International football (Publ. 2002) Ed. Joseph A. Sacco pg. 85

Sabri76 - posted on 26 May 2012 at 11:27:50

Turkey squad

Back row, from, left to right: İsmail, Ali Kemal, Şenol, Mehmet, Kemal, Alpaslan

Front row, from, left to right: Turgay, İsa, Fatih, Cemil, Ali (link: )

piero - posted on 26 May 2016 at 22:29:42

Turkey team on better photo. (link: )
Turkey vs Malta post-match head-to-head
WP
100.0
P
1
W
1
D
0
L
0
GF
4
GA
0
GF/P
4.000
GA/P
0.000
Av attendance
68 034
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:
Friendly International
Turkey vs Rep. of Ireland 3-3
Ankara, Wednesday 13 October 1976
Next match:
1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification
East Germany vs Turkey 1-1
Dresden, Wednesday 17 November 1976
Turkey results
Malta national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Malta vs Libya 2-2
Gżira, Wednesday 10 March 1976
Next match:
Friendly International
Malta vs Tunisia 1-1
Gżira, Wednesday 24 November 1976
Malta results
Top Turkey goal scorers
1. Lefter Küçükandonyadis (1948 - 1962) - 21 goals
2. Metin Oktay (1955 - 1965) - 19 goals
3. Cemil Turan (1970 - 1976) - 15 goals
... Mehmet Özgül (1976) - 1 goal
(correct as of October 31, 1976)
Turkey goal scorers
Brief match report
Sun. 31 Oct 1976
İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu, Izmir
Turkey 4-0 Malta
Goals: Özgül 22, Turan 54, Turan 57, Turan 75

Turkey: Güneş, Semercioğlu, Eratlı, Arca (c) (Özçağlayan 46), Batmaz, Özgül (Perekli 75), Terim, Denizci, Ertürk, Turan, Yavaş. Managed by Özarı.

Malta: Mizzi, Darmanin, Gouder (Fenech 46), Farrugia, Vella, Vassallo (c), Raymond Xuereb, George Xuereb, Magro, Holland, Carter (Ciantar 46). Managed by Calleja.
Booked: Mizzi .

Att: 68 034,
Ref: Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

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