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Malta suffered its 5th consecutive defeat
Malta vs Turkey H2H: Malta's 2nd loss in 2 matches

Malta vs Turkey match report

Date, kick-off time:

Sunday, 27 November 1977, 14:30 (UTC+1:00)

National teams, score:

Malta

0-3

Turkey

Competition:

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

Referee:

Mohamed Larache, Casablanca /

Morocco

Attendance, venue:

2 246, The Stadium, Gżira

Goals:

0-1 (21') Sedat Özden, 0-2 (36') Cemil Turan, 0-3 (48') Sedat Özden

Malta national team line-up in match Nr.48

Managed by national coach Johnny Calleja

Player

Caps

Age

Club

Turkey national team line-up in match Nr.178

Managed by technical director Metin Türel

Player

Caps

Age

Club

Historical data sources

Times of Malta (Valletta), №13123, 28 Nov 1977; Times of Malta Archive

Milliyet (Istanbul), №10799, 28 Nov 1977; Milliyet Gazete Arşivi

Cumhuriyet (Istanbul), №19156, 28 Nov 1977; Cumhuriyet Günlük Gazetesi ve Arşivi

Comments

toniofarrugia Malta - Other notes posted on 21 April 2011 at 20:30:06

Willie Vassallo

Malta’s 45 Years of International Football (Publ. 2002) Ed. Joseph A. Sacco pg. 96

soccerdata Italy - Error report posted on 9 January 2012 at 09:36:34

Turkye capitain was Cemil Turan

trekky76 Sweden - Question posted on 12 May 2012 at 11:18:35

Did Emanuel Farrugia play here? Other sources credit Edwin Farrugia.
Also according to Maltese FA, Edwin has 39 caps and Emanuel 31. EU-football has 38 for Edwin and 32 for Emanuel.. (link:

)

toniofarrugia Malta - Error report posted on 25 July 2021 at 19:34:24

Emmanuel Farrugia of Valletta FC played instead of Edwin Farrugia of Floriana FC. In line-up shown as L. Farrugia for Leli Farrugia as in Maltese Emmanuel = Leli. Edwin Farrugia was suspended.

Chris Vella substituted George Xuereb after 53 minutes not 46 minutes

Malta vs Turkey post-match head-to-head

0.0

GF/P

0.000

GA/P

3.500

Av attendance

35 140

WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average

Match stats

Malta:

players - (from 0 clubs)
goals - 0 (penalties - 0, hat-tricks - 0)
average age - nan (born 1945-1957)
average caps - nan
cautions - 0, expulsions - 0

Turkey:

players - (from 0 clubs)
goals - 3 (penalties - 0, hat-tricks - 0)
average age - nan (born 1947-1956)
average caps - nan
cautions - 0, expulsions - 0

Malta national team matches

Previous match:

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification

East Germany vs Malta 9-0

Potsdam, Saturday 29 October 1977

Next match:

Friendly International

Malta vs Tunisia* 1-0

Gżira, Saturday 4 March 1978

Malta results

Turkey national team matches

Previous match:

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Turkey vs East Germany 1-2

Izmir, Wednesday 16 November 1977

Next match:

Balkan Cup 1977-1980

Turkey vs Romania 1-1

Istanbul, Wednesday 22 March 1978

Turkey results

Top Turkey goal scorers

1. Lefter Küçükandonyadis (1948 - 1962) - 21 goals
2. Metin Oktay (1955 - 1965) - 19 goals
3. Cemil Turan (1970 - 1977) - 18 goals
... Sedat Özden (1977) - 3 goals

(correct as of November 27, 1977)

top Turkey scorers

Brief match report

Sun. 27 Nov 1977
The Stadium, Gżira
Malta 0-3 Turkey
Goals: 21, 36, 48

Att: 2 246,
Ref: Larache (Morocco)