Turkey national football team results (1961–1980)

This is a list of the Turkey national football team results from 1961 to 1980.

1961

14 May 1961 Friendly	Turkey	0 – 1	Romania	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
		(Report)	72' Dridea	Attendance: 25,969 Referee: Dimitar Rumenchev

1 June 1961 1962 WC Q.	Norway	0 – 1	Turkey	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
		(Report)	16' Oktay	Attendance: 23,416 Referee: Frede Hansen

18 June 1961 1962 WC Q.	Soviet Union	1 – 0	Turkey	Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow
	Voronin 20'	http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=13138 (Report)]		Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Martti Hirviniemi

8 October 1961 Friendly	Romania	4 – 0	Turkey	23 August Stadium, Bucharest
	Szeredai 13', 48' Iliev 73', 74'	(Report)		Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Raoul Righi

18 October 1961 Friendly	Turkey	1 – 0	South Korea	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
	Kutver 66'	(Report)		Attendance: 20,833 Referee: Cezmi Başar

29 October 1961 1962 WC Q.	Turkey	2 – 1	Norway	Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
	Yelken 60' Oktay 74'	(Report)	57' Jensen	Attendance: 27,420 Referee: Mihai Popa

12 November 1961 1962 WC Q.	Turkey	1 – 2	Soviet Union	Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
	Oktay 45'	(Report)	12' Gusarov 18' Mamykin	Attendance: 34,103 Referee: Aharon Verner

1962

29 April 1962 Friendly	Hungary	2 – 1	Turkey	Népstadion, Budapest
	Solymosi 31' Göröcs 66'	(Report)	27' Özkarslı	Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Živko Bajić

16 May 1962 Friendly	Turkey	1 – 0	Israel	Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
	Küçükandonyadis 55' (pen.)	(Report)		Attendance: 18,708 Referee: Aleksander Škorić

10 October 1962 Friendly	Turkey	3 – 0	Ethiopia	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
	Oktay 3', 31', 73'	(Report)		Attendance: 17,922 Referee: Manolis Panakis

25 November 1962 Friendly	Israel	0 – 2	Turkey	National Stadium, Ramat Gan
		(Report)	11', 14' Birol	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Dimosthenis Stathatos

2 December 1962 1964 ENC Q.	Italy	6 – 0	Turkey	Stadio Comunale, Bologna
	Rivera 15', 47' Orlando 22', 29', 35', 85'	(Report)		Attendance: 26,553 Referee: Lucien van Nuffel

12 December 1962 Friendly	Turkey	1 – 1	Denmark	Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
	Pekel 5'	(Report)	9' Madsen	Attendance: 14,456 Referee: Konstantin Zečević

16 December 1962 Friendly	Ethiopia	0 – 0	Turkey	Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa
		(Report)		Attendance: ? Referee: Ibrahim Obeid

1963

27 March 1963 1964 ENC Q.	Turkey	0 – 1	Italy	Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
		(Report)	86' Sormani	Attendance: 27,290 Referee: Dimitar Rumenchev

22 September 1963 Friendly	Poland	0 – 0	Turkey	Stadion im. 22 lipca, Poznań
		(Report)		Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Dimitris Wlachojanis

28 September 1963 Friendly	West Germany	3 – 0	Turkey	Waldstadion, Frankfurt
	Seeler 52', 53', 66'	(Report)		Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Igino Rigato

9 October 1963 Friendly	Turkey	0 – 0	Romania	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
		(Report)		Attendance: 29,779 Referee: Yiannis Zogas

1964

27 September 1964 Friendly	Turkey	2 – 3	Poland	Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
	Yelken 52' Oktay 78'	(Report)	8' Lubański 41' Banaś 49' Pol	Attendance: 32,149 Referee: Francesco Francescon

1 November 1964 Friendly	Turkey	4 – 1	Tunisia	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
	Yelken 2' Oktay 19', 65' Bartu 20'	(Report)	33' Habacha	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Andrei Rădulescu

20 December 1964 Friendly	Turkey	0 – 0	Bulgaria	Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
		(Report)		Attendance: 48,600 Referee: Alfred Haberfellner

1965

24 January 1965 1966 WC Q.	Portugal	5 – 1	Turkey	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
	Coluna 17' Eusébio 20', 63', 70' Graça 52'	(Report)	33' Zemzem	Attendance: 33,237 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay

19 April 1965 1966 WC Q.	Turkey	0 – 1	Portugal	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
		(Report)	59' Eusébio	Attendance: 27,625 Referee: Rachid Dachan

2 May 1965 1966 WC Q.	Romania	3 – 0	Turkey	Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest
	Georgescu 1' Mateianu 72', pen' Creiniceanu 75'	(Report)		Attendance: 31,219 Referee: Paul Schiller

9 May 1965 Friendly	Bulgaria	4 – 1	Turkey	Slavia Stadium, Sofia
	Penev 47' Debarski 24', 71', 83'	(Report)	47' Oktay	Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Božidar Botić

21 July 1965 1965 RCD Cup	Pakistan	1 – 3	Turkey	Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
	? 80'	(Report)	5', 30' Altıparmak 18' Aksel	Attendance: ? Referee: Said Sadri

25 July 1965 1965 RCD Cup	Iran	0 – 0^[1]	Turkey	Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
		(Report)		Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Masood Rahmani

9 October 1965 1966 WC Q.	Turkey	0 – 6	Czechoslovakia	Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
		(Report)	22', 70' Jokl 41', 54' Knebort 45' Kvašňák 61' Kabát	Attendance: 12,757 Referee: Raoul Righi

23 October 1965 1966 WC Q.	Turkey	2 – 1	Romania	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
	Zemzem 13' Doğan 48'	(Report)	55' Georgescu	Attendance: 27,364 Referee: Ramiz Pregja

21 November 1965 1966 WC Q.	Czechoslovakia	3 – 1	Turkey	Za Lužánkami, Brno
	Mráz 3', 15' Horváth 69'	(Report)	8' Elmastaşoğlu	Attendance: 3,133 Referee: Aranyosi Lajos

1966

16 March 1966 1965 RCD Cup	Iran	0 – 0	Turkey	Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
		(Report)		Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Bruno De Marchi

30 May 1966 Friendly	Denmark	0 – 0	Turkey	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
		(Report)		Attendance: 27,100 Referee: Hans Granlund

12 October 1966 Friendly	Turkey	0 – 2	West Germany	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
		(Report)	9' Küppers 78' Rupp	Attendance: 23,944 Referee: Dimitar Rumentchev

16 October 1966 Friendly	Soviet Union	0 – 2	Turkey	Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow
		(Report)	14' Zemzem 55' Elmastaşoğlu	Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Jan Pawlik

16 November 1966 EURO 68 Q.	Republic of Ireland	2 – 1	Turkey	Dalymount Park, Dublin
	O'Neill 60' McEvoy 74'	(Report)	88' Altıparmak	Attendance: 22,480 Referee: Tage Sørensen

1967

22 January 1967 Friendly	Tunisia	0 – 0	Turkey	Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis
		(Report)		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Robert Lacoste

1 February 1967 EURO 68 Q.	Turkey	0 – 0	Spain	Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
		(Report)		Attendance: 27,262 Referee: Gere Gyula

22 February 1967 EURO 68 Q.	Turkey	2 – 1	Republic of Ireland	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
	Elmastaşoğlu 35' Altıparmak 78'	(Report)	89' Cantwell	Attendance: 31,063 Referee: Dimitar Rumentchev

31 May 1967 EURO 68 Q.	Spain	2 – 0	Turkey	Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao
	Grosso 63' Gento 81'	(Report)		Attendance: 27,336 Referee: Othmar Huber

18 June 1967 EURO 68 Q.	Czechoslovakia	3 – 0	Turkey	Tehelné Pole, Bratislava
	Adamec 25', 70' Jurkanin 74'	(Report)		Attendance: 17,839 Referee: Paul Schiller

15 November 1967 EURO 68 Q.	Turkey	0 – 0	Czechoslovakia	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
		(Report)		Attendance: 19,760 Referee: Nicolae Mihăilescu

26 November 1967 1967 RCD Cup	Iran	0 – 1	Turkey	Dacca Stadium, Dhaka
		(Report)	70' Güzelırmak	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Isa Khan

28 November 1967 1967 RCD Cup	Pakistan	4 – 7	Turkey	Dacca Stadium, Dhaka
	Jabbar 55', 79', 87', 89'	(Report)	4', 6' Zemzem 32', 80' Acuner 34' Altıparmak 40' Elmastaşoğlu 60' Sarıalioğlu	Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Orhan Gönül

1968

13 March 1968 Friendly	Turkey	0 – 0	Tunisia	Altay Alsancak Stadium, Izmir
		(Report)		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mitko Chukov

24 April 1968 Friendly	Poland	8 – 0	Turkey	Silesian Stadium, Chorzów
	Faber 5', 55', 63' Lubański 10', 46', 75' Bula 62' Żmijewski 89'	(Report)		Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Günter Männig

9 October 1968 Friendly	Turkey	0 – 2	Bulgaria	Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
		(Report)	3' Dermendzhiev 79' Bonev	Attendance: 15,002 Referee: Anton Bucheli

23 October 1968 1970 WC Q.	Northern Ireland	4 – 1	Turkey	Windsor Park, Belfast
	Best 32' McMordie 47' Dougan 66' W. Campbell 76'	(Report)	9' Altıparmak	Attendance: 38,363 Referee: Wim Schalks

11 December 1968 1970 WC Q.	Turkey	0 – 3	Northern Ireland	Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
		(Report)	35', 88' Harkin 63' Nicholson	Attendance: 19,110 Referee: Zanlin Ben Ganif

1969

17 January 1969 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1 – 2	Turkey	Al Sayegh Stadium, Riyadh
	Mubarek Al Nasser 70'	(Report)	21' Karadoğan 42' M. Şen	Attendance: ? Referee: Abdullah Kaki

30 April 1969 Friendly	Turkey	1 – 3	Poland	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
	Acuner 84' (pen.)	(Report)	11' Lubański 22', 61' Wilim	Attendance: 35,006 Referee: Gocho Rusev

14 September 1969 1969 RCD Cup	Turkey	4 – 2	Pakistan	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
	Zemzem 18' Bartu 43', 65' Sarıalioğlu 74'	(Report)	8' Bakhsh 60' Nawaz	Attendance: ? Referee: Ferdi Ali Donal

17 September 1969 1969 RCD Cup	Turkey	4 – 0	Iran	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
	Konca 12', 29' Bartu 32' Kurt 41'	(Report)		Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Afrar Khan

24 September 1969 Friendly	Turkey	3 – 0	Switzerland	Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
	Kurt 17' Yayöz 37' Bartu 48'	(Report)		Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Petar Nikolov

15 October 1969 1970 WC Q.	Soviet Union	3 – 0	Turkey	Central Stadium, Kyiv
	Muntyan 43', 78' Nodia 62'	(Report)		Attendance: 71,115 Referee: Bertil Lööw

16 November 1969 1970 WC Q.	Turkey	1 – 3	Soviet Union	Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
	Konca 24'	(Report)	3', 60' Asatiani 34' Khmelnitsky	Attendance: 29,642 Referee: Ferdinand Marschall

1970

17 October 1970 Euro 72 Q.	West Germany	1 – 1	Turkey	Müngersdorferstadion, Cologne
	Müller 36' (pen.)	(Report)	16' Yavuz	Attendance: 52,204 Referee: Paul Bonett

13 December 1970 Euro 72 Q.	Turkey	2 – 1	Albania	Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
	Kurt 3' Turan 43'	(Report)	22' Ziu	Attendance: 39,000 Referee: János Biróczky

1971

25 April 1971 Euro 72 Q.	Turkey	0 – 3	West Germany	Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
		(Report)	43', 47' Müller 72' Köppel	Attendance: 38,097 Referee: Karlo Kruashvili

22 September 1971 Euro 72 Q.	Poland	5 – 1	Turkey	Stadion Wisła, Kraków
	Bula 33' Lubański 62', 73', 90' Gadocha 69'	(Report)	83' Yayöz	Attendance: 20,241 Referee: Antoine Queudeville

26 September 1971 Friendly	Switzerland	4 – 0	Turkey	Hardturm, Zürich
	Boffi 9' Odermatt 22' Künzli 26' Blättler 27'	(Report)		Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Alois Kessler

14 November 1971 Euro 72 Q.	Albania	3 – 0	Turkey	Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana
	Përnaska 22', 57' Pano 64'	(Report)		Attendance: 18,159 Referee: Iván Pláček

5 December 1971 Euro 72 Q.	Turkey	1 – 0	Poland	Atatürk Stadium, Izmir
	Turan 52'	(Report)		Attendance: 57,794 Referee: Petar Nikolov

1972

12 April 1972 Friendly	Bulgaria U23	4 – 2	Turkey	Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
	Mihaylov 5', 22', 41' Stankov 89'	(Report)	61' Şengül 72' Turan	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mircea Rotaru

4 October 1972 Friendly	Algeria	1 – 0^[2]	Turkey	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
	Gamouh 49'	(Report)		Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Hédi Saoudi

22 October 1972 1974 WC Q.	Luxembourg	2 – 0	Turkey	Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette
	Dussier 14' Braun 16'	(Report)		Attendance: 3,960 Referee: Karl Riegg

10 December 1972 1974 WC Q.	Turkey	3 – 0	Luxembourg	Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
	Arpacıoğlu 6', 39' Mesçi 79' (pen.)	(Report)		Attendance: 36,805 Referee: Tofiq Bahramov

1973

13 January 1973 1974 WC Q.	Italy	0 – 0	Turkey	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
		(Report)		Attendance: 60,815 Referee: Karlo Kruashvili

14 February 1973 Friendly	Turkey	4 – 0	Algeria	Atatürk Stadium, Izmir
	Oğuz 7' Turan 15' Şengül 64' Arpacıoğlu 79'	(Report)		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hristos Kouyias

25 February 1973 1974 WC Q.	Turkey	0 – 1	Italy	Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
		(Report)	Anastasi 35'	Attendance: 22,990 Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi

18 April 1973 1973–76 Balkan C	Turkey	5 – 2	Bulgaria	Atatürk Stadium, Izmir
	Oğuz 5' Turan 47', 66', 86' Kurt 49'	(Report)	39' Panov 56' Milanov	Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Nikos Zlatanos

9 May 1973 1974 WC Q.	Switzerland	0 – 0	Turkey	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
		(Report)		Attendance: 50,868 Referee: Emsberger Gyula

17 October 1973 Friendly^[3]	Turkey	0 – 0	Spain	İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
		(Report)		Attendance: 12,678 Referee: Nikola Dudin

18 November 1973 1974 WC Q.	Turkey	2 – 0	Switzerland	Atatürk Stadium, Izmir
	Türkkan 51' Atacan 54'	(Report)		Attendance: 67,126 Referee: Bobby Davidson

1974

18 January 1974 1974 RCD Cup	Pakistan	2 – 2	Turkey	Hockey Stadium, Karachi
	Sarwar 45' (pen.) Idrees 85'	(Report)	8', 49' Atacan	Attendance: ? Referee: Mohsen Zamani

20 January 1974 1974 RCD Cup	Iran	0 – 1	Turkey	Hockey Stadium, Karachi
		(Report)	85' Alayoğlu	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Yakup Ahmet

8 May 1974 1973–76 Balkan C	Bulgaria	5 – 1	Turkey	Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
	Bonev 12' Kovis 47' (o.g.) Zhechev 67' Panov 76' Grigorov 79'	(Report)	68' Turan	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Kevork Ghemigean

13 November 1974 Friendly	Turkey	0 – 1	Austria	İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
		(Report)	4' Stering	Attendance: 30,978 Referee: Nicolae Petriceanu

20 November 1974 Euro 76 Q.	Turkey	1 – 1	Republic of Ireland	Atatürk Stadium, İzmir
	Martin 54' (o.g.)^[4]	(Report)	61' Givens	Attendance: 69,999 Referee: Marian Srodecki

1 December 1974 Euro 76 Q.	Turkey	2 – 1	Switzerland	Atatürk Stadium, İzmir
	İsmail 28' M. Oğuz 85'	(Report)	18' Schild	Attendance: 46,564 Referee: Milivoje Gugulović

1975

19 March 1975 Friendly	Turkey	1 – 1	Romania	İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
	Turan 3'	(Report)	7' Lucescu	Attendance: 22,005 Referee: Werner Spiegel

2 April 1975 Euro 76 Q.	Soviet Union	3 – 0	Turkey	Kyiv Central Stadium, Kyiv
	Kolotov 25' (pen.), 56' (pen.) Blokhin 75'	(Report)		Attendance: 74,223 Referee: Bobby Davidson

30 April 1975 Euro 76 Q.	Switzerland	1 – 1	Turkey	Hardturm Stadion, Zürich^[6]
	Müller 43'^[5]	(Report)	53' Eratlı	Attendance: 21,965 Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi

12 October 1975 Friendly	Romania	2 – 2	Turkey	Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest
	Iordănescu 23' Dinu 90'	(Report)	14' Özdenak 80' Turan	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marian Kustoń

29 October 1975 Euro 76 Q.	Republic of Ireland	4 – 0	Turkey	Dalymount Park, Dublin
	Givens 25', 28', 34', 88'	(Report)		Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez

23 November 1975 Euro 76 Q.	Turkey	1 – 0	Soviet Union	Atatürk Stadium, İzmir
	Reshko 22' (o.g.)^[7]	(Report)		Attendance: 21,325 Referee: Petar Nikolov

20 December 1975 Friendly	Turkey	0 – 5	West Germany	İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
		(Report)	18', 77' Heynckes 25' Beer 57', 65' Worm	Attendance: 19,901 Referee: Alberto Michelotti

1976

8 February 1976 Friendly	Iraq	0 – 0	Turkey	Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
		(Report)		Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Abdel Vasab

25 August 1976 Friendly	Finland	2 – 1	Turkey	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
	Heiskanen 37' Paatelainen 81'	(Report)	61' Kaynak	Attendance: 5,210 Referee: Sven Jonsson

22 September 1976 Friendly	Bulgaria	2 – 2	Turkey	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
	Bonev 10' Zhelyazkov 42'	(Report)	56' (o.g.) Ivkov 85' Denizci	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Vlado Tauzes

13 October 1976 Friendly	Turkey	3 – 3	Republic of Ireland	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
	Turan 51', 70' Ertürk 65'	(Report)	3' Stapleton 14' Daly 80' Waters	Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Miloš Kajić

31 October 1976 1978 WC Q.	Turkey	4 – 0	Malta	Atatürk Stadium, Izmir
	Özgül 22' Turan 54', 57', 75'	(Report)		Attendance: 68,034 Referee: Michal Jursa

17 November 1976 1978 WC Q.	East Germany	1 – 1	Turkey	Dynamo-Stadion, Dresden
	Kotte 3' (pen.)	(Report)	31' (pen.) Turan	Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Pat Partridge

1977

16 February 1977 1977-80 Balkan C	Turkey	2 – 0	Bulgaria	İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
	Denizci 54' Turan 55'	(Report)		Attendance: 37,055 Referee: Velibor Ljujić

23 March 1977 1977-80 Balkan C	Romania	4 – 0	Turkey	Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
	Georgescu 23' Dumitru 62' Vigu 75' Iordănescu 82'	(Report)		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Panayotis Kolliropoulos

6 April 1977 Friendly	Turkey	1 – 2	Finland	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
	Denizli 23'	(Report)	64' Paatelainen 76' Nieminen	Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Otto Anderco

17 April 1977 1978 WC Q.	Austria	1 – 0	Turkey	Praterstadion, Vienna
	Schachner 43'	(Report)		Attendance: 60,100 Referee: Viktor Zharkov

7 September 1977 Friendly	Czechoslovakia	1 – 0	Turkey	Tehelné pole, Bratislava
	Gajdůšek 2'	(Report)		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gerrit Berrevoets

21 September 1977 1977-80 Balkan C	Bulgaria	3 – 1	Turkey	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
	Zhelyazkov 27' Dzhevizov 28' Aleksandrov 86' (pen.)	(Report)	8' Özden	Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Dimitris Sarakinos

30 October 1977 1978 WC Q.	Turkey	0 – 1	Austria	Atatürk Stadium, Izmir
		(Report)	72' Prohaska	Attendance: 69,360 Referee: John Gordon

16 November 1977 1978 WC Q.	Turkey	1 – 2	East Germany	Atatürk Stadium, Izmir
	Yayım 81'	(Report)	30' Schade 62' Hoffmann	Attendance: 7,010 Referee: Alberto Michelotti

27 November 1977 1978 WC Q.	Malta	0 – 3	Turkey	Empire Stadium, Gżira
		(Report)	21', 48' Özden 36' Turan	Attendance: 2,246 Referee: Mohamed Larache

1978

22 March 1978 1977-80 Balkan C	Turkey	1 – 1	Romania	İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
	Özden 10'	(Report)	80' Georgescu	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Toma Manojlovski

5 April 1978 Friendly	Republic of Ireland	4 – 2	Turkey	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
	Giles 26' McGee 12' Treacy 18', 23'	(Report)	55' Mustafaoğlu 61' Turan	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Hugh Alexander

23 September 1978 Friendly	Italy	1 – 0	Turkey	Stadio Comunale, Florence
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Graziani 26'	(Report)		Attendance: 40,000 Referee: António Garrido

5 October 1978 Friendly	Turkey	0 – 2	Soviet Union	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
		(Report)	37' Gutsaev 41' Blokhin	Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Alberto Michelotti

29 November 1978 Euro 80 Q.	Wales	1 – 0	Turkey	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	Deacy 70'	(Report)		Attendance: 11,794 Referee: Alojzy Jarguz

1979

28 February 1979 Friendly	Turkey	0 – 1	Algeria	Atatürk Stadium, Bursa
		(Report)	76' Guemri	Attendance: 15,644 Referee: Constantin Ghiță

18 March 1979 Euro 80 Q.	Turkey	2 – 1	Malta	Atatürk Stadium, Izmir
	Özden 34' Terim 56'	(Report)	Spiteri-Gonzi 52'	Attendance: 34,154 Referee: Tome Manojlovski

1 April 1979 Euro 80 Q.	Turkey	0 – 0	West Germany	Atatürk Stadium, Izmir
		(Report)		Attendance: 68,000 Referee: Myroslav Stupar

28 October 1979 Euro 80 Q.	Malta	1 – 2	Turkey	Empire Stadium, Gżira
	Farrugia 62'	(Report)	20' Özden 25' Denizli	Attendance: 1,976 Referee: Gianfranco Menegali

21 November 1979 Euro 80 Q.	Turkey	1 – 0	Wales	Atatürk Stadium, Izmir
	Önal 80'	(Report)		Attendance: 30,650 Referee: Constantin Ghita

22 December 1979 Euro 80 Q.	West Germany	2 – 0	Turkey	Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
	Fischer 15' Zimmermann 89'	(Report)		Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Rudolf Renggli

1980

24 September 1980 1982 WC Q.	Turkey	1 – 3	Iceland	Atatürk Stadium, Izmir
	Terim 72' (pen.)	(Report)	12' Gudlaugsson 62' A. Gudmundsson 80' T. Þórðarson	Attendance: 18,506 Referee: Ioan Igna

1 October 1980 Islamic Games	Turkey	1 – 2	Libya	Atatürk Stadium, Izmir
	Gürbüz 24'	(Report)	35' Abdulnaser Ezzeddin 44' (pen.) Mohamed Ali Omar Lagha	Attendance: ? Referee: Fahad Al Dehmash

3 October 1980 Islamic Games	Turkey	3 – 0	Saudi Arabia	Atatürk Stadium, Izmir
	Soyak 2' Al-Nu'eimeh 34' (o.g.) Bilgetay 80'	(Report)		Attendance: 5,591 Referee: Zayn Al Abidin Alaadin

5 October 1980 Islamic Games	Turkey	3 – 0	Malaysia "B"	Atatürk Stadium, Izmir
	Yıldız 33' Soyak 66', 86'	(Report)		Attendance: ? Referee: Musaid Al Saeed

15 October 1980 1982 WC Q.	Wales	4 – 0	Turkey	Ninian Park, Cardiff
	Flynn 19' L. James 37' (pen.), 85' Walsh 79'	(Report)		Attendance: 11,770 Referee: Torben Månsson

3 December 1980 1982 WC Q.	Czechoslovakia	2 – 0	Turkey	Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague
	Nehoda 13', 15'	(Report)		Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Erik Fredriksson

Other unofficial games

5 January 1977 Friendly	Northern Cyprus	0–1	Turkey	20 Temmuz Stadium, Kyrenia
		(Report)	Hayri Gökmen 73'	Referee: Onur Kanatlı

28 September 1980 Islamic Games	Turkey	5–0	Northern Cyprus	Atatürk Stadium, İzmir
	Bali 18' Bilgetay 31' Yıldız 54' Gürbüz 66' Ergün 74'	(Report)		Referee: Zayn Al Abidin Alaadin

Notes

^ The game abandoned at 85' min. since the lighting at the stadium went dead.
^ The game has been finished at 85' min. because of the heavy fog.
^ This game celebrated 50 years of Turkish Republic and the TFF.
^ The first goal in other sources is also reported as an own goal by Tony Dunne or Terry Conroy.
^ According to RSSSF this goal may belong to Arca 43' (o.g.)
^ Some sources state that the venue was St. Jakob Stadium, Basel.
^ The own goal scorer is also reported as Mikhail Fomenko.

[1] The game abandoned at 85' min. since the lighting at the stadium went dead.

[2] The game has been finished at 85' min. because of the heavy fog.

[3] This game celebrated 50 years of Turkish Republic and the TFF.

[4] The first goal in other sources is also reported as an own goal by Tony Dunne or Terry Conroy.

[5] According to RSSSF this goal may belong to Arca 43' (o.g.)

[6] Some sources state that the venue was St. Jakob Stadium, Basel.

[7] The own goal scorer is also reported as Mikhail Fomenko.

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