Turkey national football team results (1923–1960)

This is a list of the Turkey national football team results from 1923 to 1960.

1920s

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26 October 1923 Friendly Turkey   2 – 2   Romania   Taksim Stadium, Istanbul
Sporel   32', 50' (Report)   20', 53' Gansl Attendance: 7,500
Referee:   Anton Krátký
25 May 1924 1924 OG Czechoslovakia   5 – 2   Turkey   Stade Bergeyre, Paris
Sloup   21'
Sedláček   28', 37'
Novák   64'
Čapek   74'
(Report)   63', 82' Refet Attendance: 4,344
Referee:   Peder Christian Andersen
17 June 1924 Friendly Finland   2 – 4   Turkey   Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Kelin   28'
Fallström   86'
(Report)   3', 15', 37', 87' Sporel Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Gösta Löfgren
19 June 1924 Friendly Estonia   1 – 4   Turkey   Kalevi Keskstaadion, Tallinn
Üpraus   86' (Report)   24' Arca
  67' Gürsoy
  72', 75' Sporel
Attendance: 4,800
Referee:   Julius Reinans
22 June 1924 Friendly Latvia   1 – 3   Turkey   LSB Stadions, Riga
Bārda   56' (Report)   11', 16', 68' Sporel Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   August Silber-Sillak
29 June 1924 Friendly Poland   2 – 0   Turkey   Łódź City Stadium, Łódź
Balcer   42'
Reyman   43'
(Report) Attendance: 6,000
Referee:   Mihály Ivancsics
16 November 1924 Friendly Soviet Union   3 – 0   Turkey   Stadion Imeni Vorovskogo, Moscow
Butusov   14', 25'
Shpakovsky   70'
(Report) Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   Hamdi Emin Çap
10 April 1925 Friendly Turkey   2 – 1   Bulgaria   Taksim Stadium, Istanbul
Leblebi   31'
Arca   67'
(Report)   74' Mutafchiev Attendance: 4,000
Referee:   W. H. Allen
1 May 1925 Friendly Romania   1 – 2   Turkey   Stadionul Romcomit, Bucharest
Brauchler   72' (Report)   62' Sporel
  85' Leblebi
Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   Albert Rolton
15 May 1925 Friendly Turkey   1 – 2   Soviet Union   İstiklâl Stadium, Ankara
Arca   3' (Report)   82' Selin
  85' Butusov
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Hamdi Emin Çap
2 October 1925 Friendly Turkey   1 – 2   Poland   Taksim Stadium, Istanbul
Sporel   5' (Report)   29' Adamek
  67' Sperling
Attendance: 7,000
Referee:   P.J. Bauwens
7 May 1926 Friendly Turkey   1 – 3   Romania   Taksim Stadium, Istanbul
Peykoğlu   71'[1] (Report)   54', 63' Semler
  59' Matek
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   W.H. Allen
12 September 1926 Friendly Poland   6 – 1   Turkey   Polish Army Stadium, Lemberg
Steuermann   50', 68', 71'
Batsch   27', 77'
Balcer   48'
(Report)   86' Baydar Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   František Cejnar
17 July 1927 Friendly Bulgaria   3 – 3   Turkey   Slavia Stadium, Sofia
Liutskanov   37', 66'
Stoyanov   83'
(Report)   2', 5' Yalınlı
  75' Faruki
Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   Ede Vicenik
14 October 1927 Friendly Turkey   3 – 1   Bulgaria   Taksim Stadium, Istanbul
Sporel   25', 65'
Bekdik   85'
(Report)   72' Manolov Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Vasile Nicolaeviciu
8 April 1928 Friendly Yugoslavia   2 – 1   Turkey   Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb
Babić   39'
Giler   41'
(Report)   62' Yalınlı Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Mihály Ivanicsics
15 April 1928 Friendly Romania   4 – 2   Turkey   Stadionul Gloria-CFR, Bistrița
Wetzer   40'
Uluğ   55' (o.g.)
Sepi   68'
Nagy-Csomag   83'
(Report)   18' Faruki
  73' Atak
Attendance: 3,000
Referee:   Josip Fabris
28 May 1928 1928 OG Egypt   7 – 1   Turkey   Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
El-Hassany   20' (pen.)
Riad   27'
Mokhtar   46', 50', 63'
El-Sayed Hooda   53'
El-Zobeir   86'
(Report)   71' Refet Attendance: 2,744
Referee:   Marcel Slawik

1930s

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27 September 1931 1931 Balkan C Bulgaria   5 – 1   Turkey   Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Lozanov   4'
Panchev   50', 76', 80'
Stoyanov   50'
(Report)   31' Yeten Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   Mihály Ivanicsics
2 October 1931 1931 Balkan C Yugoslavia   0 – 2   Turkey   Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
(Report)   7' Erkal
  25' Arıcan
Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Mihály Ivanicsics
17 April 1932 Friendly Turkey   1 – 2   Hungary B   Taksim Stadium, Istanbul
Almay   55' (Report)   80' (pen.) Bihámy
  84' Kármán
Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   W. H. Allen
22 April 1932 Friendly Turkey   1 – 4   Hungary B   Taksim Stadium, Istanbul
Almay   35' (pen.) (Report)   17', 76' Gergely
  61' Bihámy
  89' Tunyogi
Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   W. H. Allen
4 November 1932 Friendly Turkey   2 – 3   Bulgaria   Taksim Stadium, Istanbul
Bilgiç   6'
Almay   52'
(Report)   55' Staykov
  63' Peshev
  81' Angelov
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Bora Vasiliević
12 July 1936 Friendly Turkey   3 – 3   Yugoslavia   Taksim Stadium, Istanbul
Görkey   4'
Sel   42'
Arıcan   82'
(Report)   15' Marjanović
  35' Tomašević
  76' Tirnanić
Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Klein Árpád
3 August 1936 1936 OG Norway   4 – 0   Turkey   Mommsenstadion, Berlin
Martinsen   30', 70'
Brustad   53'
Kvammen   80'
(Report) Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Giuseppe Scarpi
1 August 1937 Friendly Yugoslavia   3 – 1   Turkey   Stadion Jugoslavija, Belgrade
Pleše   4'
Lešnik   51'
Božović   79'
(Report)   63' Minkari Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Rinaldo Barlassina

1940s

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23 April 1948 Friendly Greece   1 – 3   Turkey   Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens
Vikelidis   70' (Report)   9' Kırcan
  30' Küçükandonyadis
  74' Gülesin
Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Generoso Dattilo
30 May 1948 Friendly Turkey   0 – 1   Austria   İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
(Report)   15' Körner Attendance: 17,000
Referee:   Giovanni Galeati
2 August 1948 1948 OG Turkey   4 – 0   China   Green Pond Road, Walthamstow
Kılıç   18'   61'
Saygun   72'
Küçükandonyadis   87'
(Report) Attendance: 21,708
Referee:   Johann Beck
5 August 1948 1948 OG Yugoslavia   3 – 1   Turkey   Lynn Road, Ilford
Čajkovski   21'
Bobek   60'
Wölfl   80'
(Report)   33' Gülesin Attendance: 8,000
Referee:   Victor Sdez
28 November 1948 Friendly Turkey   2 – 1   Greece   İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
Eken   3', 19' (Report)   44' Fylaktos Attendance: 9,000
Referee:   Generoso Dattilo
20 March 1949 Friendly Austria   1 – 0   Turkey   Praterstadion, Vienna
Decker   45' (Report) Attendance: 62,000
Referee:   Giuseppe Carpani
12 May 1949 1949 MC Egypt   2 – 3   Turkey   Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens
El-Attiyah   11'
Rahman   74'
(Report 1)&(Report 2)   38' Kılıç
  46' Esel
  86' Gülesin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee:   Agostino Gamba
16 May 1949 1949 MC Greece   1 – 2   Turkey   Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens
Markopoulos   49' (Report)   33' Kılıç
  44' Eken
Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   Mohammed El Sayed
20 May 1949 1949 MC Italy B   3 – 2   Turkey   Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens
Baldini   3', 20'
Galassi   79'
(Report)   10' Gülesin
  18' Esel
Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   Vasilis Diamantopoulos
20 November 1949 1950 WC Q. Turkey   7 – 0   Syria   19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
Cansever   12', 16', 87'
Eken   44'
Küçükandonyadis   66'
Keskin   67'
Kılıç   72'
(Report) Attendance: 35,000
Referee:   Antonio Gamba

1950-1954

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28 May 1950 Friendly Turkey   6 – 1   Iran   İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
Eken   16', 33', 38'
Deringör   21'
Küçükandonyadis   48', 87'
(Report)   3' Khalili Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   Mohammed El Sayed
28 October 1950 Friendly Israel   5 – 1   Turkey   Maccabiah Stadium, Tel Aviv
Glazer   41', 58', 71'
Gambash   27', 88'
(Report)   64' Eken Attendance: 20,000
Referee:   Giuseppe Carpani
3 December 1950 Friendly Turkey   3 – 2   Israel   İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
Deringör   41'
Açıksöz   64'
Küçükandonyadis   85'
(Report)   36', 39' Glazer Attendance: 35,000
Referee:   Agostino Gamba
10 June 1951 Friendly Sweden   3 – 1   Turkey   Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm
Sandin   57', 74'
Lundqvist   76'
(Report)   50' Küçükandonyadis Attendance: 19,992
Referee:   Wolf Waldemar Karni
17 June 1951 Friendly West Germany   1 – 2   Turkey   Olympic Stadium, West Berlin
Haferkamp   66' (Report)   5' Adanır
  85' Tokaç
Attendance: 90,000
Referee:   Giuseppe Carpani
14 November 1951 Friendly Turkey   1 – 0   Sweden   İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
Tucaltan   58' (Report) Attendance: 22,640
Referee:   Giuseppe Carpani
21 November 1951 Friendly Turkey   0 – 2   West Germany   İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
(Report)   56', 60' Morlock Attendance: 25,000
Referee:   Arthur Edward Ellis
1 June 1952 Friendly Turkey   1 – 5    Switzerland   19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
İstanbulluoğlu   78' (Report)   19', 63' Riva
  24', 76' Hügi
  34' Pasteur
Attendance: 20,000
Referee:   Ermano Silvano
8 June 1952 Friendly Turkey   0 – 0   Spain   Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul
(Report) Attendance: 30,000
Referee:   Giuseppe Carpani
25 May 1953 Friendly Switzerland   1 – 2   Turkey   Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Meier   19' (Report)   21', 75' İstanbulluoğlu Attendance: 16,500
Referee:   Giuseppe Carpani
5 June 1953 Friendly Turkey   2 – 2   Yugoslavia   Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul
Sargun   61'
Kırcan   76'
(Report)   31' Rajkov
  88' Mitić
Attendance: 22,467
Referee:   Kostas Tsitsis
11 December 1953 1953-1958 MG Turkey   0 – 1   Italy B   Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul
(Report)   10' Pesaola Attendance: 22,693
Referee:   Albert Dusch
6 January 1954 1954 WC Q. Spain   4 – 1   Turkey   Nuevo Estadio Chamartín, Madrid
Venancio   13'
Gaínza   48'
Alsua   65'
González   49'
(Report)   31' Adanır Attendance: 110,000
Referee:   Raymond Vincenti
14 March 1954 1954 WC Q. Turkey   1 – 0   Spain   Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul
Sargun   14' (Report) Attendance: 25,449
Referee:   Emil Schmetzer
17 March 1954 1954 WC TB Turkey   2 – 2 (AET)
TUR won after toss of a coin
  Spain   Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Sargun   25'
Mamat   64'
(Report)   11' Arteche
  78' Escudero
Attendance: 60,000
Referee:   Giorgio Bernardi
17 June 1954 1954 WC West Germany   4 – 1   Turkey   Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
18:00 (CET) Schäfer   14'
Klodt   52'
O. Walter   60'
Morlock   84'
(Report)   2' Mamat Attendance: 28,000
Referee:   Jose da Costa Vieira
20 June 1954 1954 WC Turkey   7 – 0   South Korea   Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
17:00 (CET) Mamat   10', 30'
Küçükandonyadis   24'
Sargun   37', 64', 70'
Keskin   76'
(Report) Attendance: 3,541
Referee:   Esteban Marino
23 June 1954 1954 WC West Germany   7 – 2   Turkey   Hardturm Stadium, Zürich
18:00 (CET) O. Walter   7'
Schäfer   12', 79'
Morlock   30', 60', 77'
F. Walter   62'
(Report)   21' Ertan
  82' Küçükandonyadis
Attendance: 17,000
Referee:   Raymond Vincenti
17 October 1954 Friendly Yugoslavia   5 – 1   Turkey   Koševo Stadium, Sarajevo
Bobek   40', 41', 71'
Pašić   47'
Marković   78'
(Report)   81' Sargun Attendance: 36,000
Referee:   Friedrich Seipelt

1955-1960

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3 April 1955 1953-1958 MG Turkey   0 – 0   France B   Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul
(Report) Attendance: 24,237
Referee:   Cesare Jonni
26 June 1955 1953-1958 MG Italy B   1 – 1   Turkey   Stadio Comunale, Trieste
Bettini   18' (Report)   78' Küçükandonyadis Attendance: 37,000
Referee:   Armando Marchetti
18 December 1955 Friendly Turkey   3 – 1   Portugal   Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul
Küçükandonyadis   51'
Oktay   57'
Bilge   72'
(Report)   38' Hernâni Attendance: 22,313
Referee:   Mirko Romčević
25 December 1955 1953-1958 MG France B   3 – 1   Turkey   Parc des Princes, Paris
Curyl   37', 85'
Schultz   65'
(Report)   65' Oktay Attendance: 20,000
Referee:   Manuel Asensi Martín
19 February 1956 Friendly Turkey   3 – 1   Hungary   Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul
Küçükandonyadis   6', 38'
Oktay   46'
(Report)   81' Puskás Attendance: 28,241
Referee:   Vasa Stefanović
25 March 1956 Friendly Portugal   3 – 1   Turkey   Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
M. Vasques   33', 47'
Matateu   79'
(Report)   89' Açıksöz Attendance: 50,000
Referee:   Albert Dusch
1 May 1956 Friendly Turkey   0 – 1   Brazil   Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul
(Report)   19' Djalma Santos Attendance: 26,730
Referee:   Armando Marchetti
16 November 1956 Friendly Turkey   1 – 1   Poland   Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul
Oktay   8' (Report)   2' Pol Attendance: 26,353
Referee:   Gustav Jiranek
25 November 1956 Friendly Czechoslovakia   1 – 1   Turkey   Strahov Stadium, Prague
Feureisl   46' (Report)   43' Öztuna Attendance: 30,000
Referee:   Friedrich Mayer
5 April 1957 1953-1958 MG Egypt   0 – 4   Turkey   Al Zamalek Stadium, Cairo
(Report)   3', 41', 65' Küçükandonyadis
  72' Kiremitçi
Attendance: 20,000
Referee:   Giulio Campanati
19 May 1957 Friendly Poland   0 – 1   Turkey   Stadion Dziesięciolecia, Warsaw
(Report)   42' Beratligil Attendance: 60,000
Referee:   Alfred Grill
6 November 1957 Friendly Spain   3 – 0   Turkey   Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Kubala   18', 38' (pen.), 80' (Report) Attendance: 23,578
Referee:   Francisco Gonçalves Guerra
8 December 1957 Friendly Turkey   1 – 1   Belgium   19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
Bartu   18' (Report)   18' Jurion Attendance: 38,569
Referee:   Riccardo Cesare Pieri
4 May 1958 Friendly Netherlands   1 – 2   Turkey   Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
Wilkes   37' (Report)   56', 57' Oktay Attendance: 60,000
Referee:   Reg Leafe
26 October 1958 Friendly Belgium   1 – 1   Turkey   Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Piters   58' (Report)   80' Oktay Attendance: 28,703
Referee:   Pierre Schwinte
2 November 1958 1960 ENC Q Romania   3 – 0   Turkey   Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest
Oaidă   62'
Constantin   77'
Dinulescu   81'
(Report) Attendance: 67,200
Referee:   Gottfried Dienst
7 December 1958 Friendly Turkey   0 – 0   Bulgaria   19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
(Report) Attendance: 31,917
Referee:   Josef Stoll
18 December 1958 Friendly Turkey   1 – 0   Czechoslovakia   Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul
Has   77' (Report) Attendance: 26,853
Referee:   Carl Erich Steiner
26 April 1959 1960 ENC Q Turkey   2 – 0   Romania   Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul
Küçükandonyadis   13' (pen.), 54' (Report) Attendance: 27,991
Referee:   Boris Nedelkovski
10 May 1959 Friendly Turkey   0 – 0   Netherlands   Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul
(Report) Attendance: 28,467
Referee:   Concetto Lo Bello
8 June 1960 Friendly Turkey   4 – 2   Scotland   19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
Küçükandonyadis   33', 52'
Oktay   9'
Birol   63'
(Report)   12' Caldow
  72' A. Young
Attendance: 22,507
Referee:   Carl Erich Steiner
27 November 1960 Friendly Bulgaria   2 – 1   Turkey   Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Kolev   50'
Iliev   78'
(Report)   19' Oktay Attendance: 12,994
Referee:   Leo Helge

Other unofficial games

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18 September 1931 Friendly Turkey   6 – 2   İstanbulspor   Fenerbahçe Stadium, Istanbul
Yeten   (4)
Arıcan  
Seyit  
(Report)   Unknown
  pen.' Unknown
Referee:   Fred Pegnam
8 April 1932 Friendly Turkey   10 – 5   Beşiktaş   Taksim Stadium, Istanbul
(Report) Referee:   Fred Pegnam
10 April 1932 Friendly Turkey   3 – 1   Galatasaray and Vefa XI   Taksim Stadium, Istanbul
Bilgiç   40', 60'
Sporel   65'
(Report)   70' Unknown
15 April 1932 Friendly Turkey   6 – 0   Galatasaray and Beşiktaş XI   Taksim Stadium, Istanbul
(Report)
5 April 1935 Friendly Turkey   3 – 0   Galatasaray   Taksim Stadium, Istanbul
Akel   35'
Minkari   65'
Kural   85'
(Report)
8 July 1948 Friendly Turkey   2 – 2   Triestina   İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
(Report)
13 March 1949 Friendly Fenerbahçe   1 – 3   Turkey   Fenerbahçe Stadium, Istanbul
Deringör   38' (Report)   11' Keskin
  77' Artun
  87' Açıksöz
Referee:   Mehmet Reşat Nayır
27 April 1952 Friendly Turkey   1 – 1   Corinthians   Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
(Report)
20 December 1953 Friendly Turkey   3 – 1   Cruzeiro   Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
(Report)
3 October 1954 Friendly Fenerbahçe   2 – 2   Turkey   İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
(Report)
29 May 1955 Friendly Turkey   2 – 4   Fluminense   Dolmabahçe Stadium, Istanbul
(Report)
26 April 1956 Friendly Turkey   4 – 1   Emniyet   Fenerbahçe Stadium, Istanbul
Kırklar   11'
Nemli   16'
(Report)
5 December 1958 Friendly Gençlerbirliği   2 – 9   Turkey   Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara
Aklamuz   8'
Yüksel   17'
(Report)   22', 24', 85' Bartu
  37', 51' Has
  43', 64', 68' Küçükandonyadis
  53' Özacar
Referee:   Cezmi Başar
15 November 1960 Friendly Turkey   5 – 1   Beyoğluspor   Dolmabahçe Stadium, Istanbul
(Report)

Notes

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  1. ^ According to RSSSF, this goal belongs to Sabih Arca   74'