Türkiye National Team defeated Bulgaria 6-1 in their third match in 2026 FIFA World Cup European Qualifiers Group E. The match was played at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The goals which led Türkiye to victory came from Arda Güler, Viktor Popov (own goal), Kenan Yıldız, Zeki Çelik and İrfan Can Kahveci. Radoslav Kirilov scored the goal of Bulgaria side.

Ambassador of Türkiye to Sofia Mehmet Sait Uyanık, Turkish Football Federation President İbrahim Ethem Hacıosmanoğlu, Bulgarian Football Union President Georgi Aleksandrov Ivanov, TFF Deputy Presidents Mecnun Otyakmaz, Fuat Göktaş and Prof. Dr. H. Zehra Neşe Kavak and board members of both federations followed the match from the stands.

Our national team will face Georgia in 2026 FIFA World Cup European Qualifiers Group E Matchday 4 on October 14 at Kocaeli Stadium.

Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium

Referees: Luis Godinho, Rui Teixeira, Pedro Almeida (Portugal)

Bulgaria: Mitov, Popov (64. min. - Turitsov), Bozhinov, Hristov, Petrov, Kraev, Stoyanov, Chochev (72. min. - Krastev), Kirilov (73. min. - Lukas Petkov), Marin Petkov (64. min. - Dimitrov), Despodov (64. min. - Minchev)

Türkiye: Uğurcan Çakır, Zeki Çelik, Merih Demiral, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Orkun Kökçü, Hakan Çalhanoğlu (63. min. - Salih Özcan), Oğuz Aydın, Arda Güler (69. min. - Can Uzun), Kenan Yıldız (63. min. - İrfan Can Kahveci), Kerem Aktürkoğlu

Goals: Arda Güler (11. min.), Popov (49. min. - own goal), Kenan Yıldız (51. and 56. mins.), Zeki Çelik (65. min.), İrfan Can Kahveci (90+3. min.) (Türkiye); Kirilov (13. min.) (Bulgaria)

Yellow Cards: Bozhinov (42. min.), Kirilov (44. min.) (Bulgaria); Oğuz Aydın (88. min.) (Türkiye)

2026 FIFA World Cup European Qualifiers Group E Standings

Teams P W D L F A P 1.SPAIN 3 3 0 0 11 0 9 2.TÜRKİYE 3 2 0 1 9 9 6 3.GEORGIA 3 1 0 2 5 5 3 4.BULGARIA 3 0 0 3 1 12 0