Türkiye National Team defeated Bulgaria 2-0 in their fifth match in 2026 FIFA World Cup European Qualifiers Group E and qualified for the play-offs. The match was played at Atatürk Spor Kompleksi Matlı Stadium in Bursa. The goals which led Türkiye to victory came from Hakan Çalhanoğlu (pen.) and Atanas Atanasov Chernev (o.g.).

Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak, Turkish Football Federation President İbrahim Ethem Hacıosmanoğlu, Bulgarian Football Union President Georgi Aleksandrov Ivanov and board members of both federations followed the match from the stands.

Our national team will face Spain in 2026 FIFA World Cup European Qualifiers Group E Matchday 6 on November 18 at La Cartuja Stadium in Sevilla.

Stadium: Atatürk Spor Kompleksi Matlı Stadium

Referees: Nicholas Walsh, Francis Connor, Daniel McFarlane (Scotland)

Türkiye: Uğurcan Çakır, Zeki Çelik (61. min. - Kaan Ayhan / 80. min. - Atakan Karazor), Merih Demiral (46. min. - Samet Akaydin), Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Ferdi Kadıoğlu (61. min. - Mert Müldür), İsmail Yüksek, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Oğuz Aydın, Arda Güler (88. min. - Yusuf Sarı), Kenan Yıldız, Kerem Aktürkoğlu

Bulgaria: Mitov, Petrov, Kraev (72. min. - Chochev), Chernev, Gruev, Kristian Dimitrov, Zdravko Dimitrov (72. min. - Petkov), Rusev (86. min. - Nikolov), Despodov (63. min. - Minchev), Krastev, Georgiev

Goals: Hakan Çalhanoğlu (18. min. - pen.), Chernev (84. min. - o.g.) (Türkiye)

Yellow Cards: Abdülkerim Bardakcı (20. min.), Arda Güler (40. min.), İsmail Yüksek(89. min.) (Türkiye); Georgiev (64. min.) (Bulgaristan)

2026 FIFA World Cup European Qualifiers Group E Standings

Teams P W D L F A P 1.SPAIN 5 5 0 0 19 0 15 2.TÜRKİYE 5 4 0 1 15 10 12 3.GEORGIA 5 1 0 4 6 13 3 4.BULGARIA 5 0 0 5 1 18 0