A National Football Team will face Portugal for the 9th time with the play-off round semi-final match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup European Qualifications to be played tomorrow.
A National Football Team will face Portugal for the 9th time with the play-off round semi-final match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup European Qualifications to be played tomorrow.
Turkey won 2 of the 8 matches between the national teams of the two countries, while Portugal won 6 of them. In the remaining 8 matches, 5 official and 3 private, Turkey scored 8 goals and Portugal scored 16 goals.
Turkey achieved two victories against its opponent with 3-1 results in the first and last match it played.
Turkey and Portugal faced each other for the first time on 18 December 1955 in a special match at the Istanbul İnönü Stadium.
Turkey – Portugal: First match in 1955
The moon-star team won this match 3-1. The goals of the national team came from Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Metin Oktay and Nazmi Bilge.
The crescent-star team won their last match against Portugal. Turkey won the special match played on June 2, 2012 in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, 3-1.
While the goals of the national team came from Umut Bulut (2) and Pepe (own goal), Nani scored Portugal’s only goal.
In this match, goalkeeper Volkan Demirel did not allow Cristiano Ronaldo to score a penalty.
With this win, Turkey also finished the streak of 6-match defeat and 4-game inability to score against its opponent.
