Turkiye Vs Bulgaria Live Score, FIFA World Cup 2026 European Qualifiers: The Crescent-Stars are in contention for a World Cup berth. Photo: File/AP
Welcome to the live coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2026 European Qualifiers, Group E Matchday 9 clash between Turkiye and Bulgaria at the Bursa Ataturk Stadium in Bursa, Turkey on Saturday, November 15, 2025. The hosts are second (9 points) and Bulgaria (0 points) at the bottom in the group, which means only the Crescent-Stars are still in contention for a World Cup berth. Vincenzo Montella’s men are three points behind group leaders Spain and a win tonight would keep them in the running for the top spot. The Tricolours, on the other hand, are playing for pride. Follow the live football scores and updates from the TUR vs BUL qualifying match right here.
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Turkiye vs Bulgaria LIVE Score: 30′ TUR 1-0 BUL
Half an hour of football played at Bursa, and the home side are completely dominating proceedings. 77% of the ball posession, six shots (two on target) – Bulgaria have barely had a kick of the ball. Calhanoglu has been given way too much space in the middle of the park to dictate things.
Turkiye vs Bulgaria LIVE Score: GOAL! | 18′ TUR 1-0 BUL
A handball in the box from Petrov gives a lifeline to Turkiye, who are awarded a penalty by the referee. Captain Calhanoglu steps up to take it, and he fires it into the back of the net, giving Mitov no chance.
Turkiye vs Bulgaria LIVE Score: 12′ TUR 0-0 BUL
Another foray into the Bulgarian box from the hosts. This time, it’s Akturkoglu who receives the ball from Yildiz and has an effort on goal, but it goes just wide of the right post.
Turkiye vs Bulgaria LIVE Score: 5′ TUR 0-0 BUL
The first shot of the match, and it falls to Turkiye. Calhanoglu floats a ball into the box from the corner flag. Bardakci outjumps his marker and heads it goalwards, but it flies just wide of the post.
Turkiye vs Bulgaria LIVE Score: Kickoff! | TUR 0-0 BUL
Referee Benoit Bastien blows the whistle, and the match kicks off in Tbilisi. Georgia are still mathematically in the qualification race, but they need to beat the European champions tonight to keep their hopes alive. Can they do that? Stay tuned!
Turkiye vs Bulgaria LIVE Score: Head-To-Head
Matches played: 24
Turkiye wins: 8
Bulgaria Wins: 10
Draws: 6
Bulgaria 1-6 Turkiye (2025)
Turkiye 4-0 Bulgaria (2015)
Bulgaria 0-2 Turkiye (2012)
Bulgaria 3-1 Turkiye (2005)
Turkiye 3-2 Bulgaria (1992)
Turkiye vs Bulgaria LIVE Score: Bulgaria Starting XI
Starting XI: Dimitar Mitov; Martin Georgiev, Kristian Dimitrov, Atanas Chernev, Hristiyan Petrov; Filip Krastev, Ilia Gruev, Andrian Kraev; Zdravko Dimitrov, Kiril Despodov (c), Georgi Rusev.
Bench: Aleks Bozhev (gk), Dimitar Evtimov (gk), Viktor Popov, Rosen Bozhinov, Stefan Velkov, Marin Petkov, Ivajlo Chocev, Ivan Yordanov, Kristiyan Stoyanov, Stanislav Shopov, Vladimir Nikolov, Martin Minchev.
Turkiye vs Bulgaria LIVE Score: Turkiye Starting XI
Starting XI: Ugurcan Cakir; Zeki Celik, Merih Demiral, Abdulkerim Bardakci, Ferdi Kadioglu; Hakan Calhanoglu (c), Ismail Yuksek; Oguz Aydin, Arda Guler, Kenan Yildiz; Kerem Akturkoglu.
Bench: Mert Gunok (gk), Altay Bayindir (gk), Caglar Soyuncu, Samet Akaydin, Kaan Ayhan, Mert Muldur, Salih Ozcan, Okun Kokcu, Baris Alper Yilmaz, Atakan Karazor, Yusuf Sari, Deniz Gul.
Turkiye vs Bulgaria LIVE Score: Start Time, Streaming
The match kicks off at 10:30pm IST. The Turkiye vs Bulgaria, FIFA World Cup 2026 European Qualifiers Group E game will be live streamed on the Sony LIV app and website in India. It will be telecast on the Sony Sports 1 SD and HD TV channels in the country.