Türkiye will provide familiar opposition for Cymru on Friday night (6 September) when the new UEFA Nations League campaign begins as the two nations were also paired together in qualifying for EURO 2024.
It would prove to be a successful campaign for Türkiye as they qualified for the finals in Germany and reached the quarter-final stage of the competition before being eliminated by the Netherlands in Berlin.
During the qualifying campaign, Türkiye claimed a 2-0 win over Cymru in Samsun before the two teams played out a 1-1 draw in Cardiff with Neco Williams scoring the opening goal before Yusuf Yazıcı equalised from the penalty spot.
Cymru have the historical advantage over Türkiye having won four and drawn two of their nine previous meetings. The most recent Cymru victory proved to be a crucial one as goals from Aaron Ramsey and Connor Roberts sealed a 2-0 at the EURO group stage in June 2021 to ensure the side would progress to the Round of 16.
The first meeting between Cymru and Türkiye took place in Wrexham back in November 1978 when Nick Deacy scored the only goal of the game to claim a 1-0 victory for Mike Smith’s side, while one of the most memorable fixtures took place in August 1997 when Türkiye won a World Cup qualifier 6-4 in Istanbul.
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