World Cup 2006 Qualifiers : Turkey beats Albania 1-0 to qualify for next round
Oct. 12, 2005 (AMP) — Germany 2006 (European Qualifiers) : Turkey defeated Albania by a score of 1-0 (halftime: 0-0), in a World Cup qualifying game on Wednesday. Turkey advance to the next round of the ongoing FIFA World Cup. Albania is eliminated.
Fixtures and Results : Group 2
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Overview
Albania at the World Cup
- Never qualified
- 9 participations in the qualifications (first in 1966)
Turkey at the World Cup
- 2 appearances (first in 1954)
- 14 participations in the qualifications (first in 1950)
- Statistics: Third Place (2002)

Albania

0:1

Turkey
0:1 (0:0)
- 12 October 2005
Group 2
Team | Pts |
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![]() | 25 |
![]() | 23 |
![]() | 22 |
![]() | 21 |
![]() | 13 |
![]() | 10 |
![]() | 1 |
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