Turkey at the UEFA European Championship

Turkey participated at four UEFA European Championships so far (as of 2017); the first end stage they qualified for was Euro 1996. Their best European performance to date was reaching the semi-finals in 2008, by winning the quarter-finals against Croatia on penalties.

Euro 1996

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Croatia	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Denmark	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Turkey	3	0	0	3	0	5	–5	0

Turkey v Croatia

11 June 1996 (Group Phase)
19:30

Turkey	0–1	Croatia
	Report	Vlaović 86'

City Ground, Nottingham
Attendance: 22,406
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

Portugal v Turkey

14 June 1996 (Group Phase)
16:30

Portugal	1–0	Turkey
Couto 66'	Report

City Ground, Nottingham
Attendance: 22,670
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

Turkey v Denmark

19 June 1996 (Group Phase)
16:30

Turkey	0–3	Denmark
	Report	B. Laudrup 50', 84' Nielsen 69'

Hillsborough, Sheffield
Attendance: 28,671
Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

Euro 2000

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
Turkey	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Belgium	3	1	0	2	2	5	–3	3
Sweden	3	0	1	2	2	4	–2	1

Turkey v Italy

11 June 2000 (Group Phase)
14:30

Turkey	1–2	Italy
Okan 62'	Report	Conte 52' Inzaghi 70' (pen.)

GelreDome, Arnhem
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Sweden v Turkey

15 June 2000 (Group Phase)
20:45

Sweden	0–0	Turkey
	Report

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 28,560
Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Turkey v Belgium

19 June 2000 (Group Phase)
20:45

Turkey	2–0	Belgium
Hakan Ş. 45', 70'	Report

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)^{[nb 1]}

Turkey v Portugal

24 June 2000 (Quarter-Finals)
18:00

Turkey	0–2	Portugal
	Report	Nuno Gomes 44', 56'

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Euro 2008

Turkey squad – UEFA Euro 2008 semi-finalists
1 Rüştü 2 Servet 3 Hakan 4 Gökhan Zan 5 Emre (c) 6 M. Topal 7 M. Aurélio 8 Nihat 9 Semih 10 Gökdeniz 11 Tümer 12 Tolga 13 E. Güngör 14 Arda 15 E. Aşık 16 U. Boral 17 Tuncay 18 C. Kâzım 19 Ayhan 20 Sabri 21 Erdinç 22 Altıntop 23 Volkan Coach: Terim

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6
Turkey	3	2	1	5	5	0	6
Czech Republic	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3
Switzerland	3	1	2	3	3	0	3

Portugal v Turkey

7 June 2008 (Group Phase)
20:45

Portugal	2–0	Turkey
Pepe 61' Meireles 90+3'	Report

Stade de Genève, Geneva
Attendance: 29,106^[1]
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Switzerland v Turkey

11 June 2008 (Group Phase)
20:45

Switzerland	1–2	Turkey
Yakin 32'	Report	Semih 57' Turan 90+2'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 39,730^[2]
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Turkey v Czech Republic

15 June 2008 (Group Phase)
20:45

Turkey	3–2	Czech Republic
Arda 75' Nihat 87', 89'	Report	Koller 34' Plašil 62'

Stade de Genève, Geneva
Attendance: 29,016^[3]
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Croatia v Turkey

20 June 2008 (Quarter-Finals)
20:45

Croatia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Turkey
Klasnić 119'	Report	Semih 120+2'
	Penalties
Modrić Srna Rakitić Petrić	1–3	Arda Semih Hamit Altıntop

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 51,428
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Germany v Turkey

25 June 2008 (Semi-Finals)
20:45

Germany	3–2	Turkey
Schweinsteiger 26' Klose 79' Lahm 90'	Report	Uğur 22' Semih 86'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 39,374
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Euro 2016

Turkey squad – UEFA Euro 2016
1 V. Babacan 2 Semih 3 H. Balta 4 Ahmet 5 N. Şahin 6 H. Çalhanoğlu 7 G. Gönül 8 Selçuk 9 Cenk 10 Arda (c) 11 Olcay 12 Onur 13 İsmail 14 O. Özyakup 15 M. Topal 16 Ozan 17 B. Yılmaz 18 C. Erkin 19 Y. Mallı 20 V. Şen 21 Em. Mor 22 Şener 23 Harun Coach: Terim

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout phase
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Advance to knockout phase
3	Turkey	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Turkey v Croatia

12 June 2016
15:00

Turkey	0–1	Croatia
	Report	Modrić 41'

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 43,842^[4]
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Spain v Turkey

17 June 2016
21:00

Spain	3–0	Turkey
Morata 34', 48' Nolito 37'	Report

Stade de Nice, Nice
Attendance: 33,409^[5]
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Czech Republic v Turkey

21 June 2016
21:00

Czech Republic	0–2	Turkey
	Report	Yılmaz 10' Tufan 65'

Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens
Attendance: 32,836^[6]
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Overview

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Did Not Qualify
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996	Group Stage	15th	3	0	0	3	0	5
2000	Quarter-Finals	6th	4	1	1	2	3	4
2004	Did Not Qualify
2008	Semi-Finals	3rd	5	2	1*	2	8	9
2012	Did Not Qualify
2016	Group Stage	17th	3	1	0	2	2	4
Total	Semi-Finals	4/15	15	4	2	9	13	22

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Notes

↑ Nielsen suffered an injury shortly before half-time and was replaced by fourth official Benkö.

References

↑ "Full-time report Portugal-Turkey" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 7 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
↑ "Full-time report Switzerland-Turkey" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
↑ "Full-time report Turkey-Czech Republic" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
↑ "Full Time Summary – Turkey v Croatia" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
↑ "Full Time Summary – Spain v Turkey" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
↑ "Full Time Summary – Czech Republic v Turkey" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

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