Turkey at the UEFA European Football Championship

Turkey participated at three UEFA European Championships so far (as of 2014); 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

Turkey squad – UEFA Euro 1996

1 Adnan 2 Recep 3 Alpay 4 Vedat 5 Tugay 6 Ertuğrul 7 Hami 8 Ogün 9 Hakan Şükür 10 Oğuz 11 Orhan 12 Faruk 13 Rahim 14 Saffet 15 Tayfun 16 Sergen 17 Abdullah 18 Arif 19 Tolunay 20 Bülent 21 Şanver 22 Rüştü Coach: Terim

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

Turkey squad – UEFA Euro 2000

1 Rüştü 2 Tayfur 3 Ogün 4 Fatih 5 Alpay 6 Arif 7 Okan 8 Tugay 9 Hakan Şükür 10 Sergen 11 Tayfun 12 Ömer 13 Osman 14 Suat 15 İzzet 16 Ergün 17 Oktay 18 Ayhan 19 Abdullah 20 Hakan Ünsal 21 Fevzi 22 Ümit Davala Coach: Denizli

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 6 Mehmet Topal 7 Mehmet Aurélio 8 Nihat 9 Semih 10 Gökdeniz 11 Tümer 12 Tolga Zengin 13 E. Güngör 14 Arda 15 E. Aşık 16 U. Boral 17 Tuncay 18 C. Kâzım 19 Ayhan 20 Sabri 21 Erdinç 22 Hamit 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

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Spain	Advance to knockout phase
2	Czech Republic	Advance to knockout phase
3	Turkey	Possible knockout phase
4	Croatia

First match(es) will be played on 12 June 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Turkey v Croatia

12 June 2016
15:00

Turkey	Match 5	Croatia

Parc des Princes, Paris

Spain v Turkey

17 June 2016
21:00

Spain	Match 21	Turkey

Allianz Riviera, Nice

Czech Republic v Turkey

21 June 2016
21:00

Czech Republic	Match 31	Turkey

Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

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	To Be Determined
Total	Semi-Finals	3/14	12	3	2	7	11	18

*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.

Turkey national football team

General	Turkish Football Federation Managers Captains Results

Players	Most capped footballers Other categories

World Cup record	Summary 1954 2002

European Championship record	Summary 1996 2000 2008

Confederations Cup record	2003

Other tournaments	Summer Olympics

Teams	Turkey A Turkey B U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 U-15 U-14 Women's Women's U-21 Women's U-19 Women's U-17 Futsal Beach

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