Overview of Turkey at the UEFA European Championship
Turkey have participated at five UEFA European Championships so far; the first finals they qualified for was Euro 1996 . Their best European performance to date was reaching the semi-finals in 2008 , after winning their quarter-final match against Croatia on penalties .
Euro 1996 [ ]
Main article: UEFA Euro 1996
Group stage [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Portugal
3
2
1
0
5
1
+4
7
Advance to knockout stage
2
Croatia
3
2
0
1
4
3
+1
6
3
Denmark
3
1
1
1
4
4
0
4
4
Turkey
3
0
0
3
0
5
−5
0
Source:
UEFA Rules for classification:
Group stage tiebreakers
Euro 2000 [ ]
Main article: UEFA Euro 2000
Group stage [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Italy
3
3
0
0
6
2
+4
9
Advance to knockout stage
2
Turkey
3
1
1
1
3
2
+1
4
3
Belgium (H)
3
1
0
2
2
5
−3
3
4
Sweden
3
0
1
2
2
4
−2
1
Source:
UEFA Rules for classification:
Group stage tiebreakers (H) Host
Knockout stage [ ]
Quarter-finals
Euro 2008 [ ]
Main article: UEFA Euro 2008
Group stage [ ]
Source:
UEFA Rules for classification:
Group stage tiebreakers (H) Host
Notes:
^ a b Head-to-head result: Portugal 2–0 Turkey.
^ a b Head-to-head result: Switzerland 0–1 Czech Republic.
Knockout phase [ ]
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Euro 2016 [ ]
Main article: UEFA Euro 2016
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
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
Ranking of third-placed teams
Source:
UEFA Rules for classification: 1) Higher number of points obtained; 2) Superior goal difference; 3) Higher number of goals scored; 4) Fair play conduct; 5) Position in the
UEFA national team coefficient ranking system.
Euro 2020 [ ]
Group stage [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Italy (H)
3
3
0
0
7
0
+7
9
Advance to knockout phase
2
Wales
3
1
1
1
3
2
+1
4[a]
3
Switzerland
3
1
1
1
4
5
−1
4[a]
4
Turkey
3
0
0
3
1
8
−7
0
Source:
UEFA Rules for classification:
Group stage tiebreakers (H) Host
Notes:
^ a b Tied on head-to-head result (Wales 1–1 Switzerland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
Overall record [ ]
UEFA European Championship record
Year
Round
Position
*
1960
Did not qualify
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
Group stage
16th
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
2020
24th
3
0
0
3
1
8
2024
To be determined
Total
Semi-finals
5/16
18
4
2
12
14
30
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out .
Notes [ ]
^ Nielsen suffered an injury in the 39th minute and was replaced by fourth official Günter Benkö (Austria ).
References [ ]
General
Turkish Football Federation
Managers
Results
Players World Cup record European Championship record Confederations Cup record Other tournaments Rivalries Teams
Countries at the UEFA European Championship
1 Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s).