Turkey's European Championships Record

Turkey qualified for Euro 2008 as runners-up in group C to current champions Greece, with 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats, a group that also contained teams such as Norway and Hungary. The furthest Turkey have ever reached was the quarterfinals in Euro 2000 when they lost 2-0 to Portugal. This time around they will struggle to make it out of the group stages as they are in a difficult group A, which will see them play: Czech Republic, Euro 2004 finalists Portugal and current champions Greece.

In the 1970s Turkey held their own in European Championship qualifiers, but each time were a point short of qualifying for both Euro 1972 and Euro 1976. The Turkish qualified for Euro 96 hosted in England, beating both Switzerland and Sweden 2-1 in qualification, but at the tournament they lost all their matches without scoring a single goal.

Turkey reached Euro 2000 after winning a play-off against the Republic of Ireland and went on to win one, draw one and lose one in their group. They lost their opening match to Italy (2-1), drew against Sweden 0-0, and beat host nation Belgium 2-0 in their final group game, Turkey played Portugal in the quarter-finals but lost 2-0. Turkey didn't make Euro 2004 after coming second in their qualifying group and going on to lose to Latvia in a two legged playoff.

Turkey's Euro 2008 Fixtures:

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