The goal that brought the victory to the National Team was scored by Cenk Tosun (2), Yunus Akgün and Kerem Aktürkoğlu. Following this result, Turkey was guaranteed to participate in the 2024 European Championship to be held in Germany.
Having won the right to participate in the European Football Championship to be held in Germany, the National Football Team will participate in this organization for the 6th time in its history. The nationals participated in the tournament for the first time in 1996 and since then participated in the organizations in 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2020. The qualifying nationals won 3 of these matches. While Latvia won 1 match, there was no equality in 5 matches.
The first excitement occurred in 1996
The national team competed in the European Championship, which was first held in England in 1996, and finished Group D with Portugal, Croatia and Denmark without scoring any points. In the tournament jointly organized by Belgium and the Netherlands in 2000, the Stars and Crescents competed in Group B with the hosts Belgium, Italy and Sweden. The national team finished the group in second place with 4 points and advanced to the quarter-finals. The National Team, which faced Portugal in this round, lost 2-0 and was eliminated.
Reached the semi-finals in 2008
The National Football Team achieved its greatest success so far in the championship organized in partnership with Austria and Switzerland in 2008. The national team finished second in Group A with 6 points, together with hosts Switzerland, Portugal and the Czech Republic, and exited the group. The Crescent-Stars team beat Croatia on penalties in the quarter-finals and advanced to the semi-finals. The national team lost 3-2 to Germany in the semi-finals and bid farewell to the tournament.
Couldn’t get out of the group in 2016 and 2020
At the 2016 European Championship organized in France, the A Nationals faced Croatia, Spain and the Czech Republic in Group D and finished the group in 3rd place with 3 points. Due to the coronavirus outbreak in 2020, the European Championship was played in 2021. In the tournament hosted by 11 countries for the first time, Turkey faced the hosts Italy, Wales and Switzerland in Group A. The National Team finished the group without scoring any points.
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