Türkiye vs Portugal facts

Portugal will look to maintain their perfect UEFA European Championship record against Türkiye at the BVB Stadion Dortmund, the venue for the sides' Matchday 2 meeting in UEFA EURO 2024 Group F.

Both teams kicked off the tournament with victories on 18 June. Türkiye were 3-1 winners against debutants Georgia at the BVB Stadion Dortmund thanks to second-half goals from Arda Güler (65) and substitute Kerem Aktürkoğlu (90+7) after Mert Müldür's 25th-minute opener had been cancelled out before half-time; Portugal came from behind to beat Czechia 2-1 at the Leipzig Stadium, Francisco Conceição coming off the bench to score a 92nd-minute winner with his first international goal.

Previous meetings

Matches 9
Türkiye wins 2
Portugal wins 7
Draws 0
Türkiye goals 9
Portugal wins 19

The last two games between the teams have ended 3-1, Portugal booking their place at the 2022 FIFA World Cup with a 3-1 play-off win at home to Türkiye on 24 March 2022.

Otávio (15) and Diogo Jota (42) put Fernando Santos' Portugal 2-0 up at the Estádio do Dragão, Burak Yılmaz halving the visitors' deficit in the 65th minute to set up a frantic finale that was eventually settled by Portugal substitute Matheus Nunes four minutes into added time.

Türkiye had been 3-1 friendly winners in Lisbon on 2 June 2012, Umut Bulut scoring either side of half-time (35, 52), a Pepe own goal two minutes from time sealing the win after Nani had pulled one back in the 57th minute.

Pepe had scored at the right end on Matchday 1 of EURO 2008, giving Portugal a 61st-minute lead at the Stade de Genève on 7 June 2008. Raúl Meireles wrapped up the win late on (90+3), Portugal's sixth successive victory against Türkiye.

That made it three wins from three for Portugal against Türkiye in European Championship final tournaments. The Selecção were 1-0 winners in the group stage at EURO '96, where Fernando Couto's 66th-minute goal undid a side coached by Fatih Terim, then in his first spell as Türkiye coach.

Portugal repeated the feat four years later in the EURO 2000 quarter-finals, Nuno Gomes getting both goals (44, 56) in a 2-0 win against a Türkiye side reduced to ten men by Alpay Özalan's 30th-minute red card.

Türkiye's only other win against Portugal came in the teams' first fixture, a 3-1 friendly victory in Istanbul in December 1955.

EURO facts

Türkiye

Türkiye are making their sixth EURO appearance and a third in succession.

They have been knocked out in the group stage in their last two appearances but memorably made it to the semi-finals in 2008, when they lost 3-2 to Germany in a thriller.

Türkiye's sole other knockout appearance came in 2000, when they reached the quarter-finals before being eliminated by Portugal (0-2) having made their tournament debut four years earlier.

Şenol Güneş oversaw Türkiye's EURO 2020 campaign, his side finishing bottom of Group A without a point having lost to Italy (0-3), Wales (0-2) and Switzerland (1-3).

Stefan Kuntz took charge for the start of EURO 2024 qualifying, departing on 20 September 2023 with his side second in Group D. Vincenzo Montella was named as his replacement the following day and picked up seven points from his three qualifiers, Türkiye sealing their finals place with a 4-0 victory at home to Latvia on 15 October and securing top spot with a 1-1 closing draw in Wales.

Türkiye finished with 17 points in the section (W5 D2 L1), one above runners-up Croatia.

Türkiye's Matchday 1 game against Georgia also took place at the BVB Stadion Dortmund. That was their second game at the ground, the first a 0-0 friendly draw against Brazil on 5 June 2007.

Portugal

Portugal are making their ninth EURO appearance overall, and an eighth in succession.

Their greatest success came at EURO 2016, when an extra-time winner from substitute Éder earned a 1-0 final win against hosts France in Saint-Denis.

Portugal's defence of their title ended in a 1-0 round of 16 loss to Belgium at EURO 2020. They had finished third in Group F behind France and Germany, winning only one game – 3-0 against Hungary in their opening fixture.

With Roberto Martínez having replaced EURO-winning coach Santos after the 2022 World Cup, Portugal stormed through EURO 2024 qualifying as the only team to win every game, scoring 36 goals and conceding only two as they finished eight points clear at the top of Group J. They qualified with three matches still to play thanks to a 3-2 home win against eventual runners-up Slovakia on 13 October 2023.

Cristiano Ronaldo appeared in his sixth EURO finals on Matchday 1; he holds records for the most goals (14) and appearances (26) at the tournament.

Ronaldo hit five goals at EURO 2020, level with Czechia's Patrik Schick as the tournament's top scorer.

Pepe's appearance against Czechia on Matchday 1 made him, aged 41 years 113 days, the oldest player to feature in a European Championship final tournament.

This is Portugal's first game at the BVB Stadion Dortmund.

Links and trivia

Türkiye midfielder Orkun Kökçü joined Benfica in summer 2023.

Has also played in Portugal:
Merih Demiral (Alcanenense 2016/17, Sporting CP B 2017–18)

Has played in Türkiye:
Pepe (Beşiktaş 2017–18)

Have played together:
Diogo Dalot, Bruno Fernandes & Altay Bayındır (Manchester United 2023–)
António Silva, João Neves & Orkun Kökçü (Benfica 2023–)
Rui Patrício & Zeki Çelik (Roma 2022–)
Cristiano Ronaldo & Merih Demiral (Juventus 2019–21)
Rafael Leão & Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Milan 2019–21)
Diogo Dalot & Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Milan 2020/21)
Pepe & Cenk Tosun (Beşiktaş 2017/18)
João Palhinha, Rafael Leão & Merih Demiral (Sporting CP B 2017/18)
Rui Patrício, Bruno Fernandes, João Palhinha & Merih Demiral (Sporting CP 2017/18)

Hakan Çalhanoğlu scored past Patrício as Bayer Leverkusen beat Sporting CP 3-1 in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League round of 32 second leg.

Patrício's Roma beat Orkun Kökçü's Feyenoord 1-0 in the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League final.

Rúben Dias and Bernardo Silva were in the Manchester City side that overcame Hakan Çalhanoğlu's Inter 1-0 in the 2023 UEFA Champions League final in Istanbul.

Fernandes scored twice past Mert Günok as Manchester United defeated İstanbul Başakşehir 4-1 at Old Trafford in the 2020/21 Champions League group stage.

Fernandes again scored for United and Kerem Aktürkoğlu for Galatasaray as the teams drew 3-3 in Türkiye on Matchday 5 of the 2023/24 Champions League.

Jota hit a hat-trick as Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Beşiktaş 4-0 in the 2019/20 Europa League group stage.

Demiral scored Atalanta's second goal in a 2-3 Champions League group stage loss at Manchester United on 20 October 2021, Ronaldo hitting a late winner as the English side came back from 0-2 down.

Ronaldo scored six Champions League goals against Galatasaray in 2013, including a hat-trick in Real Madrid's 6-1 win in Istanbul on 17 September.