Historical record of the Czech Republic with Turkey: matches, results, scores

The third opponent of our representatives at the European Football Championship in Germany will be Turkey. The Czech Republic will move to Hamburg for the second and third duels in the group, where they will taste the Volksparkstadion. We have a long record of mutual matches with Turkey, which started back in 1994. We will now discuss it in detail in the article.

CZE vs. TUR – Score, balance sheet
Results of all matches – Highest win
The highest loss

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Mutual matches between the Czech Republic and Turkey in football – Czech Republic vs. Turkey

After Portugal and Georgia, we have another strong opponent in the form of Turkey in the group stage of the European Championship. The Czech footballers will face the Turks on June 26 in Hamburg. The fight at the Volksparkstadion will already be the twelfth match between these two national teams.

We faced the Turkish national team twice at the Euros, we played two matches with them as part of the qualification for the European Championship, and we met Turkey seven times in friendly matches.

Thus, it is one of our most frequent rivals. The balance of mutual matches is balanced. Turkey enjoyed victory in five duels, the Czech Republic dominated five matches and only one match ended in a draw.

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Football Czech Republic vs. Turkey: balance sheet, H2H and statistics

Our era of mutual matches with Turkey started in the 90s. In 1994, we beat the opponent for the first time in a friendly match (4:1). In 1996, we beat Soka again in a preparatory duel (3:0).

It must be added that the same year we took a great second place at the EC in England. In 2003, the third out-of-competition race followed, which brought ours the highest ever win against Turkey (4:0).

In 2006, we drew 2:2 in another friendly. Two years later, the Czech Republic lost to Turkey in the European Championship group stage, which ultimately meant the end of the tournament for us.

In 2010-13, we played two more friendly matches against the Turkish team, in which both teams scored one win each. The same situation was repeated in the qualification group for the European Championship 2016, where we first won 2:1 on the soil of Turkey and then lost 0:2 at home in the return match.

After the successfully managed qualification, we got Turkey into the European Championship 2016 group, unfortunately we lost 0:2 to our opponent at the big tournament and again we didn’t even get to the round of 16. The very last match between each other took place in November 2022, when Turkey won over the Czech Republic in a friendly match 2:1.

The results of the match between the Czech Republic and Turkey

As we wrote at the beginning, the Czech Republic has played a total of eleven matches with Turkey since 1994. We will now focus on individual duels in the table below, where the seasons, competitions and results of these matches are listed.

Czech Republic vs Turkey matches: results and goal scorers

Czech representatives they started the balance of mutual matches with Turkey excellently. In February 1994, they beat their opponent 4:1 in a friendly match. In Istanbul, especially the gunner Horst Siegl gave a great individual performance, who contributed to the final victory with two goals.

• 23.02. 1994: Turkey vs. Czech Republic 1:4 (7. Saglam – 12. Novotný, 19. Látal, 58. and 65. Siegl)

Two years later, our footballers welcomed the Turkish team in Ostrava. Later silver medalists from the EC in England they showed a dominant performance and clearly won 3:0 in front of the home fans.

• 26.03. 1996: Czech Republic vs. Turkey 3:0 (14. Suchopárek, 59. z pen. and 90. Kuka)

The third friendly international match took place in 2003 in Teplice. The strong Czech team did not give the opponent a chance at all and scored four goals the highest victory in history against Turkey. All goals were scored by our representatives in the first half.

• 30.04. 2003: Czech Republic vs. Turkey 4:0 (2. Rosicky, 21. Koller, 27. Šmicer, 38. Baroš)

In the fourth preparatory duel in a row, Turkey achieved a good result for the first time. It must be added that with a large amount of luck, because at least the division of points was secured in the last five minutes of the match played in Istanbul.

• 01.03. 2006: Turkey vs. Czech Republic 2:2 (89. and 90+3. Karan – 21. Poborský, 63. Štajner)

The Czech Republic does not have good memories of the European Championship 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. Our footballers had a great start to the tournament and beat Switzerland 1:0 in the first match, but then lost 1:3 to Portugal.

The Czechs played the decisive duel with the Turks. Karel Brückner’s men got off to an excellent start and were leading 2-0 in the 62nd minute, but after came an incomprehensible collapse and the opponent turned the game around with three goals within fifteen minutes, ending our time in the tournament.

• 15.06. 2008 Turkey vs. Czech Republic 3:2 (75. Turan, 87. and 89. Kahveci – 34. Koller, 62. Plašil)

In the fifth friendly match, the Czech Republic and Turkey met in May 2010. Spectators in the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig witnessed narrow victory for Turkey.

• 05/22/2010: Turkey vs. Czech Republic 2:1 (31. Turan, 48. Kahveci – 81. Černý)

The sixth warm-up match between these two teams turned out better for our team, which took home a two-goal win from Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium in Turkey in February 2013.

• 06/02/2013: Turkey vs. Czech Republic 0:2 (4. Krejčí, 28. Lafata)

The subsequent double match was part of the qualification for European Championship 2016. In the first match, the Czech representatives were effective in the end and won all three points on hot Turkish soil. The second duel in Prague was not so successful from our side and the opponent deservedly won.

In the end, the entire qualification turned out extremely well for us, as we finished Group A with a total of 22 points and we advanced from first place to the European Championships in France.

• 10/10/2014: Turkey vs. Czech Republic 1:2 (8. Bulut – 15. Sivok, 58. Dočkal)
• 10/10/2015: Czech Republic vs. Turkey 0:2 (62. from pen. Inan, 79. Calhanoglu)

The Czech team was awarded the draw of Turkey in the European Championship group in France. Other opponents of Pavel Vrba’s wards were the Croats and the Spaniards.

In the company of strong teams, the Czechs could not win even once and they finished the tournament in last place with a single point. We only met Turkey at the end of the group stage and lost 0:2 at Stade Bollaert-Delelis.

• 21/06/2016: Czech Republic vs. Turkey 0:2 (10. Yilmaz, 65. Tufan)

So far the last match between them we played Turkey in November 2022 in Gaziantep. In the preparatory duel, the Czech players gave a lackluster performance without much effort, which led to a 1:2 defeat.

19/11/2022: Turkey vs. Czech Republic 2:1 (31. Unal, 70. Calhanoglu – 56. Černý)

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The Czech Republic’s highest win against Turkey – a friendly international match from the 2002/03 season

He is behind the highest victory over Turkey in history strong selection from the 2002/03 season. We do not need to introduce names like Petr Čech, Karel Poborský, Tomáš Rosický, Vladimír Šmicer or Jan Koller.

In addition, coach Karel Brückner was at the helm of the Czech national team, who is currently still one of the most successful coaches of our national team. The now 84-year-old coach took the team to three major tournaments in a row (ME 2004, WC 2006 and ME 2008).

The Czechs set a record against Turkey in a friendly match on April 20, 2003 in Teplice. The decision was made after 27 minutes, when our footballers were already leading 3:0. Rosicky opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Koller followed it up in the 21st minute and Šmicer added the third goal six minutes later. Baroš ended the opponent’s demolition in the 38th minute. The final score of 4-0 remains our greatest triumph to this day over the Turkish selection.

A year later, Karel Brückner’s men presented themselves at the EC in Portugal, where they sensationally reached the semi-finals, in which they unfortunately lost to the future winner of the entire tournament – Greece.

Czech Republic’s highest wins over Turkey

1. Czech Republic – Turkey 4:0 (Friendly international match, season 2002/03)
2. Czech Republic – Turkey 4:1 (Friendly international match, season 1993/94)
3. Czech Republic – Turkey 3:0 (Friendly international match, season 1995/96)

The highest loss of the Czech Republic against Turkey – qualification for the European Championship 2016 and European Championship 2016 in France

Our highest defeats against Turkey are not shameful. We are up against an opponent they have lost by two goals twice in history and very shortly after each other. The first match took place as part of the qualification for the European Championship in France. The Czechs first won in Turkey narrowly 2:1, but lost 0:2 at home against the same team. Inan and Calhanoglu prevailed in the duel. However, we finished the qualification in first place and won seven matches out of ten.

We played the next match with Turkey eight months later at the EC in France. Although the Czech team had more scoring opportunities in the match, the opponent showed more efficiency in the final phase and won again by two goals after goals from Yilmaz and Tufan.

In conclusion, we must mention match between Turkey and the Czech Republic at the Euro 2008. We lost by a narrow goal there. But considering that it was the decisive third match in the group, in which we also led by two goals fifteen minutes before the end, the final loss is probably the most annoying in the history of the matches against Turkey.

Turkey’s highest wins over the Czech Republic

1. Turkey – Czech Republic 2:0 (qualification for European Championship 2016)
2. Turkey – Czech Republic 2:0 (ME 2016, group stage)
3. Turkey – Czech Republic 3:2 (ME 2008, group stage)

1️⃣ When are the Czech Republic and Turkey playing at the European Football Championship?

On June 26, the Czech Republic will play the twelfth match against Turkey at the EC in Germany. You can find an overview of all matches so far here.

2️⃣ Who is more successful in the Czech vs. Turkey?

The balance of mutual matches is balanced. The Czechs scored five victories, the Turks also won five duels. The only match after that ended in a draw. Complete balance sheet here.

3️⃣ What is the Czech Republic’s highest win over Turkey?

The Czech national team achieved the highest win in history against Turkey on April 20, 2003 in Teplice. The Czechs won the friendly match 4:0. You can read more information about the mentioned match here.