The fact that the UEFA European Championship, like the FIFA World Cup, comes to a conclusion once every four years is part of the reason for the huge interest in tickets to see the finales of international football’s showpiece events.
As these tournaments appear on the horizon, a mad rush is made by millions of football fans, desperate to get tickets to see the action live and in person, and this can cause quite a deal of disappointment to those who are unsuccessful in those endeavours.
Many will look to get hold of tickets via either FIFA or UEFA’s ticketing portals, but the sheer level of interest makes this route almost pointless. Each governing body sets about releasing tickets in specific tranches, with fans signing up and applying accordingly, and a big flaw in this system comes from the fact that the initial draw is done ‘blind.’
By this, we mean that supporters are applying for tickets knowing the dates and locations of these group matches and knockout phase games but not the identities of the two teams playing.
UEFA and FIFA do this because they know that fans will apply in their millions regardless, and that way, they help to fill stadiums for, let’s say, the less-than-enthralling clashes that might take place.
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Turkey vs Slovenia UEFA Euros Tournament Record
Turkey have something of an up-and-down record when it comes to their involvement in the UEFA European Championship finals. After failing in their first nine attempts to make it to the finals, Ay-Yıldızlılar finally made it by qualifying for Euro 1996 in England.
There, they lost all three of their group games and failed to score a single goal. Four years later, they did far better.
At Euro 2020, the Turks started with a narrow loss to Italy before drawing with Sweden and then defeating Belgium to finish second in their group. In the Quarter-Finals, they took on Portugal, where Nuno Gomes scored twice in Amsterdam to complete a 2-0 victory.
Eight years later, at Euro 2008, Fatih Terim’s side went one better. Turkey eased through their group thanks to wins over Switzerland and the Czech Republic and then defeated Croatia in the Quarter-Finals after penalties.
That set up a mouthwatering Semi-Final against Germany in Basel. A five-goal thriller was settled by a late goal from Philipp Lahm, with the Germans then going on to lose the final to Spain.
In more recent tournaments, Turkey have not been as effective, being knocked out at both Euro 2016 and Euro 2020 at the group stage.
Slovenia’s record at the UEFA European Championship finals currently covers just one appearance.
This came at Euro 2000, where Slovenia managed to secure two draws from their three games, those coming against the Former Republic of Yugoslavia and Norway, these stalemates sandwiching a 2-1 loss to Spain.
Turkey vs Slovenia Head-to-Head
At the time of writing, Turkey and Slovenia had only met on one previous occasion, and that was in an international friendly in June 2016. That game saw prolific forward Burak Yilmaz score the only goal of the game in Ljubljana.
