Turkey, coached by Abdullah Avcı, was defeated by Romania 1-0 at their home in their third match of FIFA 2014 World Cup European Qualifiers Group D. The match was played in Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, İstanbul, Turkey and the only goal of the came from Gheorghe Teodor Grozav on 45th minute. Besides, the game was officated by Howar d Webb from England Football Federat,on.

In the day's other games of the group, Netherlands beat Andorra 3-0 while, Hungary defeated Estonia 1-0 at away.

Turkey will face Hungary in their fourth match of the group on 16 October 2012 Tuesday at Budapest, Hungary.

Stadium: Fenebahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu
Referees: Howard Melton Webb, Michael Mullarkey, Darren Cann (England)
Turkey: Volkan Demirel, Gökhan Gönül, Semih Kaya, Ömer Toprak, Hasan Ali Kaldırım, Hamit Altıntop (Min. 61 Mevlüt Erdinç), Mehmet Topal, Emre Belözoğlu (Min. 80 Nuri Şahin), Sercan Sararer (Min. 68 Emre Çolak), Arda Turan, Umut Bulut
Romania: Tatarusanu, Tamas, Chiriches, Goian, Ras-Dinca, To rje, Pintilii, Bourceanu, Stancu (Min. 82 Mutu), Grozav (Min. 50 Cocis), Marica (Min. 79 Chipciu)
Goal: Min. 45+1 Grozav (Romania)
Yellow Card: Min. 49 Goian (Romania)

FIFA 2014 World Cup European Qualification Group D Results:

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.NETHERLANDS	3	3	0	0	9	1	9
2.ROMANIA	3	3	0	0	7	0	9
3.HUNGARY	3	2	0	1	7	4	6
4.TURKEY	3	1	0	2	3	3	3
5.ESTONIA	3	0	0	3	0	6	0
6.ANDORRA	3	0	0	3	0	12	0