Türkiye National Team defeated Romania 1-0 in the semi-finals of 2026 FIFA World Cup European qualifiers play-off round and reached to the final. The match was played at Beşiktaş Park in Istanbul, Türkiye.

Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak, Turkish Football Federation President İbrahim Ethem Hacıosmanoğlu, Romanian Football Federation (FRF) President Răzvan Burleanu and board members of both federations followed the match from the stands as well as FIFA Chief Member Associations Officer and Member Associations Europe Director Elkhan Mammadov, FIFA Qualifiers and International Matches Manager Yoan Boscardin and FIFA Match Delegate Emil Ubias.

Türkiye National Team will face Kosovo in the play-off final on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.

Stadium: Beşiktaş Park

Referees: François Letexier, Cyril Mugnier, Mehdi Rahmouni (France)

Türkiye: Uğurcan Çakır, Mert Müldür, Samet Akaydın, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, İsmail Yüksek, Hakan Çalhanoğlu (90. min. - İrfan Can Kahveci), Barış Alper Yılmaz (78. min. - Orkun Kökçü), Arda Güler (90. min. - Ozan Kabak), Kenan Yıldız, Kerem Aktürkoğlu

Romania: Radu, Ratiu, Draguşin, Burca, Bancu, Marin (66. min. - Tanase), Hagi (71. min. - Stanciu), Dragomir, Man, Mihaila (88. min. - Baiaram), Birligea (88. min. - Miculescu)

Goal: Ferdi Kadıoğlu (53. min.) (Türkiye)

Yellow Cards: Dragomir (18. min.) (Romania); İrfan Can Kahveci and Kerem Aktürkoğlu (90+2. min.) (Türkiye)