Turkey defeated Austria 2-0 in their fifth match of EURO 2012 Qualifying Group A. The match was played in Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium and Turkey's goals came from Arda Turan (Min.28) and Gökhan Gönül (Min.77). Volkan Demirel also saved Maierhofer's penalty on 85th minute during the match.

In the day's other match of Group A, Belgium beat Azerbaijan 4-1.

Stadium: Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu
Referees: Pavel Kralovec, Miroslav Zlamal, Martin Wilczek (Czech Republic)
Turkey: Volkan, Gökhan, Servet, Serdar, Hakan, Hamit, Selçuk, Nuri, Arda (Min. 88 Mehmet Topal), Mehmet Ekici (Min. 63 Mehmet Topuz), Burak (Min. 72 Semih)
Austria: Macho, Ekrem Dağ, Dragovic, Pogatetz, Fuchs, Alaba, Baumgartlinger (Min. 46 Hoffer), Scharner, Yasin Pehlivan (Min. 57 Ümit Korkmaz), Harnik (Min. 69 Arnautovic), Maierhofer
Goals: Min. 28 Arda, Min. 77 Gökhan (Turkey)
Yellow Cards: Min. 13 Pogatetz, Min. 73 Fuchs, Min. 90+2 Schaner (Austria), Min. 83 Mehmet Topuz (Turkey)

The qualifying round is made up of nine groups of five or six teams, who contest home and away fixtures. The section winners and runners-up with the best record against the top five in their group progress automatically. The remaining eight second-placed sides contest two-legged play-offs, with the victors joining the hosts to complete the lineup for the final tournament.

EURO 2012 Qualifying Group A Standings:

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.GERMANY	5	5	0	0	17	1	15
2.BELGIUM	6	3	1	2	14	9	10
3.TURKEY	5	3	0	2	8	6	9
4.AUSTRIA	5	2	1	2	9	8	7
5.AZERBAIJAN	4	1	0	3	3	13	3
6.KAZAKHSTAN	5	0	0	5	0	14	0