France98 – Romania

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8th Qualifier
Confederation: U.E.F.A. (Europe)

Land area: 237,500 km²
Population: 23,240,000
Capital: Bucharest
Main cities: Craiova, Brasov
System of government: Republic
Head of state: Emil Constantinescu
Currency: Leu
Time difference: 1 hour ahead of Paris

31/08/96 Romania- Lithuania 3 – 0
09/10/96 Iceland – Romania 0 – 4
14/12/96 Macedonia – Romania 0 – 3
29/03/97 Romania – Liechtenstein 8 – 0
02/04/97 Lithuania – Romania 0 – 1
30/04/97 Romania – Ireland 1 – 0
20/08/97 Romania – Macedonia 4 – 2

1st in Group 8

  • 21 points
  • 24 goals scored
  • 2 goals conceded

Goalkeeper: STELEA (age 31 , 40 caps)
Defenders: PETRESCU (age 29, 61 caps) DOBOS (age 30, 15 caps) PRODAN (age 27, 41 caps)

SELYMES (age 28, 39 caps)
Mid-field: GILCA (age 26, 25 caps) POPESCU (age 29, 72 caps) HAGI (age 32, 105 caps)

MUNTEANU (age 29, 55 caps)
Strikers: MOLDOVAN (age 28, 18 caps)
VLADOIU (age 30, 25 caps)

Number of players used during the qualifying rounds: 27

National team colours: yellow, blue and red

FIFA ranking (on 18 July 1997): 12th

  • World Cup: participated 6 times (1930, 1934, 1938, 1970, 1990 and 1994)

1990: Round of sixteen, beaten by Ireland (0-0, lost on penalties);

1994: Quarter finalists, beaten by Sweden (2-2, lost on penalties).

  • European Nations Cup: participated twice (1984 and 1996)

Anghel IORDANESCU
was a star player and later the coach at Steaua Bucharest before taking over at the head of the national team in June 1993. Since then he has led Romania to the 1994 World Cup finals and qualified his team for Euro 96.

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