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The Country | The Road to FRANCE98 | The Team | Honours | Coach
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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