ROMANIA
WC98 qualifications
past | country
Europe GROUP 8
Coach : Anghel IORDANESCU
6 participations
FIFA World Ranking (05/1998) : 22th
Selection 1998 of Romania
Goalkeeper:
Bogdan Stelea (Salamanque/Esp), Dan Stingaciu (Kokaelyspor/Tur), Florin Prunea (Dinamo Bucarest)
Defenders:
Anton Dobos (AEK Athènes/Grè), Tibor Selymes (Anderlecht/Bel), Cristian Dulca (Rapid Bucarest), Liviu Ciubotariu (Dinamo Bucarest), Dan Petrescu (Chelsea/Ang), Iulian Filipescu (Galatasaray/Tur), Gheorghe Popescu (Galatasaray/Tur)
Midfielders:
Dorinel Munteanu (FC Cologne/All), Costel Galca (Espanyol Barcelone/Esp), Gheorghe Hagi (Galatasaray/Tur), Gabriel Popescu (Salamanque/Esp), Ovidiu Stinga (PSV Eindhoven/P-B), Ilie Dumitrescu (Atlante/Mex), Lucian Marinescu (Rapid Bucarest)
Forwards:
Adrian Ilie (Valence/Esp), Viorel Moldovan (Coventry/Ang), Radu Niculescu (FC National), Marius Lacatus (Steaua Bucarest), Gheorghe Craioveanu (Real Sociedad/Esp)
To resume the preliminary competition
  • Composition of Group 8:
    Icelande, Irish Rep., Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia.
  • Matches played in group 8
    ROMANIA 3-0
    4-0
    3-0
    8-0
    1-0
    1-0
    4-2
    8-1
    4-0
    1-1
    Lithuania
    Icelande
    Macedonia
    Liechtenstein
    Lithuanie
    Irish Rep.
    Macedonia
    Liechtenstein
    Icelande
    Irish Rep.
    Final Table in group 8
    Pos P W D L Goals Pts
    1 10 9 1 0 37:4 28
  • Team of the Eliminatories France98.
    Best players:
    Hagi, Popescu, Muntenanu, Vladoiu, Prodan.
    Typical team:
    Stelea - Petrescu, Dobos, Prodan, Selymes - Gilca, Gh. Popescu, Hagi, Munteanu - Moldovan, Vladoiu.
     CIUBOTARIU Liviu
     CONSTANTINOVICI Florin
     CRAIOVEANU Gheorge
     CURT Tiberiu
     DANCIULESCU Ionel
     DOBOS Anton
     DUMITRESCU Ilie
     FILIPESCU Iulian
     GALCA Constantin
     GHERASIM Daniel
     HAGI Gheorghe
     ILIE Adrian
     ION Viorel
     LUPESCU Ioan Angelo
     MOLDOVAN Viorel
     MUNTEANU Dorinel
     PANDURU Nica
     PAPURA Corneliu
     PETRESCU Dan
     POPESCU Gheorghe
     PRODAN Daniel
     PRUNEA Florin
     SELYMES Tibor
     STELEA Bogdan
     STINGA Ovidiu
     STINGACIU Dumitru
     VALENTIN Stefan
     VLADOIU Ion


    Grading in the previous cups
    1994 Quarter 6th
    1990 8th final 12th
    1970 8th final 10th
    1938 8th final 9th
    1934 8th final 12th
    1930 Quarter 7th


    To resume the previous cups
    1994 1st round Romania Peru 3-1
    1994 1st round Switzerland Romania 4-1
    1994 1st round Romania Unites States 1-1
    1994 8th final Romania Argentina 3-2
    1994 Quarter Sweden Romania 2-2
    (p.kicks)
    1990 1st round Romania USSR 2-0
    1990 1st round Cameroon Romania 2-1
    1990 1st round Argentina Romania 1-1
    1990 8th final Irish Rep. Romania 0-0
    (p.kicks)
    1970 8th final England Romania 1-0
    1970 8th final Romania Tchecoslovakia 2-1
    1970 8th final Brasil Romania 3-2
    1938 8th final Cuba Romania 3-3
    1938 8th final Cuba Romania 2-1
    1934 8th final Romania Tchecoslovakia 2-1
    1930 8th final Romania Peru 3-1
    1930 8th final Uruguay Romania 4-0

  • ROMANIA
    Country caracteristics:
    23.240.000 inhabitants,
    237 500 km²
    City:
    Bucarest
    System of government :
    Republic
    Time difference :
    1 hour with Paris
    Colors:
    yellow t-shirt, blue short, yellow socks
    Federation:
    Federatia Romana de Fotbal created in 1909
    Principals clubs:
    Steaua Bucarest, Dinamo Bucarest, Universitatea Craiova.
    Principals stadiums:
    National (Bucarest, 70.000), Politehnica (Timisoara, 40.000), Central (Craiova, 30.000), Steaua (Bucarest, 30.000).


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