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'1997 |
| 29.03.1997 |
Romania |
Liechtenstein |
8 - 0 (3-0) |
q. WC 1998 |
| 02.04.1997 |
Lithuania |
Romania |
0 - 1 (0-0) |
q. WC 1998 |
| 30.04.1997 |
Romania |
Ireland |
1 - 0 (1-0) |
q. WC 1998 |
| 20.08.1997 |
Romania |
Macedonia |
4 - 2 (2-0) |
q. WC 1998 |
| 06.09.1997 |
Liechtenstein |
Romania |
1 - 8 (0-6) |
q. WC 1998 |
| 10.09.1997 |
Romania |
Iceland |
4 - 0 (2-0) |
q. WC 1998 |
| 11.10.1997 |
Ireland |
Romania |
1 - 1 (0-0) |
q. WC 1998 |
| 19.11.1997 |
Spain |
Romania |
1 - 1 (0-0) |
friendly |
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'Qualification for FIFA World Cup 1998 - Group 8 (UEFA) (463) |
| Date: |
29 March 1997 |
| Kick-off: |
18:00 |
| Stadium: |
"Steaua" |
| City: |
București |
| Referee: |
Romans Lajuks (Latvia) |
| Assistants: |
Aldis Berzins, Adolf Supe (Latvia) |
| Fourth official: |
Sergejs Braga (Latvia) |
| Attendance: |
8.000 |
| |
R O M A N I A |
8 - 0
(45' 3-0) |
LIECHTENSTEIN |
|
| Anghel Iordănescu |
( 1-4-4-2 ) |
(1-5-4-1) |
Alfred Reidl |
| Dumitru Stângaciu * |
 60' |
- |
Martin Heeb |
| Dan Petrescu |
 69' |
- |
Martin Stocklasa |
| Daniel Prodan |
- |
- |
Patrick Hefti |
| Anton Doboș |
- |
- |
Thomas Hanselmann |
| Tibor Selymes |
- |
- |
Harry Zech |
| Constantin Gâlcă |
- |
- |
Daniel Hasler (C) |
| Gheorghe Popescu |
- |
- |
Daniel Telser |
| Adrian Ilie |
- |
71'  |
Christoph Frick |
| Gheorghe Hagi (C) |
- |
85'  |
Peter Klaunzer |
Viorel Moldovan ** |
 60'
|
- |
Jürgen Ospelt |
| Ion Vlădoiu |
- |
46'  |
Franz Schädler |
| Florin Prunea * |

60' |
46'  |
Daniel Frick |
| Gheorghe Craioveanu ** |

60' |
71'  |
Ralf Ackermann |
| Iulian Filipescu |

69' |
85'  |
Martin Telser |
| Viorel Moldovan |
 10' |
1 - 0 |
- |
| Gheorghe Popescu |
 28' |
2 - 0 |
- |
| Gheorghe Popescu |
 30' |
3 - 0 |
- |
| Gheorghe Hagi |
 47' |
4 - 0 |
- |
| Dan Petrescu |
 48' |
5 - 0 |
- |
| Gheorghe Popescu |
 67' |
6 - 0 |
- |
| Gheorghe Craioveanu |
 71' |
7 - 0 |
- |
| Gheorghe Popescu |
 88' |
8 - 0 |
- |
| - |
- |
 24' |
Christoph Frick |
| - |
- |
 87' |
Harry Zech |
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'Qualification for FIFA World Cup 1998 - Group 8 (UEFA) (464) |
| Date: |
2 April 1997 |
| Kick-off: |
18:30 |
| Stadium: |
"Žalgiris" |
| City: |
Vilnius |
| Referee: |
Edgar Steinborn
(Germany) |
| Assistants: |
Hans Georg Fullbrunn, Erich Schneider
(Germany) |
| Fourth official: |
Georg Dardenne (Germany) |
| Attendance: |
7.000 |
| |
L I T H U A N I A |
0 - 1
(45' 0-0) |
R O M A N I A |
|
| Benjaminas Zelkevičius |
( 1-4-4-2 ) |
( 1-4-4-2 ) |
Anghel Iordănescu |
| Gintaras Stauče (C) |
-
|
- |
Bogdan Stelea |
| Dainius Šuliauskas |
 75' |
- |
Dan Petrescu |
| Tomas Žiukas |
- |
- |
Daniel Prodan |
| Raimondas Vainoras |
- |
- |
Anton Doboș |
| Andrius Tereškinas |
 85' |
- |
Tibor Selymes |
| Aidas Preikšaitis |
 61'
|
- |
Constantin Gâlcă |
| Raimondas Žutautas |
|
- |
Gheorghe Popescu |
| Vaidotas Šlekys |
- |
- |
Dorinel Munteanu |
| Valdas Ivanauskas |
|
85'  |
Gheorghe Hagi (C) |
| Darius Maciulevičius |
|
73'  |
Viorel Moldovan |
| Edgaras Jankauskas |
|
60'  |
Ion Vlădoiu |
| Irmantas Stumbrys |

61' |
60'  |
Gheorghe Craioveanu |
| Virginijus Baltušnikas |

75' |
73'  |
Adrian Ilie |
| Giedrius Žutautas |

85' |
85'  |
Ionuț Lupescu |
| - |
0 - 1
|
 72'
|
Viorel Moldovan |
| Dainius Šuliauskas |
66'  |
 48' |
Constantin Gâlcă |
| Vaidotas Šlekys |
71'  |
- |
- |
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'Qualification for FIFA World Cup 1998 - Group 8 (UEFA) (465) |
| Date: |
30 April 1997 |
| Kick-off: |
20:00 |
| Stadium: |
"Steaua" |
| City: |
București |
| Referee: |
Mario van der Ende (Netherlands) |
| Assistants: |
Berend Talens, Ron Metz
(Netherlands) |
| Fourth official: |
Dick Jol (Netherlands) |
| Attendance: |
25.000 |
| |
R O M A N I A |
1 - 0
(45' 1-0) |
REPUBLIC OF
I R E L A N D |
|
| Anghel Iordănescu |
( 1-4-4-2 ) |
( 1-5-3-2 ) |
Michael McCarthy |
| Bogdan Stelea |
- |
- |
Alan Kelly |
| Dan Petrescu |
- |
46'  |
Dennis Irwin |
| Daniel Prodan |
- |
- |
Kenneth Cunningham |
| Anton Doboș |
- |
- |
Ian Harte |
| Tibor Selymes |
-
|
- |
Steven Staunton |
| Iulian Filipescu |
|
- |
Gary Kelly
|
| Gheorghe Popescu |
 68' |
- |
Ray Houghton |
| Dorinel Munteanu |
|
- |
Roy Keane |
| Gheorghe Hagi (C) |
 85' |
- |
Andrew Townsend (C) |
| Adrian Ilie |
 83' |
75'  |
* Mark Kennedy |
| Viorel Moldovan |
- |
75'  |
** David Connolly |
| Iosif Rotariu |

68' |
46'  |
Jeffrey Kenna |
| Gabriel Popescu |

83' |
75'  |
*
Jonathan Goodman |
| Gheorghe Craioveanu |
 85' |
75'  |
**
Tony Cascarino |
| Adrian Ilie |
 32' |
1 - 0 |
- |
| Gheorghe Hagi |
40'  |
 33' |
Dennis Irwin |
| Bogdan Stelea |
48'  |
 37' |
Gary Kelly |
| Dorinel Munteanu |
61'  |
 51' |
Kenneth Cunningham |
| Viorel Moldovan |
62'  |
- |
- |
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'Qualification for FIFA World Cup 1998 - Group 8 (UEFA) (466) |
| Date: |
20 August 1997 |
| Kick-off: |
20:45 |
| Stadium: |
"Steaua" |
| City: |
București |
| Referee: |
Metin Tokat
(Turkey) |
| Assistans: |
Aykut Günülü, Maskut Balta
(Turkey) |
| Fourth official: |
Mustafa Culcu (Turkey) |
| Attendance: |
16.000 |
| |
R O M A N I A |
4 - 2
(45' 2-0) |
M A C E D O N I A |
|
| Anghel Iordănescu |
( 1-4-4-2 ) |
( 1-4-4-2 ) |
Gjoko Hadžievski |
| Bogdan Stelea |
- |
- |
Saša Ilić |
| Dan Petrescu |
- |
- |
Risto Milosavov |
| Daniel Prodan |
 74' |
- |
Goce Sedloski |
| Anton Doboș |
- |
- |
Igor Nikolovski |
| Tibor Selymes |
- |
- |
Ljubodrag Milošević |
| Dennis Șerban |
- |
- |
Ljupčo Markovski (C) |
| Constantin Gâlcă |
 82' |
46'  |
Dževdet Šainovski |
| Gheorghe Popescu (C) |
- |
65'  |
* Srgjan Zaharievski |
| Ilie Dumitrescu |
- |
- |
Artim Šakiri |
| Viorel Moldovan |
 77' |
65'  |
** Viktor Trenevski |
| Adrian Ilie |
- |
- |
Georgi Hristov |
| Liviu Ciubotariu |

74' |
46'  |
Miroslav Dzokić |
| Gheorghe Craioveanu |

77' |
65'  |
* Nedžmedin Memedi |
| Gabriel Popescu |

82' |
65'  |
** Sašo Miloševski |
| Viorel Moldovan (pen) |
 36' |
1 - 0 |
- |
| Constantin Gâlcă |
 40' |
2 - 0 |
- |
| - |
2 - 1
|
 52'
|
Miroslav Dzokić |
| Viorel Moldovan |
 66' |
3 - 1 |
- |
| Ilie Dumitrescu |
 68' |
4 - 1 |
- |
| - |
2 - 1
|
 90'
|
Miroslav Dzokić |
| Ilie Dumitrescu |
06'  |
 29' |
Saša Ilić |
| Daniel Prodan |
19'  |
 30' |
Georgi Hristov |
| - |
- |
 41' |
Dževdet Šainovski |
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'Qualification for FIFA World Cup 1998 - Group 8 (UEFA) (467) |
| Date: |
6 September 1997 |
| Kick-off: |
15:30 |
| Stadium: |
"Sportplatz" |
| City: |
Eschen |
| Referee: |
Alfred Micallef
(Malta) |
| Assistants: |
Gaetano Degabriele, Philip Agius
(Malta) |
| Fourth official: |
Lawrence Sammut (Malta) |
| Attendance: |
1.700 |
| |
LIECHTENSTEIN |
1 - 8
(45' 0-6) |
R O M A N I A |
|
| Alfred Riedl |
( 1-4-4-2 ) |
( 1-4-4-2 ) |
Anghel Iordănescu |
| Martin Heeb |
- |
- |
Bogdan Stelea |
| Jürgen Ospelt |
- |
- |
Dan Petrescu (C) |
| Martin Stocklasa |
- |
- |
Daniel Prodan |
| Patrik Hefti |
- |
46'  |
* Anton Doboș |
| Thomas Hanselmann |
- |
60'  |
Tibor Selymes |
| Daniel Telser |
|
- |
Constantin Gâlcă |
| Daniel Hasler |
|
- |
Dennis Șerban |
| Peter Klaunzer |
 55' |
- |
Dorinel Munteanu |
| Christoph Frick |
|
- |
Ilie Dumitrescu |
| Daniel Frick |

70'
|
- |
Viorel Moldovan |
| Mario Frick (C) |
- |
46'  |
** Gheorghe Craioveanu |
| Franz Schädler |

55' |
46'  |
* Dan Potocianu |
| Martin Telser |

70' |
46'  |
** Constantin Barbu |
| - |
- |
60'  |
Valentin Ștefan |
| - |
0 - 1
|
 06'
|
Viorel Moldovan |
| - |
0 - 2 |
 10'
|
Gheorghe Craioveanu |
| - |
0 - 3
|
 34'
|
Gheorghe Craioveanu |
| - |
0 - 4 |
 37'
|
Anton Doboș |
| - |
0 - 5
|
 43'
|
Dorinel Munteanu |
| - |
0 - 6 |
 45'
|
Dorinel Munteanu |
| - |
0 - 7 |
 56'
|
Constantin Barbu |
| Mario Frick |
 65' |
1 - 7 |
- |
| - |
1 - 8 |
 70'
|
Dorinel Munteanu |
| Daniel Hasler |
69'  |
 08' |
Tibor Selymes |
| - |
- |
 74' |
Dan Potocianu |
| - |
- |
 83' |
Dennis Șerban |
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'Qualification for FIFA World Cup 1998 - Group 8 (UEFA) (468) |
| Date: |
10 September 1997 |
| Kick-off: |
19:30 |
| Stadium: |
"Steaua" |
| City: |
București |
| Referee: |
David Elleray (England) |
| Assistants: |
Mark Warren, Philip Sharp
(England) |
| Fourth official: |
Stephen Lodge (England) |
| Attendance: |
12.000 |
| |
R O M A N I A |
4 - 0
(45' 2-0) |
I C E L A N D |
|
| Anghel Iordănescu |
( 1-4-4-2 ) |
( 1-4-4-2 ) |
Gudjon Thordasson |
| Bogdan Stelea |
- |
- |
Olafur Gottskálsson |
| Dan Petrescu |
- |
- |
Gunnlaugur Jonsson |
| Daniel Prodan |
|
- |
Brynjar Gunnarsson |
| Anton Doboș |
- |
- |
Steinar Adolfsson |
| Dorinel Munteanu |
- |
- |
Hermann Hreidarsson |
| Constantin Gâlcă |
 75' |
- |
Rúnar Kristinsson |
| Gheorghe Popescu |
- |
80'  |
* Arnar Grétarsson |
| Gheorghe Hagi (C) |
- |
- |
Thórdur Gudjónsson |
| Ilie Dumitrescu |
|
- |
Sigurdur Jónsson (C) |
| Gheorghe Craioveanu |
 46'
|
80'  |
** Einar Daníelsson |
| Adrian Ilie |
 68'
|
75'  |
Helgi Sigurdsson |
| Tibor Selymes |

46' |
75'  |
Ríkhardur Dadason |
| Constantin Barbu |

68' |
80'  |
* Tryggvi Gudmundsson |
| Gabriel Popescu |

75' |
80'  |
**
Oskar Thorvaldsson |
| Gheorghe Hagi |

09' |
1 - 0 |
- |
| Dan Petrescu |
 41' |
2 - 0 |
- |
| Constantin Gâlcă |
 65' |
3 - 0 |
- |
| Gheorghe Hagi (pen) |
 82' |
4 - 0 |
- |
| Daniel Prodan |
51'  |
 81' |
Olafur Gottskálsson |
| - |
- |
 81' |
Sigurdur Jónsson |
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'Qualification for FIFA World Cup 1998 - Group 8 (UEFA) (469) |
| Date: |
11 October 1997 |
| Kick-off: |
15:00 |
| Stadium: |
"Landsdowne Road" |
| City: |
Dublin |
| Referee: |
Nikolay Levnikov
(Russia) |
| Assistants: |
Serghei Foursa, Serghei Kondriavtsev
(Russia) |
| Fourth official: |
Andrey Boutenko (Russia) |
| Attendance: |
35.000 |
|
|
REPUBLIC OF
I R E L A N D |
1 - 1
(45' 0-0) |
R O M A N I A |
|
| Mick McCarthy |
( 1-4-4-2 ) |
( 1-4-4-2 ) |
Anghel Iordănescu |
| Alan Kelly |
- |
- |
Bodgan Stelea |
| Jeffrey Kenna |
- |
- |
Dan Petrescu |
| Philip Babb |
- |
- |
Liviu Ciubotariu |
| Gary Breen |
- |
- |
Anton Doboș |
| Terrence Phelan |
 89' |
- |
Tibor Selymes |
| Jason McAteer |
- |
- |
Constantin Gâlcă |
| Lee Carsley |
- |
- |
Gheorghe Popescu |
| Ray Houghton (C) |
- |
- |
Dorinel Munteanu |
| Alan McLoughlin |
 62' |
83'  |
Gheorghe Hagi (C) |
| Tony Cascarino |
 86' |
62'  |
Viorel Moldovan |
| Mark Kennedy |
- |
77'  |
Adrian Ilie |
| David Kelly |
 62' |
62'  |
Iulian Filipescu |
| Michael Southampton |
 86' |
77'  |
Marius Lăcătuș |
| Curtis Fleming |
 89' |
83'  |
Ilie Dumitrescu |
| - |
0 - 1 |
 53' |
Gheorghe Hagi |
| Tony Cascarino |
 83' |
1 - 1 |
- |
| Qualification for World Cup 1994 - Group 4 |
Pd |
W |
D |
L |
F - A |
Pts |
1. |
Romania [Q] |
10 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
37 - 4 |
28 |
|
2. |
Ireland [PO] |
10 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
22 - 8 |
18 |
3. |
Lithuania |
10 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
11 - 8 |
17 |
4. |
Macedonia |
10 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
22 - 18 |
13 |
5. |
Iceland |
10 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
11 - 16 |
9 |
6. |
Liechtenstein |
10 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
3 - 52 |
0 |
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Romania qualified for the final tournament of 1998 FIFA World Cup (in France) and Republic of Ireland reached the play-off round, where was eliminated by Belgium after 0-0 and 1-2; Belgium finished 3rd in Group E with Netherlands, Mexico and South Korea; Mexico reached the round of 16 to be eliminated by Germany, also eliminated in quarter-finals by that edition revelation - Croatia - and Netherlands reached the semi-finals against Brazil, losing their spot in the final after a 1-1 draw in 120 minutes and a 2-4 penalty shoot-out; they also lost the thir place match against Croatia with 1-2. |
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'Friendly match (470) |
| Date: |
19 November 1997 |
| Kick-off: |
20:30 |
| Stadium: |
"Luis Sitjar" |
| City: |
Palma de Mallorca |
| Referee: |
Fiorenzo Treossi
(Italy) |
| Assistants: |
Antonio de Santis, Bruno Bilo
(Italy) |
| Attendance: |
30.000 |
|
|
S P A I N |
1 - 1
(45' 0-0) |
R O M A N I A |
|
| Javier Clemente |
( 1-5-3-2 ) |
( 1-4-4-2 ) |
Anghel Iordănescu |
| Andoni Zubizarreta (C) |
- |
- |
Bogdan Stelea |
| Carlos Aguilera * |
 46' |
- |
Dan Petrescu |
| Rafael Alkorta |
 65' |
- |
Daniel Prodan |
| Miguel Nadal |
- |
46'  |
* Anton Doboș |
| Albelardo
Fernández |
- |
79'  |
Tibor Selymes |
| Sergi Barjuán |
- |
67'  |
Iulian Filipescu |
| Fernando Hierro ** |
 46' |
- |
Constantin Gâlcă |
| Kiko
Narváez *** |
 46' |
- |
Gheorghe Popescu |
| Jordi Lardín |
- |
- |
Gheorghe Hagi (C) |
| Joseba Etxeberria |
- |
46'  |
** Viorel Moldovan |
| Alfonso
Pérez |
 70' |
62'  |
Gheorghe Craioveanu |
| Albert Ferrer * |
 46' |
46'  |
* Gabriel Popescu |
| Roberto Ríos ** |
 46' |
46'  |
** Cătălin Munteanu |
| Raúl González *** |
 46' |
62'  |
Marius Lăcătuș |
| Guillermo Amor |
 65' |
67'  |
Lucian Marinescu |
| Antonio Pizzi |
 70' |
79'  |
Cristian Dulca |
| Joseba Etxeberria |
 49' |
1 - 0 |
- |
| - |
1 - 1 |
 82' |
Gabriel Popescu |
|