The outstanding Romanian coach coached two national teams (Romania and Greece) for (in total) 108 international matches, and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
For his international matches as player, see Anghel Iordănescu - Goals in International Matches.
Born: 4- 5-1950 Country: Romania Matches as Coach: 108 (W59-D26-L23 - GF202-GA96 - %66.67) Matches as Coach for Romania: 101 (W55-D24-L22 - GF191-GA89 - %66.34) Matches as Coach for Greece: 7 (W 4-D 2-L 1 - GF 11-GA 7 - %71.43) Age First Match: 43 yr 127 d 8- 9-1993 vs. Faroe Islands 4-0 Age Last Match: 66 yr 46 d 19- 6-2016 vs. Albania 0-1 National Team Career: 22 yr 284 d
Coach for Romania
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
first tenure
1 8- 9-93 Toftir Faroe Islands 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
2 22- 9-93 București Israel 1-0
3 13-10-93 București Belgium 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
4 17-11-93 Cardiff Wales 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
5 13- 2-94 Hongkong United States 2-1 Carlsberg Cup
6 16- 2-94 Changwon South Korea 2-1
7 23- 3-94 Belfast N. Ireland 0-2
8 20- 4-94 București Bolivia 3-0
9 25- 5-94 București Nigeria 2-0
10 1- 6-94 București Slovenia 0-0
11 12- 6-94 Mision Viejo Sweden 1-1
12 18- 6-94 Pasadena Colombia 3-1 World Cup
13 22- 6-94 Pontiac Switzerland 1-4 World Cup
14 26- 6-94 Pasadena United States 1-0 World Cup
15 3- 7-94 Pasadena Argentina 3-2 World Cup
16 10- 7-94 Stanford Sweden 2-2 [1] World Cup
17 7- 9-94 București Azerbaijan 3-0 European Ch. Qualifier
18 8-10-94 Saint-Etienne France 0-0 European Ch. Qualifier
19 12-10-94 London England 1-1
20 12-11-94 București Slovakia 3-2 European Ch. Qualifier
21 14-12-94 Tel-Aviv Israel 1-1 European Ch. Qualifier
22 8- 2-95 Kalamata Greece 0-1
23 15- 2-95 İzmir Turkey 1-1
24 29- 3-95 București Poland 2-1 European Ch. Qualifier
25 26- 4-95 Trabzon Azerbaijan 4-1 European Ch. Qualifier
26 7- 6-95 București Israel 2-1 European Ch. Qualifier
27 6- 9-95 Zabrze Poland 0-0 European Ch. Qualifier
28 11-10-95 București France 1-3 European Ch. Qualifier
29 15-11-95 Košice Slovakia 2-0 European Ch. Qualifier
30 27- 3-96 Beograd Yugoslavia 0-1
31 24- 4-96 București Georgia 5-0
32 1- 6-96 București Moldova 3-1
33 10- 6-96 Newcastle France 0-1 European Champ.
34 13- 6-96 Newcastle Bulgaria 0-1 European Champ.
35 18- 6-96 Leeds Spain 1-2 European Champ.
36 14- 8-96 București Israel 2-0
37 31- 8-96 București Lithuania 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
38 18- 9-96 București UA Emirates 1-2
39 9-10-96 Reykjavík Iceland 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
40 14-12-96 Skopje Macedonia 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
41 29- 3-97 București Liechtenstein 8-0 World Cup Qualifier
42 2- 4-97 Vilnius Lithuania 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
43 30- 4-97 București Ireland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
44 20- 8-97 București Macedonia 4-2 World Cup Qualifier
45 6- 9-97 Eschen Liechtenstein 8-1 World Cup Qualifier
46 10- 9-97 București Iceland 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
47 11-10-97 Dublin Ireland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
48 19-11-97 Palma/Mallorca Spain 1-1
49 18- 3-98 București Israel 0-1
50 8- 4-98 București Greece 2-1
51 22- 4-98 Brussel Belgium 1-1
52 3- 6-98 București Paraguay 3-2
53 6- 6-98 Ploiești Moldova 5-1
54 15- 6-98 Lyon Colombia 1-0 World Cup
55 22- 6-98 Toulouse England 2-1 World Cup
56 26- 6-98 Saint-Denis Tunisia 1-1 World Cup
57 30- 6-98 Bordeaux Croatia 0-1 World Cup
second tenure
58 13- 2-02 Saint-Denis France 1-2
59 27- 3-02 Constanța Ukraine 4-1
60 17- 4-02 Bydgoszcz Poland 2-1
61 21- 8-02 Constanța Greece 0-1
62 7- 9-02 Sarajevo Bosnia-Herzeg. 3-0 European Ch. Qual.
63 12-10-02 București Norway 0-1 European Ch. Qual.
64 16-10-02 Luxembourg Luxembourg 7-0 European Ch. Qual.
65 20-11-02 Timișoara Croatia 0-1
66 12- 2-03 Larnaka Slovakia 2-1 Cyprus Tournament
67 29- 3-03 București Denmark 2-5 European Ch. Qual.
68 30- 4-03 Kaunas Lithuania 1-0
69 7- 6-03 Craiova Bosnia-Herzeg. 2-0 European Ch. Qual.
70 11- 6-03 Oslo Norway 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
71 20- 8-03 Donetsk Ukraine 2-0
72 6- 9-03 Ploiești Luxembourg 4-0 European Ch. Qual.
73 10- 9-03 København Denmark 2-2 European Ch. Qual.
74 11-10-03 București Japan 1-1
75 16-11-03 Ancona Italy 0-1
76 18- 2-04 Larnaka Georgia 3-0 Cyprus Tournament
77 31- 3-04 Glasgow Scotland 2-1
78 28- 4-04 București Germany 5-1
79 27- 5-04 Dublin Ireland 0-1
80 18- 8-04 București Finland 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
81 4- 9-04 Craiova Macedonia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
82 8- 9-04 Andorra La V. Andorra 5-1 World Cup Qualifier
83 9-10-04 Praha Czech Republic 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
84 17-11-04 Yerevan Armenia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
third tenure
85 14-11-14 București N. Ireland 2-0 European Ch. Qual.
86 18-11-14 București Denmark 2-0
87 29- 3-15 Ploiești Faroe Islands 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
88 13- 6-15 Belfast N. Ireland 0-0 European Ch. Qual.
89 4- 9-15 Budapest Hungary 0-0 European Ch. Qual.
90 7- 9-15 București Greece 0-0 European Ch. Qual.
91 8-10-15 București Finland 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
92 11-10-15 Tórshavn Faroe Islands 3-0 European Ch. Qual.
93 17-11-15 Bologna Italy 2-2
94 23- 3-16 Giurgiu Lithuania 1-0
95 27- 3-16 Cluj Spain 0-0
96 25- 5-16 Como Congo-Kinshasa 1-1
97 29- 5-16 Torino Ukraine 3-4
98 3- 6-16 București Georgia 5-1
99 10- 6-16 Saint-Denis France 1-2 European Champ.
100 15- 6-16 Paris Switzerland 1-1 European Champ.
101 19- 6-16 Lyon Albania 0-1 European Champ.
[1] Romania lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
Coach for Greece
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 6- 9-98 Athinai Slovenia 2-2 European Ch. Qualifier
2 14-10-98 Athinai Georgia 3-0 European Ch. Qualifier
3 18-11-98 Tiranë Albania 0-0 European Ch. Qualifier
4 3- 2-99 Larnaka Finland 2-1 Cyprus Tournament
5 5- 2-99 Larnaka Belgium 1-0 Cyprus Tournament
6 10- 3-99 Athinai Croatia 3-2
7 27- 3-99 Athinai Norway 0-2 European Ch. Qualifier
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
108 59 26 23 202- 96 144 66.67
Types of Matches
Friendlies 41
European Ch. Qualifier 29
World Cup Qualifier 18
World Cup 9
European Championship 6
Other Tournaments 5
Total matches: 108
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