Ioan Ovidiu Sabău - International Appearances


The outstanding Romanian player obtained 55 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:  12- 2-1968
Country:  Romania
Caps:	55	(W25-D17-L13 - GF95-GA54 - %60.91)
Goals:   8
Age First Cap:	 19 yr 356 d	 3- 2-1988 vs. Israel 2-0
Age Last Cap:	 33 yr 275 d	14-11-2001 vs. Slovenia 1-1
National Team Career: 13 yr 284 d


Caps   Date     Venue           Opponent        Score    Competition

  1   3- 2-88   Haifa           Israel           2-0     Israel Tournament          
  2   6- 2-88   Haifa           Poland           2-2     Israel Tournament           
  3  23- 3-88   Dublin          Ireland          0-2                     
  4  30- 3-88   Halle           East Germany     3-3                     
  5   1- 6-88   Amsterdam       Netherlands      0-2                     
  6  20- 9-88   Constanța       Albania          3-0                     
  7  19-10-88   Sofia           Bulgaria         3-1     World Cup Qualifier
  8   2-11-88   București       Greece           3-0     World Cup Qualifier
  9  23-11-88   Sibiu           Israel           3-0                     
 10  29- 3-89   Sibiu           Italy            1-0                     
 11  12- 4-89   Warszawa        Poland           1-2                     
 12  26- 4-89   Athinai         Greece           0-0     World Cup Qualifier
 13  17- 5-89   București       Bulgaria         1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 14  31- 8-89   Setúbal         Portugal         0-0                     
 15   5- 9-89   Nitra           Czechoslovakia   0-2                     
 16  11-10-89   København       Denmark          0-3     World Cup Qualifier
 17  15-11-89   București       Denmark          3-1     World Cup Qualifier
 18   4- 2-90   Alger           Algeria          0-0                     
 19  25- 4-90   Haifa           Israel           4-1                     
 20  21- 5-90   București       Egypt            1-0                     
 21  26- 5-90   Bruxelles       Belgium          2-2                     
 22   9- 6-90   Bari            Soviet Union     2-0     World Cup
 23  14- 6-90   Bari            Cameroon         1-2     World Cup
 24  18- 6-90   Napoli          Argentina        1-1     World Cup
 25  25- 6-90   Genova          Ireland          0-0 [1] World Cup
 26  12- 9-90   Glasgow         Scotland         1-2     European Champ. Qual.
 27  26- 9-90   București       Poland           2-1                     
 28  17-10-90   București       Bulgaria         0-3     European Champ. Qual.
 29   5-12-90   București       San Marino       6-0     European Champ. Qual.
 30  27- 3-91   Serravalle      San Marino       3-1     European Champ. Qual.
 31   3- 4-91   Neuchâtel       Switzerland      0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 32  17- 4-91   Cáceres         Spain            2-0                     
 33  13-11-91   București       Switzerland      1-0     European Champ. Qual.
 34  20-11-91   Sofia           Bulgaria         1-1     European Champ. Qual.
 35  20- 5-92   București       Wales            5-1     World Cup Qualifier
 36  14-10-92   Brussel         Belgium          0-1     World Cup Qualifier
 37  14-11-92   București       Czechoslovakia   1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 38  14- 4-93   București       Cyprus           2-1     World Cup Qualifier
 39   2- 6-93   Košice          Czechoslovakia   2-5     World Cup Qualifier
 40   8- 9-93   Toftir          Faroe Islands    4-0     World Cup Qualifier
 41  13-10-93   București       Belgium          2-1     World Cup Qualifier
 42  17-11-93   Cardiff         Wales            2-1     World Cup Qualifier
 43  23- 3-94   Belfast         Northern Ireland 0-2                     
 44  15- 2-95   İzmir           Turkey           1-1                     
 45   6- 9-95   Zabrze          Poland           0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 46  27- 3-96   Beograd         Yugoslavia       0-1                     
 47  24- 4-96   București       Georgia          5-0                     
 48  19- 8-98   Oslo            Norway           0-0                     
 49   2- 9-98   București       Liechtenstein    7-0     European Champ. Qual.
 50  18- 8-99   Lemesos         Cyprus           2-2                     
 51   4- 9-99   Bratislava      Slovakia         5-1     European Champ. Qual.
 52   8- 9-99   București       Portugal         1-1     European Champ. Qual.
 53   5- 9-01   Budapest        Hungary          2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 54  10-11-01   Ljubljana       Slovenia         1-2     World Cup Qualifier
 55  14-11-01   București       Slovenia         1-1     World Cup Qualifier

[1] aet, 4-5 pen 
         
Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    55    25   17   13   95-  54      67      60.91


Types of Matches
Friendlies             21
World Cup Qualifiers   17
World Cup               4 
European Champ. Qual.  11
Other Tournaments       2

Total                  55

Goals:

Cap   2     1 goal
Cap   8     1 goal
Cap  10     1 goal
Cap  11     1 goal
Cap  17     1 goal
Cap  19     1 goal
Cap  29     1 goal
Cap  44     1 goal

Total:      8 goals



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