Romania Under 21 - International matches 2002


Friendly match

28 March 2002, kick-off 14:00, Medgidia, "Municipal" stadium, att 3.000

Referees: Kamen Aleksiev (Bulgaria) – Marian Toader, Aurel Oniță (Romania)

U21 Romania – U21 Ukraine = 4 – 0 (2-0)

1-0 Ianis Zicu         19’

2-0 Octavian Chihaia   39’

3-0 Ianis Zicu         76’(pen)

4-0 Alexandru Bălțoi   87’

Romania (coach Ioan Moldovan)

Sebastian Huțan – Alexandru Forminte, Vasile Maftei (72 Alin Coțan), Gabriel Tamaș – Eduard Bandi, Ștefan Grigorie (57 Sorin Paraschiv), Ovidiu Petre (62 Daniel Bălașa), Vlad Munteanu (Cap) (61 Alexandru Bălțoi), Florin Maxim – Ianis Zicu (77 Costin Lazăr), Octavian Chihaia (69 Adrian Albinaru)

Ukraine (coach Anatoli Kroshchenko)

Vitaliy Rudenko (Cap) - Roman Pasichnychenko (30 Evgeniy Bredun), Andriy Berezovchuk, Fedir Prokhorov, Lubomir Ivansky (46 Sergiy Hrybanov) - Sergiy Danylovsky (46 Andriy Smalko), Oleksandr Sheveliukhin (46 Oleksandr Husarov), Vitaliy Komarnytsky, Ruslan Valeiev (66 Konstyantyn Balabanov), Olexi Belyk, Nikolay Nakonechny (57 Vitaliy Nesyn)

Yellow cards: Eduard Bandi (90) – Sergiy Danylovsky


Friendly match

17 April 2002, kick-off 15:00, Swiêcie nad Wisła, att 2.000

Referees: Robert Malek (Katowice) – Tomasz Rusek, Marcin Kus (all Poland)

U21 Poland – U21 Romania = 2 – 0 (1-0)

1-0 Sebastian Olszar   29’

2-0 Sebastian Olszar   54’

Poland (coach Edward Klejndinst)

Sebastian Przyrowski (46 Paweł Kapsa) – Marcin Kuœ (58 Mariusz Mowlik), Paweł Golański (46 Łukasz Nawotczyński), Michał Stasiak, Sebastian Mila – Patryk Rachwał (Cap), Tomasz Mazurkiewicz, Łukasz Kosciuczuk (70 Michał Goliński) – Łukasz Garguła (46 Maciej Iwański), Łukasz Madej (58 Łukasz Mierzejewski) Sebastian Olszar (67 Radosław Matusiak)

Romania (coach Ioan Moldovan)

Sebastian Huțan (46 George Curcă) – Eduard Bandi (60 Marian Vătavu), Alexandru Forminte, Vasile Maftei, Florin Maxim – Ștefan Grigorie (41 Adrian Albinaru), Gabriel Tamaș, Daniel Bălașa (60 Stelian Stancu), Răzvan Dincă Raț - Ianis Zicu (71 Alin Coțan), Octavian Chihaia (65 Shenif Feizullah)

Booked: Kosciuczuk (66) – Tamaș  (19), Maftei (35), Bandi (43)


Friendly match

21 August 2002, kick-off 17:30, Medgidia, "Municipal" stadium

Referees: M.Bosat (Turkey) – M.Toader, A.Ioniță (both from Romania)

U21 Romania – U21 Greece = 1 – 1 (0-0)

1-0  Ianis Zicu         53’

1-1  Spertos            90’+2

Romania (coach Nicolae Manea): Eduard Stăncioiu - Alexandru Forminte, Vasile Maftei (Cap), Raul Marincău – Sorin Paraschiv (69 Alexandru Bălțoi), Ștefan Grigorie (46 Stelian Stancu), Gabriel Tamaș, Florin Maxim – Daniel Oprița (76 Daniel Niculae), Octavian Chihaia (46 Alin Coțan), Ianis Zicu (88 Ciprian Tănasă)

Greece (coach Stylianos Manolas): Petkaris – Vyntra, Kouloucheris (80 Kiskabanis), Vallas (Cap), Melambianakis (90+1 Likoudis) – Tabalidis (87 Vanghelis), Fotakis (76 Spertos) – Agritis (46 Christov), Amanatidis (59 Koytelieris), Crisafis (55 Salpigidis), Papadopoulos (71 Gavrilopoulos)

Yellow cards : Marincău (25) – Vyntra (55), Vallas (87)


QUALIFICATION FOR EURO 2004

6 September 2002, Kick-off 21:15, Zenica, “Bilino Polje stadium”, Attendance: 2.000,

Referees: Jozef Kacenga – Vlatislav Laskovsky, Martin Vindis (all Slovakia)

U21 Bosnia – U21 Romania 2 – 1 (1-0)

1-0  Stajiæ             28’

2-0  Terkes             52’

2-1  Octavian Chihaia   72’

Bosnia (coach Ibrahim Zukanoviæ): Avdukiæ – Jahiæ, Trivunoviæ, Mirviæ – Berberoviæ (Cap), A.Pelak, Bucinski, Blatnjak (90 Dudo) – Gruziæ – Terkes (82 Jurceviæ), Stajiæ (73 Kutiaciæ)

Romania (coach Ilie Dumitrescu) : Eduard Stăncioiu – Gabriel Tamaș (55 Octavian Chihaia),  Vasile Maftei, Ionuț Alin Rada - Eduard Bandi (82 Ștefan Grigorie), Ovidiu Petre (Cap), Răzvan Dincă Raț Florin Maxim - Ianis Zicu (46 Vlad Munteanu) – Daniel Niculae, Daniel Oprița

Yellow cards : Blatnjak (29), Raț (43), Maftei (54), V.Munteanu (59), D.Niculae (70), Bandi (80)

Not used: Alaim, Lemesiæ, Karoglan, Babiæ – G.Curcă, C.Lazăr, V.Negru, Olah


QUALIFICATION FOR EURO 2004

11 October 2002, Kick-off: 20:00, Stadium "Cotroceni", București, Attendance: 2.000

Referees: Karel Vidlak – Petr Kasny, Miroslav Zlamal (all Czech Republic)

Fourth referee: Jaromir Hlavac (Czech Republic)

U21 Romania – U21 Norway = 0 – 1 (0-0)

0-1  Kristian Ystaas    60'

Romania (coach Ilie Dumitrescu): George Curcă - Eduard Bandi, Vasile Maftei, Ionuț Alin Rada, Florin Sandu Maxim - Adrian Olah (55 Ciprian Ion Tănasă), Ovidiu Petre (Cap) (62 Ianis Alin Zicu, Ștefan Costel Grigorie, Vlad Munteanu - Octavian Chihaia (46 Daniel Oprița), Daniel George Niculae

Norway (Per Mathias Høgmo): Per Morten Kristiansen - Thomas Holm, André Muri, Brede Hangeland, Erlend Hanstveit - Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen, Adian Gashi (90+2 Krogstad), Jan Gunnar Solli, Marius Johnsen (55 Kristian Ystaas) - Simen Brenne (80 Espen Hoff), Azar Karadas

Yellow cards: Ov.Petre (45), Rada (75) – Hanstveit (24)

Not used: Eduard Cornel Stăncioiu, Constantin Secăreanu, Costin Nicolae Lazăr, Alexandru Bălțoi, Cristian Radu Silvășan - Håkon Opdal, Lars Martin Engedal, Knut Walde, Kristoffer Hæstad, Martin Wiig

Romania hit the post in the 78th minute when Vlad Munteanu shot the ball from 20m out.


QUALIFICATION FOR EURO 2004

15 October 2002, Kick-off 19:30, Stadium "Comunal", Mondercange, Attendance: 300

Referees: Anastasias Papaioannou – N.Platis, S.Procopiou (all Cyprus)

U21 Luxembourg - U21 Romania  0 - 2 (0-1)

0-1  Ștefan Grigorie    11'

0-2  Daniel Oprita      87'

Luxembourg (coach Henri Bossi): Mond – A.Thinnesch, Codello (Cap), Lang, Kollwolter, Lassine – Mannon (86 M. Thinnesch), Morocutti, Schiltz (72 Thunus) – Muller (82 Kones)

Romania (coach Ilie Dumitrescu): George Curcă - Adrian Olah, Vasile Maftei, Ionuț Alin Rada, Florin Sandu Maxim (80 Eduard Bandi) - Ștefan Costel Grigorie, Ianis Alin Zicu, Costin Lazăr (62 Ovidiu Petre), Vlad Munteanu (Cap) – Alexandru Bălțoi, Octavian Chihaia (46 Daniel Oprița)

 

Group Two – Under 21

06.09. - Bosnia     – Romania    2-1

06.09. - Norway     - Denamrk    3-0

11.10. – Romania    - Norway     0-1

11.10. – Denmark    - Luxembourg 9-0

15.10. – Luxembourg – Romania    0-2

15.10. – Norway     - Bosnia     0-0

 

Euro 2004 qualification table - Group Two – Under 21

1. Norway     3  2  1  0    4- 0  7

2. Bosnia     2  1  1  0    2- 1  4

3. Denmark    2  1  0  1    9- 3  3

4. Romania    3  1  0  2    3- 3  3

5. Luxembourg 2  0  0  2    0-11  0


Friendly match

20 August 2002, kick-off 20:00, National Complex from Mogoșoaia

Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov (Bulgaria)

U21 Romania – U21 Switzerland = 2 – 2 (0-0)

0-1  André Muff             55’

0-2  André Muff             62’

1-2  Ștefan Costel Grigorie 70’

2-2  Daniel George Niculae  87’

Romania (coach Nicolae Manea): Eduard Cornel Stăncioiu - Valentin Negru (46 Ionuț Alin Rada), Gabriel Tamaș, Constantin Secăreanu - Eduard Bandi (46 Stelian Stancu), Ștefan Costel Grigorie, Nicolae Grigore, Vlad Munteanu (60 Ianis Alin Zicu), Florin Sandu Maxim - Octavian Chihaia (52 Daniel George Niculae), Ciprian Ion Tănasă (52 Daniel Oprița)

Switzerland (coach Bernard Challandes): Marco Wolfli - Alain Nef, Roland Schwegler, Alain Rochat, Kim Jaggy - Rijat Shala, Nicolas Marazzi (73 Simon Hofer), Darbellay, Thierno Bah (58 Yassin Mikari) – André Muff, Johan Vonlanthen


Players                    UKR      POL      GRE      BOS      NOR      LUX      SUI      Total

Florin Sandu Maxim          90 min.  90 min.  90 min.  90 min.  90 min.  80 min.  90 min.  620 min.

Vasile Maftei              72 min.  90 min.  90 min.  90 min.  90 min.  90 min.  -        522 min.

Ianis Alin Zicu            77 min.  71 min.  88 min.  45 min.  28 min.  90 min.  30 min.  429 min.

Ștefan Costel Grigorie     57 min.  41 min.  45 min.    8 min. 90 min.  90 min.  90 min.  421 min.

Octavian Chihaia           69 min.  65 min.  45 min.  35 min.  45 min.  45 min.  52 min.  356 min.

Vlad Munteanu              61 min.  -        -        45 min.  90 min.  90 min.  60 min.  346 min.

Gabriel Tamaș              90 min.  90 min.  90 min.  55 min.  -        -        90 min.  325 min.

Ionuț Alin Rada            -        -        -        90 min.  90 min.  90 min.  45 min.  315 min.

Daniel Oprița              -        -        76 min.  90 min.  45 min.  45 min.  38 min.  294 min.

Eduard Bandi               -        60 min.  -        82 min.  90 min.  10 min.  45 min.  287 min.

Alexandru Gh. Forminte     90 min.  90 min.  90 min.  -        -        -        -        270 min.

Eduard Cornel Stăncioiu    -        -        90 min.  90 min.  -        -        90 min.  270 min.

Daniel George Niculae      -        -        14 min.  90 min.  90 min.  -        38 min.  232 min.

George Curcă               -        45 min.  -        -        90 min.  90 min.  -        225 min.

Sorin Ioan Paraschiv       33 min.  -        69 min.  90 min.  -        -        -        192 min.

Răzvan Dincă Raț           -        90 min.  -        90 min.  -        -        -        180 min.

Ovidiu Petre               62 min.  -        -        -        62 min.  28 min.  -        152 min.

Adrian Olah                -        -        -        -        55 min.  90 min.  -        145 min.

Alexandru Bălțoi           29 min.  -        21 min.  -        -        90 min.  -        140 min.

Sebastian Huțan            90 min.  45 min.  -        -        -        -        -        135 min.

Stelian Stancu             30 min.  45 min.  -        -        -        45 min.  120 min.

Nicolae Grigore            -        -        -        -        -        -        90 min.  90 min.

Raul Marincău              -        -        90 min.  -        -        -        -        90 min.

Constantin Secăreanu       -        -        -        -        -        -        90 min.  90 min.

Ciprian Ion Tănasă         -        -          2 min. -        35 min.  -        52 min.  89 min.

Daniel Bălașa              28 min.  60 min.  -        -        -        -        -        88 min.

Alin Coțan                 18 min.  19 min.  45 min.  -        -        -        -        82 min.

Costin Lazăr               13 min.  -        -        -        -        62 min.  -        75 min.

Adrian Albinaru            21 min.  49 min.  -        -        -        -        -        70 min.

Valentin Negru             -        -        -        -        -        -        45 min.  45 min.

Marian Vătavu              -        30 min.  -        -        -        -        -        30 min.

Shenif Feizullah           -        25 min.  -        -        -        -        -        25 min.


Players                    UKR      POL      GRE      BOS      NOR      LUX      SUI      Total

Ianis Alin Zicu            2 goals  -        1 goal   -        -        -        -        3 goals

Octavian Chihaia           1 goal   -        -        1 goal   -        -        -        2 goals

Ștefan Costel Grigorie     -        -        -        -        -        1 goal   1 goal   2 goals

Alexandru Bălțoi           1 goal   -        -        -        -        -        -        1 goal

Daniel Oprița              -        -        -        -        -        1 goal   -        1 goal

Daniel George Niculae      -        -        -        -        -        -        1 goal   1 goal


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