Romanias matches from 2001
23 January 2001, "Estadio Municipal", Martinchel, att 100
Referees: Jorge Corado - José Borges, André Gralha (all Portugal)
ROMANIA "B" - SOUTH AFRICA "B" = 2 - 0 (0-0) - friendly
1-0 M.Niculae 88, 2-0 Mihalcea 89
Romania (trainer Ladislau Bölöni)
Bogdan Stelea - Mirel Matei Rădoi, Mihai Adrian Iencsi (70 Ion Bogdan Mara),
Daniel Claudiu Prodan [c] - Florentin Dumitru, Erik Augustin Lincar (80 Marius
Constantin Măldărășanu), Florin Costin Șoavă (61 Tiberiu Ghioane), Laurențiu
Dumitru Roșu (90 Valentin Vasile Năstase), Ioan Cristian Dancia - Marius Niculae
Cosmin Bărcăuan (46 Adrian Mihalcea)
South Africa (trainer Ephraim Mashaba)
Marlin - F.McCarthy, Booth, Papi Khomane, Lekgetho - Josep Ngake, Nteo, Ndzuzo,
Themba Mnguni (40 Stanton Fredericks, 72 Mazibuko) - Carlo Scott, Abram Raselemane
(39 Moshakaro)
25 January 2001, "Campo Chă das Padeiras", Santarém, att 500
Referees: El Aarjoune (Morocco) - André Gralha, José Borges (all Portugal)
PORTUGAL "B" - ROMANIA "B" = 0 - 1 (0-1) - friendly
0-1 M.Niculae 13
Portugal (trainer Rui Caçador)
Nuno Espírito Santo - Nuno Frechaut, Marco Almeida, Ricardo Fernandes (46 Mário Silva)
- Jorginho Jorge dos Santos (61 Pedro Santos), Matos Diogo (89 Tonel), Armando Petit
Teixeira (85 Luis Felipe), Rui Dolores (46 Edgar Pacheco) - Luís Boa Morte, Paulo Costa
Romania (trainer Ladislau Bölöni)
Florin Prunea - Flavius Vladimir Stoican, Mirel Matei Rădoi, Daniel Claudiu
Prodan [c], Ioan Cristian Dancia (66 Florin Costin Șoavă) - Iulian Tameș, Valentin
Vasile Năstase (56 Mihai Adrian Iencsi), Tiberiu Ghioane (57 Erik Augustin Lincar) -
Adrian Mihalcea (74 Marius Constantin Măldărășanu), Marius Niculae, Ion Bogdan Mara
(85 Florentin Dumitru)
YC: Prunea (17), Năstase (33), Boamorte (45), Mara (85)
30 January 2001, "Gradski stadion", Pula, 15:30, att 4000
Referees: Sreèko Kandare - Zoran Novarliæ, Igor Zupanèiæ (all Slovenia)
CROATIA "B" - ROMANIA "B" = 2 - 2 (0-0) - friendly
1-0 G.Vlaoviæ 50, 2-0 I.Tudor 68, 2-1 B.Mara 83, 2-2 A.Mutu 87
Croatia "B" (trainer Mirko Joziæ)
Vedran Runje - Tomislav Rukavina, Andre Mijatoviæ, Igor Tudor, Mario Cvitanoviæ -
Ivan Leko, Goran Brajkoviæ (71 Nino Bule), Nenad Bjelica (70 Hrvoje Vejiæ),
Ivica Banoviæ (46 Mario Priè) - Marijo Mariæ (46 Veldin Kariæ), Tomo okota (46
Goran Vlaoviæ)
Romania "B" (trainer Ladislau Bölöni)
Bogdan Stelea (84 Ionuț Irimia) - Mirel Matei Rădoi, Mihai Adrian Iencsi -
Flavius Vladimir Stoican (69 Florin Costin Șoavă), Paul Constantin Codrea
(84 Marius Constantin Măldărășanu), Erik Augustin Lincar (55 Tiberiu Ghioane),
Laurențiu Dumitru Roșu (69 Iulian Tameș) - Adrian Mihalcea (72 Ion Bogdan Mara),
Adrian Mutu, Marius Niculae
YC: Prodan (90)
26 February 2001, "New GSP Stadium", Nicosia, 18:00, att 60
Referees: Loizos Loizou - Andreas Mavris, Stavros Prokopiou (all Cyprus)
ROMANIA - UKRAINE = 1 - 0 (0-0, 0-0) - friendly, Tournament in Cyprus-
1-0 Ciobotariu 99 (golden goal)
Romania (trainer Ladislau Bölöni)
Florin Prunea - Mirel Matei Rădoi, Daniel Claudiu Prodan [c], Liviu Ciobotariu -
Florentin Dumitru, Iulian Tameș (74 Marius Constantin Măldărășanu), Tiberiu Ghioane,
Ion Bogdan Mara, Eugen Trică (57 Marian Aliuță), - Viorel Dinu Moldovan (Adrian
Mihalcea), Marius Niculae
Ukraine (trainer Valeriy Lobanovski)
Olexandr Shovkovski (74 Maksim Levitski) - Dmitri Parfenov, Olexandr Golovko [c],
Vladislav Vaschiuk, Olexandr Granovski (57 Andreiy Nesmashni) - Artem Yashkin,
Olexandr Prizetko, Vasiliy Kardash (56 Anatoliy Timoshchuk), Serhi Snytko (46 Olexandr
Svystunov - Andreiy Vorobei, Olexandr Melashchenko
YC: Tameș (15), Parfenov (71)
28 February 2001, "New GSP Stadium", Nicosia, 18:00, att 100
Referees: Kostas Kapitanis - Friksos Petrou, Antoni Papanaiotou (all Cyprus)
ROMANIA - LITHUANIA = 3 - 0 (2-0) - friendly, Tournament in Cyprus- Final
1-0 Ganea 13, 2-0 Ganea 40, 3-0 Codrea 58
Romania (trainer Ladislau Bölöni)
Bogdan Stelea - Mirel Matei Rădoi, Daniel Claudiu Prodan, Iulian Sebastian Filipescu
(62 Liviu Ciobotariu) - Cosmin Contra, Alin Stoica, Constantin Gâlcă [c] (46 Dorinel
Ionel Munteanu), Tiberiu Ghioane (46 Paul Constantin Codrea), Cristian Eugen Chivu
(46 Cătălin Munteanu) - Marius Niculae (62 Viorel Dinu Moldovan), Ioan Viorel Ganea
Lithuania (trainer Benjaminas Zelkevicius)
Vaidotas Zutautas (75 Pavel Leusas) - Tadas Graziunas, Tomas Zvirgzdauskas (46 Tomas
Razanauskas), Andrius Joskas, Dainius Gleveckas - Donatas Vencevicius (46 Ignas Dedura),
Raimondas Zutautas, Saulius Mikalajunas - Robertas Poskus, Arturas Fomenka (38 Tomas
Danilevicius), Edgaras Jankauskas
YC: Rădoi (65), Joksas (74), Prodan (76)
1. Romania, 2. Lithuania, 3. Cyprus, 4. Ukraine
28 March 2001, "Steaua Stadium", București, 21:30, att 28.000
Referees: Herbert Fandel - Harry Ehing, Jan Hendrik Salver (all Germany)
ROMANIA - ITALY = 0 - 2 (0-2) - qualification World Cup 2002
0-1 F.Inzaghi 29, 0-2 F.Inzaghi 33
Romania (trainer Ladislau Bölöni)
Bogdan Stelea - Mirel Matei Rădoi (71 Dennis Georgian Șerban), Iulian Sebastian
Filipescu, Daniel Claudiu Prodan - Cosmin Contra, Paul Constantin Codrea, Constantin
Gâlcă (15 Cătălin Munteanu), Dorinel Ionel Munteanu - Adrian Bucurel Ilie [c], Viorel
Dinu Moldovan (78 Ioan Viorel Ganea), Marius Niculae
Italy (trainer Giovanni Trapatoni)
Gianluigi Buffon - Fabio Cannavaro, Alessandro Nesta, Paolo Maldini [c] - Gianluca
Zambrotta, Damiano Tommasi, Demetrio Albertini, Giuseppe Pancaro - Stefano Fiore (61
Alessio Tacchinardi), Alessandro Del Piero, Filippo Inzaghi (86 Vincenzo Montella)
YC: Zambrotta (9), Pancaro (27), Codrea (74)
28 March 2001, "Boris Piachiadze", Tbilisi, 18:00, att 20.000
Referees: Rune Pedersen - Erik Raestad, Steinar Holvik (all Norway)
GEORGIA - ROMANIA = 0-2 (0-0) - qualification World Cup 2002
0-1 D.Munteanu 68, 0-2 Contra 79
Georgia (trainers David Kipiani and Revaz Dzodzuashvili)
David Gvaramadze - Zurab Khizanishvili, Levan Silagadze (71 Aleksandr Iashvili),
Kakha Kaladze, Levan Kobiashvili - Temur Ketsbaia (61 Revaz Kemoklidze), Georgi
Nemsadze [c], Aleksandr Rekhviashvili, Mikhail Kavelashvili (52 Zaza Janashia) -
Georgi Kinkladze, Shota Arveladze
Romania (trainer Ladislau Bölöni)
Bogdan Stelea - Cosmin Contra, Iulian Sebastian Filipescu, Daniel Claudiu Prodan,
Cristian Eugen Chivu [c] - Paul Constantin Codrea, Mirel Matei Rădoi (57 Constantin
Gâlcă), Dorinel Ionel Munteanu, Cătălin Munteanu - Adrian Bucurel Ilie (20 Marius
Niculae), Viorel Dinu Moldovan (87 Alin Tudor Stoica)
YC: Chivu (43), C.Munteanu (56)
24.04.2001, "National stadion", București, att 60.000
Referees: Ion Crăciunescu - Nicolae Grigorescu, Vasile Avram (all Romania)
ROMANIA - ALL STAR = 2 - 2 (1-0) "GALA HAGI"
1-0 V.Moldovan 17, 1-1 Okan 51, 1-2 Pjanoviæ 65, 2-2 Rotariu 68
Romania (trainers Mircea Lucescu, Emeric Jenei, Gavril Pelé Balint)
Bogdan Stelea (46 Florin Prunea) - Dan Vasile Petrescu (69 Cosmin Contra), Gheorghe
Popescu, Iulian Sebastian Filipescu (46 Gheorghe Mihali), Tibor Selymes (78 Cristian
Eugen Chivu) - Ioan Ovidiu Sabău (89 Ilie Dumitrescu), Ioan Angelo Lupescu (82 Miodrag
Belodedici), Constantin Gâlcă (46 Adrian Mutu), Dorinel Ionel Munteanu (36 Iosif
Rotariu) - Viorel Dinu Moldovan (46 Marius Niculae), Gheorghe Hagi [c]
All star (trainer Radomir Antiæ, Fatih Terim, Hugo Sánchez Marquez)
Claudio André Mergen Taffarel-BRA- (Nelson de Jesús Silva "DIDA"-BRA) - Chendo Miguel
Porlan Noguera-SPA (16 Albert Celades López-SPA, 73 Maurizio Neri-ITA, 85 Faruk Atalay
-TUR), Manuel Sanchis Hontiyuelo-SPA, Bülent Korkmaz-TUR [c2], Miroslav Karhan (SVK) -
Okan Buruk-TUR (77 Détári Lajos-HUN), Luciano De Paola-ITA (18 Suat Kaya-TUR), Dunga
Carlos Caetano Verri Bledom-BRA [c1](36 Lalatoviæ-YUG), Robert Prosineèki-CRO (55 Arif
Erdem-TUR) - Emilio Butragueńo Santos-SPA (27 Tugay Kerimoglu-TUR), Hakan Șükür-TUR
(57 Mihajlo Pjanoviæ-YUG)
Reserves: Liviu Ciobotariu, Marco Rossi-ITA, Sergio Domini-ITA
25 April 2001, "Astra", Ploiești, 18:00, att 2.000
Referees: Ghenadie Orilic (Moldova) - Dan Lăzărescu, Nicolae Alexandru (all Romania)
ROMANIA - SLOVAKIA = 0 - 0 - friendly
Romania (trainer Ladislau Bölöni)
Bogdan Stelea (70 Florin Prunea) - Cosmin Contra [c], Iulian Sebastian Filipescu,
Mirel Matei Rădoi, Mihai Adrian Iencsi - Paul Constantin Codrea (46 Constantin Gâlcă),
Alin Tudor Stoica (59 Dennis Georgian Șerban), Dorinel Ionel Munteanu (72 Ion Bogdan
Mara), Laurențiu Dumitru Roșu (46 Cătălin Munteanu) - Viorel Dinu Moldovan (46 Marius
Niculae), Ionel Tersinio Gane (80 Adrian Mihalcea)
Slovakia (trainer Jozef Adamec)
Miroslav König (84 Miroslav Hyll) - Milan Timko, Stanislav Varga [c], Róbert Tomaschek
- Miroslav Karhan (82 Marian Suchancok), Peter Dzurik (71 Peter Babniè), Vladimir
Labant (57 Marek Holly), Vratislav Greko - Attila Pinte (81 Samuel Slovak),
Vladimir Janocko (76 Ondrej Smelko), Henrich Benèik (71 Peter Németh)
Cards: -
02.06.2001, "Steaua Stadium", București, 20:30, att 22.000
Referees: Éric Poulat - Daniel Bequignat, Jacques Poudevigne (all France)
ROMANIA - HUNGARY = 2 - 0 (1-0) - qualification World Cup 2002
1-0 Marius Niculae 5, 2-0 Marius Niculae 54
Romania (trainer Ladislau Bölöni)
Bogdan Stelea - Cosmin Contra, Mirel Matei Rădoi (64 Daniel Claudiu Prodan),
Liviu Ciobotariu, Cristian Eugen Chivu [c] - Florentin Dumitru, Paul Constantin
Codrea, Dorinel Ionel Munteanu - Adrian Bucurel Ilie (75 Cătălin Munteanu) -
Viorel Dinu Moldovan (56 Ioan Viorel Ganea), Marius Niculae
Hungary (trainer Bicskei Bertalan)
Király Gábor - Fehér Csaba, Sebők Vilmos [c], Mátyus János, Korsós György - Dárdai
Pál, Pető Tamás, Lisztes Krisztián - Thomas Sowunmi (72 Kabát Péter), Hamar István
(Dombi Tibor), Horváth Ferenc (46 Korsós Attila)
YC: Hamar (22), Ciobotariu (40), Petö (60), Contra (67), Fehér (78), Kabát (83)
06.06.2001, "Darius ir Girenas Stadium", Kaunas, 18:00, att 3.000
Referees: Anton Sredak - Lubomir Suchy, Marián Ruzbarsky (all Slovakia)
LITHUANIA - ROMANIA = 1 - 2 (0-1) - qualification World Cup 2002
0-1 Adrian Ilie 30, 0-2 V.Moldovan 48, 1-2 Fomenka 86
Lithuania (trainer Benjaminas Zelkevicius)
Gintaras Stauce - Aurelius Skarbalius, Tadas Graziunas, Ignas Dedura, Tomas
Zvirgzdauskas - Deividas Semberas, Raimondas Zutautas [c], Tomas Razanauskas
(71 Orestas Buitkus), Saulius Mikalajunas - Robertas Poskus, Igoris Morinas
(46 Arturas Fomenka)
Romania (trainer Ladislau Bölöni)
Bogdan Stelea - Cosmin Contra (52 Liviu Ciobotariu), Mirel Matei Rădoi, Iulian
Sebastian Filipescu, Cristian Eugen Chivu [c] - Florentin Dumitru, Paul Constantin
Codrea, Dorinel Ionel Munteanu - Adrian Bucurel Ilie (62 Adrian Mutu) - Viorel Dinu
Moldovan (55 Ioan Viorel Ganea), Marius Niculae
YC: Ganea (61), Fomenka (66), Codrea (90)
15.08.2001, "Central Bezigrad stadion", Ljubljana, 21:15, att 9.000
Referees: Sead Kuloviæ - Marko Biliæ, Gojko Bandiæ (all Bosnia)
SLOVENIA - ROMANIA = 2 - 2 (0-1) - friendly
0-1 Marius Niculae 14, 1-1 Aèimoviæ 56, 1-2 V.Moldovan 66, 2-2 Zahoviæ 74
Slovenia (trainer Sreèko Katanec)
Mladen Dabanoviæ (46 Marko Simeunoviæ) - Aleksander Knavs (46 Muamer Vugdaliæ),
Marinko Galiæ, Spasoje Bulajiæ - Doni Novak, Ales Èeh [c] (46 Zoran Pavloviæ),
Milan Pavlin (62 Saa Gajser), Amir Kariæ (70 Rajko Tavèar) - Mile Aèimoviæ,
Sebastian Cimerotiæ (46 Milan Osterc), Mladen Rudonja (46 Zlatko Zahoviæ)
Romania (trainer Gavil Pelé Balint)
Bogdan Stelea - Giani Stelian Kiriță, Gheorghe Popescu [c], Dan Florin Lăcustă
(83 Mihai Adrian Iencsi), Cristian Eugen Chivu - Cosmin Contra (66 Adrian Mihalcea),
Mirel Matei Rădoi (60 Florin Cristian Pârvu), Dorinel Ionel Munteanu (57 Mihai
Tararache) - Adrian Bucurel Ilie (60 Laurențiu Dumitru Roșu), Adrian Mutu (Florentin
Dumitru), Marius Niculae (46 Viorel Dinu Moldovan)
YC: Kariæ - D.Munteanu, Contra, Gh.Popescu, Kiriță
05.09.2001, "Népstadion", Budapest, Kick-off: 21:15, att 10.000
Referees: Hugh Dallas - James Michael Dunne, Wilson Irvine (all Scotland)
HUNGARY - ROMANIA = 0 - 2 (0-2) - q.World Cup Group 8
0-1 Adrian Ilie 12, 0-2 Marius Niculae 27
Hungary (trainer Gellei Imre)
Király Gábor - Korsós Győrgy (46 Kabát Péter), Sebők Vilmos, Juhár Tamás, Mátyus
János - Dardai Pál, Lendvai Miklós (63 Győry János), Lisztes Krisztián, Korsós
Attila (Füzi Ákos) - Tököli Attila, Horváth Ferenc
Romania (trainer Gheorghe Hagi)
Bogdan Lobonț - Cosmin Contra, Iulian Filipescu (72 Giani Kiriță), Gheorghe Popescu
(Cap) Cristian Chivu - Ioan Sabău, Mirel Rădoi, Dorinel Munteanu - Adrian Mutu,
Adrian Ilie (74 Laurențiu Roșu) - Marius Niculae (80 Ioan Ganea)
YC: Lendvai Miklós (8') - Cosmin Contra (7'), Mirel Rădoi (59'), Cristian Chivu (79')
Not used: Babos Gábor, Dragóner Attila, Dvéri Zsolt, Sztipanovics Barnabas (HUN)
Bogdan Vintilă, Dan Lăcustă, Florentin Dumitru, Mihai Tararache (ROM)
Romania obtained first victory in Hungary, winning with 2-0 at Budapest.
All time of the game it was rainning.
18.09.2001, "Nicolae Păduraru Stadium", Bacău, 19:45, att 5.000
Referees: Viorel Anghelinei - Gheorghe Negoiță, Alexandru Drogeanu (all Romania)
ROMANIA "B" - MOLDOVA = 3 - 2 friendly match
06.10.2001, "Steaua stadium", Bucharest, Kick-off: 21:45, att 20.000
Referees: Lubo Michel - Igor Sramka, Marian Ruzbarski (all Slovakia)
ROMANIA - GEORGIA = 1 - 1 (0-0) - q.World Cup Group 8
0-1 Aleksander Iashvili 54, 1-1 Gheorghe Popescu 89
Romania (trainer Gheorghe Hagi)
Bogdan Lobonț - Giani Stelian Kiriță, Gheorghe Popescu (Cap), Iulian Ilie Miu,
Florian Dan Lăcustă - Florentin Dumitru, Florin Cristian Pârvu (60 Adrian D-tru
Mihalcea), Dorinel Ionel Munteanu - Adrian Mutu (46 Laurențiu Dumitru Roșu),
Adrian Bucurel Ilie (71 Daniel Gabriel Pancu) - Marius C-tin Niculae
Georgia (trainer Aleksander Chivadze)
David Gvaramadze - Eduard Sajaia, Aleksander Rekhiashvili, Kakha Kaladze,
Zurab Khizanishvili, Levan Kobiashvili - Giorgi Kinkladze (Cap) (63 Temur
Ketsbaia), Levan Tskitishvili, Gocha Jamarauli - Mikheil Kavelashvili (75
Lado Burduli), Aleksander Iashvili (82 Rati Aleksidze)
# In the 84th minute Temur Ketsbaia shot the ball in the post.
Not used: Bogdan Stelea, Florin Costin Șoavă, Mihai Adrian Iencsi, Mihai Tararache (Romania)
- Gia Chanturia, Otar Khizanishvili, Revaz Kemoklidze, Lasha Salukvadze (Georgia)
FINAL TABLE Pd W D L F A Pts
1. ITALY 8 6 2 0 16-3 20 [Qualified to World Cup]
2. Romania 8 5 1 2 10-7 16 [will dispute play-off with Slovenia]
3. Georgia 8 3 1 4 12-12 10
4. Hungary 8 2 2 4 14-13 8
5. Lithuania 8 0 2 6 3-20 2
10.11.2001, "Central Bezigradom stadion", Ljubljana, Kick-off: 20:00, att 9.500, 0°C
Referees: Kim Milton Nielsen - Jens Larsen, Bo Blankholm Pedersen (all Denmark)
Referee observer: Paolo Bergamo (Italy), FIFA Inspector: Pertti Alaja (Finland)
SLOVENIA - ROMANIA = 2 - 1 (1-1) play-off q.World Cup, 1st Leg
0-1 M.Nculae 26, 1-1 Aèimoviæ 42, 2-1 Osterc 69
Slovenia (trainer Sreèko Katanec)
Marko Simeunoviæ - Zeljko Milinoviæ, Marinko Galiæ, Muamer Vugdaliæ - Doni Novak,
Ales Èeh (Cap), Milan Pavlin, Amir Kariæ (40 Nastja Èeh) - Milenko Aèimoviæ (65
Zoran Pavloviæ), Mladen Rudonja - Milan Osterc
Romania (trainer Gheorghe Hagi)
Bogdan Stelea - Adrian Iencsi, Gheorghe Popescu (Cap), Iulian Miu (90 Daniel
Pancu), Cristian Chivu - Cosmin Contra, Ioan Ovidiu Sabău (83 Tiberiu Ghioane),
Dorinel Munteanu - Adrian Ilie (83 Laurențiu Roșu), Adrian Mutu - Marius Niculae
YC: Osterc (62) - Ad.Ilie (44), Mutu (54)
14.11.2001, "Steaua stadium", București, Kick-off: 19:00, att 30.000
Referees: Hellmut Krug - Kurt Ertl, Harry Ehing (all Germany)
Referee observer: Aleksei Spirin (Russia), FIFA Inspector: Stefano Pucci (Italy)
ROMANIA - SLOVENIA = 1 - 1 (0-0) play-off q.World Cup, 2nd Leg
0-1 Rudonja 55, 1-1 Contra 65
Romania (trainer Gheorghe Hagi)
Bogdan Lobonț - Cosmin Contra, Gheorghe Popescu (Cap), Iulian Miu (79 Adrian
Mihalcea), Cristian Chivu - Tiberiu Ghioane (59 Ionel Ganea), Ioan Ovidiu Sabău,
Dorinel Munteanu - Adrian Ilie, Adrian Mutu (59 Daniel Pancu) - Marius Niculae
Slovenia (trainer Sreèko Katanec)
Marko Simeunoviæ - Saa Gajser, Muamer Vugdaliæ, Marinko Galiæ, Zeljko Milinoviæ,
Doni Novak - Ales Èeh (Cap), Milan Pavlin, Milenko Aèimoviæ (63 Goran Sankoviæ),
Mladen Rudonja - Milan Osterc (90+2 Zoran Pavloviæ)
YC: Ghioane (16) - Pavlin (23), Gajser (28), Novak (74), A.Èeh (81), Vugdaliæ (82)
Not used: Stelea, Iencsi, Roșu, Tararache (Romania) - Dabanoviæ, Kariæ, N.Èeh, Tavèar,
Tiganj (Slovenia)
# Daniel Pancu headed the ball in the post in the 82th minute.
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