Corneliu Popa - International Appearances (original) (raw)

The outstanding Romanian player obtained 27 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 17- 3-1935 Country: Romania Caps: 27 (W14-D1-L12 - GF50-GA44 - %53.70) Age First Cap: 23 yr 223 d 26-10-1958 vs. Hungary 1-2 Age Last Cap: 32 yr 68 d 24- 5-1967 vs. Switzerland 1-7 National Team Career: 9 yr 210 d

Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 26-10-58 București Hungary 1-2
2 2-11-58 București Turkey 3-0 European Champ. Qual. 3 26- 4-59 İstanbul Turkey 0-2 European Champ. Qual.

• 19- 7-59 Moskva Soviet Union 0-2 Olympic Games Qual.
• 2- 8-59 București Soviet Union 0-0 Olympic Games Qual. 4 30- 8-59 Warszawa Poland 3-2
• 8-11-59 București Bulgaria 1-0 Olympic Games Qual.
• 1- 5-60 Sofia Bulgaria 1-2 Olympic Games Qual. 5 22- 5-60 București Czechoslovakia 0-2 European Champ. Qual. 6 29- 5-60 Bratislava Czechoslovakia 0-3 European Champ. Qual. 7 25-11-62 București Spain 3-1 European Champ. Qual. 8 23-12-62 Casablanca Morocco 1-3
  9 12- 5-63 București East Germany 3-2
• 23- 6-63 København Denmark 3-2 Olympic Games Qual. 10 9-10-63 Ankara Turkey 0-0
• 27-10-63 București Yugoslavia 2-1
• 3-11-63 București Denmark 2-3 Olympic Games Qual.
• 28-11-63 Torino Denmark 2-1 aet Olympic Games Qual.
• 27- 4-64 București Czechoslovakia 4-1
• 3- 5-64 București Bulgaria 2-1 Olympic Games Qual. 11 2- 5-65 București Turkey 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 12 30- 5-65 București Czechoslovakia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 13 13- 6-65 Lisboa Portugal 1-2 World Cup Qualifier 14 19- 9-65 Praha Czechoslovakia 1-3 World Cup Qualifier 15 23-10-65 Ankara Turkey 1-2 World Cup Qualifier 16 21-11-65 București Portugal 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 17 1- 6-66 Ludwigshafen West Germany 0-1
  18 19- 6-66 București Uruguay 1-0
  19 3- 7-66 Oporto Portugal 0-1
  20 2-11-66 București Switzerland 4-2 European Champ. Qual. 21 17-11-66 Ploiești Poland 4-3
  22 26-11-66 Napoli Italy 1-3 European Champ. Qual. 23 3-12-66 Lefkosia Cyprus 5-1 European Champ. Qual. 24 7-12-66 Tel-Aviv Israel 2-1
  25 22- 3-67 Paris France 2-1
  26 23- 4-67 București Cyprus 7-0 European Champ. Qual. 27 24- 5-67 Zürich Switzerland 1-7 European Champ. Qual.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 27 14 1 12 50- 44 29 53.70

Types of Matches Friendlies 11 World Cup Qualifiers 6 European Champ. Qual. 10

Total 27

NB: note that 10 Olympic matches (8 qualifying matches and 2 preparation matches) have been removed from the list after a FIFA decision in 1999; in all those matches, both countries fielded their first team.

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Author: Karel Stokkermans Last updated: 4 Jun 2020

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