Mircea Lucescu - International Appearances (original) (raw)

The outstanding Romanian player obtained 64 international caps with his National Team.
He held the Romanian caps record from December 4, 1974 (when he equalled the total of Iuliu Bodola; according to the traditional count of Romanian caps, this happened on July 23, 1974) until February 16, 1980 (when his total was surpassed by Cornel Dinu; according to the traditional count of Romanian caps, this happened on January 11, 1980).
All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 29- 7-1945 Country: Romania Caps: 64 (W23-D26-L15 - GF103-GA82 - %56.25) Goals: 9 Age First Cap: 21 yr 96 d 2-11-1966 vs. Switzerland 4-2 Age Last Cap: 33 yr 249 d 4- 4-1979 vs. Spain 2-2 National Team Career: 12 yr 153 d

Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 2-11-66 București Switzerland 4-2 European Champ. Qual. 2 17-11-66 Ploiești Poland 4-3
3 26-11-66 Napoli Italy 1-3 European Champ. Qual. 4 3-12-66 Lefkosia Cyprus 5-1 European Champ. Qual. 5 7-12-66 Tel-Aviv Israel 2-1
6 8- 3-67 Athinai Greece 2-1
7 22- 3-67 Paris France 2-1
8 23- 4-67 București Cyprus 7-0 European Champ. Qual. 9 24- 5-67 Zürich Switzerland 1-7 European Champ. Qual. 10 25- 6-67 București Italy 0-1 European Champ. Qual.

18-11-67 Berlin (Ost) East Germany 0-1 Olympic Games Qual. 11 24-12-67 Kinshasa Zaire 1-1
12 27-10-68 Lisboa Portugal 0-3 World Cup Qualifier 13 6-11-68 București England 0-0
14 23-11-68 București Switzerland 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 15 15- 1-69 London England 1-1
16 16- 4-69 Athinai Greece 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 17 30- 4-69 Paris France 0-1
18 14- 5-69 Lausanne Switzerland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 19 12-10-69 București Portugal 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 20 16-11-69 București Greece 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 21 9- 2-70 Lima Peru 1-1
22 8- 4-70 Stuttgart West Germany 1-1
23 28- 4-70 Reims France 0-2
24 6- 5-70 București Yugoslavia 0-0
25 2- 6-70 Guadalajara England 0-1 World Cup 26 6- 6-70 Guadalajara Czechoslovakia 2-1 World Cup 27 10- 6-70 Guadalajara Brazil 2-3 World Cup 28 21- 4-71 Novi Sad Yugoslavia 1-0
29 16- 5-71 Bratislava Czechoslovakia 0-1 European Champ. Qual. 30 22- 9-71 Helsinki Finland 4-0 European Champ. Qual.
10-10-71 København Denmark 1-2 Olympic Games Qual. 31 14-11-71 București Czechoslovakia 2-1 European Champ. Qual. 32 24-11-71 București Wales 2-0 European Champ. Qual. 33 8- 4-72 București France 2-0
34 29- 4-72 Budapest Hungary 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 35 14- 5-72 București Hungary 2-2 European Champ. Qual. 36 17- 5-72 Beograd Hungary 1-2 European Champ. Qual. 37 17- 6-72 București Italy 3-3
38 3- 9-72 Craiova Austria 1-1
39 20- 9-72 Helsinki Finland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 40 29-10-72 București Albania 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 41 18- 4-73 Kiev Soviet Union 0-2
42 17- 4-74 São Paulo Brazil 0-2
43 22- 4-74 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-2
44 29- 5-74 București Greece 3-1 Balkan Cup 45 5- 6-74 Rotterdam Netherlands 0-0
46 23- 7-74 Constanța Japan 4-1
47 13-10-74 K�benhavn Denmark 0-0 European Champ. Qual. 48 4-12-74 Tel-Aviv Israel 1-0
49 19- 3-75 İstanbul Turkey 1-1
50 31- 3-75 Praha Czechoslovakia 1-1
51 17- 4-75 Madrid Spain 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 52 11- 5-75 București Denmark 6-1 European Champ. Qual. 53 1- 6-75 București Scotland 1-1 European Champ. Qual.
4- 6-75 București Denmark 4-0 Olympic Games Qual.
18- 6-75 København Denmark 2-1 Olympic Games Qual. 54 24- 9-75 Thessaloniki Greece 1-1 Balkan Cup 55 16-11-75 București Spain 2-2 European Champ. Qual. 56 29-11-75 București Soviet Union 2-2
3-12-75 Blois France Olympic 0-4 Olympic Games Qual. 57 17-12-75 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 European Champ. Qual.
24- 3-76 București France Olympic 1-0 Olympic Games Qual. 58 5- 6-76 Milano Italy 2-4
59 2- 7-76 Tehran Iran 2-2
60 28-11-76 București Bulgaria 3-2 Balkan Cup 61 27- 4-77 București East Germany 1-1
62 5- 4-78 Buenos Aires Argentina 0-2
63 21- 3-79 București Greece 3-0
64 4- 4-79 Craiova Spain 2-2 European Champ. Qual.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 64 23 26 15 103- 82 72 56.25

Types of Matches Friendlies 30 World Cup Qualifiers 8 World Cup 3
European Champ. Qual. 20 Balkan Cup 3

Total 64

NB: note that 6 Olympic Qualifying matches have been removed from the list after a FIFA decision in 1999

Goals:

Cap 4 1 goal Cap 8 1 goal Cap 21 1 goal Cap 30 1 goal Cap 32 1 goal Cap 44 1 goal Cap 49 1 goal Cap 52 1 goal Cap 58 1 goal

Total: 9 goals

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Author: Karel Stokkermans Last updated: 4 Jun 2020