Gheorghe Popescu - Century of International Appearances (original) (raw)

The outstanding Romanian player, who obtained 115 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition 1 20/ 9/88 Constanța Albania 3-0 2 19/10/88 Sofia Bulgaria 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 3 2/11/88 București Greece 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 4 23/11/88 Sibiu Israel 3-0 5 29/ 3/89 Sibiu Italy 1-0 6 12/ 4/89 Warszawa Poland 1-2 7 26/ 4/89 Athinai Greece 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 8 17/ 5/89 București Bulgaria 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 9 31/ 8/89 Set�bal Portugal 0-0 10 5/ 9/89 Nitra Czechoslovakia 0-2 11 11/10/89 København Denmark 0-3 World Cup Qualifier 12 15/11/89 București Denmark 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 13 4/ 2/90 Algiers Algeria 0-0 14 28/ 3/90 Cairo Egypt 3-1 15 3/ 4/90 Luzern Switzerland 1-2 16 25/ 4/90 Haifa Israel 4-1 17 21/ 5/90 București Egypt 1-0 18 26/ 5/90 Brussel Belgium 2-2 19 9/ 6/90 Bari Soviet Union 2-0 World Cup 20 14/ 6/90 Bari Cameroon 1-2 World Cup 21 18/ 6/90 Napoli Argentina 1-1 World Cup 22 25/ 6/90 Genova Ireland 0-0 (1) World Cup 23 12/ 9/90 Glasgow Scotland 1-2 European Champ. Qual. 24 26/ 9/90 București Poland 2-1 25 17/10/90 București Bulgaria 0-3 European Champ. Qual. 26 5/12/90 București San Marino 6-0 European Champ. Qual. 27 27/ 3/91 Serravalle San Marino 3-1 European Champ. Qual. 28 3/ 4/91 Neuchâtel Switzerland 0-0 European Champ. Qual. 29 17/ 4/91 C�ceres Spain 2-0 30 16/10/91 București Scotland 1-0 European Champ. Qual. 31 13/11/91 București Switzerland 1-0 European Champ. Qual. 32 20/11/91 Sofia Bulgaria 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 33 8/ 4/92 București Latvia 2-0 34 6/ 5/92 București Faroe Islands 7-0 World Cup Qualifier 35 20/ 5/92 București Wales 5-1 World Cup Qualifier 36 29/11/92 Larnaka Cyprus 4-1 World Cup Qualifier 37 2/ 6/93 Košice Czechoslovakia 2-5 World Cup Qualifier 38 8/ 9/93 Toftir Faroe Islands 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 39 13/10/93 București Belgium 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 40 17/11/93 Cardiff Wales 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 41 23/ 3/94 Belfast N. Ireland 0-2 42 20/ 4/94 București Bolivia 3-0 43 25/ 5/94 București Nigeria 2-0 44 1/ 6/94 București Slovenia 0-0 45 12/ 6/94 Mission Viejo Sweden 1-1 46 18/ 6/94 Los Angeles Colombia 3-1 World Cup 47 22/ 6/94 Detroit Switzerland 1-4 World Cup 48 26/ 6/94 Los Angeles United States 1-0 World Cup 49 3/ 7/94 Los Angeles Argentina 3-2 World Cup 50 10/ 7/94 San Francisco Sweden 2-2 (2) World Cup 51 7/ 9/94 București Azerbaijan 3-0 European Champ. Qual. 52 8/10/94 St.-Etienne France 0-0 European Champ. Qual. 53 12/10/94 London England 1-1 54 12/11/94 București Slovakia 3-2 European Champ. Qual. 55 14/12/94 Tel-Aviv Israel 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 56 29/ 3/95 București Poland 2-1 European Champ. Qual. 57 26/ 4/95 Trabzon Azerbaijan 4-1 European Champ. Qual. 58 6/ 9/95 Zabrze Poland 0-0 European Champ. Qual. 59 11/10/95 București France 1-3 European Champ. Qual. 60 15/11/95 Košice Slovakia 2-0 European Champ. Qual. 61 24/ 4/96 București Georgia 5-0 62 1/ 6/96 București Moldova 3-1 63 10/ 6/96 Newcastle France 0-1 European Championship 64 13/ 6/96 Newcastle Bulgaria 0-1 European Championship 65 18/ 6/96 Leeds Spain 1-2 European Championship 66 18/ 9/96 București UAE 1-2 67 9/10/96 Reykjav�k Iceland 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 68 14/12/96 Skopje Macedonia 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 69 29/ 3/97 București Liechtenstein 8-0 World Cup Qualifier 70 2/ 4/97 Vilnius Lithuania 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 71 30/ 4/97 București Ireland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 72 20/ 8/97 București Macedonia 4-2 World Cup Qualifier 73 10/ 9/97 București Iceland 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 74 11/10/97 Dublin Ireland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 75 19/11/97 Mallorca Spain 1-1 76 18/ 3/98 București Israel 0-1 77 3/ 6/98 București Paraguay 3-2 78 6/ 6/98 Ploiești Moldova 5-1 79 15/ 6/98 Lyon Colombia 1-0 World Cup 80 22/ 6/98 Toulouse England 2-1 World Cup 81 26/ 6/98 Paris St.-Denis Tunisia 1-1 World Cup 82 30/ 6/98 Bordeaux Croatia 0-1 World Cup 83 19/ 8/98 Oslo Norway 0-0 84 2/ 9/98 București Liechtenstein 7-0 European Champ. Qual. 85 5/ 9/98 La Valletta Germany 1-1 86 10/10/98 Oporto Portugal 1-0 European Champ. Qual. 87 14/10/98 Budapest Hungary 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 88 3/ 3/99 București Estonia 2-0 89 27/ 3/99 București Slovakia 0-0 European Champ. Qual. 90 5/ 6/99 București Hungary 2-0 European Champ. Qual. 91 9/ 6/99 București Azerbaijan 4-0 European Champ. Qual. 92 18/ 8/99 Lemasos Cyprus 2-2 93 4/ 9/99 Bratislava Slovakia 5-1 European Champ. Qual. 94 8/ 9/99 București Portugal 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 95 9/10/99 Vaduz Liechtenstein 3-0 European Champ. Qual. 96 26/ 4/00 Constanța Cyprus 2-0 97 27/ 5/00 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-2 98 3/ 6/00 București Greece 2-1 99 12/ 6/00 Liège Germany 1-1 European Championship 100 17/ 6/00 Arnhem Portugal 0-1 European Championship 101 20/ 6/00 Charleroi England 3-2 European Championship 102 15/ 8/01 Ljubljana Slovenia 2-2 103 5/ 9/01 Budapest Hungary 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 104 6/10/01 București Georgia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 105 10/11/01 Ljubljana Slovenia 1-2 World Cup Qualifier 106 14/11/01 București Slovenia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 107 13/ 2/02 Paris-St.-Denis France 1-2 108 27/ 3/02 Constanța Ukraine 4-1 109 17/ 4/02 Bydgoszcz Poland 2-1 110 21/ 8/02 Constanța Greece 0-1 111 7/ 9/02 Sarajevo Bosnia-Herzeg. 3-0 European Champ. Qual. 112 12/10/02 București Norway 0-1 European Champ. Qual. 113 16/10/02 Luxembourg Luxembourg 7-0 European Champ. Qual. 114 20/11/02 Timișoara Croatia 0-1 115 29/ 3/03 București Denmark 2-5 European Ch. Qual.

(1) Romania lost 4-5 on penalty kicks. (2) Romania lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 115 62 28 25 224- 105 152 66.09

Types of Matches Friendlies 41 World Cup Qualifiers 25 World Cup 13 European Champ. Qual. 30 European Championship 6

Total 115

Goals:

Cap 8 1 goal Cap 36 1 goal Cap 54 1 goal Cap 62 2 goals Cap 67 1 goal Cap 68 3 goals Cap 69 4 goals Cap 78 1 goal Cap 84 1 goal Cap 104 1 goal

Total: 16 goals

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Author: Roberto Mamrud (roberto.mamrud@gmail.com) Last updated: 4 Jun 2020