EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Arena Națională - Bucharest Saturday 11 October 2014 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Romania Group F - Matchday 2 Hungary Last updated 03/06/2015 03:41CET EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 3 1 Romania - Hungary Saturday 11 October 2014 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Match background Romania look to maintain their current unbeaten run against Hungary – now under caretaker coach Pál Dárdai following Attila Pintér's departure – when the sides meet in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group F. The neighbours were also paired in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. Match background • Romania's overall record in 21 senior games against their neighbours is W5 D6 L10 (W3 D3 L3 in Bucharest – W2 D3 L6 in Hungary). Those matches include a 1972 UEFA European Championship quarter-final replay, which Hungary won 2-1 on neutral territory in Belgrade. They do not include Romania's 3-0 victory over Hungary in the 2004 Cyprus international tournament, since such fixtures are not recognised as official FIFA internationals. • Hungary had much the better of the teams' early exchanges; Romania beat Hungary for the first time at the 16th attempt in their last UEFA European Championship meeting, on 5 June 1999, the second game in a seven-match (W5 D2) unbeaten sequence against their neighbours which persists to this day. • The sides last met in 2014 World Cup qualifying; Sándor Egervári's Hungary held Victor Piţurcă's Romania to a 2-2 draw in Budapest on 22 March 2013, Adrian Mutu (68) and Alexandru Chipciu (90+2) cancelling out goals from Vilmos Vanczák (16) and Balázs Dzsudzsák (71). Ciprian Marica (2), Mihai Pintilii (31) and Cristian Tănase (88) scored in a 3-0 Romania success in the return fixture on 6 September the same year. • The countries' first UEFA European Championship encounters were tight; Rudolf Illovszky's Hungary held Angelo Niculescu's Romania 1-1 in Budapest on 29 April 1972, László Branikovits (11) striking early before Lajos Sătmăreanu (56) replied. Romania pegged Hungary back twice more in the return fixture in Bucharest on 14 May, Niolae Dobrin (14) and Alexandru Neagu (81) annulling efforts from István Szőke (5) and Lajos Kocsis (36). • It took a replay in Belgrade on 17 May to decide who went to the finals in Belgium: Neagu (34) once again responded to a Kocsis strike (27), but Romania had no answer to Szőke's 89th-minute winner. • The teams' most recent UEFA European Championship tussles came in UEFA EURO 2000 qualifying. János Hrutka (82) hit back on 14 October 1998 after Viorel Moldovan (50) broke the deadlock in Budapest, Bertalan Bicskei's side resisting Piţurcă's men in a 1-1 draw. Adrian Ilie (2) and Dorinel Munteanu (15) scored as Romania won the return fixture 2-0 on 5 June 1999 – as mentioned before, their first victory against Hungary. • The nations have met in 23 UEFA age-group tournament games with both boasting the record W11 D1 L11. However, seven of the eight most recent matches have been won by the Romanians. • Romanian clubs have had marginally the better of their ten UEFA competition encounters with Hungarian counterparts: W6 D0 L4. The countries' teams also met six times in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the non-UEFA affiliated precursor to the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League: each nation posted three wins. 2 Romania - Hungary Saturday 11 October 2014 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Legend :: Previous meetings Goals for/against: Goal totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (e.g. match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined). Goals totals do not include goals scored during a penalty shoot-out after a tie ended in a draw :: Squad list Qual.: Total European Qualifiers appearances/goals for UEFA EURO 2016 only. FT: Total UEFA EURO 2016 appearances/goals in final tournament only. Overall: Total international appearances/goals. DoB: Date of birth Age: Based on the date press kit was last updated D: Disciplinary (*: misses next match if booked, S: suspended) :: Team facts EURO finals: The UEFA European Championship was a four-team event in 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 (when the preliminary round and quarter-finals were considered part of qualifying). From 1980 it was expanded to an eight-team finals and remained in that format in 1984, 1988 and 1992 until 1996, when the 16-team format was adopted. UEFA EURO 2016 is the first tournament to be played as a 24-team finals. Records of inactive countries A number of UEFA associations have been affected by dissolution or splits of member associations. For statistical purposes, the records of these inactive countries have been allocated elsewhere: therefore, all Soviet Union matches are awarded to Russia; all West Germany – but not East Germany – matches are awarded to Germany; all Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro matches are awarded to Serbia; all Czechoslovakia matches are allocated to both the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Abandoned/forfeited matches For statisical purposes, when a match has been started and then abandoned but later forfeited, the result on the pitch at the time of abandonment is counted. Matches that never started and were either cancelled or forfeited are not included in the overall statistics. Competitions Other abbreviations (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties No.: Number og: Own goal ag: Match decided on away goals P: Penalty agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result ET: Extra Time sg: Match decided by silver goal GA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of a coin GF: Goals for W: Won gg: Match decided by golden goal Y: Booked L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) Nat.: Nationality N/A: Not applicable Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com. 3.