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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Windsor Park - Belfast Saturday 13 June 2015 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Northern Ireland Group F - Matchday -7 Romania Last updated 12/07/2021 17:39CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Head coach 6 Match officials 7 Competition facts 8 Match-by-match lineups 9 Team facts 11 Legend 13 1 Northern Ireland - Romania Saturday 13 June 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Windsor Park, Belfast Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 14/11/2014 QR (GS) Romania - Northern Ireland 2-0 Bucharest Papp 74, 79 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 16/10/1985 QR (GS) Romania - Northern Ireland 0-1 Bucharest Quinn 29 Iorgulescu 34 (og), Whiteside 61, O'Neill 12/09/1984 QR (GS) Northern Ireland - Romania 3-2 Belfast 73; Hagi 36, Geolgau 80 Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Northern Ireland - - - - 1 0 0 1 - - - - 1 0 0 1 0 2 Romania 1 1 0 0 - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 0 2 0 FIFA* Northern Ireland 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 4 2 Romania 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 2 4 Friendlies Northern Ireland - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 0 1 2 2 Romania - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 0 1 2 2 Total Northern Ireland 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 - - - - 5 3 0 2 6 6 Romania 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 5 2 0 3 6 6 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Northern Ireland - Romania Saturday 13 June 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Windsor Park, Belfast Match background Northern Ireland will look to take top spot in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group F as they seek a third successive home win against leaders Romania. Previous meetings • A 2-0 defeat in Bucharest in November means that Northern Ireland's record in five games against Romania reads W3 D0 L2 (W2 D0 L0 in Belfast). Those matches include a friendly on neutral territory, in the United States, which Romania won 2-0. • Romania have won the last two meetings between the nations, both by a 2-0 margin: Paul Papp scored their goals in November, while Tiberiu Bălan (7) and Daniel Niculae (13) struck as Lawrie Sanchez's Northern Ireland came unstuck in the aforementioned friendly in Chicago on 27 May 2006, a game in which James Quinn (38) was sent off. • Bryan Hamilton's Northern Ireland had previously overcome Anghel Iordănescu's Romania 2-0 at home in a 23 March 1994 friendly, Steve Morrow (42) and Phil Gray (50) the men on target. • The sides' only previous competitive meetings were in 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifying. Billy Bingham's Northern Ireland beat Mircea Lucescu's Romania 3-2 in Belfast on 12 September 1984. Gheorghe Hagi (36) scored his first international goal to cancel out an own goal from team-mate Gino Iorgulescu (34), but strikes from Norman Whiteside (61) and Martin O'Neill (73) put the home side in front before Ion Geolgău (80) replied. • Jimmy Quinn (29) buried the only goal in the return fixture on 16 October 1985, Northern Ireland winning 1-0 in what was the teams' penultimate qualifier. Romania went on to beat Turkey 3-1 in Izmir but finished third behind Northern Ireland, who held England 0-0 at Wembley to make it to the final tournament in Mexico. Form guide • The defeat by Romania remains Northern Ireland's only Group F loss; they have won their other four games. • Northern Ireland have scored twice in each of their last three competitive home matches: a 4-2 loss to Portugal, a 2-0 win against the Faroe Islands and a 2-1 success versus Finland. • Romania have conceded only once in the European Qualifiers – in a 1-1 home draw with Hungary. • Romania are unbeaten in Group F (W4 D1), having won both of their previous away games in the section without conceding. They have not won three competitive away games in a row since UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying, when they beat Slovenia (2-1), Belarus (3-1) and Luxembourg (2-0) in succession. Trivia and links • Northern Ireland's Steven Davis and Romania's Florin Gardoş are club-mates in England with Southampton FC. • Romania have won all five of their UEFA age-group fixtures against Northern Irish sides, scoring over three goals a game on average. • The six meetings between the nations' clubs in UEFA competition have left the Romanian teams with the record W3 D2 L1. Those include an 11-0 victory for FC Dinamo Bucureşti against Crusaders FC in the first round of the 1973/74 European Champion Clubs' Cup. 3 Northern Ireland - Romania Saturday 13 June 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Windsor Park, Belfast Squad list Northern Ireland Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Maik Taylor 04/09/1971 43 - 0 0 0 0 - Michael McGovern 12/07/1984 30 Hamilton - 0 0 0 0 - Trevor Carson 05/03/1988 27 Cheltenham - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Aaron Hughes 08/11/1979 35 Brighton - 4 0 0 0 - Chris Baird 25/02/1982 33 West Brom - 5 0 0 0 - Gareth McAuley 05/12/1979 35 West Brom - 5 1 0 0 - Jonny Evans 02/01/1988 27 Man. United - 1 0 0 0 - Craig Cathcart 06/02/1989 26 Watford - 1 0 0 0 - Conor McLaughlin 26/07/1991 23 Fleetwood - 5 0 0 0 - Shane Ferguson 12/07/1991 23 Newcastle - 2 0 0 0 - Paddy McNair 27/04/1995 20 Man. United - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Steven Davis 01/01/1985 30 Southampton - 4 0 0 0 - Paddy McCourt 16/12/1983 31 Brighton - 1 0 0 0 - Chris Brunt 14/12/1984 30 West Brom - 3 0 0 0 - Jamie Ward 12/05/1986 29 Derby - 4 1 0 0 - Josh Magennis 15/08/1990 24 Kilmarnock - 3 0 0 0 - Corry Evans 30/07/1990 24 Blackburn - 4 0 0 0 - Oliver Norwood 12/04/1991 24 Reading - 5 0 0 0 - Stuart Dallas 19/04/1991 24 Brentford - 1 0 0 0 Forwards - Kyle Lafferty 16/09/1987 27 Rizespor * 5 5 0 0 - Niall McGinn 20/07/1987 27 Aberdeen - 4 1 0 0 - Will Grigg 03/07/1991 23 MK Dons - 0 0 0 0 Sheff. - Caolan Lavery 22/10/1992 22 - 0 0 0 0 Wednesday Coach - Michael O'Neill 05/07/1969 45 - 5 0 0 0 4 Northern Ireland - Romania Saturday 13 June 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Windsor Park, Belfast Romania Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Cristian Bălgrădean 21/03/1988 27 U Craiova - 0 0 0 0 - Ciprian Tătăruşanu 09/02/1986 29 Fiorentina - 4 0 0 0 - Silviu Lung 04/06/1989 26 Astra - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Gabriel Tamaş 09/11/1983 31 Steaua - 1 0 0 0 - Cosmin Moţi 03/12/1984 30 Ludogorets - 0 0 0 0 - László Sepsi 07/06/1987 28 Târgu Mureş - 0 0 0 0 Rapid - Cristian Săpunaru 05/04/1984 31 - 0 0 0 0 Bucureşti - Paul Papp 11/11/1989 25 Steaua - 2 2 0 0 - Dragoş Grigore 07/09/1986 28 Toulouse - 5 0 0 0 - Vlad Chiricheş 14/11/1989 25 Tottenham - 5 0 0 0 Midfielders - Andrei Prepeliţă 08/12/1985 29 Steaua - 2 0 0 0 - Gabriel Torje 22/11/1989 25 Konyaspor - 4 0 0 0 - Alexandru Chipciu 18/05/1989 26 Steaua * 4 0 0 0 - Eric Bicfalvi 05/02/1988 27 Volyn - 0 0 0 0 - Bogdan Vătăjelu 24/04/1993 22 U Craiova - 0 0 0 0 - Claudiu Bumba 05/01/1994 21 Târgu Mureş - 0 0 0 0 H. Beer - Ovidiu Hoban 27/12/1982 32 - 4 0 0 0 Sheva - Mihai Pintilii 09/11/1984 30 Pandurii * 5 0 0 0 - Alexandru Maxim 08/07/1990 24 Stuttgart - 4 0 0 0 Forwards - Claudiu Keșerü 02/12/1986 28 Al-Gharafa - 2 1 0 0 - Bogdan Stancu 28/06/1987 27 Gençlerbirliği - 4 2 0 0 - Florin Andone 11/04/1993 22 Córdoba - 0 0 0 0 - Adrian Popa 24/07/1988 26 Steaua - 1 0 0 0 Coach - Anghel Iordanescu 04/05/1950 65 - 2 0 0 0 5 Northern Ireland - Romania Saturday 13 June 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Windsor Park, Belfast Head coach Michael O'Neill Date of birth: 5 July 1969 Nationality: Northern Irish Playing career: Coleraine FC, Newcastle United FC, Dundee United FC, Hibernian FC, Coventry City FC, Aberdeen FC (loan), Reading FC (loan), Wigan Athletic FC, Saint Johnstone FC, Portland Timbers, Clydebank FC, Glentoran FC, Ayr United FC Coaching career: Brechin City FC, Shamrock Rovers FC, Northern Ireland • A midfielder and forward during a 20-year playing career, O'Neill spent the bulk of his time in Scotland, most notably with Dundee United and Hibernian. Enjoyed late success when winning a Northern Irish league and League Cup double with Glentoran in 2002/03. • Made 31 appearances for his country, scoring four goals, two of which came in a memorable 5-3 victory against Austria during EURO '96 qualifying.