EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS - Saturday 13 June 2015 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Northern Ireland Group F - Matchday -7 Last updated 12/07/2021 17:39CET

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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 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 's Northern Ireland came unstuck in the aforementioned friendly in 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. 's Northern Ireland beat 's Romania 3-2 in Belfast on 12 September 1984. (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 . 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 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 - 08/11/1979 35 Brighton - 4 0 0 0 - 25/02/1982 33 West Brom - 5 0 0 0 - Gareth McAuley 05/12/1979 35 West Brom - 5 1 0 0 - 02/01/1988 27 Man. United - 1 0 0 0 - 06/02/1989 26 Watford - 1 0 0 0 - Conor McLaughlin 26/07/1991 23 Fleetwood - 5 0 0 0 - 12/07/1991 23 Newcastle - 2 0 0 0 - Paddy McNair 27/04/1995 20 Man. United - 0 0 0 0 - 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 - 12/05/1986 29 Derby - 4 1 0 0 - 15/08/1990 24 Kilmarnock - 3 0 0 0 - 30/07/1990 24 Blackburn - 4 0 0 0 - 12/04/1991 24 Reading - 5 0 0 0 - 19/04/1991 24 Brentford - 1 0 0 0 Forwards - 16/09/1987 27 Rizespor * 5 5 0 0 - Niall McGinn 20/07/1987 27 Aberdeen - 4 1 0 0 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 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 during EURO '96 qualifying. • Moved into coaching as assistant manager of Scottish club Cowdenbeath in 2005 before taking the reins at Brechin in March 2006. Was named coach of Shamrock Rovers in the Republic of Ireland in December 2008, guiding the Hoops to a second-place finish in his debut season before clinching their first title since 1994 in 2010. • Made history as Rovers became the first Irish side to qualify for the group stage of a European competition, beating FK Partizan in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League play-offs. Also led the Hoops to a second successive domestic championship in 2011. • Appointed coach of his country in December 2011 and helped Northern Ireland record several notable results in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying, including a 1-1 draw in Portugal and a home win against Russia. Anghel Iordănescu Date of birth: 4 May 1950 Nationality: Romanian Playing career: FC Steaua București, OFI Crete FC Coaching career: FC Steaua București (twice), Anorthorsis Famagusta FC, Romania (three times), Greece, Al-Hilal, FC Rapid București, Al-Ain (twice), Al-Ittihad • The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) named Iordănescu 'Coach of the 20th Century' for his exploits with both Steaua and the national team, to which he was appointed for the third time on 27 October 2014. • Between the ages of 12 and 32 he was a midfielder with Steaua, making his debut aged 18 in 1968. Before leaving in 1982 he won two titles and four Romanian Cups, scoring 155 goals in 317 league games. He also made 57 appearances for Romania, scoring 21 international goals. • After two years at OFI Crete, returned to Steaua as assistant and surprisingly played as a 73rd-minute substitute in the 1986 European Champions Clubs' Cup final win against FC Barcelona. Then became Steaua coach, winning the UEFA Super Cup, three league titles and three cups in four seasons as well as reaching the 1989 European Cup final. After two years at Anorthosis, returned to Steaua and won the league again. • In 1993 became national coach and led Romania to their first FIFA World Cup quarter-final a year later, also taking them to EURO '96 and the 1998 World Cup where they made the last 16, a unique run in the team's history. After 1998 had spells as Greece coach and in the Middle East, leading Al-Hilal to 2000 Asian Club Championship victory, and coached Romania again between 2002 and 2004. • In 2004 he joined Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad, winning the 2005 AFC Champions League, before retiring from football to concentrate on politics, becoming a Romanian senator. However in 2013 he was appointed FRF technical director and ten months later became national coach again.

6 Northern Ireland - Romania Saturday 13 June 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Windsor Park, Belfast Match officials

Referee Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP) Assistant referees Roberto Alonso (ESP) , Juan Yuste (ESP) Additional assistant referees Carlos Del Cerro (ESP) , Santiago Jaime (ESP) Fourth official Marcos Alvarez Moreno (ESP) UEFA Delegate Jean-François Crucke (BEL) UEFA Referee observer Ryszard Wójcik (POL)

Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Carlos Velasco Carballo 16/03/1971 7 55

Carlos Velasco Carballo Referee since: 1988 First division: 2004 FIFA badge: 2008

Tournaments: 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA EURO 2012

Finals 2011 UEFA Europa League

UEFA European Championship matches featuring the two countries involved in this match No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 09/09/2008 U21 QR Romania Wales 0-3 Iasi 17/12/2009 UEL GS GNK Dinamo Zagreb FC Timişoara 1-2 Zagreb 01/10/2013 UCL GS FC Steaua Bucureşti Chelsea FC 0-4 Bucharest

7 Northern Ireland - Romania Saturday 13 June 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Windsor Park, Belfast Competition facts

8 Northern Ireland - Romania Saturday 13 June 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Windsor Park, Belfast Match-by-match lineups Northern Ireland

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (07/09/2014) Hungary 1-2 Northern Ireland Goals: 1-0 Priskin 75, 1-1 McGinn 81, 1-2 K. Lafferty 88 Northern Ireland: Carroll, C. McLaughlin, McAuley (72 Cathcart), Baird, Davis, K. Lafferty, Brunt, C. Evans, Norwood (79 McKay), Hughes, Ward (66 McGinn) Matchday 2 (11/10/2014) Northern Ireland 2-0 Faroe Islands Goals: 1-0 McAuley 6, 2-0 K. Lafferty 20 Northern Ireland: Carroll, C. McLaughlin, McAuley (56 McCullough), Baird, McGinn (67 McCourt), Davis, K. Lafferty (84 Magennis), Norwood, Ferguson, Hughes, Ward Matchday 3 (14/10/2014) Greece 0-2 Northern Ireland Goals: 0-1 Ward 9, 0-2 K. Lafferty 51 Northern Ireland: Carroll, C. McLaughlin, McAuley, Baird, Davis, K. Lafferty (72 Magennis), Ferguson (78 Reeves), C. Evans, Norwood, Hughes, Ward (59 McGivern) Matchday 4 (14/11/2014) Romania 2-0 Northern Ireland Goals: 1-0 Papp 74, 2-0 Papp 79 Northern Ireland: Carroll, C. McLaughlin, McGivern, McAuley, Baird, McGinn (63 Clingan), K. Lafferty, Brunt, C. Evans (78 McKay), Norwood, Hughes Matchday 5 (29/03/2015) Northern Ireland 2-1 Finland Goals: 1-0 K. Lafferty 33, 2-0 K. Lafferty 38, 2-1 Sadik 90+1 Northern Ireland: Carroll, C. McLaughlin, McAuley, J. Evans, Baird, McGinn (64 Dallas), Davis (46 C. Evans), K. Lafferty (79 Magennis), Brunt, Norwood, Ward Matchday 6 (13/06/2015) Northern Ireland-Romania Matchday 7 (04/09/2015) Faroe Islands-Northern Ireland Matchday 8 (07/09/2015) Northern Ireland-Hungary Matchday 9 (08/10/2015) Northern Ireland-Greece Matchday 10 (11/10/2015) Finland-Northern Ireland Romania

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (07/09/2014) Greece 0-1 Romania Goals: 0-1 Marica 10 (P) Romania: Tătăruşanu, Raţ, Tamaş, Hoban (84 Prepeliţă), Chiricheş, Chipciu (90 Torje), Pintilii, Marica, Maxim (68 Enache), Stancu, Grigore Matchday 2 (11/10/2014) Romania 1-1 Hungary Goals: 1-0 Rusescu 45, 1-1 Dzsudzsák 82 Romania: Tătăruşanu, Raţ, Hoban, Chiricheş, Chipciu, Pintilii, Rusescu, Goian (5 Gardoş), Sânmărtean (67 C.

9 Northern Ireland - Romania Saturday 13 June 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Windsor Park, Belfast Tănase), Maxim (84 Stancu), Grigore Matchday 3 (14/10/2014) Finland 0-2 Romania Goals: 0-1 Stancu 54, 0-2 Stancu 83 Romania: Tătăruşanu, Raţ, Luchin, Hoban, Chiricheş, Chipciu (49 Sânmărtean), Pintilii, C. Tănase (84 Enache), Torje, Stancu (86 Rusescu), Grigore Matchday 4 (14/11/2014) Romania 2-0 Northern Ireland Goals: 1-0 Papp 74, 2-0 Papp 79 Romania: Tătăruşanu, Papp , Raţ, Chiricheş, Chipciu, Pintilii, Stancu (46 Keșerü), C. Tănase (58 Maxim), Torje (80 Hoban), Sânmărtean, Grigore Matchday 5 (29/03/2015) Romania 1-0 Faroe Islands Goals: 1-0 Keșerü 21 Romania: Pantilimon, Papp , Raţ, Chiricheş, Pintilii, Rusescu (60 C. Tănase), Keșerü, Sânmărtean (86 Prepeliţă), Maxim, Grigore, Popa (71 Torje) Matchday 6 (13/06/2015) Northern Ireland-Romania Matchday 7 (04/09/2015) Hungary-Romania Matchday 8 (07/09/2015) Romania-Greece Matchday 9 (08/10/2015) Romania-Finland Matchday 10 (11/10/2015) Faroe Islands-Romania

10 Northern Ireland - Romania Saturday 13 June 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Windsor Park, Belfast Team facts

UEFA European Championship records: Northern Ireland History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – did not qualify 1992 – did not qualify 1988 – did not qualify 1984 – did not qualify 1980 – did not qualify 1976 – did not qualify 1972 – did not qualify 1968 – did not qualify 1964 – did not qualify 1960 – did not participate Qualifying win 0-5: Faroe Islands v Northern Ireland, 11/09/91 5-0: Northern Ireland v Cyprus, 21/04/71 Qualifying defeat 1-5: Northern Ireland v England, 17/10/79 4-0: four times, most recently Germany v Northern Ireland, 08/09/99 Overall appearances 31: Keith Gillespie 31: Aaron Hughes 29: 29: Maik Taylor 28: Chris Baird 27: Overall goals 13: David Healy 8: Kyle Lafferty 7: Iain Dowie 6: Colin Clarke 5: James Quinn 4: 4: Jimmy Nicholson

UEFA European Championship records: Romania History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – group stage 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – quarter-finals 1996 – group stage 1992 – did not qualify 1988 – did not qualify 1984 – group stage 1980 – did not qualify 1976 – did not qualify 1972 – did not qualify 1968 – did not qualify 1964 – did not qualify 1960 – did not qualify Final tournament win

11 Northern Ireland - Romania Saturday 13 June 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Windsor Park, Belfast 2-3: England v Romania, 20/06/00 Final tournament loss 2-0: Netherlands v Romania, 17/06/08 2-0: Italy v Romania, 24/06/00 Qualifying win 7-0: Romania v Liechtenstein, 02/09/98 7-0: Romania v Cyprus, 23/04/67 0-7: Luxembourg v Romania, 16/10/02 Qualifying defeat 7-1: Switzerland v Romania, 24/05/67 6-0: Spain v Romania, 01/11/62 Final tournament appearances 8: Gheorghe Hagi 7: 7: 6: 6: 6: 6: 6: Constantin Gâlcă 6: 6: 6: Final tournament goals 1: Viorel Moldovan 1: Cristian Chivu 1: Dorinel Munteanu 1: Ioan Ganea 1: Florin Răducioiu 1: Laszlo Bölöni 1: Marcel Coraş 1: Adrian Mutu Overall appearances 36: Gheorghe Popescu 35: Dorinel Munteanu 34: Răzvan Raţ 32: Gheorghe Hagi 31: Dan Petrescu 31: Overall goals 16: Adrian Mutu 9: 9: Florin Răducioiu 8: Gheorghe Hagi 8: Dorinel Munteanu 8: Ioan Ganea

12 Northern Ireland - Romania Saturday 13 June 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Windsor Park, Belfast 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 2020 only. FT: Total UEFA EURO 2020 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 was 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 – 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.

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