EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS National Arena Bucharest - Bucharest Saturday 11 October 2014 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Romania Group F - Matchday -11 Hungary Last updated 12/07/2021 16:56CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 5 Head coach 7 Match officials 8 Competition facts 9 Match-by-match lineups 10 Team facts 12 Legend 15 1 Romania - Hungary Saturday 11 October 2014 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit National Arena Bucharest, Bucharest Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Marica 2, Pintilii 31, C. 06/09/2013 QR (GS) Romania - Hungary 3-0 Bucharest Tănase 88 Vanczák 16, Dzsudzsák 71 (P); 22/03/2013 QR (GS) Hungary - Romania 2-2 Budapest Mutu 68 (P), Chipciu 90+2 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 05/09/2001 QR (GS) Hungary - Romania 0-2 Budapest Ilie 11, M.Niculae 27 02/06/2001 QR (GS) Romania - Hungary 2-0 Bucharest M.Niculae 4, 53 UEFA EURO 2000 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 05/06/1999 PR (GS) Romania - Hungary 2-0 Bucharest Ilie 2, D Munteanu 15 Hrutka 82; V 14/10/1998 PR (GS) Hungary - Romania 1-1 Budapest Moldovan 50 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 23/09/1981 QR (GS) Romania - Hungary 0-0 Bucharest 13/05/1981 QR (GS) Hungary - Romania 1-0 Budapest Fazekas 18 1972 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Kocsis 27, Szőke 89; 17/05/1972 Rep (Rep) Hungary - Romania 2-1 (Rep) Belgrade Neagu 34 Dobrin 14, Neagu 81; 14/05/1972 QF Romania - Hungary 2-2 Bucharest Szőke 5, Kocsis 36 Branikovits 11; 29/04/1972 QF Hungary - Romania 1-1 Budapest Sătmăreanu I 56 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 Romania 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 5 1 3 1 7 6 Hungary 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 5 1 3 1 6 7 2 Romania - Hungary Saturday 11 October 2014 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit National Arena Bucharest, Bucharest Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FIFA* Romania 3 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 - - - - 6 3 2 1 9 3 Hungary 3 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 - - - - 6 1 2 3 3 9 Friendlies Romania - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 1 1 8 8 36 Hungary - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 8 1 1 36 8 Total Romania 4 3 1 0 4 1 2 1 3 0 2 1 21 5 6 10 24 45 Hungary 4 1 2 1 4 0 1 3 3 1 2 0 21 10 6 5 45 24 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 3 Romania - Hungary Saturday 11 October 2014 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit National Arena Bucharest, 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. 4 Romania - Hungary Saturday 11 October 2014 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit National Arena Bucharest, Bucharest Squad list Romania Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Costel Pantilimon 01/02/1987 27 Sunderland - 0 0 0 0 17 - - Ciprian Tătăruşanu 09/02/1986 28 Fiorentina - 1 0 0 0 25 - - Silviu Lung 04/06/1989 25 Astra - 0 0 0 0 3 - Defenders - Răzvan Raţ 26/05/1981 33 PAOK - 1 0 0 0 98 2 - Dorin Goian 12/12/1980 33 Asteras - 0 0 0 0 59 5 - Cosmin Moţi 03/12/1984 29 Ludogorets - 0 0 0 0 5 - - Florin Gardoş 29/10/1988 25 Southampton - 0 0 0 0 12 - - Iasmin Latovlevici 11/05/1986 28 Steaua - 0 0 0 0 9 - - Srgian Luchin 04/03/1986 28 Steaua - 0 0 0 0 9 1 - Dragoş Grigore 07/09/1986 28 Toulouse - 1 0 0 0 7 - - Vlad Chiricheş 14/11/1989 24 Tottenham - 1 0 0 0 26 - Midfielders - Lucian Sânmărtean 13/03/1980 34 Steaua - 0 0 0 0 7 - - Andrei Prepeliţă 08/12/1985 28 Steaua - 1 0 0 0 1 - - Gabriel Torje 22/11/1989 24 Konyaspor - 1 0 0 0 37 10 - Cristian Tănase 18/02/1987 27 Steaua - 0 0 0 0 37 6 - Alexandru Chipciu 18/05/1989 25 Steaua - 1 0 0 0 13 3 - Ovidiu Hoban 27/12/1982 31 Petrolul - 1 0 0 0 7 - - Mihai Pintilii 09/11/1984 29 Al-Hilal - 1 0 0 0 18 1 - Gabriel Enache 18/08/1990 24 Astra - 1 0 0 0 1 - - Alexandru Maxim 08/07/1990 24 Stuttgart - 1 0 0 0 16 2 Forwards - Claudiu Keșerü 02/12/1986 27 Steaua - 0 0 0 0 1 1 - Raul Rusescu 09/07/1988 26 Steaua - 0 0 0 0 5 - - Bogdan Stancu 28/06/1987 27 Gençlerbirliği - 1 0 0 0 30 6 Coach - Victor Piturca 08/05/1956 58 - 1 0 0 0 94 - 5 Romania - Hungary Saturday 11 October 2014 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit National Arena Bucharest, Bucharest Hungary Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Gábor Király 01/04/1976 38 Fulham - 0 0 0 0 90 - - Balázs Megyeri 31/03/1990 24 Olympiacos - 0 0 0 0 - - - Dénes Dibusz 16/11/1990 23 Ferencváros - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Roland Juhász 01/07/1983 31 Videoton - 1 0 0 0 81 6 - Tamás Kádár 14/03/1990 24 Diósgyőr - 0 0 0 0 15 - - Mihály Korhut 01/12/1988 25 Debrecen - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Attila Fiola 17/02/1990 24 Paks - 0 0 0 0 - - Midfielders - Dániel Tőzsér 12/05/1985 29 Watford - 1 0 0 0 22 1 Dinamo - Balázs Dzsudzsák 23/12/1986 27 - 1 0 0 0 62 15 Moskva - Zsolt Korcsmár 09/01/1989 25 Fürth - 0 0 0 0 23 - - Zoltan Stieber 16/10/1988 25 Hamburg - 0 0 0 0 4 - - József Varga 06/06/1988 26 Debrecen - 1 0 0 0 29 - - István Kovács 27/03/1992 22 Videoton - 1 0 0 0 4 - - Krisztián Simon 10/06/1991 23 Újpest - 0 0 0 0 - - - Ákos Elek 21/07/1988 26 Diósgyőr - 0 0 0 0 29 1 - Zsolt Kalmár 09/06/1995 19 Leipzig - 0 0 0 0 3 - Forwards - Zoltán Gera 22/04/1979 35 Ferencváros - 0 0 0 0 77 23 - Tamás Priskin 27/09/1986 28 Győr - 1 1 0 0 45 15 - Ádám Szalai 09/12/1987 26 Hoffenheim - 0 0 0 0 18 7 - Roland Varga 23/01/1990 24 Győr - 0 0 0 0 3 2 - Nemanja Nikolić 31/12/1987 26 Videoton - 1 0 0 0 6 1 - Ádám Gyurcsó 06/03/1991 23 Videoton - 1 0 0 0 11 1 - Gergő Lovrencsics 01/09/1988 26 Lech - 1 0 0 0 5 - Coach - Pál Dárdai 16/03/1976 38 - 0 0 0 0 - - 6 Romania - Hungary Saturday 11 October 2014 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit National Arena Bucharest, Bucharest Head coach Victor Piţurcă Date of birth: 8 May 1956 Nationality: Romanian Playing career: FC Universitatea Craiova, FC Dinamo Slatina, CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu, FC Drobeta Turnu-Severin, FC Olt, FC Steaua Bucureşti, RC Lens Coaching career: FC Steaua Bucureşti (four times), FC Universitatea Craiova (twice), Romania Under-21, Romania (three times) • Came to the fore with Steaua, winning the 1986 European Champion Clubs' Cup and that year's UEFA Super Cup.