EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadionul Ilie Oană - Ploiesti Sunday 29 March 2015 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Romania Group F - Matchday -8 Faroe Islands Last updated 12/07/2021 17:31CET 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 Romania - Faroe Islands Sunday 29 March 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Ilie Oană, Ploiesti Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Apostol 16, Bucur 65, 14/10/2009 QR (GS) Romania - Faroe Islands 3-1 Piatra Neamt Mazilu 87; á Bø 83 10/09/2008 QR (GS) Faroe Islands - Romania 0-1 Torshavn Cociş 59 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Răducioiu 23, 57, 58, 08/09/1993 QR (GS) Faroe Islands - Romania 0-4 Toftir 75 Balint 3, 39, 78, Pana 06/05/1992 QR (GS) Romania - Faroe Islands 7-0 Bucharest 5, Hagi 15, Lăcătuş 28 (P), Lupescu 46 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Faroe Islands - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FIFA* Romania 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 4 4 0 0 15 1 Faroe Islands 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 - - - - 4 0 0 4 1 15 Friendlies Romania - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Faroe Islands - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Romania 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 - - - - 4 4 0 0 15 1 Faroe Islands 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 - - - - 4 0 0 4 1 15 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Romania - Faroe Islands Sunday 29 March 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Ilie Oană, Ploiesti Match background Romania top UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group F after making an unbeaten start in 2014, but the Faroe Islands have shown that they are not to be underestimated. Previous meetings • The sides have met in four previous games – all FIFA World Cup qualifiers – with Romania winning all four fixtures. • The Faroes can take comfort from the fact that their results against Romania have improved significantly since a 7-0 away loss and a 4-0 home defeat in 1994 World Cup qualifying; on the road to the 2010 finals, the Faroes lost 1-0 in Torshavn and then 3-1 in Piatra Neamt. • Egil á Bø's strike in that game remains the Faroes' only goal in four meetings with Romania. Form guide • Romania are unbeaten in four Group F games (W3 D1), and five competitive matches in total (W3 D2). • Romania are unbeaten in four competitive home fixtures (W2 D2) since a 2-0 loss to Turkey in September 2013. • This is only Romania's second competitive game in Ploiesti; they beat Luxembourg 4-0 in the first one, a UEFA EURO 2004 qualifier on 6 September 2003. • The Faroes triumphed 1-0 in Greece in their last Group F assignment – that ended a 34-match wait (D1 L33) for their first competitive away win since a 2-0 success in Luxembourg on 24 March 2001. • They have never avoided defeat in successive away fixtures. Trivia and links • Romania have played the Faroes in seven UEFA age-group competitions, boasting the record W5 D2. Most recently, the sides were paired in qualifying for this summer's UEFA European Under-21 Championship, drawing 2-2 in Toftir before Romania won the return fixture 3-1. • The nations' clubs have met in five UEFA competition matches, with the Romanian teams producing the record W4 D1 L0, with no goals conceded. 3 Romania - Faroe Islands Sunday 29 March 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Ilie Oană, Ploiesti 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 28 Sunderland - 0 0 0 0 18 - - Cristian Bălgrădean 21/03/1988 27 U Craiova - 0 0 0 0 - - - Silviu Lung 04/06/1989 25 Astra - 0 0 0 0 3 - Defenders - Răzvan Raţ 26/05/1981 33 PAOK - 4 0 0 0 102 2 - Cosmin Moţi 03/12/1984 30 Ludogorets - 0 0 0 0 6 - - László Sepsi 07/06/1987 27 Târgu Mureş - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Florin Gardoş 29/10/1988 26 Southampton - 1 0 0 0 14 - - Paul Papp 11/11/1989 25 Steaua - 1 2 0 0 13 3 - Dragoş Grigore 07/09/1986 28 Toulouse - 4 0 0 0 10 - - Vlad Chiricheş 14/11/1989 25 Tottenham - 4 0 0 0 30 - - Cristian Manea 09/08/1997 17 FC Viitorul - 0 0 0 0 1 - Midfielders - Lucian Sânmărtean 13/03/1980 35 Al-Ittihad - 3 0 0 0 11 - - Andrei Prepeliţă 08/12/1985 29 Steaua - 1 0 0 0 2 - - Gabriel Torje 22/11/1989 25 Konyaspor - 3 0 0 0 39 10 - Cristian Tănase 18/02/1987 28 Steaua - 3 0 0 0 40 6 - Claudiu Bumba 05/01/1994 21 Târgu Mureş - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Mihai Pintilii 09/11/1984 30 Pandurii * 4 0 0 0 22 1 - Alexandru Maxim 08/07/1990 24 Stuttgart - 3 0 0 0 19 2 - Dan Nistor 06/05/1988 26 Pandurii - 0 0 0 0 2 - Forwards - Claudiu Keșerü 02/12/1986 28 Al-Gharafa - 1 0 0 0 3 3 - Raul Rusescu 09/07/1988 26 Steaua - 2 1 0 0 7 1 - Florin Andone 11/04/1993 21 Córdoba - 0 0 0 0 - - - Adrian Popa 24/07/1988 26 Steaua - 0 0 0 0 1 - Coach - Anghel Iordanescu 04/05/1950 64 - 1 0 0 0 1 - 4 Romania - Faroe Islands Sunday 29 March 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Ilie Oană, Ploiesti Faroe Islands Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Gunnar Nielsen 07/10/1986 28 Motherwell - 4 0 0 0 25 - - Tórdur Thomsen 11/06/1986 28 B36 - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Teitur Gestsson 19/08/1992 22 HB - 0 0 0 0 1 - Defenders - Atli Gregersen 15/06/1982 32 Vikingur * 3 0 0 0 26 - - Jóhan Davidsen 31/01/1988 27 HB - 0 0 0 0 29 - - Andreas Olsen 09/10/1987 27 Vikingur - 0 0 0 0 - - - Odmar Faerø 01/11/1989 25 B36 - 2 0 0 0 8 - - Pól Jóhannus Justinussen 13/01/1989 26 NSÍ - 2 0 0 0 21 - - Viljormur Davidsen 19/07/1991 23 VB - 4 0 0 0 12 - - Ragnar Nattestad 05/08/1994 20 VB - 4 0 0 0 6 - Midfielders - Róaldur Jacobsen 23/01/1991 24 B36 - 1 0 0 0 1 - - Gilli Sørensen 11/08/1992 22 AaB - 2 0 0 0 4 - - René Joensen 08/02/1993 22 HB - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Kaj Bartalsstovu 23/06/1991 23 Levanger - 2 0 0 0 4 - - Brandur Olsen 19/12/1995 19 København - 3 0 0 0 3 - - Sølvi Vatnhamar 05/05/1986 28 Vikingur - 2 0 0 0 3 - Forwards Fremad - Christian Holst 25/12/1981 33 - 4 1 0 0 46 6 Amager - Klæmint Olsen 17/07/1990 24 NSÍ - 1 0 0 0 4 - - Jóan Edmundsson 26/07/1991 23 VB - 4 1 0 0 29 2 Coach - Lars Olsen 02/02/1961 54 - 4 0 0 0 17 - 5 Romania - Faroe Islands Sunday 29 March 2015 - 18.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Ilie Oană, Ploiesti Head coach 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. Lars Olsen Date of birth: 2 February 1961 Nationality: Danish Playing career: Glostrup IF, Køge BK, Brøndby IF (twice), Trabzonspor AŞ, RFC Seraing, FC Basel 1893 Coaching career: Randers FC, Odense BK, Faroe Islands • Enjoyed an illustrious playing career as a central defender, winning five Danish titles in a six-year spell at Brøndby between 1985 and 1991.