UEFA EURO 2016 MATCH PRESS KITS Stade de France - Saint-Denis Friday 10 June 2016 - 21.00CET Group A - Matchday 1 France #FRAROU Romania Last updated 09/07/2016 16:56CET UEFA EURO 2016 OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 5 Head coach 7 Match officials 8 Competition facts 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Team facts 15 Legend 18 1 France - Romania Friday 10 June 2016 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stade de France, Saint-Denis Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA EURO 2012 Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/09/2011 QR (GS) Romania - France 0-0 Bucharest Rémy 83, Gourcuff 09/10/2010 QR (GS) France - Romania 2-0 Paris 90+3 FIFA World Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Henry 48; Escudé 55 05/09/2009 QR (GS) France - Romania 1-1 Paris (og) Petre 5, Goian 16; 11/10/2008 QR (GS) Romania - France 2-2 Constanta Ribéry 36, Gourcuff 68 UEFA EURO 2008 Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 09/06/2008 GS-FT Romania - France 0-0 Zurich EURO '96 Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 10/06/1996 GS-FT Romania - France 0-1 Newcastle Dugarry 25 Lăcătuş 52; Karembeu 27, 11/10/1995 PR (GS) Romania - France 1-3 Bucharest Djorkaeff 41, Zidane 78 08/10/1994 PR (GS) France - Romania 0-0 Saint-Etienne 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 France 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 6 3 3 0 6 1 Romania 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 6 0 3 3 1 6 FIFA* France 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 - - - - 2 0 2 0 3 3 Romania 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 - - - - 2 0 2 0 3 3 Friendlies France - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 4 0 3 10 11 Romania - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 3 0 4 11 10 Total France 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 15 7 5 3 19 15 Romania 3 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 15 3 5 7 15 19 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 France - Romania Friday 10 June 2016 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stade de France, Saint-Denis Match background France are yet to lose a competitive game against opening UEFA EURO 2016 Group A opponents Romania, but recent meetings have been tight. Previous meetings • Four of the sides' last five competitive games have ended in draws, the exception a 2-0 win for Laurent Blanc's France at the Stade de France in UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying. Loïc Rémy opened the scoring in that October 2010 match. • Romania drew 1-1 in their only previous game against France in Saint-Denis, a FIFA World Cup qualifier in September 2009. • Didier Deschamps was in the France midfield and Anghel Iordănescu was in his first spell as Romania coach when the teams first met in a EURO '96 finals game in Newcastle on 10 June 1996 – 20 years to the day before their UEFA EURO 2016 meeting. Christophe Dugarry's goal earned France a 1-0 win. • That was Deschamps' second game against Iordănescu's Romania; the other game was a 3-1 away win in EURO '96 qualifying. • Iordănescu's record in four games against France is W0 D1 L3. • The sides met in the first match of Romania's most recent final tournament, Raymond Domenech's France held 0-0 by Victor Piţurcă's Romania at UEFA EURO 2008. • The teams in Zurich on 9 June 2008 were: Romania: Lobonţ, Contra, Raţ, Tamaş, Chivu, Rădoi (Dică 90+3), Cociş (Codrea 64), Goian, Nicoliţă, D Niculae, Mutu (M Niculae 78). France: Coupet, Thuram, Sagnol, Abidal, Gallas, Makelele, Toulalan, Ribéry, Malouda, Anelka (Gomis 72), Benzema (Nasri 78). • France and Romania met in the inaugural match at Bucharest's National Arena – a 0-0 draw in UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying on 6 September 2011. EURO facts – France • France have won one and lost one of their previous opening games as EURO hosts. They beat Denmark 1-0 at Parc des Princes in 1984 en route to winning the title, having lost 5-4 to eventual runners-up Yugoslavia at the Parc des Princes in the 1960 semi-finals. • France won their first matches as World Cup hosts in 1938 and 1998 (3-1 against Belgium and 3-0 against South Africa respectively), going on to lift the trophy in 1998. • The hosts' 17 opening games at EUROs have ended W5 D6 L6; Italy's 0-0 draw against the Soviet Union in 1968, won on the toss of a coin, is classed as a draw. • France are one of only three sides to have won a EURO as hosts, along with Spain (1964) and Italy (1968). • France's competitive record at the Stade de France reads W21 D8 L3. The defeats came against Spain (0-1, 2013), Belarus (0-1, 2010) and Russia (2-3, 1999). EURO facts – Romania • Romania have never featured in the opening game of a final tournament. • Two teams have beaten the hosts in their opening game and won a EURO: Greece in 2004 (2-1 v Portugal) and West Germany in 1972 (2-1 v Belgium). • Romania are yet to start a EURO with a win; they lost their EURO '96 opener 1-0 to France, and drew 1-1 with Germany at UEFA EURO 2000 and 0-0 with France at UEFA EURO 2008. • Under Iordănescu, Romania qualified for the last major tournament in France – the 1998 World Cup – and breezed through the group stage unbeaten before bowing out with a 1-0 loss to Croatia in Bordeaux. • Romania failed to win at their most recent final tournament, UEFA EURO 2008 (D2 L1), scoring only once. They have not won in four finals games (D2 L2) since a 3-2 victory against England in Charleroi at UEFA EURO 2000. Coach and player links • Have played together: Hugo Lloris (France) and Vlad Chiricheş (Romania) – Tottenham Hotspur, 2013–15 Eliaquim Mangala (France) and Cristian Săpunaru (Romania) – Porto, 2011/12 Claudiu Keşerü (Romania) and Dimitri Payet (France) – Nantes, 2005–07 Claudiu Keşerü (Romania) and Olivier Giroud (France) – Tours, 2008/09 3 France - Romania Friday 10 June 2016 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stade de France, Saint-Denis • Keşerü played in France from 2003 to 2013, representing Nantes, Libourne, Tours, Angers and Bastia. • Romania centre-back Dragoş Grigore has been on the books at French side Toulouse since 2014, but spent this season out on loan at al-Sailiya in Qatar. • Romania's assistant coach Viorel Moldovan was a Ligue 1 winner with Nantes in 2001, a year after he had helped the club claim the French Cup. 4 France - Romania Friday 10 June 2016 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stade de France, Saint-Denis Squad list France Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Hugo Lloris 26/12/1986 29 Tottenham - 0 0 0 0 75 - 16 Steve Mandanda 28/03/1985 31 Marseille - 0 0 0 0 22 - 23 Benoît Costil 03/07/1987 28 Rennes - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders 2 Christophe Jallet 31/10/1983 32 Lyon - 0 0 0 0 11 1 3 Patrice Evra 15/05/1981 35 Juventus - 0 0 0 0 73 - 4 Adil Rami 27/12/1985 30 Sevilla - 0 0 0 0 28 1 13 Eliaquim Mangala 13/02/1991 25 Man. City - 0 0 0 0 7 - 17 Lucas Digne 20/07/1993 22 Roma - 0 0 0 0 13 - 19 Bacary Sagna 14/02/1983 33 Man. City - 0 0 0 0 57 - 21 Laurent Koscielny 10/09/1985 30 Arsenal - 0 0 0 0 29 1 22 Samuel Umtiti 14/11/1993 22 Lyon - 0 0 0 0 - - Midfielders 5 N'Golo Kanté 29/03/1991 25 Leicester - 0 0 0 0 4 1 Crystal 6 Yohan Cabaye 14/01/1986 30 - 0 0 0 0 46 4 Palace 8 Dimitri Payet 29/03/1987 29 West Ham - 0 0 0 0 19 3 Man. 12 Morgan Schneiderlin 08/11/1989 26 - 0 0 0 0 15 - United 14 Blaise Matuidi 09/04/1987 29 Paris - 0 0 0 0 44 8 15 Paul Pogba 15/03/1993 23 Juventus - 0 0 0 0 31 5 18 Moussa Sissoko 16/08/1989 26 Newcastle - 0 0 0 0 38 1 20 Kingsley Coman 13/06/1996 19 Bayern - 0 0 0 0 5 1 Forwards 7 Antoine Griezmann 21/03/1991 25 Atlético - 0 0 0 0 27 7 9 Olivier Giroud 30/09/1986 29 Arsenal - 0 0 0 0 49 17 10 André-Pierre Gignac 05/12/1985 30 Tigres - 0 0 0 0 27 7 Man. 11 Anthony Martial 05/12/1995 20 - 0 0 0 0 9 - United Coach - Didier Deschamps 15/10/1968 47 - 0 0 0 0 47 - 5 France - Romania Friday 10 June 2016 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stade de France, Saint-Denis Romania Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Costel Pantilimon 01/02/1987 29 Watford - 1 0 0 0 21 - 12 Ciprian Tătăruşanu 09/02/1986 30 Fiorentina - 9 0 0 0 37 - 23 Silviu Lung 04/06/1989 27 Astra - 0 0 0 0 3 - Defenders Dinamo 2 Alexandru Măţel 17/10/1989 26 - 1 0 0 0 16 - Zagreb Rayo 3 Răzvan Raţ 26/05/1981 35 - 9 0 0 0 111 2 Vallecano 4 Cosmin Moţi 03/12/1984 31 Ludogorets - 0 0 0 0 8 - 6 Vlad Chiricheş 14/11/1989 26 Napoli - 10 0 0 0 41 - 15 Valerică Găman 25/02/1989 27 Astra - 0 0 0 0 14 1 Dinamo 16 Steliano Filip 15/05/1994 22 - 0 0 0 0 4 - Bucureşti 21 Dragoş Grigore 07/09/1986 29 Al-Sailiya - 10 0 0 0 20 - 22 Cristian Săpunaru 05/04/1984 32 Pandurii - 0 0 0 0 13 - Midfielders H.