European Championship 2008 - Romania

RomaniaRomania while ranked 13th in the World have not have missed the last 2 major tournaments and they luck continues to be out having been drawn in Group C along with Italy, France and Holland, they are big outsiders to emerge winners of this group at 10/1.

Romania had a pretty easy route to the Euro 2008 finals qualifying with two games to go along with Holland.

Romania have not featured on the big stage in recent years but coach Piturca is having his second term as the coach of the Romania squad.

Coach Piturca scored six goals in 13 international appearances, his record of 165 goals in 301 league games make him one of the most prolific strikers in Romanian football history.

Romania are a 40/1 chance to win Euro 2008 and this is about right as they just will not get out of group c.


Player To Watch - Adrian Mutu
Adrian Mutu (Romania)The star player in the Romainian team is Adrian Mutu who is not in the later stages of his career. Mutu plays his football with Fiorentina, he has 58 caps and averages a goal in every 2 games. He also is the free kick taker on the side.

No. Player Date of Birth Caps Goals Position
Euro 2008 Squad
1 Bogdan Lobont 18/01/1978 (30) 63 0 Goalkeeper
23 Eduard Stancioiu 03/01/1981 (27) 1 0 Goalkeeper
12 Marius Popa 31/07/1978 (29) 2 0 Goalkeeper
13 Cristian Sapunaru 05/04/1984 (24) 1 0 Defender
2 Cosmin Contra 15/12/1975 (32) 63 7 Defender
15 Dorin Goian 12/12/1981 (26) 19 3 Defender
14 Sorin Ghionea 11/03/1979 (29) 10 2 Defender
17 Cosmin Moti 03/12/1984 (23) 2 0 Defender
4 Gabriel Tamas 09/11/1984 (23) 32 2 Defender
22 Stefan Radu 22/10/1986 (21) 8 0 Defender
3 Razvan Rat 26/03/1981 (27) 48 1 Defender
16 Banel Nicolita 07/01/1985 (23) 20 1 Midfielder
7 Florentin Petre 15/01/1976 (32) 50 5 Midfielder
8 Paul Codrea 04/04/1981 (27) 33 1 Midfielder
11 Razvan Cocis 19/02/1983 (25) 21 1 Midfielder
5 Cristian Chivu 26/10/1980 (27) 59 3 Midfielder
6 Mirel Radoi 22/10/1981 (26) 43 1 Midfielder
20 Nicolae Dica 09/03/1980 (28) 25 8 Midfielder
19 Adrian Cristea 30/11/1983 (24) 6 0 Midfielder
10 Adrian Mutu 08/01/1979 (29) 61 28 Forward
9 Ciprian Marica 02/10/1985 (22) 24 8 Forward
21 Daniel Niculae 06/10/1982 (25) 22 5 Forward
18 Marius Niculae 16/03/1981 (27) 30 13 Forward

DATE
HOME TEAM
SCORE
AWAY TEAM
EURO 2008 QUALIFICATION GROUP G RESULTS
21 November 2007
Romania
Albania
17 November 2007
Bulgaria
Romania
17 October 2007
Luxembourg
Romania
13 October 2007
Romania
Netherlands
08 September 2007
Belarus
Romania
06 June 2007
Romania
Slovenia
02 June 2007
Slovenia
Romania
28 March 2007
Romania
Luxembourg
24 March 2007
Netherlands
Romania
07 October 2006
Romania
Belarus
06 September 2006
Albania
Romania
02 September 2006
Romania
Bulgaria

TEAM PLD W D L GF GA GD PTS
EURO 2008 QUALIFICATION GROUP G TABLE
1 Romania 12 9 2 1 26 7 19 29
2 Netherlands 12 8 2 2 15 5 10 26
3 Bulgaria 12 7 4 1 18 7 11 25
4 Belarus 12 4 1 7 17 23 -6 13
5 Albania 12 2 5 5 12 18 -6 11
6 Slovenia 12 3 2 7 9 16 -7 11
7 Luxembourg 12 1 0 11 2 23 -21 3

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