European Championship 2008 - Romania
Romania 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
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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