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National football teams

  • Romania earned its 3rd consecutive victory
  • Liechtenstein suffered its 9th consecutive defeat
  • Liechtenstein's 21st consecutive match without victory
  • Gheorghe Popescu scored 4 goals (his 2nd and Romania's 20th international hat-trick)

Romania vs Liechtenstein match report

Date, kick-off time:
Saturday, 29 March 1997, 18:00 (UTC+2:00)
National teams, score:
Romania
8-0
Liechtenstein
Competition:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 8
Referee:
Romāns Lajuks, Riga /
Latvia
Attendance, venue:
2 000, Stadionul Steaua (Ghencea), Bucharest
Goals:
1-0 (10') Viorel Moldovan, 2-0 (28') Gheorghe Popescu, 3-0 (30') Gheorghe Popescu, 4-0 (47') Gheorghe Hagi, 5-0 (49') Dan Petrescu, 6-0 (68') Gheorghe Popescu, 7-0 (71') Gheorghe Craioveanu, 8-0 (82') Gheorghe Popescu
Romania national football team line-up in match Nr.463
Managed by head coach Anghel Iordănescu
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Dumitru Stângaciu   63' 
3
32
Kocaelispor, İzmit
63' Florin Prunea  
34
28
FC Dinamo, Bucureşti
Dan Petrescu   70' 
58
29
Chelsea FC, London
70' Iulian Filipescu  
10
23
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
Anton Doboş  
12
31
AEK, Nea Filadelfeia
Daniel Prodan  
38
25
Club Atlético de Madrid, Madrid
Tibor Selymes  
36
26
RSC Anderlecht, Anderlecht
Constantin Gâlcă  
23
25
RCD Mallorca, Palma
Gheorghe Popescu  
69
29
FC Barcelona, Barcelona
Gheorghe Hagi  Captain 
102
32
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
Adrian Ilie  
11
22
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul
Viorel Moldovan   63' 
15
24
Grasshopper Club, Zürich
63' Gheorghe Craioveanu  
10
29
Real Sociedad, Donostia-San Sebastián
Ion Vlădoiu  
23
28
1. FC Köln, Köln
Liechtenstein national football team line-up in match Nr.21
Managed by national coach Alfred Riedl (Austria)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Martin Heeb  
14
27
FC Vaduz, Vaduz
Harry Zech   87'
16
28
FC Vaduz, Vaduz
Daniel Hasler  Captain 
17
22
FC Vaduz, Vaduz
Daniel Telser  
17
27
FC Balzers, Balzers
Jürgen Ospelt  
9
23
USV Eschen/Mauren, Eschen
Thomas Hanselmann  
12
20
FC Balzers, Balzers
Martin Stocklasa  
2
17
USV Eschen/Mauren, Eschen
Patrick Hefti  
10
27
FC Vaduz, Vaduz
Peter Klaunzer   85' 
12
29
USV Eschen/Mauren, Eschen
85' Martin Telser  
3
18
FC Balzers, Balzers
Christoph Frick   24' 72' 
8
22
FC Balzers, Balzers
72' Ralf Ackermann  
1
25
FC Schaan, Schaan
Franz Schädler   46' 
6
29
FC Triesenberg, Triesenberg
46' Daniel Frick  
4
18
FC Balzers, Balzers
Historical data sources
Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (Schaan), №72, 01 Apr 1997; Liechtensteinische Landesbibliothek
Comments
Romania vs Liechtenstein post-match head-to-head
WP
100.0
P
1
W
1
D
0
L
0
GF
8
GA
0
GF/P
8.000
GA/P
0.000
Av attendance
2 000
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Match stats
Romania:
players - 14 (from 12 clubs)
goals - 8 (penalties - 0, hat-tricks - 1)
average age - 27.767 (born 1964-1974)
average caps - 31.714
cautions - 0, expulsions - 0
Liechtenstein:
players - 14 (from 5 clubs)
goals - 0 (penalties - 0, hat-tricks - 0)
average age - 24.175 (born 1967-1979)
average caps - 9.357
cautions - 2, expulsions - 0
Romania national team matches
Previous match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Macedonia vs Romania 0-3
Skopje, Saturday 14 December 1996
Next match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Lithuania vs Romania 0-1
Vilnius, Wednesday 2 April 1997
Romania football results
Liechtenstein national team matches
Previous match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Liechtenstein vs Macedonia 1-11
Eschen, Saturday 9 November 1996
Next match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Liechtenstein vs Lithuania 0-2
Eschen, Wednesday 30 April 1997
Liechtenstein football results
Top Romania goal scorers
1. Iuliu Bodola (1931 - 1939) - 31 goals
2. Gheorghe Hagi (1984 - 1997) - 29 goals
... Gheorghe Popescu (1989 - 1997) - 13 goals
... Dan Petrescu (1990 - 1997) - 9 goals
... Viorel Moldovan (1996 - 1997) - 5 goals
... Gheorghe Craioveanu (1996 - 1997) - 2 goals
(correct as of March 29, 1997)
top Romania goal scorers
Brief match report
Sat. 29 Mar 1997
Stadionul Steaua (Ghencea), Bucharest
Romania 8-0 Liechtenstein
Goals: Moldovan 10, Popescu 28, Popescu 30, Hagi 47, Petrescu 49, Popescu 68, Craioveanu 71, Popescu 82

Romania: Stângaciu (Prunea 63), Petrescu (Filipescu 70), Doboş, Prodan, Selymes, Gâlcă, Popescu, Hagi (c), Ilie, Moldovan (Craioveanu 63), Vlădoiu. Managed by Iordănescu.

Liechtenstein: Heeb, Zech, Hasler (c), Daniel Telser, Ospelt, Hanselmann, Stocklasa, Hefti, Klaunzer (Martin Telser 85), Christoph Frick (Ackermann 72), Schädler (Daniel Frick 46). Managed by Riedl (Austria).
Booked: Christoph Frick 24, Zech 87.

Att: 2 000,
Ref: Lajuks (Latvia)

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