- Finland suffered its 3rd consecutive defeat
Romania vs Finland 1974 World Cup qualification match report| Date, kick-off time: | Sunday, 14 October 1973 | | National teams, score: | - 9:0 | | Competition: | 1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4 | | Referee: | Gyula Emsberger, Tatabánya / | | Attendance, venue: | 13 525, Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest | | Goals: | 1:0 (6') Ion Dumitru, 2:0 (8') Dumitru Marcu, 3:0 (25') Mircea Sandu, 4:0 (43') Dumitru Marcu, 5:0 (45') Florea Dumitrache, 6:0 (55') Nicolae Pantea, 7:0 (63') Florea Dumitrache, 8:0 (65') Mircea Sandu, 9:0 (81') Dudu Georgescu |
| Managed by head coach Valentin Stănescu | | Player | Caps | Age | Club | | Răducan Necula | 30 | 27 | FC Rapid, Bucureşti | | Lajos Sătmăreanu | 44 | 29 | CSA Steaua, Bucureşti | | Dumitru Antonescu | 5 | 28 | FC Constanţa, Constanţa | | Ştefan Sameş | 2 | 22 | CSA Steaua, Bucureşti | | Augustin Deleanu | 25 | 29 | CS Dinamo, Bucureşti | | Ion Dumitru | 28 | 23 | CSA Steaua, Bucureşti | Cornel Dinu  | 38 | 25 | CS Dinamo, Bucureşti | | Nicolae Pantea | 3 | 27 | CSA Steaua, Bucureşti | | Mircea Sandu | 2 | 20 | FC Sportul Studenţesc, Bucureşti | Florea Dumitrache   75' | 27 | 25 | CS Dinamo, Bucureşti |  75' Dudu Georgescu | 1 | 23 | CS Dinamo, Bucureşti | | Dumitru Marcu | 8 | 23 | CS Universitatea, Craiova |
| Managed by head coach Olavi Laaksonen | | Player | Caps | Age | Club | | Pertti Alaja | 4 | 21 | HJK, Helsinki | | Eero Virkkunen | 6 | 25 | OTP, Oulu | | Raimo Saviomaa | 30 | 27 | Lahti-69, Lahti | | Vilho Rajantie 69' | 20 | 25 | MP, Mikkeli | | 69' Henry Forssell | 13 | 25 | HJK, Helsinki | | Esko Ranta | 19 | 26 | Haka, Valkeakoski | | Jouko Suomalainen | 22 | 24 | KPT, Kuopio | | Vesa Kallio | 3 | 22 | KPV, Kokkola | | Olavi Paavolainen | 2 | 22 | KPV, Kokkola | | Jarmo Manninen | 3 | 22 | Porin Ässät, Pori | | Matti Paatelainen 69' | 18 | 29 | Haka, Valkeakoski | | 69' Henry Bergström | 4 | 23 | VPS, Vaasa | | Miikka Toivola | 21 | 24 | HJK, Helsinki |
Match stats | National team | Players | Average caps | Average age | Clubs | Goals | Cautions | Expulsions | | Romania | 12 | 17.750 | 25.536 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | | Finland | 13 | 12.692 | 24.756 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Comments  | dudd  -  posted 31.12.2011 00:33:35 1973 (October 14) Romania 9-Finland 0 (World Cup Qualifier).mpg If interested in international matches (usually from 80s-90s), you can_. youtube.com |
Romania vs Finland post-match head-to-head | Romania matches Previous match: Next match: Finland matches Previous match: Next match: Top Romania scorers 1. Iuliu Bodola (1931 - 1939) - 31 goals
... Florea Dumitrache (1968 - 1973) - 13 goals
... Rudi Wetzer (1925 - 1932) - 13 goals
... Gheorghe Ciolac (1929 - 1936) - 13 goals
... Dumitru Marcu (1972 - 1973) - 3 goals
... Ion Dumitru (1973) - 2 goals
... Mircea Sandu (1973) - 2 goals
... Dudu Georgescu (1973) - 1 goal
... Nicolae Pantea (1973) - 1 goal
(correct as of October 14, 1973) Brief match report Sun. 14 Oct 1973
Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest
Romania 9-0 Finland
Goals: Dumitru 6, Marcu 8, Sandu 25, Marcu 43, Dumitrache 45, Pantea 55, Dumitrache 63, Sandu 65, Georgescu 81
Romania: Necula, Sătmăreanu, Antonescu, Sameş, Deleanu, Dumitru, Dinu (c), Pantea, Sandu, Dumitrache (Georgescu 75), Marcu. Managed by Stănescu.
Booked: Dumitrache .
Finland: Alaja, Virkkunen, Saviomaa, Rajantie (Forssell 69), Ranta, Suomalainen (c), Kallio, Paavolainen, Manninen, Paatelainen (Bergström 69), Toivola. Managed by Laaksonen.
Att: 13 525
Ref: Emsberger (Hungary) |
