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Football player Costică Ştefănescu

Costică Ştefănescu

Born on 26 March 1951, Bucharest
Died on 20 August 2013 (aged 62)

National team appearances of Costică Ştefănescu

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Romania	1977 - 1985	64	44	3	8
Total:		64	44	3	8

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
CS Universitatea, Craiova	14 Aug 1977 - 13 Nov 1985	64	44	3	8

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Capt.

Sub. in

Sub. off

European Championship final tournament (EC)

European Championship qualifiers (QE)

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

Friendly matches and other tournaments

Total:

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
14 Aug 1977	Czechoslovakia*	debut	26 years 4 months 19 days
13 May 1979	Cyprus	first cap as captain	28 years 1 month 17 days
11 Apr 1984	Israel	50th cap	33 years 16 days
13 Nov 1985	Turkey	last appearance	34 years 7 months 18 days

Record of national team matches played by Costică Ştefănescu

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Romania football team	64	24	19	21	83	73	52.4

Costică Ştefănescu's international caps

as player of CS Universitatea, Craiova:

debut age - 26 years 4 months 19 days

14 Aug 1977

Rabat, Stade de F.U.S.

1-3

Czechoslovakia* vs Romania

Coupe Mohamed V 1977, Final

22 Mar 1978 15:00 (+2:00)

Istanbul, İnönü Stadyumu

1-1

Turkey vs Romania

Balkan Cup 1977-1980, Group 1

03 May 1978 17:00 (+2:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul 23 August

2-0

Romania vs Bulgaria

Balkan Cup 1977-1980, Group 1

14 May 1978 17:00 (+2:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul 23 August

0-1

Romania vs Soviet Union

Friendly International

11 Oct 1978 15:00 (+2:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul Steaua (Ghencea)

1-0

Romania vs Poland

Friendly International

25 Oct 1978 15:00 (+2:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul Steaua (Ghencea)

3-2

Romania vs Yugoslavia

UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying, Group 3

15 Nov 1978 21:00 (+1:00)

Valencia, Estadio Luís Casanova

1-0

Spain vs Romania

UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying, Group 3

13 Dec 1978 15:00 (+2:00)

Athens, Leoforos Alexandras Stadium

2-1

Greece vs Romania

Friendly International

19 Dec 1978 17:00 (+2:00)

Tel Aviv, Bloomfield Stadium, Jaffa

1-1

Israel vs Romania

Friendly International

04 Apr 1979 16:00 (+2:00)

Craiova, Stadionul Central

2-2

Romania vs Spain

UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying, Group 3

13 May 1979 16:30 (+3:00)

Limassol, Tsirion Athletic Center

1-1

Cyprus vs Romania

UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying, Group 3

14 Oct 1979 17:00 (+3:00)

Moscow, Lenin Central Stadium

3-1

Soviet Union vs Romania

Friendly International

31 Oct 1979 14:00 (+1:00)

Kosovska Mitrovica, Stadion Trepče

2-1

Yugoslavia vs Romania

UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying, Group 3

16 Feb 1980 15:00 (+1:00)

Naples, Stadio San Paolo

2-1

Italy vs Romania

Friendly International

30 Mar 1980 13:30 (+1:00)

Belgrade, Omladinski Stadion, Karaburma

2-0

Yugoslavia vs Romania

Balkan Cup 1977-1980, Final

02 Apr 1980 17:00 (+2:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul 23 August

2-2

Romania vs East Germany

Friendly International

18 May 1980 17:00 (+2:00)

Brno, Stadion za Lužánkami

2-1

Czechoslovakia vs Romania

Friendly International

06 Jun 1980 20:00 (+2:00)

Brussels, Stade du Heysel

2-1

Belgium vs Romania

Friendly International

27 Aug 1980 17:00 (+3:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul 23 August

4-1

Romania vs Yugoslavia

Balkan Cup 1977-1980, Final

10 Sep 1980 19:30 (+3:00)

Varna, Yuri Gagarin Stadium

1-2

Bulgaria vs Romania

Friendly International

24 Sep 1980 19:00 (+2:00)

Oslo, Ullevaal Stadion

1-1

Norway vs Romania

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4

15 Oct 1980 15:00 (+2:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul 23 August

2-1

Romania vs England

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4

25 Mar 1981 16:00 (+2:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul 23 August

2-0

Romania vs Poland

Friendly International

29 Apr 1981 19:45 (+1:00)

London, British Empire Exhibition Stadium (Wembley)

0-0

England vs Romania

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4

13 May 1981 20:00 (+2:00)

Budapest, Népstadion

1-0

Hungary vs Romania

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4

03 Jun 1981 18:00 (+3:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul 23 August

1-0

Romania vs Norway

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4

09 Sep 1981 17:00 (+3:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul 23 August

1-2

Romania vs Bulgaria

Friendly International

23 Sep 1981 17:00 (+3:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul 23 August

0-0

Romania vs Hungary

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4

10 Oct 1981 15:00 (+2:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul 23 August

1-2

Romania vs Switzerland

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4

11 Nov 1981 20:00 (+1:00)

Bern, Wankdorfstadion

0-0

Switzerland vs Romania

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4

24 Mar 1982 20:00 (+1:00)

Brussels, Stade du Heysel

4-1

Belgium vs Romania

Friendly International

14 Apr 1982 17:30 (+3:00)

Ruse, Gradski Stadion

1-2

Bulgaria vs Romania

Friendly International

01 May 1982 17:15 (+3:00)

Hunedoara, Stadionul Corvinul

3-1

Romania vs Cyprus

UEFA Euro 1984 Qualifying, Group 5

15 Jul 1982 18:30 (+3:00)

Suceava, Stadionul Areni

4-0

Romania vs Japan

Friendly International

18 Jul 1982 20:30 (+3:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul 23 August

3-1

Romania vs Japan

Friendly International

04 Dec 1982 14:30 (+1:00)

Florence, Stadio Comunale

0-0

Italy vs Romania

UEFA Euro 1984 Qualifying, Group 5

02 Feb 1983 14:45 (+2:00)

Larissa, Alkazar Stadium

1-3

Greece vs Romania

Friendly International

30 Mar 1983 16:00 (+3:00)

Timişoara, Stadionul 1 Mai

0-2

Romania vs Yugoslavia

Friendly International

16 Apr 1983 20:00 (+3:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul 23 August

1-0

Romania vs Italy

UEFA Euro 1984 Qualifying, Group 5

15 May 1983 20:30 (+3:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul 23 August

0-1

Romania vs Czechoslovakia

UEFA Euro 1984 Qualifying, Group 5

complete list

Comments

Bodola Romania - Additional information posted on 20 August 2013 at 21:08:01

Costică Ştefănescu has passed away today (20.08.2013) (link:

)

thomsof Norway - Additional information posted on 19 September 2013 at 19:27:18

Died 20/08/2013 (link:

)

Romania upcoming fixtures

World Cup 2026 Qualification

Austria vs Romania

Vienna, Saturday 7 June 2025

World Cup 2026 Qualification

Romania vs Cyprus

Bucharest, Tuesday 10 June 2025

Friendly International

Romania vs Canada

Bucharest, Friday 5 September 2025

World Cup 2026 Qualification

Cyprus vs Romania

Tuesday 9 September 2025

Romania fixtures

Costică Ştefănescu's most often teammates

Ladislau Bölöni (1977 - 1985) - 49 games
Rodion Cămătaru (1978 - 1985) - 42 games
Ilie Balaci (1977 - 1985) - 33 games
Michael Klein (1981 - 1985) - 32 games
Mircea Rednic (1981 - 1985) - 31 games
George Iorgulescu (1981 - 1985) - 31 games
Aurel Ţicleanu (1980 - 1984) - 31 games

Romania players born on 25 May

Florentin Dumitru (1977) - 17 caps
Eugen Baciu (1980) - 1 cap