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World Cup Highlights

Seventh participation in the World Cup
Quarterfinalist in 1994 in the United States
Three-time participant in the second round (1934, 1938, 1990)

First-Round Schedule

Day, Time (EDT) Opponent Site TV Monday, June 15, 11:30 a.m. Colombia Lyon ESPN Monday, June 22, 3 p.m. England Toulouse ESPN Friday, June 26, 3 p.m. Tunisia Saint-Denis ESPN2

Complete First-Round Schedule

Roster

Pos. Name Age Club GK Bogdan Stelea 30 Salamanca GK Florin Prunea 29 Dynamo Bucharest GK Dumitru Stingaciu 33 Kocaelispor D Gheorghe Popescu 30 Galatasaray D Dan Petrescu 30 Chelsea D Anton Dobos 32 AEK Athens D Cristian Dulca 25 Rapid Bucharest D Tibor Selymes 27 Anderlecht D Liviu Ciobotariu 27 National Bucharest D Iulian Filipescu 24 Galatasaray M Gheorghe Hagi 33 Galatasaray M Gabriel Popescu 24 National Bucharest M Lucian Marinescu 25 Rapid Bucharest M Ovidiu Stanga 25 PSV Eindhoven M Constantin Galca 26 Espanyol M Dorinel Munteanu 30 Cologne M Ilie Dumitrescu 29 Atlante Bergamo F Radu Niculescu 23 National Bucharest F Marius Lacatus 34 Steaua Bucharest F Gheorghe Craioveanu 30 Real Sociedad F Adrian Ilie 24 Valencia F Viorel Moldovan 25 Grasshoppers

Road to France

Won Lost Tied GF GA 9 0 1 37 4 How Qualified: First place in UEFA Group 8

Date Result Oct. 11, 1997 Ireland 1, Romania 1 Sept. 10, 1997 Romania 4, Iceland 0 Sept. 6, 1997 Liechtenstein 1, Romania 8 Aug. 20, 1997 Romania 4, Macedonia 2 April 30, 1997 Romania 1, Ireland 0 April 2, 1997 Lithuania 0, Romania 1 March 29, 1997 Romania 8, Liechtenstein 0 Dec. 14, 1996 Macedonia 0, Romania 3 Oct. 9, 1996 Iceland 0, Romania 4 Aug. 31, 1996 Romania 3, Lithuania 0

Facts and Figures

Knight-Ridder/Tribune
Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea between Bulgaria and the Ukraine
Population: 23.2 million (1995 estimate)
Capital: Bucharest
Comparative area: Slightly smaller than Oregon
Religions: Romanian Orthodox 70 percent, Roman Catholic 6 percent (of which 3 percent are Uniate), Protestant 6 percent, unaffiliated 18 percent
Landscape: Long string of mountains curves through northern and central Romania; fertile flatlands around the mountains; sandy beaches along east coast