The Răzvan Lucescu-era began in style as the young manager lead Romania to a 1-0 victory over Lithuania. The result pulls the “tricolori” level with Austria, two points behind the Lithuanians in third.
From the start Romania went on the attack as Tiberiu Ghioane of Ukraine champions Dynamo Kyiv narrowly missed connecting with Ciprian Marica only [...]

In his first match in-charge of Romania after taking over from Victor Piţurcă, Răzvan Lucescu prepares his side for a difficult test against a tough Lithuania. Unquestionably the “tricolori” have entered into a rebuilding mode with an eye towards the future but that won’t stop the young leader in reestablishing pride and confidence.
In putting together [...]

The task of leading “tricolori” has been solved as the job has been handed to Răzvan Lucescu by the Romanian Football Federation. With a goal of reviving Romania’s Euro 2012 efforts, the Federation has chosen a young manager who has already experienced tremendous success leading FC Braşov and Rapid Bucureşti after his playing days concluded. [...]

Taking charge of Romania in December of 2004, Victor Piţurcă led the Tricolorii up from a world ranking of twenty-eighth to high of eleventh in August of last year. However the last six months have been difficult for the Romanian side as they have only one win in five World Cup qualifying matches and are [...]

Romania’s dark slide from in World Cup qualifying with a morose 2-1 loss to Austria in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. Ranked by FIFA twelfth in the world last June, the storied nation of brilliant Footballers has fallen to eight spots and is likely to head into a steeper drop after losses to Serbia and once-minnows Austria. [...]

At fifth place in Group 5, Romania’s chance to qualify for the 2010 World Cup are beginning to fade away. With Serbia marching on powerfully in first place, France and Lithuania look to be looked in a battle for possible playoff spot. With this in-mind Victor Piţurcă’s side must respond with an emphatic win today [...]

The Tricolorii World Cup qualifying charge ground to a halt as they fell 3-2 to Serbia in Constanţa. With the loss Victor Piţurcă’s side are a distant fifth in the table requiring an extraordinary turn of events to see them to South Africa.
Asleep at the wheel, Romania showed little confidence before the break with the [...]

Heading into crucial matches against Serbia and Austria, Victor Piţurcă has a number of difficult choices to make for his Tricolorii squad. Along with missing Cristian Chivu who is out with injury Romania needs to solve its goal scoring woes quickly or be a shocking absentee to the World Cup. The opening match against Serbia [...]

Victor Piţurcă’s România lost a well played friendly to Croatia 2-1 in Bucureşti Wednesday evening. Weighed down with considerable injuries the Tricolorii used the friendly as a tune-up match, debuting Dacian Varga (Sportul Studenţesc) and Costel Pantilimon (FC Timişoara) in their first international appearance as well as clearing up weak tactical points.
Defensive marking was extremely [...]

Through the first three World Cup qualifying matches Romania has been challenged in hitting is stride. Sitting in Group 7 with only one victory after three matches, the Tricolorii have fallen ten spots in world ranking since August and now stand at twenty-first. Manger Victor Piţurcă, since returning to the national team in December 2004 [...]