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Romania 2-0 Northern Ireland - May 26, 2006 / Friendlies 2006

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Friendlies 2006 - Europe

Soldier Field - Chicago - United States

May 26, 2006

15 000

Romania

2 - 0

Northern Ireland

Mugurel Mihai Buga

Daniel Niculae

11'

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7' - Goal Mugurel Mihai Buga7

11' - Goal Daniel Niculae11

37' - Red card James Quinn

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46' - Substitution Mirel Radoiis substituted by Costin Florin Soava photo Razvan Cocis

46' - Substitution Tiberiu Gabriel Balanis substituted by Razvan Cocis photo Adrian Mutu

46' - Substitution Daniel Niculaeis substituted by Adrian Mutu46

56' - Substitution Nicolae Dorin Goianis substituted by Adrian Iencsi56

57' - Substitution Tony Capaldiis substituted by Jeff Hughes photo Mark Hughes

57' - Substitution Ivan Sprouleis substituted by Mark Hughes

65' - Substitution Banel Nicolitais substituted by Daniel Oprita65

66' - Substitution Dean Shielsis substituted by Steve Jones photo Kyle Lafferty

66' - Substitution Peter Thompsonis substituted by Kyle Lafferty

71' - Substitution Stephen Craiganis substituted by Sean Webb

82' - Substitution Gareth McAuleyis substituted by Colin Murdock

88' - Substitution Cristian Pulhacis substituted by Pompiliu Stoica88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Romania

2 - 0

Northern Ireland

Romania Northern Ireland

Team line-ups

Romania

Coman

Danut Coman

Romania

B.date28/03/1979

Age27 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Goian56

Nicolae Dorin Goian

Romania

B.date12/12/1980

Age25 years

H1m94

positionLeft central defender

Maftei

Vasile Maftei

Romania

B.date01/01/1981

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Pulhac88

Cristian Pulhac

Romania

B.date17/08/1984

Age21 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Nicolita65

Banel Nicolita

Romania

B.date07/01/1985

Age21 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Badoi

Valentin Badoi

Romania

B.date16/12/1975

Age30 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

Bostina

Gabriel Bostina

Romania

B.date22/05/1977

Age29 years

H1m82

positionLeft Midfielder

Balan46

Tiberiu Gabriel Balan

Romania

B.date17/02/1981

Age25 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Niculae1146

Daniel Niculae

Romania

B.date06/10/1982

Age23 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Buga7

Mugurel Mihai Buga

Romania

B.date16/12/1977

Age28 years

H1m77

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Danut Coman		27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicolae Dorin Goian	56	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vasile Maftei		25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cristian Pulhac	88	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Banel Nicolita	65	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Valentin Badoi		30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gabriel Bostina		29	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tiberiu Gabriel Balan	46	25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Daniel Niculae	1146	23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mugurel Mihai Buga	7	28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Northern Ireland

Blayney

Alan Blayney

Northern Ireland

B.date10/09/1981

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

McAuley82

Gareth McAuley

Northern Ireland

B.date05/12/1979

Age26 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Craigan71

Stephen Craigan

Northern Ireland

B.date29/10/1976

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Duff

Michael Duff

Northern Ireland

B.date11/01/1978

Age28 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

Capaldi57

Tony Capaldi

Northern Ireland

B.date12/08/1981

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Shiels66

Dean Shiels

Northern Ireland

B.date01/02/1985

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Sproule57

Ivan Sproule

Northern Ireland

B.date18/02/1981

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

Clingan

Sammy Clingan

Northern Ireland

B.date13/01/1984

Age22 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Davis

Steven Davis

Northern Ireland

B.date01/01/1985

Age21 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

Thompson66

Peter Thompson

Northern Ireland

B.date02/05/1984

Age22 years

H1m81

positionStriker

Quinn37

James Quinn

Northern Ireland

B.date15/12/1974

Age31 years

H1m87

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alan Blayney		24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth McAuley	82	26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Craigan	71	29	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Duff		28	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Capaldi	57	24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dean Shiels	66	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ivan Sproule	57	25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy Clingan		22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Davis		21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Thompson	66	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	James Quinn	37	31	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Adrian Iencsi	56	31	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Costin Florin Soava	46	27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pompiliu Stoica	88	29	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Razvan Cocis	46	23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Daniel Oprita	65	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Adrian Mutu	46	27	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Sean Webb	71	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Murdock	82	30	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jeff Hughes	57	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Jones	66	29	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Hughes	57	22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kyle Lafferty	66	18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Daniel Niculae

Adrian Mutu

OUT

Nicolae Dorin Goian

Gabriel Tamas

OUT

Danut Coman

Bogdan Lobont

OUT

Cristian Pulhac

Costin Florin Soava

OUT

Banel Nicolita

Pompiliu Stoica

OUT

Gabriel Bostina

Daniel Oprita

OUT

Valentin Badoi

Cosmin Contra

OUT

Mugurel Mihai Buga

Marius Niculae

OUT

Vasile Maftei

Adrian Iencsi

OUT

Tiberiu Gabriel Balan

Ovidiu Petre

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Thompson

Steve Jones

OUT

Gareth McAuley

Colin Murdock

OUT

Alan Blayney

Michael Ingham

OUT

Dean Shiels

Jeff Hughes

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Victor Piturca

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Piturca vs Northern Ireland

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 26, 2006

Piturca vs Sanchez

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 26, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Lawrie Sanchez

Success rate in this team:

25 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Sanchez vs Romania

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 26, 2006

Sanchez vs Piturca

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 26, 2006

Referee

Michael Kennedy

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Romania1 match	General total	Northern Ireland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Romania1 match	Season total	Northern Ireland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 26, 2006					Latest figure on May 26, 2006

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Key figures

Northern Ireland keeps its 7 consecutive losses surterrainneutre running (since 03/06/1994). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 15/03/1913 (4 matches)

Northern Ireland keeps its 6 consecutive losses surterrainneutre in Friendlies running (since 03/06/1994). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Daniel Niculae scores a goal in his professional career with Romania since the 16/11/2005 (with Romania vs Nigeria )

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

VRomania 3-0 Georgia18/02/2004

DRomania 2-2 Slovakia09/02/2005

LRomania 1-2 Ivory Coast12/11/2005

VRomania 2-0 Armenia28/02/2006

VRomania 2-0 Slovenia01/03/2006

LUruguay 2-0 Romania23/05/2006

Overall

VFinland 0-1 Romania08/10/2005

LRomania 1-2 Ivory Coast12/11/2005

VRomania 3-0 Nigeria16/11/2005

VRomania 2-0 Armenia28/02/2006

VRomania 2-0 Slovenia01/03/2006

LUruguay 2-0 Romania23/05/2006

Current form

Neutral ground

LColombia 2-0 Northern Ireland03/06/1994

LMexico 3-0 Northern Ireland11/06/1994

LChile 2-1 Northern Ireland25/05/1995

LAlbania 1-0 Northern Ireland10/09/1997

LPoland 4-1 Northern Ireland13/02/2002

LUruguay 1-0 Northern Ireland21/05/2006

Overall

VNorthern Ireland 1-0 England07/09/2005

LNorthern Ireland 2-3 Wales08/10/2005

LAustria 2-0 Northern Ireland12/10/2005

DNorthern Ireland 1-1 Portugal15/11/2005

VNorthern Ireland 1-0 Estonia01/03/2006

LUruguay 1-0 Northern Ireland21/05/2006

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	4	12
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Loosing streak	6	1
Winless streak	6	1
Drawless streak	9	2
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	6	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	2
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	1

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

	-		Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Ivan Sproule
	-		The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Ivan Sproule

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

2 gf

5 ga

Total

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

2 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

2 ga

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

2 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	March 23, 1994
Neutral ground	No success yet

Latest head to head

March 23, 1994 - Rencontres amicales 1994

Northern Ireland

2 - 0

Romania

October 16, 1985 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1986

Romania

0 - 1

Northern Ireland logo Northern Ireland

September 12, 1984 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1986

Northern Ireland

3 - 2

Romania

Best historical scorers against Northern Ireland

	Gheorghe Hagi	1 goal	1984 - 1984
	Ion Geolgau	1 goal	1984 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/09/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Romania

Martin O'Neill	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Steve Morrow	1 goal	1994 - 1994
Norman Whiteside	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Jimmy Quinn	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Phil Gray	1 goal	1994 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/09/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Northern Ireland

Gheorghe Hagi	3 matches	1984 - 1994
Silviu Lung	2 matches	1984 - 1985
Nicolae Ungureanu	2 matches	1984 - 1985
Michael Klein	2 matches	1984 - 1985
Ion Geolgau	2 matches	1984 - 1985
Mircea Rednic	2 matches	1984 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/09/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Romania

Mal Donaghy	3 matches	1984 - 1994
Jimmy Nicholl	2 matches	1984 - 1985
Jimmy Quinn	2 matches	1985 - 1994
David McCreery	2 matches	1984 - 1985
Gerry Armstrong	2 matches	1984 - 1985
Pat Jennings	2 matches	1984 - 1985