For his international matches as coach, see Anghel Iordănescu - International Matches as Coach.
Born: 4- 5-1950 Country: Romania Caps: 57 (W19-D21-L17 - GF82-GA70 - %51.75) Goals: 21 Age First Cap: 20 yr 141 d 22- 9-1971 vs. Finland 4-0 Age Last Cap: 30 yr 159 d 10-10-1981 vs. Switzerland 1-2 National Team Career: 10 yr 18 d
Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
- 1 - 18- 4-71 București Albania 2-1 Olympic Games Qual.
- - 26- 5-71 Tiranë Albania 2-1 Olympic Games Qual.
1 1 1 22- 9-71 Helsinki Finland 4-0 European Champ. Qual.
- - 10-10-71 København Denmark 1-2 Olympic Games Qual.
2 1 14-11-71 București Czechoslovakia 2-1 European Champ. Qual.
3 1 24-11-71 București Wales 2-0 European Champ. Qual.
4 1 2 8- 4-72 București France 2-0
5 2 29- 4-72 Budapest Hungary 1-1 European Champ. Qual.
6 2 14- 5-72 București Hungary 2-2 European Champ. Qual.
7 2 17- 6-72 București Italy 3-3
8 2 20- 9-72 Helsinki Finland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
9 2 29-10-72 București Albania 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
10 2 6- 5-73 Tiranë Albania 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
11 2 26- 9-73 Leipzig East Germany 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
12 2 23- 3-74 Paris France 0-1
13 2 17- 4-74 São Paulo Brazil 0-2
14 2 22- 4-74 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-2
15 2 4 29- 5-74 București Greece 3-1 Balkan Cup
16 4 5- 6-74 Rotterdam Netherlands 0-0
17 4 25- 9-74 Sofia Bulgaria 0-0
18 4 13-10-74 København Denmark 0-0 European Champ. Qual.
19 4 19- 3-75 İstanbul Turkey 1-1
20 4 17- 4-75 Madrid Spain 1-1 European Champ. Qual.
21 4 24- 9-75 Thessaloniki Greece 1-1 Balkan Cup
22 1 5 12-10-75 București Turkey 2-2
23 1 6 16-11-75 București Spain 2-2 European Champ. Qual.
24 6 29-11-75 București Soviet Union 2-2
- - 3-12-75 Blois France Olympic 0-4 Olympic Games Qual.
25 6 17-12-75 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 European Champ. Qual.
- - 24- 3-76 București France Olympic 1-0 Olympic Games Qual.
- 3 - 6- 4-76 Roosendaal Netherlands Ol. 3-0 Olympic Games Qual.
- 1 - 14- 4-76 București Netherlands Ol. 5-1 Olympic Games Qual.
26 6 5- 6-76 Milano Italy 2-4
27 6 22- 9-76 București Czechoslovakia 1-1
28 6 6-10-76 Praha Czechoslovakia 2-3
29 6 28-11-76 București Bulgaria 3-2 Balkan Cup
30 1 7 23- 3-77 București Turkey 4-0 Balkan Cup
31 7 16- 4-77 București Spain 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
32 1 8 8- 5-77 Zagreb Yugoslavia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
33 8 5- 8-77 Tehran Iran 0-0
34 1 9 14- 8-77 Rabat Czechoslovakia 3-1
35 9 26-10-77 Madrid Spain 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
36 1 10 13-11-77 București Yugoslavia 4-6 World Cup Qualifier
37 10 5- 4-78 Buenos Aires Argentina 0-2
38 1 11 3- 5-78 București Bulgaria 2-0 Balkan Cup
39 11 14- 5-78 București Soviet Union 0-1
40 1 12 31- 5-78 Sofia Bulgaria 1-1 Balkan Cup
41 1 13 11-10-78 București Poland 1-0
42 1 14 25-10-78 București Yugoslavia 3-2 European Champ. Qual.
43 14 15-11-78 Valencia Spain 0-1 European Champ. Qual.
44 14 13-12-78 Athinai Greece 1-2
45 14 19-12-78 Tel-Aviv Israel 1-1
46 14 29- 8-79 Warszawa Poland 0-3
47 3 17 27- 8-80 București Yugoslavia 4-1 Balkan Cup
48 1 18 10- 9-80 Varna Bulgaria 2-1
49 1 19 24- 9-80 Oslo Norway 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
50 1 20 15-10-80 București England 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
51 1 21 25- 3-81 București Poland 2-0
52 21 8- 4-81 Tel-Aviv Israel 1-2
53 21 15- 4-81 København Denmark 1-2
54 21 29- 4-81 London England 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
55 21 13- 5-81 Budapest Hungary 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
56 21 23- 9-81 București Hungary 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
57 21 10-10-81 București Switzerland 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
57 19 21 17 82- 70 59 51.75
21 Goals in 57 Matches (% 0.37 per match)
Types of Matches Goals
Friendlies 25 6
World Cup Qualifier 14 4
European Ch. Qualifier 11 3
Balkan Cup 7 8
Total caps / goals: 57 21
NB: note that 7 Olympic Qualifying matches, in which Iordănescu scored
5 goals, have been removed from the list after a FIFA decision in 1999
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