Mircea Lucescu

Mircea Lucescu
Lucescu in 2017
Personal information
Full name Mircea Lucescu[1]
Date of birth (1945-07-29) 29 July 1945 (age 79)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Romania (head coach)
Youth career
1961–1963 Școala Sportivă 2 București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1977 Dinamo București 250 (57)
1965–1967 → Știința București (loan) 39 (12)
1977–1982 Corvinul Hunedoara[b] 111 (21)
1990 Dinamo București 1 (0)
Total 401 (90)
International career
1966–1979 Romania[a] 70 (9)
Managerial career
1979–1982 Corvinul Hunedoara (player/coach)
1981–1986 Romania
1985–1990 Dinamo București
1990–1991 Pisa
1991–1995 Brescia
1995–1996 Brescia
1996 Reggiana
1997–1998 Rapid București
1998–1999 Inter Milan
1999–2000 Rapid București
2000–2002 Galatasaray
2002–2004 Beşiktaş
2004–2016 Shakhtar Donetsk
2016–2017 Zenit Saint Petersburg
2017–2019 Turkey
2020–2023 Dynamo Kyiv
2024– Romania
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mircea Lucescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmirtʃe̯a luˈtʃesku]; born 29 July 1945) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, currently the head coach of the Romania national team. He is one of the most decorated managers of all time.[5]

Lucescu is also one of the most successful players of the Romanian league championship, having won all seven of his titles with Dinamo București.[6] He also had spells at Știința București and Corvinul Hunedoara, and made 70 appearances for the Romania national team, which he captained in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.[7]

Lucescu has coached various sides in Romania, Italy, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia. He is well known for his twelve-year stint in charge of Shakhtar Donetsk, where he became the most successful coach in the team's history by winning eight Ukrainian Premier League titles, six Ukrainian Cups, seven Ukrainian Super Cups and the 2008–09 UEFA Cup.[8] He also won trophies in Ukraine with Shakhtar's rival Dynamo Kyiv, as well as Divizia A titles with Dinamo București and Rapid București, and Turkish Süper Lig titles with Galatasaray and Beşiktaş.[7]

Lucescu was named Romania Coach of the Year in 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2021, and Ukraine Coach of the Year in 2006 and between 2008 and 2014.[9] In 2013, he was awarded the Manager of the Decade award in Romania,[10] and in 2015 became the fifth person to coach in 100 UEFA Champions League matches, joining the likes of Alex Ferguson, Carlo Ancelotti, Arsène Wenger and José Mourinho.[11] He is also ranked third in terms of official trophies won, with 38.

Club career

Mircea Lucescu was born on 29 July 1945 in Bucharest, Romania and started playing football as a junior at Școala Sportivă 2 București.[4][12][13] He was brought to Dinamo București by coach Traian Ionescu, where he made his Divizia A debut on 21 June 1964 in a 5–2 victory against Rapid București.[4][12][13][14][15] In his first two seasons at Dinamo, Lucescu won the championship in both of them, playing a total of three Divizia A games, being loaned for the following two seasons at Divizia B club, Știința București.[4][12][13][14] After the loan ended, he returned to play for The Red Dogs, winning the 1967–68 Cupa României, scoring a double in the 3–1 victory from the final against Rapid București after coach Bazil Marian sent him on the field in the 77th minute in order to replace Nicolae Nagy.[4][16] In the following three editions of the Cupa României, the team would reach the final in each of them, Lucescu scoring a brace in the one from 1971 but all of them were lost in front of rivals Steaua București.[17] He would also win another four league titles, in the first he worked with coaches Nicolae Dumitru and Ionescu who gave him 23 appearances in which he scored three goals, in the following one Ion Nunweiller used him in 28 matches in which he scored a personal record of 12 goals, in the third he scored four times in 31 games as he worked with Dumitru and in the last one he played 19 games, netting seven times under the guidance of Nunweiller.[4][12][13][14][18] Lucescu has a total of 12 seasons spent at Dinamo, in which he appeared in 250 Divizia A games and scored 57 goals, including nine in the derby against Steaua, also playing 15 games in which he scored three goals in European competitions (including three appearances in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup), managing to score against each of the Madrid giants Real and Atlético in the European Cup, however on both occasions Dinamo did not succeed to get pass the Spaniards further in the competition.[4][19] For the way he played in 1971, Lucescu was placed fourth in the ranking for the Romanian Footballer of the Year award.[20]

In July 1977, he went to play for Corvinul Hunedoara, where in January 1979 he became the team's coach, while still being an active player, but the team relegated at the end of the season to Divizia B and Lucescu stayed with the club, promoting back to the first division after one year and helping the club finish third in the 1981–82 Divizia A, retiring from his playing career after that season.[4][12][21][22][23] He came out of retirement when he was coach at Dinamo București because many of the team's players were called at a Romania's national team cantonment in order to prepare for the 1990 World Cup, so he registered himself as a player and on 16 May 1990 he entered the field in the 76th minute in order to replace Ionel Fulga in a 1–1 against Sportul Studențesc București, thus becoming champion as a player and a coach in that season and at 44 years, 9 months and 17 days he is the oldest player that appeared in a Divizia A match, a competition in which he has a total of 362 matches and 78 goals scored.[4][13][24]

International career

Mircea Lucescu has a total of 64 appearances of which in 23 he was captain and nine goals scored for Romania, making his debut under coach Ilie Oană while being a player in the second league at Știința București on 2 November 1966 in a 4–2 victory against Switzerland at the Euro 1968 qualifiers in which he gained a total of six appearances and two goals scored in the both legs against Cyprus.[2][12][14][25] He played six games at the successful 1970 World Cup qualifiers, also being used by coach Angelo Niculescu in all three group matches as captain at the final tournament as Romania did not advance to the next stage and at the last game against Brazil which ended with a 3–2 loss, Lucescu bought the team's blue equipment for that game from his own money, because the Romanian Football Federation provided just one set of equipment which was yellow, same as the ones of the Brazilians.[2][12][26] He played seven matches and scored two goals at the 1972 Euro qualifiers, managing to reach the quarter-finals where Romania was defeated by Hungary, who advanced to the final tournament.[2] Mircea Lucescu also played two games at the 1974 World Cup qualifiers, three games in which he scored a goal in a 3–1 victory against Greece at the 1973–76 Balkan Cup, six games in which he scored a goal in a 6–1 victory against Denmark at the Euro 1976 qualifiers, making his last appearance for the national team on 4 April 1979 in a 2–2 against Spain at the Euro 1980 qualifiers.[2]

For representing his country at the 1970 World Cup, Lucescu was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[12][27][28]

Managerial career

"Mircea Lucescu is the best coach in the world. He had results everywhere he went, he knows how to adapt to all situations. He is a man of infinite culture and he is a very simple person."

–Luciano Spalletti, Italian coach[14]

Corvinul Hunedoara

Mircea Lucescu was taught and learned many things about coaching from Viorel Mateianu, being very impressed by his working methods, coming to study his training sessions at FC Baia Mare, sometimes asking Mateianu to extend his training sessions so he can see more of his methods, also he went to his home where they would talk all night about football and draw tactical game schemes together.[29] He started coaching while still being an active player at Corvinul Hunedoara in January 1979, when he replaced Ilie Savu, his first match taking place on 28 February 1979 in the sixteenths-finals of the 1978–79 Cupa României, losing with 3–1 after extra time in favor of Divizia B club, Metalul București.[12][21][22][23] Three days later, he made his Divizia A debut in a 2–0 victory against Politehnica Iași in which he scored a goal, however the team relegated at the end of the season to Divizia B, but Lucescu stayed with the club, promoting back to the first division after one year and helping the club finish third in the 1981–82 Divizia A, after which he left them in order to dedicate on his work at the national team, which he was coaching simultaneously since November 1981.[12][21][22][23][30] During his period spent at Corvinul, Lucescu showed his availability of discovering and promoting young players like Ioan Andone, Mircea Rednic, Michael Klein, Dorin Mateuț or Romulus Gabor.[31]

Romania

Mircea Lucescu has a total of 58 matches managed as Romania's coach, making his debut on 11 November 1981 in a 0–0 against Switzerland at the 1982 World Cup qualifiers.[12][23][30][32] He qualified the team at Euro 1984 by winning a qualification group composed of 1982 World Cup winner, Italy with whom he earned a 0–0 on their ground and a 1–0 home victory, Czechoslovakia, Sweden and Cyprus.[12][14][23][30][32][33] At the final tournament, which was composed of eight teams, Romania earned a point after a 1–1 against Spain, but lost the other two games, 2–1 with West Germany and 1–0 with Portugal, leaving the competition without passing the group stage.[12][14][23][30][32] He was close to win the qualification at the 1986 World Cup, finishing at just one point below second place, Northern Ireland, his last game managed taking place on 10 September 1986 in a 4–0 victory against Austria at the Euro 1988 qualifiers.[14][30][32][34] He is also the coach that gave Gheorghe Hagi his debut at the national team at age 18 in a friendly against Norway which ended 0–0, also giving him the captain armband at the age of 20.[14][31][35]

Dinamo București

Mircea Lucescu (left) talking to Ioan Sabău (right) during his period spent at Dinamo București.

Lucescu was named coach at Dinamo București in November 1985, while still being coach at Romania's national team and at the end of his first season spent at the club, he managed to win a Cupa României with a 1–0 victory in the final against rival and recently European Cup winner, Steaua București.[12][14][23][36] Over the course of almost five years, he created a team by promoting players from the club's youth center like Bogdan Stelea, Ionuț Lupescu and Florin Răducioiu, transferred young players like Dănuț Lupu and Ioan Sabău, mixing them with players he coached at Corvinul like Ioan Andone, Mircea Rednic, Michael Klein and Dorin Mateuț, thus creating a team that reached the quarter-finals in the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup where they were eliminated on the away goals rule after 1–1 on aggregate by Sampdoria, and in the following season they won the Divizia A title, the Cupa României after another win over Steaua in the final and reached the semi-finals in the 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup where they were eliminated after 2–0 on aggregate by Anderlecht.[12][14][23][31][37]

Pisa

After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, Lucescu went in July 1990 to coach in Italy at Serie A club, Pisa where after a good start, in round six of the season after a 6–3 loss against Inter Milan he had his first problems with the club's president, Romeo Anconetani, however he managed to stay 24 rounds, being dismissed in March 1991, but the team relegated at the end of the season.[23][38] During this period he coached 20-year old Diego Simeone and met Adriano Bacconi, a fitness trainer who was put by Lucescu to write statistical data about players during matches, as he previously did that at Corvinul, because he wanted to know more details possible about the players performances.[31][39][40][41][42] He and Adriano Bacconi also worked together at Brescia where in 1994 they invested each 35.000$ in order to create a software called FARM (Football Athletic Results Manager) which was the first football data monitoring program, afterwards in 1996 Lucescu sold his part of the company which became known as Digital Soccer Project and Bacconi sold it to Panini for 2 million euros.[40][41][42]

Brescia

Mircea Lucescu signed with Serie B club, Brescia in July 1991, promoting after just one season to Serie A.[23][39][43][44][45][46] In the following season he relegated after a play-off lost against Udinese, promoting again after one Serie B season in which he also won the 1993–94 Anglo-Italian Cup, but the following season the club relegated once more, Lucescu being dismissed before the end of the season.[23][39][43][44][45][46] He was called back shortly, to lead the team again in Serie B, but was dismissed again because of poor results, the club risking to fall in Serie C.[43][44][45][46] During this period, the club was nicknamed "Brescia Romena", because Lucescu brought Romanian players Gheorghe Hagi, Florin Răducioiu, Dorin Mateuț, Ioan Sabău and Dănuț Lupu at the club, also he brought 15-year old Andrea Pirlo to train with the senior team, but could not give him his senior debut because the rules of the federation did not allow players so young to play for senior squads.[14][23][31][39][43][44][45][46]

Reggiana

In July 1996, Lucescu signed with Serie A club, Reggiana, bringing Ioan Sabău with him, but his spell lasted until November 1996, being dismissed because of poor results, the team finishing on the last place in the end of the season.[23][39]

Rapid București

In July 1997, Mircea Lucescu returned in Romania, coaching at Rapid București where he created a team by promoting young players like Bogdan Lobonț, Răzvan Raț and Daniel Pancu, mixing them with players he coached in the past like Dănuț Lupu, Ioan Sabău and Mircea Rednic, thus creating a team that won the 1997–98 Cupa României and after a short spell at Inter Milan, he returned at Rapid, winning the 1998–99 Divizia A, which was the first championship title won by the club after 32 years, also winning the 1999 Supercupa României.[12][14][23][31][47][48]

Inter Milan

In December 1998, Lucescu was named coach at Inter Milan, working with players such as Ronaldo, Roberto Baggio, Andrea Pirlo, Javier Zanetti and Ivan Zamorano, managing to reach the quarter-finals in the 1998–99 Champions League, being eliminated with 3–1 on aggregate by Alex Ferguson's Manchester United, who eventually won the competition. He left the club in March 1999, one of the reasons being a conflict with Ronaldo.[12][14][23][39][49]

Galatasaray

In June 2000, he replaced Fatih Terim at Turkish club Galatasaray, with whom, alongside Romanian players Gheorghe Hagi and Gheorghe Popescu he won the 2000 UEFA Super Cup, after a 2–1 win against Real Madrid.[12][14][23][50][51][52][53] Under Lucescu's leadership, Galatasaray reached the quarter-finals on the UEFA Champions League during the 2000–01 season where after a 3–2 victory in the first leg, they lost with 3–0 in the second against Real Madrid.[51][52][54] The following year, Galatasaray qualified to the second group phase of the Champions League and won the Turkish League title.[12][14] Lucescu was sacked at the end of the season, despite winning the league championship, and was replaced by Fatih Terim.[12][14][23][50]

Beşiktaş

Shortly after his departure from Galatasaray in June 2002, Lucescu signed a contract with rivals Beşiktaş. It was a very important season for Beşiktaş as in 2003; the Turkish club was celebrating its 100th year since its foundation, and he managed to win the Turkish title, having only one loss and collecting 85 points – a record points tally in a single Süper Lig season, also reaching the 2002–03 UEFA Cup quarter-finals, losing with 3–1 on aggregate against Lazio.[12][14][23][55]

In the following season, the team could not progress from a difficult Champions League group, but was able to get a ticket to the 2003–04 UEFA Cup by finishing third in its group – only to be knocked out by Valencia in the third round, who eventually went on to win the competition.[56][57][58] On 25 January 2004, Beşiktaş played a home game against Samsunspor in the championship, referee Cem Papila showing five red cards to Beşiktaş players and after this match, the team's performance declined drastically and Lucescu could not stop the decline, blaming the Turkish Football Federation for one-sided decisions by the referees, leaving the club after finishing the championship in third place, claiming that the championship was stolen.[59] During the period spent at Beşiktaş, he bought Romanian players Daniel Pancu, Adrian Ilie and Marius Măldărășanu at the club.[56][60]

Shakhtar Donetsk

Lucescu coaching Shakhtar Donetsk in a Ukrainian Premier League match against Arsenal Kyiv, October 2013.

In May 2004, Lucescu joined Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk and led their rise to prominence in Ukraine the following years.[61] His first trophy with the club came in the 2003–04 Ukrainian Cup, defeating Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–0 in the final on 30 May. In his first full season with the club, he secured the 2004–05 Premier League title.[62]

The following season, he secured both the Premier League and the Super Cup.[63] He failed to win any trophies the following season, however, though he made up for it in the 2007–08 season, winning the Premier League title and the Ukrainian Cup.[64] His only domestic success in the 2008–09 season came in the Super Cup, although he was able to guide Shakhtar to their first ever European trophy, winning the last UEFA Cup before it was renamed the UEFA Europa League. He won the final against Werder Bremen 2–1 after extra time.[65]

The 2009–10 season saw Shakhtar regain the Premier League title.[66] The 2010–11 season was very successful for Lucescu. He guided Shakhtar to a domestic treble, winning the Premier League, the Ukrainian Cup and the Super Cup.[67] They also had their most successful Champions League campaign, reaching the quarter-final stage before being defeated by eventual winners Barcelona.[68]

The following season saw Shakhtar retain their Premier League and Ukrainian Cup titles.[69] This gave Lucescu his sixth Premier League and fourth Ukrainian Cup with the club. Shakhtar had a disappointing Champions League campaign, finishing in fourth place in their group.[70] His son, Răzvan Lucescu, is a former goalkeeper who at several points managed Rapid București, a team his father had also previously managed. Coincidentally, Shakhtar and Rapid met in the group stage of the UEFA Cup, the duel was disputed in only one leg at Donetsk in November 2005 ending with 1–0 win for Rapid.[71][72]

Lucescu presenting Fernando in 2013, one of a large number of Brazilians to sign for Shakhtar during his spell.

On 22 May 2009, Lucescu received, from the President of Romania Traian Băsescu, the National Order "Cross of Romania" in the rank of Knight, "as a sign of high appreciation of the entire football activity and the performances obtained as a coach, crowned by winning the UEFA Cup 2009, in the final in Istanbul" and on 29 May 2009 he was granted the title "Honorary citizen of Donetsk" by the city council of Donetsk for "earning the UEFA Cup, development and popularization of the Ukrainian football, improvement of the Donetsk, Donetsk region and Ukraine authority in the world".[12][73][74][75]

In December 2009, he turned down an offer to coach the Ukraine national team, his reason being to avoid another potential clash with his son, Răzvan, who then managed the Romania national team and could qualify for UEFA Euro 2012, which Ukraine was to host.[76][77]

Lucescu has won the Coach of the Year award in Ukraine in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

He led Shakhtar into the semi-finals of Europa League during his last season in charge, being eliminated by defending champions and eventual winners Sevilla. He announced his resignation in early 2016, ending a 12-year period in charge of Shakhtar and becoming the club's greatest manager. In his last match in charge, he won the 2015–16 Ukrainian Cup after defeating Zorya Luhansk 2–0 in the final.

In the beginning of his period spent at Shakhtar, Lucescu had Romanians Flavius Stoican, Cosmin Bărcăuan, Daniel Florea, Ciprian Marica and Răzvan Raț under his command, but only the latter stayed with him to win the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, in later years he relied heavily on young Brazilian players such as Willian, Fernandinho, Douglas Costa, Luiz Adriano, Elano, Alex Teixeira, Ilsinho, Jádson, Brandão or Matuzalém.[31][78]

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Lucescu with Zenit in 2016

On 24 May 2016, Lucescu agreed to a two-year deal with Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg, with an extension option for another year.[79] He was dismissed roughly one year later, as Zenit failed to qualify for the Champions League after finishing third in the Russian Premier League, but managed to win the 2016 Russian Super Cup after a 1–0 victory against CSKA Moscow.[80]

Turkey

On 2 August 2017, he was appointed as the new head coach of Turkey, succeeding Fatih Terim.[81] On his debut a month later, he lost 2–0 away to Ukraine in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.[82] The team failed to qualify for the World Cup, with their campaign ending with a 3–0 home loss to Iceland in the penultimate fixture on 6 October.[83]

In the inaugural season of the UEFA Nations League, Turkey were relegated to League C in November 2018.[84] The following February, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.[85]

Dynamo Kyiv

On 23 July 2020, Lucescu returned to Ukraine after signing a two-year contract with the main rival of his former club Shakhtar Donetsk, Dynamo Kyiv.[86] His spell started in a controversial way, as he attempted to resign from his position after only a couple of days. The reason behind his actions was that Dynamo Kyiv fans fiercely protested the decision to hire Lucescu because of his long-term spell at Shakhtar. Dynamo president Ihor Surkis initially told press that he knew nothing about the resignation, and later that day both sides confirmed that their cooperation will in fact continue.

On 20 October, in Dynamo Kyiv's opening Champions League match of the season against Juventus, Lucescu became the oldest manager to take charge of a game in the competition, at the age of 75 years and 83 days; The match ended in a 2–0 home loss.[87] Lucescu secured his first league title with Dynamo Kyiv on 25 April, following a 5–0 victory against Inhulets,[88] and on 13 May he secured the double with a 1–0 win over Zorya Luhansk in the 2021 Ukrainian Cup Final.[89] In his first season spent at the club, he transferred compatriot Tudor Băluță on a one-season loan from Brighton & Hove Albion.[90]

Lucescu was living in Kyiv in February 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine. He initially wanted to stay put,[91] but fled to his homeland on the advice of the Romanian embassy, as a way to help Dynamo's foreign players get to safety.[92]

On 3 November 2023, Lucescu announced that he would step down as the manager of Dynamo Kyiv after a 1–0 home defeat against their rivals Shakhtar Donetsk, and on the following day he was succeeded by Oleksandr Shovkovskyi.[93]

Romania

On 6 August 2024 he returned as a Romania national team head coach, 38 years after his first attempt.[94] As of the 28th of September, Romania haven’t lost a match while under his command. His first match managing the Romanian national team took place on the 6th of September 2024. It was an away victory against Kosovo (0-3) during the Nations League.[95] The following match was played at home on the 9th of September, against Lithuania, ending in a 3-1 victory for the Romanian national team.[96] These 2 victories see Romania at the top of group 2 in League C as of the 28 September 2024.

Writing

Mircea Lucescu started writing chronicles, comments and match analysis in 1980 at the "Drumul Socialismului" newspaper.[97] He also wrote two volumes about football:[98][99][100]

  • Mirajul gazonului (The mirage of the lawn) (1981)
  • Shakhtarsʹke zhyttya (Miner's life) (2011)

Personal life

Lucescu is a polyglot. He speaks English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French and Russian in addition to his native Romanian.[101][102] He is often cited as telling his players that going to the theatre or reading a book is far more beneficial than going to clubs or restaurants.[103] He also pressured his players to go to university.[103] His son, Răzvan Lucescu, was also a footballer, and is currently managing PAOK.

On 15 July 2009, Lucescu suffered an attack of pre-infarct angina, and was operated in an emergency hospital in Donetsk.[104]

On 6 January 2012, he was involved in a road accident in Bucharest and was seriously hurt.[105]

Career statistics

Lucescu (foreground, in white) in a derby match against cross-town rivals Steaua București.

Player

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[4][106]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dinamo București 1963–64 Divizia A 2 0 – 2 0
1964–65 Divizia A 1 0 – 1 0
1967–68 Divizia A 17 1 – 17 1
1968–69 Divizia A 28 8 1 0 29 8
1969–70 Divizia A 24 4 – 24 4
1970–71 Divizia A 23 3 3 0 26 3
1971–72 Divizia A 26 7 3 0 29 7
1972–73 Divizia A 28 12 – 28 12
1973–74 Divizia A 25 5 2 1 27 6
1974–75 Divizia A 31 4 3 1 34 5
1975–76 Divizia A 26 6 2 1 28 7
1976–77 Divizia A 19 7 1 0 20 7
Total 250 57 15 3 265 60
Știința București (loan) 1965–66 Divizia B –
1966–67 Divizia B –
Total 39 12 39 12
Corvinul Hunedoara 1977–78 Divizia A 34 7 – 34 7
1978–79 Divizia A 27 5 – 27 5
1979–80 Divizia B –
1980–81 Divizia A 27 7 – 27 7
1981–82 Divizia A 23 2 – 23 2
Total 111 21 111 21
Dinamo București 1989–90 Divizia A 1 0 – 1 0
Career total 401 90 15 3 416 93

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lucescu goal.[2]
List of international goals scored by Mircea Lucescu
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 3 December 1966 GCP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus  Cyprus 2–1 5–1 Euro 1968 qualifiers
2 23 April 1967 Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania  Cyprus 1–0 7–0 Euro 1968 qualifiers
3 9 February 1970 Estadio San Martín de Porres, Lima, Peru  Peru 1–0 1–1 Friendly
4 22 September 1971 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland  Finland 4–0 4–0 1972 Euro qualifiers
5 24 November 1971 Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania  Wales 2–0 2–0 1972 Euro qualifiers
6 29 May 1974 Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania  Greece 3–1 3–1 1973–76 Balkan Cup
7 19 March 1975 İnönü Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey 1–1 1–1 Friendly
8 11 May 1975 Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania  Denmark 5–0 6–1 Euro 1976 qualifiers
9 5 June 1976 Stadio San Siro, Milan, Italy  Italy 1–2 2–4 Friendly

Managerial

As of match played 18 November 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Country From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Romania Romania 1 November 1981 2 October 1986 58 24 19 15 77 63 +14 041.38
Dinamo București Romania 1 November 1985 30 June 1990 177 132 28 17 494 167 +327 074.58
Pisa Italy 1 July 1990 11 March 1991 24 8 5 11 32 49 −17 033.33
Brescia Italy 1 July 1991 19 February 1995 151 47 59 45 197 188 +9 031.13
Brescia Italy 1 July 1995 25 February 1996 29 7 9 13 32 36 −4 024.14
Reggiana Italy 1 July 1996 25 November 1996 13 1 4 8 13 22 −9 007.69
Rapid București Romania 1 July 1997 25 November 1998 57 41 11 5 122 42 +80 071.93
Inter Milan Italy 1 December 1998 21 March 1999 17 4 4 9 26 26 +0 023.53
Rapid București Romania 1 April 1999 30 June 2000 49 32 9 8 103 49 +54 065.31
Galatasaray Turkey 1 July 2000 30 June 2002 106 64 22 20 210 111 +99 060.38
Beşiktaş Turkey 1 July 2002 17 May 2004 89 53 19 17 162 98 +64 059.55
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 17 May 2004 24 May 2016 573 395 90 88 1,220 452 +768 068.94
Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 24 May 2016 28 May 2017 40 25 7 8 74 34 +40 062.50
Turkey Turkey 2 August 2017 11 February 2019 17 4 6 7 17 25 −8 023.53
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 23 July 2020 3 November 2023 126 70 21 35 216 126 +90 055.56
Romania Romania 6 August 2024 present 6 6 0 0 18 3 +15 100.00
Total 1,533 914 313 306 2,916 1,392 +1524 059.62

Managing Shakhtar

[9][107]

Tournament Games Won Draw Lost GF GA
Ukrainian Premier League 357 273 49 35 817 234
Ukrainian Cup 71 57 7 7 175 45
Ukrainian Super Cup 11 5 4 2 22 12
Europe 134 60 30 44 206 161
Total 573 395 90 88 1220 452

Honours

Player

Dinamo București

Corvinul Hunedoara

Individual

Manager

Corvinul Hunedoara

Dinamo București

Brescia

Rapid București

Galatasaray

Beşiktaş

Shakhtar Donetsk[108]

Lucescu lifting the 2010–11 Ukrainian Cup with Shakhtar Donetsk.

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Dynamo Kyiv

Individual

Orders

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Including 6 appearances for Romania's Olympic team.[2][3]
  2. ^ The statistics for the 1966–67 Divizia B season are unavailable.[4]

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