Article by Marius Mărgărit, Maria Olteanu – published on Thursday, September 11, 2025, 14:14 / Updated Thursday, September 11, 20:14
After the draw with Cyprus, score 2-2, In the preliminaries of the 2026 World Championship, Mircea Lucescu and Răzvan Burleanu, FRF president, had a meeting. From the GSP information, things will continue in the current organization. “Il Luce” is the coach of the first representative.
Romania, under the command of Mircea Lucescu, failed to impress, as he had done in the European preliminaries and then at the final tournament last summer. After the victories on the line in the League of Nations, the World Cup campaign started extremely weak and continued disappointing.
The selector and FRF president wanted to clarify the situation. They discussed about an hour and decided it was not the time to give up from Lucescu.
UPDATE 2:05 pm Lucescu left the negotiations! GSP has the decision
Mircea Lucescu left the FRF headquarters without offering any statement. From the GSP information, no decision was made to a possible renunciation of Mircea Lucescu. The FRF decision is to continue with the current coach!
UPDATE 13:50 »Lucescu came out of the meeting
The meeting reached the end. The first to come out was Mircea Lucescu. It was directed to another building in the courtyard of the Romanian Football Federation. It is expected that in the next few minutes the first statements will come
UPDATE 12:15 »The meeting is in progress
After more than an hour from the beginning of the discussion, Mircea Lucescu and the representatives of the Romanian Football Federation are also in the meeting, where the future of the team and the coach on the bench will be decided. So far, no one has left the room, the first news being still expected.
UPDATE 10:40 am »Mircea Lucescu also arrived at the meeting
Around 10:40 am reached the football house and coach Mircea Lucescu, who opened the window from the car to send a short message to the reporters present.
“You waste your time, stay here for nothing, nothing happens. We put things, it's normal after every match,” he said, quoted by Sport.ro.
UPDATE 10:15 »Răzvan Burleanu arrived at FRF headquarters
Mihai Stoichiță was the first to reach the headquarters of the Federation for the decisive meeting today. Shortly after, around 10:00, the FRF chief, Răzvan Burleanu appeared, according to digisport.ro.
Photo gallery. 20 reference images from the campaign led by Mircea Lucescu in the preliminaries CM 2026
Lucescu meets Burleanu today
On Thursday morning, at the headquarters of the Romanian Football Federation there is a decisive meeting regarding the future of the national team, which 99% will dispute dam for qualifying at the 2026 World Cup.
After the draw with Cyprus, Mircea Lucescu asked a discussion with the heads of the Romanian Football Federation, who was seriously thinking of leaving the team. In his speech, spoke about Gică Hagi as a possible replacementbeing willing to give him the function, if, in the end, Hagi will accept to take over the Romanian national.
From the information gsp.ro, if Lucescu will insist on the meeting that he would not continue to continue if he confuses the team, Răzvan Burleanu will accept his resignation, especially since the FRF chief is advised by more people from his entourage to change the coach.
“I asked to have a discussion with them tomorrow. I talk to them if there is any possibility of replacement, with the greatest pleasure I go aside. Not pleasure, but with this responsibility. If Gică Hagi can come, with the greatest pleasure I go aside. No problem. Gică must calculate that he is not allowed to make a mistake.
I can do again, but he is no longer allowed to do. If he has this desire, this ambition, I would be very easy for him. There's no problem. It's a moment of change of generations. Do not think that things are simple, “said Mircea Lucescu, at Digi Sport, Wednesday afternoon.
