Blow for Mircea Lucescu » The national team player was suspended by UEFA and misses the match against Turkey
Article by Alexandru Stanciu – Published Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 7:09 p.m. / Updated Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 7:18 p.m.
Ago the red card received in the failure suffered by the Romanian national team away from Bosnia, score 1-3, Denis Drăguș was punished by UEFA with two stages of suspension. The first took place in the last match of the preliminary group, won by Mircea Lucescu's team against the representative team from San Marino, score 7-1. Thus, the striker will also miss the match against Turkey, in the semi-final of the qualification play-off for the 2026 World Championship.
The Romanian Football Federation announced that it is waiting for the official reasoning of UEFA's decision and will appeal.
Denis Drăguș misses the match against Turkey
Through an official statement, the Romanian Football Federation announced that Denis Drăguș will be suspended for the match against Turkey, from the semi-final of the play-off for qualifying for the 2026 World Championship.
“The UEFA Disciplinary Commission announced that the national team striker, eliminated in the 68th minute of the game Bosnia-Herzegovina – Romania 3-1, on November 15, received a two-stage suspension.
Drăguș has already served a one-stage suspension, in the match against San Marino at the end of the qualification campaign, and would miss the World Cup play-off semi-final on March 26 in Istanbul against Turkey. However, the Romanian Football Federation is waiting for the official reasoning of the decision and will appeal“.
In case of a success of the Romanian national team, Denis Drăguș will be available for the play-off final, which will be played with the winner between Kosovo and Slovakia.
3.5million euros is the market share of Denis Drăguș, according to transfermarkt
Denis Drăguș has 27 selections for the Romanian national team, for which he scored 7 goals. In the previous preliminary campaign, Denis Drăguș scored two goals, both in the away draw with Cyprus, score 2-2.
Currently at Eyupspor, a team in the first league of Turkey, Denis Drăguș also played for Viitorul Constanța, Standard Liege, Crotone, Genoa, Gaziantep and Trabzonspor throughout his career.
