Mircea Lucescu (80 years old), the Romanian national team coach, appeared in the stands of the National Arena at the match Dinamo – University of Craiovafrom the second round of the Superliga play-off.
Mircea Lucescu chose to see the derby between the “dogs” and Olteni from the box of the National Arena. It was his second public appearance at the stadium in 2026, after he also attended Rapid – Craiova 1-1.
The Superliga derby was scheduled exactly one week before the Turkey-Romania tie. The “Tricolori” will play in Istanbul on Thursday, March 26, from 19:00.
Mircea Lucescu announces the final group for Turkey – Romania on Friday at noon
GSP.ro sources inform that the squad for the match against Turkey will be announced on Friday, March 20, at 12:00.
The selector saw Dinamo – Craiova together with other members of the staff, Ionel Gane, Florin Constantinovici, Leo Toader and Andrei Butnaras. Costin Curelea and Răzvan Rotaru, from the under 21 team, were also with Lucescu.
At the moment, we only know the preliminary squad, made up of players who play outside the country.
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porter: Ionuț RADU (Celta de Vigo | Spain, 7/0);
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defense: Andrei RAțIU (Rayo Vallecano | Spain, 36/2), Deian SORESCU (Gaziantep FK | Turkey, 23/0), Radu DRĂGUȘIN (Tottenham | England, 27/1), Virgil GHIȚA (Hannover 96 | Germany, 8/1), Bogdan RACOVIȚAN (Raków | Poland, 5/0), Andrei BURCĂ (Yunnan Yukun | China, 44/1), Lisav EISSAT (Maccabi Haifa | Israel, 2/0);
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midfielders: Marius MARIN (Pisa | Italy, 35/0), Răzvan MARIN (AEK Athens | Greece, 72/12), Vlad DRAGOMIR (Paphos | Cyprus, 5/0), Nicolae STANCIU (Dalian Yingbo | China, 84/15), Adrian ȘUT (Al Ain | UAE, 8/0), Ianis HAGI (Alanyaspor | Turkey, 51/8), Marius CORBU (Ferencváros | Hungary, 0/0), Valentin MIHĂILĂ (Caykur Rizespor | Turkey, 33/5), Dennis MAN (PSV | Netherlands, 43/11);
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Strikers: Louis MUNTEANU (DC United | USA, 4/2), Denis DRĂGUȘ (Gaziantep FK | Turkey, 27/7), Ioan VERMEȘAN (Hellas Verona | Italy, 0/0).
