Răducanu Necula - International Appearances


The outstanding Romanian 'keeper, who was commonly known under his first name Răducanu rather than his family name Necula, obtained 56 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:  10- 5-1946
Country:  Romania
Caps:	56	(W19-D24-L13 - GF84-GA58 - %55.36)
Goals conceded: 58 (1.04 per match)
Age First Cap:	 21 yr  46 d	25- 6-1967 vs. Italy 0-1
Age Last Cap:	 32 yr 168 d	25-10-1978 vs. Yugoslavia 3-2
National Team Career: 11 yr 122 d


Caps   Date     Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition

  1  25- 6-67   București       Italy           0-1     European Champ. Qual.
  2  16- 4-69   Athinai         Greece          2-2     World Cup Qualifier
  3  30- 4-69   Paris           France          0-1                     
  4  14- 5-69   Lausanne        Switzerland     1-0     World Cup Qualifier
  5  12-10-69   București       Portugal        1-0     World Cup Qualifier
  6  16-11-69   București       Greece          1-1     World Cup Qualifier
  7   9- 2-70   Lima            Peru            1-1                     
  8   8- 4-70   Stuttgart       West Germany    1-1                     
  9  28- 4-70   Reims           France          0-2                         
 10  10- 6-70   Guadalajara     Brazil          2-3     World Cup
 11  11-10-70   București       Finland         3-0     European Champ. Qual.
 12  11-11-70   Cardiff         Wales           0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 13   2-12-70   Amsterdam       Netherlands     0-2                     
 14  21- 4-71   Novi Sad        Yugoslavia      1-0                     
 15  16- 5-71   Bratislava      Czechoslovakia  0-1     European Champ. Qual.
 16  22- 9-71   Helsinki        Finland         4-0     European Champ. Qual.
  -  10-10-71   København       Denmark         1-2     Olympic Games Qual.
 17  14-11-71   București       Czechoslovakia  2-1     European Champ. Qual.
 18  24-11-71   București       Wales           2-0     European Champ. Qual.
 19   8- 4-72   București       France          2-0                     
 20  29- 4-72   Budapest        Hungary         1-1     European Champ. Qual.
 21  14- 5-72   București       Hungary         2-2     European Champ. Qual.
 22  17- 5-72   Beograd         Hungary         1-2     European Champ. Qual.
 23   3- 9-72   Craiova         Austria         1-1                     
 24  20- 9-72   Helsinki        Finland         1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 25  18- 4-73   Kiev            Soviet Union    0-2                     
 26   6- 5-73   Tiranë          Albania         4-1     World Cup Qualifier
 27  27- 5-73   București       East Germany    1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 28  26- 9-73   Leipzig         East Germany    0-2     World Cup Qualifier
 29  14-10-73   București       Finland         9-0     World Cup Qualifier
 30  23- 3-74   Paris           France          0-1                     
 31  29- 5-74   București       Greece          3-1     Balkan Cup
 32   5- 6-74   Rotterdam       Netherlands     0-0                     
 33  23- 7-74   Constanța       Japan           4-1                     
 34  25- 9-74   Sofia           Bulgaria        0-0                     
 35  13-10-74   København       Denmark         0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 36   4-12-74   Tel-Aviv        Israel          1-0                     
 37  19- 3-75   İstanbul        Turkey          1-1                     
 38  31- 3-75   Praha           Czechoslovakia  1-1                     
 39  17- 4-75   Madrid          Spain           1-1     European Champ. Qual.
 40  11- 5-75   București       Denmark         6-1     European Champ. Qual.
 41   1- 6-75   București       Scotland        1-1     European Champ. Qual.
  -   4- 6-75   București       Denmark         4-0     Olympic Games Qual.
 42  12-10-75   București       Turkey          2-2                     
 43  16-11-75   București       Spain           2-2     European Champ. Qual.
 44  29-11-75   București       Soviet Union    2-2                     
 45  17-12-75   Glasgow         Scotland        1-1     European Champ. Qual.
  -  24- 3-76   București       France Olympic  1-0     Olympic Games Qual.
  -   6- 4-76   Roosendaal      Netherlands Ol. 3-0     Olympic Games Qual.
  -  14- 4-76   București       Netherlands Ol. 5-1     Olympic Games Qual.
 46   2- 7-76   Tehran          Iran            2-2                     
 47  22- 9-76   București       Czechoslovakia  1-1                     
 48   6-10-76   Praha           Czechoslovakia  2-3                     
 49  28-11-76   București       Bulgaria        3-2     Balkan Cup
 50  22- 3-78   İstanbul        Turkey          1-1     Balkan Cup
 51   5- 4-78   Buenos Aires    Argentina       0-2                     
 52   3- 5-78   București       Bulgaria        2-0     Balkan Cup
 53  14- 5-78   București       Soviet Union    0-1                     
 54  31- 5-78   Sofia           Bulgaria        1-1     Balkan Cup
 55  11-10-78   București       Poland          1-0                     
 56  25-10-78   București       Yugoslavia      3-2     European Champ. Qual.


Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    56    19   24   13   84-  58      62      55.36


Types of Matches
Friendlies             24
World Cup Qualifiers    9 
World Cup               1  
European Champ. Qual.  17
Balkan Cup              5

Total                  56

NB: note that 5 Olympic Qualifying matches have been removed from the list
    after a FIFA decision in 1999


Goals conceded: 58 (1.04 per match)


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