Match No. 598 - Wednesday, 1st May 1985, 6:00pm
- 1
- Silviu LungSilviu Lung.
Born 9th Sep 1956, Sanmiclaus.
- 2
- Nicolae NegrilăNicolae Negrilă.
Born 23rd Jul 1954, Gighera.
- 3
- Costică ȘtefănescuCostică Ștefănescu.
Born 26th Mar 1951, Bucharest.
(c)
- 4
- Nicolae UngureanuNicolae Ungureanu.
Born 11th Oct 1956, Craiova.
- 5
- Mircea RednicMircea Rednic.
Born 9th Apr 1962, Hunedoara.
- 6
- Gino IorgulescuGino Iorgulescu.
Born 15th May 1956, Giurgui.
40'
- 7
- Marcel CorașMarcel Coraș.
Born 14th May 1959, Arad.
- 78'
- 8
- Michael KleinMichael Klein.
Born 10th Oct 1959, Amnas.
- 9
- Rodion CămătaruRodion Doru Gorun Cămătaru.
Born 22nd Jun 1958, Strehaia.
- 10
- Ladislau BölöniLadislau Bölöni.
Born 11th Mar 1953, Targu Mures.
- 11
- Gheorghe HagiGheorghe Hagi.
Born 5th Feb 1965, Sacele.
- 14
- Ștefan IovanȘtefan Iovan.
Born 23rd Aug 1960, Motatei.
40'
- 16
- Marius LăcătușMarius Mihai Lăcătuș.
Born 5th Apr 1964, Brasov.
- 78'
- 1
- Peter ShiltonSouthampton, 68th of 125 caps
35 years, 7 months, 13 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Viv AndersonArsenal, 15th of 30 caps
28 years, 8 months, 2 days
Right Back
- 3
- Kenny SansomArsenal, 50th of 86 caps
26 years, 7 months, 5 days
Left Back
- 4
- Trevor StevenEverton, 3rd of 36 caps
21 years, 7 months, 10 days
Midfield
- 5
- Mark WrightSouthampton, 6th of 45 caps
21 years, 8 months, 30 days
Centre Back
- 6
- Terry ButcherIpswich, 30th of 77 caps
26 years, 4 months, 3 days
Centre Back
- 7
- Bryan RobsonMan Utd, 41st of 90 caps
28 years, 3 months, 20 days
Midfield (c)17th captaincy
- 8
- Ray WilkinsAC Milan, 68th of 84 caps
28 years, 7 months, 17 days
Midfield
- 9
- Paul MarinerArsenal, 35th of 35 caps
31 years, 11 month, 9 days
Centre Forward - 84'
- 10
- Trevor FrancisSampdoria, 47th of 52 caps
31 years, 0 months, 12 days
Forward
- 11
- John BarnesWatford, 17th of 79 caps
21 years, 5 months, 24 days
Left Midfield - 73'
- 16
- Chris WaddleNewcastle Utd, 2nd of 62 caps
24 years, 4 months, 17 days
Left Midfield - 73'
- 15
- Gary LinekerLeicester, 3rd of 80 caps
24 years, 5 months, 1 day
Centre Forward - 84'
Notes
- Player MilestoneKenny Sansom's 50th Cap
- Player MilestonePaul Mariner's Last Cap
Sources
- England - The Quest for the World Cup - A Complete Record by Clive Leatherdale (Two Heads Publishing 1994)
- www.romaniansoccer.ro
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
- YouTube
- The Guardian "England close on finals", Thursday 2nd May 1985, page 24.
Referee
Spain Emilio Guruceta
ELO Ratings
Down 1 place, losing -5 ranking points to 1981 points England - 4th - 1
Romania - 23rd
World Cup 1986 Q
(Group 3)
- England
- 12
- +19
- 0
- 4
- 4
- 8
- Northern I...
- 10
- +3
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 8
- Romania
- 9
- +5
- 2
- 3
- 3
- 8
- Finland
- 8
- -5
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 8
- Turkey
- 1
- -22
- 7
- 1
- 0
- 8
