US EditionRomania Coach Lucescu Steps Down at 80 After World Cup Exit and Health Issue
The 80-year-old coach left after a 1-0 playoff loss to Turkey and a heart problem that led to hospitalization, the FRF said.
- On Thursday, April 2, 2026, Mircea Lucescu, Romania national team head coach, stepped down from his position, the Romanian Football Federation announced, concluding his second stint leading the team.
- The decision followed a 1-0 defeat to Turkey in the World Cup qualifying playoff semifinal on March 26. Lucescu was hospitalized on Sunday after falling ill with a heart problem during training.
- A Romanian great, Lucescu captained the team at the 1970 World Cup in Brazil and led the country to its 1984 European Championship debut, alongside coaching clubs in Italy, Ukraine, Russia, and Turkey.
- Searching for a successor to lead the next qualifying cycle, the FRF has begun recruitment. Meanwhile, the federation stated that the coach is expected to take on a new role within the organization shortly.
- Lucescu had returned to coach Romania after a 38-year gap, aiming to qualify for the World Cup in North America. His departure now closes this latest chapter in his extensive career.
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Mircea Lucescu suffers from double departure. In the middle of the week, the coach lamented a strong disappointment: the elimination of Romania, the squad that he led, in the world-wide repechaje against Turkey. As a result of this situation, he had presented his resignation from the position of coach of an eleven to whom he had also defended as a footballer. He participated in 74 duels, was a World Cup player in Mexico 1970 and carried the capt…
Romania's national football coach breaks down during training and resigns. The health of 80-year-old Mircea Lucescu has deteriorated.
Mircea Lucescu, who resigned as head coach of the Romanian national football team on Thursday due to health reasons, suffered a heart attack.
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hna.deAt the age of 80, he was the oldest national coach in the world: now Romania's coach Mircea Lucescu forces a collapse in training to the end of his career.
Shortly after discovering that Mircea Lucescu suffered a heart attack, the President of the Roman Federation of Football, Răzvan Burleanu, made the first statement. The first article of Răzvan Burleanu's reaction after Mircea Lucescu suffered a new heart attack appeared for the first time in Romania TV.
The former Romanian electoral officer Mircea Lucescu, aged 80, suffered a heart attack this morning at the University Hospital, where he was admitted one week later, writes the GOLAZO.ro. The University hospital confirmed that Mircea Lucescu "has suffered an acute myocardial infarction". "In the course of the morning (n. – Friday), the patient of ...
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