Romania v Northern Ireland, 16 October 1985

Score1-0 to Northern Ireland
RefereeHenning Lund-Sorensen
CompetitionFIFA World Cup Group 3
VenueStadionul 23 August, Bucharest
Attendance45,000

0  Romania

Manager: Mircea Lucescu

1  Northern Ireland

Manager: Billy Bingham

Goals:

Goals:

Jimmy Quinn 29 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Silviu Lung
Defender Gino Iorgulescu
Defender Ştefan Iovan
Defender Michael Klein
Defender Nicolae Negrilă
Defender Mircea Rednic
Midfielder László Bölöni
Midfielder Gheorghe Hagi (captain)
Midfielder Dorin Mateuţ
Forward Marcel Coras

Starting lineup:

Pat Jennings Goalkeeper
Mal Donaghy Defender
Alan McDonald Defender
Jimmy Nicholl Defender
John O'Neill Defender
David McCreery Midfielder
Sammy McIlroy Midfielder
Ian Stewart Midfielder
Steve Penney Forward
Jimmy Quinn Forward

Substitutions:

Ion Geolgău for Nicolae Negrilă 46
Victor Piţurcă for Marcel Coras 62

Substitutions:

Nigel Worthington for Ian Stewart 46
Gerry Armstrong for Steve Penney 73

On the bench:

Midfielder Ion Geolgău

On the bench:

Midfielder Nigel Worthington
Forward Gerry Armstrong

0  Romania

Manager: Mircea Lucescu

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Silviu Lung
Defender Gino Iorgulescu
Defender Ştefan Iovan
Defender Michael Klein
Defender Nicolae Negrilă
Defender Mircea Rednic
Midfielder László Bölöni
Midfielder Gheorghe Hagi (captain)
Midfielder Dorin Mateuţ
Forward Marcel Coras

Substitutions:

Ion Geolgău for Nicolae Negrilă 46
Victor Piţurcă for Marcel Coras 62

On the bench:

Midfielder Ion Geolgău

1  Northern Ireland

Manager: Billy Bingham

Goals:

Jimmy Quinn 29 G

Starting lineup:

Pat Jennings Goalkeeper
Mal Donaghy Defender
Alan McDonald Defender
Jimmy Nicholl Defender
John O'Neill Defender
David McCreery Midfielder
Sammy McIlroy Midfielder
Ian Stewart Midfielder
Steve Penney Forward
Jimmy Quinn Forward

Substitutions:

Nigel Worthington for Ian Stewart 46
Gerry Armstrong for Steve Penney 73

On the bench:

Midfielder Nigel Worthington
Forward Gerry Armstrong