Mircea Lucescu

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Mircea Lucescu
Full name	Mircea Lucescu
Date of birth	July 29, 1945 (1945-07-29) (age 62)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Playing position	Manager (Former Striker)
Club information
Current club	Shakhtar Donetsk
Youth clubs
	Dinamo Bucureşti
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1963-1965 1965-1966 1966-1967 1967-1977 1977-1982	Dinamo Bucureşti Ştiinţa Bucureşti Politehnica Bucureşti Dinamo Bucureşti Corvinul Hunedoara	3 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 247 (57) 50 (9)
National team
	Romania	74 (9)
Teams managed
1979-1980 1981-1985 1985-1990 1990-1991 1991-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1999 2000-2002 2002-2004 2004-	Corvinul Hunedoara Romania Dinamo Bucureşti Pisa Calcio Brescia Calcio A.C. Reggiana Rapid Bucureşti Inter Milan Galatasaray S.K. Beşiktaş J.K. Shakhtar Donetsk
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Mircea Lucescu (born July 29, 1945, in Bucharest) is a former Romanian football player and one of the most successful Romanian football managers.

After coaching Romanian national team, and a long career in Italy, he came to Turkcell Super League to coach Galatasaray in June 2000. He was suggested to the Gala directors by Gheorghe Hagi. Lucescu had signed right after Galatasaray had won the UEFA Cup under the Turkish coach Fatih Terim. He had a brilliant start with Galatasaray, winning the European Super Cup against Real Madrid. Under Lucescu's managership, Galatasaray qualified to quarter finals in the UEFA Champions League in the 2000-01 season for the first time. In the quarter finals they lost to Real Madrid. The same year, he lost the Turkish League title to rivals Fenerbahçe S.K.. In the following season 2001-02, he succeeded to win the league championship, despite a lot of good players having left the team, including Gheorghe Hagi, Gheorghe Popescu, Ümit Davala, Hakan Şükür, Mário Jardel, Hakan Ünsal, Emre Belözoğlu and Okan Buruk. In June 2002, Galatasaray decided to replace him with Turkish manager and Galatasaray legend Fatih Terim, who had been coaching A.C. Milan before that.

Lucescu was disappointed to be sacked despite winning the league champion title. In June 2002, he signed a contract with rival Beşiktaş J.K.. It was a very important season for Beşiktaş since, in 2003, the reputable Turkish club was celebrating her 100th foundation year. In this atmospere, Beşiktaş made a great work under Lucescu's management. They won the Turkish title by having only one loss, and collecting 85 points; a record for Turkcell Super League as the maximum points collected in a season. So Beşiktaş was able to succeed by winning the championship in 2003, in their first century fest.

In the 2002-03 season, Beşiktaş reached the quarter final of the UEFA Cup, only to lose to Lazio. 2003-04 season started very well for Lucescu and Beşiktaş. The team could not qualify from a difficult Champions League group, but was able to get a ticket to UEFA Cup by holding the 3rd position in the group. In the second half of the season, the team's performance declined drastically. Lucescu could not stop the decline. He blamed rivals Fenerbahçe and Turkish Football Federation for paying the Beşiktaş' opponents money to play rough and one-sided decisions by the referees. After a disastrous second half, Lucescu decided to leave Turkey blaming that his championship was stolen.

He is currently the manager of Shakhtar Donetsk. His son, Răzvan Lucescu, is a former goalkeeper who managed FC Rapid Bucureşti, a team his father had previously managed. Coincidentally, Shakhtar and Rapid met in the group stage of the UEFA Cup in November 2005. Răzvan Lucescu is now managing FC Brasov.

Lucescu has helped his clubs make numerous achievements, including winning the European Super Cup, two Turkcell Super League titles, reaching the quarterfinals and a second Group Stage in the UEFA Champions League, two Romanian League titles, and three Ukrainian League titles, among others.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Fatih Terim	Galatasaray S.K. Manager 2000-2002	Succeeded by Fatih Terim
Preceded by Christoph Daum	Beşiktaş J.K. Manager 2002-2004	Succeeded by Vicente del Bosque

v • d • e Romania squad - 1970 FIFA World Cup

1 Răducanu • 2 Sătmăreanu • 3 Lupescu • 4 Mocanu • 5 Dinu • 6 Coe • 7 Dembrovschi • 8 Dobrin • 9 Dumitrache • 10 Nunweiller • 11 Lucescu • 12 Ivăncescu • 13 Deleanu • 14 Gergely • 15 Dumitru • 16 Neagu • 17 Tătaru • 18 Tufan • 19 Domide • 20 Pescaru • 21 Adamache • 22 Gornea • Coach: Niculescu

v • d • e Romania squad - UEFA Euro 1984

1 Lung • 2 Rednic • 3 Ştefănescu • 4 Ungureanu • 5 Ţicleanu • 6 Iorgulescu • 7 Coraş • 8 Klein • 9 Cămătaru • 10 Bölöni • 11 Hagi • 12 Moraru • 13 Andone • 14 Irimescu • 15 Dragnea • 16 Negrilă • 17 Zare • 18 Augustin • 19 Gabor • 20 Iordache • Coach: Lucescu

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Romania national football team – Managers

Moraru (1922–23) • Rădulescu (1923) • Suciu (1923–24) • Moraru (1924–28) • Rădulescu (1928–34) • Uridil (1934) • Săvulescu (1934–35) • Rădulescu (1935–38) • Săvulescu (1938) • Iuga (1938–39) • Economu (1939–40) • Iuga (1940) • Economu (1941–42) • Lăpuşneanu (1942–43) • Vogl (1942–43) • Braun-Bogdan (1945) • Economu (1946) • Vâlcov (1947) • Vogl (1947) • Ronnay (1947) • Vogl (1947) • Vâlcov (1948) • Steinbach (1948) • Baratky (1948) • Vogl (1948) • Vâlcov (1949) • Vogl (1949) • Mihăilescu (1949) • Albu (1950) • V. Vâlcov (1950) • Vogl (1950–51) • Popescu I (1951–57) • Botescu (1958–60) • Popescu I (1961) • Teaşcă (1962) • Popescu I (1962) • Ploeşteanu (1962–64) • Stănescu (1964) • Ploeşteanu (1964) • Oană (1965–66) • Stănescu (1967) • Oană (1967) • Niculescu (1967) • Teaşcă (1967) • Niculescu (1967–70) • Stănescu (1971) • Niculescu (1971) • Stănescu (1971) • Niculescu (1971) • Stănescu (1971) • Niculescu (1971) • Ola (1972) • Niculescu (1972) • Ola (1972) • Niculescu (1972) • Ola (1972) • Stănescu (1973–75) • Drăguşin (1975) • Kovács (1976–79) • Halagian (1979) • Cernăianu (1979) • Kovács (1980) • Stănescu (1980–81) • Lucescu (1981–86) • Jenei (1986–90) • Constantin (1990) • Rădulescu (1990–92) • Dinu (1992–93) • Iordănescu (1993–98) • Piţurcă (1998–99) • Jenei (2000) • Bölöni (2000–01) • Hagi (2001) • Iordănescu (2002–04) • Piţurcă (2004–)

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F.C. Internazionale Milano – Managers

Fossati (1909–20) • Resegotti (1920–22) • Spotiswood (1922–24) • Schiedler (1924–26) • Weisz (1926–28) • Viola (1928–29) • Weisz (1929–31) • Tóth (1931–32) • Garbutt (1932–34) • Feldmann (1934–36) • Carraro (1936) • Castellazzi (1936–38) • Cargnelli (1938–40) • Peruchetti (1940) • Zamberletti (1941) • Fiorentini (1941–42) • Ferrari (1942–45) • Carcano (1945–46) • Nutrizio (1946) • Meazza (1947–48) • Carcano (1948) • Astley (1948) • Cappelli (1949–50) • Olivieri (1950–52) • Foni (1952–1955) • Campatelli (1955) • Meazza (1955–56) • Frossi (1956) • Ferrero (1957) • Meazza (1957) • Carver (1957–58) • Bigogno (1958) • Campatelli (1959–60) • Achilli (1960) • Cappelli (1960) • Herrera (1960–68) • Foni (1968–69) • Herrera (1969–71) • Invernizzi (1971–73) • Masiero (1973) • Herrera (1973) • Masiero (1974) • Luis Suárez (1974–75) • Chiappella (1976–77) • Bersellini (1977–82) • Marchesi (1982–83) • Radice (1983–84) • Castagner (1984–86) • Corso (1986) • Trapattoni (1986–91) • Orrico (1991) • Luis Suárez (1992) • Bagnoli (1992–1994) • Marini (1994) • Bianchi (1994–95) • Luis Suárez (1995) • Hodgson (1995–97) • Castellini (1997) • Simoni (1997–98) • Lucescu (1999) • Castellini (1999) • Hodgson (1999) • Lippi (1999–2001) • Tardelli (2001) • Cúper (2001–03) • Verdelli (2003) • Zaccheroni (2003–04) • Mancini (2004–08) • Mourinho (2008–)

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Galatasaray SK – Managers

Nikolof (1905–06) • Bülend (1907) • Armitage (1908–11) • Bülend (1911–14) • Sadi (1915) • Yen (1916–17) • Şahin (1919–21) • Giray (1922–23) • Hunter (1924–28) • Bekdik (1929) • Lamberg (1930–31) • Pegnam (1931–32) • Puddefoot (1933–36) • Baar (1937) • Szabo (1938) • Tandler (1938–39) • Hayman (1939) • Zaharczuk (1939–40) • Begget (1940–45) • Dimitriyadis (1945–46) • Swenk (1947) • Molloy (1947–49) • Lockhead (1950–52) • Kılıç (1952–53) • Szekely (1953–54) • Kılıç (1954–57) • Dick (1957–58) • Remondini (1959–61) • Kılıç (1961–63) • Özarı (1963–64) • Kılıç (1964–67) • Aykaç-Eken (1967–68) • Kaloperović (1968–70) • Özarı (1970–71) • Birch (1971–73) • Kaptan (1973–74) • Gökdel (1974–75) • Howe (1975) • Mansell (1975–76) • Allison (1976–77) • Demircan (1977–78) • Özarı (1978–79) • Şeren (1979–80) • Birch (1980–82) • Sümer (1982–83) • Ivić (1983–84) • Derwall (1984–87) • Denizli (1987–89) • Held (1989–90) • Denizli (1990–92) • Feldkamp (1992–93) • Hollmann (1993–94) • Saftig (1994–95) • Erkasap (1995) • Souness (1995–96) • Terim (1996–2000) • Lucescu (2000–02) • Terim (2002–04) • Hagi (2004–05) • Gerets (2005–07) • Feldkamp (2007–08) • Güler (2008) • Skibbe (2008–)

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Beşiktaş JK – Managers

Şeref (1911–25) • Zinger (1925–35) • Top (1935–44) • Howard (1944–46) • Top (1946–47) • Meazza (1947–48) • Yeten (1948–49) • Keen (1949–50) • Yeten (1950–54) • Puppo (1954–55) • Arman (1955–56) • Mészaros (1956–57) • Bilgiç (1957–58) • Saygun (1958) • Remondini (1958–59) • Kutik (1959–60) • Puppo (1960–61) • Görkey (1961–63) • Adanır (1963–64) • Spajić (1964–67) • Janevski (1967–68) • Milev (1968–69) • Ćirić (1969–70) • Teoderescu (1970–71) • Kılıç (1971–72) • Gegić (1972–74) • Türel (1974–75) • Buhtz (1975–76) • Onay (1976–77) • Milutinović (1977–78) • Andaç (1978–79) • Tüzün (1979–80) • Milić (1980–84) • Stanković (1984–86) • Milutinović (1986–87) • Milne (1987–93) • Daum (1993–96) • Kara (1996–97) • Toshack (1997–99) • Feldkamp (1999) • Briegel (1999–2000) • Scala (2000–01) • Daum (2001–02) • Lucescu (2002–04) • Del Bosque (2004–05) • Çalımbay (2005) • Tigana (2005–07) • Sağlam (2007–)

v • d • e FC Shakhtar Donetsk – current squad

1 Shust • 3 Hübschman • 4 Duljaj • 5 Kucher • 7 Fernandinho • 8 Jádson • 10 Vukić • 11 Ilsinho • 12 Shutkov • 13 Shevchuk • 17 Luiz Adriano • 18 Lewandowski • 19 Hai • 21 Hladky • 22 Willian • 23 Kravchenko • 25 Brandão • 26 Raţ • 27 Chygrynskiy • 28 Polyansky • 30 Pyatov • 33 Srna • 35 Virt • 55 Yezerskiy • Manager: Lucescu

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