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Mircea Lucescu (Romanian pronunciation: ; born 29 July 1945) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, currently the head coach of the Romania national team. He is one of the most decorated managers of all time.
Lucescu is also one of the most successful players of the Romanian league championship, having won all seven of his titles with Dinamo București. He also had spells at Știința București and Corvinul Hunedoara, and made 64 appearances for the Romania national team, which he captained at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.
Lucescu has coached various sides in Romania, Italy, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia. He is well known for his twelve-year stint in charge of Shakhtar Donetsk, where he became the most successful coach in the club's history by winning eight Ukrainian Premier League titles, six Ukrainian Cups, seven Ukrainian Super Cups and the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. He also won trophies in Ukraine with Shakhtar's rival Dynamo Kyiv, as well as Divizia A titles with Dinamo București and Rapid București, and Turkish Süper Lig titles with Galatasaray and Beşiktaş.
Lucescu was named Romania Coach of the Year in 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2021, and Ukraine Coach of the Year in 2006 and between 2008 and 2014. In 2013, he was awarded the Manager of the Decade award in Romania, and in 2015, he became the fifth person to coach in 100 UEFA Champions League matches, joining Alex Ferguson, Carlo Ancelotti, Arsène Wenger and José Mourinho. He is also ranked third in terms of official trophies won, with 38. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article |
|  Inter Milan | 98/99 |  Champions 98/99 | 3 | | Serie A 98/99 | 15 | |  Rapid Bucureşti | 99/00 | |  Galatasaray | 00/02 | UEFA S. Cup 00  | 1 | | Champions 00/01 | 14 | | Champions 01/02 | 12 | | | Beşiktaş | 02/04 | | Champions 03/04 | 6 | |  Shakhtar Donetsk | 04/16 | | Champions 04/05 | 6 | | UEFA Cup 05/06 | 8 | | Champ Qualif 06/07 | 2 | | Champions 06/07 | 6 | | UEFA Cup 06/07 | 4 | | Premier-liha 07/08 | 30 | | Champ Qualif 07/08 | 4 | | Champions 07/08 | 6 | | Champ Qualif 08/09 | 2 | | Supercup 08 | 1 | | Premier-liha 08/09 | 30 | | Ukrainian Cup 08/09 | 5 | | UEFA Cup 08/09 | 9 | | Champions 08/09 | 6 | | Champ Qualif 09/10 | 2 | | Europa Qualif 09/10 | 2 | | Premier-liha 09/10 | 30 | | Kubok Ukrainy 09/10 | 4 | | UEFA S.Cup 09 | 1 | | Europa League 09/10 | 8 | | Premier-liha 10/11 | 30 | | Supercup 10 | 1 | | Kubok Ukrainy 10/11 | 5 | | Champions 10/11 | 10 | | Supercup 11 | 1 | | Premier-liha 11/12 | 30 | | Kubok 11/12 | 5 | | Champions 11/12 | 6 | | Supercup 12 | 1 | | Premier-liha 12/13 | 30 | | Kubok Ukrainy 12/13 | 5 | | Champions 12/13 | 8 | | Supercup 13 | 1 | | Premier-liha 13/14 | 30 | | Kubok Ukrainy 13/14 | 5 | | Champions 13/14 | 6 | | Europa League 13/14 | 2 | | Supercup 14 | 1 | | Premier-liha 14/15 | 26 | | Kubok Ukrainy 14/15 | 8 | | Champions 14/15 | 8 | | Champ Qualif 15/16 | 4 | | Supercup 15 | 1 | | Premier-liha 15/16 | 26 | | Champions 15/16 | 6 | | Europa League 15/16 | 8 | |  Zenit Saint Petersburg | 16/17 | | Supercup 16 | 1 | | RFPL 16/17 | 30 | | Europa League 16/17 | 8 | | Russian Cup 16/17 | 2 | | | Turkey | 17/19 | | World Cup Qual 18 | 4 | | Friendlies 17 | 2 | | Friendlies 18 | 7 | | Nations Lge B 18/19 | 4 | | | Dynamo Kyiv | 20/23 | | Champ Qualif 20/21 | 3 | | Premier-liha 20/21 | 26 | | Supercup 20 | 1 | | Champions 20/21 | 6 | | Europa League 20/21 | 4 | | Premier-liha 21/22 | 20 | | Champions 21/22 | 6 | | Supercup 21 | 1 | | Champ Qualif 22/23 | 6 | | Premier-liha 22/23 | 30 | | Europa League 22/23 | 6 | | ECL Qual 23/24 | 4 | | Premier-liha 23/24 | 10 | | | Romania | 24/now | | Nations Lge C 24/25 | 6 | | Friendlies 25 | 2 | | World Cup Qual 26 | 8 |
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10 lineups analysed - Number represent player in starting lineup. Click to show
Lineups not confirmed are not included.
See also Team Substitutions
| Lineups found Starting lineup changes since last game | | | | | | | | | | September 2010 | | | | M1 | 15Sep | H | Partizan | | 1-0 | 4-2-3-1 | Initial team: Pyatov, Srna, Kucher, Rakitsk., Raț, Hübschm., Gay, D Costa, Jadson, Willian, L Adriano, | | |  16-Sep to 20-Sep D Costa 4th yellow card ban (1 match) | | | 20-Sep to 23-Sep Raț 4th yellow card ban (1 match) | | | 20-Sep to 23-Sep Jadson 4th yellow card ban (1 match) | | M2 | 28Sep | | Braga | | 0-3 | 4-2-3-1 | In:Mkhitar.,
Out:Jadson, | | |  29-Sep to 02-Oct D Costa thigh injury | | October 2010 | | | | | 04-Oct to 18-Oct D Costa thigh injury | | M3 | 19Oct | | Arsenal | | 5-1 | 4-2-3-1 | In:A Teixeira,
Out:D Costa, | | | November 2010 | | | | | 22-Oct to 21-Nov Mkhitar. Guillain–Barré syndrome | | M4 | 03Nov | H | Arsenal | | 2-1 | 4-2-3-1 | In:Chigryn., Eduardo, Jadson,
Out:Kucher, A Teixeira, Mkhitar., | | | | 04-Nov to 07-Nov L Adriano respiratory disease | | | 05-Nov to 07-Nov Srna red card ban (1 match) | | | 22-Nov to 24-Nov Hübschm. yellow card ban (1 match) | | M5 | 23Nov | | Partizan | | 0-3 | 4-2-3-1 | In:Stepane., D Costa,
Out:Hübschm., Eduardo, | | | December 2010 | | | | M6 | 08Dec | H | Braga | | 2-0 | 4-2-3-1 | *** Repeat 11 *** | | | February 2011 | | | | | 10-Feb to 05-May Kucher knee joint | | M7 | 16Feb | | Roma | | 2-3 | 4-2-3-1 | In:Mkhitar., Hübschm.,
Out:Gay, Stepane., | | | March 2011 | | | | M8 | 08Mar | H | Roma | | 3-0 | 4-2-3-1 | *** Repeat 11 *** | | | | 14-Mar to 21-Mar Rakitsk. 4th yellow card ban (1 match) | | | 14-Mar to 21-Mar Stepane. 4th yellow card ban (1 match) | | | 14-Mar to 02-Apr Raț 8th yellow card ban (2 matches) | | April 2011 | | | | M9 | 06Apr | | Barcelona | | 5-1 | 4-2-3-1 | In:Ischenko,
Out:Chigryn., | | | | 08-Apr to 10-Apr L Adriano 4th yellow card ban (1 match) | | | 08-Apr to 10-Apr Willian 4th yellow card ban (1 match) | | | 08-Apr to 21-Apr Chizhov unknown | | | 11-Apr to 13-Apr Raț Champions League yellow card ban (1 match) | | M10 | 12Apr | H | Barcelona | | 0-1 | 4-2-3-1 | In:Kobin, Shevchuk,
Out:Srna, Raț, | | | | 15-Apr to 19-Apr Stepane. adductor longus muscle | | | 18-Apr to 24-Apr Fernand. 4th yellow card ban (1 match) | | | 18-Apr to 02-May Jadson neuritis | | | 25-Apr to 02-May L Adriano foot | | May 2011 | | | | | 01-May to 12-May Stepane. unknown | | | 08-May to 15-May Eduardo foot | | | 12-May to 15-May Hübschm. 4th yellow card ban (1 match) | | Color References: GK, DF, DM, MF, FW , Unknown Pos |
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