Top: Romanian national team
Bottom: Adrian Mutu
Soccer is always No.1 preffered sports of Europe. Europe has many top ranked soccer teams
such as Italy, France, Germany, England, Netherlands (Holland), and etc. Among many European national soccer teams, Romania was always been considered as darkhorse that can upset those top rankers. In FIFA WorldCup held in France 1998, Romanian team made to round of 16 by beating England and Columbia, and Netherlands couldn't pass the qualifiers for WorldCup 2002, which was held in Korea and Japan, losing their critical match with Romanians.
In fact, Romanian team is ranked 19 out of 207 national teams registered in FIFA. But their continental ranking (Europe) is only 15 out of 53 teams. This is because European division is very competetive and challenging. Nevertheless, Romania has turned out many great soccer players like christian Chivu of Inter Milan (Italian Seria-A) and Adrian Mutu of AC Ffiorentina
(Italian Serie-A)
such as Italy, France, Germany, England, Netherlands (Holland), and etc. Among many European national soccer teams, Romania was always been considered as darkhorse that can upset those top rankers. In FIFA WorldCup held in France 1998, Romanian team made to round of 16 by beating England and Columbia, and Netherlands couldn't pass the qualifiers for WorldCup 2002, which was held in Korea and Japan, losing their critical match with Romanians.
In fact, Romanian team is ranked 19 out of 207 national teams registered in FIFA. But their continental ranking (Europe) is only 15 out of 53 teams. This is because European division is very competetive and challenging. Nevertheless, Romania has turned out many great soccer players like christian Chivu of Inter Milan (Italian Seria-A) and Adrian Mutu of AC Ffiorentina
(Italian Serie-A)
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