{"id":991,"date":"2024-07-22T10:06:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T10:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=991"},"modified":"2024-07-22T10:06:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T10:06:51","slug":"head-coach-edward-iordanescu-leaves-romanias-national-football-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=991","title":{"rendered":"Head coach Edward Iord\u0103nescu leaves Romania\u2019s national football team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Edward Iord\u0103nescu <\/strong>will no longer be the head coach of Romania\u2019s national football team once his contract expires at the end of July, the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) announced. He has been at the helm of the national team since early 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing discussions, the Romanian Football Federation understands and respects the decision of Edward Iord\u0103nescu to take a break,\u201d reads the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frf.ro\/nationale\/masculin\/echipa-nationala\/federatia-romana-de-fotbal-anunta-incheierea-colaborarii-cu-edward-iordanescu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Under Iord\u0103nescu\u2019s lead, the Romanian national team played 28 matches and won 10 of them. They also faced 8 defeats and ended 10 matches in a draw.<\/p>\n<p>After a campaign in the Nations League in 2022, which represented a stage of preparation for the preliminaries for EURO 2024, the FRF decided to continue the collaboration with Edward Iord\u0103nescu.<\/p>\n<p>In the qualification campaign for the final tournament in Germany, the national team finished in first place, undefeated, and with only 5 goals received in the 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>Their excellent journey also continued at the final tournament of EURO 2024, where, under the leadership of Edward Iord\u0103nescu, Romania won the group, overcoming Belgium, Slovakia, and Ukraine. Moreover, in the first match of the final tournament, the tricolors achieved the most decisive victory in the history of participation in the final, world, and European tournaments, defeating Ukraine with a score of 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>FRF thanked Iord\u0103nescu \u201cfor the work done, for his dedication during this challenging period, and for the results obtained with the national team\u201d and wished him \u201csuccess in his future projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source:\u00a0<em>Inquam Photos \/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inquamphotos.com\/users\/alexnicodim\">Alex Nicodim<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edward Iord\u0103nescu will no longer be the head coach of Romania\u2019s national football team once his contract expires at the end of July, the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) announced. He has been at the helm of the national team since early 2022. \u201cFollowing discussions, the Romanian Football Federation understands and respects the decision of Edward [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}