yardımcı hakemler: klaus plettenberg (ger), egbert engler (ger)
4. hakem: hermann albrecht (ger)
romania: bogdan stelea (gk), dan petrescu (dk. 78 iulian filipescu), miodrag belodedici, ioan lupescu, gheorghe popescu, marius lăcătuş (dk. 56 adrian ilie), florin răducioiu (dk. 46 viorel moldovan), gheorghe hagi (c), dorinel munteanu, tibor selymes, gheorghe mihali
yedekler: ioan sabău, florian prunea (gk), constantin gâlcă, anton doboş, ovidiu stîngă, ion vlădoiu, florin tene (gk)
teknik direktör: anghel iordanescu (rou)
france: bernard lama (gk), eric di meco (dk. 68 patrice loko), laurent blanc, vincent guérin, didier deschamps (c), marcel desailly, youri djorkaeff, zinédine zidane (dk. 80 alain roche), christophe dugarry (dk. 68 bixente lizarazu), lilian thuram, christian karembeu
yedekler: jocelyn angloma, frank leboeuf, sabri lamouchi, fabien barthez (gk), mickaël madar, reynald pedros, corentin martins, bruno martini
teknik direktör: aimé jacquet (fra)
goller: (0-1) christophe dugarry dk. 25
sarı kartlar: dk. 49 gheorghe mihali, dk. 71 tibor selymes, dk. 90 adrian ilie (romania) dk. 20 eric di meco (france)
dugarry punishes romania to put france top published: monday 6 october 2003, 10.40cet
aimé jacquet's side never found top gear but nevertheless climbed to the top of group b thanks to christophe dugarry's first-half effort.
france moved to the top of group b thanks to a 1-0 victory against romania.
having met twice in qualifying – a 0-0 draw in saint-etienne and a 3-1 win for france in bucharest – these were two teams who could harbour no secrets from each other. aimé jacquet did not even attempt to spring a surprise, setting his team up in his trademark 4-3-1-2 formation. it once again proved fruitful for les bleus, with christophe dugarry's 25th-minute effort enough to separate the sides.
romania exceeded expectations in the united states two years earlier, reaching the 1994 fifa world cup quarter-finals, but on this occasion failed to respond to gheorghe hagi's promptings. though france put in a slightly more fluent display, they were left grateful for a slice of fortune which ultimately ensured they got off to a winning start.
youri djorkaeff put in a high cross from the right and goalkeeper bogdan stelea came out to the very edge of the penalty area where he collided with gheorghe mihali, allowing a surprised dugarry to head in.
there could have been more goals late on, patrice loko escaping two defenders before missing the target and laurent blanc denying viorel modovan with a fine tackle, but dugarry's effort was decisive.
