Nicolae Negrilă

Nicolae Negrilă (born 23 July 1954) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played for Universitatea Craiova. He earned 28 caps for the Romania national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1984.

Club career Negrilă, nicknamed "Negoro", was born on 23 July 1954 in Gighera, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1970 at Universitatea Craiova. He made his Divizia A debut on 19 June 1974 under coach Constantin Cernăianu in Universitatea's 0–0 draw against Petrolul Ploiești. That was his only appearance in that season for which he received a grade 9 in the Sportul newspaper, as the team earned the point that mathematically secured the championship. Negrilă spent 15 seasons with Universitatea, being part of the "Craiova Maxima" generation that won two consecutive league titles in 1980 and 1981.

Negrilă played 46 games and scored one goal for "U" Craiova in European competitions. Afterwards, they reached the quarter-finals of the 1981–82 European Cup after eliminating Olympiacos and Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, being eliminated with 3–1 on aggregate by Bayern Munich. He made nine appearances in the 1982–83 UEFA Cup campaign, with Negrilă scoring once in a 1–0 win over Kaiserslautern, which helped them reach the semi-finals where they were eliminated by Benfica on the away goal rule after 1–1 on aggregate. Contributing five matches to the 1984–85 UEFA Cup run, he helped "U" navigate past Real Betis and Olympiacos before they ultimately fell to Željezničar in the round of 16. Negrilă played in a 3–0 win over AS Monaco in the second leg of the first round of the 1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup, after losing the first leg 2–0. However, they were eliminated in the following round by the eventual winners of the competition, Dynamo Kyiv. He played seven games in the 1982 World Cup qualifiers and one during the successful Euro 1984 qualifiers. Subsequently, he played five games during the 1986 World Cup qualifiers.

International goals Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Negrilă goal. + List of international goals scored by Nicolae Negrilă

Honours Universitatea Craiova Divizia A: 1973–74, 1979–80, 1980–81 Cupa României: 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83 Jiul Petroșani Divizia B: 1988–89 Romania Balkan Cup: 1977–80